Those reporters just eat by mouth, Wu Qianqiu doesn't think that his mouth can compare to others, so after noticing their suspicious gaze, he doesn't plan to argue anything, but just wants them to see it with their own eyes with the idea of 'hearing is false, seeing is believing'—————— although he himself has only read a telegram.

However, Wu Qianqiu consciously still understands Liu Guangyuan, not to mention that the record this time is indeed too surprising, so there is no possibility of fraud, and the most important thing is that Liu Guangyuan didn't say that he had captured more than 3,000 prisoners of war? As long as you meet the prisoners of war, everything will be clear.

Seeing that Wu Qianqiu said so confidently, those reporters also doubted the letter.

"Forget it, let's go and have a look, didn't you say that there are a lot of prisoners of war, and when you see it, you will know what to say..."

Although no one knew which newspaper was in front of him, just like he said, he would know Lu Dao by looking at it, so after hearing his words, the other reporters nodded more.

"Let's go, let's all go and see...", and a reporter had already taken the lead out of the room, and since someone had taken the lead, the others didn't say anything more.

When everyone was almost gone, the very old-looking reporter just now walked up to Wu Qianqiu, smiled at him, and then walked out of the room, which made Wu Qianqiu laugh a little inexplicably.

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After leaving the building, Wu Qianqiu led the reporters to a clearing behind the defensive line. They had just arrived there. I saw that many soldiers were escorting a group of soldiers wearing light blue military uniforms to the open field, and in the open space, many officers and soldiers of the Anhui Revolutionary Army were setting up tents and fences...

"This is it!"

Just a glance. Wu Qianqiu had already seen that the soldiers who were escorted were the prisoners this time, so he hurriedly raised his voice to the reporters behind him with joy.

And after seeing the dense captives, those reporters no longer suspected anything, but hurriedly took out paper and pens and rushed forward, wanting to get something from the mouths of those prisoners. Only a small number of reporters hesitated, suspecting that Wu Qianqiu had made a batch of fake prisoners of war, but after thinking about it, they felt that it was not necessary.

Maybe I was stupefied by the battle just now. These captives have not been revived, so when they were interviewed by those reporters, these captives either did not say a word. Either they spoke upside down, so that these reporters didn't find any useful interviews, but from a few words, they still had some understanding of the situation. There was no longer any doubt in my heart.

"Adjutant Wu. I don't know when Lu Dao will let us interview that Brigadier Liu..."

Although it was not clear what scared those soldiers like this, after feeling that it was unlikely that they could get anything from the mouths of those incoherent guys, a reporter soon ran to Wu Qianqiu's side, wanting to see if he could find out some usable information from Liu Guangyuan...

"Okay!" Anyway, he just sold his teammates, and Wu Qianqiu agreed very decisively. "But I'm afraid it's unlikely now, I guess Lao Liu is reporting the results of the battle on the governor's side, and if you want to get something from his mouth, you can wait at least two or three hours..."

"That's fine..."

Meanwhile. Liu Guangyuan, as Wu Qianqiu expected, was reporting the situation to Yan Shao and the others.

“……… Found in the battle of humiliation. According to the oral accounts of the prisoners of war captured this time, if it were not for the enemy division commander who led his own soldiers to form a supervision team and shot many deserters, I am afraid that this battle would not have taken more than an hour...... However, it was also for this reason that the division commander named Xing Jian'an was shot coldly when the whole division was dispersed..."

Although the battle was very beautiful, Liu Guangyuan did not have the slightest intention of being arrogant, but kept thinking about how easy it would be for Lu to win on the way back. In the end, he came up with two results, one is the gap in equipment.

The Fourth Division of Xing Jian'an basically only had rifles, and most of them were martini and fast guns, and the best one was made in Hanyang, and not every soldier had it.

And Liu Guangyuan's side does not mention the Mauser 1904 with one shot per person for the time being, there are more than 200 light machine guns alone, plus ten grenades per person, the difference in firepower is simply a world of difference.

Of course, if it's just like that, it's nothing, the problem is that although the fourth division on the opposite side is stronger than the ordinary people's army, its strength is limited, especially the will to fight is very weak, if it is a tailwind battle, it may not be a big problem, but after they were beaten by Liu Guangyuan with superior firepower, there was no place to hide, and the morale that was originally quite high suddenly collapsed.

And from the mouths of those prisoners, Liu Guangyuan also knew that what they were most afraid of was not machine guns, but those grenades in the hands of the revolutionary army. The power of the grenade is certainly not artillery, even if it is a 75mm caliber cannon, it is far inferior, the problem is that it cannot withstand a large number, the number of artillery in China is very small, even a division on the Beiyang side has only 54 75mm small-caliber artillery, and the new army in the southern provinces, many even have only one company (6 guns).

Compared to this, the power is not too great, but it is not small either, and it is easier to feel like the sky is falling apart when it is rained down by grenades, and those soldiers who are fighting against the Yan army also collapse because of this.

