Song Fan's heart was half cold when he received the news, he never thought that the Dragon and Tiger Army would move so fast, and he would occupy northern Shaanxi quietly, and he could arrange a full 30,000 heavy troops in northern Shaanxi.

In addition, there are more than 10,000 local armies in northern Shaanxi, and so many armies combined were all defeated by the Dragon and Tiger Army in just a few days, is the combat effectiveness of the Dragon and Tiger Army really as strong as the legend?

Now that northern Shaanxi has been lost, and the northern gateway of Shaanxi is wide open, he can predict that the next move of the Dragon and Tiger Army will be Yaozhou north of Xi'an, if Yaozhou is captured, then the Guanzhong Plain will be completely exposed to the front of the Dragon and Tiger Army.

In just a moment, Song Fan thought that the army deployed by the Dragon and Tiger Army in Hedong was all cover, just to drag his main force, and the north was the main attack direction of the Dragon and Tiger Army.

After a long time, Songfan sighed: "Is it really that the sky is going to kill me Songfan?" ”

Feeling the sadness in Songfan's heart, Li Xianzong, Songfan's chief staff, asked: "Your Excellency, don't be like this, now there are still 50,000 troops in Xi'an, 100,000 troops in Huayin, and 80,000 troops in Gansu. ”

Song Fan came back to his senses, was silent for a while, and said: "Then transfer the 50,000 troops from Xi'an to 40,000, go north to Yaozhou, defend the Dragon and Tiger Army in the north, and then transfer 50,000 troops from Huayin back to Xi'an." ”

Li Xianzong hurriedly shook his head and said: "My lord, what if the Dragon and Tiger Army is playing a trick of fiction and reality, not only attacking Shaanxi from the north, but also preparing to attack Shaanxi from Hedong?" ”

Song Fan frowned and said: "Judging from the situation of the Dragon and Tiger Army's attack on Shanxi, the strength of the Dragon and Tiger Army will never exceed 200,000, and now there are no less than 100,000 troops in the north, and there are at most 100,000 troops in Hedong, 100,000 Dragon and Tiger Army, I have the Yellow River and Tongguan and other fortresses, only 50,000 troops can be defended, but once Yaozhou is lost, then the entire Guanzhong will become a turtle in an urn." ”

Li Xianzong wanted to say something, but seeing Song Fan's resolute face, he knew that it was useless to say it, so he had to suggest: "My lord, I suggest that the army from Gansu be transferred to Shaanxi for reinforcements, especially the Ma Jiajun, although the number is only 30,000, but 20,000 are brave and warlike cavalry, and the Ma Jiajun and the Dragon and Tiger Army have a big enmity, so the Ma Jiajun can definitely use one as ten and hit the Dragon and Tiger Army hard." ”

Songfan of course knows what Li Xianzong said about the Dragon and Tiger Army and the Ma Jiajun have a feud, last year when Wang Jundao took control of the Wuwei Army, a main force of the Ma Jiajun was led by Ma Fulu and Ma Fuxiang to join the Wuwei Army, due to the unwillingness to accept the integration of the Dragon and Tiger Army, Ma Fulu and Ma Fuxiang were directly beheaded by Zhang Decheng, and the middle and high-level officers of the Ma Jiajun in the Wuwei Rear Army were also killed, which led to the Dragon and Tiger Army and the Ma Jiajun formed a life-and-death feud.

Songfan knew that Li Xianzong's so-called enmity between the Dragon and Tiger Army and the Ma Family Army was limited to the Ma Family Army in Linxia, that is, a branch of the Ma Family Army, he said: "Don't look at the Ma Family Army's reputation externally, but it is not an iron plate internally, the Ma Family Army is now divided into three parts, one part is the direct line of Ma Anliang, the governor of Gansu; Part of it is the Linxia Ma Qianling Department, Ma Fulu and Ma Fuxiang are the sons of Ma Qianling, and this part has a blood feud with the Dragon and Tiger Army; The other part is the Ma Qi Ma Lin brothers, although this one is the smallest, but the Ma Qi Ma Lin brothers work together and develop rapidly, because last year Ma Qianling's department suffered a heavy blow in Yanjing, and now Ma Qi has no less strength than Ma Qianling, so we can really command, I am afraid that only the 50,000 Gan army in Gansu nominally under the command of Gansu Admiral Ma Anliang, and the 30,000 Ma family army, we can only use Ma Qianling, Ma Anliang's descendants and Ma Qi, It's impossible for us to take advantage of it. ”

Li Xianzong said with a smile: "My lord, these are enough, 50,000 Gan troops, plus 10,000 brave and good fighting Ma family troops, is it not enough to support Xi'an?" ”

Song Fan was slightly stunned, and only said in a half-loud voice: "Your words are very reasonable, well, immediately pass my order, and order Ma Anliang, the governor of Gansu, to lead 60,000 troops to Xi'an for reinforcements." ”

Li Xianzong responded: "Yes." ”

What Songfan didn't know was that at this time, the South Route Army of the Dragon and Tiger Army had broken through the Yellow River defense line of the Shaanxi Army, and the Special Operations Brigade had already used special tactics to attack Tongguan.

