The troops continued to pursue the fleeing enemy, but Song Xilian rushed to the station with the Seventh Company, accompanied by Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan, and the scenes along the way made them unbearable to witness.

Corpses, cascading corpses, corpses in various poses; Those who were on their backs, kneeling, wrestling with each other, bayonets rushing into each other's stomachs, half-heads, and armless. A stream of blood, solidified, half-coagulated, still flowing, and occasionally a heavy moan came from the pool of blood.

The land is crisscrossed with ravines, blown trenches, craters, and endless smoke of gunpowder, all of which show what fierce battles took place here.

When he arrived at the edge of the station, Song Xilian met the soldiers on alert, only one squad of soldiers was there, except for the sharp eyes, all the others showed tiredness, the military uniforms were tattered, everyone was wounded, and the two machine guns in the collapsed fortifications watched them vigilantly.

"What is the name of the chief?" The sergeant who led the team saluted Song Xilian cleanly and said that one of his hands was still wearing a bandage, and the bandage was so dirty that he couldn't see the original color.

"Lieutenant Colonel Song Xilian of the 10th Battalion of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division." Song Xilian returned the salute, but all the officers and soldiers behind him saluted the sergeant together, and the sergeant and his soldiers stood upright and returned the salute.

"Where's your deputy commander?" Song Xilian's face was anxious, it was too abnormal.

A murderous aura suddenly poured out of the sergeant's body, a fierce murderous aura, which made Song Xilian almost unable to stand.

"The deputy division commander was seriously wounded in the enemy's last attack and is being rescued in the infirmary," the sergeant said with tears in his eyes, "Regiment Commander Xue and the brothers in the division are there." ”

As he spoke, he kicked Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan in the crowd fiercely, Song Xilian's mind was buzzing, he didn't hear the sergeant's words at all, and he didn't ask where the medical staff was, and hurriedly rushed to the station.

"Come on, tie them both up." The sergeant pointed to Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan and said, immediately snatched out a few soldiers, rushed into the crowd to drag Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan out, the officers in the crowd immediately stopped, the sergeant waved his hand, and immediately there was a crackling sound of bolts, and seven or eight black holes pointed at dozens of officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion.

"What are you going to do!" The officers in the crowd asked angrily, Song Xilian's soldiers are not good, change places, change groups of people to use guns at them like this, I'm afraid they would have drawn their guns a long time ago, but now in this situation..., they just moved manually, but they looked at the officers in the crowd.

"I'm sorry, sir, it's okay if the division commander is fine, if..., we'll sacrifice the division commander alive with these two bastards." The sergeant blushed and spoke coldly.

"Sergeant," the officer was anxious and angry after understanding what he was going to do: "You love the deputy division commander, and we love him, when he was the company commander of the seventh company, I was his soldier, he pulled it out of his hand, and the soldiers here are all from the seventh company, he brought it, I can tell you responsibly, the deputy division commander will never, he will never agree to you doing this." ”

The sergeant's eyes were about to bleed, and he said coldly: "Lao Tzu doesn't care, these two officials are not small, it's just right to sacrifice them alive!" ”

The officer hurriedly said in an almost pleading tone: "Brother, you are violating military law by doing this, and it is not worth it for them." ”

The sergeant coldly stopped talking, his eyes clearly said, what you said was nonsense. The officer's anger rose, and he couldn't help it: "Someone! Take the two of them away! ”

"Machine gun ready!" The sergeant did not hesitate at all, and the officer was furious: "You dare! ”

The sergeant looked at him fiercely and indifferently, and just as they were holding each other, a voice came from behind: "What are you doing?" ”

The officer hurriedly turned around, the crowd separated, Hu Zongnan came in from behind, and the officer hurriedly saluted: "Report to the regiment commander, this sergeant wants to detain Zheng Junyan and Peng Dequan, saying that if there is an accident with Deputy Division Commander Zhuang passing by, they will be sacrificed alive." ”

Hu Zongnan frowned and looked at the sergeant, and then at the officer: "Go to the infirmary first, and leave the matter here to them to handle by themselves." ”

"Yes!" Only then did the officer notice that Hu Zongnan was still followed by Sun Yuanliang and others, and Hu Zongnan's eyes did not move back, and his expression was full of disdain.

