The county seat is located 26 kilometers west of Yucheng, when it comes to (Bi) Mountain, many people will proudly say that this is the west gate of Yucheng, it is the most beautiful and comfortable thousand-year-old city, the clear and beautiful Binan River passes through the city from north to south, and there are the famous (Bi) Mountain glutinous rice and Jiaoniang all over the place.

However, the most famous and not known to the world is that there have been endless skilled carving craftsmen for thousands of years, since the Han Dynasty, the stone carved Buddha statues, stone carved unicorns and stone coffins of (Bi) Mountain are rare tributes, and the inheritance of thousands of years has cultivated the surname of (Bi) Mountain people who are bold and pragmatic and strive for perfection, and have developed the blood surname of the (Bi) Mountain man who will never look back once he sees the direction.

Therefore, after the First Army of the Sichuan Army was dispersed, Liu Xiang, the 27-year-old commander of the main force of the First Division, was the first to lead the remnants to occupy (Bi) Mountain, and successfully recruited 1,000 recruits within two months, and the broken main regiment quickly recovered its vitality.

Liu Xiang, who had great ambitions and was bent on building a great cause, did not dare to meet his teacher Xiao Yimin, and Chen Eun, the old commander of the Sichuan army who led a heavy army to Yucheng, sent people to win over from time to time, and the hesitant Liu Xiang was even more difficult to choose, whether to defect to Xiao Yimin, the most powerful old instructor, or to join Chen Eun, the Sichuan army appointed by the central government, became Liu Xiang's biggest headache.

With President Yuan's henchman Cao Kun leading two brigades into eastern Sichuan, and with a main division of Tang Jiyao, the overseer of the Yunnan Army, once again approaching southern Sichuan, the fragile form of military confrontation and equilibrium between Yucheng and Chengdu in Sichuan has been broken.

With the appeal and full support of the Sichuan people, Xiao Yimin, commander-in-chief of the hard-line frontier army, transferred a well-equipped reinforced regiment and an artillery battalion from the frontier army to the command of Sun Zhaoluan, commander of the third division of the Sichuan army, who had long since defected to him.

After Sun Zhaoluan, who had 8,000 troops and had been training hard for more than a year, received a large number of advanced equipment and a reinforced regiment, the number of officers and men of the whole division increased to 11,000, and his strength greatly increased his morale.

Liu Xiang, who was recuperating in the (Bi) Mountain, panicked, and just when the situation forced him to make a choice, Yang Sen, an old classmate with the same fate as him and who escaped from Yichang and led the remnants to occupy Beibei, an important town in the northern suburbs of Yucheng, suddenly arrived.

Yang Sen is still the hearty surname with a big grin, after entering Liu Xiang's regimental headquarters of the Temple of Literature Dacheng Hall, not with Liu Xiang to discuss countermeasures, but to easily visit this magnificent and famous ancient temple, for a while to touch the stone fence statue that has stood for a hundred years, for a while to look up, praising the carved beam Confucius traveling around the world The pattern is exquisite, as if he really came to travel.

Although Liu Xiang was anxious, his face was also relaxed and happy, and he happily accompanied Yang Sen to walk around the hall and sit down with each other to serve fragrant tea.

Thirty-one-year-old Yang Sen was completely defeated by his scheming old classmates, put down his teacup, and sighed: "Fu Cheng, just now the younger brother entered the city from the north of the city, and was squeezed by the people protesting along the way. ”

Liu Xiang knew that the old classmate was convinced, put away his relaxed smile, and asked with concern: "Brother Zihui, I'm afraid that Chief Chen sent someone to persuade his brother to join his newly formed first division, right?" ”

Yang Sen sighed again:

"Not only lobbied, but also swore that as long as I promised to lead 1,500 brothers under my command to Yucheng, I would immediately allocate 20,000 yuan to Dayang, appoint me as the commander of the major general of the first division, and provide me with as many troops and weapons and equipment as possible

"However, now that Chen Eun has become the object of spurning of tens of millions of people in my Bashu, and the two brigades of Hunan troops he brought in have become guest troops hated by the people in Yucheng and eastern Sichuan, at this time, how dare I risk being ruined and defecting to him?

