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Chapter 926: The Awe-inspiring Expansion of Righteousness (8)

"Outside, outside, the Sichuan war resumed, Liu Wenhui turned defeat into victory and occupied Chengdu!"

"Big news: Liu Xiang's coalition army suffered heavy losses in the first battle of Minjiang, Liu Wenhui defeated Liu Xiang's coalition army, 100,000 main forces crossed the Minjiang River, and three divisions pursued and attacked Ziliujing (Zigong) by victory. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"The Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army Xu Xiangqian and Zhang Guotao took the opportunity to go south to attack the important towns in northern Sichuan!"

"Xichuan Haoqiang Deng Xihou suffered heavy losses, lost Chengdu and fled to Deyang Mianzhu!"

"Liu Wenhui sent a telegram to commend the three armies, saying that 50,000 enemies were annihilated in the first battle of the last day, countless prisoners were captured, and the long-lost artesian well was also surrounded by his army, and the day could be ......."

"According to the authoritative news of the South Sichuan Radio Station, Liu Wenhui's troops unexpectedly succeeded in the counteroffensive, forcibly crossed the Minjiang River, and successively occupied Chengdu, Renshou, Rongxian, Jingyan, Weiyuan and other areas, Liu Xiang's coalition army suffered heavy losses, collapsed for a hundred miles, and retreated sharply to the first line ......of Ziyang, Neijiang, and Longchang."

Lushan "Meilu", the official residence of the chairman.

"What? Liu Wenhui actually conquered the artesian well and coerced Neijiang? After listening to the urgent reports of Ge Jingen, Lin Wei and others, Chiang Kai-shek exclaimed in disbelief.

Ge Jingen nodded heavily: "Yes, commission, starting yesterday afternoon, General An Yi at the request of his subordinates, successively sent reports of the fierce battles in Sichuan, since yesterday morning Liu Xiang ordered the coalition forces to retreat across the whole line, Liu Wenhui's troops decisively seized the opportunity of the opponent's retreat across the Min River and unstable foothold, and suddenly launched a counterattack on the whole line, following the ambush on the northern front suddenly plunged directly into Chengdu, where the troops were empty, nearly 35,000 men and horses of the three divisions on the southern front quickly crossed the river from the four river sections, and only half an hour of confrontation, that is, successfully defeated the scattered Wang Zan Xu Division, Nearly 30,000 officers and men of Wang Zan Xu's division had no morale and fled for their lives; Liu Wenhui's three divisions and soldiers were divided into three routes and pursued them relentlessly; Wang Zan Xu's troops were not left with three out of ten, and they were unable to organize effective resistance at all; there was only one garrison regiment stationed in Liu Xiang's artesian well, and they could not resist the attack of Liu Wenhui's troops whose morale was like a rainbow, and the whole line collapsed at 8 o'clock this morning; when Liu Xiang's 10,000 reinforcements arrived in Neijiang, they were already powerless to return to the sky. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was extremely shocked: "I really didn't expect that Liu Wenhui would turn defeat into victory under extreme passivity, we all underestimated this person before!" ”

Lin Wei also sighed very much: "This battle is really unexpected, looking at the overall situation, Liu Wenhui's department is like a divine help, always able to avoid the real and make a mistake, and make a move to hit the weak point of the Liu Xiang coalition army, from the very beginning, he used the pride and arrogance of the Liu Xiang coalition army to frequently show weakness, lured the enemy to cross the river and then decisively launched a half-crossing attack, or cleverly set up an ambush and even used clever tricks, every part was fought with a clear eye, which can be called a masterpiece, not only continuously annihilated Tang Shizun and Deng Xihou two divisions of nearly 40,000 horses, but also easily defeated the weakest combination of Deng Xihou and Li Jiayu on the northern front with strange soldiers, Non-stop, smashing into Chengdu, which was empty, almost annihilated Deng Xihou's army, which was suddenly ambushed and defeated, and scared Deng Xihou to run to Deyang in one breath before he dared to stop and gasp, and Liu Xiang's two main forces were lost more than half and were powerless. Thinking about it carefully, I always feel that every decision of Liu Wenhui's department has been carefully scrutinized, and it seems that he knows the situation of any part of Liu Xiang's coalition army well, which is really unimaginable! ”

Chiang Kai-shek's heart sank: "You mean that Liu Wenhui is likely to receive external support?" ”

"This ...... The subordinates are not sure, however, Liu Wenhui has been trading with General Zhang Hongluan in Xiangxi all the year round, and it has long been rumored that Liu Wenhui's artillery, machine guns and other light and heavy weapons are purchased from the Xiangxi Arsenal, and General An Yi's southern Sichuan garrison has changed its outfit twice, and it is estimated that it has also sold Liu Wenhui a lot of weapons, so Liu Wenhui's department has stronger firepower and equipment than Liu Xiang's coalition army, which is also an important reason that cannot be ignored.