Sun Yuanliang separated the crowd and stepped forward: "Sergeant, hand over these two people to us, and the deputy division commander will be fine." ”

Sun Yuanliang felt that he had said politely enough, but who knew that the sergeant seemed to not know Sun Yuanliang: "Commander Sun, now Commander Xue commands the whole division." ”

Sun Yuanliang was embarrassed, he didn't expect it to be like this after this battle, he suddenly felt that this division would no longer have a foothold for him after Hu Zongnan finished speaking, he didn't stop, and walked straight inside, the station has been completely destroyed, there are bombed houses, overturned and blown up carriages, and the front of the car is everywhere, the infirmary is easy to find, and there is a large group of people gathered in the dark outside, and the officers and soldiers of the first division who are alive are all here, looking at the infirmary.

"Brothers, go back and rest, the military doctor said that the division commander is fine."

"Now, I have done everything I can do, and I will see for myself in the future." The military doctor tiredly told Xue Yue and Hu Zongnan that he had performed a whole afternoon of surgery in the afternoon under artillery fire, and he had drawn 300cc of blood, and he was very tired now and wanted to sleep.

"Is there no other way?" Hu Zongnan asked anxiously.

"There is no way here, the conditions are limited, unless there are well-equipped hospitals in big cities like Shanghai and Wuhan."

"This, how is Nanchang?" Xue Yue asked: "Can't you find a hospital in Nanchang?" ”

"First of all, Nanchang is still in the hands of the enemy, and secondly, as far as I know, the best hospital in Nanchang is St. Ress Hospital, with only seven or eight doctors, which is much worse than Shanghai and Wuhan."

"But....," Xue Yue said in embarrassment, "but can he make it to Wuhan?" Besides, isn't Wuchang still in the hands of Wu Peifu? ”

"I'm suggesting it from a doctor's point of view, and if I stay here, I'm really not sure that I will save his life." The military doctor said helplessly: "By the way, Commander Hu, does your regiment have morphine injections?" If you have one, bring it quickly and give him an injection. There is also some anti-inflammatory powder. ”

"No problem, our regiment gives you everything, including bandages." Hu Zongnan said without hesitation: "Adjutant Wang, order everyone to bring all the bandages they carry here, and order the regimental health soldiers to bring all the medicines, all of them!" Just go! ”

The adjutant took the order and turned around and ran.

The huge results of the battle were beyond Chiang Kai-shek's expectations, and the officers and soldiers of Yang Genghe and Liang Hongen also quickly collapsed, they had no heart to resist at all, fled to the southeast, north and south, and after being overtaken, they threw their guns and knelt on the side of the road to surrender, or directly lay on the ground and waited for the Northern Expeditionary Army to be captured.

Yang Genghe and Liang Hongen fled to the Gan River, because they had no boat, they ran eastward again, but they were caught up by Sun Yuanliang's troops within a few miles.

Since then, the Battle of Niuhang ended in a complete victory for the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the troops on both sides participated in the battle: the first regiment and the third regiment of the first division of the first army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, a total of more than 3,500 people, the fifth mixed brigade, the sixth mixed brigade, and the second mixed brigade of the second front army of the five provinces of Sun Chuanfang, and the 24th mixed brigade was transferred halfway, with a total strength of more than 18,000 people. The director of the division's quartermaster department and others lost seven people, six battalion-level cadres, one was seriously wounded, and only the company-platoon-level cadres survived Dai Anlan, and the rest were all killed; On the side of the allied forces of the five provinces, the commander of the Jiangxi Army, Zheng Junyan, the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi Army, and the brigade commanders Peng Dequan, Yang Genghe, and Liang Hongen were captured, and most of the officers below the regimental level were killed, except for Li Junyi's nearly 3,000 men who were transferred, the remaining 15,000 people were either captured or killed.

