Zhuang Jihua didn't expect Xie Hongxun to run away like this, he was also up and down last night, first worried that Xie Hongxun would not come, and then worried that he would not be able to stop Xie Hongxun's counterattack, but Xie Hongxun gave him a strong man to break his wrist.

"Okay, now we don't have to worry about Xie Hongxun going to Tonggu." Xiong Shouyun stretched his waist: "Find a place to sleep well." ”

"I'm afraid it's hard to get what you want." Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "Daonan, do you want to make a bigger contribution?" ”

Xiong Shouyun looked at Zhuang Jihua in surprise and asked, "What else is there?" Xie Hongxun still wants to come out? He doesn't want to fix the water? ”

"Xie Hongxun definitely doesn't want to come out, but Sun Chuanfang and Lu Xiangting will ask him to come out." Zhuang Jihua said: "But he didn't come out to reinforce Tonggu, but to pick up Yang Zhendong." ”

"Do you want to move Yang Zhendong?" Xiong Shouyun looked at Zhuang Jihua: "Our task is not to let Xie Hongxun go south, if we run to Tonggu, even if the above is not to blame, it will be too late for us to go." ”

"Cheng Qian's tactics must be to encircle three and lack one, so they can capture the copper drum but can't completely annihilate Yang Zhendong, where do you say Yang Zhendong will flee when he gets out of the copper drum?" Zhuang Jihua asked.

"Will Yang Zhendong escape to Xiushui?" Xiong Shouyun was a little puzzled: "What is he doing to repair water?" ”

"Flank of the Nanxun line of the barrier." Zhuang Jihua said steadily: "If I were Yang Zhendong, I would also run to Xiushui, after Xiushui, Yongning, retreat to De'an, backed by Lu Xiangting's main force, it is certain to hold De'an." ”

"He can also retreat to Nanchang through Yifeng and Gao'an." Xiong Shouyun said.

"Yes, but this road is not easy to walk, and even if he goes, I'm afraid that when he arrives in Nanchang, the second and third armies will also arrive, so it is not cost-effective." Zhuang Jihua said: "What's more, Sun Chuanfang will not let him go to Nanchang, the main force led by Lu Xiangting will inevitably advance to Nanchang, the Nanxun line is the lifeblood of Nanchang, our army cuts off the Nanxun line, and the enemy defending Nanchang will collapse without a fight; On the contrary, even if our army captures Nanchang, Sun's army will continue to counterattack from the Nanxun line. The battle situation is likely to form a stalemate in Nanchang. Lu Xiangting went to Nanchang, who was the Nanxun line handed over? Naturally, it was Xie Hongxun. ”

"According to what you say, Yang Zhendong will flee to Xiushui to join Xie Hongxun, and then retreat to De'an together." Xiong Shouyun's tone was still uncertain.

"Yes, I want to bring the troops to Nanguqiao and Hujiadong to look for opportunities, if Yang Zhendong doesn't come, if he comes, we will annihilate him outside Xiushui City." Zhuang Jihua said resolutely.

Xiong Shouyun is not easy to oppose, Zhuang Jihua's two battles and two wins are the time when his confidence is high, and the most important thing is that the place he chose is very unique, Nanguqiao and Hujiadong are in the southwest of Xiushui, Xie Hongxun wants to help, Yang Zhen escapes northeast, they all have to pass through the vicinity, as long as the intelligence is timely, they have time to respond.

"Okay, I'm for it." Xiong Shouyun finally smiled: "The principal always said that you don't play cards according to the rules, and now I only mean what he means." You fight these two battles, and that one is played according to the rules. ”

"Cut," Zhuang Jihua shook his head disdainfully: "What are the rules for fighting, victory is the rule of war." Doesn't it mean that water is impermanent, and soldiers are impermanent, we call it impermanence. ”

"Hehe, you just blow it. Another day, you write a Zhuangzi Art of War, which will be passed down for centuries. Xiong Shouyun said sarcastically.

"One Zhuangzi is enough, and what art of war is added. The writing of Zhuangzi has been passed down for centuries, and it is nothing remarkable. "Zhuang Jihua is not ashamed to say that he has a big package, what information warfare, unrestricted warfare, and Star Wars in his previous life, isn't it an art of war to steal a little bit casually.

"It's better to add the art of war." Xiong Shouyun reminded with a smile: ""Zhuangzi" was written by Li Er, not you, Zhuang Jihua, who was crowned Taishang Laojun, has become a god, and your Zhuang Cultural Revolution is still too early to become a god." ”

"Go, go, you have become a god, I am not yet thirty, what kind of god has I become, bah, hurry up and rinse your mouth." Zhuang Jihua squirted out several mouthfuls of saliva in a row. Xiong Shouyun was shocked to realize that it was not a good word for a soldier to become a god, so he quickly spat out a few mouthfuls of saliva and sneered: "Dizzy, dizzy, wait until you are seventy or eighty to become a god again, the revolution is not over yet." ”

Under the command of Cheng Qian, the Sixth Army and the First Division were divided into three ways to fight into Tonggu, Yang Zhendong retreated to Tonggu County after a small defeat in the first battle, and even called Xie Hongxun for help, when he received Xie Hongxun's call back that Xiushui also appeared under the banner of three divisions of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Yang Zhendong's first reaction was that Xie Hongxun did not save him when he saw death, he wanted to give up the copper drum, but he was worried that Sun Chuanfang was to blame, so he asked Sun Chuanfang and Lu Xiangting for help, and when these two people called back to let him go to Xiushui and Xie Hongxun to join forces, it was too late for him to leave.

