Xundian County, the gunfire that shook the entire county last night finally had an impact on the lives of ordinary people at dawn. At first, there were sparse four shots, and then they rang out like cannons.

Early in the morning, as soon as the meat seller Liu Butcher removed the two door panels of the store, he saw a group of soldiers with loaded guns running past him. This group of soldiers is by no means the same as the soldiers in his previous impression, with an iron pot-like thing on their heads, and the military uniforms on their bodies make people feel a kind of fear from the bottom of their hearts when they look at them.

Soldiers wearing steel helmets, carrying rifles with bayonets, walked majestically through the streets, walked to a street bulletin board, took out a large newspaper with red letters on a white background and posted it.

"Liu Laoqi, where did these soldiers come from, I shot all night last night, I was so careful, I was so scared that I almost jumped out!" Widow Xu is a well-known tofu Shih Tzu in the county, and she always likes to come to Liu Butcher to buy some cheapest pork liver and lung water and take it back to satisfy the children's cravings.

Seeing the rather beautiful Widow Xu coming over, Liu Butcher was about to incense her with a big mouth, but she avoided it, so she unloaded the last door panel, pulled out the basket under the board, fished out a piece of pig heart and lungs, cut a knife and pulled half of it, wrapped it in lotus leaves and threw it to her: "What are you talking about, there is only one soldier at two ends in three days, and Tian Dashuai's soldiers have just passed two days ago." I heard the gun, maybe it was a misfire! ”

"Ge Laozi, I shot in the middle of the night, and I thought it was a bandit crawling in, so scared that Lao Tzu didn't sleep all night." The owner of another steamed bun shop who was waiting to buy meat also scolded and chattered.

"There are few soldiers who do good deeds, no matter which commander he is, as long as he doesn't kill people and set fires. Multi-intersection"

"Dangdangdang......"

In the midst of a burst of discussion, the lame man in charge of beating the gong in the county town was carrying a broken gong and was beating it vigorously: "The bandits entered the city last night, and the county magistrate of Huize Zhang waved his army to help suppress them, and the bandits have been repelled. In order to prevent the bandits from coming back, a warning notice is hereby issued. ”

As soon as they heard the notice, the crowd quickly gathered around. Some people who could read had already read the contents of the notice. Similar to what Wang lame said, the county magistrate of Huize Zhang chased a bandit into the city, and finally repelled the bandits after a bloody battle, but the bandits fled overnight, in order to prevent the bandits from coming again, the county magistrate Zhang decided to implement martial law, no one is allowed to go out, and no one is allowed to openly violate the martial law order.

The small county town suddenly jumped for a while, but after seeing that there were soldiers in front of both the rice shop and the noodle shop to maintain order, and no one dared to raise prices, everyone's hearts were settled.

Whether it's a war, bandits, or martial law, as long as they can have food and water, they don't care.

At the gate of the city, Zhang Shusheng looked at a company that was waiting for the city gate, and the training was finally the time for assessment today.

Outside the city, the fortifications that began to be excavated overnight last night have now begun to take shape.

"Division commander, after we occupied the county seat last night, we raised the heavy machine gun and swept it away, which scared the old and young in the county, and I believe that no one dared to make trouble for us." The first brigade and the first regiment of the second brigade had all entered the city before dawn, and Tao Qian, the commander of the first brigade, accompanied Zhang Shusheng to inspect the construction of positions outside the city, and said on the side.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, jumped off a trench a few meters in front of the city gate, and personally checked the excavation effect of the position: "Well, after all, we are foreigners, and we can't just rely on reasoning, we must let the rich people in the city know our strength, so as not to always be troubled by these small characters." Now it seems to be working well, and the entire county has not been scratched by the overnight change of ownership. ”

I kicked a bulletproof crater in the ditch in front of me, and the dirt at the entrance was very tight, and at the level of this simple bulletproof crater, it was completely able to withstand the bombardment of small-caliber mortars.

The excavation of the positions of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade has been extended to the third trench 50 meters outside the city gate, which is to build a defensive system composed of three lines of defense just in case, the trench is curved, and the trench is connected by a communication ditch for three days, in which it is equipped with bomb craters and heavy machine gun bunkers temporarily poured out of quick-setting cement.

