Chapter 250: The Competition

There seems to be no warmth here, it is cold all the time, even if it is a July day, the climate here still makes people dare not be careless. The rough big man spoke in a voice that seemed to be inarticulate: "Great Comrade Lenin, we will soon be ready, the divine light is coming, please believe that we will be able to complete any hardships and trials that God has given us." ”

"Well, one year, we only have one year to do. The motherland is bleeding, even if it is a minute more, it hurts a little more. To hell with all evil capitalism, the great battle will be won. ”

The strong wind blew, and the place was calm again, and people were still concerned about the quality of today's bread, and the taste of baijiu was no longer as good as before. Occasionally someone said something about the West, but it was not so clear, only that the Reich was now at war with Germany.

The intensity of the European battlefield has deeply terrified some of the great powers that thought that the war would soon be over. At the same time, they were happy to see distant China descend into civil strife, and only in this way did they have some balance in their hearts. For the Chinese themselves, they discovered that the Northern Expedition was not as easy as they imagined.

In order to arouse public opinion, before the Northern Expedition began, the south began to hype up propaganda, hating the sky and not knowing it. Beiyang, which caused infighting, was prepared in advance, but the Northern Expeditionary Army itself was far from ready because of its haste to start an incident. In addition, the Northern Expeditionary Army did not really form a command system within the army, and it can be said that several armies were in their own positions and managed their own affairs, and they had no intention of cooperating with the operation.

The Fourth Army had been struggling to hold out on the Miluo River for ten days, but the Fifth Army, which was close at hand, did not have a single soldier to help. More than 32,000 people of the Fourth Army suffered more than half of the casualties. The sluggish mood has even affected the top of the Fourth Army, Yang Shuai has a gloomy face and does not speak, and the entire command seems so depressed.

In the end, Li Zongren, who was still the chief of staff, was the first to speak: "Army commander, although the casualties of the Fourth Army are not small, what is left now has improved the overall combat effectiveness of our Fourth Army. The Fourth Army was composed of recruits, the Dian Army, the Guizhou Army, the Yuan Gui Army, and the Garrison Army. After ten days of fighting, although the number of personnel has decreased, the current Fourth Army is what our Fourth Army should be. Commander, you see, our attrition was basically concentrated in the first three days, and from the fourth day, it has been slowly declining, and from yesterday to just now we have repelled three attacks, and the attrition is less than 400 men. ”

Yang Shuai put down the hand supporting his head and raised his head: "I'm not worried about the problem of attrition, hey, what I'm worried about is the entire Northern Expedition, as well as the problem of our way out, the Fifth Army really chills me, and the terrible thing is that this situation is not only unique to the Fifth Army, it is reported that Chen Jiongming of the Second Army also has signs of perfunctory, hey, ridiculous, I was full of confidence half a month ago, and now-" After speaking, Yang Shuai couldn't help but sigh.

Yang Shuai thinks that he can afford to put it down, but the problem is that he can put it down, but others may not be able to put it down, or they are willing to put it down. Some things, maybe Yang Shuai himself takes it for granted. At this time, Yang Shuai also began to feel a strange mood. Okay, since it's all like this, well, I can take three provinces in three years, and I can also take you down.

"Li Zongren, I think, our whole army will move to Pingjiang, and then take Nanjiang with the main force."

Li Zongren and several other staff officers were shocked and gathered in front of the map, and at this time everyone could feel that the army commander seemed to have a new plan. Li Zongren squinted his eyes and looked at Yang Shuai: "Army commander, giving up the frontal battlefield is also a very passive thing for our army, if Wu Peifu is willing to break the cauldron and intercept our army with one section, and divide the main force to go south and go straight to Changsha, the whole battle situation will be chaotic." ”

Yang Shuai: "I also know, but I just want to teach some people some lessons, so as not to be afraid of heaven and earth with us in front." As long as Hengyang is ensured and does not directly threaten Shaoguan, the Northern Expedition Middle Route Army will not be affected. As long as the Central Route Army and the Eastern Route Army can take Nanchang first, the effect will be the same. ”

After thinking about it, Yang Shuai said again: "You can send an order to let Guangxi stay and increase troops, and Yongzhou, Hengyang, and Zhuzhou will increase their troops." Hmph, isn't the Fifth Army passively slacking off, okay, they don't fight, we fight. ”

Li Pinxian: "Commander, if we suddenly increase so many troops to Hunan, the supply will be very stressful, and also, we have increased so many troops, I'm afraid that the Fifth Army will also feel uncomfortable, and it will cause contradictions when the time comes—"

"Contradiction?" Yang Shuai sneered: "Is there no contradiction now?" Besides, I'm increasing my troops to ensure my own safety, and I don't dare expect them to help our main forces when they're in danger. If we can't rely on them, we can only rely on ourselves. In addition, the number of additional troops is all counted in the establishment of the Fourth Army, and it should be regarded as three new regiments. ”

As soon as he thought of it, Yang Shuai immediately took the posture of a small part, and then ordered the main army to move to Pingjiang overnight. Even Wu Peifu on the opposite side didn't think about this, so there was no pursuit. It wasn't until the intelligence department confirmed that Wu Peifu dared to tentatively cross the river, and he had to believe that Yang Shuai was really gone, and unexpectedly went to Pingjiang.

