Luo Zezhou first launched an attack on Nanchong and provoked a war, Li Jiayu and Yang Sen then echoed, Liu Wenhui had three brigades in Nanchong, Chen Mingqian, Huang Xixuan, and Lin Yiru; There are still two divisions in the Suining area, Lin Yungen and Chen Guangzao, once Nanchong starts, one of these two divisions will inevitably go to reinforcements," Zhuang Jihua paused and said: "Guangting, let's do a sand table deduction." ”

"Okay," Du Yuming said calmly, "You choose that side?" ”

"Liu Xiang." Zhuang Jihua calmly highlighted two words.

At the beginning of the exercise, Zhuang Jihua adjusted the deployment, transferred an additional division to Nanchong, and divided the whole army into three combat groups in the southwest and south, with the main force on the Jiangjin line on the west road, and Yang Liluo on the north road to attack Nanchong, and a division on the south line, responsible for attacking Luzhou, an important town in southern Sichuan.

Du Yuming, however, divided the whole army into four groups, with the Chengdu group responsible for monitoring Deng Tian, while the Jiangjin Yongchuan front concentrated two divisions with a total of six brigades, five brigades in the southern direction of Nanchong Tong, and three brigades in the Luzhou direction.

The war first began in the direction of Nanchong, Luo Zezhou began to launch, but his strength was too weak, and was quickly repulsed, and then Li Jiayu and Yang Sen entered the battle, but Nanchong's three brigades repelled the attack of the three after receiving the support of a brigade in the direction of Suining, and then Zhuang Jihua started at the same time in Nanchong, Jiangjin and Tongnan, Du Yuming implemented a defensive position in the main battlefield of Jiangjin, and left a brigade in Nanchong to hold on, but the main force launched a counterattack in Tongnan, Zhuang Jihua then turned to attack in Tongnan, forming a line of defense in Tongnan's neutralization, Immediately transferred troops from Yucheng to reinforce Jiangjin, hoping to break through Jiangjin, and at the same time launched an attack in Nanchong, due to the disparity in the contrast of troops, Nanchong quickly overcame, and then went straight out of Suining, threatening the rear of the enemy army in Tongnan, Du Yuming responded quickly, immediately retreated on the whole line, abandoned Tongnan and Jiangjin, retreated to the front line of Leshan Bishan Rongchang Weiyuan, and transferred a reinforcement from the monitoring troops in Chengdu; After Zhuang Jihua occupied Neijiang, he divided his troops into two routes, one way continued to pursue, approaching Rongchang, and the other way grabbed the head and went south to encircle Luzhou.

"Do you dare to divide the army into two ways?" Du Yuming was very dissatisfied, he concentrated Liu Wenhui's main force of nearly 80,000 people in Rongchang, and Zhuang Jihua only had more than 60,000 people even if the whole army chased him.

"Why don't you dare?" Zhuang Jihua frowned and said: "There are more than 10,000 people surrounded by me in Luzhou City, and I still have nearly 40,000 people liberated from the Nanchong direction as reinforcements, and there are more than 60,000 people on the front line. ”

"But you can't wait for reinforcements from Nanchong at all," Du Yuming retorted unconvinced, more than 20,000 people against 70,000 people, judging from the experience of the Sichuan army's civil war, it would be good to be able to block a day: "Besides, my troops retreating from Nanchong can still resist along the way and delay their attack." ”

"Then I will make a detour to Jianyang, go straight to Longquanyi, and threaten Chengdu." Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "Besides, what you are talking about is your style of play, not Liu Wenhui's, with Liu Wenhui's Xi surname, he can't make a desperate move, he can't let go of Chengdu, and he can't give up Luzhou, in fact, the best way to play is to attract the enemy army in the lonely city of Luzhou, give Chengdu to Tian Songyao, and the whole army attacked, annihilated Liu Xiang's main force on the front line of Rongwei, forced Yang Li and Luo to launch the war, and then took advantage of the victory to attack Yucheng, and lifted the siege of Luzhou by encircling Wei and saving Zhao, and then set up an ambush to annihilate it on the way back to Yucheng by the besieging troops in Luzhou, In this way, Liu Xiang's troops are afraid that they will be gone, and Liu Xiang will only announce that he will go into the wilderness, and the principal can only admit the fait accompli. ”

