―― Lunar Renxu year, April 30, 11th year of the Republic of China, Fengtian-

In February, the warlord governments of the United States, Britain, Belgium, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Beiyang signed the "Nine-Power Pact" at the Washington Conference. The full name is the "Treaty of the Nine Nations on the Principles and Policies to be Applied to the China Incident", and the China Eastern Railway was withdrawn.

In March, the wandering Mongolia re-threw itself into the arms of China, but since April, the form has changed from good news to emergency.

First of all, there was constant friction between the two systems, and then the turmoil of Zhaoyun in the south of the Yangtze River, which directly twisted the Jiangsu overseers across the river.

And seeing that the combat strength of the direct army was so unbearable, the Feng Department, who had been ready to move, made up his mind and decided to do a big deal.

Today, in the antechamber of a huge mansion in Fengtian City, which served as a command post, as the commander of the Fengjun entry battle, Zhang Huzi sat on the main seat, looking at the generals sitting on both sides of the house with a worried expression.

Yesterday, the uncontrollable Feng army finally started, but the day after entering the customs with amazing combat power, there was not the slightest joy on the faces of the generals in the house.

The reason is that a moment ago, the West Road sent a report, and the front line was in an emergency!

The war began on the evening of the 29th, and the Feng department, which had been prepared for a long time, put on a thunderous posture. Under the personal command of Zhang Huzi, the Feng army attacked at the same time on the east and west roads, and the cannon roared that night, and even the city of Jixian could be faintly heard.

Zhang Huzi made full preparations for entering the pass, and in addition to heavy artillery, the army also had rifles and machine guns, and the firepower was very fierce, and it once had the upper hand.

In Changxindian, West Road, Zhang Jinghui's department used the most authentic artillery and infantry combination tactics, relying on the weapons and equipment of the Feng army, and the artillery fire used first overwhelmed Wu Peifu's direct army.

However, Wu Peifu has always been cunning in his soldiers, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, he disguised the army with trees and the sound of guns with firecrackers, luring the Feng army to open a large number of cannons.

After Feng Yitong vented, the sound of artillery began to sparse, and Wu Peifu concluded that the opponent's artillery shells were close to running out, so he ordered the direct army to attack, and Zhang Jinghui's troops, who were preparing to command the infantry charge, were attacked head-on, and killed in a mess.

Fortunately, Zhang Huzi was worried that his subordinate was not Wu Peifu's opponent before this, so he sent Liang Chaodong's brigade and Zou Fen's 16th division in time, which stabilized the western front.

However, Zhang Huzi ignored a very important issue, Zou Fen's 16th Division was originally Wang Tingzhen's troops, and if you go back further, it was split from the Janissaries under the command of Feng Guozhang, who was directly related to the army, and they were like the cousin 15th Division in the Zhiwan War, and they soon defected to the direct line.

The reinforcements were only one brigade and one division in total, and as a result, one division also defected, which made Zhang Jinghui, who was not Wu Peifu's opponent, how to resist, and under this good news, Wu Peifu led the army to attack, and as a result, the reinforcement Liang Chaodong's brigade was completely defeated, and even their brigade commander Liang Chaodong hung up on the spot.

"Isn't that good...... Bad......! After receiving the telegram, Zhang Huzi's heart "chuckled".

Zhang Huzi, who was sitting on the main seat, clearly noticed the change in the expressions of the generals in the room, and some of them were still making silent exchanges with their eyes, and they couldn't help but be secretly anxious in their hearts. After observing for a long time, he could only quietly glance at the two seats on the left and right, but found that they were silently looking at the teacups in their hands and did not say a word.

One king and one Yang are both Zhang Huzi's right-hand man, and the people of the time called Feng Tianwen "Wang Yongjiang" and Wu "Yang Yuting". Zhang Huzi saw that the humerus that these two people relied on every day were sitting firmly on Diaoyutai, and the uneasiness in his heart was suppressed by him, and he continued to sit in Fengtian and command the battle.

Speaking of the front line, in the case of internal and external troubles, Zhang Jinghui, the head of the Western Route Army, saw that the situation was not good, and even asked Zou Fen's relationship to intercede with Wu Peifu, as long as his troops withdrew to Jixian County, he was willing to be a prisoner in the direct army.

As a commander, he has the idea of not being able to fight, let alone a soldier. After receiving the order to retreat, the Fengjun on the West Road was even more leaderless, panicked, and was soon disarmed by the direct army, and Zhang Jinghui became a real "prisoner" without going to the direct army's position.

The West Road collapsed, and when he heard the news, he had the heart to kill people. This Zhang Jinghui can be said to have made Zhang Beard miserable. The collapse of the West Road is equivalent to breaking one of Zhang Huzi's arms, and Zhang Huzi is not at ease to stay in Fengtian Yaoyao to give orders, and immediately ran to the front line to command the battle. The major and minor affairs of Fengtian have been entrusted to a special person to manage them on their behalf.

Zhang Huzi can be said to have exhausted himself in this war, thinking of everything he could think of, and preparing everything he could prepare. The meticulousness of his preparations is reflected in many small details, such as the wrapping cloth around the soldier's arm. Because at that time, the national army actually did not have much difference in clothing, they were all Beiyang military uniforms, and it was really impossible to distinguish who was whose soldier in case of confusion. A wrap must then be wrapped around the arm to distinguish it. Wu Peifu's army was red in color, and Zhang's bearded army was blue and yellow. First of all, in the choice of color, Zhang Beard won Wu Peifu. Because yellow and blue cloth is difficult to buy and not easy to counterfeit, and red cloth is available in various villages, Wu Peifu can only take red as a logo.