After this battle, Sun Chuanfang's main force in the Nanchang area was annihilated, Nanchang only had Zhang Fengqi's brigade and the remnants of the 10th Division less than 4,000 men and horses to defend it, in addition to Li Zongren's annihilation of Xie Hongxun's 20,000 horses in Qixi, Sun Chuanfang's 100,000 horses in Jiangxi were annihilated nearly half.

But Chiang Kai-shek was not happy, but when he heard Jiang Xianyun's report that it was a telegram jointly signed by Xue Yue and Hu Zongnan, his heart sank, and he asked without waiting for Jiang Xianyun to read the content: "Tell me quickly, what's wrong with the Cultural Revolution?" ”

Jiang Xianyun said in a deep voice: "Seriously injured, still in a coma, the military doctor suggested that he be transferred to Shanghai or Wuhan." ”

Jiang Xianyun felt very uncomfortable in his heart, in the past few years, although he and Zhuang Jihua had different political views, it did not prevent them from gradually becoming friends and confidants. After breaking off his friendship with Li Zhilong, the person he really called a friend in Huangpu was Zhuang Jihua, and their friendship even exceeded that of party comrades like Yang Qigang.

"Headmaster, what should I do?" Jiang Xianyun couldn't help but ask.

Chiang Kai-shek's face was pale, and before he could speak, Bai Chongxi came in from outside, and his face was full of joy: "Great victory, great victory, really a rare victory, capture Zheng Junyan, annihilate 14,000 enemies, commander-in-chief,...。 ”

Bai Chongxi found that Chiang Kai-shek's face was uncertain, and he understood after a little thought that Chiang Kai-shek was worrying about the safety of Zhuang Jihua.

"Commander-in-chief, the Cultural Revolution will be fine, he has made a great contribution this time, God will not let him go like this." Bai Chongxi comforted Chiang Kai-shek and said, having said that, he couldn't help but feel a little sour in his heart, this young man is too good, is God also jealous of his talent, and wants to take it back.

"Principal, the students ask for orders to go to Niuxing and escort the Cultural Revolution to Hankou for treatment." Jiang Xianyun said suddenly.

"Okay, you go to the general hospital and take the two best military doctors, escort them along the way, and make sure he survives." Chiang Kai-shek nodded, and at the same time said hatefully: "In addition, detain Sun Yuanliang and send him to the Military Justice Department." This scum! ”

Bai Chongxi and Jiang Xianyun both knew why Chiang Kai-shek wanted to detain Sun Yuanliang, and after Cheng Qian returned from defeat, he complained to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that Sun Yuanliang did not obey the command and retreated without authorization, resulting in the failure of the battle of Lehua, and attached was also a report by Deng Yanhua, the commander of the 17th Division, which made Chiang Kai-shek lose face in front of the armies again.

Then Chiang Kai-shek said sharply to Bai Chongxi: "Order Zhu Peide, no, limit Zhu Peide, and Ming said that Nanchang must be taken, otherwise, otherwise..."

Chiang Kai-shek easily controlled his emotions and did not say the following words, but Bai Chongxi had already understood, he stepped forward and lowered his voice and said: "Commander-in-chief, rest assured, Commander Zhu will definitely work hard to attack, otherwise why would he be the chairman of this province." ”

Bai Chongxi's judgment is very accurate, Zhu Peide heard that after the victory of Niuxing, he no longer dared to preserve his strength, crossed the Ganjiang River that night, and began to attack Nanchang the next day, and Gu Zhutong in the west also conquered Dengjiapu on the same day and arrived at Jinxianmen, and Lu Dipingtun Niuhang Station in the north, the main force expanded in the direction of Lehua and Yongxiu, and carried out offensive defense against Lu Xiangting on the Nanxun line; Then Chiang Kai-shek reaped another surprise, the Seventh Army ambushed Li Junyi, who was retreating north, north of Lehua and south of Yongxiu, and completely annihilated 3,000 people in the station, and captured Li Junyi alive.

