"The road in the world stops at the risk of Tongguan, the risk of Jin, but Tongguan and Shanhaiguan are the first names. The ancients said it really aptly. Most of the 8th Division of the Feng Army and the 1st Division of Henan passed Tongguan, and Liang Zhongjia was stuck between the steep mountain roads, and he couldn't help sighing, "If Chen Shufan really has the heart to defend Tongguan, it will be really troublesome for the central government." ”

"With the ability of the Central Army, no matter how dangerous Tongguan is, there is always a way." Although there is some flattery in Zhang Xiyuan's words, he is not completely talking about fakes, but he just looks at Cheng Shen's Henan First Division, which is equipped with more than 50 heavy machine guns, good guys, I am afraid that the three divisions in Chen Shufan's hands will not add up to this number, and the artillery regiment is also fully equipped, and the establishment of a division has been filled to the full quota of nearly 13,000 people, which is larger than the previous establishment of the Seven Towns of Beiyang, and he has seen the participating army, but the old subordinate Cheng Shen's division is better than the participating army. No wonder Cheng Shen is so desperate for the Northeast, and the other party really doesn't treat him as a miscellaneous card. Zhang Xiyuan also admired Cheng Shen's good luck, and it didn't take much effort to get on the towering tree in the Northeast, and his official fortune was much more prosperous than him.

"The Central Army also carries two heads on one shoulder, and Brother Min doesn't have to look too high." Liang Zhongjia said with a smile, "It's still thanks to Brother Han and Master Han, otherwise even if the Central Army can enter Shaanxi, the casualties are not a small number. ”

"It's all the prestige of the central government, how dare you take credit for your humble ranks, Master Han said that he was in poor health today, so he didn't come to meet the central army, and specially asked me to confess the crime, since the Zhensong army entered Shaanxi. After receiving a lot of benefits from Chen Shufan, at this time, when the Central Army entered the customs, he must not be able to pass that hurdle in his heart. Zhang Xiyuan whispered, while paying attention to Liang Zhongjia's face.

"It's also human, understandable. If this Chen Shufan hadn't rebelled against the central government for his own selfishness, he wouldn't have ended up like this. As long as you don't make mistakes in principle, the central government is also very tolerant of this trivial matter. Liang Zhongjia nodded and smiled, as long as the central army can be allowed to enter Tongguan, the overall situation in Shaanxi will be decided, and this little friction is really harmless.

"How's the situation on Brigadier Wang's side?"

"Division Commander Liang, Wang Xisan has led his troops to Xi'an to open the way for the Central Army, and it is also to prevent Chen Shufan from leading his troops to evacuate to southern Shaanxi or central Sichuan." Zhang Xiyuan said.

"That's fine. The soldiers are very fast, presumably Chen Shufan still doesn't know that the central army has passed Tongguan and Liu Zhenhua has taken refuge in the central government, if he is given time to react, it will inevitably cause complications, and each department only brings two days of rations and a small amount of ammunition, and becomes the division commander, you take a brigade of people to personally sit in Tongguan. I besieged Xi'an with Master Han, the whole division, and the fourth mixed brigade of Brother Yimin. Even if Chen Shufan could not be captured alive, the three divisions of Chen Shufan's descendants would be forced to land, so as not to be scattered in various places and harm the localities. ”

"This Han Runqing, I heard that he personally inspected the repair of fortifications in various places, and he can be regarded as conscientious." Chen Shufan looked at the large map on the wall. I was dazzled, and I couldn't help but rub my sour eyes, since I became the master of Xi'an and became this handsome, I rarely see these things anymore. I took it out suddenly, and I revisited what I had learned before, and I was really not used to it.

"Tongguan is dangerous, and the commander of the Han division is dedicated to his duties, with the terrain of Tongguan, as long as the ground is choked, even if there are many people in the central army, there is no way to get in. Staff member Qian Zhongwen said complimentally, with the central army marching westward, Chen Shufan's mood has not been good during this time, although he has made every effort to resist, but it is not recognized by the central government, after all, the legal system is not compatible, even if he temporarily occupies Shaanxi, I am afraid it is not a long-term solution, there have been a few people who have hit Chen Shufan's muzzle, of course Qian Zhongwen has to choose something nice to say, so as not to be scolded for being bloody.

