The Xinjiang River flows through Yingtan and goes straight to Poyang Lake with twists and turns. It is now the rainy season when the river is swollen, and the bed of the rushing Xinjiang River is almost twice as wide. It is rare that there is no rain at night, there are large dark clouds in the sky, and occasionally the moon shows a smiling face, which makes people feel warm after a long time. On the bank of the Xinjiang River, which is about 5 miles northwest of Yingtan, a large number of ships gathered. At about 3 o'clock in the morning, Ouyang Jian led a large army to arrive here. Mu Shixiong led two detachments to wait here. When he saw Mu Shixiong, he was embarrassed: "Division commander, we only collected 40 big ships, and there is no way, and the rest are small boats." ”

"Brother Mu is sorry for you, and we are in the boat with a smooth sail. Zhang Shiying! "Here!" "You lead your men to tie all the boats together, as long as you can carry as many people as you can. In addition, in order to prevent the ship from being washed away, all the ships were connected together with ropes. After Zhang Shiying left, Mu Shixiong continued: "The requisition of ships costs a lot, 5 silver dollars for each big ship and 2 silver dollars for small boats, otherwise the ship owner will not do it." "The cost is not expensive at all, you go and tell the shipowners: send the silver dollars to them now, our Red Army is true to its word, let them beware."

Mu Shixiong was a little reluctant to leave, and Ouyang Jian said to Xiao Ke: "Send a report to Su Yu immediately, and ask him to lead his troops to join us on the left bank of the Xinjiang River estuary." "Division commander, if we send a report, the enemy will judge our general direction." "It is to let the enemy know that we are going to fight Yingtan and continue to mobilize the enemy army." Soon, large and small ships were connected together, and troops boarded one after another. It was dawn, and the fleet went down the river and went straight to Poyang Lake. The soldiers were so tired that soon after they got on board they fell asleep, and the Red Army soldiers were smiling in their sleep.

At the headquarters of the 22nd Division in Jingdezhen, a communications officer made an urgent report: "Report, Yingtan emergency call!" A regiment of the 7th Division of the Jiangxi Army stationed in Yingtan reported that they found an unknown radio signal near Yingtan, with a frequency similar to Ouyang Jianbu. The generals were shocked when they heard this. You repeat! "Zhou Zhe is in a hurry. The Communications Officer repeated it. "It's bad, we've been fooled again, Ouyang Jian must have seen that Yingtan's forces were empty, and he wanted to capture Yingtan. Ordered a certain regiment in Yingtan to hold on, ordered the 57th and 66th brigades to return to Yingtan, and ordered the 52nd, 64th, and 66th brigades to quickly outflank Yingtan. ”

The enemy army was fooled again, and when the various departments rushed to the rescue, Ouyang Jian led his troops to Poyang Lake leisurely. After sleeping for a few hours, Ouyang Jian woke up again. He asks the pony to pull out the map and start working on it again. I don't know how long it took, Ouyang Jian raised his head and found Xiao Ke sitting opposite, staring at him with good eyes. "Are you still confused?" "Divisional commander! If you let Deputy Division Commander Su converge at the mouth of the Xinjiang River and the lake, there must be a big action, do you have to attack Nanchang? But Nanchang ······. ”

"Nanchang gathers enemy troops to fight Nanchang, can't you, think about it again?" Ouyang Jian deliberately left a dumb riddle. "Could it be that your target is the 51st Brigade?" Shook was surprised. "Exactly! Dark Arrow informed that the commander of the 51st Brigade was called Tang Sen and was my old classmate (in fact, Ouyang Jian didn't know Tang Sen at all, but the two were not in the same class, and there was no doubt that they were in the same class.) This old classmate of mine is very conceited, he must take Yunshui County, and he will not give up until he achieves his goal. At the moment the 51 Brigade is hampered in the offensive. We unwittingly detoured behind him and ate it in one go. As long as we eat the 51 Brigade, the vast area west of Nanchang will be clear. ”

"Yes, if we eat the 51st Brigade, we will be connected with the Jinggangshan area. Commander, that's wonderful! "Shook was overjoyed. Ouyang Jian said: "Eat the 51st Brigade, and we will achieve the goal of fighting on the outside line." In fact, I led my troops to the east, which was to lure the 51st Brigade to dispatch, and all the layouts were aimed at the 51st Brigade, and now I finally got my wish. "It's such a weird layout, how did you come up with it?" "To put it bluntly, it was Comrade Runzhi's guerrilla tactics that inspired me, and it can be said that Runzhi is the best strategist of our party, and many of his articles are shining with outstanding military ideas.

