During the battle of Shanxi, Wu Peifu didn't get too many opportunities to perform, but now in this battle, he just showed his talent, and Wang Jundao also asked Xu Jian to pay attention to Wu Peifu and try to create some opportunities for him to perform.

If this is not the case, Wu Peifu would not have become a vanguard in this attack on Wubao County, and of course, Wu Peifu's military talent is understandable.

Escorting Yan Pingkun into the command headquarters, Wu Peifu was naturally both happy and a little proud in his heart, but he was also a person who had been tested on the battlefield for a long time, so he would not be arrogant after making a contribution, so when reporting to Xu Jian, he also tried to keep a low profile.

In front of Xu Jian, Wu Peifu has nothing to be proud of, not to mention Xu Jian's ability and achievements, that is, in terms of age, Xu Jian is only twenty-four years old, three years younger than him, this alone is enough to make him sincerely admire and be the object of chasing.

As for Wang Jundao, he couldn't even have the mind to catch up, because he only bowed to Wang Jundao and respected him like a god.

After listening to Wu Peifu's report, Xu Jian naturally did not forget to commend him, and followed Wang Jundao for nearly two years, he not only learned the military skills of leading soldiers to fight, but also learned a lot of principles of behaving as a person, knowing how to observe words and feelings, knowing how to perceive people's hearts, knowing how to empathize, knowing how to make good use of people, and knowing how to distinguish rewards and punishments......

After praising Wu Peifu, Xu Jian specifically pointed out some shortcomings in his battle, which benefited Wu Peifu a lot and thanked him again and again.

Xu Jian said with a smile: "Do you know why you were able to attack Wubao County?" ”

Wu Peifu said: "The commander-in-chief has a good command, and the soldiers dare to use their lives. ”

Xu Jian knew in his heart, this Wu Peifu was really good at talking, and he didn't mention his own merits, but praised him eloquently, he smiled, nodded and said: "Not only these, but also your own ability, there are six regiments that served as the vanguard of the attack on Wubao County with you, but only you were the first to attack the city, and you were the first to take the enemy's command and capture the enemy's supreme commander, which shows that your ability is higher than others, but the most important thing is that you should thank the commander, it is the commander who asked me to give you more opportunities to perform, Do you know what the commander said about you? ”

Wu Peifu heard that it was Wang Jundao who asked Xu Jian to give him a chance, first he was moved, then he was excited, and he asked eagerly, "What did the commander say?" ”

Xu Jian recalled what Wang Jundao had said to him, and said it almost word for word: "The commander's original words are: Wu Peifu is the material for being a military commander, it's a pity to be a regiment commander, you give him more opportunities to perform." ”

When Wu Peifu heard this, he almost screamed with joy, and his face was red, he didn't expect that the commander valued himself so much!

At this moment, he made up his mind that he would do his best in the future to repay Wang Jundao's kindness to the death!

Wu Peifu didn't know how he got out of the headquarters in the end, anyway, after leaving the headquarters for a long time, his mind was dizzy, but he remembered Xu Jian's order and let him be the vanguard of the attack on Yan'an Mansion!

If there is a battle, there will be a chance to perform, and if there is a chance to perform, there will be military merit, and with military merit, you can become a brigade commander, division commander, and army commander, and you can be promoted to colonel, brigadier general, major general, lieutenant general, and even general!

After Wu Peifu left, Tang Jian couldn't help but ask Xu Jian: "Did the commander really say that?" ”

Xu Jian nodded and said, "Then can there be a fake?" The commander said that his qualifications may not be as good as Xu Shuzheng, who has been known as a prodigy since childhood, and Jiang Fangzhen, who has the ability to never forget his skills, but he is a truly determined person, the so-called diligence can make up for clumsiness, and his hard work is definitely ten times stronger than that of ordinary people, otherwise it is impossible to achieve the third place in the third infantry section of the Chinese Military Academy, second only to Xu Shuzheng in the first place and Jiang Fangzhen in the second place. ”

Xu Shuzheng and Jiang Fangzhen were both asked by Wang Jundao to 'invite' Li Jinghua to Yanjing through special channels last year, at the beginning, both of them were very dissatisfied with Wang Jundao, but later after accepting Wang Jundao's military thoughts, they began to fall into it, so that after graduation, they both achieved shocking results.

Now Xu Shuzheng is serving as the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Division of the 1st Army Corps, while Jiang Fangzhen is the commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the 9th Division of the 3rd Army Corps.

