On July 6, 1919, known as "Little Zhuge ", Zhang Jingtang, the fourth brother of Zhang Jingyao, the overseer of Hunan, was surrounded by the Northern Expeditionary Army in the direction of Yutang, and then surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army in the hopeless situation of resistance!

This is a major event that shocked the whole province of Hunan.

The 7th Division is Zhang Jingyao's housekeeper's army, which is the capital that he relies on to survive, and it is also an army that makes Hunan people grit their teeth and hate, an army with extremely corrupt military discipline.

Now, this unit fell to the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

The name Liu Zhaocheng is also firmly remembered in the hearts of Hunan people.

After the news of Zhang Jingtang's surrender came out, firecrackers were fired from all over Hunan, and everyone celebrated, just like the New Year.

The 7th Division was destroyed, and only a mixed 11th Brigade was left in Xiangxiang, which was difficult to support alone, and the reinforcements could not give it reinforcements at all.

At this point, one-third of Hunan has been controlled by Liu Zhaocheng, but Liu Zhaocheng also clearly sees that even so, the war has just begun!

The enemy still has a strong force and the ability to fight a decisive battle, and Wu Peifu has not appeared on the scene until now.

Wu Peifu is a good leader of the army, and he treats the place well, far less than harming the people like Zhang Jingyao. Only by defeating Wu Peifu in Hunan can we truly achieve victory.

On the right side of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Zhang Xiaohuai also opened a posture to meet the upcoming challenge from Chen Guangyuan, an army from Jiangxi Province to aid Hunan and Jiangxi!

For Zhang Xiaohuai, he was very eager for this battle to come.

At that time, his friend Cai Yi was famous all over the world in the battle to protect the country; Jiang Baili served as the chief of staff by Wang Hengyue's side, and he couldn't leave him, but at that time, he was spending his years in the position of a bureau chief.

Now, it's finally time to show off your skills on the battlefield!

Zhang Xiaohuai had three divisions and a mixed brigade in his hands, and he had to face two divisions of the Jiangxi army that entered Hunan under the personal command of Chen Guangyuan, the governor of Jiangxi.

Zhang Xiaohuai has no doubts about anything, but what he has to consider is how to hurt Chen Guangyuan and pave the way for solving the Jiangxi problem in the future.

After the decisive battle in Hunan had just begun, Zhang Xiaohuai had already set his sights on Jiangxi

The reason why Chen Guangyuan agreed to enter Hunan and help Zhang Jingyao resist the Northern Expeditionary Army together was not only out of his own interests, but also because Zhang Jingyao promised to give Chen Guangyuan a huge amount of money to thank him once he kept Hunan.

Chen Guangyuan has no other hobbies, he just likes one word: money!

He loves money and is stingy to the point of outrageousness. This person is particularly money-obsessed. He didn't even play the cards, because he was afraid of losing money, so he wouldn't play as long as he lost two cents.

Being an Overseer and commanding a war may not have any special skills, but when it comes to making money, this person is very talented. His role as an Overseer seems to be a "side job", and how to make money is the "main job". In addition to managing the local area and managing the army, his greatest interest every day is to hold the plan and calculate, and he is not distracted by studying the ups and downs of the gold market as a pastime. When the price of gold fell, he had to buy 500 taels each time, so his bank notes were bought as spot gold and hoarded without being affected by currency depreciation.

His obsession with money was not born either, but was caused by his poor origins. Chen Guangyuan is a native of Wuqing Cui Huangkou. The Chen family has a large population and is mostly engaged in farming. Among the brothers, Chen Guang traveled eight miles away. When he was young, his family was poor, and at the age of 19, he was introduced to the second phase of the Tianjin East Bureau Martial Arts Academy to study military affairs. At that time, the Wubei Academy gave students a few taels of silver every month, and Chen Guangyuan always saved this pocket money, refused to spend it, and waited for his father to bring it home when he came. The difficult situation of the Chen family at that time can be imagined. Later, after graduating from the Martial Arts Academy, he was assigned to the small station army as a supervisor. Because of Yuan Shikai's trust, when Yuan Shikai was the governor of Shandong, he transferred Chen Guangyuan to Shandong, and Chen Guangyuan, a poor peasant, began a turning point in his fate.

And Chen Guangyuan himself has one of the most unspeakable things, he used to work as a husband in Cui Huangkou, in that era, playing was the lowest profession in society, and only the poorest people would be husbands. After Chen Guangyuan's wife Zhao got married, she knew that her husband was a husband, and felt very humiliated, so she committed suicide by drinking brine, although it failed, but Zhao could not have children.

Therefore, Chen Guangyuan's children were all born to his concubines Jiang and Han!

Zhang Xiaohuai knew Chen Guangyuan very well, and when he was the governor of Hunan in the past, he had devoted himself to studying the habits and interests of various warlords, including Chen Guangyuan.

After Chen Guangyuan entered Hunan and garrisoned Liling, Zhang Xiaohuai had only one division in his hands at that time, and the remaining two divisions and one brigade were on the march.

Since the situation of the decisive battle was not yet available, Zhang Xiaohuai immediately sent someone to find Chen Guangyuan with 20,000 oceans, entered Liling, and said in front of Chen Guangyuan:

"Zhang Yunong doesn't want to fight, but he was forced by Wang Hengyue, since Chen Inspector is here, Zhang Yunong will definitely not be the enemy of Chen Inspector, when he withdraws from Hengshan and Hengyang, and only camps in Hengdong and Youxian, please Chen Inspector must not attack, let Zhang Yunong be stationed in these two places for ten days and a half months, and he will have a clear conscience and can explain to Wang Hengyue. After the deed was completed, another 100,000 oceans were sent to thank the overseer for his success. ”

Chen Guang saw that the eyes of money were open, the ocean of 20,000 white flowers was in front of him, and there were 100,000 oceans in the future.

