"No, no... Yes. Zhuang Jihua's words made Xiong Shouyun fall into an ice cave, and he ate for a long time before he said: "No matter how you say it, we are all Northern Expeditionary Army, fighting under one banner." ”

"I hope not," Zhuang Jihua sighed and said, "This is just the worst-case scenario, but there is one thing I never understand, why did Cheng Qian have to come to Nanchang?" According to the information we have obtained, we can completely capture Nanchang, and they can play a greater role in De'an. ”

Zhuang Jihua and Xiong Shouyun still have too little political experience, and he still doesn't fully understand the desire of the soldiers at this time for the territory, just like the desire for official positions in the previous life, because only when they get it, can they receive red envelopes if they want to receive red envelopes, and if they want to take the second wife, even if something happens occasionally, they will only be fined three glasses of wine and appointed separately.

"Cultural Revolution, you should go to the division headquarters and discuss with Master Wang." Xiong Shouyun suggested euphemistically, he knew that Zhuang Jihua and Wang Bailing did not deal with each other, and he did not deal with them from the time he taught the Second Regiment, although Zhuang Jihua did not say anything on his face, but he looked down on Wang Bailing in his heart, Wang Bailing did not come to him, he would not deal with Wang Bailing at all. But now the situation is different, and the whole division must unite to tide over the difficult situation.

Zhuang Jihua understood what Xiong Shouyun meant, and hesitated for a moment before nodding: "Okay, I'll go to the division headquarters to have a look." ”

Wang Bailing and Miao Bin discussed, and the two muttered for a long time that they couldn't come up with a feasible solution, and Wang Bailing was relieved to see Zhuang Jihua come back.

Wang Bailing introduced the situation to Zhuang Jihua, and then asked him for his opinion.

Zhuang Jihua's uneasiness in his heart became even stronger, Cheng Qian's approach was contrary to common sense, and he remembered the question again, why did Cheng Qian have to come to Nanchang? Why do you have to transport the 19th Division first?

Wang Bailing exchanged a look with Miao Bin before saying: "It should be for Jiangxi, if the Sixth Army first invades Nanchang, then he Cheng Qian can follow Tang Shengzhi's old example and become the chairman of Jiangxi Province." ”

Zhuang Jihua suddenly realized, sighed again and again, and said: "Li Ling Zhi faints, Li Ling Zhi faints." Then Zhengse said to Wang Bailing and Miao Bin: "There is no way, Cheng Qian has made up his mind, he is the supreme commander, we can only obey." ”

Zhuang Jihua said that the thought is running at high speed, the map of Nanchang is clearly reproduced in his mind, Nanchang is flat, on the verge of Poyang Lake, the Ganjiang River passes through the city, the northwest Xishan is the highest mountain range in Nanchang, the end point of the Nanxun line is located in the northwest suburbs of the city, and Nanchang across the Ganjiang River.

Hearing Zhuang Jihua's answer, Wang Bailing couldn't help but be disappointed, but Miao Bin sneered: "Deputy Master Zhuang will not be able to do anything?" Maoru, it seems that we can only resign ourselves to fate. ”

Hearing this, Wang Bailing looked at Zhuang Jihua suspiciously: "During the Cultural Revolution, the principal has high hopes for us, and we must be sincere and united at this time." ”

Zhuang Jihua didn't care about Miao Bin, he said to Wang Bailing: "Division commander, if you must take the first credit, there is only one way, order Xue Yue to launch an attack on Nanchang now and seize the advanced city." There were less than 800 defenders in Nanchang City, and Xue Yue's regiment was enough. However, this will alarm the enemy at the Ox Shop Station and will be detrimental to the capture ......of the Cattle Shop Station. ”

"Okay, let's do it." Wang Bailing stood up with great joy and immediately ordered a staff officer to cross the river with the order, and ordered Xue Yue to lead the troops that had already crossed the river to immediately launch an attack on Nanchang.

Zhuang Jihua hurriedly stopped: "Division commander, you must not, the prospect of this battle is unpredictable, and you must not move lightly." ”

"What's so hard to predict." Miao Bin said in a weird way: "We have one army and one division, and we can't take Nanchang defended by hundreds of people? Jokes, Deputy Division Commander Zhuang is worrying. ”

"Representative of the Miao Party, this is not groundless!" Zhuang Jihua was anxious, and yelled at Miao Bin: "You only see the benefits of conquering Nanchang, but you don't see the disadvantages of Cheng Qian not cutting off the Nanxun line." What should Lu Xiangting do if he counterattacked from the Nanxun line? What should Deng Ruzhuo do if he counterattacks from Zhangshu? What do you say? ”

Zhuang Jihua's eyes widened angrily in a hurry, roaring like thunder, Miao Bin shivered, his body shrank back slightly, and suddenly felt inappropriate, and he couldn't be frightened by him: "The soldiers are coming, and the water is coming to cover the earth; If you're afraid, don't make a revolution. Deputy Division Commander Zhuang, you have the idea of being afraid of war! ”

"The whole army is in danger, but you collude with the division commander for personal gain and make a risky move, but you still dare to talk about revolution, I really don't know how to write the word shameless." Zhuang Jihua's words were extremely mean, and Miao Bin's face turned red and white for a while.

