Liu Zhaocheng and Zhang Jingtang, two opponents who are not at the same level at all, made Zhang Jingtang, who claims to be "Little Zhuge ", completely fall into Liu Zhaocheng's transfer!

On 28 June, after taking the initiative to abandon Lianyuan, Zhang Jingtang once again took the initiative to abandon Loudi and pulled all the troops of the two brigades into Xiangxiang in an attempt to form a defensive line between Xiangxiang and Xiangtan.

The Northern Expeditionary Army did not make much effort, and only relied on the bombardment of aircraft and artillery to successfully mobilize Zhang Jingtang, obtain the source of Lianyuan without much effort, and consolidate the position in Loudi. At the same time, contact was established with 3,000 Hunan troops.

Zhang Jingtang, who was full of self-confidence before the expedition and always thought that he could settle the situation in Hunan in a battle, gave up Lianyuan and Loudi to the Northern Expeditionary Army in embarrassment, in exchange for a group of soldiers who were tired and gradually lost confidence in Zhang Jingtang.

Liu Zhaocheng calmly used his troops, and on July 2, as a large number of Northern Expeditionary troops entered the front line, the encirclement of Xiangxiang had been completed.

Zhang Jingtang tried to connect Xiangxiang and Xiangtan into a complete defense line, but the result was that the connection between Xiangxiang and Xiangtan was completely severed, and the two places completely fell into a situation of fighting alone.

Later, a large number of leaflets began to appear in Xiangxiang, which read:

"In vain, he called Xiao Zhuge a little, laughed at the real Kong Ming, did not fight Zhang Jingtang, and arrested Zhang Jingyao. There are four marshals in Hunan, and the Northern Expedition can be accomplished. ”

This leaflet is extremely contemptuous of Zhang Jingyao, Zhang Jingtang was so angry after seeing this leaflet, after a while, he was stunned again, sat there in a daze, and suddenly opened his mouth, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.

In Xiangxiang, the Northern Expeditionary Army did not seem to take Zhang Jingtang in their eyes at all, and they began to transfer a large number of troops and move in the direction of Xiangtan, while in Xiangxiang, only one brigade was monitoring Zhang Jingtang, and there was no intention of attacking Xiangxiang at all.

Zhang Jingtang suspected that there was fraud and sent a large number of spies to reconnoiter the situation, but those spies who returned to Xiangxiang were silent for a long time before they said cautiously:

"The Northern Expeditionary Army said there that Zhang Sishuai was incompetent, Xiangxiang was just a toy in Liu Zhaocheng's hands, he had to get it if he wanted to, he could enter if he wanted to, and he said that Zhang Sishuai was extremely incompetent, and if he didn't fight, it was better to concentrate on taking Xiangtan"

Zhang Jingtang's lips kept trembling, and after a while, another mouthful of blood spurted out. The subordinates hurriedly came to help and comfort, and Zhang Jingtang pushed his subordinates away: "Decisive battle, I want to fight Liu Zhaocheng in a decisive battle!" Order, the 24th Division of Xiangtan launched an attack on the frontal enemy, diverted the attention of the Northern Expeditionary Army, mixed into the 11th Brigade to defend Xiangxiang, and the 7th Division prepared to raid the Northern Expeditionary Army outside the city! ”

It's a person who can't stand such contempt, let alone a "little Zhuge like Zhang Jingtang", who thinks highly of himself?

Zhang Jingtang made a desperate bet, determined to fight to the death with the Northern Expeditionary Army outside Xiangxiang City no matter whether he won or lost, and saved his lost reputation!

The entire 7th Division was assembled, and boxes of ocean were placed in front of the soldiers, and Zhang Jingtang, who was sick and went out to fight, pointed to the ocean in front of him and said:

"Brothers, the rebel party is now outside the city, here is my Zhang's life savings, I have decided to fight a decisive battle with the rebel party! Now the officials are five oceans per person, and the soldiers are two oceans each, as long as you defeat the rebels, all the oceans here will be yours! ”

Morale was boosted at once.

The cry of "Long live the four marshals, long live the four marshals" sounded from the mouths of these soldiers who had taken the ocean.

In the face of the cheering soldiers, confidence finally returned to Zhang Jingtang.

On July 4, Zhang Jingtang defended Xiangxiang with the 11th Brigade, and he personally led the main force of the 7th Division to fight a decisive battle with the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Defending outside Xiangxiang is Rao Guohua's brigade, Zhang Jingtang's sudden decisive battle posture may not be what Rao Guohua did not expect, and the Northern Expedition soldiers looked a little panicked after entering the battle.

Although the gunfire on the positions of the Northern Expeditionary Army was very dense, under the stimulation of the ocean, the 7th Division still launched one charge after another.

Finally, Rao Guohua's brigade, which was inferior in numbers, could not stand it, and at 11 o'clock at noon, Rao Guohua issued an order to abandon the position.

Zhang Jingtang's feet stepped on the position of the Northern Expeditionary Army!

The discomfort of the body was completely dispelled at once, and Zhang Jingtang became energetic again. Northern Expedition Northern Expedition, if it really fights, the Northern Expeditionary Army is nothing more than that!

"Report, the chaotic party is retreating in the direction of Twin Peaks!"

"Gather all the troops and chase me!"

Zhang Jingtang gave an order, and the 7th Division scrambled to sweep away like a tide in the direction of Shuangfeng

General Headquarters of the Sun Wu Corps.