Chiang Kai-shek, who received the good news, immediately ordered Lu Diping to retreat south to participate in the siege of Nanchang. There are many troops in Nanchang City, but the total strength is only about 4,000 people, and the system is chaotic, Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, Yue Siyin and others are trapped in Nanchang.

When Sun Chuanfang learned the result of the Niu Xing battle, he was so angry that he lifted the table and scolded Zheng Junyan, nearly 20,000 people attacked a small Niu Xing station, and they were beaten by others with such a result, isn't this more stupid than a pig.

In order to keep Nanchang, he sent a telegram to Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, and Yue Siyin to cheer them up, "Zhuang Jihua has a lonely army of 3,000 to defend the land of cattle and projectiles, and the king has 6,000 armor and supports the strong city, so he can achieve greater success... I have ordered Commander-in-Chief Lu Xiangting to lead his troops south, and he will arrive soon. ”

Then he ordered Lu Xiangting to immediately reinforce Nanchang, and then transferred the Anhui army into Jiangxi, and ordered Jiang Zhenchen to stop retreating, and transferred troops on the border of Anhui and Jiangxi to reinforce Jiang Zhenchen, and counterattacked Nanchang from the east.

But all the deployments of Sun Chuanfang have been unable to recover the Nanchang war situation, Niu Xing's victory made the morale of the Northern Expeditionary Army high, Zhu Peide, Gu Zhutong stormed Nanchang, Tang Fushan and others sent representatives to request incorporation in half a day, but they asked to be incorporated by their old superior Fang Benren, Chiang Kai-shek in order to end the battle of Nanchang as soon as possible, agreed to be incorporated by Fang Benren The defenders of Nanchang, that night Fang Benren entered the city, and Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, Yue Siyin negotiated, all the defenders were reorganized into the third division of the Jiangxi Army, with Fang Benren as the division commander, Tang Fushan as the deputy division commander, Zhang Fengqi and Yue Siyin were the brigade commanders, and the next day the Nanchang defenders laid down their arms and went out of the city to reorganize.

However, on the third day, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhu Peide to surround the reorganized troops and arrest Tang Fushan, Zhang Fengqi, and Yue Siyin. Bai Chongxi hurriedly dissuaded, but Chiang Kai-shek did not listen, but instead took out the complaint of the citizens of Nanchang, in the complaint, the citizens of Nanchang counted the three people who had committed many crimes in arson to Nanchang, and demanded that the three people be brought to justice and handed over to the citizens of Nanchang for public trial, thinking that the people would eliminate harm.

For three days, military discipline was prohibited, and the property of many Nanchang citizens was plundered, and women were annihilated and killed, and the citizens hated to eat their flesh raw.

The day after conquering Nanchang, Wuchang announced the recovery, although Liu Yuchun resolutely fought to the end, but his subordinates did not do it, they secretly contacted the Northern Expeditionary Army, opened the city gate, the Fourth Army entered Wuchang City, Liu Yuchun was captured, and since then the three towns of Wuhan have all been recovered.

The successive victories, especially the miracle of Niu Xing, are more important because the first division created by Chiang Kai-shek single-handedly fought and saved Chiang Kai-shek's gradually declining prestige politically, and Chiang Kai-shek's prestige among the people is unprecedentedly high, and the businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang have focused their attention on this commander-in-chief with heavy troops.

However, the great victory of Niu Xing did not dispel the clamor for Wang's reinstatement, and this wave became even louder, and the [***] people and the Kuomintang leftists more urgently hoped that Wang Ching-wei would return to China as soon as possible, so as to limit Chiang Kai-shek's growing prestige and disperse the power in Chiang Kai-shek's hands.

A bloody storm kicked off. Zhuang Jihua lay in a hospital bed in Wuhan, in the center of the storm, and he had no idea how to pull history out of its original trajectory.

The bull war is finally over, and it will be a minefield in the future.

(To be continued)