In August, the Battle of Xuzhou, which was personally commanded by the Qi Governors, failed, and after being captured, the Qi Commanders became the pawns of Wu Peifu and Wu Dashuai, and mobilized the troops of Yangzhou to the Yangtze River.

At the same time, the Hubei overseers on the Wuhan side were also Wu Peifu's men, and they were also moving east along the river at this moment, reaching Anqing, and Nanjing formed a flanking attack.

Nanjing can be said to be under attack on the back of the abdomen for a while, and the shape is in danger. The Qi Overseers saw that once the Hubei Overseers crossed the river, not to mention what the consequences would be if the Jiangnan was hit by a military disaster, what should they do if the Hubei Overseers were stationed and did not leave? So while the Hubei Overseers were still in Anqing, he immediately led the army to cross the river in person to occupy Jiangnan before the Hubei Overseers.

Although he was defeated in the north, he quickly found a new anchorage for the navy by Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu.

As early as two days earlier, they had obtained permission from the British to sail their warships into the Yangtze River a day earlier. As soon as the warships of the direct army entered the Yangtze River, it was tantamount to a signal for war.

Therefore, the direct army was not polite, and used the naval guns on the warship to control the shipping of the Yangtze River in the Nanjing area.

Zhu Xi was arming in the Ma'anshan area at the moment, so he lost contact with Zhao Yun for a while.

Communications were cut off, and the Nanjing side was unable to command Zhu Xi's troops east of Longtan. Fortunately, shipping in the south of the Yangtze River is not only the Yangtze River, with those small river ditches, Zhao Yun in Nanjing learned that the Qi army crossed to the south, and ordered Zhou Luo's division to be pulled from Zhenjiang to Nanjing.

But the plan did not change quickly, the information on the battlefield was changing, the stationmaster of Longtan Station was promoted by the Qi Governor's Army, and at 3 o'clock in the morning of August 26, under the guidance of an acquaintance, the Qi army occupied Longtan Station, and the traffic around Nanjing was cut off.

After Zhao Yun received the news of Zhou Luo's arrival, he ordered Qin Dahai, commander of the 14th Regiment of the 1st Division stationed in the eastern section of Ninghu Road, to lead his troops to counterattack Longtan nearby, and at the same time ordered Zhao Baoseng, commander of the 9th Regiment of the 2nd Division, who was driving from Zhenjiang to Changzhou to deploy defense, to return to the division for reinforcements.

Qin Dahai and Zhao Baoseng were both the guards left by Adjutant Sun to Zhao Yun back then, because Zhao Yun's expansion in Jiangnan was too rapid, so some department functions were cronyistic, so although these two had limited abilities, they were also mixed with a regiment commander.

After receiving the order, Qin Dahai led his troops to Longtan and expelled the Qi army from Longtan Station on the morning of the 26th. However, the Qi army still held the riverside, covering the army to cross the river one after another, and counterattacked Zhao Yun's army, and Zhao Yun's army gradually became overwhelmed.

Zhou Luo got the news, rushed from Zhenjiang to Longtan to take command, and transferred the first, third, and twenty-first regiments of the first division stationed in Gaochun, Jurong and other places, and galloped to the aid in the starry night.

On the evening of August 28, Longtan was lost again. The Qi army attacked extremely fiercely, and the Qi overseers also crossed the river in person and went to the Longtan Cement Factory to sit in the town and command the battle.

The 2nd and 14th regiments of the 1st Division were outnumbered and retreated one after another, and almost collapsed, and Zhao Baoseng, commander of the 9th Regiment of the 2nd Division, was wounded.

At this critical moment in the shape of the battlefield, the two regiments of the tax police corps formed by Zhao Yun rushed to the front line of Longtan in a timely manner, and the militia regiments in Liyang, Jintan, Wujin and other places under the command of Meng Shentong, the head of the regiment, also rushed to Longtan to fight.

The strength of Zhao Yunjun in Nanjing increased greatly, and the shape began to improve.

