Chapter 207: Variables, the crisis of the First Army

The atmosphere of Pingle's temporary headquarters was very dull, and after a long time, a regiment commander said angrily: "Since Commander Yang will be the general of Guangxi in the future, then Commander Yang can't ignore our crisis this time. If you want me to say, Chen Bingkun, this bastard, dares to come to Gongcheng to fight us, Lao Wo must not have many troops, Deputy Commander Li, why don't you let the commander send troops directly from Yulin, and take Chen Bingkun's old nest, I think Chen Bingkun is still arrogant. ”

Although these regiment leaders are very obedient in front of the old commander Lu Rongting, it does not mean that they must sincerely obey Yang Shuai and Li Zongren. Li Zongren frowned, Nanning still has some strength, for example, Wang Jinsong and others are still in Nanning, but Nanning can't defend without strength. If the main force is gone, then there will be people in Yunnan or Guizhou who are greedy, and then Nanning will really be finished.

But he can't say it directly, so it seems that Yang Shuai doesn't pay attention to the life and death of the First Army. Li Zongren thought for a while and said: "Before I came, the commander said that the First Army has always been the first elite in Guangxi, and it is a veteran who has followed the old general to fight in the south and the north for many years. The commander asked me to study well in the First Army, but I didn't expect that I would see it as soon as I came - hey, it's okay, then I'll immediately ask the commander for help, and let the commander send troops to save us. ”

As soon as Li Zongren's words were said, many people immediately blushed, this face, I can't afford to lose this person. Huang Li immediately took the case: "What to save?" When did the First Army ask someone to save it, damn, isn't it Chen Bingkun, thinking that a few Japanese helped him, and he ascended to heaven? ”

Lu Rongting smiled and looked at Li Zongren, young people have the ability to play my old subordinates properly. Lu Rongting: "Deputy commander, there is no first army now, even if there is, it is the first army of the Dinggui Army, you have the highest position here, you can fight this battle." ”

After saying that, Lu Rongting was about to get up, Li Zongren was shocked, and hurriedly stood up and held down Lu Rongting: "General, you can't do it." You don't have a telegram to resign for a day, you are the commander of this army all day, I am here to learn, I still need you to mention a little more here, you can't just leave. ”

Lu Rongting grinned, a little sample, just know that I am still useful.

Li Zongren also calculated in his heart, come on, old fox, if you want to save face soon, I'll give it to you.

Lu Rongting: "Okay, since this is the case, and Commander Yang is not here, then I will rely on the old and sell the old, and I will sit in the position of the main general for a few more days." But Deputy Commander, since you are also here, then from now on, you will be the Deputy Commander of these thousands of people. ”

"Deputy Commander, what do you think of the current situation? In the battle of Gongcheng, our army was caught off guard, and the losses were not small, and Chen Bingkun had the support of the Japanese, and now the enemy is strong and I am weak. Hmph, what an irony, overnight, the slave dog became the owner. It can be seen that Lu Rongting is very angry at Chen Bingkun's betrayal, and what is even more odious is that Chen Bingkun has now instantly raised his strength above himself.

Li Zongren looked at it for a while, nodded and said, "General, we should immediately give up Pingle, return to Yangshuo, fortify along the Li River, and fight a war of attrition with Chen Bingkun." ”

Lu Rongting was stunned for a moment and glanced at Li Zongren. Giving up Pingle, giving up Pingle means that Chen Bingkun can support Liuzhou from Lipu, and Yang Shuai is only afraid that there will be difficulties at that time. But giving up Pingle was the best choice for the First Army. What exactly does Lee Jong-in mean?

Li Zongren didn't see anyone answer, looking at everyone's eyes, he suddenly understood, Li Zongren smiled: "General, everyone, I am the deputy commander of the First Army of the Dinggui Army, for the overall situation, for the future of the entire Dinggui Army." Do you think that I will not do it because this is not good for the commander's original Third Army, everyone still doesn't worry about our commander's personality? In this case, General, please give the order to retreat, please see that the commander will be dissatisfied with a word. ”

The First Army retreated and fled towards the Li River. After getting the news, Yang Shuai smiled slightly, but Zhang Zhizhong said: "Commander, what does this first army mean?" Regardless of whether we live or die, could it be said that in the first battle of Gongcheng, the First Army will be completely abolished? ”

Lin Hu raised his head: "I can't say that, in my opinion, it is just right for the First Army to do this." Then Lin Hu glanced at Yang Shuai again, saw that Yang Shuai was not different, and then said: "Now the First Army and Chen Bingkun's Fifth Army are not at the same level in morale, and it is not the best policy to fight hard in the short term, and taking the initiative to retreat is the best choice, but I don't know who made this choice." If General Lu Lao ordered, then the matter might be a bit interesting, but if Li Zongren had already integrated into the First Army, and he agreed to this plan, then there would be nothing to worry about. ”

Yang Shuai nodded: "At the beginning, we didn't plan to let the First Army participate in the attack on Liuzhou, Liuzhou will be a battle that will shock the world, and it must all be completed by ourselves." Now Chen Bingkun has intervened, which just gives the First Army an excuse, which is also good. Well, the retreat of the First Army, I understand, and at the same time hope that the First Army will pick up and pin down the Fifth Army, ten days at the most, three days at the earliest, reinforcements will definitely arrive. ”

As soon as Yang Shuai's words arrived, the officers and men of the First Army felt at ease, and at the same time, they were no longer so repulsive to Yang Shuai and the Third Army. At the same time, because Li Zongren's successive suggestions were recognized by all the generals present, Li Zongren gradually sat in a stable position.