Just when Wu Peifu couldn't figure it out, he suddenly shouted that it was bad, and turned back sharply: "Quick, quick, send an order to Nanjiang, Yang Shuai's target is Nanjiang, he wants to threaten Yueyang from the side, quickly, inform the defenders to be careful, and also, quickly lead the front-line soldiers of Tongcheng to reinforce Nanjiang." ”

Wu Peifu is a direct rookie, and the speed of his rise is very amazing. And it is precisely the rise of many such rookies within the direct line, so that the direct forces can compete with the powerful Anhui system in the internal strife in Beiyang.

Wu Peifu walked around irritably, he was not afraid of a big battle, or even a hard battle, but for Yang Shuai, an opponent who did not play cards according to the routine, Wu Peifu was a little bottomless.

And Wu Peifu's worry came true, when he had just issued an order to let Nanjiang pay attention, less than an hour later, a panicked person immediately ran in. Wu Peifu preemptively: "What's wrong?" Nanjiang is lost? ”

The soldier nodded, Wu Peifu couldn't help but take two steps back, this Yang Shuai is so ruthless, let Changsha go, do you want to exchange Yueyang with me? Suddenly, Wu Peifu saw that the soldier hadn't left yet, and couldn't help but chuckle: "What?" ”

The soldier couldn't cry or laugh, this unlucky errand: "Yes, army commander, Nanjiang has fallen, and the reinforcements from Tongcheng have been ambushed in the north of Nanjiang City, and they are all gone." ”

Wu Peifu - "Yang Shuai wants to compete with me in endurance, if I go to Changsha without hesitation, he will beat me Yueyang, if I chase him, he will achieve the goal of protecting Changsha." Okay, good, Changsha has Tan Yanhong, it's not difficult, don't think about moving my Yueyang Yang Shuai, pass my order, embankment Yang Shuai's army, attack Changsha, order the 7th Regiment and 11th Regiment to attack Changde along Yiyang and recover northwest Hunan. ”

Wu Peifu chose the strategy of wrestling with Yang Shuai, and now, it depends on whether Wu Peifu takes Changsha first, or Yang Shuai takes Yueyang first, no matter who wins first, the other side will definitely be blocked in the hinterland of the enemy army and become a turtle in the urn.

Yang Shuai is in Pingjiang, Li Zongren: "Commander, Wu Peifu's actions are likely to be about to compete with us." ”

Yang Shuai stood firmly in front of a huge map board, clasped behind his back, and did not look back, and said to Li Zongren: "Let Zhuge come up, let Zhuge go to Zhuzhou, take the position of deputy commander, and hand over all the affairs of southern Hunan to him, from today on, more than 20,000 people here will be completely cut off from the headquarters, and now we are like a lone army deep behind the enemy, and everything has to rely on ourselves." ”

Li Zongren hurriedly lowered his head and wrote it down, and asked as he wrote: "Then commander, what is the order for Bai Zhuge and what is the goal?" ”

Yang Shuai smiled: "There is no goal, no task, everything is Bai Zhuge autonomous." ”

Li Zongren raised his head with a sigh, shocked in his heart. Although there are many people in the army who have become generals, none of them say that they are completely autonomous. Every day there is a clear task, and as long as there is a slight deviation, the command will immediately track it down to see if you are half-hearted. At this time, Yang Shuai gave Bai Zhuge an autonomy, and he still led five or six thousand soldiers and horses.

"I believe in Zhuge as I believe in you."

Wu Peifu approached Changsha, and this time things made a big fuss.

"What about Yang Shuai, what about the Fourth Army?"

It's a question that is being asked everywhere and by everyone. In Guangzhou, some people even directly shouted that Yang Shuai was a traitor, a lackey of Beiyang, and a traitor, and that someone should be immediately sent to replace him as military commander. Of course, as soon as this proposal came out, it was despised by everyone. You are stupid, every soldier of the Fourth Army, together with the food that is eaten every day now, is provided by Yang Shuai himself. Send someone to take over? When the time comes, I'm afraid that the person who goes will cut his own flesh to feed the Fourth Army.

Now some people have discovered that at that time, Yang Shuai took the initiative to say that the Fourth Army did not need the headquarters of the military quartermasters, and everything was taken care of by itself, and many people were secretly happy at that time.

And Changsha was even more frightened, Tan Yanhong: "Nima's, Yang Shuai is so ruthless? Isn't he afraid of becoming a sinner in the Republic of China, and he dares to give way to the enemy, this kid is really kind. ”

At this time, Tang Shengzhi and the others felt that something was wrong, and if this went on like this, they would be broken by Wu Peifu. These people have to marvel, this Yang Shuai is so rich, how can he have the money to raise so many soldiers, if I also have so many soldiers, I don't care if Changsha is broken, it's just right to break it, get rid of Tan Yanmin, and then I will swagger to do Wu Peifu, take back Changsha, and unify Hunan. It's a pity, Lao Tzu has no soldiers, just a few thousand, not enough to see.

Cheng Qian first rescued Changde, originally the northwest was his territory, he was not only self-preservation, but also to defend against the enemy, killing two birds with one stone. And Tang Shengzhi and Zhao Hengxi hurriedly moved closer to Changsha. At the same time, he tried his best to start asking Bai Zhuge the deputy commander of the Fourth Army, who took over the southern soldiers and horses, hoping that Bai Zhuge would help, and the other was also testing Bai Zhuge 's intentions. Nima's from Guangxi to Changsha, there are your people on a line, what is this? Tang Shengzhi and the others felt terrifying when they thought about it.

But Bai Zhuge 's actions scared the crowd enough.

"The Fourth Army will all retreat to Hengyang, concentrate its vital forces, and ensure the barrier in Guangzhou."