Wait until the battlefield situation eases down, and Zhao Yun has time to take care of it, where did this Qi Overseer Army come from? And how is the situation with Zhu Xi?

At midnight on the 25th, the Qi Overseer Army successfully landed east of Nanjing.

At that time, it coincided with the change of defense of Zhu Xi's 1st Division, and the original defense army left first before the replacement friendly troops arrived, so that the forward troops of the Qi Overseer Army occupied the position of the 22nd Regiment without bloodshed.

After the Qi army occupied the position of the 22nd Regiment, it attacked the position of the 7th Regiment on Wulong Mountain.

The 7th Regiment did not hear the sound of gunfire beforehand, and was suddenly attacked by the direction of the friendly positions on the right flank, and hastily responded to the battle, and four of the seven batteries in Wulong Mountain were captured by the Qi army.

After dawn, the reinforcements of the Qi Governor Army arrived and attacked the position of the Seventh Regiment, which was extremely violent.

The Seventh Regiment is worthy of being Zhu Xi's training of the old backbone troops, not to mention the courage to kill the enemy, but also to counterattack the enemy. After a fierce battle until noon, all the lost forts were recaptured, and continued to sweep eastward, after a tug-of-war, the first regiment was returned to the defense, and the seventh regiment withdrew to the original defense.

The Qi Governor Army claimed that this was a backwater battle, and it was even more determined to advance without retreating.

In the case of personally supervising the battle, the division fought hand-to-hand with the 7th Regiment several times, but was repulsed. Unexpectedly, the commander of the 22nd Regiment of the 2nd Division was hit by a stray bullet and hung up directly, the 22nd Regiment collapsed, and the main position of Qixia Mountain was captured by the Qi army.

Seeing that the situation was urgent, Zhu Xi telegraphed and ordered the Seventh Regiment to attack eastward from the Wulong Mountain position to recapture part of the Qixia Mountain position. The Qi army then stopped going deeper, returned to Qixia Mountain, condescended, and shot at the 7th Regiment attacking from the top.

Looking at the dazzling battle report, Zhao Yun's analysis head was dizzy, he frowned slightly, and said, "I'll wipe it!" What did this surnamed Qi eat? How did it become so powerful in such a short period of time? ”

At this time, only Shao Lao Er was left by Zhao Yun's side, and the rest of those who could fight, those who could fight, and those who couldn't fight were all sent to the front line to resist the army of the Qi Inspectors. Even that fat man Xu Peng was sent to pacify the bigwigs in the city and allocate grain and grass.

"Young master, have you forgotten that although this group of soldiers and horses is under the banner of Qi on the surface, in the final analysis, it is still surnamed Wu! Wu Dashuai is good at using soldiers, and the military law in the natural army is more perfect than that in the Qi Inspector Army, at this moment behind them is Wu Dashuai's descendants, they are the Supervisor Team, if the Qi Inspector Army's team can't beat the periphery of Nanjing City, then what awaits them is the punishment of the Inspector Clan! As small as being beaten with a military stick, as big as rectifying the Fa on the spot! Shao Lao Er said as he made a cutting motion.

"Shhh No wonder, it's all the same as taking a strong pill! Zhao Yun straightened out his thoughts and asked, "How is the current battle situation?" ”

Shao Lao Er pointed out the window, where the gunshots came from, "There...... It should be Qixia Mountain, which is the position of Division Commander Zhu Xi! ”

"Juxi? There are not many of his old subordinates, and they are all stuffed in the seventh and ninth regiments, and most of the rest of the regiments are upgraded from garrisons from all over the country, and their combat effectiveness is worrying! Zhao Yun originally wanted Zhu Xi and Zhou Luo to take the regiment-level establishment upgraded from these local troops, but first, the time was too tight, and second, Zhu Xi and Zhou Luo still based on the idea of "descendants", and organized many elites in the army into one unit, resulting in a very small number of troops with strong combat effectiveness, but more troops with very poor combat effectiveness. If there is enough time, then these problems can be improved, but unfortunately Zhao Yun's enemies came too quickly.