"You...."Miao Bin pointed at Zhuang Jihua and was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"What are you, aren't you? You, Miao Bin, as a party representative, eat, drink, gamble and gamble everything, without the slightest sense of what a revolutionary should have, what face do you have to be a party representative, and what face do you have to talk about revolution! Zhuang Jihua's words were like knives, and the knife slashed at Miao Bin's sore spots.

Wang Bailing broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly persuaded: "Cultural Revolution, Cultural Revolution, don't quarrel, don't quarrel, now we must unite sincerely, we must unite." Representative of the Miao Party also served as an instructor in the Whampoa Party, and he was also a person who was valued by the principal. ”

Wang Bailing felt strange in his heart, whether this Zhuang Jihua scolded Miao Bin or me.

Zhuang Jihua turned his head to Wang Bailing and said: "Division commander, I am by no means alarmist, just now I conducted a war situation deduction...."Zhuang Jihua analyzed the results of the deduction between himself and Xiong Shouyun to Wang Bailing one by one, and finally said in a conclusive tone: "The result of this battle is controlled by Zhu Peide, if he saves us, we can keep Nanchang; If he doesn't save us, Nanchang City will be our burial place. ”

Wang Bailing and Chen Zhuo changed color at the same time, Wang Bailing is not an excellent soldier, but he is a seasoned officialdom oil, he saw through the purpose of Cheng Qian's southward journey at a glance, and for Zhuang Jihua, he can hit Zhuang Jihua but he believes in Zhuang Jihua's military talent, and now Zhuang Jihua has made such a conclusion, he already believes sixty percent in his heart.

Chen Zhuo was equally shocked, he, like Xiong Shouyun, did not believe that Zhu Peide would sit idly by and watch them be annihilated in Nanchang.

"This is so....shocking, the Cultural Revolution, Commander Zhu will never sit idly by and watch Deng Ruzhuo attack Nanchang, not to mention the principal."

"I hope so, too, and that's the worst." Zhuang Jihua remembered a popular saying in his previous life: only worse, not the worst. In his heart, he was full of resentment towards Cheng Qian, you want to be the provincial chairman, don't pull us into the water.

"Why don't we evacuate Nanchang?" Chen Zhuo asked Wang Bailing tentatively.

Wang Bailing shook his head: "No, the principal ordered us to attack Nanchang, the Cultural Revolution is just an inference, if it doesn't happen, how can I explain to the principal?" ”

The crowd was silent again, and this was indeed a problem. Seeing their appearance, Zhuang Jihua shook his head in his heart, greedy for small profits and forgetting big disasters; Zhuang Jihua began to think of a way to save his life. Immediately found out that no matter what, he was not easy to deal with.

If he leaves Nanchang now, no matter whether he wins or loses, he will not be able to escape the responsibility; If he wins, he is disobedient to the order, and Wang Bailing can be blamed on him; Defeated, Cheng Qian can say that he did not obey the order and fled without a fight, and it was difficult to escape death. It seems that the best way is to ask Cheng Qian to give him an order to defend a place, this place should be attackable and retreated, but there is one thing, Zhuang Jihua has already made up his mind, that is, he will never enter Nanchang, it is a dead land.

Thinking about it, he chose Niuhang Station, Niuhang Station was in the northwest suburbs of Nanchang (note: Nanchang at that time was not as big as it is now), south of the Ganjiang River, as long as it is not the Ganjiang River, even if you can't win, you can also flee along the Ganjiang River.

"Division commander, Niuhang Station is the end point of the Nanxun Line, which plays an important role in defending Nanchang, and I am willing to lead my troops to capture Niuhang Station." Zhuang Jihua had already made up his mind, so he asked Wang Bailing to fight.

Wang Bailing looked at Zhuang Jihua in confusion, I don't know what he meant, Niuhang Station is very important, but if Lu Xiangting counterattacks Nanchang, he must first seize Niuhang Station, on the one hand, cut off the retreat of the Nanchang defenders, and on the other hand, it can ensure smooth transportation; For the defenders of Nanchang, the Niuhang station could ensure the safety of the flanks of their retreat.

"Cultural Revolution, this suggestion is good, a group can cross the river, turn around and attack Niuhang Station directly." Chen Zhuo agreed, at least to be safe.

"Maoru, I think it's good." Miao Bin gloomily agreed, he wanted to drive Zhuang Jihua out of Nanchang.

"Okay, division commander, I'm afraid there won't be any big battles in Nanchang City, I'll follow the movement of the Cultural Revolution, what do you think?" Chen Zhuo has an extra heart, Zhuang Jihua is a master who takes one step and sees three steps, he must have a deep meaning when he proposes to go to Niuhang Station, although Chen Zhuo refuses to believe that Zhu Peide will stand by and watch, but he still wants to prevent it; He and Zhuang Jihua have the same idea, if Zhu Peide really stands by and watches, then the Ganjiang River is at least safer than the Ganjiang River.

