Chapter 134: Prancing Horse Central Plains (7)

The city gate has not yet opened, the gunfire outside the city has gradually thinned, a little more than two hours before and after, listening to this movement, the horse team either ran or lost Jiang Gui left a god, ordered the team to stop, and went up to the city to see the city.

The horse team station was in flames, dozens of horses were galloping towards the city gate, and Jiang Guidi's heart was bleeding.

"It's all over! Ordered to go down, the whole army went out of the north gate and got on the train, and withdrew! Jiang Gui was also straightforward, and immediately ordered a retreat.

In this battle, both sides made mistakes. This mistake was based on an assessment of strength. Jiang Gui's question about Anhui Green Skin, I have always felt that it is actually like that. Zhang Xun is outnumbered, he is in Bengbu, he doesn't dare to say that he wins the battle, and if he can't win, he can always run away with all his beards and tails.

Li Xiaochuan and Gao Sheng, on the other hand, underestimated their own combat effectiveness a little. Don't look at the defeat of the Beiyang Army by the First Brigade in Anqing, it was a team composed of sixty percent of veterans. At present, the fourth and fifth divisions, thirty percent of the veterans are enough to choke. It is mainly based on the security forces, and the military skills are okay, but if you really see blood, you may not be able to withstand it.

So both of them were quite cautious, and they were both surprised when they came out. When the assault team rushed into the enemy camp, the resistance of the Qing army was basically not too stubborn, but there were hundreds of people guarding the house. Li Xiaochuan was worried that the casualties would be too great, so he ordered the fire. When it burned, the Qing army was completely chaotic and scattered and fled. The Anhui army took the opportunity to pursue and kill and smashed the enemy camp in one fell swoop.

The casualties were less than 100, the captives were captured in the early 1,000s, and the horses were captured more than 1,000.

Gao Sheng came back with the blocking force and met Li Xiaochuan. The two pondered for a while and felt that something was wrong, so they simply went directly to the train station in the east of the city. The victory came so easily, and both of them were bold. Li Xiaochuan immediately asked Gao Sheng to set off, set off again with the blocking troops, and by the way, he also brought the artillery of the brigade.

If you go to the top, your luck is not so good. Jiang Gui's soldiers were not holding burning sticks in their hands, and Jiang Guiqi, who had been on guard, set up three lines of defense. While hurrying to load the looted property in Bengbu and send it away, he was careful to take precautions.

Gao Sheng was stubbornly resisted, and fought fiercely for more than an hour and fought twice. The troops lost more than a hundred people to break through the first line of defense. It's dawn. As a result of the loss, Gao Sheng was distressed to death, and he fought for two hours last night, but he didn't have such a big casualty. The casualties were mainly due to the lack of large-caliber artillery fire to destroy enemy fortifications. Jiang Gui has been here for many days, and a lot of strong fortifications have been arranged around the railway station.

Gao Sheng was distressed, and Jiang Gui's question was scattered. It stands to reason that the defending side took advantage, but after three hours of fighting, three of the six battalions in their hands were disabled. This Anhui green skin is too tricky to fight, and his marksmanship is still accurate. Don't look at Jiang Guidi's hands, most of them are veterans, but the bullets these soldiers have fought in their lifetimes may not be as many as a new recruit in the Anhui Army. Fang Jianxiong didn't learn well, he learned the Yankees' tricks, and his marksmanship was fed by bullets. Every soldier of the Anhui Army wants to enter the army. At least half a year of military training. Live firing is carried out three times a week with at least 20 rounds each time. The marksmanship of the soldiers trained in this way is naturally not much worse. So when it comes to fighting, it's normal that Jiang Gui's soldiers can't bear it a little. Moreover, Jiang Guidi was bent on running. Passive defense, active attacker can calmly adjust tactics.

After more than an hour, Jiang Guidi added three battalions in his hand to the position, but none of them could stop the Anhui army from capturing the first line of defense. If I hadn't prepared in advance, I would have to explain it here today. What made Jiang Gui the most frightened was the pipe belt of the three battalions under his command. Not long after leading the troops to the battlefield, the brain blossomed. Jiang Guidi was quite heroic and went to the position, called a bullet to pass through his head, and knocked his hat off.

Seeing that the Anhui army was suspending its offensive, Jiang Guidi, who had palpitations, hurriedly ordered a retreat, and got on the train and ran away first.

This retreat is much more difficult than the attack, and if one is not done well, the retreat will turn into a rout. Jiang Guidi did exactly this job, he ran away first, and when the soldiers saw this formation, they ran away, and they beat a fart.

On Gao Sheng's side, Li Xiaochuan came up with the follow-up troops, met and discussed, and was about to change his tactics, when the front observation post reported that the Qing army had run away. The two chief officers looked at each other, slapped their thighs and said, "Chase!" ”

In this pursuit, Jiang Gui was greatly injured, with six horse battalions, six infantry battalions, and less than 1,000 people who fled back to Xuzhou with 5,000 guns. Seeing Zhang Xun, Jiang Gui was full of tears. The two really have the same disease, and they have both suffered Fang Jianxiong's losses. Zhang Xun hurried to comfort him, this guy was still quite righteous, and immediately said that he had a way, he could buy arms, and if there were arms, there would be an army.

After Fang Jianxiong received Li Xiaochuan's report, he was somewhat surprised. After this battle, Jiang Guidi's troops were wiped out, and the prisoners were captured with three thousand, how was this battle fought?