However, even after such careful preparations, the result after the start of the war made Zhang Huzi quite helpless, the war is not determined by weapons and morale alone, and the assessment is a comprehensive ability.

In fact, as early as the first day of the war, Zhang Huzi received the news of the defeat of Feng's army. On the 29th, Feng Yu led his army to attack Feng's army in Changxindian, and when it was close to noon, Feng's army retreated to the vicinity of Lugou Bridge. This kind of melee situation involved a total of three battlefields, and "its ferocity is rare in Chinese warfare." The embassies of various countries in Jixian County have warned the expatriates of their respective countries to quickly avoid the disaster and move to the city, and they have also added a lot of guards, just for fear of being robbed by the defeated army, as for which defeated soldier, they really don't know.

Zhang ran to the front line, and saw that the west road was defeated, and there was also the middle road, and his heart was slightly relieved. The direct army in the middle of the road is led by the direct general Wang Chengbin, although the Feng army was also defeated and retreated, but the Feng army can at least defend the city, which is not the general Li Jinglin did this.

Although this arrangement made Zhang Hu a little helpless, it was much better than being defeated by the other party. But on the battlefield, the message is changing, and the middle lane that just made Zhang Huzi feel some hope was defeated again.

It turned out that the middle road encountered a 205 general, this Wang Chengbin did not hit the south wall and did not look back, he ate the scales and fought hard with Li Jinglin, attacked the city nine times in a row, and finally broke the city at any cost. Moreover, after the arrival of the reinforcements of the Feng army Xu Lanzhou, Wang Chengbin stabilized his position on the one hand, divided his troops to resist the enemy on the other, and then retreated, four times before and after, and finally occupied the periphery of Jixian County, making great contributions to the final victory of the direct line.

After the collapse of the western route and the failure of the middle road, Zhang Huzi did not give up and tried to stabilize the situation, but his opponent Wu Peifu turned his head and made a surprise detour to attack the rear of the Feng army.

Zhang Huzi even drove to the last Hope East Road to command, but along the way, he only saw the soldiers of the Feng army retreating frantically, and the defeated soldiers were like a tide, and now he finally understood that the general trend had gone. In order to prevent further losses, Zhang Huzi immediately turned the head of the car and issued a general retreat order, and then fled back to Luanzhou. Seeing that the Feng army did not organize resistance, the direct army took the opportunity to chase and fight fiercely, linking Langfang, Yangliuqing, and Junliangcheng. After the Feng army withdrew from Luanzhou to Shanhaiguan, they immediately relied on the favorable terrain of Shanhaiguan to dig trenches and set up formations in the area of Hongwadian and Wuquan'an in the west of the city, and held on for several days, and Zhang Huzi finally led the remaining more than 40,000 people to flee back to the northeast.

In the blink of an eye, there was no place for Zhang Huzi to stand within the Great Wall.

In terms of collecting military information, Zhang Huzi's strength should be very strong in terms of troops and equipment, and many news and newspapers also thought that Wu Peifu would inevitably suffer defeat. The outcome of this battle surprised everyone.

In fact, as soon as the battle began, Zhang Huzi understood why Wu Peifu had so much confidence, because the combat effectiveness of the Feng army was obviously not as good as Wu Peifu's direct army. The army does not know who is stronger and who is weaker in combat strength than it is equipped with equipment, otherwise the Afghan people would not have to fight. You must know that in the history of Afghanistan, it has fought with Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States, the three world hegemons, but none of these three countries said that they had subdued him.

For example, the Western Route Army of the Feng Department was flanked by the direct army in Changxindian, and the commander of the 16th Division, Zou Fen, defected on the spot, and the Feng Army collapsed on the whole line.

Why did the 16th Division mutini and turn its guns to attack the Feng army? This is where Zhao Yun is very puzzled, it stands to reason that Zhang Huzi will not understand the pediatric trick of "mixing sand", but why did he not "completely" incorporate this powerful army into his command. Since Zhao Yun's power in the north had just developed from within Mongolia, and the Feng faction had not yet penetrated into the upper echelons, some first-hand information could not be obtained in time. However, within two or three days, these news had already begun to "stir up" among the various warlords, and only then did Zhao Yun learn the details.

It turned out that the 16th Division was the old department of the deceased direct leader Feng Guozhang, and the former division commander Wang Tingzhen was driven away by the Feng Department, so Zou Fen was sent to succeed him. However, the division still belongs to the direct team in its bones, and the Feng department put the division on the front line and acted as the vanguard of this battle, which did not mean to let them be cannon fodder. Think about letting the army, which is still in the bones of the direct lineage, attack your own brothers. It would be strange if the 16th Division did not rebel, so they "abandoned the darkness and turned to the light" on the battlefield.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, Zhang Huzi was not wronged when he was defeated, from a tactical point of view, Zhang Huzi was suppressed by Wu Peifu, from a strategic point of view, it was said that Sun, Feng, and Anhui jointly attacked the direct system, but the main troops of the direct line all attacked the Feng system.