"Liu Xiang will never be worried, because he still has Tian Songyao," Zhuang Jihua was very depressed, he didn't know if Tian Songyao and Deng Xihou could resist the temptation: "Liu Wenhui's defeat on the front line may trigger the greed of the two, and they are likely to make a move in Chengdu in order to grab territory, so Liu Wenhui will be attacked on all sides." ”

"At this time, Liu Wenhui can make peace with Liu Xiang." Tang Zong interjected: "They are uncles and nephews, Liu Wenhui's main force is pressed on Liu Xiang's body, and Liu Xiang is unwilling to bear this pressure, I estimate that he will make peace with Liu Wenhui and let Liu Wenhui go back to deal with Tian Songyao and Deng Xihou." ”

"Yes, Naijian is right," Zhuang Jihua took over the topic: "Liu Xiang will not let Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao watch the excitement on the sidelines, he wants to pull them all in and consume them together, so that he will have absolute strength to control the situation in Sichuan after the war." ”

"In this way, our biggest danger is after conquering Nanchong, when Liu Wenhui's main force is assembled in the area of Rongchang Weiyuan." Li Zhilong said.

"Alas, it's up to Brother Enlargement." Zhuang Jihua sighed, this dog's Sichuan rat, all of them slippery and didn't leave his hands, forcing him to take risks, all his hopes were pinned on Zeng Guangqing, hoping to control Tian Songyao and Deng Xihou.

At the beginning of September, Luo Zezhou began to launch an attack on Nanchong, and fought with Chen Mingqian's department in Lijiadu for a day, without the slightest progress, Luo Zezhou immediately retreated, and then Sichuan was lively, according to the rules of the Republic of China, to fight such a battle must be issued a telegram, Luo Zezhou preemptively telegraphed to accuse Liu Wenhui of provoking the war, he repeatedly resisted, had to fight back, and asked the Central Military Commission and the Sichuan Aftermath Supervision Office (Liu Xiang) to stop it; Liu Wenhui then telegraphed the national political axe and all walks of life in Sichuan angrily denounced Luo Zezhou's lies, saying that he disregarded the lives of the people and wantonly provoked the disaster of war, and at the same time told Li Jiayu and Yang Sen that the various units of Li Jiayu and Yang Sen had moved, and that the units of the 21st Army in front of Jiangjin and Yongchuan had assembled with the intention of attacking him; Compared with Liu Wenhui's grievances, Liu Xiang was much more relaxed, he did not come forward directly, but his subordinate Tang Shizun came forward to lead more than 90 generals to telegraph all walks of life in Sichuan, put forward a program for governing Sichuan, counted the disasters brought to the people by the Sichuan Rebellion since Xinhai, and proposed to eliminate the defense area system, rebuild the Sichuan political axe, reduce the number of troops, and so on, a total of 16 articles; With the telegram led by Tang Shizun, the siege of Liu Wenhui by various departments in Sichuan was officially formed.

But before the power was over, people from all walks of life in Sichuan then joined in. In the face of the war, all walks of life in Sichuan unanimously called for peace, and celebrities in Chengdu and Chongqing sent telegrams to Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui to ask for a halt to the war, and at the same time sent a telegram to the central government to reconcile the Sichuan situation and quell the war; Chiang Kai-shek, who was on the front line of the Nanchang Communists, also sent a telegram asking the armies in Sichuan to restrain each other, and ordered Zeng Guangqing to adjust the various units in Chengdu and Zhuang Jihua in Chongqing. Of course, these are all useless, the actors have already appeared, and the big drama has begun.

After the curtain call, the war was officially staged, Yang Sen and Li Jiayu joined the war group, and Liu Cunhou of Guiyuda County also sent two brigades to the front line of Nanchong, and launched an attack on Nanchong with Xu Yaoqing, Meng Haoran Brigade and Zhou Shaoxuan of Liu Xiang's department.

