One day in early September 1913, the sun had just risen, from the direction of Shitai to the direction of Zhouxing Village, thousands of officers and soldiers of the First Division in northern Anhui continued to appear, and they continued to attack Zhouxing Village, a small village that was unknown in the past, but at this time it was constantly famous.

At the same time, under the command of Han Zheng and officers at all levels, the thousands of troops in northern Anhui who arrived quickly surrounded the braided army that had not yet reorganized its position.

The Great War is imminent!

Looking at the surrounding soldiers of northern Anhui, Li Yan, who had already woken up from a coma at this time, his mouth was full of bitterness.

At this time, Li Yan knew that it seemed very likely that he would not be able to wait for Mr. Zhang to arrive, although there were still seven or eight hundred people under his hands, but when they were surrounded by thousands of people from Han Zheng's Northern Anhui Army, and the black hole was pointed at the forts and muzzles of the guns, these seven or eight hundred soldiers who had long been exhausted had lost their fighting spirit.

What Li Yan was most worried about still happened, and just yesterday, his somewhat desperate and impulsive actions gave the other party a righteous excuse, and by this time, Li Yan already knew that everything about himself had fallen into the trap of the young man opposite.

Li Yan has always instinctively believed that no matter how fast the Northern Anhui Army develops, it will be difficult to confront the Braided Army after all, so when he knew that the other party had a trap, he still carried out a strong attack, but after last night's battle, Li Yan's heart was full of regret, and the will that he originally thought that the Braided Army would not lose was also somewhat loosened.

When Li Yanzheng was lucky, he sent someone out to find Han Zheng for the last time, and he was also rejected if he wanted to settle it peacefully, and the person who went out to deliver the letter was also coldly sent back by Han Zheng's Northern Anhui Army.

Han Zheng's encirclement of the northern army of Anhui is very tight, and there are heavy troops around, there is no possibility of breaking through at all, Han Zheng announced his position on Xuzhou Zhang Xun with a strong attitude, and the two sides reached this time, regardless of whether Li Yan was willing to admit it or not, they had reached a situation of not dying!

Although Han Zheng's side has not yet launched a full-scale offensive and entered the final stage, as time went by, the morale of the pigtail army has deteriorated even more, and they don't even have the courage to go out of the position to consolidate the already tattered forward position.

However, what Li Yan didn't know was that the reason why Han Zheng hadn't attacked this time was not because Han Zheng didn't want to, but because the news he was waiting for hadn't come yet!

Zhang Xun's large army has begun to attack the front line, and the elite troops under his command are like a forest of pennants, and they are murderous, so that the people along the way do not even dare to go out of their homes.

Zhang Xun led the army to march at a speed that was not slow, starting from Xuzhou City, and passing through Sanbao Town on the morning of September 3, and at this time Li Yan occupied Zhouxing Village yesterday and expelled Han Zheng's remaining troops Your report has just arrived in Zhang Xun's hands, and the battle report clearly tells Zhang Xun about the smooth march of the braided army on the front line.

After getting the news, Zhang Xun showed a smug look on his face, the Northern Anhui Army shouted all day long, and when he met his own division of a hundred battles, he was self-aware and collapsed without a fight, which made Zhang Xun even think that he should teach his junior in the south a lesson as soon as possible, and there was no trouble now.

Being able to get back the simple position around Zhouxing Village gave Zhang Xun the most cutting-edge springboard for attacking Shitai, and it was of great benefit to his follow-up attack on the Huaibei area, and then expel Han Zheng from Huaibei!

Riding on a horse, holding the battle report in his hand, Zhang Xun's emaciated face showed a somewhat reserved and smug smile, and he couldn't help but brush his gray beard with his hand, looking at the surging army around him, his heart suddenly soared with pride, and he seemed to have returned to his youth!

What about the damned journalists who stirred up the storm before? No matter how they shout, when they occupy Huaibei, they still don't say it themselves?! Those revolutionary parties in the south are so powerful, they have planted their heels in their own hands, in this world, what they always pursue is the fist is reasonable, and even President Yuan Da is not just a casual reprimand? Not even a word of asking to stop the march!

