Li Xingzhong saw that Han Fuyu was so choked that he had nothing to say, and he couldn't help but feel secretly proud in his heart. But seeing that Han Fuyu not only did not continue to get angry, the expression on his face gradually eased.

Li Xingzhong was a little strange at first, thought about it for a while, and suddenly understood. The heart said, "It's broken!" This is Han Fuyu's mistake, he is trying to delay time, so as to wait for the main force of Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army to pass through the tunnel. At that time, it was not necessary to say that it would be difficult to blow up the tunnel, but if the tunnel was blown up, the plan to block the main force of the Fourth Route Army from returning north would be frustrated.

Thinking of this, Li Xingzhong did not hesitate any longer, and immediately called the staff officer and told the staff officer to immediately go to the 60 th Brigade in the tunnel, "urging Li Wentian to speed up his action and detonate it as soon as the explosives are planted."

He also said to Wei Fenglou, who was still in the command headquarters: "Division Commander Wei, please immediately go and command the actions of the 68th and 69th brigades, the sound of the explosion is the signal to launch an attack." ”

Wei Fenglou looked at Han Fuyu, who looked calm, and then at Li Xingzhong, who was staring at him with a straight face, helplessly picked up the military hat on the table, and turned around to go out to organize the troops.

At this moment, a staff officer stumbled into the headquarters and said in a trembling voice: "Report, the Fourth Route Army has come with more than 20,000 people, the engineer battalion of the 23rd Division has been disarmed by them, the 60th Brigade has been surrounded, and Brigade Commander Li Wentian has been captured by them. ”

"What?" Li Xingzhong and Wei Fenglou were shocked at the same time, didn't they hear the gunshot? A brigade is over like this?

Before the two of them could say anything, another staff officer came to report: "Xiguan Station was occupied by the Fourth Route Army, the company stationed at the station was disarmed, and only one platoon commander ran back to report the news." ”

It was Li Xingzhong who reacted first, and said eagerly to Wei Fenglou: "Jianting, immediately withdraw the 68th and 69th brigades outside the pass to the pass, and wait for help." He sharply ordered the staff officers who were still standing there: "Send a report to the departing divisions immediately, ordering them to return to Wushengguan immediately." ”

Han Fuyu stopped the staff officer and Wei Fenglou who were going to send the report, and said with a sneer: "Jianting, don't toss around, you can go and gather the troops outside the pass back into the pass, it doesn't matter if you do other things or not." How does your 23rd Division compare to Li Zongren's Yang Tenghui Division of the Seventh Army, known as the Steel Army? It took less than two hours for Song Zhewu to annihilate one of Yang Tenghui's brigades, forcing Yang Tenghui to lead his troops to surrender to Chiang. It is estimated that your 23rd Division may not be able to withstand it in a day. ”

Han Fuyu's words made Li Xingzhong and Wei Fenglou's hearts tighten. During the Northern Expedition, Li Zongren's Seventh Army and Zhang Fakui's Fourth Army were called the Iron and Steel Army, and they were the absolute main force of the Gui system. Not only is the combat effectiveness strong, but the weapons and equipment are also very good. The Fourth Route Army and Yang Tenghui had a fight in Xiaogan, although they had seen the news from the newspaper, but they did not believe it very much, thinking that it was mostly bragging, and the newspaper also had Chiang Kai-shek bribing Yang Tenghui in advance. However, Han Fuyu went to Hankou, and if he wants to say so, it is most likely true. Moreover, Zhu Jiahe blocked Hu Zongduo's 19th Army and forced Hu Zongduo to hand over his troops to the wilderness, which is absolutely unfake. Hu Zongduo is Li Zongren's absolute confidant, he will not be bought by Chiang Kai-shek, and the combat effectiveness of this Fourth Route Army is indeed very strong.

The 23rd Division is not the main force in the Northwest Army, and the quality of the soldiers is okay, but the weapons and equipment are much worse than those of the Seventh Army and the Nineteenth Army of the Gui Department. With their division, sticking to this small Wushengguan projectile land, there is almost no chance of victory. If he fought in the mountains, he believed that it would be no problem to fight for a day, but Wei Fenglou had no confidence to resist the tens of thousands of strong soldiers of the Fourth Route Army with the thin Wushengguan city wall.

Seeing Li Xingzhong and Wei Fenglou's gloomy expressions, Han Fuyu sneered and said, "I can tell you that this first division is the main force of the Fourth Route Army, and there are nearly seventy mountain artillery pieces alone, not to mention hundreds of mortars of various calibers. Wusheng Pass has always defended the south but not the north, if they don't pass the pass, your division will defend it with danger, and there is still a lot of strength. Now that they have come to Guanbei, with a wall like Wusheng Pass, a few cannons will be blown down. The 1st Division of the Fourth Route Army, plus the Guard Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade, has 50,000 or 60,000 people, so can the 23rd Division stop them? ”

Li Xingzhong frowned and didn't squeak, he believed Han Fuyu's words, he regretted that he had arranged for the other divisions to be withdrawn early, if those divisions were still there, with the elite divisions of the Northwest Army, he would definitely be able to wipe out this Fourth Route Army. But now is really not the time to be brave and ruthless, if the two sides really make a move, he must be the one who suffers. What's more, his confidant Li Wentian is still in the hands of others, and this 60 Brigade is the only unit of the 20 th Division that he has just controlled, and it must not be lost. Han Fuyu has been telling the Fourth Route Army to let them pass, it seems that Han Fuyu has some friendship with this Song Zhewu, if he begs Han Fuyu to intercede with Song Zhewu, it should be no problem to release the 60th Brigade. Moreover, the Fourth Route Army did not seem to want to clash with itself, otherwise it would have already opened fire and exchanged fire with itself.

