Chen Shu moved to Yuanzhuang with the logistics brigade, and the front station was a cavalry squad led by the deputy company commander of the guard company, Jiang, and the whole army of Lu Yongxiang's troops withdrew from Yuanzhuang on the front foot, and the logistics brigade of the Mengshan Army on the back foot, including dozens of wounded soldiers, was stationed in this big village.

The strength of the guards is so weak, except for the cavalry squad led by Jiang Cunxian, that is, the transport company has twenty or thirty broken guns, and there is also a platoon in the guard company that follows the logistics section, but their task is to escort more than 200 prisoners, and they cannot undertake the task of guarding the logistics section at all.

Chen Shu met her uncle at the door of the newly set up medical center, and her uncle deliberately pulled her aside to make her smarter, this battle is too dangerous, if the official army touches it, you must protect yourself.

Chen Shu asked her uncle, "Where did the brigade let Long Qian go?" It makes us feel like motherless children, and we are scared. ”

"With so much baggage, how can you still fight?" Chen Chao sighed and said, "Today, Fang Zhilong Qian expected the enemy to be like a god, and the intelligence was so accurate, saying that the officials and troops of Yuanzhuang had withdrawn, they would really withdraw completely." In addition, look at these women and children, once they are formed, they are forbidden by order, they are really people who do great things. ”

Song Jinguo shouted to Master Chen, and Chen Chao patted his niece's head and left.

Chen Shuzhi said, her aunt and younger siblings are now in Yuanzhuang, but there are hundreds of people, and it is difficult to find them in a mess, and in addition, she has a task and can't run around.

Once stationed, the infirmary was the busiest unit, busy until the afternoon to free up for a late lunch. Soon after the meal, Zhang Hongcao ran over excitedly, "Let's win!" Won! Wiped out thousands of them at once! Battalion Commander Wang has already returned with his captives. ”

The news immediately sent a thunderclap of joy to the exhausted medical center. Including those who were not seriously injured, they all shouted excitedly.

Chen Shu followed Sun Juan out of the village and saw that the troops of the second battalion had already entered the village. Just like seeing a long-lost relative, Chen Shu and a group of female soldiers ran over, grabbed the soldiers of the vanguard company and asked.

It's safe now. With the main force of the Mengshan Army stationed in Yuanzhuang, the logistics department no longer needs to be worried.

Not long after Wang Mingyuan's troops returned, Ning Shijun also returned with the third battalion.

Ning Shijun, Wang Mingyuan, Feng Lun, Song Jinguo, Chen Chao, Xiao Guanyu and others briefly summed up, sent a company, and marched west along the road to explore the road. If that happens, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions will have to rely on Yuanzhuang to resist. Send a company, and more importantly, extend the cordon forward.

What are the officers and troops of the Western Front doing now?

After meeting with Cao Kun, Feng Guozhang's subordinates rested for a day and buried the bodies, including the bodies of the dead of the Mengshan army, which were buried in a large pit. Of course, there was no need for the commanders to do these things, so Feng Guozhang and Cao Kun, who had a very bad complexion, hurriedly studied the current situation.

Feng Guozhang judged that the Mengshan army had gone east, and nine times out of ten it was Benyuanzhuang. The team should be formed quickly, and the tail line should be followed, and the whole work has been done.

But Cao Kun disagreed. Cao Kun believes that this trip to Yuanzhuang, the journey is more than 100 miles, the mountain road is rugged, and the enemy can set up ambushes everywhere, so he must be careful. In addition, do you know that the enemy did not return to Zhengjiazhuang? Don't think that there is only a big road to go, this gang of thieves is not ordinary, they have strong marching power, and their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated. It's best to sit still and get accurate information.

There are three points to return to Zhengjiazhuang, but staying in Kuangtouji is cowardice. As far as Cao Kun's troops are concerned, Kuangtouji suffered serious losses in the First Battle, but the main force still exists, and it is absolutely impossible to consider staying in Kuangtouji or even planning to retreat to Yanzhou, so it is impossible to explain to Yuan Shikai, and Wang Shizhen's eastern front troops are ignored.

Feng Guozhang comforted Cao Kun, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and you can't be considered a defeat if you resist the enemy's onslaught and kill hundreds of bandits. Cao Kun was a little disheartened, if the battle of Maoyang Town a year ago was a careless defeat, this time it was indeed a hard-fought battle, and it was a fact that they repelled the Mengshan army, but what was closer to the truth was that they retreated on their own. And he lost all his artillery and most of his artillery, and the infantry also suffered heavy losses. The tragic battle scene of that night has been haunting Cao Kun's mind for a long time. For fighting against this bandit, Cao Kun was really cowardly.

