Chapter 64 Is the Use of Soldiers Really Like God? Eight

In the night, a long fire dragon composed of hundreds of torches rolled forward on the ground in the southern suburbs of Beijing.

The topography of Beijing is mountainous in the northwest and flat in the southeast. The area from Fengtai County to Nanyuan Daying is even more flat, like a table, which is naturally a convenient place for the army to enter and exit. In order to shield the south gate of Beijing, the Ming and Qing dynasties spent a lot of money to build two camps of Fengtai and Nanyuan, one northwest on the bank of the Yongding River, and the other in the place of 134 kilometers south of Beijing, the straight-line distance between the two is about 12 kilometers, forming a horn in the southern suburbs of Beijing.

However, the more than 300 officers and soldiers of the second battalion of the model regiment (one company owed) sent by Chang Ruiqing did not take the road with the shortest distance between Fengtai and Nanyuan, but made a big circle to the north, inserted it between Nanyuan and Beijing, and then turned back to the south. It looks like you're starting from the city of Beijing.

Moreover, the banner carried by this contingent was not the five-color national flag of the Beiyang government, but a triangular Manchu dragon flag, and a large white flag with red letters on a black background -- this was the general flag of Bai Baoshan, the general commander of the braided soldiers, and several of them were captured by the model regiment in yesterday's battle of Xiaolin. In addition, these model regimental officers and soldiers who have long shaved their heads have an extra long and thick braid on the back of their heads!

Of course, this braid did not grow in just a few hours, it was "forcibly bought" by Chang Ruiqing from the ordinary people in Fengtai County at the price of a piece of ocean! I don't know how many big daughters-in-law and little girls have worked hard to keep their braids for many years, so that the hateful Beiyang soldiers cut them off with bayonets.

Chang Ruiqing's cheap younger brother Chang Ruiyuan was also in the queue, he was now riding a tall horse, wearing a straight Beiyang tweed military uniform, carrying the rank of lieutenant on his shoulder, majestically walking in the front of the marching team, surrounded by several strong-looking guards, all holding blue shell guns in their hands, looking around vigilantly.

Behind them was a long marching procession. More than 500 officers and soldiers lined up in a row, each holding two torches that were burning brightly! More than 500 people, 3,000 people walked out of this night! On both sides of the marching procession, you can still see telephone poles lying on the ground from time to time! I don't know if it's a wire or a telegraph or telephone line? Every time this "army" walked, a few "pigtailed soldiers" carrying axes would come out to cut down the telephone poles, and in less than half a night, seventeen or eighteen were brought down, and of course all telegraph and telephone communication between the city of Beijing and the camp in Nanyuan were cut off.

And such a mighty march soon alarmed the "13th Division of the Great Fresh Training Army" in the Nanyuan camp.

"Report, about 3,000 people from the Baibaoshan Department of the Dingwu Army have passed through Muxiyuan and are advancing towards the area of Dahongmen!"

"Report, the Dingwu Army Infantry suddenly opened fire on the cavalry on the front line of my Dahongmen! Our cavalry also fired back, and both sides rained down on bullets! ”

One by one, the cavalry rode as if they were flying, and reported the military situation with a nervous expression. The two brigade commanders, four regiment commanders, and the chief of staff of the town headquarters of the 13th Division all gathered in the war room of the town headquarters, and a large military map was placed in front of them, on which the chaotic situation of "enemy, us, and friend" around Beijing had been sketched in red and blue pencils.

After the night battle on 19 January, the 13th Division, which had been leisurely and leisurely, became unusually nervous. The cavalry regiment directly under the division set up a cordon on the plains around the Nanyuan camp, and the outer walls of the Nanyuan camp were also covered with officers and men with loaded guns and ammunition, and sandbags and machine guns were also erected around several camp gates such as the camp. And the artillery battalion directly under the headquarters of the 13th Division also set up more than a dozen 75mm field guns. However, the muzzle of the cannon is not directed at Fengtai in the northwest, but in the direction of Beijing City in the north! I don't know who I'm trying to deal with?

As for the communication with the commander Li Jincai in Beijing, he would call the Li Mansion in Beijing every hour to greet him, and every day he would send a staff officer to ride into the city to meet Li Jincai to ensure the safety of their master. Therefore, when they couldn't get through to the Li Mansion in Beijing an hour ago, the high-level officials of the 13th Division, who were guarding the Nanyuan camp, immediately realized that the situation had changed. A group of scouts was immediately dispatched, and they happened to encounter the "pigtailed soldiers" heading south.

