Originally, he served as the envoy of the town of Dongbian Dao, which was a great difference, but at this time, no one envied Zhang Zuoxiang, and he was ordered to be in danger. There are more than 10,000 men and horses in Dongbian Road, and the troops in the hands of Zhang Zuoxiang and Zhang Tinglan are only more than 5,000 people, and there is only one brigade.

The garrison division is also the establishment of two brigades, but the other brigade is all recruits, and there is still a big gap, which cannot be pulled to the battlefield at all, and only the original independent brigade can be used.

Zhang Zuoxiang was almost ready, and Lao Zhang also found him in person: "Fu Chen, your troops are thin, I think it's better to hand over the heavy artillery battalion to you, and kill Fang Wendong's rabbit cub for me." ”

Zhang Zuoxiang smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Yuting, the heavy artillery battalion can't be taken out until it is a last resort, and I want to fight quickly this time, the heavy artillery is inconvenient to maneuver, so I still stay at home, and it is not safe in Fengtian." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Zuoxiang grabbed Zhang Zuolin, lowered his voice and said: "Seventh brother, if the Japanese Kwantung Army directly attacks us, you will use the heavy artillery battalion to bomb the little Japan around the South Manchurian Railway to death, and then cut off this railway, then the United States, Britain and Russia These Entente countries will come out, and our Feng army will still have a chance to live." ”

Zhang Zuolin nodded: "Fu Chen, don't worry, Zhang Zuolin is a man who stands up to the sky, when it is really out of control, I would rather die standing than live on my knees!" ”

Lao Zhang is very clear about the situation in front of him, the Japanese want to take advantage of Yuan Shikai's claim to be the emperor, make trouble in Fengtian, and even use force to split Fengtian out, as a prince, Zhang Zuolin also has his own scales, Fengtian is not only his lair, but also the sacred land that gave birth to him and raised him, and it must not fall into the hands of the Japanese. At this time, Zhang Zuolin was ready to break the net!

After Lao Zhang sent Zhang Zuoxiang away, he also stepped up the deployment of troops, not only to defend against Feng Delin, but also to faintly point the spearhead at Japan's Manchurian Railway.

At this moment, on the road from Donggang to Fengcheng, a huge team was moving at full speed, all of which used horse-drawn climbing plows, a total of two or three hundred vehicles, like a string of small boats on the snow, moving quickly and flexibly.

There were a dozen soldiers on each climbing plow. Also loaded with gun rations, and the climbing plows behind were specially loaded with artillery, ammunition, food, tents and other military supplies. The soldiers kept waving their whips and whipping the animals that were already running fast.

The climbing plow, which was running at the front of the road, suddenly slammed down. It turned out that the horse that was pulling the plough fell to the ground. I saw that the war horse was constantly spewing white foam from its mouth and nose, and its whole body was convulsed, and it looked exhausted to death.

The soldiers had no mercy and jumped down one after another, pushing aside the plough and the dying horses, and the follow-up plough continued to advance. They threw the horses on the side of the road, and among the horses that were replenished behind, they pulled one over again and put it on the plow. Keep following up.

There are countless such cases along the way, and every dozen miles out of the road will die a war horse, and if it is time to climb the slope, there will be more deaths, and this army does not care at all.

In the entire Feng army, only Zhang Tinglan can be so defeated, he was originally going to go to Zhuanghe with Yang Yuting to garrison and block the Japanese from the city, but the news of Fengtian came, Feng Delin took the opportunity to make trouble, Lao Zhang could not send more soldiers, so he could only let Zhang Zuoxiang command a regiment of troops to deal with Fang Wendong.

After getting the news, Zhang Tinglan immediately looked for Yang Yuting, and the faces of both of them were very ugly.

"The Japanese are even more ruthless than we thought, and they have more cards than we estimated."

