"Zhenbiao, how many troops are you going to bring over, do you have a count in your heart?"

"Marshal, time is pressing, I am ready to take the patrol battalion with Chifeng, plus two cavalry battalions, a total of 5,000 men and horses, to attack Tongliao, if the Feng army hands over the people, and promises to stop slandering you, we will withdraw immediately, if you don't listen, you can only teach them a hard lesson."

Jiang Guidi listened to Mi Zhenbiao's words, and kept thinking, although he was already old and sluggish, after all, how many years had he been in the field. The experience is still there, and he asked with some concern: "Zhenbiao, the Yi Army's equipment is not as terrifying as the Feng Army, if the two armies really fight together, I'm afraid we are not opponents!" ”

"Dashuai, I have inquired, now the Feng army in Tongliao is only a newly formed regiment, the strength is limited, and the training has not been half a year. In addition, Emperor Yuan in Beijing would not watch us go to war with the Feng army, so they would definitely intervene as long as the conflict broke out. ”

Mi Zhenbiao's calculations were very clear, and he was not ready to fight, and sending troops was not only to put pressure on the Feng army, but also to embarrass Beijing. Jiang Gui thought about it for a long time and felt that this idea was not bad.

"Zhenbiao, if you salute the soldiers in advance, you bring the men and horses over, if the army releases people, everything is easy to say, if you don't let go, you must control the scale of the conflict."

As the saying goes, a tiger doesn't bite when it's old, and Jiang Gui's question is like this, but his subordinates may not think so. Mi Zhenbiao Weishenme wants to jump out, in fact, the reason is very simple, that is, to replace him, Jiang Gui is old and not dead, and he is ready to sit in the position of the commander of the Yi army to death.

It is rare for people to live for seventy years, but the old man is in good health, there is no problem at all, and Mi Zhenbiao even doubts whether he can survive this old guy. There was finally a chance in front of me, because of the opium problem. Jiang Guidi was made disgraced, and he couldn't even protect his nephew.

Such an incompetent commander, who is willing to follow him, so Mi Zhenbiao wants to take the opportunity to show his ability and toughness, clean up the military heart of the Yi Army, and then completely empty Jiang Gui's question, and strive to become the head of the new generation of the Yi Army.

He talked to Jiang Gui about the specific dispatch of troops, and then immediately mobilized the troops. Mi Zhenbiao first gathered heavy troops in Chifeng, put pressure on the Feng army, forced the Feng army to retreat, and if it didn't work, he led his troops to attack Tongliao. Directly rescue Jiang Xi and others.

In order to deter the Feng army, the Yi army did not hide the transfer. On the contrary, it is very high-profile. The news soon spread to Mukden, and the generals of the Fengjun army, who were preparing for the New Year, suddenly stopped doing it. At this time, the regional concept was still very heavy, and the Yi army wanted to invade Mukden, which was a provocation to the entire Fengtian army.

Everyone has an account in their hearts, as the saying goes, three points of fat, Yijun sells drugs to Mukden. But if he doesn't say hello to Zhang Zuolin, and if he doesn't share enough benefits, no one will be satisfied. Opium is a harmful thing, damaging the heavens and fertilizing the river. This kind of thing will not sit idly by.

In fact, Yijun didn't take care of Fengtian's shili, but in the past, they focused on Tang Yulin, after all, this guy is bold, insatiable, and has real power, they think it is enough to buy Tang Yulin.

How do you know that Tang Yulin has fallen, a large amount of red soil has been found in his hands, drug trading, and it is difficult to move an inch without his protective umbrella. Therefore, Fengtian admired Zhang Tinglan's approach very much, first arresting people, and then detaining things, Zuihou used the media to make his reputation stink, and the soldiers were not bloody, so Jiang Laoguo was disgraced, and everyone was very relieved to watch.

At this time, the Yi army still had to use force, and the Feng army was enraged, and they all asked for battle, and they wanted to teach the Yi army a good lesson.

Among them, the most active is Wu Junsheng Wu Da Tongue, he is stationed in Taonan, the closest to Tongliao, and his men are all cavalry, and the movements are also fast, in addition, Wu Junsheng also accepted Zhang Tinglan's benefits, woolen mills and canning factories have been established, new smuggling channels have also been established, and a large amount of money is about to fall into his pocket.

Don't forget to dig wells, all of this is the result of Zhang Tinglan's help, Wu Junsheng can't help but repay his kindness. Zhang Zuolin also knew that Zhang Tinglan only brought a regiment, and he was not at ease, so he also ordered Wu Junsheng to take men and horses to support Zhang Tinglan.

With the mobilization of the Feng army and the Yi army, the atmosphere on the border of Refeng suddenly became tense, and a new war seemed to be coming, and now the southwest was still in a fierce battle, and the Protector Army and the Beiyang Army were fighting in the dark, and as a result, there was a problem in the northeast, and the whole of China was going to be chaotic.

Emperor Yuan, who had just ascended the throne, suddenly sat on pins and needles, and under the encouragement of his subordinates, Lao Yuan put on a dragon robe, sat on a dragon chair, and sacrificed to heaven and earth, becoming the emperor Bixia and the respect of the Ninety-Five.