And as soon as the two sides looked at each other, this group of pigtailed soldiers couldn't help but say, so they pulled out their guns and opened fire! The cavalry of the 13th Division was caught off guard, and the gunfire was already faintly audible at this time・・・・・・ in this regard, the big guy only had one feeling, Beijing City had changed again!

The pigtail soldiers must have taken down Li Jincai! Now it's time to surrender the 13th Division! This kind of suddenness seems to be an expected change. made all the high-level officials of the 13th Division present, especially Li Jincai's nephew Li Jinbao, all turn pale.

Li Jinbao looked at the night sky faintly shining with red light in the distance, and then listened to a burst of gunshots, and shook his head slightly: "It's over, the division commander must have let the surnamed Zhang be harmed." ”

He sighed heavily: "It's all my fault, I didn't fight well, and it affected the division commander and my colleagues・・・・・・"

A major general of the 13th Division waved his hand and said loudly: "Jinbao, I don't blame you for this, it's completely Zhang Xun's lack of righteousness!" He snorted coldly: "Regardless of the interests of the group, colluding with outsiders (referring to Li Yuanhong) to expel Duan Zhilao, and now he is restoring the Manchu Qing Dynasty perversely, and he still doesn't know how to repent after making the world discuss it・・・・・・ in my opinion, it must be that our division commander wants to set things right, and as a result, the plot is not secret to the person surnamed Zhang!" ”

Li Jinbao's face was a little ruthless: "We can't sit still!" It's a big deal to fight with the surname Zhang, our 13th Division has more than 10,000 guns, which is thousands more than the pigtail soldiers brought to Beijing by the surname Zhang! It's better to enter the city of Beijing and rescue the division commander! ”

Everyone was silent, the 13th Division did have more guns than pigtails, if it was really ruthless, not to mention defeating the pigtails to seize the city of Beijing, there would always be a situation where the fish was dead and the net was broken.

But the question is, is it worth using your own strength to work for a division commander whose life and death are uncertain? It's really spelled out, how can the brigade commander and regiment commander of the big guy still be? I'm afraid I'm going to go home and eat my own! Besides, Duan Qirui has been cobbling together the rebel army in Tianjin in the past two days, even if the 13th Division wants to fight with Zhang Xun, it should also go to Duan Qirui's big ship, right? How can there be a reason to post your own book to help Duan Qirui open the way?

Another brigade commander of the 13th Division stood up abruptly at this time, shook his head and said: "With our 10,000 people, I'm afraid that we won't be able to take Beijing even if we fight for our lives, and as soon as we fight Beijing, Zhang Xun may take the old and young of Division Commander Li's family!" Didn't we force the division commander to death? In my opinion, we still hold the Nanyuan camp, and at the same time send people to Tianjin overnight to contact Duan Zhilao and join the rebel army. ”

As he spoke, there was a chorus in the room. Several brigade commanders and regiment commanders of the 13th Division, including Li Jinbao, who had just said that he would enter the city of Beijing, all expressed their support.

At the same time, the battle on the front line of Fengtai has entered a white-hot state.

Zhang Xun, the commander of the pigtail soldiers, finally couldn't sit still and came to the front line in person this night, and was under the escort of a group of personal soldiers Goshha, holding a telescope, looking at the situation of the attack and defense in front.

The positions between the two armies had been smashed into a muddy mess, and the bodies of the pigtailed soldiers and the officers and men of the Model Regiment were lying in a scattered piece. The place close to the trench is even more shocking.

The sound of gunfire was still like fried beans, the rain of bullets was like weaving, and the smoke columns blasted by several 75mm mountain guns rose in the trench area held by the model regiment outside the Fengbei Gate.

After the sound of gunfire, there was an earth-shattering shout of killing!

The four battalion heads, nearly 2,000 infantry, formed a surging wave of people, and slowly pressed forward under the supervision of the officers. This is already the eleventh offensive on all fronts today! Now I don't know how many forces in the whole country are paying attention to this battle under Fengtai City, if Zhang Xun's fifteen battalions have spent a lot of effort and still can't take the small Fengtai, then the reputation of "the strongest soldier in the southeast" will be ruined, and then those overseers and division commanders who are still waiting and unwilling to send troops will probably have to take refuge on Duan Qirui's side! So Zhang Xun has to work hard now・・・・・・

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