"The position is well dug, although the other side is only a division and a regiment, but in case they are careless and rush into the city, not to mention the loss of meat in hand, the chaotic street fighting will not only cause civilian casualties, but also add great trouble to us." Zhang Shusheng thought that he accepted Gu Pinzhen's order to assist in attacking Tang Jiyao on the surface, but secretly focused on the two counties closest to Huize, and felt emotional, he was also a warlord, although it was just to expand his strength, better develop his strength, and prepare for the future battle of national fortunes.

"Yes. The artillery battalion is in the county yamen behind, a distance of more than 1,000 meters, with Miao Renyi's infantry division, even if it is lucky to break through the city gate, it will be covered by the artillery battalion firepower. Tao Qian knocked on the steel helmet on his head and shook off a large lump of mud from jumping out of the trench.

Looking at the first battalion of the first brigade that has entered the position, there are thirteen heavy machine guns in the entire position alone, as well as the 37mm mortar, with such an effective defense, Xundian himself is going to be decided, Zhang Shusheng: "Gu Pinzhen asked us to go all out to enter Xuanwei, and asked us to attack Tang Jiyao from behind, but now our main force is behind Miao Renyi's department, this battle between Gu and Tang, no matter who wins or loses, Xuanwei and Xundian are ours." ”

―――――――― "Report, report to the division commander, something is wrong!" ”

Miao Renyi's troops had just been stationed in the area closer to Kunming and Qujing, and were about to ambush the troops, but suddenly received a report from the adjutant.

"What's the matter, what kind of system is panicked, we are not bandits, we are a regular people's [***] team." Today's Miao Renyi, in his early thirties, is no longer the thorny blue he was when Zhang Shusheng first met, and standing with the slaughterer who is a little older, he seems to be even more young and promising.

"Division commander, the day before yesterday, our seventh division had just left Xundian, but I didn't expect the back foot to be occupied. At this time, the back road of our 7th Division has been cut off!! ”

Miao Renyi was shocked, now that the situation is unknown, he also privately received a letter from Tang Jiyao, promising all kinds of benefits including 300,000 oceans and 2,000 Hanyang Manufacturing, he was hesitating, could it be that the troops behind him were sent by Gu Pinzhen to monitor him? But in the entire Dongchuan region, in addition to his own Seventh Division, there is only the Sichuan Army in Sichuan.

"Could it be that the Sichuan army has crossed the line?"

"The division commander is the man of Huize Zhang Shusheng. As soon as he was about to go back to urge the grain and grass, he saw a large army digging fortifications outside the city gate, digging a total of three trenches, and the whole fortification surrounded the wall that was not close to the mountain. The adjutant said with a bad feeling.

"Zhang Shusheng? Lao Tzu doesn't move him, he still dares to spy on Lao Tzu? Damn, I dare to take my things! Miao Renyi's face twitched, there is nothing to be cut off, it's a big deal that he won't go back to the Dongchuan area, there are more than 7,000 horses and more than 3,000 people in the reading group, and he is an uncle wherever he goes. But there are still more than 200,000 oceans that he stole for the purpose of raising military salaries in the city, and there are even a few concubines, all of whom are still looking for Dian. Now that Zhang Shusheng has entered the city, these things are all surnamed Zhang. It doesn't matter if Dongchuan can't go back or not, this breath is really unbearable.

"Division commander, Tang Dashuai has sent someone again."

While hesitating, Tang Jiyao sent a secret letter.

Miao Renyi opened the secret letter and looked at it, and his face suddenly changed greatly: Commander Miao, the commander has seconded one of the Guizhou army and one of the Gui army, and will wave the army to Kunming. If the commander of the Miao division looks back from me, Tang, after the war, he will be rewarded with the establishment of several counties and two divisions in Dongchuan.

"Dashuai, what should I do......"

The adjutant took Tang Jiyao's letter, and he frowned, Tang Jiyao threw too much bait in order to return to Kunming.

"Did Gu Pinzhen call?" Miao Renyi frowned.

"Yes, Gu Dashuai ordered Dashuai to immediately cooperate with other friendly forces, and at six o'clock in the afternoon today, attack Tang Dashuai who is entrenched in Qujing!!"