"Without the support of the local chamber of commerce and people from all walks of life, where will he go to fill my shortage and allocate weapons and ammunition? Aren't the conditions he promised me all nonsense? ”

Liu Xiang nodded: "That's true, before the Hunan army entered Yucheng, the political axe officials and major banks and money banks in Yucheng responded to the call of Commander Xiao and the provincial council, and quickly transferred money and a large number of food and materials to Neijiang and Chengdu. ”

After listening to Liu Xiang's words, Yang Sen took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over: "Take a look." ”

Liu Xiang took the letter suspiciously, jumped up after just looking at the payment on the envelope, took out a thin piece of letterhead and read it quickly, sat down slowly, and stared at Yang Sen with a smile on his face: "Brother Zihui has made up your mind?" ”

"Yes, the deep friendship of Chief Wang Lingji is touching! At this time, instead of taking advantage of the danger of the people, he explained the situation with bitter words, hoping that we would put the interests of our fathers and fellow villagers first, and expressed his support for me to re-recruit the old department and expand the troops, as long as I promised to obey the leadership of the provincial council, quickly occupy and control the Dianjiang, and ask for people to give people and guns to guns. ”

Janssen finally said something important that was not written in the letter.

Liu Xiang was quite lost and silent, he stood up and walked to the center of the hall, slowly turned around, and returned to Yang Sen's side step by step: "Brother Zihui, why didn't Chief Wang contact the junior brother, but bypassed the junior brother to contact you?" ”

"That's because there is a person around you who wants to take refuge in Chief Chen!"

Yang Sen quietly tabled the table and motioned for Liu Xiang to sit down: "Do you know who went to Beibei last night to deliver a letter to the younger brother?" ”

"Who?" Liu Xiang asked nervously.

Yang Sen smiled slightly: "Chief Wang's adjutant, our junior brother Feng Kechun, and the old instructor Senior Officer Xiao Yimin's adjutant senior brother Zheng Changze!" ”

Liu Xiang was taken aback, he never expected that Wang Lingji, an old instructor who had always been neutral and never formed a party, had already come together with the old instructor Xiao Yimin.

In this way, the situation in the whole of Sichuan will undergo major changes, and the two brigades of the Hunan army brought by Chen Eun plus the two brigades of Cao Kun, who are about to enter Sichuan, are about 16,000 people, how can they resist the three-sided attack of the 8,000 elites of Wang Lingji's division, the 11,000 soldiers of Sun Zhaoluan's division, and the two powerful main forces of Wang Jian's fifth division?

However, in this way, it is equivalent to completely turning against Yuan Shikai and Yanjing Zhengaxe, saying that Yuan Dashuai is now overwhelmed by the "Twenty-one Articles" and has no prestige, but he still has more than 200,000 troops loyal to him under his command! There is also the south, the Yunnan army in the south and Xiao Yimin's border army have an irresolvable hatred, if the Yunnan army takes the opportunity to move north, it is not yet known who will die by then!

Yang Sen had already seen Liu Xiang's thoughts, and hurriedly took out a cigarette and lit it: "Fu Cheng, what are you worried about?" Are you worried that the Dian army in the south will take advantage of the fire to loot? ”

"Exactly! Yuan Dashuai, who is far away in Yanjing, is not terrible, but what is terrible is the 100,000 Yunnan troops who have been lying on their salaries after the Sichuan-Yunnan War! Since Tang Jiyao served as the governor of Yunnan, the Dian army not only obtained strong support from France by selling tin and copper mines in southern Yunnan, but also obtained a large number of guns and ammunition that he himself half sold and half sent. Liu Xiang truthfully expressed the worries in his heart.