At the same time, Liu Xiang's Wang Zanxu's department launched an attack in the direction of Tongnan, intending to detour to the rear of Nanchong; In the direction of Jiangjin Yongchuan, Pan Wenhua commanded two divisions and five brigades to attack the other two brigades of Zhang Qingping's division under Liu Wenhui.

In the face of the siege, Liu Wenhui was not afraid, he led the main force of Zhang Qingping and Xia Shouxun to divide Jiangjin Yongchuan, meet Pan Wenhua and Tang Shizun, and let Chen Guangzao lead Lin Yungen's division to defend Nanchong to meet Yang Liluo and Liu Xiang and Liu Cunhou.

Pan Wenhua's division on the central line fought fiercely with Peng Zangfu, Deng Guozhang, and Xu Tingxiu stationed in Yongchuan in Da'anchang, and Tang Shizun and Zhang Qingping fought fiercely in Jiangjin Simian Mountain, with both sides killed and wounded, and the battle was in a stalemate.

Liu Xiang, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Liu Cunhou besieged Liu Xiang, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, and Liu Cunhou on three sides, especially Yang Sen and Li Jiayu, who attacked fiercely, broke through the defense line of Baima Mountain, and approached the Nanchong city wall.

Liu Wenhui was worried about the situation in Nanchong, and hesitated on the question of whether to give up or increase troops.

"Chairman Liu, the chairman of the committee clearly ordered me to adjust, and my brother can only reluctantly make it difficult, I talked to Yang Zihui and their representatives, they only need the six counties in the north province, and then they will not attack again." Zeng Kuoqing was very embarrassed and said: "To be honest, Chairman Liu, their request is a bit excessive, but I also think about it privately for the chairman, it is a taboo for soldiers to be attacked on three sides, why not temporarily retreat, relieve pressure, at least slack off their offensive heart, in addition to repairing the unity of the Baoding system, and then Xu Tu will raise it again." ”

Liu Wenhui thought about it again and again, and felt that although Zeng Guangqing had bad intentions, his suggestion was still feasible, the current battle line was too long, the troops were scattered, and Liu Xiang's offensive on the Yongchuan Jiangjin front line was becoming more and more fierce, and he had to concentrate all his strength to deal with it.

"I can let go of the North Road, but can you guarantee that Yang Zihui and them will abide by the faith?" Liu Wenhui asked slowly.

"No," Zeng Guangqing shook his head without hesitation, Liu Wenhui's face changed and he was about to get angry, but Zeng Guangqing continued unhurriedly: "But you can divide and disintegrate them." ”

"How can we dismantle them?" Liu Wenhui frowned and asked.

"The key is in Nanchong, Li Jiayu, Luo Zezhou, and Yang Sen all want this land of plastering, you can," Zeng Guangqing looked left and right, Liu Wenhui waved his hand to signal the people on the left and right to retreat, and after everyone withdrew, Zeng Guangqing whispered: "It's okay to give Nanchong Xichong to Li Jiayu, give Suining Shehong to Luo Zezhou, and give Yingshan to Yang Sen." ”

Liu Wenhui looked at Zeng Guangqing, his eyes gradually brightened, two peach killed three soldiers, Yang Sen, who had the most troops and contributed the most, only got a camp, which was bound to cause Yang Sen's dissatisfaction, and Li Jiayu and Luo Zezhou dreamed of a piece of territory, since they ate it in their mouths, how could they spit it out again, and there would inevitably be contradictions between the three of them, so that the attack of the northern province would be eased.

In Nanchong City, Chen Guangzao received an explicit order from Liu Wenhui to give up Nanchong Suining, but it was necessary to let Li Jiayu capture Nanchong, Chen Guangzao was puzzled and asked Liu Wenhui why? Liu Wenhui didn't explain, but just told him that he had to strictly implement it and ensure success.

As a result, the resistance in front of Li Jiayu became very weak, but Yang Sen was fiercely counterattacked by Chen Guangzao, but Luo Zezhou suddenly turned around and launched an attack on Suining.

