Fujian, Longwen Front.

The offensive of the National Revolutionary Army passed wave after wave, and under the stormy attack, Long Wen was already in danger.

Tong Baoxuan did his best and commanded his troops to defend Longwen to the death, but the reinforcements of the 18th Division were never seen.

Tong Baoxuan will never know that he has become an outcast at this time, and the only thing he can do is to delay Li Houji's escape as much as possible.

Long Wen's forward positions fell into the hands of the National Revolutionary Army one after another, and Long Wen was in danger!

A large number of troops surrendered to the National Revolutionary Army, and Tong Baoxuan gradually lost control of the war.

Tong Baoxuan urged the reinforcements in the direction of Xiamen over and over again, and asked over and over where the 18th Division had arrived, but at first there was a response from Xiamen, but later there was no news at all.

A bad feeling began to rise in Tong Baoxuan's heart

"Commander-in-chief, another company of brothers has surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army, hurry up and think of a way to urge reinforcements, if the reinforcements don't arrive, there will be no soldiers available under my command!" Lin Zhiyuan, the chief of staff who was supervising the battle on the front line, ran in, a little angry.

Tong Baoxuan asked in a deep voice, "What is the battle situation ahead now?" ”

Lin Zhiyuan took off his hat in annoyance: "The Northern Expeditionary Army is desperately smashing us with artillery, and when we abandon our positions in confusion, they almost seize the position bloodlessly." Now the army in front is disheartened, batches of troops have surrendered, and they don't want to find a way to solve it, commander-in-chief, I'm afraid that we are really going to become prisoners! ”

Tong Baoxuan pursed his lips, anxious in his heart: "You tell me the truth, how long can you hold out if there are no reinforcements?" ”

"One day, at most until tomorrow morning!"

"So short? Can you not?"

Lin Zhiyuan interrupted him and said: "Commander-in-chief, go to the front and take a look yourself, the soldiers have no fighting spirit, at first we can tell them that the reinforcements are coming to appease them, but the reinforcements don't even have a shadow, and it is already a miracle to be able to hold out until tomorrow!" Commander-in-chief, tell me the truth, are there any reinforcements? ”

Tong Baoxuan shook his head in confusion, are there any reinforcements? I don't know.

Li Houji promised himself that he would send the 18th Division to reinforce him, but where are the troops?

"Report to the commander-in-chief, a Lu Gongwang who claims to be your old friend has come to visit."

"Lu Gongwang?"

This man is an old League member. In that year, Xu Xilin and other revolutionaries were killed in Anhui to launch the Anhui and Zhejiang Uprising in a failed manner, and the Datong Normal School of the Zhejiang Uprising Command Center was exposed and confiscated. After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Lü Gongwang did a lot of work to discuss the plan of the uprising, prepare for the uprising, and liaise between the upper and lower levels. When the news of Shanghai's liberation reached Hangzhou, people rejoiced. The insurrectionary forces in Hangzhou were prepared as planned. At 12 o'clock in the evening, 1,500 Shanghai daredevils led by revolutionaries Wang Jinfa and Yin Weijun rushed to Hangzhou and fought with Zhu Rui and other officers and men of the Zhejiang New Army to recover Hangzhou. Yin Weijun, a 17-year-old female death captain, first threw a hand-pulled bomb at the yamen of the Zhejiang Fu Bureau, and then led the daredevils to rush into the inner hall of the Yamen of the Fu Bureau. After several hours of fighting between the rebels and the Qing soldiers throughout the city, Hangzhou was recovered at dawn. After the liberation of Hangzhou, various prefectures, prefectures, and counties in Zhejiang also held uprisings one after another, and the entire territory of Zhejiang was also recovered within a month. This is what Lu Gongwang participated in organizing.

Later, he was invited to Yanjing Zhengaxe to serve as an official, and then he was dissatisfied with what Yanjing Zhengaxe did, and returned to the south, how could he appear here this time?

Tong Baoxuan thought for a moment: "Please! ”

As soon as Lu Gongwang walked into the headquarters of the Fujian army, he immediately stomped his feet and said, "Tong Baoxuan, do you want to die here?" ”

didn't say a word of politeness, this was the sentence when he opened his mouth, which made Tong Baoxuan stunned.

Lu Gongwang was not polite, and opened his mouth and said: "Look, the Northern Expeditionary Army is about to occupy Longwen in a blink of an eye, do you expect reinforcements from Xiamen to arrive?" I'm telling you, you're wrong, Lee Houji has already escaped! ”

Tong Baoxuan and Lin Zhiyuan were taken aback: "What, Li Houji escaped?" ”

Lu Gongwang shook his head and said: "Only you are still in the dark, Li Houji used you to block the Northern Expeditionary Army, and he himself has abandoned Xiamen with his troops!" Tong Baoxuan, Tong Baoxuan, you don't even know if you've been sold! ”

Tong Baoxuan sat on the chair with a "plop".

"Commander-in-Chief!" Lin Zhiyuan shouted loudly: "I'll just say why the reinforcements haven't arrived yet, and that bastard Li Houji has sold all our seventeenth divisions!" We fought with him here, and he ran away first. Don't fight, don't fight, the big guys will surrender the Northern Expeditionary Army together! ”

Tong Baoxuan was stunned and asked, "This, is this all true?"

