Chapter 44: Under the Gate of Yongding
On the Beijing-Tianjin Plain in the Black Cave, hundreds of cavalry galloped on horseback, and the dust raised was hidden in the night like thousands of horses. The cavalry and horses did not take the main road, but the abandoned fields, after the death of the Qing Dynasty, the war was fought year after year, ten rooms and five emptiness, a large number of fields were uncultivated in early summer, and the battlefield of the cavalry was a horse and a flat river.
The 1st Battalion of the 15th Mixed Regiment under Wu Xiaoliang's command had been chasing Chen Xiuyan's platoon of the fleeing battalion for four hours.
"Go ahead and find your way." Wu Xiaoliang opened his mouth to order.
The two scouts rode straight ahead and plunged into the darkness, and returned in a moment. "The regiment commander, in front of him is Platoon Commander Chen, who was ambushed."
"Immediate support!" Wu Xiaoliang shouted loudly, although he came to chase Chen Xiuyan, who was a deserter, but the friendship of the robe Ze could not allow outsiders to put their beaks.
"Brother Yisheng, you led a series of flank detours." Fu Zuoyi led his troops to leave the team.
"Jingshan, let me charge head-on." After that, he pulled out his saber and shouted: "Students, follow me to kill the enemy and rescue the robe!" ”
Immediately, the soldiers drew their sabers and held them high above their heads, "Rescue the robes!" Rescue the robe! ”
"Kill—"
The cavalry charging head-on swept into the darkness like a thunderous wave, and Chen Xiuyan's platoon of people was beaten in pieces, if they hadn't arrived in time, they would have been in danger of being wiped out. The sneak attacker hidden in the darkness suddenly saw the other side's reinforcements roaring, and it was all cavalry, and immediately panicked, the officer shouted and scolded to stabilize the army's heart, put a few rows of guns, most of them were released towards the sky, the sound of horses' hooves was getting closer and closer, the sneak attackers finally began to flee for their lives regardless of a qiē, the cavalry arrived in an instant, the flat saber cut the skin and flesh of the military uniform, blood splashed, wailing everywhere.
The sneak attackers were crushed at the first touch, and the flank-flanking Fu Zuoyi Department also turned from a surprise attack to a massacre. The battle ended in an instant, Fu Zuoyi continued to pursue the sneak attackers, Wu Xiaoliang ordered people to clean up the battlefield and collect the defeated soldiers of Chen's platoon, many of the classmates who used to laugh together have become today's cold corpses, and Chen Xiuyan was brought to Wu Xiaoliang with a bloody face.
He scolded with a crying voice: "Despicable villain, I followed you to the horse factory to protect the country, and you sent someone to plot against me." ”
Wu Xiaoliang was scolded inexplicably, "What? Shall I send someone to plot against you? ”
"You just pretend to be confused, let me ask you, why did the guns given to the three platoons of soldiers have been tampered with? If you go into battle, you will die. There was another reason why he didn't ask, he was already a company commander when the National Protection Detachment was established, but after being reorganized into a mixed regiment, he was demoted to a platoon commander, and he had a great prejudice against this personnel appointment.
Wu Xiaoliang wondered even more, why did he ever do anything to him? It is true that because he is not a descendant and doubts his character, he suppressed him when appointing the company platoon commander, but he would not do such a thing that disregarded the friendship of the robe. He looked at Fang Qidao, he was the chief of the quartermaster department, could it be that he did it? This is not in keeping with his character.
Fang Qidao suddenly patted his head and remembered something, "When I gave the three rows of guns in the afternoon, there were not enough people, and the people of the model regiment helped me, did they?" "He didn't dare to resemble him.
If what Chen Xiuyan said was true, with his young master's temper, he was already full of appointments, and he was misunderstood by his own plots, so it would be strange if he didn't run, and it would be impossible for anyone to stay in peace. But now is not the time to investigate, the surrounding enemy situation is unknown, and Fu Zuoyi has not returned from pursuit.
"In this matter, I will definitely give Platoon Commander Chen justice when I go back, and now everyone will get on the horse to pick up Chief of Staff Fu."
Everyone got on the horse one after another, shouting, and the neighing of the horses mixed together, Chen Xiuyan wiped his face full of blood, and also pretended.
When the horse team caught up with Fu Zuoyi, the front had already exchanged fire, everyone dismounted and shot covertly, and in front of them was actually a well-built fortification, and their arrival brought a considerable shock to the defenders in the fortification.
Someone in the fortification shouted in horror, "Commander, reinforcements, they have reinforcements coming." ”
The regiment commander yelled: "Shout fart, didn't I see it?" If you disturb the morale of the army again, pull it out and kill it, and resist it for me. ”
Fu Zuoyi came to see Wu Xiaoliang, "Regiment leader, we have encountered a fortification, and the group that attacked us is hiding inside." ”
Wu Xiaoliang said fiercely, "The old tactic, a frontal feint, a sideways surprise attack. beat him down, find out the murderer, and give Platoon Commander Chen an outlet. ”
Suddenly, there was a commotion behind him, and a soldier said excitedly, "It's our mixed group, and reinforcements are coming." ”
"Reinforcements are coming......"