"Master Han is so attentive, and it is not in vain that I trust Brother Maoye so much. Shaanxi is huge, with a population of tens of millions, and only a few people can win my heart. Chen Shufan sighed, and said to Zhang Zhigong, "Of course, including you, if you can keep the central army out of Tongguan this time, you will share honor and disgrace in the future, and share wealth and wealth, and I, Chen Shufan, am not an ungrateful person." ”

"The marshal is as kind as a mountain to the inferior rank, and now that Shaanxi is in danger, the inferior rank naturally has to advance and retreat together with the marshal." Zhang Zhigong said with some unpleasantness in his heart.

"Okay, with a few of your divisions blocking the Eastern Front, plus a few divisions in my hands, it's enough to do things." Chen Shufan nodded with satisfaction, during this time, he forcibly gathered some local armed forces, and reluctantly gathered the people of the two divisions, although the equipment was too old, it was better than nothing. Shaanxi Province is not rich, and the troops of all forces add up to more than 100,000, so the equipment is naturally not much better.

"Gancheng, I have a few jars of good wine there, and when you go back, you will also bring one with Maoye, this battle will be fought, and you can't exhaust your body."

Speaking of which, Chen Shufan added another sentence.

"Dashuai!" Zhang Zhigong's face fell, and he said with a sad face, "Dashuai, run away!" ”

"What?" Chen Shufan thought that he had heard it wrong, and looked at Zhang Zhigong in confusion.

"Governor Liu has already connected with the relationship with the central side, the central army has also passed the Tong Pass, and now it is coming straight to Xi'an, and the three divisions of Governor Liu's control zhì, and Zhang Xiyuan, Wang Xisan, two mixed brigades are also detouring, trying to surround Xi'an, Xianyang's three divisions in one fell swoop. While the opening of the encirclement has not been closed now, Dashuai, you should take some henchmen and flee quickly, there is no chance of winning if you stay in Xi'an. Although Zhang Zhigong is also Zhang Zhenhua's descendant, he has received a lot of favors from Chen Shufan in recent years, and he wants to betray Chen Shufan directly like Liu Zhenhua, and he is somewhat reluctant in his heart, even if he is still in the Marshal's Mansion at this time, Chen Shufan is likely to ask for his head in anger, Zhang Zhigong still can't help but give him some truth.

"What? Liu Zhenhua, Zhang Zhigong. You, you're so nice! Over the years, you have asked yourself, how do I treat you, a group of white-eyed wolves who are not well raised, eating inside and out. I regret that I didn't send troops to kill you in the first place. As a result of today's loss, bastard, no wonder Liu Zhenhua was so active in taking over the defense of the first line of Tongguan before, it turned out that he was not to monitor Zhang Xiyuan, but to take over the central army into Shaanxi, so calculating and scheming. has been hiding from me until now, it is you who are powerful, and it is also me Chen who is blind. Trust you sons of bitches. ”

Chen Shufan's fingers trembled and pointed at Zhang Zhigong, his heart was depressed and he couldn't spit it out, and he almost turned his back, just now, he thought that with the main force of the Sixth Division of Shaanxi, and some places were mixed cards, it would be no problem to block the enemy outside Tongguan, but he didn't expect that his confidence was just a joke in the eyes of the central government. The central government passed the Tongguan pass quietly and came all the way to Xi'an. If it weren't for Zhang Zhigong's reminder right now, if he was surrounded in Xi'an, he would either die in battle or be captured and imprisoned, and he would really shudder when he thought of the tough hand of the central government.

However, what made Chen Shufan even more chilled and resentful was Liu Zhenhua's outright betrayal. Only then did I remember that Liu Zhenhua, Han Yukun, Zhang Zhigong and others were not good people, and in order to prevent Zhang Zhenhua and the government from discriminating against them in Henan, several people did a lot of righteous things to kill their relatives. In the past, the brothers who worshiped the son, and even the clan uncle, and the brothers who violated military discipline were directly executed in public. What's more, he's an outsider who is not a relative. Chen Shufan thought coldly in his heart.

"Marshal, you run away, I can still be some masters now, order the troops to make a way, the Central Army has already advanced lightly, if you wait for the main force of the Central Army to arrive, then the Marshal will really be unable to fly." Zhang Zhigong was able to kill his relatives with righteousness, and he was still sitting in his current position, he also talked about faith and righteousness, and he had some personality charm, but at this time, he was so trained by Chen Shufan that he couldn't raise his head, and he still persuaded him bitterly.

"Okay, if you let me go to southern Shaanxi today, the friendship between us before will be wiped out, and in the future, I Chen will not be able to climb your Zhensong army!" Chen Shufan is also a person with perseverance, and he quickly came out of his anger in such a critical situation. The telephone in the stride hall walked over.

