Garrisoned in Rucheng, southern Hunan, was Liao Songyao, commander of the Second Regiment of the First Division of the Guangdong Army, Peng Linsheng, commander of the Third Regiment, and Chen Kehua, commander of the Teaching Regiment, stationed in Shatin. Almost simultaneously, a call was received from the forward post, and the troops of the 10th Front were discovered.

This is the southernmost point of the encirclement of the Jiangxi government established by the new government, and at this moment the main force of the Li Zongren government is starting to reduce the scope of activities of the 10th Front Army from the northern front, and Li Zongren has given the order that a dense and unventilated defense line like an iron barrel must be built, and no living thing can be allowed out of the defense line.

It's a pity that Li Zongren is not the leader of the Cantonese army, and besides, the close connection of one regiment after another is already very close, and Chen Jitang did not regard it as a major event. Just tell the regiments below to pay attention.

Chen Jitang is the most bullish warlord in South China after Zhu Peide and Zhang Fakui, especially after Feng Yuxiang fell, Chen Jitang came to power directly and was touted as the king of the South Heaven by the contemporaries. Of course, in view of the alliance with Li Zongren, Chen Jitang could not ignore Li Zongren's orders, and of course he would not obey Xue Yue's command.

Just some time ago, Chen Jitang was appointed by Li Zongren as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi-Guangdong-Fujian border region to suppress bandits.

It stands to reason that Chen Jitang should be happy to be awarded a heavy task at this time, but Chen Jitang knows very well that he can become the king of the South Heaven purely because of his own fate, and he has not met the warlord nemesis Liu Yuan, and now it is purely unwise to ask him to play with Liu Yuan.

However, Li Zongren urged again and again, and he had no choice, he also went to the south of Jiangxi, but the ghost knew how the soldiers in Jiangxi were so desperate, and after a big battle, Chen Jitang lost a regiment, and Chen Jitang completely dispelled the idea of entering Jiangxi.

Chen Jitang's alliance relationship was established in order to push Chiang Kai-shek, and now that Chiang Kai-shek has gone into the wilderness, the alliance is not so stable, although Li Zongren is willing to give up more interests, but Chen Jitang is very clear that he can't get caught up in the battle between the two dragons, and he doesn't want the Cantonese army to become cannon fodder.

The delay was the most appropriate idea that Chen Jitang came up with, and Li Zongren asked for the construction of blockhouses along the border with Jiangxi, but when Liu Yuan entered Xiangxi, the blockhouses in his jurisdiction were still not fully repaired. However, Chen Jitang knew that the Gui army could not be offended, especially when the Gui army was in charge of the central government, so he did not dare to disobey Li Zongren's order too much, so he could only continue to participate in the encirclement and suppression.

Of course, everything is verbal, he really doesn't dare to let him play with the 10th Front Army, the advance corps composed of two independent divisions and the teaching brigade is really not something he can touch, the prey is good, but he must also have a good tooth.

The order he gave to the Cantonese army was to repair the bunkers, defend the position, and never take the initiative to attack.

Just when Chen Jitang was most hesitant, a scholar came to him, 100,000 oceans, and the high amount of money directly frightened Chen Jitang for a long time without sleeping.

"This, I can be appointed by the national government to suppress bandits, do you think you can buy me with this money?" After all, he is a person who has seen the world, Chen Jitang has finally recovered, but he wants to blackmail, hoping to gain more things.

Xiao Xiucai's smile had a hint of disdain in his smile, "If Xue Yue's Central Army or Bai Chongxi's pseudo-Central Army said this, I might still believe it, but I really don't believe what your Southern Heavenly King said, do you really think that you are the opponent of our Tenth Front Army?" And Li Zongren, that poor ghost, rewarded you with 50,000 oceans once, don't think that we don't know anything, you only have two choices this time, fight or be honest Don't move" Xiao Xiucai was very disdainful of Chen Jitang's behavior.

"Hmph, do you really think that your Tenth Front Army is really invincible? You have fallen into a heavy encirclement, and although some of your troops have crossed the Xiangjiang River, but they have no ability to fight with me at all, as long as we work harder, we will let you feed the fish, even if we can only hold on, you will be crushed, Liu Yuan is ignorant, and he dares to stay in Jiangxi for the New Year, looking for death. Chen Jitang's words were full of schadenfreude.

"What if we are encircled, 40,000 of us can be killed from the encirclement of the Central Army and the Gui Army, not to mention that now when we have more than 100,000 people, and Commander Chen, I need to advise you, you had better think about it, otherwise when we clean up your people, the sky in Guangdong will not be you." Although Xiao Xiucai is not very old, he knows the way to negotiate, and if he can't say it positively, he will take the curve.

Sure enough, Xiaoxiu succeeded, because he found that Chen Jitang's face was even more ugly, and Chen Jitang shook his head and said, "Liu Yuan's subordinates have countless talents, no wonder the south and the north are fighting, the east and the west are invincible, I think there are a lot of scholars who wander for him, I really don't know how you people are blind, what are you doing with him, you go back and tell Liu Yuan, when I was in Huangpu, I heard of his name, he is a talent, I don't want him to die early, let the country lose such a countryman, But I will not disrespect the order of the central government, and tell him that the Cantonese army can not invade each other with you, so we will not fight you, and you will not attack our ideas. Hurry up and leave Shonan, it's also a good choice to go back to Jiangxi."

"Xie Lu, Deputy Commander Xie for your kindness, on behalf of Xie Lu, commander-in-chief of the Tenth Front Army, thank you. This is a bill of exchange of 100,000 oceans, please take it, it can be regarded as a reward for the Guangdong army, after all, it is not easy to be a soldier and fight. Xiao Xiucai didn't have much joy on his face, as if it was a very appropriate thing.

The 1st, 2nd, and 5th Divisions of the Guangdong Army, which had already gathered, suddenly received a call from Chen Jitang and told them to leave on their own and were not allowed to attack.

Looking at the Cantonese army, which suddenly stopped attacking, the three commanders on the front line suddenly understood that it should be the brothers of the secret front who played a role, as for whether it was the people of the elite alliance of powerful countries, or the secret stake, it is unknown.

At the same time, they also received Liu Yuan's order at the first time, not to attack and make the illusion of heavy losses, and at the same time to withdraw their troops in a big way, and at night, the large army crossed the river again together.

On the afternoon of 15 January, the soldiers who had just crossed the river retreated across the Xiangjiang River again, and Chen Jitang had to admire, "Although Liu Yuan is young, he knows how to advance and retreat. Of course, I also have to thank the soldiers on the front line, if it wasn't for their hard work, how could they seriously injure Liu Yuan and cause Liu Yuan to withdraw his troops! Therefore, Chen Jitang was also careless, and took out 50,000 of the 100,000 oceans he had just gotten to reward the soldiers on the front line. ”

The soldiers on the front line really thought that they had seriously injured the Tenth Front Army, and they had been rewarded by Chen Jitang, they were all overjoyed, and even Xue Yue couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, if Liu Yuan broke through the southern Hunan defense line, then it was really not so simple to trap it in Jiangxi.

Of course, when everyone didn't know what to do, the Tenth Front Army took advantage of the night to enter Hunan again, and this time it will definitely make Chen Jitang unlucky.