Yang Sen smiled: "Brother Fool had such worries before, but now there is none, haha!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Liu Xiang asked anxiously.

Yang Sen exhaled smoke: "Because more than a dozen counties in western Yunnan have made trouble again, what is even worse is that the four brigades of the Guizhou army led by Reckless Zi suddenly stormed the Dai Rong Department and a brigade of the Yunnan Army stationed in Guiyang the night before, and defeated the coalition army formed by the Dai Rong Department and the Yunnan Army at nine o'clock yesterday morning, occupied Guiyang in one fell swoop, and cut off the retreat of the Yunnan and Guizhou coalition forces to Qujing. ”

"Ah......" Liu Xiang's brain is a little insufficient.

Yang Sen explained in detail: "I didn't expect that Commander Xiao would have so many clever tricks, according to Zheng Changze's junior brother, the reckless Qian's army has annihilated more than 2,000 enemies, captured a large number of weapons, ammunition and materials, and a German weapon regiment under the command of Dai Jian revolted, surrendered to the reckless mangzi, and pursued the remnants of the Dian army fleeing west with the second brigade under the command of reckless mangzi, and it is estimated that it has now reached the water city of Qianxi."

"Fu Cheng, think about it, the Dian army suffered this defeat and lost Guiyang, do you still have the heart to participate in our Sichuan affairs? What's more, what is the combat strength of the Fifth Division of Wang Jian's junior brother, we all know very well that as long as the well-equipped Fifth Division with strong combat power puts on a posture, it is not a problem at all to block the two divisions of the Yunnan Army, not to mention that Chief Xiao has a lot of followers, don't forget, in Chengdu and Ya'an, Chief Xiao still has seven or eight elite main regiments that have not moved. ”

Liu Xiang finally saw the situation clearly at this time, stared at Yang Sen's eyes, and asked solemnly, "What did Chief Wang and Chief Xiao ask their brother to bring?" ”

Yang Sen said with a smile: "The promised conditions are the same, as long as our two ministries obey the leadership of the provincial council and obey the command of Chief Wang, we will ensure that the establishment of our two ministries will not be broken up, and we will ask for guns and guns."

"Senior Brother Feng also asked Brother Yu to tell you to clear the hidden dangers inside as soon as possible, and lead your three regiments to Hejiang for reorganization and replenishment, Chief Xiao has sent someone to send a large number of weapons and equipment to the Hejiang military camp, and then quickly marched west with Brother Yu's second regiment, putting on an offensive posture of cutting off the retreat of Cao Kun's troops, and delaying the pace of Cao Kun's troops westward into Yucheng as much as possible, so as to buy as much time as possible for the two divisions of Chief Wang and Chief Sun to encircle Yucheng."

Liu Xiang gritted his teeth: "Then fight the fuck!" To be honest, the little brother escaped from Yichang until now, this is annoying! The brothers under his command settled down, only to find that they were so wretched, full of anger and nowhere to vent, since Chief Xiao and Chief Wang still trust us and support us, we must fight a good battle for everyone to see! ”

"Right! Lao Tzu is also full of belly, and finally has a place to vent, haha! Yang Senle echoed.

Liu Xiang then asked, "When does Chief Wang need us to leave?" ”

"Just tonight, our two regiments rushed directly to the Hejiang camp, and Commander Sun Zhaoluan was waiting for us with weapons and equipment and thousands of newly recruited recruits." Janssen replied.

Liu Xiang asked puzzledly: "Chief Wang's Fourth Division doesn't come to take over?" ”

"The people arrived early, and the Seventh Brigade of the Fourth Division has arrived at Anxi Town in the west of (Bi) Mountain, which is only ten miles away from you."

Liu Xiang's cold sweat suddenly broke out, feeling cold behind him, if he didn't agree, I was afraid that he would be a corpse overnight!

(To be continued)