After finishing the combat deployment, Zhao Dongyun set his eyes on Chen Guangyuan, and then said: "Xiufeng, now that the situation is tense, I don't have much time to take care of the third town, and I have seen your efforts in the past few years, so you can help me manage this third town first!" ”

After Chen Guangyuan heard this, even if he had received a hint from Zhao Dongyun in advance, he couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, he had been waiting for the position of the third town for several years, and since the day the third town was established, he was waiting bitterly for Zhao Dongyun to hand over the third town to him.

Now that his wish for many years has finally come true, he immediately stood up suddenly, held back the ecstasy in his heart, and said loudly: "The rank is set to serve the commander to death!" ”

Zhao Dongyun stretched out his hand and pressed it, and promoted Chen Guangyuan to be the commander of the third town, which was something he had planned for a long time, with more and more troops under Zhao Dongyun's hands, he was now busy taking care of the affairs of the fifty or sixty thousand army, and there were many government affairs in the three eastern provinces for him to deal with, where there was time to be the commander of the third town, in fact, in the previous battle, the command of the third town was actually responsible for Fang Biyong and other people from the staff, and he Zhao Dongyun was just a name.

However, it is not possible to always let the people from the staff department deal with the daily combat affairs of the third town, Zhao Dongyun will sooner or later bring up someone to help him manage the third town, and now that this big enemy is present, throw out a third town, so as to strengthen Chen Guangyuan's allegiance.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Dongyun continued: "The Fifth Association Commander, let Kong Guanbei do it!" ”

After adjusting the two important positions in the third town, Zhao Dongyun just focused on arming the defense, and then waited for the arrival of the war!

And this war came faster than everyone imagined, just on the day of the 29th, before the Jingshi side even had time to hold the first founding meeting, Duan Qirui's forward troops had already arrived at the edge of Tangshan and made an offensive posture.

In the face of Duan Qirui's forward, Zhao Dongyun did not have the slightest softness, now he has actually completely torn his face with Wang Yingkai and Duan Qirui, and the war is just a matter of the past few days, plus in the past few days, he has urgently dispatched the second town of Fengtian from outside the customs and the first association of the first town of Fengtian and arrived in Tangshan one after another.

Therefore, while Zhang Huaizhi and Wang Ruxian's troops had not yet gone north, he had to start a war as soon as possible, fight first, and beat Wang Yingkai's morale and confidence down.

"Pass the order, from now on, don't worry about anything, call Lao Tzu!" Zhao Dongyun doesn't have any moral fetishes, and there is no psychological pressure to fight without declaring it!

That night, the full moon outside the entrance of Lin Tingkou was charming, and the light could be seen, and in this hazy moonlight, I could only vaguely see a black dragon coming slowly from afar.

"Brother Xiushan, the big guys have been holding back a lot of anger recently, so you have to make a fierce gesture to those in the Jingshi this time to let them know that we are not bullied!" Xu Bangjie looked at the troops advancing in the night, and said earnestly to Li Chun, the first co-commander of the second town of the Fengtian Standing Army beside him:

"This time, the commander was originally going to let Gu Lanyu lead the team to Baodi, but I told the commander that the first association of our second town is closer to Baodi, so we should take the lead, so I fought for this opportunity!"

Li Chun immediately said: Rest assured, the humble position will definitely not insult my second true name! ”

"Well, do a good job, now my Feng army is expanding the army, there are many opportunities in the future, whether you can seize it depends on your own!" After Xu Bangjie said this, he turned around and left with the people from the town, leaving Li Chun and others from the Fengtian Third Association.

Li Chun also turned back at this time, looking at his own troops marching in the moonlight, his heart was full of expectations, he needed a victory!

Not only Zhao Dongyun and the entire Fengtian Army need a victory, but Xu Bangjie also needs a victory, and he, Li Chun, needs a victory!

Li Chun, who was also a general of the Huai Army in his early years, and then invested in the training of Yuan Shikai's small station, thus establishing his status as a descendant of Beiyang like other high-level Beiyang officials, from 1902 to 1903 during his tenure in the coaching office, he had a close relationship with Zhao Dongyun, who was the assistant of the coaching office of the Beiyang Military and Political Division, and when Zhao Dongyun was promoted to the commander of the third mixed association, he was invited to serve in the third mixed association, so he was completely invested in Zhao Dongyun at that time, and served as a pipe band and standard commander in the third town. Later, he was transferred to the third co-leader of the second town of Fengtian.

Although the speed of this promotion is not full, but after reaching the leadership of the first association, the difficulty of going further is increased countless times, because this is not just a small step from the coordination to the control.

Although being an assistant commander is considered a high-ranking general, he is not a general in charge alone, and there is a Xu Bangjie above Li Chun.

