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Although in the following days, the Red 25th Army was deployed under Xinxiang City, and the Red 31st Army and the Red 32nd Army were directly aimed at Ji County and Qi County, the cities of Weihui Prefecture, so that Zhang Shusheng and others did not dare to act rashly in several cities. Although it was not able to successfully intercept the Red 22nd Army fleeing Zhang Shusheng and Pan Dingxin, it succeeded in taking Huojia County in the north, and followed by crossing the Qingshui River in the east.

What is even more gratifying is that Deputy Commander-in-Chief Gong Deshu came with the news that the Left Route Army of the Front Army led by Wei Jun had gone through many hardships and had gone out of Taihang and joined the men and horses led by Ren Huabang and Niu Hongsheng in Handan and Anyang. In order to support the operations in Handan and Anyang, Gong Deshu and Shi Zhenlun had already begun to assemble the main forces of the Red 26th Army in Kaizhou, Huaxian and Junxian to prepare for the Tangyin Campaign.

Such a shape shì cannot but be said to be a great good. Even at the meeting to deploy an all-out attack on Zhang Shusheng and other troops entrenched in the three cities of Xinxiang, Jixian, and Qixian, Shi Xiangzhen couldn't help but bring up the old things angrily.

"Zhang Zongyu, you kid, you don't eat as much salt as me, and you are not my opponent in one-on-one single-handedness, I don't understand, where did you learn to be so arrogant!" Here, as soon as the generals of the four armies on the front line of Weihui took their seats, Shi Xiangzhen over there vigorously pushed away the chair in front of him, slapped the table and glared, and yelled at Zhang Zongyu, who seemed to have forgotten the past and was talking and laughing with Tan Tiyuan beside him.

"Before the war, not only me, but also the two deputy commanders-in-chief Zhang and Gong also told you more than once or twice, now we are the regular Red Army of the Celestial Empire, not the time when you were in southern Henan guerrilla before, let alone the original twist, you must not be the boss, you are the second, you can do whatever you want. When a large army fights, only strict orders are the primary condition for ensuring victory. But look at you, what did you do under Yuan and Yang City? ”

"I ...... I just wanted to ......" Zhang Zongyu was stunned for a while, his young face was white for a while and red for a while, and as soon as he said this half sentence, he quickly lowered his head.

"You want to?" Shi Xiangzhen became even more angry now, "You can, you can, you just want to eat alone, but how much of our precious time have you delayed, and how much blood have you paid for your brothers?" The Red First Army and the Teaching Brigade attacked Weihaiwei for a long time, but with almost equal troops, they completely annihilated the Weihaiwei Regiment of Tsarist Russia, what did they rely on? Is it up to you to think? Everyone saw that Zhang Shusheng and the others were not tofu scum, and the foreign guns in their hands were not burning sticks. If it weren't for the fact that you were dead at that time, and it was so entangled that Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhang could not make up his mind to put Tan Tiyuan's army into battle, and the two armies surrounded Yuan and Yang, Zhang Shusheng and Pan Dingxin would have been gone long ago...... Don't think that you are a guerrilla hero who has been rewarded by Director Lin, and you will have your tail cocked to the sky. Don't even think that if you take Yanjin, the previous sins will be swept away. I tell you that in the face of a large-scale regular war, you are inferior to any of you here. This is today, if it had been a few years ago, a lawless defeated general like you would have been sent to King Jingdong of Tianjing for punishment. It's not like you to be a good man, you also learn from Ye Yunlai. Commander Ye has already entered Hanoi single-handedly, and people are not just taking their heads to play with a hero on a whim, but they are confident. Within two days, the Manchu army in Huaiqing Town would rise up against the Qing Dynasty under the inspiration of Commander Ye. ”

"Mr. Shi, although Zong Yu is young and competitive, his ideas are still good after all." Seeing that he couldn't raise his head when he was reprimanded, Zhang Lexing's heart was not a good feeling, "Speaking of which, if the Red 31st Army really solves the two cities of Yuan and Yang alone, even if the losses are a little bigger, it can be tolerated, after all, it can maintain the sharpness of Commander Tan's troops, and it will have certain benefits for the follow-up operations." It is precisely because of this consideration that I did not insist on replacing Zong Yu. So, in this matter, I am not decisive enough......"

"Yes, it's your decision that has a problem. Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zhang, your problem is that you think too much about the old friendship with your subordinates. Shi Xiangzhen looked at Zhang Lexing, and his tone softened, "Everyone here is the pillar of the Celestial Empire, and they are all our own brothers, in front of the great cause of the Celestial Empire, where can they distinguish each other and the distance?" Everyone knows that since the Red 26th Army crossed to the north, it first assisted Lin Qirong of the Red Third Front Army, and then assisted the Red 32nd Army of Ren Huabang and Niu Hongsheng's brothers. Who was the commander of the Red XXVI Army? That's Shi Zhenlun, but my own brother, don't I want him to make great contributions to the Celestial Empire? But if someone eats meat, someone has to drink the soup. I don't have as many big truths as Director Lin, but I know one thing, only the unsurpassed honor won by the Celestial Empire is the highest honor for us as a soldier of the Celestial Empire. ”

After speaking, Shi Xiangzhen stared at Zhang Zongyu who was self-conscious with a blue face, "In order to show punishment, I exercise the exclusive power of the commander-in-chief, from now on, Zhang Zongyu's position as the deputy commander of the 31st Red Army can only be used as a temporary agent, as for how to deal with it in the future, look at your own table, the approval of the second-class northern camp." ”

"Zong Yu, this child is my nephew of the same clan, he can be called clever and resolute, the only deficiency is that he has more youthful impulses. What Mr. Shi said directly at the meeting back then, in addition to the reprimand of Zong Yu, is also related to the fact that I usually get too close to the generals who were born in twisters. From the day the Red Army was established, the most opposed thing in the army was to pull mountains and set up factions. We've been working together for a while, and I know that Mr. Shi is such an unabashed temper, and he will simply say wherever he thinks of it, and he doesn't care if you're happy or not......"