And more importantly, who in Hunan is not greedy? Chen Guangyuan is also the same, taking this opportunity to develop his own power into Hunan, and connect Hunan and Jiangxi into one, his own power will inevitably rise sharply.

In such a state of mind, Chen Guangyuan patted his chest and agreed.

Cheng Zhang Xiaohuai really kept his promise, gave up Hengshan and Hengyang, and stationed the army in Hengdong and Youxian.

The western part of Hunan is in full swing, but the eastern part of Hunan is peaceful.

When Zhang Jingtang led the 7th Division to surrender, the reinforcements of the Northern Expeditionary Army finally arrived, and the Northern Expeditionary Army, consisting of two divisions and one brigade, stopped in Qidong and waited for Zhang Xiaohuai's order.

At this time, Chen Guangyuan saw that the time had passed, and he couldn't hold it back. Zhang Jingtang's 7th Division was defeated, and Zhang Jingyao, who was at a loss, kept urging and begging him to launch an attack on the Northern Expeditionary Army as soon as possible. Wu Peifu and Wang Zhanyuan also kept urging, and Yanjing sent a telegram on the left and a telegram on the right, demanding that they attack immediately.

As long as Zhang Xiaohuai can hand over Hengdong and Youxian as agreed, he will have an explanation.

"This, I'm afraid it's not right now, please report back to Chen Dujun and be considerate of my difficulties" Facing Dong Xicheng, the secretary general of the Metropolitan Administration sent by Chen Guangyuan, Zhang Xiaohuai looked helpless: "Wang Hengyue ordered me to stick to Hengdong, otherwise I will kill my whole family, although I have an appointment with Chen Dujun in advance, but I have nothing to do for the sake of my family." ”

Dong Xicheng asked tentatively, "How long will General Zhang be stationed here?" ”

"This, about three months, but about half a year, that maybe."

Dong Xicheng was stunned, what kind of answer is this? Three months, half a year? I'm afraid that the battle in Hunan is over, but Zhang Xiaohuai is still here and won't leave.

But for the time being, there was no other way, Dong Xicheng could only retreat and beg for this: "In this case, General Zhang promised us to supervise the ocean."

"Yes, yes!" Zhang Xiaohuai patted his head again and again: "Come on, bring me the ocean I gave to Zhang Dujun." ”

Ten oceans were neatly arranged in front of Dong Xicheng, and Dong Xicheng was inexplicable: "What General Zhang said is 100,000 oceans!" ”

"One hundred thousand oceans?" Zhang Xiaohuai opened his mouth wide: "How can I have 100,000 oceans?" I gave Chen Dujun 20,000 oceans a while ago, which has already bankrupted my family. What I promised was ten oceans, and I would never be wrong. ”

"This" Dong Xicheng was dumbfounded.

"Secretary General Dong, I am busy with military affairs, please!" Zhang Xiaohuai's face suddenly sank, and he said coldly.

Dong Xicheng was almost blasted out, and Zhang Xiaohuai immediately stood up: "Order, the 33rd Division will attack from Hengdong to Hengshan, and the 34th Division and 35th Division will be mixed into the 19th Brigade and attack from Qidong to Hengyang!" Compress on both sides, control the Jiangxi army in the Xialiu line, only encircle and do not fight, for a long time, Chen Guangyuan will inevitably be unable to continue, will flee in the direction of Jiangxi, our army will chase after it, take Liling, and threaten Jiangxi! ”

"Yes!"

Dong Xicheng's words brought back made Chen Guangyuan stunned.

Zhang Xiaohuai played himself!

But who can blame you? Blame Zhang Xiaohuai for being cunning, or blame yourself for being too greedy?

"Brother, Yanjing has called again to urge us to use soldiers."

Chen Guangyuan's ninth brother, Chen Guangkui, the commander of the Ninth Mixed Brigade, held a telegram in his hand and said: "Zhang Xiaohuai now has three divisions and one mixed brigade in his hands, and he controls Hengdong and threatens our flank, so this battle is not easy to fight. ”

"Report, the Northern Expeditionary Army launched an attack on our Hengyang with two divisions and one brigade!"

"Report, the Northern Expeditionary Army has a situation of attacking our Hengshan!"

"Bastard Zhang Xiaohuai!" Chen Guangyuan was furious and vented all his anger on Zhang Xiaohuai: "Ninth brother, you take the Ninth Mixed Brigade to hold Hengshan, and if necessary, engage in frontal battles, I personally lead the 12th Division to Hengyang and fight a decisive battle with the Northern Expeditionary Army!" ”

"Brother." Chen Guangkui hesitated a little: "The Northern Expeditionary Army is very capable of fighting, can we withstand it?" ”

Chen Guangyuan looked to the side, lowered his voice and said:

"We are here to hold back their pace in Hunan, and I have asked the third and seventh children to pack up our belongings in Jiangxi and move to Tianjin, thinking that the Northern Expeditionary Army plans to enter Jiangxi in the future! Therefore, we must fight this battle well! ”

"Yes, Lao Jiu understands what my brother means!"

(To be continued)