The situation in Hunan is deteriorating so fast, far away Qirui imagined. Fu Liangzuo, the governor of Xiang, sent the first division of the Hunan army to attack Hengshan, but was opposed by Lin Xiumei, the defender of Hengyang. Fu Liangzuo became a bare-bones commander overnight, and fled from Changsha by warship to Jinggang in the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River overnight in order to prevent accidents, but this was only the beginning of Fu Du's escape.

Tan Haoming of the Gui Army attacked Liuyang and defeated Wang Ruxian of the Eighth Division, diverted into Changsha, which was not defended by the Beiyang Army, and pursued Fu Liangzuo with a brigade of police officers. Fu Du's butt was not yet hot, and when he heard that the Gui army was chasing him, he had to hurry north to Yueyang, where Shang Zhen's Shanxi mixed brigade was stationed. Unexpectedly, Shang Zhen's Shanxi Mixed Brigade had no fighting spirit and low morale, and when he saw the overseers fleeing in defeat, they scattered in a hurry, and the angry Fu Liangzuo jumped to his feet and scolded Shang Zhen for being stupid, and he couldn't even control the troops. After several tosses, he finally gained a firm foothold in Linxiang.

Since the defeat and retreat to Hunan Province, Fu Liangzuo has been looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements every day, and he can't wait to cross the Yangtze River. But he was also playing a small drum in his heart, I heard that Zhi Shuai sent a baby brigade commander who was less than twenty years old, although he was well-equipped, but he had never fought a hard battle, in case Zhao Kuo was first-class on paper, Zhi Shuai was confused by his clever words and entrusted him to come, that can exhaust the three armies, and my old man will take his life.

Fu Dudu's family was not the only one who hoped for Wu Xiaoliang's reinforcements, and the situation of Wang Ruxian, the commander of the Eighth Division, was also quite bad, and he had withdrawn to Tongcheng in Hubei after being defeated by the Gui army. Wang Ruxian is still quite confident in his student, and let him come to Hunan to make a Nezha trouble, maybe he can smoke a few dragon tendons, so that he can give himself a bad breath.

Wu Xiaoliang's Fourth Mixed Brigade planned to arrive at Hankou via the Jinghan Line, then cross the Yangtze River from Hankou to Wuchang, and finally extend the Guangdong-Han Line south to Changsha. When the troops were transported to Puqi in the southeast of Hubei, they could no longer go south, and according to the people of the road guards, the railways in Hunan were picked up in many places and the transportation was cut off.

Going south out of Hubei, a large number of routs poured in from the south along the railway, and the big bags and small bags of resistance on their bodies knew at a glance that they were coming to plunder the people's property, how could the military discipline be corrupted like this? Wu Xiaoliang sent cavalry to expel him, only to learn that this was the rout of Shang Zhen's mixed brigade.

Wu Xiaoliang looked at the defeated soldiers in pairs in the distance and said in his heart, Shang Zhen was also a famous general of the Jin Sui Army in his previous life, how could he be so unbearable in the Beiyang period. Remembering that Fu Zuoyi was also born in Shanxi, he said: "Brother Yisheng has an impression of this business brigade chief?" It is said to be from Shanxi. ”

"I only heard that he was born in the Northeast Martial Arts Hall, if you talk about the region, he should be closer to Brother Wei." Fu Zuoyi was very relaxed, without the slightest tension of the imminent war. Fang Qidao was very dissatisfied with the two of them, and pulled the two of them back to the topic, "Let's go directly to Changsha or transfer to Linxiang next?" ”

Wu Xiaoliang studied the map of the two lakes more than 100 times along the way, and he had already made a bamboo in his chest, "Don't go, let's go to Pingjiang." He pointed to Fang Qidao on the unrolled map, "Here, let's go here, first set up the stall of the headquarters, gather men and horses, and beat the momentum out." ”

Fu Zuoyi suddenly asked tentatively, "Should we go and visit Fu Qingjie?" ”

"No need, the detour to Linxiang will delay for a long time, let's go to Pingjiang immediately."