But just now he was still arguing with Han Fuyu, and at this time he couldn't pull his face to beg him, Li Xingzhong glanced at Wei Fenglou helplessly.

Wei Fenglou understood what Li Xingzhong meant, but he only had one battalion in the hands of the Fourth Route Army, and even if he was gone, he would not hurt the muscles and bones of the 23rd Division. Therefore, he is not as nervous as Li Xingzhong. As long as his 23rd Division no longer took the initiative to provoke this Fourth Route Army, he believed that the Fourth Route Army would not come to provoke him, and the Fourth Route Army would definitely not be willing to grudge with their Northwest Army.

But seeing Li Xingzhong's eyes asking for help, he couldn't ignore it, Li Xingzhong was Mr. Feng's celebrity, and he couldn't afford to offend him.

Wei Fenglou had a smile on his face, and said to Han Fuyu: "Commander-in-Chief Han, you have a friendship with Song Zhewu, and you can't ignore the current situation." We won't blow up the tunnel, let them pass, and ask Commander-in-Chief Han to explain to them, and let Song Zhewu restrain his subordinates to avoid misunderstandings between the two families. ”

Han Fuyu was already in a very good mood at this time, not only did you Wei Fenglou ask me, but even Li Xingzhong had to ask me Han Fuyu. Don't say that you two hairy boys, even I, Han Fuyu, give me 100,000 horses, and I won't compete with an opponent like the Fourth Route Army. This Song Wenge looks steady and sleek, but in fact, he is a needle hidden in the brocade, and it is not good to provoke him.

"Hehe" sneered a few times, Han Fuyu sneered and said, "So as not to have a misunderstanding between the two families?" A brigade and an engineer battalion have been disarmed, isn't there a misunderstanding? If you had listened to me, how could this have happened? As I said earlier, the Fourth Route Army just wanted to return north through the tunnel and let them go, but you didn't listen! How to collect this field now? This matter is not up to you, Brother Jianting, this is up to our Commander-in-Chief Li to decide. ”

After speaking, Han Fuyu simply put his butt on the chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Li Xingzhong's face was red and white for a while, and he wanted to attack Han Fuyu? No, now the 60th Brigade is in the hands of the Fourth Route Army. If one of Wei Fenglou's brigades was disarmed by the Fourth Route Army, he could still ignore it, this Li Wentian's 60th Brigade, but the basic troops of the 20th Division that he controlled in the future must be returned intact. But if he asked him to beg Han Fuyu, Li Xingzhong really couldn't erase this face.

Looking at Wei Fenglou, Wei Fenglou gave him a look, meaning that only when he opened his mouth could Han Fuyu agree.

Li Xingzhong was helpless, gritted his teeth, and said with a red face: "Chairman Han, whether to blow up the Wushengguan Tunnel, I really can't make the decision on this matter, and I have to ask Mr. Feng." However, as long as they return the 60th Brigade and the 23rd Division Engineer Battalion, I can promise not to act until the Fourth Route Army passes. The well water of the two of us does not violate the river water, Mr. Feng blames it, and I Li Xingzhong bears it. ”

The stationmaster's office at Wushengguan Railway Station has now become the headquarters of the Fourth Route Army, and Song Zhewu and the guard brigade have just arrived.

As soon as Han Fuyu came in, he smiled and said, "Wenge, it's good that your troops came up quickly, otherwise it's really hard to say whether this tunnel can be saved." ”

Song Zhewu didn't answer Han Fuyu's words, but asked Han Fuyu: "Big brother, how many troops of the Northwest Army are there in Wusheng Pass now?" ”

Song Zhewu learned that Zhang Yafei had surrendered the weapons of the 60th Brigade, so he said in his heart that it seemed that he would not be able to get to Zhengzhou smoothly, and that the 20th Brigade that Han Fuyu had been thinking about in the twilight had not left, and Han Fuyu would definitely not let go of this opportunity. If he did not help Han Fuyu to recapture the 20th Division, not only Han Fuyu would be unhappy, but even Chiang Kai-shek would not be satisfied. had to bite the bullet and order Zhang Yafei to prepare for the attack on Wusheng Pass, he was now anxious to know how many troops there were in the pass?

On the way here, Han Fuyu had already seen the Fourth Route Army deploying troops in the direction of Wusheng Pass and building artillery positions. Knowing that this was Song Zhewu, seeing that the 60th Brigade had not left, he thought that the 20th Division was still in Wusheng Pass, and this was to help him recapture the 20th Division. couldn't help but feel hot in his heart, and said to Song Zhewu gratefully: "Wen Ge, brother, thank you!" However, the 20th Division is not in Wusheng Pass, and now there are only Wei Fenglou's 23rd Division and the 20th Division and 60th Brigade that were disarmed by you, and the other troops have been withdrawn. ”

After a pause, Han Fuyu said hatefully: "This is Feng Yuxiang and Li Xingzhong who are afraid that I will take the opportunity to take the 20th Division away, and take away the large army of the 20th Division in advance, leaving only the 60th Brigade. Wenge, brother, I want to ask you for a favor? ”

Song Zhewu could guess from Han Fuyu's expression what he wanted to help him with. But he is not good at refusing, an arrogant person like Han Fuyu can put down his body and beg for someone, then he must have no choice, otherwise he will never beg someone in a low voice. This kind of person will be grateful to you for the rest of his life if he asks for the help he wants; On the contrary, he will also resent you for the rest of his life.

Song Zhewu poured a glass of water for Han Fuyu, and took the opportunity to nervously think about countermeasures.

(To be continued)