And that kind of reprimand, which is not salty or light, is not taken to heart by Zhang Xun at all, and President Yuan Da is also clear about what he thinks, it is nothing more than that he does not want to appear a powerful faction that is not under his control, and he and Han Zheng are fighting here to the death, it is estimated that they are still snickering over there!

Thinking of Zhang Xun here, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, Yuan Shikai had a good calculation, but the Han Zheng in the south could really make himself lose his troops and fail, so far, President Yuan Da chose the wrong person and bet on the wrong treasure!!

At the same time, thinking about Li Yan's military actions in front also made Zhang Xun regret his original suspicion of his henchman Li Yan, and secretly blamed himself for being too careful.

Thinking about the Huaibei that he was about to get, Zhang Xun didn't have time to wait at all, and then ordered someone to speed up, and before Han Zheng reacted, he drove the army directly to Huaibei and occupied the entire Huaibei.

However, Zhang Xun, who was full of spring breeze, didn't see what was happening behind him.

Zhang Xun's rear army was accompanied by his general Zhang Shuyuan, Zhang Shuyuan supported Zhang Xun's military operation, and as the first general of Zhang Xun in the army, he naturally knew the embarrassing situation of food and silver money encountered by the current army.

At this time, a man about thirty years old rode a fast horse, galloped all the way from the rear army, and chased after him with sweat on his face, and then this person muttered in Zhang Shuyuan's ear for a while, and then saw Zhang Shuyuan's face change, instantly gloomy, scolded him twice, and then waved his hand to retreat, and took a letter from the other party's hand.

It seems that what happened is a bit significant, so that Zhang Shuyuan also realized that something is wrong, or it is difficult to decide, and he rode a horse with a solemn face for a while, and led people to Zhang Xun, half a horse behind Zhang Xun.

"Dashuai, there is intelligence." Zhang Shuyuan glanced at Zhang Xun, noticed the smile on the other party's face, and smiled bitterly in his heart, and then he had to speak.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Shuyuan handed the letter directly to Zhang Xun, as if it was a hot potato in his hand, but in fact, this information is really a hot potato!

"Huh? Master Zhang, what's wrong? Sad. Zhang Xun glanced at Zhang Shuyuan and said jokingly.

Zhang Xun is still extremely satisfied with the first confidant general under his command, this person is Zhang Xun's right-hand man together with Li Yan, and there are few rumors of a good or poor relationship between the two, which makes Zhang Xun always feel at ease, he doesn't care if this is a deliberately condensed appearance by the two or the relationship between the two is like this, he just needs to firmly grasp the military power.

"Dashuai, some time ago, you arranged for someone to protect Brother Li, but today I don't know if something happened, so I sent a secret letter, the situation seems to be a little wrong, my lord should take a look." Zhang Shuyuan is also a human spirit, and there are few stupid people who can do this position, no matter what they think in their hearts, but in front of their own adults, they must always play the role of thinking about adults, say what should be said, and never say much what should not be said, which is another reason why Zhang Xun admires Zhang Shuyuan extraordinarily!

"Oh? Forget it, some time ago, because it was chaotic over there, I arranged for someone to protect Chief of Staff Li Li, but now that it's safe, let's drop those people back. Zhang Xun didn't care, thinking about his suspicion of Li Yan, shook his head, and said casually, while taking the letter in his hand.

After Zhang Shuyuan heard it this time, he didn't speak, let alone agree directly, but rode on the horse abnormally, glanced at the information, and stopped talking.

Zhang Xun smiled and didn't care, but then opened the sealed envelope, then pulled out the information inside, and looked at it carefully.

However, as time passed, the smile on Zhang Xun's face had completely disappeared, and the surrounding atmosphere became quieter and quieter, and soon after, Zhang Xun's face was already full of iron, and he snorted coldly with a gloomy face: "Who is this spreading rumors?" Stir up trouble with all these nonsense?! ”

Zhang Shuyuan hurriedly lowered his head, at this time, it was best for him to remain silent.

Zhang Xun vented, but after all, there was a mustard in his heart, and it was not until a long time later that Zhang Xun breathed a deep sigh of relief, and finally asked, "What do you think of this matter?" ”

Zhang Shuyuan is a little difficult to answer this question, after all, the relationship between himself and that person is average, and there are even some contradictions, although he does not have the idea of getting rid of this person in his heart, but at this time, looking at Zhang Dashuai's meaning, there is some luck or he does not want to believe it, and asking himself at this time makes him a little embarrassed.