Li Jiayu waved his troops straight forward, and the strikers won one after another, occupied the White Tower, and then rushed across the Jialing River, encountering almost no decent resistance along the way.

"Commander, isn't it, why did this Chen Guangzao suddenly not fight?" Chief of Staff Li Fenghe came to ask with a worried face.

"There's nothing wrong with it, Liu Daoren is leaving." Li Jiayu, who received Zhuang Jihua's telegram, said nonchalantly: "Liu Fucheng fought fiercely in Jiangjin Yongchuan, Liu Daoren wants to transfer the wrong side to that side, hurry up, hurry into the city, don't let others take the lead." ”

"From there?" Li Fenghe suddenly realized.

Li Jiayu nodded: "Be quick, speed up the crossing of the river, and the troops will enter the city overnight." ”

On 16 October, Li Jiayu entered Nanchong before Yang Sen and Xu Shaoqing, and immediately appointed Li Fenghe, chief of staff, as the magistrate of Nanchong County and commander of the garrison.

On the eighteenth, Luo Zezhou conquered Suining, and then proclaimed himself the magistrate of Suining County, and Li Jiayu pursued Liu Wenhui to conquer Xichong in his retreat.

Yang Sen occupied Yingshan, which Liu Wenhui had abandoned, with a partial division, and the matter was well planned, but there was still a mistake in execution, and Xu Shaoqing grabbed the flood.

The gunfire in Beidao subsided, Yang Sen took inventory, and he didn't catch anything, which not only made him unwilling, but his subordinates also complained, but Yang Sen couldn't directly ask Li Jiayu to let Nanchong go, so he complained depressedly to Zhuang Jihua's representative Li Dongzhu, Li Dongzhu handed him a telegram soon, Yang Sen frowned and thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Later, at the operational meeting held in Suining, Yang Sen euphemistically proposed to let Li Jiayu pay part of the tax in Nanchong as compensation, but Li Jiayu did not answer, and his subordinates did not agree first, so Yang Sen's subordinates Baiju and others also jumped up to refute, Luo Zezhou tried to adjust, but he did not expect that the subordinates of the two immediately pointed the finger at him, and at the same time asked for an equal share of Suining's finance and taxes. Yang Sen was angry, the troops stopped in Suining and did not leave, he did not move, Luo Zezhou and Li Jiayu did not dare to move, Li Jiayu simply transferred two brigades from the front line back to Nanchong, leaving only the weakest three brigades to pretend on the front line.

This can make Xu Shaoqing anxious, on the front line of Tongnan, Xia Shouxun's offensive was very fierce, Wang Zanxu was defeated and retreated, and continued to ask Liu Xiang for help, Liu Xiang sent a telegram to Xu Shaoqing's troops to attack Tongnan and copy Xia Shouxun's back road, but now these three people are not fighting, Liu Cunhou of course refuses to fight anymore, and he has not received any benefits. Xu Shaoqing had no choice but to report to Liu Xiang truthfully, Liu Xiang was worthy of being a master of adjusting contradictions, and immediately telegraphed to Yang Sen that he was willing to let go of the shooting, and Tongnan would also return to Yang Sen in the future, and asked Yang Sen to send troops to Tongnan immediately.

Yang Sen was a little moved after receiving the telegram, but he sent troops like this, and Zhuang Jihua was not easy to explain, Zhuang Jihua clearly told him in the telegram that after conquering Suining, he would stop marching and watch the battle between the two Liu, but Liu Xiang's gift was not light, and it was a whole two counties.

Just when Yang Sen was in a dilemma, news came from Chengdu that Zhang Guotao, Jiang Xianyun, and Xu Xiangqian, who had withdrawn from Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and were currently in Shaanxi, had an attempt to break through the Dasan Pass and flee south to Sichuan, and Chiang Kai-shek strictly ordered Tian Songyao to block the road for the communist * bandits to enter Sichuan. The news made Janssen feel excited, and he immediately understood what to do.

(To be continued)