"Comrade Runzhi is a person I respect, and I will carefully study his articles!" Ouyang Jian continued: "At present, the Central Plains War is in full swing, and on the surface, the offensive of the Northwest Army and the Jin Army is like a rainbow. But I judge that Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang are not veterans' opponents. Not to mention that Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang do not agree with each other, and soon Zhang Xueliang will defect. At present, the Gui family has fallen apart, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi have been defeated, and Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan have not been able to jump for a few days. ”

"Division commander, the Northwest Army is strong, it won't be defeated so quickly!" "Feng Yuxiang is a martial artist, and it is understandable that he is a hero on the battlefield, but his soft power is not good. Yan Xishan is a fan of money, and he will not fight with all his might, so it is only a matter of time before the veterans are defeated. "Commander, what is soft power?" "Soft power is both a conspiracy and a conspiracy, to put it bluntly, the veteran is perfect in kung fu on the battlefield, he will use money and beautiful women to disintegrate Feng Yuxiang's troops, and even make his troops defect. Once the veteran wins, he will definitely free up his hands to encircle and suppress the base areas on a large scale. Therefore, after we eat the 51st Brigade, we have to prepare for more brutal operations, so I need a few months of preparation period, and I can only achieve this goal by eating the 51st Brigade. ”

Xiao Ke's face turned grim when he heard this. In fact, Ouyang Jian knew in his heart that Zhu Mao led his troops into Hunan, but basically did not achieve the strategic goal, and the troops suffered great losses in continuous battles, and finally had to retreat to Jiangxi. Therefore, Ouyang Jian wanted to create a good environment for the Central Red Army to withdraw to the base areas as much as possible. Now the situation in Jiangxi is slowly realizing according to his vision. In the next step, under the leadership of Zhu Mao, the Central Red Army will definitely achieve greater results by taking advantage of the favorable conditions created by Ouyang Jian in Jiangxi.

Ouyang Jian knew in his heart that next year's Central Red Army fighting Ganzhou would be the most critical battle, and he must secretly help Runzhi to take Ganzhou, because fighting Ganzhou was the main battle of Runzhi, so Ouyang Jian decided to prepare for the fight against Ganzhou in advance. How to prepare in advance, he already has a plan in mind. "Commander, what are you thinking?" Shook asked curiously. Ouyang Jian seemed to sober up from his contemplation and said, "I'm thinking about the development of the base area. "It is impossible for Ouyang Jian to tell his true thoughts, in that case it will be a book from heaven.

"Commander, Brother Xiao, what are you talking about? Is it a study of the next move. Tell me where we're going to hit next. Zhang Shiying woke up and shouted loudly. The goal is where to get Shook to tell you······. "The troops marched along the river to the side of the light boat, and after a day and a night of sailing, they arrived at a place at the mouth of the Xinjiang River into Poyang Lake the next morning, and it happened that Su Yu also arrived by boat. As soon as he saw Su Yu, he said happily: "Division commander, you have tossed enough for the 5 brigades of the Central Army, and now that the troops are combined, I guess the next target on the side may be the enemy's 51st Brigade!" ”

What is a military strategist, Su Yu is not a wasted name, but gold will always shine. Ouyang Jian praised: "Deputy Division Commander Su, the hero sees the same thing!" "Commander, I can't hide it, I was also confused when I received your telegram. After thinking and analyzing on the way, I thought of this wonderful move. If the 51st Brigade is eaten, the entire western part of Jiangxi will become our world. "The troops came ashore one after another, and after a short stop, they moved southwest. According to Ouyang Jian's marching route, the troops quietly passed on the west side of Nanchang, and then the troops turned to the northwest and outflanked the 51st Brigade from behind. After the troops came ashore, they again entered radio silence to prevent enemy forces from discovering their intentions.