When Miao Renyi heard this, his heart suddenly became angry: "Urging and urging, just know how to urge." We asked for the 100,000 military salaries and 20 heavy machine guns that were urgently allocated, and what was the result? ”

"Gu, Gu Dashuai replied, at present, the armies are spending a lot of money, and the military salaries should be raised on the spot. As for the heavy machine guns, there were not enough of them, only three were delivered. ”

"Damn, Gu Pinzhen really wants the cattle to go to the field and plough the land, but also doesn't give grass to eat. Three heavy machine guns, let's call Hanako. In this case, don't blame Lao Tzu for not remembering the old love. A fierce light flashed in Miao Renyi's eyes, "Zhang Shusheng, Zhang Shusheng, I think there is no Gu Pinzhen this time, how can you still be scared." Lao Tzu is the king of Dongchuan in the future, and he just takes over those industrialists of yours! ”

When the adjutant heard this, he was also overjoyed: "Dashuai, there are countless factories under Zhang Shusheng, if it weren't for Gu Pinzhen's pedantic and repeated obstructions, we would have taken over a long time ago." This time, hehe...... The marshal, lowly and willing to lead the leading troops to recapture Xundian, all the way back to Huize. ”

"Don't worry, let's give Gu Pinzhen a big gift first, and then talk to Zhang Shusheng. With a few thousand members of the militia group, can they still fight against Lao Tzu's regular division? What's more, we helped Tang Dashuai, and he should also help to suppress it. "Thinking that there are nearly 10,000 horses under his command, if Tang Jiyao's troops are used to help, the thousands of people in the militia group will not be afraid.

Although the Xiaoqingshan area was very heavily guarded, he still heard about the fact that there were thousands of people under Zhang Shusheng, but he didn't know the inside story, thinking that it was a miscellaneous army adapted from some bandits.

Gu Pinzhen in Kunming was in a hurry to turn around in the military and political axe, Tang Jiyao led his tens of thousands of people and 20,000 people borrowed from Qiangui, and more than 60,000 horses from seven divisions, and was attacking Kunming in three ways.

"Dashuai, now we control more than 30,000 people, all of them have been retracted back to Kunming, and there is a division near Zhennanguan, a division of Miao Renyi, and nearly a division of Zhang Shusheng and the two militia groups in Turen, the strength of our two sides is actually about the same. As long as all the departments work together and retreat to Kunming, according to the fortifications, they are not afraid of Tang Jiyao. If we wait for an opportunity to counterattack, I think his tens of thousands of rabble will disperse. ”

A staff officer pointed on the huge military map of Yunnan, and several red arrows were already approaching Kunming, but Miao Renyi's department and Zhennanguan had not yet converged in Kunming, and Zhang Shusheng's department was still wandering in the Xuanwei area, hundreds of miles away.

"Alas, if all the ministries work together, what is Tang Jiyao afraid of. It's just that the school is incompetent, and I have tens of thousands of people, but I can only retreat to the lonely city. Miao Renyi was personally promoted by me, and if he was promoted, he would definitely be ordered to come to Kunming to garrison. It's just the one in Zhennanguan, I'm afraid it's unknown. Not to mention the militia groups that are low in combat effectiveness. ”

Another plan, Gu Pinzhen and his subordinates never came up with a feasible combat plan, and after thinking about it, they could only let the various departments meet in Kunming and fight a defensive battle with Tang Jiyao's troops.

"Report to the commander! The 13th Division near Zhennanguan called and said that the French had sent troops to harass our border on the grounds that the soldiers were lost. ”

"Fart, Kunming is in danger, the French haven't called for decades, how can they say that they will come over. Fuck, after Lao Tzu recovers, he must clean them up. Where is Tang Jiyao's ministry now? ”

"It's less than five miles from Kunming."

"Has there been a response from the Miao Renyi Department?"

Without waiting for the orderly to answer, another senator ran in and said happily: "Marshal, Division Commander Miao has already led his troops to arrive, and the Seventh Division is organizing to enter the north gate." ”

"Okay, Miao Renyi is worthy of being my cronies, and ordered the Seventh Division to defend the north gate on the spot, I want to see how Tang Jiyao can break through Kunming, which is heavily guarded by my troops, this time."

(To be continued)