Fujian has basically fallen into the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and the war situation in Shaanxi has also begun to follow the design of Wang Mingzhang and Bai Chongxi!

Chen Shufan was in a bitter confrontation with the Northern Expeditionary Army on the front line, while Liu Zhenhua commanded his Zhensong Army and the 37th Division to be at a stalemate on the Sanyuan line.

At this time, the 82nd Regiment commanded by Sun Lianzhong was also racing against time to gallop in the direction of Tongguan.

On the eight-hundred-mile road, Sun Lianzhong and his brothers ran down on their feet.

"Report, the front is Tongguan." Shi Zheling, the commander of the second company of the first battalion, was panting.

Sun Lianzhong picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of Tongguan, and then said: "Company Commander Shi, according to the previous agreement, divide a platoon, all change into the military uniforms of the Shaanxi army, and control the gate of Tongguan!" ”

"Yes!"

A platoon that changed into the uniform of the Shaanxi Army, led by Shi Zheyan, swaggered towards Tongguan. The defenders of Tongguan would never have imagined that the front line was more than 800 miles away from them, and a Northern Expeditionary Army would appear here!

A platoon commander of the Yu army guarding Tongguan saw a Shaanxi army suddenly appear, and shouted, "Hey, you guys don't fight with the revolutionary party in front, what are you doing here?" ”

Shi Zheyan, who was walking in front of him, said loudly: "Fuck, Lao Tzu is fighting with the revolutionary party in front, you are happy here, the revolutionary party is not going to die one by one, Lao Tzu doesn't want to throw his head there." ”

"Boom", the Yu army at the city gate burst out with laughter.

The platoon commander of the Yu army didn't take it seriously at all, the battlefield was so far away from here, and the war would never appear here.

Shi Zheling staggered to the front of the pass: "Brother, is there any smoke?" ”

"Yes, the smoke we have here is." The platoon commander of the Yu army took out his cigarette with a smile, and gloated a little: "Brother, it's not like it, it's so embarrassing that you don't even smoke cigarettes?" ”

Lighting a cigarette on the fire, Shi Zheling glanced to the side, there were only seven or eight soldiers of the Yu army, and his brother had quietly approached behind them. I took two puffs and sighed:

"Isn't it, where can I compare to you, who are at ease here"

The platoon commander of the Yu army wanted to make fun of him a few more words, but suddenly saw the cigarette in Shi Zhe's hand and threw it away, and those "Shaanxi troops" raised the guns in their hands.

"No kidding, no kidding, brother"

Before the platoon commander of the Yu army could speak, his men had all been disarmed.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I'll borrow your city gate!" Shi Zheyan said, raised his gun and fired three shots into the sky, and then, the whole platoon of soldiers quickly controlled the city gate.

The sound of gunfire alarmed Tongguan!

Ma Liansheng, the commander of the garrison of Tongguan, never dreamed that the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was completely out of line with the front line, would actually descend from the sky and appear in Tongguan!

Ma Liansheng, who was smoking a big cigarette, was slow to react, at first he only thought that his subordinates' guns had gone off, but later with the sound of gunfire, he ran out of his regiment headquarters in a panic:

"What's going on? What's going on? ”

"Commander, the Northern Expeditionary Army has entered the city!"

"What? Northern Expeditionary Army? Fuck your fart! Ma Liansheng scolded: "The Northern Expeditionary Army is a thousand miles away, and they have fucking wings and flew over?" ”

As the words fell, the gunshots became more and more intense.

Ma Liansheng stood there stunned for a long time before he finally realized that the Northern Expeditionary Army had really fucking fought here!

"Resist, resist!" Ma Liansheng hissed and shouted exhaustedly.

The 82nd Regiment, which had taken control of the city gates, began to enter Tongguan in a big way. Gunshots rang out everywhere in Tongguan, and no one knew how many of the Northern Expeditionary Army had entered.

The Tongguan defenders are in chaos!

Since entering Shaanxi, the Yu army of this regiment has been pampered and has hardly encountered any war, and at this time the battle has just started, and the Yu army in chaos does not know how to fight.

And the head of Ma Liansheng is really incompetent to the extreme, at this critical juncture, the most important thing to do is to stabilize the morale of the army, gather the team, and wait for the opportunity to counterattack while holding on. But Ma Liansheng was at a loss and had no ability to cope.

The 82nd Regiment quickly took control of the upper and lower south gates and began to advance towards the interior of Tongguan.

Tongguan history is called "the first risk in Jinnei", is "the key to the three Qin towns", "the throat of the four towns", since the end of the Han Dynasty to establish the county has a history of more than 2,000 years. It occupies the intersection of Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi, and is a place where soldiers have always been contested.

And Liu Zhenhua put his cronie Ma Liansheng at this throat position, which is undoubtedly the biggest failure.

Sun Lianzhong, who entered Tongguan with the troops, ordered the troops to continue to advance while bluffing, shouting everywhere that the main force of the Northern Expeditionary Army had arrived.

This makes the already chaotic situation even more chaotic.

When he learned that the "main force" of the Northern Expeditionary Army had arrived, Ma Liansheng made a decision "immediately":

Surrender!

The main forces of the Northern Expeditionary Army have arrived, what role can one of their own regiments play? It's better to simply surrender, and eat the same everywhere anyway.

An hour after the 82nd Regiment entered Tongguan, Ma Liansheng, the commander of the Zhensong Corps who was responsible for guarding Tongguan, surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The fierce battle that was expected to happen did not happen.