After listening to Liu Guangyuan's narration, the officers in the command nodded, and then a few more people asked some detailed questions.

About three hours later, Liu Guangyuan had just come out of the headquarters and wanted to return to the camp of the First Brigade to rest, but he was surrounded by a large group of reporters, and in the distance, Wu Qianqiu kept snickering...

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Just when Yan Shao and others were trying their best to publicize this victory, perhaps because the fate of the Fourth Division was ahead. The actions of the Yan army became much more cautious.

Originally, after receiving Xing Jian'an's request for help, the 1st Division, which was planning to march over for reinforcements, first slowed down and stopped at Mulong Town, which was more than 10 kilometers away from the Cihu River. Waiting for the 9th Division and the 13th and 15th Divisions, which were also marching in a hurry.

At the same time, the 1st Division also sent a cavalry company under the division to collect the defeated troops near the battlefield.

Although these defeated soldiers have been frightened, after all, there are more than 3,000 people, and it is no problem to be cannon fodder if they are reorganized, and Bai Wenwei, who is rushing from Nanjing, also needs to know what happened from their mouths, and the Fourth Division, which has more than 8,000 people, was defeated in just over an hour. Until now, Bai Wenwei felt incredible.

"Tell me, what's going on..."With his own soldiers galloping quickly, Bai Wenwei finally arrived at Mulong Town before noon on the second day. And in a small two-story building in the town government, I saw the rout of the Fourth Division, and the highest rank among these routs was the battalion commander, so Bai Wenwei's words were asked to him...

It's just that when questioning, Bai Wenwei's face looked very bad. It looks like you could go crazy at any time. Let the few defeated soldiers standing in front of him feel a little apprehensive.

"Commander, it's like this..."After some tidying up, the battalion commander standing in front of Bai Wenwei no longer looked embarrassed when he was put away, and the person was much cleaner. Yesterday at noon, a cavalry company we sent out was confronted by an infantry company of the enemy, and as a result, the cavalry company not only suffered more than half of the casualties, but was also surrounded by people. The division commander hurriedly led us to the rescue, but we arrived after. The people have already withdrawn their troops, and I don't know what happened after that..."

It took about 10 minutes for the battalion commander to recount what had happened yesterday in a very detailed way, and when he talked about the dense rain of bullets and the grenades that rained down, although a day had passed, there was still a trace of horror on the battalion commander's face.

“…… Commander, it's not that the brothers are afraid of death, but they really can't beat it..."The dignified seven-foot man even had a hint of crying in his voice...

waved his hand and signaled the battalion commander not to say anything, and Hang Zhengwen, who was standing on the side, also came up and said. "Commander, I think what they said should be true, when I sent troops to collect the rout, I personally brought people to the battlefield to see it, but it turned out that there were small craters blown out by bombs everywhere, and many brothers were even blown to pieces, and their flesh and blood were blurred..."

At the beginning, after listening to the words of those defeated soldiers, Hang Zhengwen didn't believe it, and thought that they deliberately said it in order to escape punishment. It's just that when he personally led people to the battlefield, looking at the bloody scene at that time, although Hang Zhengwen has led the troops for many years and has experienced many things, he still feels chills...

After waving his hand to signal the battalion commander to retreat with his subordinates, seeing that only himself and Hang Zhengwen were left in the room, Bai Wenwei frowned slightly. "Is it really that serious?"

Originally, Bai Wenwei didn't want to believe this, but with his understanding of Hang Zhengwen, it was impossible for him to lie about this kind of thing. Moreover, facts speak louder than words, a division of more than 8,000 people was actually beaten to the collapse of a brigade of more than 4,000 people in just over an hour, and there seems to be no other possibility.

"It's really serious..."With a wry smile, Hang Zhengwen spoke. At least I've been in the army for so many years, and I haven't encountered this situation, I went to the scene to see it, and it was miserable, and the people of the Fourth Division didn't even have the strength to fight back..."Saying that, Hang Zhengwen glanced at Bai Wenwei with some caution. "Commander, I'm afraid we really have to be careful this time..."

"Yes..."Sighing, Bai Wenwei nodded. Be careful..."

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Now that there is an example of Xing Jian'an in front, it is impossible for Bai Wenwei to be imprudent.

Therefore, after arriving at Mulong Town, Bai Wenwei did not immediately mobilize his troops to march towards the Cihu River, but while reorganizing the more than 3,000 remnants of the Fourth Division and reorganizing them into a brigade, he waited for the 11th and 12th Divisions to come from behind, intending to win by numbers after everyone arrived.

It's just that Bai Wenwei is waiting for more than the eleventh and twelfth divisions. There's another one more surprising visitor...

"Vice Chief Jiang? Why are you here..."

Looking at Jiang Zuobin who walked in from outside, Bai Wenwei suddenly showed a surprised expression.