The battle of crossing the river and the battle of breaking through Tongguan was fought for three hours, the Dragon and Tiger Army paid thousands of casualties, and the Shaanxi Army also paid more than 5,000 casualties before choosing to abandon the pass and retreat in the case of the loss of Tongguan, the strength of the soldiers in the Guanzhong, so it can be seen that if it were not for the advanced weapons of the Dragon and Tiger Army, the artillery fire and guns and bullets far exceeded the Shaanxi Army, and many people in the Shaanxi Army used big swords, spears, bows and arrows, but I am afraid that the casualties of the Dragon and Tiger Army are more than 1,000.

After the end of the Tongguan offensive and defensive battle, the main force of the Fourth Army Corps quickly moved south, directly attacking Tongguan County in the south, while the Third Army Corps and the Fifth Army Corps quickly advanced westward, pointing directly at Huayin County!

The chief soldier stationed in Tongguan Road is called Liu Renwu, at this time he has just received a telegram from Xi'an, Songfan wants him to lead 50,000 troops back to Xi'an, but not long ago, he received the news that the Dragon and Tiger Army is forcibly crossing the Yellow River and storming Tongguan, how can he withdraw 50,000 troops at this time?

Just when he was hesitating, the deputy general Chen Tang rushed in and said anxiously: "General, it's not good, Tongguan is broken." ”

"What?"

Liu Renwu was shocked, and he stood up suddenly, his eyes widened and said, "Didn't I already transfer reinforcements from Tongguan County and Huayin County at the same time?" How can Tongguan still be lost? ”

Chen Tang said with a wry smile: "These rumors have spread everywhere, saying that northern Shaanxi has been broken, and the other main force of the Dragon and Tiger Army, 200,000 troops, has been approaching the north of Weishui, not only the soldiers are cowardly, but even many officers have lost their courage, after receiving your order, they moved slowly, and before they led the troops to Tongguan, Tongguan has been lost. ”

Liu Renwu couldn't help but be furious when he heard this, and scolded loudly: "These bitches are really not things, eat Lord Songfan's, use Lord Songfan's, and when it comes time to serve adults, they will be instigated......"

Chen Tang hurriedly said: "General, now is not the time to be angry, hurry up and think of a way." ”

Liu Renwu nodded, although the anger in his heart was extreme, but the matter was a foregone conclusion, he couldn't think of a way, he groaned slightly, he said: "The Dragon and Tiger Army is fierce, and the danger of Tongguan can't be resisted, I conclude that their next target will be Tongguan County and Huayin County, what we have to do now is to gather the soldiers, retreat to Huazhou, we must not let the Dragon and Tiger Army break through the Huazhou defense line again, you go and arrange it now, try to gather all the armies...... No, I'll go with you. ”

Chen Tang nodded, and walked out with Liu Renwu in a hurry, giving orders while gathering the troops.

An hour later, just as the main force of the Fourth Army appeared in the north of Tongguan County, Liu Renwu and Chen Tang led an army of 20,000 men to retreat in a hurry to Huayin County to the west, and Pang Wei and Li Jinglin occupied Tongguan County almost without a single soldier.

Leaving a brigade to garrison Tongguan, guarding the prisoners and handling follow-up affairs, Pang Wei and Li Jinglin personally led the main force of the Fourth Army to the west to pursue Liu Renwu's army.

At this time, the battle of the Third Army and the Fifth Army to attack Huayin County is entering the first place, the outer defensive positions of Huayin County have been captured under the strong firepower of the Dragon and Tiger Army, and the city gate has also been broken by the Dragon and Tiger Army, and the Dragon and Tiger Army is fighting with more than 10,000 Shaanxi troops who retreated to Huayin County.

Although the Dragon and Tiger Army has specialized in street fighting, even if they have excellent weapons for street fighting in unfamiliar cities, they still can't take advantage of it in a short period of time, because no one knows if there are guns and arrows that can kill people in a certain corner.

Therefore, in accordance with Wang Jundao's previous instructions, Nie Yuanzheng directly let the special operations brigade serve as the main force in street fighting, and the five special assault brigades, three special demolition teams, two special sniper teams, as well as mortar teams, recoilless artillery teams, rocket artillery teams, etc., were all dispatched, and under the leadership of Leng Feng, they used various classic special tactics that did not belong to this era to carry out classic street battles again and again.

More than an hour later, most of Huayin County was occupied by the Dragon and Tiger Army, and more than 8,000 people were taken prisoner.

Knowing that resistance was hopeless, the Shaanxi army in Huayin County led the remnants of more than 5,000 people to flee westward.

The main force of the Third Army immediately followed and pursued, but the Fifth Army stayed in Huayin County, because the 20,000 Shaanxi Army led by Liu Renwu had entered the territory of Huayin County from Tongguan County, and the Fifth Army decided to flank Huayin County and the Fourth Army to solve the 20,000 Shaanxi Army led by Liu Renwu.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the Fifth Army Corps took the initiative to attack the 20,000 Shaanxi Army from the front.

Half an hour later, the main force of the Fourth Army arrived and launched an attack on the Shaanxi army from behind.

The battle lasted until nightfall, Liu Renwu and Chen Tang were killed, and the rest of the troops were all surrounded by the Dragon and Tiger Army, and in the case of hopeless escape, they chose to surrender one after another, and the Dragon and Tiger Army captured more than 15,000 enemies.

So far, the first battle of the offensive battle of the South Road Army of the Dragon and Tiger Army has been successful! (To be continued.) )