The so-called defeat is like a mountain, once it begins to retreat, it is irretrievable, especially when the infantry meets the cavalry, today these two also know that they have encountered such a fast and agile wind cavalry of the other party, and they don't want to run.

Chengde was the hunting ground of the Qing Dynasty emperor, the terrain was open, and the last thing you wanted to encounter was the fast-moving military branch of the cavalry.

Seeing that these direct troops were disarming, Timur looked back at the defeated soldiers behind him, and was overjoyed in his heart, the opportunity had come! Originally, he was worried about how to conquer the fortified city of Chengde, but now no matter who is in the city, there are people on one side in his hands. It is impossible to take it if it is attacked by cavalry, but if you use the "Monk", there will be some chances.

He hurriedly galloped forward on his horse, looking for the surrendered direct line and the high-ranking officers of the Feng line of the rout.

In October 1921, Zhang Huzi was in charge of the Rehe Special Administrative Region and forced the Jixian County Government to appoint his subordinate Ji Jinchun as the commander of the Rehe Special Administrative Region. In the previous war, due to the slow military action, Ji Jinchun was held hostage by the retreating rebels before he could make any action, and had to withdraw from Rehe, and the 28th Division led by him collapsed on its own due to the leaderless group of dragons. Although he lost his land and army, his crime was still lighter than that of Zhang Jinghui on the West Road, so Ji Jinchun was able to get away with it as "unintentional" afterwards, but he still temporarily lost his military power and became Zhang Huzi's military adviser.

But Zhang Hu was busy resisting the direct army at Shanhaiguan, and the 4,000 stragglers of the wandering 28th Division were absorbed by Timur's Mongol horse team. Of course, most of their weapons had been lost, and they didn't even have much to eat, and if Timur hadn't taken them in, they would have gone to do their old job.

After collecting these two teams, Timur hesitated about where to go next, if he took Chengde, should he help Zhang Huzi copy the back road of the direct army, or should he go to fight the relatively empty Jixian.

"My lord, what should we do?" Timur asked his "boss".

"What should I do?" Zhao Yun is also very puzzled by this, he has just laid a large territory in the south, although he is a hands-off shopkeeper, but the representatives sent by various bigwigs still almost stepped on the threshold of the small county in the south of the Yangtze River.

Zhao Yun is still the same Zhao Yun, but his status is no longer the same, Zhao Yun who captured Nanjing is already a warlord, and he occupies the south of the Huahua River, so people from all walks of life cannot pay attention to it. In the face of the fierce eyes of all parties, Zhao Yun recruited people in the Jiangnan area, and at the same time, the military units in the camp were also secretly preparing to prevent what might happen, and there was no large-scale deployment of men and horses.

In the territory of Soviet Russia in the north of China, the camp soldiers, under the leadership of Shubutai, have not stopped, all the way to the north, but Timur will have to make a big move again, and Zhao Yun has to hesitate again and again.

As for going south to Shanhaiguan to meet Zhang Huzi, Zhao Yun also had this idea, but soon a military situation made Zhao Yun die of the heart of going to Shanhaiguan. As the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Feng department, Sun Liechen commanded the Feng army to launch a counterattack in the area around Qinhuangdao, and engaged in a fierce exchange of fire with the direct army Peng Shouxin and Sun Yue.

Due to the proximity of Qinhuangdao to the sea, it was bombarded by the Nassau-class battleships of the direct line and suffered heavy losses.

As for how heavy the losses were, the military situation did not say, but Zhao Yun estimated that they would use their remaining possessions to compete with the 280 mm caliber battleship guns, and it was estimated that the losses were not half a star. If Timur and they also went to Qinhuangdao, it is estimated that they would also be bombarded.

Zhao Yun, who had never experienced large-caliber artillery shelling, could not have imagined such a tragic scene.

At this moment, the two mixed brigades under Sun Liechen have now completely fallen into a bitter battle!

It's not that they are poorly equipped, it's not that they don't have many guns, it's that the caliber of the cannons is completely two grades. The heavy artillery of the Feng army has been lost in the previous battles, and it is not easy to hide some family funds, plus some of the heavy artillery captured by the Feng army, which is also left in Wu Peifu's Chinese army, which will be able to use small-caliber artillery.

Their catastrophe began the moment they discovered a black spot on the sea! I couldn't see the battleship in the distance clearly, but I heard a violent sound of air friction, and before the officer leading the team could tell him to avoid the shelling, the whistling sound had already followed.

"Cannon, shelling ......"

Before many soldiers could even comprehend what was happening, they felt the light of fire rise around them, and the ground under their feet trembled, and then a wave of qi visible to the naked eye passed through their bodies, and then their ears were enveloped by a huge roar, and then, many people were gone.