"Why am I here..."Jiang Zuobin smiled bitterly. Do you know that there is a quarrel in Nanjing now..."

"Those guys?!" Listen to Jiang Zuobin talk about Nanjing. Bai Wenwei showed a disdainful smile.

Although Nanjing did not dare to explicitly approve of Bai Wenwei's action, it actually acquiesced. After all, whether it is Anhui's geographical location or its own huge wealth, it is very important to the Alliance, and now that Bai Wenwei is willing to stand up and do this, how can they oppose it?

What's more, they don't think Bai Wenwei has the possibility of failure. After all, Bai Wenwei's troops are too much more than Yan Shao.

It is precisely because they feel that Bai Wenwei cannot fail, so although the pressure of external public opinion is so great, they still only verbally persuade Bai Wenwei to stop acting. did not comply with other people's requests, dismissed Bai Wenwei and so on...

Who knew that as soon as Lu Dao set off, Bai Wenwei lost a division, and he was defeated from the front by the troops of a brigade in more than an hour.

In this case, those people also began to wonder whether Bai Wenwei could win. Before Bai Wenwei left Nanjing. was even reprimanded by many high-level leaders of the alliance, and it made it difficult for Bai Wenwei to have a good impression of those people.

Seeing Bai Wenwei's appearance, Jiang Zuobin naturally knew why he was like this, but after smiling bitterly, Jiang Zuobin could only shake his head and sigh. "You can also forgive them, they are also under a lot of pressure in Nanjing now, and their tempers will inevitably be short-tempered..."

Bai Wenwei was noncommittal about this, but fortunately, Jiang Zuobin didn't come here to talk to him about this.

"The above sent me this time just to find out about the situation..."After speaking, Jiang Zuobin glanced at Bai Wenwei. Liewu. Tell me the truth, are you sure..."

I looked left and right. After making sure that there was no one behind, Bai Wenwei whispered. "Now we can only see how the result of the first battle of Dangtu is, if we can defeat the surname Yan in Dangtu, it won't take much effort to take Anhui, but if not, then things will be troublesome..."

Bai Wenwei saw it very clearly, and now Yan Shao had concentrated most of his troops in Dangtu. There are both advantages and disadvantages to doing this, the advantage is that you can concentrate on dealing with Bai Wenwei, but what about the disadvantages? Even if Yan Shao fails, then for a considerable period of time, he will lose almost all of his ability to resist, and the land of Anhui will also be left to Bai Wenwei...

So the most important thing at the moment is the result of the first battle...

"Later, I will concentrate my forces in Cihu River and try to defeat the opponent in one fell swoop, as long as it goes well, there will be no problems in the future, it's a pity..."

Before leaving, Li Guoyun had already negotiated with him, as long as he entered the army, Li Guoyun would help him contact some officers and generals in the Anhui Revolutionary Army, and use his connections and influence in Anhui in the past to persuade them to defect to Bai Wenwei...

Originally, Bai Wenwei didn't care much about this, because in his opinion, his army of nearly 90,000 people, it was really easy to crush the army of more than 20,000 people on the opposite side, and there was no need to get these boring things out.

Now an entire division of troops has been crippled, and this victory will undoubtedly greatly boost the morale of the opponent. Originally, nearly 90,000 troops pressed towards the Cihu River, there will definitely be some timid people who will choose to surrender to Bai Wenwei, even before leaving, Bai Wenwei already has several similar letters in his hands, and now with the excitement of this victory, it is difficult to say how many people will be willing to throw themselves here—————— if there is even a slight chance of winning, how many people will be willing to be traitors?

"If I had known that this would be the case, I should have been more cautious..."

Although Li Guoyun is still working hard, Bai Wenwei has no hope for him. But Bai Wenwei didn't blame Li Guoyun, who told him that he didn't get a good result.

And it's useless to talk about this now, the most important thing is to find a way to defeat the enemy on the other side.

"Tell the people below to gather more boats along the shore to use to cross the river..."

Although the Cihu River is not very wide, it is also tens or hundreds of meters away, and the only way to pass it at the fastest speed is by boat.

"Yes!" Hearing Bai Wenwei's order, the adjutant standing on the side hurriedly said, but he hesitated a little later. "But, Commander, will those guys leave us a ship?"

After all, even in the play, there is a plot where the boats are burned first to avoid the opponent using them to cross the river, and it is really difficult for the adjutant to imagine that the opponent will leave these boats.

"Who knows," said a playful expression on his face. Maybe someone is waiting for us to deliver it to your door..."

On March 4, Bai Wenwei, who was stationed in Mulong Town, ordered his troops to collect boats along the Cihu River, and finally collected 143 fishing boats, seven ferries, and more than 20 other boats.

At the same time, the Anhui Revolutionary Army, located on the opposite side of the Cihu River, was also ready to meet the enemy, and a big war was about to break out... (To be continued......)