In Taiyuan, Shanxi, after Wu Fengling learned that the Feng army had captured Jurong, he did not express the joy that Zhao Dongyun's ally should have, but instead showed a sad face.

"Zhao Zihua's actions are too fast, we haven't even taken Shaanxi now, he has already taken Jiangbei and entered Jiangnan, and the days after this will not be easy!"

Wu Fengling said to himself, he knew very well the relationship between himself and Zhao Dongyun, that is, the relationship of mutual use, and the relationship of mutual cooperation.

According to the secret agreement between him and Zhao Dongyun at the beginning, Zhao Dongyun occupied North China, East China and other places after entering the customs, and he Wu Fengling went west to Shaanxi and Gansu, so Zhao Dongyun also specially gave him the title of Shaanxi, Gansu and Jin Province Patrol Envoy, but now Wu Fengling's title is not worthy of the name, the current territory is only one Shanxi, and even Shaanxi has not been able to take it, let alone take Sichuan and the like in the future.

As soon as he thought of this, he hated Zhao Erxun opposite. The federal forces in the south are so unbeatable, but you Zhao Erxun created a nineteenth town, so that his westward expansion strategy could not make much breakthrough.

In the past, the idea of winning Shaanxi and Gansu, and then competing with Zhao Dongyun after Sichuan, has been ruthlessly shattered.

Just what's next? Sit back and watch Zhao Dongyun dominate other regions, and then turn around and clean up yourself?

Or is it to directly send troops to the Jinghan Railway to give Zhao Dongyun a grudge behind his back?

These two choices made Wu Fengling very difficult, because these two ideas were not so good, and it was naturally not possible to sit back and watch Zhao Dongyun conquer Jiangnan and even other southern provinces, so that his Wu Fengling's fate would definitely not be better, but if he turned his face with Zhao Dongyun now, it would not be better.

Zhao Dongyun has always defended himself, the three divisions of the Third Army of the Feng Army, the former Eleventh Mixed Brigade of Shijiazhuang are all used to guard against Wang Shizhen and Wu Fengling, as long as the Jin Army slightly reveals the meaning of entering Shijiazhuang in the east, then the entire Third Army of the Feng Army is estimated to have to march into Shanxi, and there is a nineteenth town on the side.

And there is also a very critical thing that the current Jin army's ordnance and ammunition are almost entirely dependent on the supply of the Feng army.

The rifles, artillery, bullets, and shells of Wu Fengling's troops were all bought from Zhao Dongyun, and Zhao Dongyun never sold them to him in large quantities, giving them little by little every month, which satisfied the Jin army and Zhao Erxun's battle, and did not give Wu Fengling any opportunity to hoard ammunition.

As for finding other ways to buy arms, this also has to be lucky, he is different from Duan Qirui, Duan Qirui is close to the sea, and it is very convenient to import arms directly, but Wu Fengling wants to buy arms, and he can get it in with a small fight, but if he buys arms on a large scale, it is estimated that he will be detained by Zhao Dongyun as soon as possible, because the transportation of arms can be through the Jinghan Railway.

Now Wu Fengling is trapped in Shanxi, and he can only watch the other warlords grow stronger day by day, while he is always standing still.

Wu Fengling didn't feel good, Wang Shizhen didn't feel good, at the end of last year, he was caught between Zhao Dongyun and the Southern Federation, he almost wiped out the whole army, and in the end, Zhao Dongyun didn't want to face the Southern Federation directly, and wanted to concentrate on killing Duan Qirui first, so that he and Wang Shizhen reached an armistice agreement, and Wang Shizhen was able to mobilize the troops from the north to return to the front line of Hanyang and stop Zhang Zhidong of the Southern Federation.

However, although he was blocked, he still couldn't fight the Wuchang Yangtze River defense line that Zhang Zhidong had operated for two years.

Like Wu Fengling, the current Wang Shizhen is also trapped in Hubei, unable to move at all, and can only sit back and watch Duan Qirui and Zhao Dongyun play very lively, but he can't find the slightest sense of saving.

It is not only him who can't find a sense of zài, but also Zhang Zhidong, Duanfang, and Zhao Erxun of the Southern Federation, although these warlords of the Southern Federation still control a small part of China, and the entire southwest region is under their control, but after losing the eastern coastal provinces, the situation of the Southern Federation is very bad, and now it can only barely maintain.

In particular, the low combat effectiveness of the Southern Union army is an unsolvable problem, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops in the air, but they have been pressed and beaten by the warlords of the Beiyang.

Whether it is Zhang Zhidong, Wang Shizhen, or Wu Fengling, in fact, their influence in contemporary China has declined very strictly, and not many people think that they can compete with Zhao Dongyun or Duan Qirui.

Now they are all watching Zhao Dongyun and Duan Qirui play the great cause of hegemony, not because they don't want to interfere, but they really don't have the ability to interfere.

And whether it is Zhao Dongyun or Duan Qirui who wins, which side of the victory will inevitably continue to launch a unified war in the future, and their days will be unlucky at that time.

