Chapter 53: The Battle of Pingjiang (4)

Fu Zuoyi was silent, what Wu Xiaoliang said was reasonable, and he was indeed inconsiderate.

"What Brother Wei said is extremely true, I didn't think it through, but how should we deal with the current situation?"

Fang Qidao also looked at Wu Xiaoliang with concern, Wu Xiaoliang had already set a strategy, and if he won this battle, he would go straight to Changsha, whether Duan Qirui went to the field or not had to go as planned, and said with a smile: "First, call on the telegram to support Zhishuai, and then the whole army will go straight to Changsha." After saying that, he waved the telegram in his hand, "President Wang has called to support me in capturing Changsha, and immediately lead the troops south." In addition, Jiangxi has also sent troops into Hunan Province, and the balance of victory is tilting in our favor, and this is a great opportunity for our Fourth Brigade to take Changsha. ”

Fu Zuoyi's eyes lit up when he heard Wu Xiaoliang say this, "If it is so successful, Weizhong will not object to being the commander of the Hunan Overseer." "The overseer of a province is a feudal official who holds the power of life and death on one side, and the few people who fight for this position one after another are bloody, and he Wu Xiaoliang is at his fingertips, which is really envious of others.

When Wang Ruxian heard that his student Wu Xiaoliang had defeated Tan Haoming and even captured his brigade commander Wei Yongchang alive, he shook his head again and again and sighed:

"It's not easy, it's not easy!" In his impression, this student is brave and strategic, and values love and faithfulness, but he is not so strong that he led a group of recruits who had not fought in battle to beat the battle-hardened veteran Tan Haoming to lose his armor, which was simply incredible.

Defeat in Hunan was a piece of his heart, although he had joined forces with Ma Electric to oppose the war and anti-Duan, he still raised troops and went south to Hunan again to echo Wu Xiaoliang's momentum. When the Hengyang town guard heard that Tan Haoming had failed miserably, he returned to Hengyang overnight and did not dare to come out again. Wang Ruxian sneered, "Seeing the things that make the wind make the rudder, looking at the Hunan army, Zhao Hengti is still a figure." ”

Brother Wang Ruqin was very dissatisfied with his brother's dispatch to Hunan, "Big brother, Duan Zhiquan has stepped down, why are we going to help that kid surnamed Wu?" ”

"Confused, is my brother only going to help Wu Weizhong?" Wang Ruxian pointed at his brother with some hatred, and then said: "Brother is helping us ourselves, although Zhiquan stepped down, do you know what the provincial overseers think?" Now that Wu Weizhong is turning the tide in Hunan, it's time for the wind to change, it's only a matter of time before he Duan Zhiquan comes to power, and when the time comes, will you and my brother still have a way to survive if they are caught in the middle?"

Wang Ruqin couldn't figure it out, the two brothers took Hunan and became the overseers themselves, and who dared to touch them, why bother to make wedding clothes for others. But he has been in awe of his eldest brother since he was a child, and even if he doesn't think so, he doesn't dare to speak out again.

Wang Ruxian knew that his brother still didn't think so, but he could only sigh in his heart, the land of the four wars in Hunan, the focus of the game of all parties, if there is no support from the Beijing government, isn't it a fool's dream to stand firm on his own?

The 8th Beiyang Division went south out of Tongcheng, and Duan Zhigui, the overseer of Jiangxi, also sent a mixed brigade to the east. Tan Haoming was overwhelmed by one bad news after another. He has decided to withdraw from Changsha, and if he continues to stay in this place of right and wrong, his children will have to bury their bones in Hunan.

In Duan Qirui's private residence in Tianjin, Xu Shuzheng walked in with a telegram, "Zhigong, Hunan Wu Weizhong sent a telegram to Feng to support Zhigong's reinstatement." He also resigned from the post of deputy head of the 6th Army Department after Duan Qirui went into the wilderness and followed him to Tianjin.

