The conflict between Han Zheng and Zhang Xun suddenly made the situation in northern Anhui tense, and Han Zheng put aside other things, paid close attention to the situation in the north, and even wanted to rush to Huaibei in person.

However, in this way, it is easy to stimulate Zhang Xun's nerves in Henan, and once that time comes, there is no room for relaxation between the two parties.

This time, on the bright side, Han Zheng and Zhang Xun are both at fault, Zhang Xun's greed is the initial reason for this incident, and Han Zheng seems to have overacted, which makes this matter tricky.

But both sides know that they have no choice, Zhang Xun needless to say, in order to keep the military power in his hands and support the more than 10,000 pigtail troops in his hands, he has to take measures to obtain a source of funds, and Huaibei, the fat meat in his mouth, has naturally become the best thing to satisfy hunger.

And for Han Zheng's side, Han Zheng has no choice, originally he himself was nominally weak, once he is weak, it will be even more difficult to protect his rights in the future, if the use of small-scale war can promote peace, this is what he wants to see.

However, what happened next seemed to be a bit unexpected for both sides.

Since Xiang Jie killed those fake bandits, Zhang Xun was angry, and he quickly reacted, and the unwilling Zhang Xun thought of a way to make Han Zheng stunned!

On the morning of September 26, 1913, Zhang Xun directly arranged for the soldiers of one of his companies to set off in the direction of Huaibei in accordance with the advance arrangement, and clashed with a company stationed here arranged by Lin Xiang in the direction of Qiaokou.

The other party actually wanted to forcibly enter Shitai Town to search under the pretext of losing soldiers, but was rejected by the garrison company on the side of Han Zhengjun on the spot.

Who knows, Zhang Xunbu, who these people had prepared for a long time, did not leave because of this, but suddenly launched an attack on the garrison company when the garrison troops did not expect it, which caused heavy casualties to the soldiers of the defensive company on Han Zhengjun's side!

Fortunately, they had received a reminder from the rear before, and they had always been on guard against Zhang Xun's troops, and after the initial panic, Han Zhengjun resisted the first wave of attacks by Zhang Xun's troops, and then had to retreat in the direction of Shitai Town around the bridge, and at the same time notify the rear of the army.

Zhang Xun's troops had premeditated this time, and after this conflict occurred, the large forces lurking behind them quickly concentrated and directly attacked the periphery of Shitai Town, forming an encirclement posture for Shitai Town, and sent troops to make an attack posture, directly threatening the security of the rear of Huaibei.

At this time, Zhang Xunbu repeatedly emphasized that he would enter the city to search for lost soldiers as an excuse.

In the face of this form, Han Zhengjun reacted quickly, and Lin Xiang, under Xiang Jie's order, directly led the second regiment to march in the two directions of Shitai and Shuoli, showing a tough posture with practical actions.

This news was received by Han Zheng in the afternoon, when he was holding this news, after learning Zhang Xun's excuse, it made Han Zheng instantly explode, for the Lugou Bridge incident in later generations, Han Zheng hated it, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to his head!

Han Zheng almost turned over the table immediately, but fortunately forced himself to calm down, and then hurriedly convened a meeting of all the officers, and at the same time issued an order to the general staff, formulated a battle plan, and issued an order to the second brigade in the direction of Huaibei, so that the second brigade should not take the initiative to provoke before receiving a specific order, guard the current territory, and do not bow to Zhang Xunbu

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the northern Anhui tour of the embassy.

"Now that everyone has arrived, I'll show you the news I just got, and tell me what you think." Han Zheng took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then motioned for everyone around him to sit down before speaking.

At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to send information to those present.

The news was quickly learned by everyone present, and the conference room couldn't help but be suppressed, and everyone's faces were full of anger, but they didn't know Han Zheng's plans, so they had to wait for Han Zheng to speak.

Regarding the matter in the direction of Huaibei, everyone had already received the news before, and they had some psychological preparations, but they didn't expect this day to come so quickly, and Zhang Xun's excuse was so shameless!

Moreover, this battle is a real big test for the group of Han Zheng, both in terms of political significance and military significance. After all, it was the first confrontation between the Han Zheng group and the braided army of the Beiyang Army, and Zhang Xun's army was even better than the southern Anhui army a while ago, so the generals inevitably had some worries in their hearts.

Han Zheng's gaze swept over everyone's faces, patted the table, and then said, "What do you think this time?" Is it a fight or a peace, and if so, to what extent, and what should be done if it is a peace? ”

When everyone heard this, their faces moved, everyone knew that this matter could not be good, and if they were, they didn't know how much they would have to pay, if they fought, although everyone was willing, they also had concerns, such as the attitude of the north, such as the military strength of both sides, which they had to take into account.

But in front of everyone, there seems to be only one choice, and that is to fight!

Thinking of this, all the soldiers said that they had a battle with Zhang Xunbu in the north, and some of them were old, so they naturally raised their worries.