As soon as the First Army retreated, Chen Bingkun's Fifth Army did not dare to pursue it excessively, because Chen Bingkun began to worry, whether the retreat of the Fifth Army would be a conspiracy, deliberately trying to attract our main force to go north, and then Nanning suddenly copied my old nest. As soon as he thought of this, Chen Bingkun, no matter what the Japanese said, stopped advancing, and missed the best opportunity to defeat the First Army.

While scolding Chen Bingkun, the Japanese immediately suggested contacting Liu Guxiang to prevent Liu Guxiang from surrendering, and at the same time, Mrs. Black Fungus also personally did a big thing, which can be described as ruthless.

Liu Guxiang's time soon came, and at this time, Chen Bingkun attacked, and the disappearance of the first army's defeat came, and Liu Guxiang was shocked. At this time, Tan Haoming appeared, and Liu Guxiang was also startled, isn't this another henchman of Lu Rongting, of course, Lu Rongting has just been betrayed by a henchman.

Tan Haoming expressed his intentions: "Commander Liu, the Second Army and the Fifth Army are aligned, otherwise Guangxi will all fall into the hands of Yang Shuai's boy, and you will watch tens of millions of people in Guangxi fall into fire and water." ”

Liu Guxiang was shocked: "You, you're not an old general—"

Tan Haoming snorted: "The old general is old and confused, he actually gave up the first army to one person, and our old subordinates who have been following for half a lifetime can only be guns, the old general has made a mistake, we can only correct it, I am preparing to go north and go to the capital for activities." If Commander Liu is interested, Bingkun and I both agree that it is not impossible for Commander Liu to become the governor of Guangxi. ”

Tan Haoming said proudly, and then pretended to say a word in Liu Guxiang's ear mysteriously, Liu Guxiang was shocked: "What? Seriously? ”

Tan Haoming smiled: "It's really not true, as long as Commander Liu persists for four or five days, the truth will come." Commander Liu rest assured, your current enemy only has the strength of three or four regiments of the Third Army, and the number is less than 10,000, as long as you hold out for five days, after five days, it will be the time when Yang Shuai is destroyed. When Tan Haoming said Yang Shuai, there was always a hatred in it.

Liu Guxiang lowered his head in contemplation, gritted his teeth, and fear was finally replaced by greed. waved his hand and ordered: "Come on, the soldiers and horses are chaotic, protect General Shen Hongying and Mr. Su Xixun well, without my order, you are not allowed to leave the Li Mansion, if something happens to the two gentlemen, I will cut off your head." ”

"Pass my order, the Second Army will be up and down, fully armed, and all the soldiers and horses in Yishan and other places will return to Liuzhou City, and we will fight to the death with the Third Army."

Tan Haoming smiled fiercely and looked at Yang Shuai's trench fiercely.

The next day, the fighting spread, and the Third and Second Armies began to exchange fire. However, the attack of the Third Army was met with stubborn resistance from Liu Guxiang.

Yang Shuai was puzzled and said to Bai Zhuge : "It's very strange, the second army is like a sudden outbreak, and it doesn't skimp on ammunition at all." This is not a way to fight a protracted war, what is going on, did Liu Guxiang get any help? ”

Bai Zhuge : "Or, who is he waiting for?" ”

Yang Shuai: "Wait for someone?" Can anyone else come to his rescue? Is Li Zongren's side normal? ”

Lin Hu: "Normal, the few officers and soldiers brought by Li Zongren have all been successfully sent to the First Army to be battalion commanders or something, which shows that Li Zongren's leadership of the First Army has begun." Commander, I don't think we should order Nanning to pay attention. ”

Yang Shuai: "Are you worried that there will be problems in Nanning?" Fortunately, Wang Jinsong was ordered to pay close attention to the movements inside and out. ”

Bai Zhuge kept his head down and was silent, Yang Shuai: "Zhuge , what are you thinking?" ”

Bai Zhuge said: "Commander, we don't know where Liu Guxiang's confidence comes from, but I don't think the problem is necessarily in Nanning. Even if someone in Yunnan or Guizhou is willing to save Liu Guxiang, it will not be able to rush over in a while. The traffic in western Guizhou is not easy to walk, the army wants to come, how can it be so simple, is it Guangdong or Hunan? ”

Lin Hu shook his head: "It can't be Guangdong, Chen Jiongming and Long Jiguang can't wait for Chen Bingkun to die early, they definitely won't help Chen Bingkun, they won't help Chen Bingkun, they can't go against us." ”

Yang Shuai was stunned: "So Hunan? Oh no, isn't Liu Xianshi in Longzhou, Guilin, bad, Guilin, hurry, quickly send an order to the First Army, be careful of Guilin. ”

Lin Hu and Bai Zhuge were also shocked, and their faces turned dark. The reason why the First Army is now so calmly and confidently dealing with Chen Bingkun on the Li River, and not allowing Chen Bingkun to come to Liuzhou to help so simply, is because there is Guilin behind the First Army. What if- suddenly, Yang Shuai had an ominous premonition rising to his heart.

What are you afraid of, what are you afraid of.

"Report, urgent report, Deputy Commander Li and General Lu jointly give first aid."

Yang Shuai was frightened and retreated, Nima, it's troublesome, Liu Xianshi, this bastard is really here.

Yang Shuai couldn't help but be anxious, and shouted: "What about the cannon, why hasn't Wu Xuan's cannon come yet?" The order was given to Liu Zuwutuan, even if he broke his fucking leg, Lao Tzu should run to Liuzhou within 24 hours, otherwise he would be dealt with by military law. ”

The First Army was less than 10,000 people, the enemy was behind it, the foundation was gone, it was surrounded in the middle reaches of the Li River, it couldn't run, and it was precarious.