In addition, there are many famous military figures in history, all of whom Wang Jundao personally paid attention to, and after being 'invited' to Yanjing, they were also graduates of the third phase of the China Military Academy, and now most of them are serving as battalion-level or deputy regiment-level officers in the army.

In the process of reunifying China, Wang Jundao's Dragon and Tiger Army generally attacked a prefecture with a division as a unit, attacked a prefecture with a brigade as a unit, and attacked a county with a regiment as a unit, so as to ensure the fastest attack, and at the same time fully enable every regiment to have a combat mission, so that every officer can give full play to his commanding ability.

In Wang Jundao's army, many middle and junior officers are senior generals among the Beiyang warlords in history, and as long as these people do not sacrifice in future wars, in a few years or more than ten years, they will grow into senior generals in Wang Jundao's army.

Listening to Xu Jian's words, Tang Jian nodded and said: "The commander's vision is never wrong, and there is almost never anything unsuitable for employing people, since he has said so, it must not be wrong, we will give him more opportunities to train one more senior general for the commander as soon as possible." ”

When Xu Jian heard this, he smiled and said: "If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, I've already given him so many opportunities, and the next thing is up to him." ”

Tang Jian thought so, and said: "The battlefield is the stage for soldiers, I just hope he will not disappoint the commander." ”

At this time, Xu Zhengrong, Cao Futian, and Li Jing happened to walk into the command headquarters, Xu Jian smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this, everyone is here, let's just discuss the accurate deployment of the next step." Yulin Prefecture and Yan'an Prefecture together have more than 20 prefectures and counties, and if we want to ensure that the main force of the army moves south in the shortest possible time, we must make good arrangements for how to capture and occupy these prefecture cities and county seats. ”

In more than an hour, the five of them completed the deployment of the army in northern Shaanxi and subdivided it into each regiment.

After lunch and two hours of rest, the vanguard of the army had already set out.

On October 28, the vanguard of the army responsible for attacking Yan'an Province rushed to the north of Yan'an City, and that night, the vanguard launched an attack on Yan'an, and Wu Peifu's regiment served as the first vanguard!

Under the bombardment of dozens of mortars of various types, in just half an hour, the gate of Yan'an was blown up by shells, and Wu Peifu led the Third Regiment of the Third Brigade of the Fifth Division to rush into Yan'an City like a tiger, and the main force of the Fifth Division followed closely behind.

In the early morning of October 29, the 5th and 17th Divisions completely wiped out the resistance in Yan'an, annihilated more than 1,800 enemies, captured more than 5,000 enemies, and Jiang Kun, the general soldier of Yan'an, led more than 2,000 defeated Shaanxi troops to flee south.

In the afternoon, Xu Jian led the main forces of the Sixth Division and the Sixteenth Division, and the baggage, engineering, and logistics troops would arrive later, while more than 10,000 men from the two brigades under the Sixth Division and the Sixth Division captured various prefectures and counties in Yan'an Province along the way.

At the same time, Tang Jian personally led the Fourth Division and the Eighteenth Division to capture Yulin Mansion, leaving two brigades of 10,000 troops and the corresponding heavy logistics team to guard Yulin Mansion, collect more than 7,000 prisoners, and defend the Inner Mongolia Yikezhao League in the north.

In the evening, a telegram from Yan'an to Hedong was sent to Hedong with the capture of Yulin and Yan'an by the Northern Route Army.

After receiving the telegram, Wang Jundao breathed a sigh of relief gently, to be honest, Wang Jundao was really a little worried that Xu Jian and Tang Jian would not be able to complete the task on time, after all, from Liulin County to Yan'an Mansion, there were more than 500 miles just to take a shortcut.

Even with the terrifying marching ability of the Dragon and Tiger Army, the journey of 500 miles will take about four days.

What's more, during this period, not only marching, but also fighting, especially crossing the Yellow River to the west, once the river crossing in a short period of time is unsuccessful, it is impossible to take Yan'an within five days.

But Xu Jian and Tang Jian did it, not only did it, but it only took four and a half days, which has to be said to surprise Wang Jundao.

Wang Jundao immediately asked Lin Zhengnan to organize a call back, first vigorously rewarding him and making a great contribution, and then agreeing to Xu Jian's request to send troops to Yaozhou.

And Songfan, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, who was far away in Xi'an, had also received the news that Yan'an Mansion had been captured by the Dragon and Tiger Army, and the news was that Jiang Kun, the general soldier of Yan'an who had fled south, had been sent to Xi'an quickly, because there was no telegraph line from Yan'an to Xi'an, and there was no wireless telegraph in Shaanxi. (To be continued.) )