The telegram was handed to Jiang Fangzhen, and after reading it, the chief of staff said: "The Japanese have such a saying that in a war with the squadron, as long as they concentrate their forces to break through a little, they will lead to a complete rout." This phrase, at least in many armies, is appropriate. ”

Speaking of Little Japan, Fang Jianxiong snorted unhappily and said: "Sooner or later, Little Japan will look good!" ”

In this era, there are really few people who regard the Japanese army as the inevitable opponent of the squadron, and Jiang Baili and Fang Jianxiong can be like-minded in this regard. Both of them stubbornly believe that there must be a war before China and Japan, and the biggest imaginary enemy of the squadron is the Japanese army. However, this view is currently only circulating in the middle and upper echelons of the military. Sino-Japanese relations in this era are still relatively good. From the fact that the base camp of the revolutionary party is in Japan, it can be seen that most of the students studying in Japan still have a favorable impression of Japan. Moreover, the hatred between China and Japan is not so deep at present.

"Jiang Guidi's threat is gone, and now Ni Sichong is left." Jiang Fangzhen smiled and looked at Fang Jianxiong, which meant that he could make up his mind. Fang Jianxiong mentioned that Ni Sichong was a fire in his head, this guy made a mess in Fuyang, killed 5,000 innocents, and looted countless property, more ruthless than bandits.

"Gather the car for me, load it with the infantry, send it to Leng Yu, and tell him, what I want is not to be defeated like a duck, but to be annihilated! A Henan political secretary went to Anhui to kill people and set fires, but he was against him! Fang Jianxiong was still very angry when he mentioned this, it was precisely because of Ni Sichong's troubles that Fang Jianxiong had to give up the strategy of northern Jiangsu and give up such a large income as the two Huai salt taxes.

No matter how great Fang Jianxiong's ability is, he never thought of being an enemy of the whole world. Otherwise, he would have turned against the revolutionary party a long time ago, and those grandsons didn't have a good thing in Fang Jianxiong's opinion.

Fang Jianxiong was annoyed that there was a reason for the revolutionary party's incident, and the Military Intelligence Department had recently sent a lot of information, all of which were news from Shanghai and Nanjing. Now that Huang Xing has arrived in Shanghai, he is busy forming a provisional government and making peace talks with Yuan Shikai.

If you want to say that these people do not have the desire for reunification by force, it is nonsense, the problem is that the governors of all provinces have their own petty calculations, and few provinces are willing to send troops to the Northern Expedition. Wuchang is so dangerous, so far Hunan and Anhui have been more active in supporting. Hunan is easy to understand, Huang Xing was more active when he was there, and Huang Xing was from Hunan. In other provinces, such as Zhejiang, the new army is a town, and it would be good for you to send a standard. Tang Shou was well down, not a single soldier was sent, he clamored for the Northern Expedition all day long, and also shouted for the establishment of a provisional government.

It is said that Hu Hanmin in Guangdong sent Yao Yuping's 8,000 men, and when they arrived in Shanghai, the daylilies were cold.

That's not all, a national council of governors is held in two places. Wuchang opened one, Shanghai opened one. Everyone is making small calculations and trying to fight for more say in the new regime. Nima, when labor and management do not exist zài? A commander with a heavy army in his hands is leading the Northern Expedition, and Nima is in charge of the provisional government, and the telegram does not bring a single question. On the Anhui Provincial Government's side, it is much more honest now, whether it is Hubei or Shanghai, if there is a telegram about this and that, Li Muyan will be notified first.

Fang Jianxiong was strange that Yuan Shikai didn't move at all, according to his habit, he should have sent someone over to say. Right, make a price, it's easy to discuss, why bother to fight for life and death?

Fang Jianxiong really wanted to say to Yuan Shikai: "If you want to fight Hankou, you can do it at will, and Hanyang doesn't have to fight." There is heavy industry in that place, and Lao Tzu has taken a fancy to it. Let's discuss, you occupy Hankou, I occupy Hanyang. ”

To tell the truth, Fang Jianxiong's little abacus in his heart was very clear, and he never thought that he would fight with Yuan Shikai at this stage. After waiting for Ma'anshan to produce steel, the third phase of the arsenal in Wuhu was completed, and the production capacity was increased. Still can't talk about it, let's just put on a posture and continue to fight.

Jiang Fangzhen went out to arrange the battle, and Fang Jianxiong asked Duan Feng to send a report to Han Yan in Anqing, asking him to organize a group of pens and boast about the achievements of the Anhui army in the newspaper. At present, this publicity is really not enough.

In fact, the newspaper boasted that it was already very powerful, and Hu Shi'an, editor-in-chief of Wuchang's "Dahan Daily", wrote a report that fiercely praised the combat effectiveness of the Anhui army. When Gui Danchui led his troops to land in Hanyang, although Wuchang Hanyang was separated by the Yangtze River, more than 100,000 people flocked to the river to witness the arrival of the heroic Anhui Revolutionary Army.

On both sides, the newspapers in Shanghai are full of these news. Fang Jianxiong was touted by some newspapers as a contemporary Huo Qu's disease, and words like "Wolf Juxu" were written without money. The few newspapers that Gu Heng bought were even more lifeless boasting about Fang Jianxiong. What Yue Wumu, what Ban Dingyuan, it's not enough to see at all. Directly compared to Washington.

But then again, Fang Jianxiong extorted a sum of money in Shanghai, and the roots of Chen Qimei's hatred itched. Huang Xing was in Wuchang, and he also came back with a grudge. Therefore, on a series of issues such as the provisional government, some people subconsciously avoided Fang Jianxiong's existence.

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