Only when he becomes the commander of a town, or the leader of the mixed association, can he really become a general who can take charge alone, and there are actually only a few generals in the Soviet system today: Chen Guangyuan, Meng Enyuan, Xu Bangjie, Lin Yongquan. Among them, Lin Yongquan's identity as a general is too low, and basically the middle and high-level of the Soviet system know that Zhao Dongyun reuses Lin Yongquan in order to leave a henchman in Jinzhou, not because of how strong his ability is.

In other words, Lin Yongquan was able to climb to the position of the first town in Fengtian, not because of his ability and qualifications, but because of his loyalty to Zhao Dongyun!

And this method of relying on personal loyalty to the top is actually despised in the Beiyang system, at least Li Chun looks down on Lin Yongquan, of course, he will not know, in fact, he himself is similar to this type of person in the eyes of outsiders, if it weren't for the fact that he had a good personal relationship with Zhao Dongyun back then, he would not have climbed to the position of the commander of the association in the Soviet family, where there were many generals and casually pulled out a prominent warlord in later generations.

If you count the contemporary Soviet generals, you will find that many of them are famous people in later generations, such as Chen Guangyuan, Li Chun, Cao Kun, He Zonglian, Meng Enyuan, Wu Peifu, and Feng Delin, all of whom are familiar to later generations.

In addition to these historical celebrities, there are actually more talented generals that Zhao Dongyun has excavated and cultivated by himself, such as Fang Biyong, Gu Lanyu, Kong Weibei, and these people, each of whom is not inferior to the above people in terms of talent and practicality, and the large number of lions who have returned from studying abroad in recent years have attracted a large number of lions who have returned from studying abroad, and their military talent is even more than that of ordinary generals.

If you simply compare who has the most military talents under his hands, Zhao Dongyun dares to say first, and others in China will never dare to say second.

To ascend to the position in the Soviet system, which is full of talents, it is not much easier than the Beiyang position in the era of Yuan Shikai!

As a system with military power as the core, relying on military merits is naturally the best route to the top, which is also the reason why Li Chun is eager for victory.

As for whether this victory came because of a sneak attack, an undeclared war, etc., Zhao Dongyun didn't care, and he Li Chun didn't care even more.

A few hours later, near dawn, the moon had crept down and the whole land was pitch black!

"Are you ready for your fifth bid?" Under the dim kerosene lamp, Li Chun set his eyes on Feng Delin.

Feng Delin said: "The fifth standard of the department has been prepared and can attack at any time!" ”

"Well, that's good, since everything is ready, then don't delay, order the first artillery battalion in the rear, let them fire on time according to the plan!" Li Chun looked at the pocket watch in his hand, now the time is already five o'clock in the morning, and in another half an hour, the sky will begin to shine, and before dawn, his troops will attack!

Time passed little by little, and in the open space outside a certain forest a few miles behind, more than a dozen artillery pieces were lined up, and a staff leader put down the pocket watch in his hand, and then directly ordered: "According to the predetermined Zhu Yuan, fire the cannons!" ”

With his order, the artillery position, which was still shrouded in darkness, suddenly flashed with fire, and the muzzle flame that erupted when more than ten guns opened fire made this artillery position look dark and bright, like a rare star in the night.

And at this time, a few sleepy soldiers standing guard in the fourth town in Lin Tingkou suddenly heard something, it seemed to be a whistle, and it seemed to be a boo, but this voice was so familiar, it seemed to have been heard there.

However, the thought did not last long, and then a word came to their minds: "Shelling!" ”

When they came to their senses, they quickly lay down, and at the same time they were shouting!

But even if they don't have to shout loudly, in fact, the soldiers of the Fourth Town in Lin Tingkou already know about the shelling, why? Because the first round of shells had already landed, and the explosion was so loud that if you didn't know about the shelling, either you were deaf or you had already been blown up!

Almost instantly, countless soldiers of the Fourth Town got up from their sleep in a panic, and then, without even bothering to put on their clothes, picked up their guns and ran to the defensive positions they had temporarily dug yesterday amid the shouts and curses of the officers.

Although they don't know what's going on yet, it's not difficult to guess the truth, it's nothing more than Zhao Dongyun or a few other Beiyang bigwigs' troops coming over, no matter who called, it's always right to pick up a gun and conduct a defensive battle.

However, the sudden large-scale shelling still caused great confusion in a sign of the fourth town, although the line of sight was not good, Li Chun could still see the enemy soldiers running out of the firelight from the telescope, and immediately said to Feng Delin beside him: "Brother Ge Chen, it's up to you next!" ”

Feng Delin, one of the three giant bandits in western Liaoning, completely defected to Zhao Dongyun in the Russo-Japanese War, and now he is wearing a middle-level officer's fitted military uniform, and he looks decent, at least people who don't know his low level seem to him now, and he would never think that this person was a bandit back then.

"The ministry commands!" Feng Delin didn't delay too much, he soon went out, and then began to lead his fifth standard to attack!