"You're confused!" Lu Gongwang scolded with hatred: "Why did I come to you? That's what I begged Yang Sen of the Northern Expeditionary Army to do. Yang Sen has decided to completely annihilate your 17th Division at Longwen, and then enter Xiamen and take all of Fujian. For the sake of the lives of thousands of brothers in the 17th Division, I put down my old face and asked Yang Sen to promise me a trip. Listen, has the artillery fire outside stopped? That's their final reply waiting for you. ”

Tong Baoxuan listened outside, and the sound of the cannon had indeed stopped.

Lin Zhiyuan took a step forward: "Commander-in-chief, there is no point in continuing to fight, we are not the opponent of the Northern Expeditionary Army, they have artillery divisions to help and a large number of machine guns, what about us?" There are no artillery, there are very few machine guns, the soldiers don't want to continue fighting, and now that Li Houji has run away again, what's the point of continuing to fight? Commander-in-chief, surrender! ”

Tong Baoxuan let out a long sigh and slowly stood up: "Order, all departments stop resisting, lay down their weapons, and welcome the Northern Expeditionary Army into Longwen!" ”

Tong Baoxuan surrendered, the 17th Division surrendered, and Long Wen fell into the hands of Yang Sen.

This was a foregone conclusion before the war began.

Such a battle is far from being exciting and fierce, but from the very beginning, everyone knew that there would be such a result.

Tong Baoxuan is nothing more than the duty of an officer, but the only concept he has has been ruthlessly broken by reality.

The 17th Division of the Fujian Army was reorganized into the 42nd Division of the National Revolutionary Army, and Liu Xiang, who had made previous achievements, served as the division commander, and Tong Baoxuan was given the position of deputy chief of staff of a hussar regiment.

Tong Baoxuan knew very well that this was just a means to deprive him of his rights and ascend and descend secretly.

However, Tong Baoxuan has nothing to disagree with, the winner is the king and the loser is Kou, this is an eternal truth, in contrast, the Northern Expeditionary Army is already very benevolent and righteous, at least he gave himself an official position, and he did not embarrass himself.

"Report, the forward of Wang Zhanxu's Sixth Division has been ordered to enter Xiamen and has not met with resistance!"

"Okay, are there any enemy troops in the city?"

"No more! Wang Zhanxu had already fled from Xiamen with all his troops. ”

Yang Sen nodded: "Tell Wang Zhanxu that after entering Xiamen, you must pay attention to military appearance and military discipline, do not disturb the people, and restore order in Xiamen as soon as possible." ”

Lin Zhiyuan, chief of staff of the 42nd Division, stepped forward at this time and said: "Commander-in-chief, Li Houji has already run away, we are familiar with Fujian, please allow the 42nd Division to launch a pursuit!" ”

Yang Sen and Yang Jie glanced at each other, and they all knew that these Fujian soldiers had hated Li Houji to the core. They fought to the death in Longwen, but Li Houji ruthlessly abandoned them!

"Agreed!" Yang Sen nodded.

A big chase has begun!

The 42nd Division, which had been replenished with troops and weapons, was bent on revenge, and pursued Li Houji's ass as if it had been wound up.

Li Houji has no intention of fighting at all, and his only destination is only one:

Chekiang!

As long as you can run to Zhejiang, you will win a respite for yourself, and it is possible to make a comeback.

On June 12, 1919, Yang Sen led the main force into Xiamen.

"A man rides the wind to break thousands of miles, it is best to die on the battlefield, how to become famous before the national humiliation, and the sword is carried out on the expedition. Resist power, remove national thieves, sweep away the atmosphere and conquer the Yu domain, reckless Great Wall, go in and out, and broadcast the sound of heroes on the earth!

Hurry up and die in a hundred battles on the frontier, the bones of the thousand autumns are fragrant, next to the West Lake on the bank of the Plum Blossom Ridge, and the Yan City is restored to Suiyang. Resist power, remove national thieves, the spirit of martyrs is shining brightly, the head can be lost, the body cannot be surrendered, and the blood will turn into a cadre!

The Opium War was a shame, the Yuanming Xuan was destroyed, and the sadness of Jiawu was restored, which greatly damaged our country's body. Resist power, remove national thieves, wash the national shame in a hurry, sharpen my edge, be angry and heroic, and succeed in ten years! ”

The heroic military song sounded in Xiamen. The citizens of Xiamen looked at these mighty soldiers with curiosity.

This group of soldiers was completely different from Li Houji's soldiers. They are well armed, their looks serious, and their morale is high.

The Sixth Division of Wang Zan Xu, the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was the most advanced city, really did not commit any crimes in the autumn, and this also aroused great favor among the citizens of Xiamen.

It doesn't matter who runs the city, the key is whether it can bring a stable life to the people.

"The commander-in-chief, chief of staff, and the president have called to commend our hussar corps for capturing Xiamen, and encourage our corps to seize the entire Fujian as soon as possible, and the troops will point to Zhejiang!"

Yang Senda was excited: "Call back to the president, Fujian is at your fingertips, and our army plans to rest for three days after capturing Fujian, and then launch an attack on Zhejiang!" ”

"Yes!"

Yang Sen looked at everything in front of him and was excited.

The first merit of the Northern Expedition, this is the real first merit of the Northern Expedition, the first complete province captured by the Northern Expeditionary Army will soon appear, and the winner of this honor is himself.

In the book of honor of the Northern Expeditionary Army, it is necessary to write down the name of a person:

Janssen!

(To be continued)