"According to the battle report and the news from Chongqing, the artillery of Liu Wenhui's various units suddenly more than doubled, each division had a large number of mortars, and many officers and men were equipped with Czech machine guns and submachine guns. Lin Wei truthfully said the result of repeated thoughts in his heart.

"It must be, it must be! I should have thought of him from the beginning, when has Liu Wenhui been so clever in his life, it seems that he is going to get involved in Bashu......"

Chiang Kai-shek sat down slowly, and An Yi's harmless smiling face appeared in his mind again.

Ge Jingen smiled bitterly: "Commission, it seems that General An Yi will not be so short-sighted, the Sichuan civil war is protracted, and General An has repeatedly publicly called for peace negotiations between the warring parties, and has never intervened in the disputes between the parties, if he secretly supports Liu Wenhui's ministry this time, it is estimated that he will only sell weapons and ammunition, with General An's caution, he will definitely not easily wade into this pool of sewage." ”

"That's enough! The equipment of the Sichuan army is the same, all of them are old and obsolete weapons and equipment, a main division of up to 15,000 people, all of which add up to eight to sixteen artillery pieces, mortars and light machine guns are pitiful, Liu Wenhui purchased a large number of light and heavy weapons with the help of An Yi, and the firepower of one division can withstand the two divisions of Liu Xiang's coalition army, how can it not win? ”

After Chiang Kai-shek finished speaking, he sighed again, he suddenly found that the situation in the entire Sichuan had gotten out of control, and the original situation of mutual restraint between the two Liu's forces and rivals no longer existed, but this could not blame An Yi, the war was originally provoked by Liu Xiang, and it was Liu Xiang who broke this balance, so that An Yi took the opportunity to make profits, and people couldn't catch any of his handles.

Ge Jingen thought for a while, and said again: "Commission, now the situation of Liu Xiang's coalition army is extremely bad, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army Xu Qianqian and Zhang Guotao's troops saw this opportunity, and they also suddenly attacked, and more than 80,000 people from the four armies started from Xuanhan in the east to Guangyuan in the west, and quickly moved south, storming Liu Cunhou's Dazhou, Yang Sen and Fan Shaozeng's Bazhong and Tongjiang, as well as Tian Songyao's Guangyuan line. Now that Liu Xiang has just returned from defeat, he is too busy to take care of himself, I am afraid that it will be difficult to give any help to the above departments, if he can't stop Xu Xiangqian, Zhang Guotao, **, He Wei and other main forces of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army from going south, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded frequently: "Now only in the name of the central government, strongly intervene in the Sichuan civil war, and stop Liu Wenhui's army from taking advantage of the victory as soon as possible, can Liu Xiang and his coalition forces ease their breath and jointly deal with the biggest enemy, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army!" Kanhou, you immediately inform Mr. Changqing to come to the collegiate meeting. ”

"Commission, it's too late!"

Yang Yongtai replied loudly, walked quickly to Chiang Kai-shek, handed over a document, and took half a step back again:

"Commission, the latest news, Liu Wenhui's troops have occupied the six major towns in Ziliujing and its surroundings, and the 30,000 troops and Liu Xiang's 25,000 officers and soldiers are facing off in Yong'an Town, south of the Neijiang River. Also, Fan Shaozeng has led his troops to retreat to Dazhou, and Yang Sen's troops have lost their wings, and they have been attacked on both sides by Xu Xiangqian's command Wang Shusheng's 31st Army, and the defeat is imminent. With the fall of Bazhong, the front line of Pyeongchang and Yilong will not be guaranteed, and the situation is critical! ”

"What does Chang Qing think?" Chiang Kai-shek asked.