After Duan Qirui waited for Wu Xiaoliang to lead his troops to the south, he felt that his identity was slightly embarrassing when he went to Hunan to fight fires as a brigade commander, so he immediately ordered Wu Xiaoliang to be the commander of the garrison in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the troops of the two lakes were all subject to his dispatch. In fact, this is an ambiguous appointment, but whenever a garrison command is established, the number of the troops under its jurisdiction must be clarified, and Duan Qirui only said that they will obey the dispatch, but in fact it is out of lack of confidence, Hubei is the territory of Wang Zhanyuan, and the army to which he belongs will certainly not obey the dispatch of an Anhui brigade commander, and the situation in Hunan is erosive, the 20th Division is completely gone, and the Hunan army has all been rebelled, and the available army may only be Wang Ruxian, the commander of the Eighth Division, who has a friendship with Wu Xiaoliang. Therefore, Duan Qirui's appointment of Wu Xiaoliang as the commander of the garrison was just to give him a righteous position, which showed that he was acting at the right time.

Wu Xiaoliang made full use of the advantages of his own position, and gathered the defeated troops with great fanfare, and his momentum grew stronger in October.

Tan Haoming, the general of the Gui family who occupied Changsha, has been busy cleaning up the situation, and he has the idea of becoming the governor of Hunan. At the beginning, Tan Haoming didn't take the baby brigade commander in his eyes, the most elite divisions in Beiyang were all defeated by himself, can a small mixed brigade still rise to the sky? In his eyes, the Fourth Mixed Brigade was a piece of fat to be eaten, and all he thought about was eating early or late.

The Fourth Mixed Brigade set up the shelf of the garrison headquarters in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in Pingjiang, and Wang Ruxian, the commander of the Beiyang Eighth Division, who retreated to Tongcheng, ordered his brother Wang Ruqin to lead a brigade into Hunan to threaten Yueyang and Xiangyin. The rout soldiers of the garrison headquarters also gathered more and more, and Tan Haoming was already faintly uneasy.

Tan Haoming finally ordered Wei Yongchang's brigade and Ma Ji's brigade to attack Pingjiang, and ordered Lin Xiumei, the guard of Hengyang Town, to lead his troops north, and it should be foolproof to combine the forces of the three brigades to exterminate Wu Xiaoliang. He personally led the first division of the Gui Army to drive 60 miles north of Changsha to deter Wang Ruqin's brigade operating on the Guangdong-Han line from Linxiang to Changsha.

In Linxiang, the governor and the governor finally looked forward to reinforcements, but the reinforcements spared him in front of him, and hurried south to Pingjiang. Fu Liangzuo felt angry and lost, although he was defeated, he was also the governor of Hunan, since you went south, you should accept moderation. It is said that the commander of the reinforcement brigade is a student who is less than 20 years old, and the little Huangkou is so domineering, so how can he be embarrassed by this governor.

After that, the news came that Duan Qirui actually appointed that Huangkou boy as the commander of the garrison in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and Fu Liangzuo finally understood that Duan Qirui had been completely disappointed in him, and his political career would be the end of his life. It is better to give it a go or have a turnaround, and then he sent a telegram to ask Duan Zhigui, the governor of Jiangxi, to send troops to aid Hunan, and on the other hand, he ordered Shang Zhen to gather the rest and cooperate with the Eighth Division Wang Ruqin's brigade to force Yueyang.

The Gui army stationed in Yueyang was cut off by Wang Ruqin because of the back road, and the army was disheartened, and as soon as Shang Zhen's army appeared, they scattered as birds and beasts. Wang Ruqin tossed for half a moon and was actually picked by Fu Liangzuo, jumped to his feet angrily, and scolded: "What is he Fu Liangzuo, without our masters, he would have been driven down the Xiangjiang River to feed Wang Ba." ”

Under Shang Zhen's battle, Yueyang greatly encouraged Fu Liangzuo's confidence, believing that the situation was still recoverable, so he sent someone to contact Wang Ruqin to prepare to attack Xiangyin. Wang Ruqin suddenly threw up his sleeves and left, returning to Tongcheng to rest, exposing him directly to the main force of the Gui army. At the same time, news came from Changsha that Tan Haoming personally led the first division of the Gui Army to the north.

Frightened, he sat on the ground and muttered, "How is this good?" ”

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