When Li Jiansheng led his troops back to help, Luo Ronghuan had already made a move. The first to receive fire was the Red 15th Division of the Red Third Front Army, while on the other side was the First Brigade of the First Division of Hu Zongnan's First Army.

After so many years of war, today's Red 15th Division is no longer the Red 15th Division of the year! Today's Red 15th Division, which is a real 5-regiment full division, does not include all kinds of directly subordinate troops. According to the division commander Yang Zhishen, it was the first main force of the Red Third Front Army. You must know that this unit is the old foundation of Li Jiansheng's Red Third Front Army. Division commander Yang Zhishen and Li Jiansheng have been together since the uprising in southern Hunan, and later went to Jinggangshan together, and then returned to southern Hunan together to develop local armed forces, and later pulled up more than 20 independent battalions, and then formed the Red 18th Army, the Red 15th Division, which was developed by the first division of the Red 18th Army at that time. That's absolute elite. Political Commissar Su Zhengfei came from the Central Soviet District. At that time, the development of the army was too fast, and Li Jiansheng's department lacked cadres, so he asked the central government for it, and the central government sent Su Zhengfei over. Because he was unknown in later generations, Li Jiansheng was not familiar with him at the beginning, but he saw that he was extremely capable of doing things, and he was the deputy political commissar of the main division of the Red Third Army of the Red First Army when he came, so he asked him to serve as the political commissar of the Red First Division. Later, I found out that Su Zhengfei was a civil and military all-rounder, and he did things well, no wonder he could be the political commissar of the main division, so he used it boldly with confidence. Sure enough, he and Yang Zhishen had a tacit understanding, and they simply tempered the old first division, which was already an elite, into today's absolute main force and absolute elite. In the official history, he was mistakenly killed during the "rebellion", but he was unexpectedly pulled to the Red Third Front Army by Li Jiansheng and survived! As for the chief of staff, Gao Yuan, he also came from the Central Soviet Region, and Li Jiansheng knew a little about him. He is the head of the main regiment, and he was also mistakenly killed during the "rebellion" in the official history, and now he was directly saved here by Li Jiansheng.

These three men have been with Li Jiansheng for a long time, and that is the essence of the spirit of the old leader Li Jiansheng's battle. This time, under the command of Luo Ronghuan, the political commissar of the front army, there was no ambiguity, before Luo Ronghuan gave the order, Yang Zhishen came forward and discussed with Guo Hu, commander of the Red 16th Division, and Lu Keshan, commander of the Red 17th Division, that his Red 15th Division would fight the first stop, and the later ones would be assigned by several other divisions. Guo Hu and Lu Keshan were also veterans who went to Jinggangshan with Li Jiansheng and returned to southern Hunan to fight guerrillas, and they also pulled up more than 20 independent battalions together, and later they were the leaders of the second and third divisions, a group of militants, who wanted to persuade Li Jiansheng, but they had nothing to say, but they refused to accept the old first division, which is now the Red 15th Division. But Nai He Yang Zhishen's age is there, and this time it is a soft discussion, the two division commanders don't have much to say, and they nodded together for the first time, letting the Red 15th Division fight first. Of course, when you turn back, you will inevitably be told by the political commissar of the division and the chief of staff of the division, and that will be a later story. As for Yan Dong, commander of the Red 18th Division, Niu Dali, commander of the Red 19th Division, and Hu Tingquan, commander of the Red 20th Division, under the leadership of Yun Tian, deputy commander-in-chief of the front army, they are each leading their headquarters and marching in the northwest direction, one is to clear the remnants of the enemy along the road, and to monitor other Kuomintang troops, and more importantly, to receive the troops led by Li Jiansheng himself.

With the Red 15th Division of the Red Third Front Army, the most elite unit of the Red Army at the moment, and a fully organized division, to fight Hu Zongnan's two-regiment brigade, it really feels like killing chickens with a knife. But Yang Zhishen was not ambiguous, and knew the importance of this battle, so he attached special importance to it, that is, to kill chickens with a knife, and went deep into the front line to make careful arrangements. Of course, if it weren't for this political sense, he wouldn't have been able to be the commander of the Red 15th Division. You must know that at the beginning, Li Jiansheng had 6 old starting troops, and this division was ranked first! Therefore, when Hu Zongnan's first brigade arrived at Qingping Pass in the southeast of the first line of heaven, it suddenly stepped into the encirclement of Yang Zhi's 15th Division.

