Chapter 114: Conflict (3)
In the past few days, the huge sense of happiness has made Li Rujuan radiant, making her already extremely solemn and elegant face seem to be covered with a layer of charming spring light, and there is a holy and noble atmosphere in the charm. Song Zhewu couldn't help but be a little daze.
Since he made a clear relationship with Li Rujuan in Hankou, Song Zhewu has now completely opened the knot that has plagued him for a long time, his heart has opened to Li Rujuan, and Song Zhewu has completely accepted Li Rujuan in his heart. The woman in front of her is dignified and elegant, revealing a noble temperament, such a beautiful girl, why didn't she find out before, she had hesitated for so long, Song Zhewu secretly regretted and blamed herself in his heart. It seems that God is not thin on himself, not only let Song Zhewu come to this magnificent and exciting era, but also gave himself such a beautiful woman as his wife!
Looking at Song Zhewu, who was staring at him with a dumbfounded face, Li Rujuan's face couldn't help but flush with happiness, and she whispered a little shyly: "What to see, if you don't see enough, just marry me quickly, and let you see enough every day!" ”
Song Zhewu not only blushed, the box was not big, the distance between the two was within reach, Li Rujuan's words made Song Zhewu's blood surge, and he stretched out his hand and pulled Li Rujuan to expose her tightly in his arms. Li Rujuan's soft chest and the faint fragrance emanating from her body stimulated the hormones in Song Zhewu's body to surge rapidly, and he couldn't help but lay his face on Li Rujuan's fair and delicate neck, and his fiery lips gently kissed the smooth skin. Li Rujuan was shocked as if she had been shocked, and the whole person immediately fell softly on Song Zhewujian's strong shoulders. Song Zhewu's hands swiped restlessly across Li Rujuan's back, and his eyes suddenly saw the two telegram drafts placed on the table.
These two telegram drafts were like a basin of cold water, which immediately sobered up Song Zhewu, who was a little confused, and now was not the time for him to indulge.
He gently pushed Li Rujuan away, Li Rujuan opened her tightly closed eyes, her eyes were hazy, and she looked at Song Zhewu in confusion.
"Rujuan, there are two telegrams to be sent to Chairman Chiang in Hankou and Han Fuyu in the car, which is very urgent." Song Zhewu said as he helplessly straightened Li Rujuan's somewhat messy hair under the military hat. He took two drafts of the telegram in one hand and handed them to Li Rujuan.
Li Rujuan reluctantly took the electric pickaxe, gave Song Zhewu a roll of the eyes, and turned around to go out to translate the telegram and send the telegram.
Han Fuyu quickly called back, and the message was very short: "Wangwen Ge and my brother quickly rushed to Wusheng Pass. Cut! Cut! Cut! ”
Although the message was very short, Song Zhewu still deeply felt Han Fuyu's anxiety from the three exclamation points in Han Fuyu's reply. He didn't know if his 20th division was still in Wusheng Pass? If the 20th Division was still at Wusheng Pass, and the large forces of the Northwest Army had already left, would Han Fuyu ask him for help and pull out the troops? Song Zhewu can be sure that Han Fuyu will definitely be like this, if this is the case, his troops will not be able to go north to Zhengzhou immediately, so they will have to occupy Xinyang first, and rely on the Jinghan Railway to see the situation and slowly go north.
Thinking of this, Song Zhewu called Adjutant Liang Bi. "Call Chief of Staff Xiao." Seeing that Liang Bi was preparing to record the message, Song Zhewu dictated the message: "Our troops may have a conflict with the Northwest Army at Wusheng Pass, and the troops returning to Hebei must be on high alert all the way, and if necessary, they can use force to force their way through, and they must protect the safety of the families and materials of the accompanying troops." ”
Song Zhewu took the telegram written by Liang Bi, looked at it and signed, and Liang Bi went out to generate electricity.
Song Zhewu's train stopped outside the Wushengguan tunnel, and Song Zhewu saw through the car window that a division of troops had already established positions on the hillsides on both sides of the tunnel.
Tao Rong came to report that the train was stopped by a division staff officer sent by Zhang Yafei, that the 1st Division and the 2nd Regiment had clashed with the Northwest Army that wanted to blow up the tunnel in the north of the tunnel, that the 2nd Regiment had disarmed an engineer battalion of the Northwest Army, and that it had also seized Li Wentian, commander of the 60th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Northwest Army, and that Division Commander Zhang had taken over the station with the 3rd Regiment and was confronting the Northwest Army. It is reported that the Northwest Army in Wusheng Pass now has less than two divisions.
It turned out that yesterday, when Han Fuyu was not at Wusheng Pass, Li Xingzhong, who temporarily acted as commander-in-chief of Han Fuyu's Third Route Army, received a telegram from Feng Yuxiang in Shaanxi, ordering Li Xingzhong to arrange for the troops of the Northwest Army at Wusheng Pass to evacuate Wusheng Pass overnight, and specified that the 20 th Division should be evacuated first. After the withdrawal of troops, blow up the Wushengguan tunnel.
Li Xingzhong, who received the order, did not dare to slack off, and immediately found several division commanders to convey Feng Yuxiang's order. No one dared to disobey Feng Yuxiang's order, and soon arranged the marching sequence of the troops to evacuate Wusheng Pass. It's just that who stays behind is responsible for blowing up the Wushengguan tunnel, which makes Li Xingzhong a little difficult. Feng Yuxiang's telegram asked him to blow up the Wushengguan Tunnel, and the implied meaning was not understood by others, but Li Xingzhong, who had been Feng Yuxiang's chief of staff, understood. Blowing up tunnel 1 can prevent the Central Army in Hubei from going north to Henan along the Jinghan Railway; Second, it can prevent Han Fuyu from returning to the army.