12 Nassau-class battleships with 6-twin turrets 280mm/45x diameter Krupp SK

The L/45 main gun is in a sea area less than 10 miles from the beach, facing the dense soldiers on land, at this distance, even if the gunner's skill is bad, there is a high probability that the shells will be sent to the head of the Feng army! The Feng army, which was counterattacking, was suddenly drowned in a stirred sand! The officers and men of Feng, who had no time to react to the flying shrapnel and the shock wave after the explosion, were like cutting rice, and they fell down one by one. A few days ago, the artillery attack on the direct army on the west road is now performed again on the body of the Feng army, but the direct army has a cunning commander, and the Feng army can only ask for more blessings in the artillery fire in the sky.

But the most terrifying thing is not the 12 main guns, after all, their rate of fire is there, the most lethal to the Feng army is the rapid-fire broadside single 12 150mm/45 times the diameter of the secondary guns and 16 single 88mm/45 times the diameter of the torpedo boat/anti-aircraft guns, they are unconcealed Feng troops in the open field that is equivalent to a slaughter.

In the face of no avoidance, the Feng army can only rush forward quickly, and must be mixed with the direct army, so as to avoid the constantly falling shells. But such a desperate charge caused many people to be knocked down by bullets fired from the opposite direct army, staining the ground below them red!

Still in the trenches, the fate of the Feng army who did not rush to the open space was obviously not much better, after the artillery fire plowed through the open space, they began to shoot at the trench again, but with the cover of the trench, the casualties of the Feng army dropped significantly, but no matter how their commander coerced and lured, the Feng army refused to stand up and charge forward, covering their heads one by one, nesting in the trench, silently enduring the shelling that did not know when it ended.

Although the shelling did not last long, even the low-ranking officers of the Feng army completely lost the intention of attacking, and in fact, these front-line officers found that Qinhuangdao, near the sea, did not have any geographical advantage for the Feng army.

This shelling lasted only about 30 minutes, and the navy in the immediate line stopped doing it, which was too much of a shell.

However, even in this short 30 minutes, the direct army had already achieved its intended goal, and nearly 4,000 officers and soldiers of the Peng Shouxin and Sun Yue divisions of the direct army raised their bayonets and launched a charge against the Feng troops who were completely stunned.

The result is naturally self-evident, two mixed brigades, beaten and retreated, if it weren't for Sun Liechen's misconception and hurriedly sent someone to respond, it is estimated that the numbers of these two brigades would have to be removed.

But even so, many of the soldiers who had been on the battlefield could not even eat after they were withdrawn, and some began to get ill not long after, and then died silently for a few days, and at first many people thought that they were scared to death, causing a small riot in the Feng army. Later, some veterans who experienced the Korean War explained that they were shocked and injured their internal organs, and then all the Bong troops knew that when the enemy was shelling, they should crouch with their hands on their heads instead of lying down close to the ground...... Those who know these are veterans who have survived many years of fighting, and before that, there was only the share of the Feng army to bomb the direct army, how could there be a direct army to bomb the Feng army, so many soldiers have not received relevant education, and after that, they have no after.

Shao Laoer, who had been on the battlefield and had been repaired by the Japanese artillery, naturally knew the power of the cannon, the king of war, if Zhao Yun used those twelve-pounder Napoleonic cannons in the camp to bombard the modern artillery of the direct army, the end could be imagined. If Zhao Yun builds Krupp's shore defense artillery by the sea, then he will undoubtedly expose his biggest hole card and how to deal with the Japanese army in the future. You must know that behind the Feng army is the Japanese army, and the Japanese are the biggest supporters of the Feng system.

After thinking about it and listening to the opinions of several camp heroes, Zhao Yun gave the order to attack, "Take Chengde!" ”

That's right, whether it's to copy the back road of the direct army or to fight the relatively empty Jixian County, you can't get around the big city in front of you. Of course, there is another important reason, according to the secret report of the European "monk" leader, those precious cultural relics can be placed in the temple to receive offerings, which can add a lot of money to the camp every day.

Thinking about the splendid palace in Chengde City, Zhao Yun's heart moved.

After collecting the men and horses of the two armies, interrogating and reorganizing for a night, Timur finally arrived outside the city of Chengde the next morning.

On a flat ground about fourteen or fifteen miles away on the south side of Chengde City, Timur and a group of Mongolian, direct and Feng officers sat in a circle on the ground, studying the topographic map of Chengde in front of them.

Next to it were 20,000 cavalrymen of the Timurid legion.

"Which force is currently guarding Chengde City?" As he spoke, Timur's eyes were closed, as if he was meditating, and this place was fourteen or fifteen miles away from the city of Chengde in the distance, let alone seeing the situation in the city, and even the outline of the city could not be seen.

Hearing this, a Mongolian general immediately stood up and clenched his fists and said, "At present, the head of Chengde City is hung with the banner of the direct army. ”

"Straight?" Timur nodded, twisted his beard with one hand and said lightly, "Which general is the direct line guarding the city?" ”