In the headquarters of the 22nd Division in Jingdezhen, everyone fell into confusion again. Some said that Ouyang Jian waved his troops to the south, some said that Ouyang Jian was ready to fight Nanchang, and some said that Ouyang Jian went east again. The crowd expressed their opinions and quarreled endlessly. The division commander Wang Jun was silent, and the chief of staff said: "Division, Ouyang Jian's whereabouts are unknown, and it is difficult for others to evaporate from the world!" At this time, a communications officer came in and made an urgent report: "Report, the 66th Brigade that returned to Yingtan reported that Ouyang Jian had requisitioned a large number of ships in Xinjiang and fled in the opposite direction to Poyang Lake. ”

The chief of staff hurriedly walked to the map and checked: "Ouyang Jian is returning to the base area through the Xinjiang River through Poyang Lake, and we have been fooled again. Zhou Zhe sighed and said, "In the future, Ouyang Jian will become our henchman." Reported to the Nanjing Military Commissioner, Ouyang Jian fled back to the base area under the encirclement and suppression of our joint efforts. In addition, the 52nd Brigade of the 17th Division was ordered to withdraw to Nanchang, the 57th Brigade of the 19th Division was ordered to be stationed in Shangrao, the 66th Brigade continued to be stationed in Yingtan, and the 65th Brigade was stationed in Duchang County to prevent harassment by the Red Army. The 64th Brigade retreated to Jingdezhen. ”

Zhou Zhe gave a series of orders, and a stone fell to the ground in his heart. Over the past month, the troops have been extremely tired from the continuous encirclement and suppression, and they must rest and recuperate. "Division, the attack on Yunshui County by the 51st Brigade of the 17th Division was blocked, since Ouyang Jian returned to the base area, it is recommended that the 51st Brigade withdraw." "Immediately order Yang Jian, commander of the 17th Division, to withdraw the 51st Brigade." Zhou Zhe sat weakly in the chair. At this time, the communications officer came in and said, "Report, president's hand! When the generals heard this, they immediately stood upright, and Zhou Zhe hurriedly stood up and took the telegram. I saw that it read: "The war in the Central Plains is getting better, and the situation is getting more and more favorable." Ouyang Jian's strength is growing day by day, and he wants to avoid its edge, stick to the city, and can't act rashly. To ensure the safety of Nanchang and the eastern part of Poyang Lake! ”

After reading the telegram, Zhou Zhe said with a smile on his face: "The war in the Central Plains is in my favor, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan's attack has been contained, and they are already on the defensive. The president's intention is very clear, that is, let us stick to the main points, and when our central army is free, we will clean up the Communist Party. Pass on my order: All departments should strengthen their defenses and not go out without authorization. It is not difficult to see that Lao Jiang did not have a clue about Ouyang Jian's ghostly appearance, and probably thought that Zhou Zhe was not an opponent at all, so he personally ordered Zhou Zhe to stop the encirclement and suppression action and focus on defense.

The troops entered Jing'an County and began to advance rapidly in the northwest direction, and the propagandists on the road loudly encouraged the soldiers to grit their teeth and speed up the advance, never letting the 51st Brigade run away. The entry of the three main forces into Jing'an County meant that the 51st Brigade was outflanked from the south. When night came, the troops took a break to eat. Ouyang Jian ordered to turn on the radio and send a report to Luo Ronghuan, he wanted to grasp the attack situation and accurate location of the 51st Brigade, and at the same time told Luo Ronghuan to concentrate his forces and encircle and annihilate the 51st Brigade. "Divisional commander! We'll send a report to the enemy that they'll find out. Zhang Shiying asked. It is to let the enemy discover us, cause panic to the 51 brigade, and give a mental blow. I'm just going to tell Townsend that you can't run. ”

Soon, Luo Ronghuan called back that the 51st Brigade had advanced to the vicinity of Yunshui County, and the unit suffered heavy losses, and our department immediately concentrated its forces to counterattack! Ouyang Jian finished reading the telegram report: "Order the troops to set off immediately, targeting the enemy's 51st Brigade." The night was hazy, and the officers and men of the unit were in high spirits and enthusiastic about fighting.

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