This is Zhang Lexing's reminiscence of that year, "Actually, despite this, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart at that time. After the meeting, I found Mr. Shi, of course, not to explain that I never had the idea of pulling the mountain, but out of concern for Zong Yu's future fate. You must know that Director Lin's opinions on the generals in charge of all aspects of the army are generally quite respectful, and if Mr. Shi really reports to remove Zong Yu from the post of deputy commander, the northern camp must be accurate. Speaking of which, I was still selfish at the time. ”

“…… Mr. Shi listened to my words, first looked left and right, and then laughed. He said you think I'm really going to withdraw him, what's the matter, I just want to scare him. The drum has to be hammered, and a young man's path is too smooth, which may not be a good thing, that is not knowing the height of the sky. After speaking, he repeatedly instructed me to keep Zong Yu strictly secret. Confidentiality is guaranteed, but I have let go of my heart here, but I began to mention a heart to Zong Yu over there. Can this kid withstand this kind of scare? ”

"Alas...... Later, I saw that compared with Mr. Shi, I felt that my understanding of my nephew was not as good as Mr. Shi. On the surface, Zong Yu left the headquarters in frustration, but as soon as he returned to the army, he immediately changed to another person. It is no longer the same as before, and he has to personally inquire about all the pre-war preparations of Yiqiē and verify them repeatedly. I tried to be foolproof, but it saved my heart. As soon as the whole line was launched, everyone from the army to the division could not stare at Ji County and Qi County without blinking, and did not let go of the slightest abnormal change in the city. Two days later, the western part of Wendeleke in Huaiqing Town rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, and then the Red 22nd Army and the Red 25th Army conquered Xinxiang and completely annihilated more than 4,000 people from Pan Dingxin's headquarters and regimental training. In addition, the news of Handan, Anyang, and Tangyin's three battles against the Heavenly Army also reached the ears of the Manchu Qing Dynasty's loyalty and righteousness, and forced to be in a critical situation, the Tang Diankui Department of Qi County tried to take advantage of the fact that the strength of the Red Army soldiers of the Celestial Empire was still weak, and gave up Qi County, and used the cover of night to move closer to Weihui Mansion City. ”

"Tang Diankui, who broke through our army's 'fragile' blocking line as soon as he left the city, must have been very excited at first, but unfortunately, he could only laugh for a moment. Due to the good preparations before the war, in the plan we expected, there was a possibility that the enemy of Qi County would defect to Weihui, and a force of men and horses had already been deployed in Changtun between Qi County and Huaiqing. The 1st Regiment of the Red 122nd Division in Changtun blocked Tang Diankui's way head-on, facing the enemy who greatly surpassed him in terms of numbers and weapons, and held on to Changtun for more than an hour, never letting the enemy take a step forward, winning a precious opportunity for the main force of the army to encircle Tang Diankui. ”

"Speaking of encircling and annihilating Tang Diankui, there is another episode here. Weihui City was originally besieged by our army and a division of the Red 22nd Army assigned to us, if the army withdrew north to participate in the siege and annihilation of the Tang Diankui Division, and Zhang Shusheng and Wu Changqing gathered in the city, would they take the opportunity to go out of the city to attack? This is something we must be wary of. Under these circumstances, the experience of guerrilla warfare in southern Henan and southwestern Shandong played a great role. Zong Yu evacuated Wei Hui with three divisions and rushed to Changtun, while I commanded the remaining two divisions to start the 'siege'. According to Zong Yu's early preparations, we took advantage of the terrain outside the city wall to the east of Weihui, and lowered a large cart full of explosives on the slope, and the cart rumbled and crashed into the root of the city wall. After that, dozens of archers flew at the cart of explosives and rockets. With a bang, the ground under his feet shook vigorously, and when the smoke cleared, the thick city wall was blown down more than ten zhang......"

The siege outside has been two days without attacking, and Zhang Shusheng inside the city feels that there must be an article in it. Huixian is gone, this city is surrounded again, and Pan Dingxin in Xinxiang must not be able to stand it. But now, he is no longer as aggressive as he was on the Yuan and Yang fronts. In the north, Handan, Anyang, and Tangyin have all been lost, and in the east, it is even more insignificant, it has long been a red flag, and the most terrifying thing is that even Lu'an Mansion and Zezhou in the west have become the world of "red bandits". He felt as if he had been reduced to a desolate island, and he could only sit on this isolated island honestly and recuperate, and perhaps count on the rescue of his Russian friends and the imperial court.

So, Zhang Shusheng, who even slept at night with half an eye open, and Wu Changqing desperately strengthened the city defense. But who knows, these "red bandits" either don't fight, and a dozen is actually unexpected. Leaving the city gate unhitting, Hula suddenly made a big hole in the middle of the sparsely populated east city wall.

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