Hearing Chen Zhuo's words, Wang Bailing was incredulous, he suddenly realized that Chen Zhuo believed Zhuang Jihua's judgment, but could that really happen? Wang Bailing hesitated, he looked at Chen Zhuo with a complicated expression: "Chief of Staff Chen also has to come to the front line in person, which is naturally a good thing." I'll ask Commander Cheng for help. ”

"I'll go with the division commander." For the purpose of saving his life, Zhuang Jihua was worried that Wang Bailing would not be able to convince Cheng Qian.

Zhuang Jihua and Chen Zhuo counted and calculated, and both of them counted out two people, one is Sun Chuanfang and the other is Lu Xiangting.

Xie Hongxun waited for Cheng Qian in De'an, the left waited and did not come, and the right waited did not come, which made him very strange, he didn't know what the Northern Expeditionary Army was playing, and sent people to reconnoiter around, and found that the Northern Expeditionary Army had abandoned Wuning, and then did not find the Northern Expeditionary Army in Xiushui, which made Xie Hongxun very surprised, and he reported the situation to Lu Xiangting and Sun Chuanfang.

Sun Chuanfang and Lu Xiangting judged almost at the same time that the Northern Expeditionary Army of Northern Jiangxi was moving south, and there was only one target for attack, Nanchang. So Sun Chuanfang sent an urgent telegram to inquire about Deng Ruzhuo's situation in Nanchang, and Deng Ruzhuo also truthfully reported that due to the shortage of camphor trees, he transferred almost all of Nanchang's troops to the front line of Zhangshu, and Nanchang now has less than 800 defenders, which is almost an empty city.

Sun Chuanfang was shocked, and ordered Deng Ruzhuo to transfer troops back to Nanchang, and at the same time ordered Lu Xiangting to send additional troops to Nanchang to hold Nanchang.

Just when they exchanged telegrams, Cheng Qian agreed that Zhuang Jihua would lead a group to attack Niuhang Station, as long as he did not fight Nanchang with him, Cheng Qian would be negotiable.

After Zhuang Jihua set off with a regiment, Wang Bailing thought about it in the headquarters, and finally ruthlessly ordered a staff officer to cross the river and ordered Xue Yue to immediately set off to attack Nanchang.

This staff officer was very clever, found a set of military uniforms of the 19th Division and put them on, crossed the river in the troops of the 19th Division, and handed over the order to Xue Yue, who didn't say a word, took the troops and set off for Nanchang.

Xue Yue left, the officer of the 19th Division who had crossed the river reported to Yang Jie, who had already crossed the river, Yang Jie understood Xue Yue's purpose after a little thought, and he immediately ordered Zhang Zhen, who had already crossed the river, to take the 56th Regiment to Nanchang immediately, and at the same time strictly ordered Zhang Zhen to rush into the city before Xue Yue entered the city.

So Xue Yue and Zhang Zhen rushed towards Nanchang, and on the north bank of the Ganjiang River, Zhuang Jihua led a group of people who also wore stars and moons to attack Niuhang Station.

Xue Yue first rushed to the city of Nanchang, the defenders of Nanchang are indeed too few, there is no one on the city wall at all, the only thing that makes it difficult for Xue Yue is that there is no tool to climb the city, the city wall is a few zhang high, how to climb up, Xue Yue jumped under the city wall in a hurry, and he was in a hurry, but he gave him an idea, he divided the person into two parts, walked along the root of the city wall, and saw where there was damage, or he could take a ladder.

In another place, Zhang Zhen was lucky, when he crossed the river, he had an extra heart, and brought a guide over, and the guide told him that there was a city wall near Zhangjiang Gate that had collapsed and had not been repaired, and he was not clear whether he could climb it.

The collapsed city wall is better than the one that has not collapsed, Zhang Zhen in line with this idea, found the collapsed city wall 200 meters on the right side of Zhangjiang Gate, and can actually climb it after a try, which makes Zhang Zhen overjoyed.

The rest was simple, go up to a company and take prisoner a squad that was sleeping in the city gatehouse.

After opening the city gate, Zhang Zhen came up with an ingenious idea to let the four trumpeters line up, walk in the front with the trumpet, and the troops behind line up in a four-way column, and follow the back to the enemy headquarters.

The sentries standing guard along the way, the patrol team patrolling the streets, all looked at this blowing and blowing force in wonder, and naturally all of them were captured, so they walked to the intersection near the garrison headquarters without firing a shot, only to encounter a large group of enemy troops to block it, and the two sides started a battle at the Nanchang crossroads. The 56th Regiment repelled the enemy with great success, rushed into the garrison headquarters, and the defenders fled from Deshengmen.

By dawn, the whole city of Nanchang fell into the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

(To be continued)