In Nanjing, Feng Guozhang had just gotten up and was sitting in his study, and Feng Guozhang, who was on patrol in the embassy's palace, had just heard the adjutant read a 100,000 anxious telegram sent by Ni Sichong.

"Defeated again!" Feng Guozhang sighed involuntarily after listening to it, then got up and paced in the study with his hands behind his back, and after a while, he suddenly "Where is Zhang Xun's Dingwu Army?" ”

The adjutant paused for a moment and said, "I've arrived at Pukou, and I'm asking for instructions on what to do next." ”

"Just arrived in Pukou?" Feng Guozhang felt upset for no reason, there was really no way, the old man was already scraping the ground in Beijing, but he still couldn't make up the opening fee. This Zhang Xun was quite active, and although there was a delay, he still drove the army to Pukou. In contrast, the three divisions that the old man initially promised him were very dramatic: the fifteenth and sixteenth divisions under the command of Xu Shuzheng refused to move because of the salary when they arrived in Xuzhou, and Cai Chengxun's first division is still in Zhangjiakou and refuses to move, and I don't know what his idea is?

Feng Guozhang was annoyed for a while, shook his head and said to himself: "Alas, don't worry about him." ”

Then he said to the adjutant, "Let the cook bring breakfast to the war room, and we'll go!" ”

The war room has begun to be busy at this time, no matter how thin the troops below are, the Beiyang high-level staff department is still very professional and efficient. Most of them are high-achieving students who have graduated from the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and after the start of this war, they have also been very dedicated to their posts, working three shifts a day to ensure that they do not miss things.

When Feng Guozhang entered, he heard a senior staff officer named Guo Songling shouting loudly: "You go to the telegram to ask, Weishenme Second Division has not been on the boat in Wuhu for a long time, does General Wang Zhanyuan have to see the rebels capture Anqing before he is willing to send troops?" Then ask the two division commanders, Yang Shande and Lu Yongxiang, who were ready to wait for the rebels to advance to where they decided to carry out the orders issued by the patrol envoys. ”

History played a big joke here, Guo Songling, who was originally teaching at the Beijing Army Lecture Hall, did not follow his close friend Fang Shengtao to Guangdong to join Sun Yat-sen because of the influence of the butterfly effect. Instead, he was unexpectedly transferred out of the school by Wang Shizhen and brought to Nanjing, and then became a member of Feng Guozhang's staff team. And Feng Guozhang was also full of affection for this upright, wise and brave young man from the Northeast, and soon appointed Guo Songling, who was 32 years old at the time, as a senior staff officer. And Guo Songling is also a person with a heart, and after being reused, he naturally went all out and worked tirelessly to plan the overall situation for Feng Guozhang. It's a pity that if no one executes the perfect jihua, it will be, Guo Songling has encountered this situation now, so his temper has exploded.

"Mao Chen, don't be angry, let's lead the troops to fight, we can't touch any messy things, calm down, don't interfere with your own judgment because of other people's mistakes" The first thing Feng Guozhang did when he entered the door was naturally to enlighten Guo Songling, who was already in a state of rage.

When Guo Songling saw that Feng Dashuai was coming, he could only suppress his anger and said helplessly: "Dashuai, it's not that you love to get angry, these division commanders are really not like you." Half a month has passed since such a major military operation was deployed, but no one moved, and the rebels have already knocked us down, do you think I can not be in a hurry? ”

Feng Guozhang nodded in understanding, did not answer this question, but walked straight to the sand table and asked with a slight self-deprecation: "Then what is the situation now?" You give me this empty patrol envoy to talk about"

Guo Songling sighed, grabbed a baton and pointed at the sand table and said: "The current situation is very unfavorable to me. Three days ago, in the Wangjiang area of Anqing, all 13,000 men of the main force of our Anwu Army were annihilated, and yesterday, the enemy's Third Division broke through the Qianshan defense line, and the Anwu Army lost more than 6,000 men. Now General Ni Sichong has less than 10,000 troops in his hands, and this amount of troops cannot hold Anqing at all. According to the latest investigation of our army, just before the Anqing Formation, the enemy concentrated about three main divisions, estimated to be between 70,000 and 80,000 people, so General Ni Sichong actually fought more with less, and he also divided his troops to meet him, so it was strange that he could win the battle. ”

Guo Songling paused for a moment and said carefully: "If the lowly position is not wrong, the rebels' fighting method is actually to divide the soldiers into two ways, coordinate with each other, and go down the river. In Anqing, it was actually the left side of the enemy army that fought with the Anwu army, and on the right side, we estimated that there were about 50,000 or 60,000 enemy troops already approaching the direction of Tongling, and the fourth division that was originally responsible for Jihua to meet them only went to Changzhou, and the tenth division only went to Huzhou. ”

"Marshal, with all due respect, the original plan of the 2nd and 5th Divisions to meet Anwu and the Dingwu Army to meet the left flank of the rebels is no longer realistic. We must immediately adjust our deployment, stabilize the right flank first, and strive to concentrate superior forces to win on the right flank is the only way to break the current predicament! Guo Songling concluded.