"That's right, the Zongshe Party, the Revolutionary Party, the Fang family brothers, Feng Delin, our surprises are really endless!" Yang Yuting frowned, and said with a stern expression: "Humble words, these cards are not terrible, what really matters is Japan's attitude, if they really want to take advantage of this opportunity to invade Fengtian, the liliang in our hands is far from enough." ”

"There's nothing wrong with it at all, but this kind of thing also has to be viewed from another point of view, the reason why the Japanese have hollowed out their arrangements is that they are not ready to jump to the forefront, they don't want to go to war directly, most likely because they want to create a general trend, so we have to compromise."

Yang Yuting also nodded, what Zhang Tinglan said was not wrong, but no matter what, the situation in front of them has deteriorated to a certain extent, and if you take a slight wrong step, it is very easy to attract Japan's armed attack, and then there will be no recovery, and they have a big stone in their hearts.

"What we can do now is two things, the first is to quickly eliminate the civil strife and not give the Japanese an excuse to interfere, and the second is to unite as one and show the courage to break the boat, only in this way can the ambitions of the Japanese be dispelled, and any retreat will bring big trouble."

"Humble words, what you said is not wrong, even if we want to retreat, where will we retreat, can't we hand over Mukden to the Japanese?"

Although the current Feng army is countless times weaker than in 918, the current Feng system, from Zhang Zuolin, who is at the helm, to cutting-edge cadres like Yang Yuting, all have a firm belief, that is, the Japanese must not be allowed to occupy Fengtian, and they can really work hard at the critical moment.

Zhang Tinglan was also very pleased: "Neighbor Ge, I calculated, let's go to Fengcheng, less than 200 miles, and Fengtian to Fengcheng will take more than 400 miles, more than twice the distance, my father wants to rush to Fengcheng, it will take ten days at the earliest." ”

"Humble words, do you want to divide the army?"

"That's right, in fact, the current situation reminds me of the part where Sima Yi dealt with Meng Da in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Fang Wendong is the capricious Meng Da, only by taking him down as quickly as possible, can Japan have no excuse to send troops, and without internal worries, we can concentrate on dealing with external troubles."

Zhang Zuoxiang rushed from Fengtian to Fengcheng, it would take ten days, if Fang Wendong used this time to stabilize the morale of the army and deploy defenses along the way, even if Zhang Zuoxiang's army went smoothly, if he wanted to completely wipe out Fang Wendong, I am afraid it would be delayed to a month.

There are so many things that can happen in a month's time, and the Japanese can use this time to reconcile their differences and reach a unified opinion, and then the Feng army will not be dealing with one Kwantung Army, but the whole of Japan.

And even if the Japanese do not send troops, they can use Korea as a base and cross the Yalu River. Aid Fang Wendong, at that time, it will be even more difficult to eliminate this guy.

Therefore, Zhang Tinglan weighed it again and again, and thought that Fang Wendong must be eliminated as soon as possible, within ten days, preferably about five days, to erase Fang Wendong from Shijie!

"Humble words, your consideration is not wrong at all, it's just that our Liliang is insufficient, and we can only use the strength of one regiment. And to plug the gap in the Zhuang River, it is not enough at all. ”

"If you don't have enough, you can't do without it, at this time, you have to fight for it!" Zhang Tinglan gradually made up her mind: "Lingge, you have eight hundred soldiers. Twelve artillery pieces, go to the Zhuang River as soon as possible. Set up all the machine guns and cannons. Deterrent the Japanese. I took the rest of the soldiers, starry and night, to eliminate Fang Wendong. ”

Yang Yuting shook his head again and again: "Humble words, your burden is heavier, and the cannons should be handed over to you." ”

Zhang Tinglan hahadaxiao said: "Lingge, you are there to scare people. Naturally, you have to bring more artillery, and you have to give Ma Zhanshan and them courage, and whether I can take down Fang Wendong is not a few more. Or a few less guns. ”

Zhang Tinglan knew very well in his heart that he was making a big gamble, he was betting that Fang Wendong was not ready for battle, the army was not attached, and his sudden appearance could make Fang Wendong completely collapse, so the number of weapons is nothing, the important thing is that he appeared with soldiers!