Feng Guozhang was the commander of the Western Front and his old boss. Feng's orders must be listened to. The two argued for a long time, and finally agreed to return to Zhengjiazhuang first, where there were ready-made fortifications to use, at least invincible. So Cao Kun had to follow Feng Guozhang to the east again, and repeatedly warned Feng Guozhang to be careful along the way, lest he be ambushed. Cao Kun's demeanor made Feng Guozhang very funny, and after the funny, it was sad. I thought that the soldiers who came out of the small station were the best soldiers in the world and would be the best in the world, why was it made like this by a group of ringing horses?

All the way back to Zhengjiazhuang again, I didn't encounter any banditry. The two of them asked the villagers and confirmed that since Feng left in a hurry, Zhengjiazhuang did not even see a single hair of Mengshan Army. After studying and judging the situation again, it was concluded that the thief army went directly to the east after the defeat and retreat of Kuangtouji, and eighty percent went straight to Yuanzhuang, and then returned to Mengshan.

Feng Guozhang's intention was to immediately follow straight to Yuanzhuang and join forces with Lu Yongxiang's troops to attack the thief army. Cao Kun dissuaded again, calculate the time, the battle of Kuangtouji has passed for more than three days, and there is really a war in Yuanzhuang, and it will be over a long time ago at this moment. The most worrying thing is that the thief army didn't go to Yuanzhuang at all, but found a random place in this area to get up! This area is full of mountains and ravines, and it is completely their world! Moreover, these fools are all towards the thief army, so let's get in touch with Lord Wang first.

Feng Guozhang was right to think about it, and immediately sent a fast horse to Fei County to report the situation to Wang Shizhen and listen to the instructions of the supreme commander of the battlefield. The people who sent Lu had not yet returned, and two of Lu Yongxiang's routs who had escaped from the ambush circle on the mountain road had already come to report the news.

It's hard for these two brothers to flee all the way west to Zhengjiazhuang. Regarding the news of the rout, Feng Guozhang was skeptical, but Cao Kun believed it.

"My lord, the thief army feints to attack Fei County and set up an ambush in the middle of the road, and Lu Zijia is in danger." Cao Kun's heart was shocked, and he always felt that the enemy had returned to Zhengjiazhuang, "We must immediately think of a way, find a way." ”

The two who escaped back were both lower-level soldiers, and they could only tell the general situation of the ambush, but could not tell the final result. Feng Guozhang judged that what these two people said was true, it must be too late to rescue Lu Yongxiang, it took almost two days for these two people to escape here, and the battle was probably over. Or Lu Zijia broke out of the encirclement, or the whole army was annihilated. Immediately realized the problem of Fei County, and immediately ordered the team to be assembled, Cao Kun persuaded him hard, thinking that from Zhengjiazhuang to Fei County, the nearest road was Qiucun Road, and this road was simply a dead end for the officers and soldiers! Don't forget that Li Xiushan has already planted two big heels on this road! In case the thief army solves Lu Zijia and ambushes him in the middle of the road again, do we want to be Li Xiushan's second?

Feng Guozhang was furious, and for the first time turned his face to Cao Kun, scolding Cao Kun for having no friendship with his colleagues and sitting back and watching the suffering of his allies. Cao Kun was also anxious, and said Am I not for Lord Yuan's little capital? If these battalions in our hands go wrong again, the whole of Shandong will change!

The two quarreled in the house, and the messenger sent by Feng Guozhang came back, bringing back the exact news that Fei County had lost and Wang Shizhen's whereabouts were unknown. This completely stunned Feng Guozhang.

Of course, Feng Guozhang also thought about entering Fei County to find a decisive battle with the Mengshan army. But the idea was quickly dispelled. All four battalions of the Eastern Front were wiped out! This result is terrible! He no longer blames Cao Kun for his cowardice - the enemy is extremely strong, this is a force that cannot be insulted, and now what we need to study is how not to make Lu Nan as erosive as Lu Nan.

The battalion officers were summoned to discuss the night and decided to retire. He ordered Cao Kun's subordinates to return to Zou County and return to Teng County himself, as long as Teng County and Zou County were not lost, Yanzhou and Caozhou would be safe. The next day, the officers and soldiers who had occupied Zhengjiazhuang withdrew from the bandits' nest, who had studied the map many times, and left in a hurry under the watchful eyes of the villagers. The people had already confirmed their defeat from the demeanor of the officers and soldiers, otherwise they would not have left in such a hurry. Looking at the embarrassed posture of the officials and soldiers, the people who were interested in the Mengshan Army couldn't help but rejoice.