The Northern Expeditionary Army surrounded it, and the fierce siege battle lasted for a whole day, and Yang Zhendong was also a fierce general, he went to the city in person and beat down the 17th Division that broke through to the city. Later, it moved to Ximen and thwarted the siege of the 19th Division. However, the first division in the south of the city did not work under the command of Wang Bailing, and there was not a single attack on the city wall. This aroused the dissatisfaction of the 17th and 19th Divisions, and Wang Bailing was attacked at the combat meeting that night.

Wang Bailing didn't care about their accusations at all, but Xue Yue and Sun Yuanliang were very unconvinced, not that they didn't want to rush, but that Wang Bailing didn't let them rush. Wang Bailing told them that there was no problem for such a superior force to fall into the bronze drum, and the first division was the pride of the party army, and if it was crippled in one battle, how could it explain to Chiang Kai-shek.

The next day, Cheng Qian adjusted the deployment and adopted the means of encircling the three and one, and he and the adviser personally went to the position of the First Division at the South Gate to supervise the battle, and his meaning was very clear, don't you Wang Bailing want to make trouble, you can't make trouble in front of me and the consultant. Under Cheng Qian's supervision, Wang Bailing had no choice but to send Xue Yue to the city.

Xue Yuecai didn't care whether Wang Bailing was happy or not, as soon as he went into battle, he supervised the troops to attack, and the soldiers fought for a day yesterday, and they could let go of their hands and feet to fight today, and that excitement soon made Yang Zhendong unbearable; The assault group, the cover group, and the support group cooperated with each other, and rushed into the city at once, Yang Zhendong saw that things were not good, and fled from the east gate with the remnants of the defeated army.

After leaving the city, Yang Zhendong didn't want to repair the water, he always thought that Xie Hongxun was lying to him, but the situation could not allow him to hesitate, the 19th Division was chasing after him, and the surrounding counties except for Xie Hongxun who repaired the water, the other counties were not heavily guarded, unless they retreated to Nanchang, then he had to bear the charge of losing several counties; What's more, Sun Chuanfang and Lu Xiangting both ordered him to join forces with Xie Hongxun, if he didn't go if he didn't go to the order, the two crimes would be one, and Sun Chuanfang would not be polite to cut off his head. Yang Zhendong finally fled to Xiushui County, with the 19th and 17th Divisions behind him, and the 1st Division further away.

In order to avoid the Northern Expeditionary Army, Yang Zhendong retreated to Shankou Town and turned to the southeast, making a gesture of going to Yifeng, but halfway to the east, he suddenly advanced eastward and threw off the 19th Division near He City, and then turned north.

The defeated army was undisciplined, Yang Zhendong's troops looted along the way, the people of Xiushui rose up to resist, and the gentry and villagers from all over the country organized a township protection regiment, harassing Yang Zhendong along the way, killing many wounded soldiers and rout.

After crossing the Fengxiang River, it was getting closer and closer to Xiushui County, Yang Zhendong reorganized the troops in Tianxiaoling, and he didn't want Xie Hongxun to see his lost soul. After the rectification, the troops finally have a little appearance. Yang Zhendong was very worried about the Northern Expeditionary Army outside Xiushui City, Xie Hongxun's telegram said that there were three divisions, and he thought it was a lie when Tonggu was looking for reinforcements, but the closer he got to Xiushui, the more serious he became.

Yang Zhendong sent a large number of reconnaissance personnel in front of the team, but after the long march and the defeat, the troops were extremely tired, and all of them were overwhelmed by tension and fatigue.

Niuyin Valley, a river valley sandwiched between two mountains, resembles a cow's hoof print, a small stream flows quietly from the front end of the hoof print to the back end, the field by the stream is bare, and several wheat straw stacks are piled up at the edge of the field. The valley is relatively flat, so it's not a good place for ambushes.

The spearhead soldiers who walked in front staggered forward with their guns in hand, and even said that the battle and march had consumed most of their physical strength, and the officers and men were very dull, and it seemed that they had no strength to speak. Yang Zhendong walked in the middle with his guards, his guards were composed of veterans with rich combat experience, well-equipped, and the treatment was much better than that of ordinary soldiers, and they were very strong in battle, but now even these people couldn't lift their spirits.

