In mid-April, Ouyang Jian moved to the Lao Ye Temple with the army headquarters. Due to the change in the enemy's defensive deployment, the first phase of the battle plan was disrupted, so it had to be changed according to the enemy's situation. Since the enemy took the initiative to abandon Jiaoyi Bay, and all the 4th Division of Lengxin was concentrated at the key point of Duchang County, Ou Ouyang Jian decided that the 5th Army would all land at Lao Ye Temple and formulate a new battle plan according to the enemy's situation. In order to continue the original planned campaign objectives, the key points of Duchang County are still the top priority and must be captured.

On the day Ouyang Jian arrived at the Lao Ye Temple, a military meeting was immediately held. Ouyang Jian first opened his remarks and said: "By capturing the Lao Ye Temple, the enemy has seen our infantry and artillery ability to coordinate operations, landing combat capabilities and strong offensive capabilities. The enemy definitely saw this. Yang Mou also requires superb wisdom, and since the enemy situation has changed, we must change accordingly, but our campaign goal remains the same. Captured the Lao Ye Temple, Deputy Commander Su and Chief of Staff Luo commanded well, and the battle was fought very beautifully. I still don't participate in how to capture Duchang County, and how to fight it is completely under the command of Deputy Commander Su and Chief of Staff Luo, and I will give you a day to come up with a new combat plan. ”

Ouyang Jian continued to be the shopkeeper, and continued to take the fishing rod and the guard pony to the lake to fish! After a day of deliberation, Su Yu and Luo Ronghuan, that is, the General Staff Corps, came up with a new combat plan. The next day, the military meeting was held again, and Su Yu stood in front of the military map, pointed out the deployment of the enemy army, and said: "The cold 4th Division assembled in Duchang County, which is obviously the result of He Yingqin's use of key defenses. According to our campaign objectives, the capture of Duchang County remains unchanged, but we have made major adjustments to the actual situation. The Chief of Staff will now issue a new battle plan. ”

Chief of Staff Luo Ronghuan stood up and said: "You can look at the map, the south and southeast of Duchang County are completely lake areas and water network areas, and only the east and northeast are land routes, no matter how you look at it, it is an isolated stronghold." If we surround Duchang County by land, we will not be able to escape from the cold. According to the information we have learned, Song Xilian's 108th Brigade is currently stationed in Gaojialing Town, Poyang County, which is the closest reinforcement to Duchang County, and Jingdezhen in the east will also send reinforcements. The towns in the north of Poyang have virtually become a key point, and if we place a force here, we will be able to block the enemy in Poyang and the enemy in the direction of Jingdezhen. ”

"At present, there are conditions for encircling Duchang County by land, even if the enemy army is reinforced, once our blocking troops are discovered, they will shrink back and worry about being surrounded, which creates conditions for us to eat the enemy army cleanly and completely. In addition, in order to confuse the enemy, the Red Star Fleet was dispatched to bombard Duchang County before the attack, creating the illusion of our landing operation, and our main force secretly moved south from Lao Ye Temple, surrounded Duchang County from the north, southeast and south, and ate the Lengxin 4th Division cleanly and completely! Su Yu waved his hand vigorously, showing strong self-confidence. Very good, maneuverable and flexible tactics! Ouyang Jian nodded loudly.

Su Yu continued: "The 16th Division led by Chief of Staff Zhang will secretly set off at dusk today, and we must rush to the town tomorrow morning." After occupying the town, defend it on the spot and ensure that the main force will eat the 4th Division! "Yes! Resolutely complete the mission! "Shock!" "Here!" Tomorrow morning, you will lead the 13th, 14th, and 15th divisions to advance to Duchang County with great fanfare, don't care about being discovered by the enemy, be sure to rush to Duchang County tomorrow evening, and launch an attack on Duchang County at night! "Yes! Resolutely complete the mission! Ouyang Jian said: "Deputy Commander Su, I have a question, during the day, the enemy's reconnaissance planes are frequently dispatched, and the whereabouts of the large army can be grasped by the enemy very quickly. “