As for the Zhuanghe side, more powerful firepower is needed, not only to make the Japanese jealous, but also to give Ma Zhanshan courage, Ma Zhanshan's cavalry battalion is Wu Junsheng's troops, whether they have the courage to fight against the Japanese, Zhang Tinglan has no bottom in his heart, and must let Yang Yuting bring a cannon to suppress the formation.

"Humble words, you are arranging this way, you are determined that the Japanese have not made up their minds, if unfortunately the gun goes wrong, what should we do?"

"Retreat!" Zhang Tinglan squeezed out two words from between his teeth: "Preserve strength, fight guerrilla warfare with the Japanese, and consume them." ”

Sitting on the climbing plow, Zhang Tinglan's mind was constantly flashing with various thoughts, he actually didn't want to go to war with the Japanese, the gap between the strength of the two sides was too big, Zhang Tinglan had actually been working hard to fight for the independence of the Feng army, but Fengtian faced the threat of war from Japan twice in a row, is this the punishment brought by changing history, Zhang Tinglan felt a heavy pressure.

He was rushing towards Fengcheng with the army, and Fang Wenhua, who was lucky enough to run out of Donggang, also took his subordinates and ran to Fengcheng in embarrassment, he stumbled to Fang Wendong's mansion, and the two brothers finally met.

As soon as he saw his eldest brother, Fang Wenhua fell to his knees and cried loudly: "Big brother, I lost Donggang!" ”

Fang Wendong was signing an order at this time, as soon as he heard this, the brush immediately fell on the table, and the whole person was stupid, he had arranged a regiment in Donggang, and there were also troops of the revolutionary party, and the city defended by four or five thousand people, how could it fall so easily.

Fang Wendong almost couldn't believe his ears, he grabbed Fang Wenhua's clothes violently, and pulled him up from the ground: "Say, what the hell is going on, how could Donggang be lost, are you an idiot?" ”

"Big brother, don't blame me, it's all those revolutionary parties, they take everything, and they mixed in with the people of the Feng army, when we were fighting fiercely, there were traitors in the city, and as a result, the army's heart collapsed, and there was no way to clean it up, and the younger brother could only escape alone!"

"Why don't you die in Donggang!"

Fang Wendong fell hard, threw Fang Wenhua to the ground, and almost knocked Fang Wenhua unconscious, Fang Wendong was indeed scared at this time, and he was so scared from the bottom of his heart.

Under the instigation of the Japanese, he imprisoned Ma Longtan and provoked the banner of the Fengtian Protector Army, he thought that with his many years of prestige and the support of the Japanese, he could easily control the overall situation, and with the support of the Japanese, the whole of Mukden would become his bag.

However, the reality is always different from the ideal, and there are not many generals in the East Side Province who really support him wholeheartedly, most of them are on the sidelines, and not only the leaders of the troops, but even the landlords and businessmen are unwilling to support him, which makes Fang Wendong very embarrassed.

I was looking forward to the opening of the road at the other end of Donggang, and the Japanese aid was sent over, so he could show his strength, but it backfired, Donggang was occupied by the Feng army, and he was trapped in Fengcheng, so he became a turtle in an urn, surrounded by enemies, isn't this asking for his life!

Fang Wendong was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and he was at a loss. At this time, Zhang Tinglan's army was getting closer and closer to Fengcheng, and at this time, staff officer Zhao Pei suddenly came with news.

"Commander Zhang, Xue Jintang, who is stationed in the back of the Nine Dragons, has sent a telegram, he and Fang Wendong have fallen out, and he is willing to take his men and horses to assist us in attacking Fengcheng together."

When Zhang Tinglan heard this, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes, sure enough, Fang Wendong's subordinates were not monolithic, so he had a chance.

"Staff Officer Zhao, you tell Xue Jintang that as long as you can eliminate the rebels, his benefits are indispensable."

After Zhang Tinglan explained clearly, he gave an order to all the soldiers, let everyone overcome fatigue, work harder, and strive to get to Fengcheng as soon as possible, on the third day, Zhang Tinglan finally rushed to the periphery of Fengcheng, and the rebels in charge of guarding were all frightened, they looked at this army that seemed to fall from the sky, and they didn't know what to do. (To be continued......)