However, although Zhang Dashuai didn't want to believe it, since Dashuai asked like this, he must have doubts in his heart, and after countless thoughts flashed in an instant, Zhang Shuyuan decided that it was not good for him to follow Zhang Dashuai's meaning at this time, otherwise he would end up in the name of attacking his colleagues.

However, although it is a little troublesome to answer, but after all, Zhang Shuyuan is not a simple person, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally thought of a method, and he couldn't help but be happy.

"Marshal, after all, this matter has not been clarified, once you act rashly, if you don't get it right, there will be a big mess, now is a critical period, we can slow down this matter, first transfer the chief of staff back, and then make a decision after the marshal personally asks about it."

"Well, this is an old saying, just follow this method, I don't believe that Staff Officer Li will do these things, after all, he is also an old subordinate. Moreover, I know his temperament, but it is better to transfer him back, so that he can have the opportunity to explain the matter in person, and save some gossip and disgusting people. Zhang Xun pondered for a moment and agreed with the other party's opinion.

Then, soon, dozens of people galloped towards the front line of Zhouxing Village in the south.

If Li Yan were here, he would definitely find that the letter in Zhang Xun's hand recorded that he had corresponded with Han Zheng, and even the alterations on the other party's reply were clearly stated!

Seeing the person who delivered the letter leaving, Zhang Xun turned back with a gloomy face and said to Zhang Shuyuan beside him: "You say, what will happen if this thing is true?" ”

Zhang Shuyuan was stunned when he heard this, and countless thoughts flashed in his mind in an instant, but the more at this time, the more Zhang Shuyuan insisted on it, and did not show any abnormality at all, after hearing this question, he quickly reacted and said directly: "We are too far away from this matter, and seriously speaking, the trick of Han Zheng and Staff Officer Li exchanging information mentioned in the letter seems too old-fashioned after all, and even the method is the one that is smeared." ”

Looking at Zhang Xun and nodded, Zhang Shuyuan said again: "Although Staff Officer Li burned the letter at that time, he must also have his own troubles, as for Han Zheng who took the initiative to withdraw from the frontline position after the letter, it is not possible to figure out that this letter is a conspiracy on Han Zheng's side, and then didn't the chief of staff lead people to pursue?" Although there is no result yet, presumably Staff Officer Li can prove himself. ”

The first sentence seems to excuse Li Yan, but the next few sentences are really a bit heart-wrenching, and many of the obstacles have been peeled out by Zhang Shuyuan again and opened in front of Zhang Xun!

This will not only not make Zhang Xun relieved, but will think of it even more, all of this, if you think about it deeply, you will always feel a strong conspiracy atmosphere in it.

And on weekdays, Zhang Shuyuan and Li Yan do not have any conflicts on the surface, and Zhang Shuyuan's words are more thorough and credible.

Especially on the information in Zhang Xun's hand at this time, at the end of the end, it was emphasized that Li Yan hesitated late at night, and then burned Han Zheng's reply, but in Zhang Xun's heart, he was thinking that he had worked with Li Yan for so many years, if the other party really had nothing, couldn't he explain to himself why he lit the letter late at night, and what Zhang Xun valued most was what was written on that letter!

Sure enough, after hearing Zhang Shuyuan's two words, Zhang Xun's face instantly turned cold, and his eyes revealed a gloomy and ruthless color, and then said fiercely: "Go and inform the troops to speed up, and at the same time be careful to prevent ambushes!" Be sure to arrive at the front line of Zhouxing Village before nightfall this afternoon, and the reconnaissance unit will increase the search area, and then send someone to deliver a letter in the direction of Zhouxing Village, telling Chief of Staff Li that I have something urgent to come back to him for discussion! ”

After hearing this, a strange color flashed in Zhang Shuyuan's eyes, and then he bowed slightly in response, and more than thirty people rushed towards the front line again, and the conspiracy had just begun.

Almost at the same time, Han Zheng had already received a notice that the plan was going smoothly, and then, more than 50 people also broke away from the army, and were unknowingly led by the newly appointed company commander of the gendarmerie, Zhou Liangfeng, to bypass the frontline position and march towards the boundary of Xuzhou. (To be continued.) )