However, he, the emperor, was so aggrieved and depressed that before he officially ascended the throne, Cai Ye raised troops against him, and the generals of the old Beiyang also left Germany. From president to emperor, his prestige has not increased, and the country's situation has not improved, but it has become even more out of control, and Lao Yuan has regretted it.

At this time, there was a problem in the Northeast again, and Lao Yuan could only order the two sides to exercise restraint and not break out into conflict. However, Yuan Shikai's prestige has dropped too much, both sides are in disobedience, Lao Zhang has stepped up the deployment of troops, and the Yi army is not to be outdone, and both sides are competing.

"Humble words, do you think it's necessary to bring all the prisoners to Mukden for interrogation in Mukden?" Yu Chonghan said: "I'm not worried that we won't be able to defeat Yijun, but I'm afraid that there will be some accidents, and it will not be good for these people to run away." ”

"Mr. Yu, no matter whether you fight or not, your momentum can't be weak, we can earn a face, you will sit in Tongliao, how you should be judged, how you should be judged. I'm in charge of other things, Yijun can fight if he wants, just to see if they are still so haode. ”

Yu Chonghan was still a little worried: "Humble words, the son of a daughter can't sit down, you have to pay attention to safety." There are twice as many soldiers and horses as us, and they have been a great enemy for a long time, so they can't be taken lightly. ”

"Don't worry, it's all a bunch of local chickens and dogs, it's not worth mentioning."

Although Zhang Tinglan didn't care, he didn't dare to relax at all in terms of combat readiness, his troops were all infantry, and Tongliao was on the edge of the Horqin grassland, the terrain was flat, which was very unfavorable to the infantry, so it was necessary to build a strong fortification, so as to ensure that nothing went wrong.

Zhang Tinglan first selected the three towns of Hexi, Toyota, and Mulitu as fulcrums on the periphery of Tongliao, and these three towns just formed a fan-shaped shape to protect Tongliao in the middle.

Zhang Tinglan commanded the soldiers to build fortifications actively, the weather was cold, and it was very difficult to excavate, but the soldiers were still full of energy. Although Babu Zab had been eliminated in the previous conflict, it was a completely unexpected encounter, and this was the time to really test their combat ability.

After more than three days of hurrying, the trench finally took shape, and instead of waiting for the Yi army to come, Wu Junsheng rushed over with the cavalry. As soon as he saw Zhang Tinglan, Lao Wu was very excited.

"Humble words, the second uncle is here to help you, Yijun's grandsons have itchy skin, let's give them some color to see, let them know the benefits of Fengjun."

"You are old, this Tongliao has the Dinghai Divine Needle, and the little nephew is also relieved!"

After greeting each other, Wu Junsheng said to Zhang Tinglan with a somewhat grim face: "To put it mildly, the Yi Army has been fighting in the south and the north for many years, and its combat effectiveness is not weak, and I heard that Mi Zhenbiao is also a fierce general, you can't take it lightly!" ”

"Don't worry, I'm almost ready, but I'm afraid that the Yi Army won't come."

"Alright, you can take me to see how the fortifications are prepared now." Wu Junsheng said that he was relieved, but in fact, he still hung his heart, for fear that Zhang Tinglan would not be able to handle things firmly without hair, Zhang Zuolin asked him to bring troops over, just to press the juniors, if something went wrong, Lao Wu Ke would be responsible.

Zhang Tinglan took Wu Junsheng to Hexi Town first, and Wu Junsheng looked at it from a distance, and immediately frowned and shook his head.

"Isn't that foolish? The ground is still white, what have you prepared? Boy, let me tell you, this war is not child's play, if something goes wrong, your head can be messed up. ”

"Let's take a closer look!"

Zhang Tinglan took Wu Junsheng and walked for a while, and only then did Wu Junsheng see a clue, on the white snow, there were three ridges, which were dug trenches, and the three stretching trenches were like three embankments, blocking the outside of Xihe Town.

There are communication trenches between each trench, and there are command posts, these trenches are all one person deep, and there are also wooden planks installed on them to block the snow, these planks can not only block the heavy snow, but also play a role of cover, and the top is covered with a layer of snow, and it looks white from a distance.

Zhang Tinglan knew that the Yi army occupied Rehe and had a lot of cavalry, so he also increased the arrangement of machine guns, and twenty-four heavy machine guns were invested in the entire front, which was not comparable to the scale of the European powers at all, but on the land of China, this was already a very luxurious.

In addition, Zhang Tinglan still has eight 75 mm mountain guns and four 122 mm howitzers in his hands, if he has equipment, he will use them, after getting the howitzer, Yang Yuting personally trained the artillery, and now he has some results, just take the Yi army to practice, so Zhang Tinglan also smuggled four guns over, of course, the howitzer as a killer weapon, did not let Wu Junsheng see it.

But these old Wu were already very surprised, and after reading it, he gave a thumbs up.

"Humble words, I didn't expect your recruits to be so good, such a strong and complete fortification, my subordinates can't repair it, I am relieved to see this, not to mention a Mi Zhenbiao, even if all the Yi soldiers come over, we are not afraid of him!"

"The little nephew has a suggestion, we can't just be beaten, but also fight back, can you always take the cavalry, work harder, go around to the back of Chifeng, and wait for the Yi army to dispatch, you will take the opportunity to take Chifeng!" (To be continued......)