Zheng Du, who was overjoyed by the return of the troops to Zhengjiazhuang, went to the corner alone. His position was too low to influence Feng and Cao's decisions. Before many of the things he had planned to do had started, he had no choice but to leave Zhengjiazhuang with the team. The father is already a dead soul in the spring, and the elder brother has also become a concubine, and the burden of revitalizing the Zheng family's family business falls on Zheng Du's shoulders. He was going to do a big job in Zhengjiazhuang, and he was going to settle accounts with those mud legs who shared the ancestral products of the Zheng family. He had some friends in Cao's army, and they all supported his decision. But when he returned to Zhengjiazhuang, he only had time to implement the situation of the next two aunts and little sister in the past year, and he didn't do anything else, so he had to leave Zhuangzi with the troops. The third aunt is a slut, and it is not surprising that she betrayed her father, how can the little sister marry the bandit leader? Why don't you fight to the death? Zheng Du, who was furious, almost set fire to his ancestral house himself, but in the end he couldn't do it. He firmly believed that the official army would be able to exterminate this group of bandits who had brought him great humiliation, and that he would eventually become the owner of the Zheng family's mansion again.

Yuan Shikai personally drew up a strategy, and the carefully organized three-way siege came to an end. The battle, which was officially called the Battle of Feixian County, brought great shock to the whole province of Shandong, and there was a lot of noise in southern and southwestern Shandong. The three prefectures of Yi, Cao, and Yan were all under the threat of the Mengshan army. Feng Guozhang, who had withdrawn to Caozhou, greatly exaggerated the threat of the Mengshan army in his report to Yuan Shikai, believing that he could not hold Yanzhou with his current forces alone. Yanzhou, Caozhou is not safe.

Ask Yuan Shikai to send reinforcements quickly!

The situation in Yizhou is even more dangerous. Almost all the regular army was lost, Li Chun brought back less than 200 people, plus the patrol battalion and other old army troops, Yizhou's defense force was less than 1,000 people, and the loss of weapons was even more serious.

Ask Yuan Shikai to send reinforcements quickly!

The news of the defeat of the official army spread throughout Shandong at an incredible speed, and the capture of Wang Shizhen was the biggest gimmick among them. The people and officialdom are watching the movements of the Mengshan Army with an unprecedented panic mentality, where is this Xiangma armed force that rose in Lunan going to fight next?

Even Qufu was in a state of panic, and the urgent documents flew to Jinan like snowflakes.

The new army of Xiaozhan is an example of the new style of force in the imperial court, and now it has ended up like this, it has become a big laughing stock! The defeat to the Westerners is excusable, and the defeat to the Easterners is understandable (it was already practiced in Korea and Northeast China seven years ago). But the defeat of a gang of ringing horses is simply a great irony.

Yuan Shikai's first feeling after receiving the documents that Feng Guozhang and Li Chun arrived at almost the same time was that he didn't believe it, even if he read the formal documents in black and white, he still didn't believe it!

He said to Xu Shichang in a trembling voice, "How is this possible? How is this possible? That's 4,000 elites. ”

"Comfort Ting, calm down. You are the head of a province, the lord of an army, and the secretary is in the hands of thieves, and Yizhou is in danger. You have to get an idea quickly. ”

"What's the idea?" Yuan Shikai roared out, "Wang Pingqing is incompetent, Li Xiushan and Cao Zhongshan should be killed!" Lu Zijia, it's a pity Zijia, I don't share the sky with the Mengshan thieves! ”

"Comfort Pavilion!" It was the first time Xu Shichang had seen Yuan Shikai so angry. Even when he was in North Korea, in the face of palace changes and Japanese oppression, Yuan Shikai never lost his temper like this.

"Now let me explain to the court! My little station is a good soldier! Yuan Shikai sat on the chair in a daze, as if all the strength of his body had been drained.

"You can't fight. Even if the military strength of the whole province is concentrated, our army will not be sure of victory. Over there in Beijing, I don't think I should play it first, so I should go to Beijing first and talk to Prince Qing first. ”

"What about Yizhou? I'm not worried about Yanzhou, but Huafu's troops still exist and there is more than enough to protect themselves. Li Chun was already frightened," he jumped up and grabbed the urgent document that was thrown on the bookcase, "Look at how Li Xiushan wrote it?" Well? It's really incompetent, exhausting the three armies! Yuan Shikai recovered some of his spirits, "Fortunately, big brother, you are ready, bring more silver taels, and then leave for Beijing." ”

"Comfort Ting, I think, if only I had talked to them last time." Xu Shichang remembered Long Qian's letter to Yuan Shikai.

Of course, Yuan Shikai remembered the letter that he tore up on the spot, "Now, the thieves are rampant to the extreme, not to mention Li Chun, Feng Guozhang, even if I personally go out, they will dare to fight." Alas. Let's not talk about this for a while, the key is in Beijing, eliminate the misfortune over there, and it is always easy to deal with here. ”

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