As soon as Han Fuyu left Wusheng Pass and went to Hankou, Li Xingzhong telegraphed Feng Yuxiang the news as soon as possible. Feng Yuxiang did not reply, but Li Xingzhong was puzzled for several days. This telegram solved his doubts, Mr. Feng hated Han Fuyu to the heart, but it was not good to attack it clearly, after all, Han Fuyu had made great contributions to the Northwest Army, and Mr. Feng was afraid that the old people in the Northwest Army would be cold. It's just that as soon as this tunnel is blown up, he will take away the trains of Wushengguan and Xinyang, and Han Fuyu will have to go back to Shaanxi, and it will be better if Han Fuyu stays in Hankou, once the war with the Central Army starts, it is impossible for Han Fuyu to return to the Northwest Army, and it is just the right thing to kick Han Fuyu out of the Northwest Army.
This is also the reason why Feng Yuxiang named the 20th Division to evacuate first, there are still many old subordinates of Han Fuyu in the 20th Division, and he is not good at wantonly excluding dissidents as soon as he takes office, and now he has just found a reason to install his close confidant Li Wentian in the position of commander of the 60th Brigade. Not only did he hand over the task of blowing up the Wushengguan Tunnel to the 20th Division, but he Li Xingzhong was not at ease, even if he handed it over to other divisions to complete, he was not at ease.
Wei Fenglou's 23 rd Division had already been left behind to be responsible for blowing up the tunnel, but before the 20 th Division was opened yesterday, Li Xingzhong temporarily decided to keep his cronies, Li Wentian, commander of the 60 th Brigade, and his brigade behind to monitor Wei Fenglou's blowing up of the tunnel.
Wei Fenglou sent people to dig the blasting hole overnight, and then ordered the engineer battalion to return to the camp to rest, and even the explosives were not placed. He received a telegram from Han Fuyu, but Li Xingzhong had something to say and did not let Han Fuyu call back, and he couldn't call back to Han Fuyu behind Li Xingzhong's back, he knew that Mr. Feng was very prejudiced against Han Fuyu. However, Wei Fenglou is very sympathetic to Han Fuyu, Han Fuyu's merits are well known in the Northwest Army, and even Wei Fenglou is still very upset with Han Fuyu in his heart. He knew that Han Fuyu would not see them call back, and he would definitely rush back soon, or even overnight. He wanted to delay as much as possible and wait for Han Fuyu to come back before blowing up the tunnel.
As soon as the military column of the 1st Division and 1st Regiment of the Fourth Route Army passed through the tunnel in the morning, Li Xingzhong knew that the matter was going to be bad, and immediately inquired about the situation in the tunnel of Wei Fenglou. After knowing the situation, he couldn't help but scold Wei Fenglou in his heart, but he didn't say much on the surface, and immediately asked Wei Fenglou to immediately plant explosives and carry out blasting. After learning that the troops of the Fourth Route Army did not immediately go north after passing through Wushengguan Station, Li Xingzhong knew that this was to meet their follow-up troops, and if they waited for their large forces to arrive, the tunnel would probably not be blown up. Song Zhewu of the Fourth Route Army was very close to Lao Jiang.
Therefore, Li Xingzhong immediately ordered Wei Fenglou's 23rd Division to deploy subordinates to the regiment of troops that had passed through the pass, and prepare to solve them by force. Li Wentian was sent to personally command the blowing up of the tunnel immediately, and as soon as the tunnel was blown up, the regiment of the Fourth Route Army could be successfully dealt with.
Before the commander of the engineer battalion of the 23rd Division and the soldiers of the engineer battalion carrying explosives arrived at the mouth of the tunnel, they were stopped by a company of guards left at the mouth of the tunnel. As soon as the engineer battalion commander saw that the other party was on guard, he immediately sent someone back to report to Wei Fenglou. At the same time, relying on his own large number of people, the command troops had to forcibly plant explosives.
The commander of the first company guarding the tunnel saw that the other side was going to blow up the tunnel, and the regiments behind him, as well as the division commander and the headquarters, did not come, where was he willing to give in, and with a wave of his hand, the soldiers of the first company immediately pulled the bolt of their guns, rushed up with bayonets, blocked the entrance of the tunnel, and confronted the Northwest Army.
Li Wentian, who followed later, saw that the other party had only a battalion of more than 300 people (a company of the Fourth Route Army, with more than 300 people, Li Wentian mistakenly thought it was a battalion), and immediately commanded his 60 brigade to surround him. At this time, the battalion sent by the first regiment also happened to arrive, and prepared to attack Li Wentian's troops from behind.
Li Wentian knew that he couldn't wait any longer, so he wanted to do it because of the large number of people, and just as he was about to give the order, Han Fuyu's train rushed out of the tunnel mouth with a roar.
Han Fuyu's special car, Li Wentian, knew it, and those soldiers of the Northwest Army also knew it, not to mention that there were people from Han Fuyu's pistol team standing on the front of the car.
Han Fuyu's train came to a stop between the two sides of the confrontation. Han Fuyu quickly got out of the car with a gloomy face, he had already seen the people of the engineer battalion carrying explosives.
Han Fuyu walked in front of Li Wentian and ignored Li Wentian, but snorted coldly at the regiments and battalion commanders of the 60th Brigade behind Li Wentian. These regiment and battalion commanders are all Han Fuyu's old subordinates, and they all know that if they blow up the tunnel in advance, their old commander will not be able to come back, and they are all a little ashamed. Without waiting for Li Wentian to give an order, they all put down their guns and silently retreated into the crowd. They knew that Han Fuyu and their current division commander Li Xingzhong were not dealing with each other, and this Li Wentian was Li Xingzhong's henchman, so they didn't dare to scald this troubled water.
(To be continued)