Su Yu said slyly: "Commander, I have a bold idea!" Letting the 16th Division go out in the dark is to conceal its whereabouts, and the purpose is to quickly seize the key points of the town. The main forces were dispatched in broad daylight for the purpose of letting the enemy know. If Leng Xin understands the situation, it is possible to lead his troops to escape, but we have reserved a blocking force in the town, Leng Xin will not be able to escape, and my purpose is to annihilate it on the outskirts of the field. Of course, the premise is that Leng Xin must run away. If he does not choose to escape, we will still implement the original battle plan, and the two options can be chosen in a targeted manner. "Good! Great, brilliant battle plan, I estimate that Leng Xin will definitely choose to escape, and if he doesn't run, He Yingqin will also order a retreat. “

Ouyang Jian praised loudly and was particularly pleased, Su Yu really lived up to expectations, showing his excellent military talent in advance, and gold will always shine. The next morning, the three main divisions were quickly discovered, and as expected, they were soon discovered by reconnaissance planes taking off from Jingdezhen Airport, and the news quickly spread to the Shangrao Eastern Front Defense Headquarters. He Yingqin received a report from the Air Force and immediately realized that Leng Xin was in danger. He originally thought that Ouyang Jian would attack from the lake, so he ordered Leng Xin to concentrate his forces in Duchang County to defend, but he didn't expect Ouyang Jian to surprise again. He Yingqin knew that Lao Jiang was very important to Leng Xin, and if he had three longs and two shorts, he couldn't explain it. It stands to reason that the 90th Division should be ordered to send reinforcements from Jingdezhen, and the 36th Division should be ordered to rush to the rescue from Poyang County. However, Ouyang Sword is haunted, and if the 90th Division is eaten in the wild, the strategic points of Jingdezhen will immediately change hands.

The responsibility for the loss of Jingdezhen is heavy, and after thinking about it again, He Yingqin decisively ordered, Leng Xin immediately led his troops to retreat from Duchang County, and then pulled to Yu Yu to defend, so that at least the safety of Nanchang's abdomen could be guaranteed. After that, He Yingyou ordered Song Xilian to dispatch a brigade to the town to respond. Because Zhang Shiying started at dusk and arrived at the town in the early morning, and there was not a single soldier in the town, Zhang Shiying led his troops to occupy the town without blood. Such a change did not know about He Yingqin, including the roots of various departments, which meant that Leng Xin's 4th Division could not escape.

Now that we calmly analyze and analyze from Lao Jiang's point of view, it is not difficult to see the disadvantages of Lao Jiang's importance to one city and one place. We don't want to lose anything, and then we scatter our troops. It seems that there are 100,000 male soldiers, but the local forces are not advantageous at all. In addition, the appearance of a tough opponent on the eastern shore of Poyang Lake is so unusual that the result may have been predestined a long time ago. Suppose that if Lao Jiang concentrated all his heavy troops along the lake, it would be impossible for Ouyang Jian's plan to carry out his eastern crusade, but this can only be hypothetical.

From another point of view, Chiang's troops were still very confident in defensive operations, but the old Chiang himself, including the military generals under his command, was still stuck in the period of World War I, lacked a sober understanding of the offensive and defensive characteristics of modern warfare, and lacked an understanding of the new means of warfare, in other words, he was conservative in his thinking, so he fell far behind in terms of training methods and the tactical level of arranging troops. Excluding weapons and equipment and the quality of soldiers, the overall decline of the national army can be seen in the later war against Japan.

In the war against Japan, the soldiers of the Central Army did not lack blood, nor did they lack the fighting spirit of bravery, and the tragic scenes of seeing death as if they were at home and staining the battlefield with blood abounded. However, the Kuomintang army, which was good at defensive operations, did not suffer heavy losses in that defensive operation, even if it was the victory of Taierzhuang, the defense of Changsha, etc., a few battles worth boasting of were also cast with the corpses of soldiers. To get back to the point, Ouyang Jian dared to go east, because he saw the weakness of Jiang's army, and he had already won three points without a fight.