Xu Liangyu, the commander of the First Brigade of the First Division of the First Army in the south of Hu Zong, is also a hard-legged man, originally from Tonglu, Zhejiang, and graduated from the Fourth Political Department of Huangpu, and is known for his rigorous management of the army. Hu Zongnan was the commander of the First Division at the beginning, and when the cavalry regiment under the division was established, the first candidate for the regiment commander was Xu Liangyu, and the deputy commander of the First Brigade was also the commander of the cavalry regiment. Xu Liangyu was later promoted step by step because of this, from the commander of the cavalry regiment to the commander of the first brigade, and then to the deputy commander of the first division and the commander of the first brigade. In other words, Xu Liangyu himself was not very enthusiastic about the post of cavalry commander, and the unit he hoped to go to was an infantry unit, because he was not good at cavalry and horse combat. However, although this regiment commander Xu is like this, he is not ambiguous in his work, first, he understands the painstaking work of the division, and knows that this cavalry regiment is properly trained, it is definitely a strong force, and he is here, but he can firmly control this strong force in the hands of a Zhejiang Huangpu officer who is loyal to the principal. In addition, he himself is not professional in cavalry combat, but Shi Jiayu, the chief of staff arranged for him by Commander Hu Zongnan, graduated from the sixth regular cavalry department of Huangpu. is professional and is his very good assistant, the only regret is that he is from Wujin, Jiangsu, so he can only be a chief of staff. This cavalry regiment later fought against the Red Army in Sichuan, and was defeated by Peng's headquarters, but Peng's headquarters also won a crushing victory. After the first battle, Xu Liangyu's combat ability made Hu Zongnan and Mr. Peng see his strength. Later, when the First Division was expanded into the First Army, and when it was under the jurisdiction of the First, Second, and Third Divisions, Xu Liangyu was promoted to deputy commander of the First Division and commander of the First Brigade.

At present, after accepting the task of being the vanguard of the whole army, Xu Liangyu has fully mobilized the troops. He was very simple, first went to the cavalry regiment directly under the brigade, and asked those men directly: You dogs, you have arrived home with your kung fu of riding horses, but I don't know if you have arrived home with your kung fu of riding women? This question can be asked by the gang of people under him, you must know that these men, no one will admit defeat at this point. At that moment, they slapped their chests and howled. Seeing that the enthusiasm of everyone was mobilized, Xu Liangyu said again, this time we are fighting the red bandits, and after such a long time of sports and fighting, the physical strength of those people has long been exhausted, but they have money, and they have the female red bandits there. As long as we destroy the red bandits, the money and those female red bandits will be ours, and we can ride how we want to ride when the time comes, and these female red bandits are like fierce horses, riding hard enough. Besides, when we eliminate the red bandits, for the Great Northwest, we are the saviors, those big girls and little daughters-in-law, they still have to treat us as ancestors? Isn't it like we can do whatever we want? When these rough men were stimulated to scream, Xu Liangyu, who is known for his strict management of the army, nodded softly: However, let's talk again, we are revolutionary soldiers, we must abide by discipline, and we must deal with those women, our attitude should be different, those female red bandits are easy to say, we can get what we want, but those women from good families are absolutely not allowed to rob and annihilate. If anyone violates it, the master will shoot you. Of course, if you have a crush on any girl, you can directly tell the head of the group, and the head of the group will give you a match. The men howled again, and they wished to kill the red bandits at once, and then show off their might in front of those beautiful women.

After mobilizing the morale of the cavalry regiment, Xu Liangyu immediately ordered the whole regiment to be used as the leading force. Subsequently, he came to the brigade headquarters again, called the two infantry commanders, and told them clearly that the red bandits are now dogs and have no stamina, and we are the elite after resting. The two regiment commanders were stimulated by Xu Liangyu's reasoning analysis and words, and they slapped their chests one by one to charge. At this time, Xu Liangyu let the two regiments move forward one after the other. Moreover, as a regular academic class in Huangpu, he has a clear eye for doing things, no, when the troops are marching, they are avant-garde, rear guard, mobile sentinels, and they are arranged just right. It stands to reason that this still makes Yang Zhishen's subordinates unable to do it. But Yang Zhishen, who is that? After reporting the information to Luo Ronghuan, several people discussed it, and they still decided to adopt the tactics of "luring the enemy to go deeper, gathering and annihilating them", and decided to let the cavalry regiment go over first, and then fight the first brigade. Of course, in order to ensure a complete victory, it was finally confirmed that the Red 16th Division's Guo Hu Division would concentrate its firepower on the cavalry regiment, and the Red 17th Division's Lu Keshan Division, which would operate in a mobile manner, and wait for the first brigade to come over, and then insert it between the first brigade and the second brigade to take responsibility for each other's response to the second brigade. As for the address of the battlefield, it was selected at Qingping Pass, which is more than 50 kilometers southeast of the first line of heaven. The Red 15th Division set up an ambush here in advance. This Qingping Pass is the only way to the first line of heaven, a flat ocean, good vision, convenient for cavalry combat, but it is the worst address for ambush. However, after discussing it, several leaders believed that because it was such a place, Xu Liangyu would never have imagined that the Red Army would set up an ambush in such a place, so he happened to fight him and could not defend himself. As soon as the general direction was confirmed, Yang Zhishen's department set up the whole division and ambushed in turn. At this time, the skill of the old first division was shown. You must know that whether it was the old chief Li Jiansheng or the current division commander Yang Zhishen, they were all from Orion, and the strength lies in the ambush and camouflage. In addition, Li Jiansheng's department is equipped with professional sapper shovels in later generations, and it is unambiguous to dig up the soil at this time.