"It is imperative for the committee to immediately send a telegram to the whole country, demanding that all departments in Sichuan immediately cease fighting, and then call Liu Wenhui and Liu Xiang respectively to reconfirm Liu Wenhui's post as chairman of Sichuan Province and order him to immediately stop the offensive and wait for the central envoy to go to mediate. At the same time, he comforted Liu Xiang and continued to order him to take up the post of Sichuan Provincial General Office for Dealing with the Aftermath, but promised to give him vigorous support to prevent Liu Wenhui's troops from taking advantage of the enemy's back to attack again, and to use the current line of actual control between the two sides as the ceasefire line, and to obey the mediation of the central special envoy.

"The subordinates thought that Liu Wenhui had recovered most of the territory, and if he continued to fight, he would not be able to stand the increasing loss of troops and financial resources, and he would take advantage of the situation as long as he gave a step; After the fiasco of Liu Xiang's coalition army, it was also unable to fight again, at least for a long time, it was powerless to shake Liu Wenhui, especially the strength of Deng Xihou's department, which had a pivotal position, was greatly damaged, and only three out of ten remained, even if it was shouting, it was useless and could be ignored.

"Liu Xiang is well aware of these factors, as long as he appoints Liu Xiang to telegraph and appease, the Sichuan Civil War can be temporarily quelled, so that he can concentrate his troops and energy to deal with the best army."

Yang Yongtai did not conceal his opinions, and his analysis was quite incisive.

"It seems that this is the only way!"

Chiang Kai-shek immediately dictated a telegram ordering his attendant staff officers to send it out as soon as possible, and at the same time sent a telegram to Wang Jingwei in Nanjing, asking Wang Jingwei to appease all parties in the Sichuan civil war in the name of the central government.

After the series of telegrams were drawn up, Chiang Kai-shek sent a secret telegram to He Guoguang and Zeng Kuanqing, who were in Chongqing, and adopted Yang Yongtai's suggestion to send a telegram to He Yingqin, who had just returned to Nanjing from Beiping, and appointed He Yingqin as a special envoy of the Central Military Commission, and immediately flew to Chongqing to try by all means to mediate and mobilize all units to turn their guns to the Red Army in northern Sichuan, which was rapidly launching an offensive southward.

After everything was done, Yang Yongtai made another suggestion to Chiang Kai-shek:

An Yi was ordered to send two divisions to the north and temporarily handed over to General Liu Xiang, the general office of the aftermath of Sichuan Province and the commander of the suppression of bandits, to prevent Xu from taking advantage of the victory in the front to go south and endanger the front line of Nanchong and Guang'an.

Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a moment and did not express his position, he knew that even if An Yi did what he was ordered, it was still a question whether Liu Xiang could rest assured that An Jiajun would go north, and in this extraordinary period, if he caused any trouble because of An Jiajun's northward movement, it would make the situation in Sichuan more complicated.

Yang Yongtai saw Chiang Kai-shek's worries, and did not insist on his own opinions, so he has basically achieved his goal, at least in the future Sichuan banditry, An Yi sent troops is a thing that cannot be escaped, even Chiang Kai-shek does not want to see An Jiajun recuperate, step by step development and growth, can consume the vitality of An Jiajun through grandiose reasons, is something that all parties are willing to see, not only he Yang Yongtai has such ideas and requirements.

After the important matter was dealt with, all the henchmen left one after another, and Chiang Kai-shek thought of An Yi again, he was very reluctant to have any contact between An Yi and Liu Wenhui, and he did not want to see An Yi take advantage of this chaotic situation to expand step by step, otherwise it would have a great impact on Chiang Kai-shek's Sichuan plan.

But judging from everything that is happening so far, it seems that An Yi's shadow can be seen anywhere, from Wulong in southeast Sichuan to the rich surrounding areas of Chengdu in the western Sichuan Plain, some of what happened are all An Yi's factors in it, as of the day before yesterday, An Yi's two divisions have occupied three counties and one town in southeast Sichuan, and put on a posture of long-term garrison, under the banner of suppressing bandits, and successfully expanded righteously, plus Liu Xiang's strength after the defeat was not as good as before, and it was simply impossible to fight against the remote, Large areas that have always been nominally ruled have been effectively managed. After An Yi occupied this area, no one could get rid of him.

Could it be that An Yi is just for the safety of the southeast Sichuan trade route? No! It's definitely more than that, even if An Yi has no ambitions, and there are more and more thinkers and fierce generals around him, who will be willing to be mediocre?

Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help but stand up, paced lightly, thought carefully, and after taking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, returned to the table and sat down, and once again personally drafted a telegram.