On the 26th, the north and south repeatedly rushed and fought on the highlands around the foothills of Qixia Mountain for a day and night. The Qi Commander's Army defended to the death, and the first and third battalions of the Seventh Regiment advanced without retreating.

The battlefield was filled with artillery fire, the corpses of both sides were in disarray, and the battle situation was so tragic that Zhao Yun had only seen it since he started fighting.

Both sides even sent planes to provide air support, and due to the large number of planes on Zhao Yun's side, the planes of the Qi Overseers only showed their heads in the air, and hurriedly dropped supplies and bombs and fled.

However, the "greening" at the foot of Qixia Mountain at this time was very good, and in addition to bombing some artillery positions of the Qi army in the air, there was really nothing to do about the Qi army hidden in the trees.

The two sides fought fiercely until the early morning of the 27th, and the high ground around the foothills of Qixia Mountain was conquered by the 7th Regiment. Hundreds of remnants of the Qi army retreated to the top of the mountain, waiting for reinforcements. The 7th Regiment encircled Qixia Mountain and continued to attack from the back.

The Qi army defended to the death, condescendingly, firing volleys of guns and cannons, and rolling stones, all at once. The Seventh Regiment, under the personal leadership of Commander Li Mingrui, climbed vines and attached trees to the trees and charged bravely.

At that time, several British warships were anchored in the Yangtze River, and seeing that the Qi army had retreated to the top and the situation was critical, they brazenly bombarded the 7th Regiment that had climbed to the middle of the mountain with a 10-inch cannon. For a while, the cannon roared, the smoke covered the sky, and the vision of the Qi army on the top of the mountain was not clear, and the effectiveness of the down-to-earth fire was greatly reduced.

Li Mingrui took the opportunity to lead his army in a smokescreen, rushed to the top of the mountain, and captured hundreds of enemy troops on the top of the mountain.

After the capture of Qixia Mountain, the Qi army that crossed the river in the Wulong and Qixia areas was completely annihilated, and the Seventh Regiment also suffered heavy casualties and urgently needed to rest.

Zhu Xi ordered the 7th Regiment to withdraw to the original defense of Wulong Mountain, and once again returned the Qixia Mountain defense to the 1st Regiment for defense.

On the 28th, Qixia Mountain on the Western Front was captured by the Qi army for the third time.

The first regiment of scattered troops gathered in the area of Qilinmen outside Nanjing, and it was in chaos.

The plainclothes team of the Qi army has appeared in the area of Yaohuamen, and Nanjing has been shaken by the wind.

Government offices, radio stations, telephone offices, and newspaper offices took down their signboards one after another, and everyone gathered their luggage and prepared to flee. There was chaos in the city of Nanjing, and people were panicked.

The bigwigs living in Nanjing City from all over the country called several times a night to inquire about the battle situation from Xu Peng. Some people even said in horror: "Mr. Xu, Lord Xu, we are all people who do not deal with our direct family, don't you want to invite us to Nanjing as prisoners?" ”

That night, Zhu Xi strictly ordered Qin Dahai to lead his troops to attack Qixia Mountain and recapture it within a time limit.

"I'm rubbing, what's going on with this first regiment? Can't even hold a hill? Zhao Yun was too "eye-catching" for the appearance of this first regiment in battle, and even Zhao Yun couldn't help but have some doubts about this "first" regiment.

"Young Master, the predecessor of this first regiment is Lord Zhu Xi's descendant team!" Shao Lao Er replied through the roster.

"Zhu Xi's lineage? Then why is the combat power so unbearable? Zhao Yun wondered, Zhu Xi's strength is good, as his descendant, how could he not even resist a wave of attacks from the Qi Overseer Army, could it be that this kid is "releasing water"?

"But ......"

"But what?" Zhao Yun asked eagerly.

"Young master, you forgot, when you formed the Tax Police Corps, you asked Meng Shentong to pick people in various units. Meng Shentong transferred more than 400 people from the first regiment at that time, while the veterans of the first regiment were less than 800. ”