At the division headquarters of Duchang County, division commander Leng Xin received an order from the headquarters early in the morning, and the air force reconnaissance report showed that the main force of the Red Army bypassed Xinmiao Lake in the north and went south through Zuoli Town to outflank the capital county, and the situation was critical, He Yingqin ordered to abandon Duchang County, and ordered Leng Xin to retreat to Poyang County as soon as possible. Leng Xin didn't dare to slack off, and immediately ordered the troops to pull out. Suddenly the county seat of Dechang was in chaos. Finally leaving the land of right and wrong, Leng Xin fell to the ground with a stone in his heart. Leng Xin is 32 years old this year, he is the first phase of Huangpu, to say that he is not familiar with Ouyang Jian is nonsense, there were 4 pacesetters in the first phase of Huangpu that year, and he and Ouyang Jian were among them.

Ouyang Jian was famous in Jiujiang, and Leng Xin was puzzled. Although he and Ouyang Jian were both training pacesetters when they were at the Whampoa Military Academy, they did not see Ouyang Jian's extraordinary military talent. Frankly speaking, Leng Xin was not convinced, thinking that those who were defeated under Ouyang Jian were all wastes, so after the department was transferred to Jiangxi, he took the initiative to ask Ying to serve as the defense of the east bank of Poyang Lake. Leng Xin is an absolute descendant of a veteran, and he is deeply valued. Its 4th Division was well-equipped and powerful.

Originally, Leng Xin wanted to wrestle with Ouyang Jian, but the 10th Brigade of the department, in the defensive operation of Lao Ye Temple, the brigade was beaten overnight and lost its armor, and lost one-third of its troops. After the commander of the 10th Brigade described the combat scene, Leng Xin's self-confidence suddenly came to naught. In this regard, he reported to the headquarters that the troops of his department were too scattered to facilitate the breakdown, and the commander-in-chief He Yingqin agreed to his request for key defense and asked him to concentrate his forces to hold the county seat of Duchang. But there were unforeseen circumstances, and before he could take a breath, Ouyang Jian changed his tactics and actually wanted to eat himself in one bite. Therefore, Leng Xin naturally did not hesitate when he received the order to retreat, because he was no longer in the mood to compete with Ouyang Jian in his heart.

The brigade of men and horses went out of the city in a mighty way, and at this time, Ouyang Jian's main force was also pulling east on the north side of Xinmiao Lake, and the two teams seemed to be neck and neck. Leng Xin had already received a report from the Air Force that he knew the exact location of the Red Army, so he considered it safe according to the Red Army's itinerary. The horse team marched forward in the ranks of the Chinese army, and every general was very depressed. Leng Xin was tall and handsome, and he was particularly eye-catching on a war horse, but his languishing expression affected his image.

"I heard that you had a good personal relationship with Ouyang Jian when you were at the Whampoa Military Academy, but I didn't expect him to be merciless to you, an old classmate!" The chief of staff opened the conversation. Leng Xin sighed and said, "Back then, we were high-spirited and pointed out the country. Fate has turned us into adversaries on the battlefield, and you are an adversary to the death. I really didn't see that Ouyang Jian had such military talent back then, but this time I was taught. "Master, I think that we should retreat and seek it instead of fighting for an inch of land. According to the Communist Party, they only need Jiangxi, and now Nanchang has become a hot yam. ”

It can be said that Ouyang Jian didn't know anything about Leng Xin, and as for Leng Xin saying that they had a good personal relationship when they were in Huangpu, Ouyang Jian couldn't even be known. Although he knew that he and Leng Xin were both in the first phase of Huangpu, there was too little information about Leng Xin, so he didn't have any impression in Ouyang Jian's mind at all. But one thing is certain, Leng Xin is not outstanding among the Kuomintang generals, and is only a descendant of Lao Jiang, so Ouyang Jian did not deliberately study Leng Xin.

； Leng Xin understood what the chief of staff meant: "There is no way for the principal, there are political factors involved here, you and I are soldiers, and soldiers take obedience to orders as their duty." While the two were talking, a fast horse galloped in, "Report!" The 68th Brigade of Song Xilian's division was intercepted by the Red Army in Jiezhen, and the Red Army had at least two regiments. Leng Xin heard this, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out. Order the forward troops to rush to the town, and the east and west attack must quickly capture the town! The chief of staff came to his senses and said: "Brigade seat, we have been fooled, no wonder the main forces of the Red Army are dispatched in broad daylight for the purpose of luring us to retreat ・・・・・・." ”