Zhang Zhigong withdrew from the Marshal's Mansion gloomily, maybe this is the last time he sees Chen Shufan, and the sky in Shaanxi is about to change.

Although Chen Shufan used the time of Liu Cunhou's deployment to reconvene some local forces and gather two divisions, there was only one guard brigade and three divisions that could really fight. And Liu Zhenhua has three divisions in his hands at this time. In the face of the lightly armed Central Army, Chen Shufan could not sit still, and directly fled to southern Shaanxi with nearly 7,000 people from the Guards Brigade and Liu Shilong, the first division of the Shaanxi First Division, while the remaining two divisions and one brigade fell into the encirclement of the two divisions of the Central Army and Liu Zhenhua's third division.

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"Chief Chen, is there something important to come to my imperial legation so early?" Kohata was not in a very good mood during this time, and the base camp kept urging him to put diplomatic pressure on the Republic of China, asking the Republic of China to withdraw its support for the Korean rebels, but the base camp refused to let go on the customs matter, and the Republic of China was also pressing step by step. How does this situation make their work unfold?

Recently, there have been repeated reports from the Mukden side of our country that guns and artillery are firing on the opposite side of the DPRK, and some shells and bullets have even crossed the Yalu River, injuring two civilians in our country, killing a cow, and collapsing another house.

"Chief Chen, don't you think your request is ridiculous? What is the matter with our army with the bullets and shells that the Korean rebels have hit? Besides, the large number of 79 rifles that appeared in the Korean rebellion and the kind of old bullets that were only produced by your country's arsenal seem to give our country an explanation. ”

When Kohata heard this, he was immediately annoyed, when did the Republic of China only hurt two people and killed a cow and was brought to the occasion of national diplomacy? This period of the Republic of China is really too much.

"There are also so many Japanese-style rifles in our country, more than ten times more than the weapons that appeared in North Korea, who do you think has suffered more losses?" Chen Youren sneered, and then said, "I have to inform Mr. Minister that the Shaanxi issue in China has been preliminarily resolved, and the north has been initially unified by the central government. ”

"What does your country's military mobilization have to do with our country?" Kohata Yukichi's face tightened when he heard this, and he said duplicitously.

"It may not be related, but our president has made it clear that if any more bullets or shells cross the Tumen River or the Yalu River, and the loss of our country occurs, our troops stationed in Mukden will have the right to counterattack on the spot to protect the safety of our people's lives and property. Chen Youren smiled coldly.

"If your army crosses the river and is attacked by the Korean rebels, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated, and then don't complain about our country." Kohata said-for-tat.

"This is natural, the annihilation of the whole army is also the lack of combat strength of our army, which has neither the ability to protect the people, nor the need to survive, but then again, our army stationed in the Dandong area has exceeded 20,000, and there are river gunboats, I believe that there is no force that can threaten this army." Chen Youren shrugged his shoulders and smiled, took out another copy of the document and handed it to Xiao Wan and said, "This is my country's ultimatum, please withdraw all assets and overseas Chinese in China within one month, and those who fail to withdraw within the time limit will be directly taken over by our government, and within half a month, we will also evacuate all the students, businessmen, and other Chinese personnel and assets in your country." ”

"Is your country declaring war on our country?" Xiao Wan said angrily, he had always thought that Qin Yu was just bluffing, but he didn't expect it to become a reality at this moment, since he learned about modern China, Xiao Wan had never seen such a tough side of the Republic of China.

"This is the severance of diplomatic relations, your country has been making a big fuss about our tariffs, so that our country's tariff sovereignty has not been recovered so far, and your country's patients are only affected by tariffs and increased losses. In the future, Japanese goods will no longer need to be relegated to the Republic of China, and there will be no need to pay tariffs, so naturally there will be no need to pay tariffs. Looking at Xiao Fan's angry appearance, Chen Youren felt an unprecedented burst of happiness in his heart, "If your country thinks that this is a declaration of war, then it is, our president has a word, for the sake of customs independence, he will not hesitate to start a war with any country!" ”

"I'm afraid that the Qin Patrol Envoy is the final leader of this matter." Kohata Yukichi smiled coldly, took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I will transfer this ultimatum back to China, I hope your country will not regret this reckless decision." ”

"It's just a battle, and there is no regret in dying!" Chen Qiong Huoran stood up, threw a back to Kohata Youji, and left resolutely. (To be continued......)