Han Zheng listened for a while and knew what the soldiers were thinking, and then said: "Since everyone is going to fight, then let's simply beat those ghosts and ghosts back, so that they will no longer dare to spy on my northern Anhui!" As for what everyone is worried about, I have also thought about it, but it doesn't matter, how to say that this time we are all on the side of morality, and Zhang Xunbu is taking the initiative to provoke this time, although the other party has made excuses, but those who have eyes know that the other party wants to use the topic to play, presumably the above Gong Gong Zhugong will also see this. Besides, I also handed over the news from here just now, so we just need to defend our territory and pounce back on the invading enemy. ”

Han Zheng said that the other party's excuse always made Han Zheng involuntarily think of the incident in the later generations, and couldn't help but wonder if the method of strong words that the Japanese army thought of later was learned from Zhang Xun, thinking of this, Han Zheng was even more disgusted.

Therefore, in the depths of Han Zheng's heart, he is more inclined to completely cripple the nondescript pigtail army and then eliminate it, but at present, this can only be an idea, of course, with the change of the current situation of the poem and the change of battlefield dynamics, it may be able to be completed, but for the current Han Zheng, he does not have the intention of completing this goal at one time.

Although Han Zheng's current strength has increased significantly, Zhang Xunbu, after all, is an old military group, and has just withdrawn from Nanjing City: "It's just right, this time I also took this opportunity to break the last bond between the army and Beiyang at one time!" ”

Han Zheng secretly said to himself in his heart, and then sneered in his heart and glanced at Xuzhou on the map.

"Commander, something big has happened!" Just when Han Zheng was about to give a direct order, who knew that the sender and receiver of a telegram room who came from outside, holding a telegram in his hand, broke in directly.

Suddenly, Han Zheng was stunned: "Could it be that there is a change in the direction of Huaibei?" Thinking of this, he didn't dare to slack off, he didn't think much about it, and took the telegram directly from the other party's hand, and the other officers in the room were also a little uneasy, and looked at Han Zheng's face from time to time.

Looking at the handwriting on his hands, Han Zheng's face suddenly turned iron-blue, his teeth clenched fiercely, and then he scolded fiercely: "Beast, you should be killed!" ”

This sentence made everyone in the room feel Han Zheng's anger at this time, and they didn't know what was going on for a while, and they became more and more uneasy, from time to time you look at me, I look at you.

"I command!" Han Zheng's last concern at this time also disappeared, which also planted a bomb for the later expansion of the war.

In the uneasy eyes of the generals in Han Zheng's army present, Han Zheng suddenly shouted, and his voice exuded bursts of cold air.

Everyone was shocked and quickly stood upright.

"The first brigade is stationed in the place, and the division's guards and guards will directly follow me to the Huaibei area to completely wipe out those beasts who come to attack! Remember, they're not human, they're brutes! Disband! ”

"Yes!"

Most of the officers didn't dare to say more, so they hurried up, but they all left the conference room with a look of surprise on their faces, and the commander had to discuss with everyone to deal with the changes that happened in Huaibei, but he didn't know what news he received, so the commander was so angry that he gave an order directly.

Han Zheng finished the order, and then slapped his hands on the table in front of him fiercely, and everyone's hearts jumped and they were amazed.

Han Zheng then blushed and spread the news to everyone.

Then, the conference room suddenly erupted with the sound of inhaling cold air, and no one could say a word!

Not long after, all the generals finally reacted, and at this time, their faces turned iron blue, and their eyes were full of murderous intent!

When they learned the news at hand, each of them knew that this matter could not be good, and everyone had two words in their hearts: "Kill!" ”

"Commander, let's go to the First Brigade, we will definitely not let go of any of those brutes!" Chen Feng said loudly, and his subordinates Cao Debiao and Li Muchan also expressed their positions.

Where the others were willing to let the First Brigade go up, they all then expressed their willingness to lead the troops.

If there were some concerns, after knowing the news at this time, no one thought about those things anymore.

"No, this time I will do this in person, if such a thing happens, it is a dereliction of duty on the part of me, the patrol envoy of the defending side, I will personally take people to cut off the heads of those beasts and pay tribute to those innocent people!"

After finishing speaking, Han Zheng turned around abruptly, and then went directly to the backyard, and the others glanced at each other, knowing that it was impossible to reverse the commander's decision, so they had to look at each other, and then went out one after another, and they all went to prepare.

After Chen Feng and these high-ranking generals with iron-faced faces came out, the incident that happened in Huaibei was quickly spread, and almost all the soldiers couldn't believe what happened for a while!

It turned out that on that telegram, Xiang Jie told Han Zheng a shocking news, and that news recorded a **naked massacre, in Zhouxing Village, which had just been occupied by the pigtail army, the entire village was brutally killed by Zhang Xun's pigtail army!

This incident began at noon today, when the reconnaissance unit of the Civil Affairs Department and the Second Brigade had been observing the enemy forces according to their deployment, and it was only then that they discovered this appalling incident.

At noon, Zhang Xunbu, who had just occupied Liuzhuang Village, robbed the villagers of their property and even raped women, and finally the villagers could not bear it and directly killed a pigtailed soldier who was raping a woman.

After the incident, the company commander of Zhang Xun's department was so mad that he directly ordered the soldiers to take more than 30 households in the village. Nearly 200 people were killed!

The massacre did not last long, but the blood shed by the villagers stained the entire Huaibei red! (To be continued.) )