Feng Guozhang frowned and said, "What you said is true, but what if we concentrate our forces on the right flank, what if we let the rebels take Jiangbei?" ”

Guo Songling came out again when he heard this: "Dashuai, today is not as good as in the past, we can't be stable, we must be ruthless and determined to win in danger, Jiangbei we will rely on the Anwu Army, the Dingwu Army plus the Fifth Division to carry it." As long as we achieve a decisive victory in Jiangnan, I don't believe that the rebels on the left are not afraid of being copied by us. ”

Feng Guozhang was about to speak in agreement, but the adjutant beside him kindly reminded: "Dashuai, breakfast is here." ”

Feng Guozhang glanced at the chef standing at the door of the war room and nodded, "Bring it over." ”

A cook in his early thirties brought breakfast and left him......

Half an hour later, the cook who had just brought breakfast to Feng Guozhang walked out of the back door of the Parade Embassy, holding a small basket of garbage in his hand, and did not forget to make a few jokes with the guards guarding the back door as he walked.

As soon as the garbage basket was thrown away, a few beggars who had been squatting at the back of the Shuaifu all the year round came up to scramble, and the guards stopped paying attention to it after looking at it, as if they were no longer surprised by this scene. At this moment, one of the beggars pulled out a small bamboo tube from the basket, stuffed it into his arms while he was unprepared, and then quietly left......

Eight hours later, Guo Songling's suggestion was placed on Wang Zhenyu's desk, and people such as Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Tao Zhiyue naturally had a copy.

Based on other information, Li Zongren finally made up his mind, and he decided to do what he planned. Ordered the left army commanded by Bai Chongxi to take Pukou within this month, and at the same time ordered the right army commanded by Tao Zhiyue to take Tongling and stick there, waiting for the left army to break through Chaohu and Quanjiao, take Pukou and then counterattack on all fronts. Since it is ruthless, let's compare it well and see if your Beiyang Army is ruthless enough, or our Youth Army is hot enough.

On the Beiyang side, Feng Guozhang came to Wuhu in person and urgently summoned Wang Zhanyuan, Lu Yongxiang, and Yang Shande to come to the meeting. After a very reprimand, he told the three of them about the decisive battle of Tongling, and ordered the 10th and 4th divisions to enter the Xuancheng area as soon as possible to form a flanking attack on the invading rebels. Zuihou Feng Guozhang did not forget to warn the three of them: "Zhejiang will let Zhu Rui, the local dog, go to see the house, you poor boys, don't just look at the interests in front of you, if you defeat the rebels, you can still lack your benefits?" I, Feng Huafu, am also the one who led the troops, and the previous incident can be said to be because of the arrears of salary, so I will not pursue you. But this time it's a matter of life and death, if anyone dares to delay, don't blame me Lao Feng for turning his face and not recognizing people. Don't talk to me about the nonsense that the opening fee is not enough, how long have you been in this rich land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, you touch your conscience and say it, take a look, isn't your one a lot of money? At this time, advance some money, and in the future, you are afraid that you will not be able to come back? ”

The three division commanders hurriedly said yes, and they all said that they would not be strained this time, and they would definitely fight a decisive battle with Wang Zhenyu's rebels to the end.

At this point, the good days of the Right Route Army's self-driving tour were over, and the world-famous Battle of Tongling was waiting for them......

At this moment, in Shanghai, there is still a big drama being staged.

Huang Mansion in the French Concession of Shanghai, Huang Jinrong, and Du Yuesheng were sitting together and talking about something.

"Yuesheng, how did the situation outside become so fast, President Yuan's team has only been popular for a few years, why is the National Protector Army fighting again. These handsomes are really good, just these years, you beat me, I beat yours, and it has not stopped, and the market has been depressed. "Shanghai Tang boss Huang Jinrong has passed forty-eight and fifty at this time, and his ambition has long been gone, so he doesn't care too much about the domestic political situation. Especially after the Song case, Huang Jinrong had to retire from the patrol room in advance because of his effective detection, which made him more pursue women and enjoy them.

Du Yuesheng helped Huang Jinrong burn a bubble and said: "Master, don't hide it, Wang Zhenyu, the big leader of the National Protector Army, is my sworn brother, seeing that President Yuan's army is almost over, I'm afraid we have to welcome the new master of Shanghai." ”

When Huang Jinrong heard this, he immediately sat up and said: "Yuesheng, you actually know such a character, what is the character of this person, if he enters Shanghai, he won't do anything to us Qinggang, right?" I'll tell you, Chen Yingshi, under Sun Wen's command, has given me a lot of posts these days, saying that it is to contact feelings, and I think they are also thinking of entering Shanghai. Master, I'm almost fifty years old now, and I'm also the age to seek stability, and I don't want to or dare to mix these things anymore. ”

Du Yuesheng smiled and said nothing, he knew that Huang Jinrong didn't dare to mix, but he just had the idea of not seeing the rabbit and not scattering the eagle.