The entire division was divided into several plates by Yang Zhishen. The first regiment guarded the front, the second and third regiments guarded the two sides, the fifth regiment served as a reserve, and the artillery regiment made arrangements from a distance to adjust the firing of Zhuyuan as early as possible. The Fourth Regiment and the Cavalry Regiment and other directly subordinate troops simply did not ambush, stayed far away, and waited for Xu Liangyu's front outpost to pass before making preparations.

Xu Liangyu's department did not find the ambush of Yang Zhishen's department. Of course, even if there is an ambush, he is not afraid, for no other reason, that is, Xu Liangyu firmly believes that the strength of the First Brigade is good, the combat effectiveness is strong, and it can quickly pass through the enemy's defense line. But this time he miscalculated. I was looking at the flat land as far as the eye can see, but suddenly there are gunshots everywhere! The entire brigade and two regiments could not break out of the encirclement of the red bandits. Seeing that his soldiers were either blown up by artillery fire or killed by bullets with long eyes, Xu Liangyu was stunned for the first time. It's not the first time he's fought against the Red Bandits, but it's the first time he's been beaten passively like this, you know, he still knows the strength of this first brigade. Fortunately, if Li Jiansheng hadn't learned that Hu Zongnan's troops were coming to attack, he knew that Xu Liangyu was a famous anti-Japanese general in the future, and he had the intention to spare his life, I was afraid that the commander of the First Brigade would have been sniped by snipers at this time. And the chief of staff next to him did not have such a good life, he was shot in the head by a sniper. And Xu Liangyu, because of the epaulettes of the major general on his shoulders, saved his life. Because Chief of Staff Shi was only a colonel, he was sniped by the snipers without hesitation.

The battle lasted more than two hours, and Xu Liangyu's first brigade lost most of it. Xu Liangyu also had to organize a counteroffensive of the troops, and Yang Zhishen's department had already narrowed the encirclement, and shouted to Xu Liangyu's department, of course, it was Li Jiansheng's meaning. At this time, Xu Liangyu, who also felt that the Chinese should not fight the Chinese, saw that the elite soldiers died one by one, and finally made up his mind and decided to sacrifice himself to ensure everyone. Only then did they agree to surrender. When he stood up and came to the side of the red bandits, he found that there were several rifles aimed at him all the time, and he was a little afraid in his heart, knowing that the other party intended to leave his life.

Xu Liangyu's surrender meant the end of the battle. The remainder of the 1st Brigade was preserved. And the cavalry regiment of the 1st Brigade, which had already passed and was surrounded by the Red 17th Division, had already received fire, most of it was annihilated, and the rest surrendered. The second brigade of the first division of the second echelon, the independent brigade of the first division of the third echelon, and the supplementary brigade of the third echelon could not break through the blocking position of the 18th Red Division, until Xu Liangyu's division was completely annihilated, and the three brigades did not move forward! Xu Liangyu was courteous after surrendering, and stayed in Li Jiansheng's department until he returned to the south of Hu Zong, and what he saw and heard made him sigh that he was unjustly defeated. Later, on the battlefield of resistance against Japan, Xu Liangyu's department and Yang Zhishen's department also cooperated with each other to jointly annihilate a brigade of the Japanese army. Of course, that's an afterthought.

When Hu Zongnan knew that the First Brigade was over, his heart was very painful, and he immediately urged the Second and Third Divisions to advance. A few days later, I received news that the second brigade of the first division of the second echelon, the independent brigade of the first division of the third echelon, the supplementary brigade and the baggage troops were difficult to advance at first, and then they were surrounded by red bandits. For the first time in his life, Hu Zongnan, who was a little crazy, went to the front line in person and continuously pushed the second and third divisions to the front. By the time the Second and Third Divisions arrived at the first line, the First Division was already finished. Moreover, the reason why Hu Zongnan was so angry that he couldn't speak was that he had been surrounded by the Red Bandit Three-Front Legion, including himself. Moreover, according to the news, Li Jiansheng, the leader of the Red Bandits, had already begun to take over the command, and the Red Bandit troops that surrounded his two whole divisions appeared almost all the divisions and units directly under the Red Bandit Three Front Army that he knew. In other words, his first army was surrounded by 100,000 regiments of the Red Bandit Third Front Army. Hu Zongnan, who knew Li Jiansheng well, was a little discouraged, knowing that the entire First Army was wiped out in a moment. However, Hu Zongnan, who easily refused to admit defeat, on the one hand asked the chairman for help, and on the other hand, he actively organized various ministries to prepare for war. But what made him a little strange was that Li Jiansheng's troops were only surrounding his troops and did not attack him at all. His troops assaulted, and Li Jiansheng's troops only repelled and did not pursue, and the encirclement did not shrink. Hu Zongnan, who was confused, always felt that Li Jiansheng did something special.