A crisp gunshot rang out over the valley, and the sound of gunfire was particularly piercing in the empty valley, and the long procession seemed to be immobilized, and it suddenly stopped; The crisp sound of gunfire was followed by a series of machine-gun fires like bursting beans, followed by several shells whizzing down in the queue, and several unlucky people were thrown into the air and slammed into the dirt.

The troops were in chaos, and the soldiers rushed to dodge bullets from all directions. As soon as the word ambush came to Yang Zhendong's mind, the horse sitting down neighed and fell down violently, "Brigade commander be careful." The adjutant pounced and shouted while dragging him out from under the horse and helping him to a depression, Yang Zhendong's face was like ashes, and his eyes were dull looking at the sky.

The adjutant thought he was wounded, and hurriedly checked his body, "Brigade commander, what should I do?" The captain of the guard threw himself in front of him and asked loudly, and several officers also ran running.

"Sir, what are we going to do now?"

"Sir, forward or backward?"

Yang Zhendong suddenly broke free from the adjutant's hand, raised his eyes to look around, gritted his teeth and ordered to seize the hill on the right flank, he could see that the ambushers were not strong enough to completely surround them, and tried to rely on ferocious fire to wipe them out in this flat valley.

Before Yang Zhendong's words were finished, a loud military horn sounded over the battlefield, and the sound of killing sounded with the sound of the horn.

"Rush!"

"Capture Yang Zhendong alive!"

"Capture Yang Zhendong alive!"

…….

From both sides, two groups of men and horses were killed, the enemy troops on the left pounced down from the hillside, and the enemy troops on the right crossed the creek and went straight to Yang Zhendong's depression to kill.

"Stop them! Block them! "Yang Zhendong was a little panicked, the opponent was very keen on the battlefield situation, and had realized the weakness of insufficient troops, and there were two purposes for launching an attack at this moment, compressing the space and cutting off the Yang army; Yang Zhendong knew that the troops must not be cut off, so he urgently ordered to resist. The Yang army began to fight back, but the charging enemy did not seem to notice the oncoming bullets, but just charged desperately, and soon killed the Yang army.

The soldiers of the Yang army ran back in a panic, and the Northern Expeditionary Army took the opportunity to chase after it, and Yang Zhendong put the guards into battle to be able to block the attack of the Northern Expeditionary Army, but the troops had been successfully cut into two sections by them.

Yang Zhendong immediately made a decision and called the captain of the guard to order him to break through the way he came. The captain of the guard took the order and left, and the chief of staff next to him understood what Yang Zhendong meant: "Brigade commander, what about the brothers in front?" ”

"If you stay in the green mountains, you are not afraid of no firewood, you can only go one and count one." Yang Zhendong popped out a few words from between his teeth, and now it is impossible to bring all the people out; The chief of staff bowed his head silently.

The offensive of the Northern Expeditionary Army became more and more fierce, the gunfire in front became thinner and thinner, and the guards had not yet opened the gap, Yang Zhendong couldn't help but be anxious, and ran to the back with people.

"Beard! Rubbing what? Yang Zhendong shouted and scolded the captain of the guard, the captain of the guard was sweating profusely, dripping down his face, washing the black smoke of gunpowder, and his body was full of mud, hearing Yang Zhendong's reprimand, the captain of the guard turned his head to look at Yang Zhendong, and said with a sad face: "Brigade commander, brigade commander, I, my brother is half dead." The enemy's firepower was too strong. ”

Yang Zhendong was very puzzled, looking at the enemy's strength, it seemed that there was only one regiment, but the firepower was very powerful, and even artillery was available, which was not at all consistent with a regiment, and was more like a division. This Northern Expeditionary Army was very tenacious, stronger than the Northern Expeditionary Army besieging Tonggu, and he had not seen such a unit in his military career for more than ten years.

"Keep attacking, if we can't open the way, we all have to die here!" Yang Zhendong was very irritable and didn't take this opportunity to open the way, as soon as the troops in front were finished, their time was numbered.

"Brethren! Brigade Commander Yang treats us well, and the time has come to see loyalty! Come on! The captain of the guard shouted, got up and rushed up with the troops, the Northern Expeditionary Army on the opposite side did not shoot, but waited for them to enter the range of fifty meters before starting to shoot, Yang Zhendong was cold in his heart, and only shot at fifty meters, what kind of troops is this? Where did their faith come from?

Yang Zhendong immediately ordered to send an additional company to support, and as soon as the guns of the Northern Expeditionary Army rang out, the troops attacking in the first wave fell like mowing grass, and the captain of the guard who rushed in front fell into the grass with a somersault. The attacking troops retreated in a panic, and reinforcements arrived behind, which gave them some of their exhausted courage to recover a little. They got up from the ground and continued to rush forward.

But soon they lay down again, two fire dragons blocked their path, and the Northern Expeditionary Army threw out a series of grenades, and in the sound of grenade explosions one after another, the Yang soldiers threw down the corpses and retreated. However, when they came back this time, they met the supervision team led by Yang Zhendong himself.

The Overseers swung their large blades and cut off seven or eight heads in a row before driving them back to the battlefield.

(To be continued)