"Really? Zhang Jingtang is out of the city? Liu Zhaocheng put down a sunspot on the chessboard: "I can't see the simplest drag-and-knife meter, and I really dare to call it 'Little Zhuge '." Ordered, the planes were dispatched to bomb the 7th Division in the direction of Yutang, the 9th Division, the 4th Brigade mixed with Reading Li, occupied Shanzao, Rao Guohua's Brigade set up a position at Zimen Bridge to block the 7th Division, and the rest of the divisions monitored Xiangxiang and Xiangtan, so that they could not reinforce Zhang Jingtang. ”

"Yes!"

Li Zongren watched it on the chessboard for a while, and fell behind: "Zhang Jingtang compares himself to Xiao Zhuge , but he has been defeated again and again, this time I am afraid that the 7th Division will be buried in his hands." ”

Liu Zhaocheng took away two white seeds: "The previous series of actions have hit the arrogant Zhang Jingtang, and now we are putting on a proud posture, Zhang Jingtang is even more unbearable, for the general, the most taboo is complacent when he wins, and he is impetuous when he loses, Zhang Jingtang is actually not defeated, but defeated by himself." ”

He didn't have much to rejoice about the upcoming victory. In Liu Zhaocheng's eyes, Zhang Jingtang is just an insignificant and arrogant clown, and in Liu Zhaocheng's eyes, he has only one real enemy in Hunan:

Wu Peifu!

At this time, Zhang Jingyao didn't know that he had fallen into a trap.

The 7th Division scrambled to be the first, desperately catching up, with the temptation of defeating the Northern Expeditionary Army in front and the stimulation of the ocean in the back, and there would be great success in grabbing the former, and those who lagged behind were afraid that they would not even be able to drink soup.

On top of such desperate pursuit, the 7th Division gradually became disjointed in front and behind.

Shan Zao, Yutang, and the places where the Northern Expeditionary Army "retreated" all fell into the hands of Zhang Jingtang.

The Northern Expeditionary Army "collapsed", Zhang Jingtang "had the chance to win", and the self-confidence of "Xiao Zhuge " completely returned to this Zhang Sishuai.

Azusa Gate Bridge.

"Order the whole brigade to stop retreating and build a defensive line on the spot!" Rao Guohua said with a smile: "I've fled so far all the way, it's time to stop and rest!" ”

The show is on!

Rao Guohua's 1st Brigade suddenly stopped at Zimen Bridge and built improvised fortifications, all the light and heavy machine guns were erected, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the 7th Division that was pursuing!

The planes appeared over the 7th Division, and after circling a few times, they began to bomb Yutang.

The 7th Division, which had been disjointed from the beginning and the end, saw that the "chaotic party" had stopped at Zimen Bridge, and they had already been carried away by the previous "victory", so they desperately launched a charge to the position of the 1st Brigade at Zimen Bridge.

The interweaving of light and heavy machine guns turned the charging position into a death zone. The Northern Army, which rushed up in pieces, fell densely above the damage of the powerful firepower of the 1st Brigade.

The 7th Division, which had been smooth all the way before, rushed up with a roar under heavy casualties, and then roared back. In their eyes, the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was "vulnerable" before, suddenly burst out with huge combat effectiveness!

In the direction of Yutang, Zhang Jingtang, who was pulling behind, was not having a good time, and the plane bombing was over, and another news that shocked Zhang Jingtang came:

The Northern Expeditionary Army has already occupied Shanzao and cut off the retreat of the 7th Division!

Zhang Jingtang's brain exploded with a "boom", such a simple plan to lure the enemy, why didn't he see it?

"Four marshals, the chaotic party is moving in my direction from the mountain dates!"

"Fourth marshal, my avant-garde regiment attacked Zimen Bridge unfavorably, with heavy casualties, ask for reinforcements!"

One bad news after another reached Zhang Jingtang's ears, making this Zhang Sishuai extremely irritable.

It's over, I didn't check for a while, and I fell for Liu Zhaocheng's trick again, and now the entire 7th Division has fallen into the encirclement! Anything can be lost, and the 7th Division must not be lost!

This is the lifeblood of the eldest brother!

"Attack, attack, take down the Zimen Bridge for me, break in!" Zhang Jingyao hissed and said with all his might, perhaps, this is the only possibility to break through with the 7th Division.

However, the 7th Division, which had already fallen into chaos, attacked not at all as Zhang Jingyao thought.

Under the heavy attack of the 1st Brigade of the Northern Expeditionary Army, the 7th Division only attacked twice before losing its strength. At this time, the morale of the Northern Army was no longer something that could be mobilized by the ocean.

The Northern Expeditionary Army in the direction of Shanzao, with division after brigade, with the support of aircraft, began to attack the 7th Division of Zhang Jingtang in Yutang, and the entire 7th Division was gathered on the line from the small Yutang to Zimen Bridge.

The planes took off and bombed frequently, and now not to mention the offensive, even the defense of the 7th Division is difficult to organize again.

The last word quietly descended on Zhang Jingtang's body.

Sitting there depressed, Zhang Jingtang's mind was blank, what else could he do now? There is no other option but surrender.

But what about the 24th Division that surrendered to Xiangtan? What about Big Brother? After losing the 7th Division, can the eldest brother still be able to gain a foothold in Hunan?

Forget it, I can't care so much, I will fly separately when the disaster comes, let's try to save myself first.

At this time, Zhang Jingtang finally made a "wise" decision. Anyway, Zhang Jingtang thinks that he can fight until this time, and he can be regarded as doing his best. If the eldest brother wants to blame himself, let him blame him.

He stood up tremblingly, as if he had aged ten years at once, and said in a helpless tone:

"Order the whole division to stop the attack, defend on the spot, negotiate!"

(To be continued)