The men and horses who arrived were the second battalion of Dong Haibin's headquarters, and they even brought two Makqin water-cooled heavy machine guns, Wu Xiaoliang was overjoyed, and without asking the reason, he immediately ordered the machine guns to be erected in front of the enemy's fortifications. In a matter of moments, heavy machine guns spray tongues of fire and rain down steel bullets on the enemy. The model regiment was really strong, and under the cover of strong vitality, Dong Haibin took the lead in rushing to the enemy position. The defenders finally broke down, and fled in all directions, with the observant still dragging a black braid under the soldier's hat.
The first fortification collapsed, and in the second fortification, a white flag was raised, and the soldiers shouted in unison: "Don't shoot, we're going to shoot anyway, don't shoot......"
"These shit, surrender and surrender, anyway, it's against the fucking right." Chen Xiuyan sneered.
Not long after, the other party sent an adjutant to negotiate, it turned out that this was the defense line built by Zhang Xunbraid's army on the periphery of Nanyuan, and it was the Tian Wang Regiment of the 11th Division that assisted in the defense. The pigtailed army really didn't expect the rebel army to come so quickly, and it is said that they were still gathered in the horse factory to wait for the oath, why did they come silently? After the defeat and escape of the pigtail army, Tian Wang saw that the other party was coming, there were four or five hundred cavalry, according to the configuration at that time, if there were so many cavalry in a unit, at least the size of a division, a regiment could not resist it, so he decisively surrendered.
Tian Wang was secretly surprised, the leader of the rebellious army in front of him was so young, he smiled flatteringly, "Braided bandits are coerced, and they are also disobedient...... It is also a last resort, and now that the rebel army is coming, he is willing to work with the commander to make meritorious service and atone for his crimes. He and Wu Xiaoliang are both regiment commanders, and the rank is still colonel, so he didn't blush at all when he called the commander.
Wu Xiaoliang was not difficult for him, and said with a smile: "Head Tian's heart is to the republic, and he is committed to the success of today's rebellion. The Eighth Division will arrive later, so we have to strike first, so as not to be robbed of the credit by them. "The Eighth Division is one of the eight main divisions in Beiyang, well-equipped and strong in combat, Wu Xiaoliang pretended to be the Eighth Division Cavalry Regiment to make Tian Wang feel at ease.
"Wu Changzhi, the commander of the mixed brigade stationed in Nanyuan, is a close friend of the lowly position, and the lowly position is willing to go in person to persuade him to cooperate with the rebel army to defeat Zhang Wei."
Tian is expected to talk about the plan endlessly, and Wu Xiaoliang secretly said that it was a fluke, thanks to Zhang Xun's braid army, which was vulnerable, otherwise he would have suffered a heavy loss if he kicked on the iron plate. The scout suddenly came back and reported: "Regiment commander, the commander of the mixed brigade stationed in Nanyuan sent an adjutant to negotiate with the department anyway." ”
The fifteenth mixed regiment defeated the garrison regiment of Zhang Xun's pigtail army in the southern courtyard, and incorporated the Tian Wang's regiment, and the commander of the mixed brigade, Wu Changzhi, turned his gun to echo the rebel army, Wu Xiaoliang knew that the opportunity was rare, so he simply coordinated several troops to kill and run to Beijing City, and Zhang Xun's 3,000 pigtailed army fled all the way north to the wolf.
When the army marched to Fengtai, Chen Guangyuan, commander of the 12th Division of the garrison, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately turned his gun and went to Beijing with the rebellious army. Wu Xiaoliang, with the qualifications of a major and the head of the regiment, became the leader of the rebel army from all walks of life. Anyway, the division commanders and brigade commanders were afraid that Duan Qi would settle accounts after the victory of the rebellion, so they all cooperated with Wu Xiaoliang's reasonable requirements.
Nanyuan Airport even sent a plane with a bomb to stagger towards the city of Beijing, and it was later said that the plane dropped a bomb on the Forbidden City, killing a man and a dog.
Zhang Xun heard that the rebel army acted in advance, he was shocked and angry, in order to save the strength of the only 5,000 pigtailed army to withdraw into the city of Beijing, who knew that the commander of the infantry army Jiang Chaozong was not allowed to break the army into the city, a large number of defeated soldiers crowded outside the Yongding Gate, personally went to the infantry army commander Yamen to make it clear, but ate the closed door. He then sent a secret telegram to the Overseers in the provinces who had promised to sponsor the restoration, and for a time he was overwhelmed. The farce of the restoration is about to come to an end, and Zhang Xun's political life has also entered the countdown.
In the early morning of 1 July, the rebel coalition led by Wu Xiaoliang's 15th mixed regiment reached the outskirts of Beijing, and the morning fog had already dissipated, and Yongdingmen was in front of them.
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