"Oh? Wasn't he defeated in Hunan? ”

"That's Wang Shaofu's rumor, Weizhong has defeated Tan Haoming of the Gui family, captured the brigade commander Wei Yongchang, and Hunan is just around the corner."

Duan Qirui became excited, at the critical moment of planning the reset, the reversal of the battle situation in Hunan, as well as the telegram statement of his descendant general, undoubtedly added a crucial weight to the balance of his victory.

"The Overseers have arrived, right?"

"It's all here, and tomorrow we will have a meeting in Cao Zhongshan's Sun Family Garden."

Originally, tomorrow was the big day for the new premier Wang Shizhen to form a cabinet, but Cao Kun, the overseer of Zhili, and Zhang Huaizhi, the overseer of Shandong, came to Tianjin, and the representatives of the overseers of the twelve provinces of Beiyang gathered in Tianjin, and the Shanghai Protector sent his son Lu Xiaojia, and Zhang Zuolin sent Yang Yuting, one of the right-hand men of Fengtian. And Wu Xiaoliang's high-profile power-up once again made these overseers who held the power of the world feel like they were punching the air. Although the chaos in Hunan was just around the corner, they formed a rebel army and appointed Zhang Jingyao as the commander-in-chief of the Western Route Army, and Wu Xiaoliang's Fourth Mixed Brigade and Wang Ruxian's Eighth Division were under their control. The commander-in-chief of the Eastern Route Army was personally led by Cao Kun, the commander in chief, who led the third division of his headquarters into Fujian, and the armies of the three provinces of the Yangtze River were all under his command.

Duan Qirui was reinstated as prime minister with strong support from the Overseers, and Wang Shizhen stepped down after only three days of forming a cabinet. President Feng Guozhang is also disgraced, he gritted his teeth in Xinhua Palace, this Wu Weizhong has repeatedly blocked the front and spoiled his own good deeds, he has no way to take Duan Qirui, so he wants to find trouble with Wu Xiaoliang, a soft persimmon.

The 4th Mixed Brigade drove out of Pingjiang City, Yanmishui and advanced westward, preparing to go down Changsha from the Guangdong-Hanzhou Line. News came from the Beijing government that Duan Qirui re-assumed the post of premier less than half a month after he stepped down, and set up two rebel armies, the east and west, and the west route army was controlled by Zhang Jingyao. Fu Zuoyi was very dissatisfied with Zhang Jingyao's behavior of coming to Hunan to pick peaches, Zhang Jingyao was old and well-known, and the Beiyang government sent him, which was equivalent to acquiescing in the land of Hunan to him. What does it mean that the Fourth Brigade is still working desperately to make wedding clothes for others.

"Brother Wei, when will we be able to march like this, and now we should cross the water and go straight to Changsha." Fu Zuoyi clamped the horse's belly on the horse and wanted to go faster, but there were soldiers in front and behind, and the mount was blocked when it advanced a few steps, so he had to slow down again.

Of course, Wu Xiaoliang knew Fu Zuoyi's thoughts, the reason why he marched like this was the idea of subjugating the army without a fight, giving Tan Haoming time to calmly retreat, and the Fourth Mixed Brigade was stationed in Changsha without spending a single soldier, and it ended perfectly.

"Brother Yisheng, you can't run, and if you don't fight for it, you may not be able to get it. What's more, this place of the four wars in Hunan is not a good place to stand, and the local concept is extremely heavy. ”

Fu Zuoyi seemed to hear other flavors in Wu Xiaoliang's words, and his eyes lit up, "Brother Wei Zhong has something to like?" ”

Wu Xiaoliang did not answer his question directly, but made an analogy, "This world is like a big cake that has been made, you cut a piece, he divides a piece, and now that China's cake has been divided, you have to grab any piece of it, fight for your head and blood, and always guard against being taken away by others." With the current strength of the Fourth Brigade, in the opinion of Brother Yisheng, which piece should we win? ”

Fu Zuoyi was discouraged for a while, and said unwillingly: "The cake is all divided, is it possible to make another piece by yourself......"

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