To describe them in one word: lingering!

Not to mention these people, now the attention of the whole country is focused on the war between the Anhui army and the Feng army, and on the Jinling Campaign, and they want to see who can win this war that is related to who can unify China in the future.

On 8 April, after resting for two days and replenishing more than 1,000 recruits, the 1st Mixed Brigade marched eastward again, this time aiming directly at Zhenjiang.

Of course, the most direct strategic purpose of the 1st Mixed Brigade was not to conquer Zhenjiang, but to cut off the Nanjing-Shanghai railway between Zhenjiang and Jinling.

If you want to cut off a railway line, it doesn't mean that you have to capture an important railway station, as long as you control a section of railway line, you can cut the railway directly.

In order to cooperate with the 1st Mixed Brigade to continue its eastward advance, the 9th Division also pursued closely behind step by step, so as to prevent the 1st Mixed Brigade from going deep alone and exposing its flanks.

Now the task of the 9th Division is very simple, it does not have its own main attack mission, its biggest task is to cover the flanks of the 3rd Division and the 1st Mixed Brigade respectively.

When Bao Guiqing's 1st Mixed Brigade continued to advance eastward, and the 9th Division followed closely behind, Duan Qirui knew that it was time to make a decision.

Abandoning Jinling?

No, although Duan Qirui has made the decision to withdraw his troops many times, this time he wants to take a gamble.

Although Jinling is currently facing the joint attack of the 14th and 3rd Divisions of the Feng Army, relying on the 4th Division of the urban construction as the main force, the Anhui Army can resist relatively steadily, and at least it can form a state of attrition and tug-of-war.

The biggest crisis facing Duan Qirui now is not Jinling itself, but the danger that the Feng army will continue to advance eastward after the fall of Jurong, and his rear supply lines may be cut off.

Jinling couldn't give up, and there was only one choice left for that section of Qirui, that is, to stop the eastward momentum of the 1st Mixed Brigade.

As long as the first gangster brigade is stopped, then he may not have no hope of turning the tables.

Duan Qirui still has some hope for the 2nd Mixed Brigade, hoping that the 2nd Mixed Brigade will be able to break through the Dangtu defense line in the next few days and reinforce Jinling.

Just when Duan Qirui dispatched troops from other places in southern Jiangsu to reinforce Zhenjiang, the fierce battle between the Anhui army and the Feng army on Dangtu's side was also carried out to a terrifying stage.

Jin Yunpeng of the Second Mixed Brigade had already received several orders from Duan Qirui in succession, and these orders were all the same, that is, urging him to break through the Dangtu defense line as much as possible to reinforce the Jinling defense line.

And just this morning, Duan Qirui sent him a telegram again, this time the wording of the telegram was stronger than ever, asking him to break through the Dangtu defense line within three days, and then reinforce the immediate vicinity, and even instructed him to directly bypass Dangtu when necessary, in short, it is impossible to continue to consume in Dangtu, and if it continues to be consumed, it is estimated that the Anhui army in the entire Jinling area will fall into a crisis.

In the face of the 2nd Mixed Brigade attacking like crazy, although the 4th Mixed Brigade and the 33rd Regiment tried their best to block it, although the combat effectiveness of the Feng Army was stronger than that of other warlords on the whole, it was extremely difficult to fight in the face of the 2nd Mixed Brigade, an elite unit in the Anhui army.

In order to conquer the position of the remnants of the 33rd Regiment, Jin Yunpeng directly mobilized two regiments on April 9, and all artillery launched an attack on the regiment.

A day later, the 33rd Regiment was forced to retreat again due to heavy casualties, and this time the retreat was quite tragic, the first battalion that served as the task of breaking off was unable to withdraw, and fell into the encirclement of the Anhui army, although the fourth mixed brigade on the flank even sent a regiment of troops to come to the rescue, but although the first battalion avoided the fate of the whole army, but in the process of breaking through the more than 700 people of the battalion finally escaped only more than 400.

The loss of the 33rd Regiment allowed the 2nd Mixed Brigade to successfully obtain a road bypassing Dangtu and leading to Jinling.

After learning of the loss of the 33rd Regiment, Meng Enyuan quickly ordered the 4th Mixed Brigade to move south in time, and forced the 2nd Mixed Brigade to turn around by threatening the flank of the 2nd Mixed Brigade.

But in the face of the flank threat of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, Jin Yunpeng did not flinch at all, of course, he was not stupid enough to continue to move forward directly, ignoring the flanks, he made a decision that many people could not understand.

He led the 2nd Mixed Brigade to the north and directly collided head-on with the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Feng Army!

As a result, since the Feng army crossed the river, the biggest hand-to-hand battle between the two armies of Fengwan broke out!

Although Lin Pingxiong, the commander of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, wanted to delay the time, Jin Yunpeng, who was on the opposite side, immediately issued an order for the whole army to charge, without any artillery support, without machine gun support, and without any reserves.

When Tu southeast of Shangzhuang, it is as infamous as countless small villages, but today the Fengwan army of nearly 20,000 people has the most fierce collision here.