Sun Lianzhong was also a little surprised that the battle ended so smoothly, and while ordering people to rectify the fortifications and deal with Liu Zhenhua's possible counterattack after learning of the loss of Tongguan, he entered the city under the leadership of Ma Liansheng.

Ma Liansheng can't fight wars, but his knowledge is good. After learning that the other party actually only had one regiment of troops, he did not regret or be ashamed at all, but took the initiative to be Sun Lianzhong's guide:

"This Tongguan is very famous in history, and Cao Ying defeated Ma Chao here. The most famous is a large-scale war between Li Zicheng, a thief and the Ming army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in which Li Zicheng was almost wiped out."

"Oh, really?" Sun Lianzhong hadn't read much, so he asked with a little curiosity.

This question suddenly made Ma Liansheng feel energetic:

"Chongzhen's ten-year military department Shangshu Yang Sichang formulated the 'four positive, six corners and ten sides of the net' plan. In September of that year, Li Zicheng was ambushed by Cao Bianjiao in Hanzhong and had to retreat to Sichuan. Later, he went to Zitong and Jianzhou for activities. Hong Chengchou analyzed that Li Zicheng was poor and must go out of Tongguan and go to Henan. Hong Chengchou ordered Sun Chuanting to set up a triple ambush in the south of Tongguan, and in the spring and February of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Cao Bianjiao and others forced Li Zicheng into Tongguan. In this battle, Li Zicheng's corpses piled up like a mountain, almost all the army was wiped out, and the local residents 'killed them with sticks, and the Qin thieves were exhausted', and finally broke out with only 18 horsemen and fled into Shangluo Mountain. ”

Sun Lianzhong listened with relish, and sighed after listening: "Commander Ma, I think it may not be suitable for you to be an officer, and you must not be wrong to be a teacher." ”

Ma Liansheng actually blushed a little: "Brother's original ambition is to be a famous teacher, who would have thought that he would eat this bowl of rice by mistake." Captain Sun, I can't fight, but if Commander Sun lacks a document by his side, my brother will be the one to do. ”

Sun Lianzhong couldn't cry or laugh, this Ma Liansheng was also the head of a group, but he actually said such unambitious words.

Tongguan changed hands, which suddenly changed the situation in the entire Shaanxi battlefield.

The Northern Expeditionary Army, which had been silent for many days, resumed its offensive after getting Sun Lianzhong to control Tongguan.

And the biggest impact of Tongguan's change of hands is undoubtedly Liu Zhenhua and his Zhensong army. As soon as Tongguan was lost, his Zhensong army lost the only way to withdraw from Henan.

Liu Zhenhua finally understood why the Northern Expeditionary Army suddenly stopped fighting before, but now it was too late.

The 37th Division of the Northern Expeditionary Army of Sanyuan, after hearing the success of the 82nd Regiment's surprise attack on Tongguan, was all overjoyed, and Zhang Fu took advantage of the situation to command the whole army to launch a huge counterattack against the frontal Zhensong Army.

And those Zhensong troops who were cut off from retreat were panicked, the officers had no intention of commanding, and the soldiers had no intention of fighting. The way back to his hometown has been cut off by the enemy, what are you still fighting here?

Once the morale of the army is disrupted, the battle will continue to become very passive. In such a situation, Liu Zhenhua had to order his troops to temporarily withdraw from the front line. On the one hand, he mobilized his troops to move in the direction of Tongguan in an attempt to recapture Tongguan, and on the other hand, he sent people to start peace talks with the Northern Expeditionary Army again.

But now the initiative is in the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The conditions put forward by Wang Mingzhang are very simple: Liu Zhenhua can continue to serve as the governor of Shaanxi Province for one year, but he is not allowed to continue to lead the army, and the military and government must be separated!

On this basis, everything is easy to talk about.

But giving up the army is what Liu Zhenhua is most afraid of, in this troubled world, you can do without anything, but you can't do without the army!

Remain governor for another year? What should I do after that year?

Shaanxi people hate Chen Shufan, but Shaanxi people also hate themselves! This provincial governor, who has no soldiers and no power, is simply a puppet, and he may be ousted from power anytime and anywhere, and he will really become a lost dog at that time!

However, according to the current situation, it will be difficult to continue fighting.

"Tongguan must be recaptured, Tongguan must be recaptured!" Liu Zhenhua kept muttering.

If Tongguan is returned to his own hands, then even if he can't support it in Shaanxi, he can at least return to Henan in order to make a comeback.

Liu Zhenhua decided to take a gamble. He promoted the first division of the Zhensong Army with the main force of Chai Yunsheng, and all of them rushed to Tongguan with only one purpose:

Carve yourself a path to escape.

For this reason, he took out a lot of the ocean and handed it over to Chai Yunsheng, and did not forget to hold Chai Yunsheng's hand: "Commander Chai, whether you can recapture Tongguan is related to the surname of tens of thousands of soldiers of our Zhensong army, please!" ”

Chai Yunsheng also solemnly agreed: "Please rest assured Governor Liu, I will personally urge the officers and soldiers of the whole division to hand over Tongguan back into the hands of Governor Liu." Tongguan only has one regiment of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and I expect that it will be easy to take! ”

Liu Zhenhua nodded gratefully.

But what they have to face is a general who is known for his good guards:

Sun Lianzhong!

(To be continued)