"You don't see you, the final army of the Han Dynasty, the weak crown is a captive, please be long! You don't see, Ban Dingyuan, the peerless light cavalry urges the battle clouds! The boy should be in serious danger, how can he let the Confucian crown miss this life? The situation is that the country is in danger, and the feather is constantly fighting! Abandon my old pen, follow me in wartime, call out more than 100,000 comrades, sing war songs and join the army. ”

Whenever he encountered something wrong, Lin Zuoda would sing this song alone, and what was amazing was that every time he sang it, he was excited. This song was taught to them by Huang Ke when he was at the Xiguan Military Academy, and a large number of Xiguan students at that time were intellectual youths, most of them yearned for revolution and were vibrant, but when considering the revolution, they also had poetic feelings, so Huang Ke wrote the lyrics for this song, calling on more people to join the army and serve the country in the troubled times.

In fact, it was Huang Ke who stole the "Youth Army Song" of later generations, to be honest, he really didn't have that level to make this kind of lyrics.

But no matter who made the lyrics, the lyrics and the words, the lyrics of this song have influenced generations of intellectual youth, who later put pen to paper and served the country when the country was in danger.

At this time, the people who were affected were Lin Zuoda and tens of thousands of soldiers under his command. Now, these chanters are standing outside Anqing City, ready to launch a final wave of attacks on Anqing City at any time.

Through the binoculars, Lin Zuoda looked at the city not far from his hometown. In the mist, the old city wall outside the city was put in order, and the Angolan officers and soldiers in blue-gray military uniforms were actively preparing for war.

Clearly, they knew that a big war was coming.

Outside the city of Anqing, tens of thousands of troops arrived around Anqing after conquering Huzhou, Xuancheng, Huizhou and other places, Sun Chuanfang's general Liu Baodi was defeated, and most of southern Anhui was captured by the Northern Expeditionary Army.

After that, General Lin Zuo's army of tens of thousands was divided into three parts, one was led by the veteran of the East Route Army, the division commander Wu Xuanyi, to camp east of Anqing in case Sun Chuanfang's troops came to reinforce; The other part was stationed at Jixian Pass (a pass 18 miles north of Anqing City), where they were stationed to prepare to lure and annihilate Wu Peifu's reinforcements; Some of them were personally led by him to besiege the city.

There are more than 10,000 Anguo troops in Anqing City, but most of them are old, weak, sick and improvised strong men, and there are few Beiyang veterans in the past. Originally, Sun Chuanfang's heavy troops were stationed here, and his general Chen Tiaoyuan was ordered to garrison Anhui.

Chen Tiaoyuan is a native of Zhili, graduated from the Baoding Military Academy in his early years, worked under Feng Guozhang when he joined the Beiyang Army, and later took refuge in the Fengjun, and then took refuge in Sun Chuanfang. This man has mediocre military talents, but he has a great political vision.

But after the Northern Expedition began, Sun Chuanfang transferred his troops to Fujian and Zhejiang, and had no time to take care of Anqing. After the establishment of the warlord alliance, the troops stationed in Anhui were nominally reorganized and unified under the command of Chen Tiaoyuan under Sun Chuanfang.

When Lin Zuoda of the Eastern Route Army led the army to go deep alone, Chen Tiaoyuan had already expected that he would take Anqing directly, but what he didn't expect was that the troops led by Lin Zuoda captured Huzhou, Guangde, Xuancheng and other places in only ten days, which suddenly made Anqing lose its barrier.

Defeat is like a mountain! Chen Tiaoyuan, who has been fighting horses for half his life, understands that it is impossible to win the battle of Anqing, and even if this battle is won, the victory or defeat of the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Anguo Army has long been known.

Although Lin Zuoda knew that Chen Tiaoyuan was likely to abandon the city, he still personally supervised all the preparations before the war, and made sure that all the preparations were properly made.

Field artillery rolled out fortifications and aimed at the city not far away; The soldiers' steel guns were bolted, and the cavalrymen's sabers were unsheathed...... All this is waiting for the final order.

If Anqing is captured in one fell swoop, Sun Chuanfang and Wu Peifu will not be able to connect south of the Yangtze River, and there will be no major battles south of the Yangtze River.

Lin Zuoda was thrilled in his heart, this was the first time he had commanded such a large-scale battle, and success or failure was crucial for him and the Northern Expedition, so he had to be completely sure.

"Commander, we have only surrounded three sides, and there are no troops deployed in the north, so if we don't fight now, I'm afraid Zhang Zuolin's reinforcements will arrive." A division chief of the staff walked up to Lin Zuoda and suggested to him in a low voice, it was obvious that his words represented a large part of them.

"No hurry! These Angolians don't really want to defend this place, we just need to besiege them on three sides, just to leave a hole for them to retreat at any time when it's convenient. Lin Zuo laughed and said with a smile on his face that was not commensurate with his age.

The staff officer did not understand, since it was to besiege the enemy, why deliberately set aside an opening? So what's the point of such a siege?

Lin Zuo naturally won't explain to him, and there is no need to explain to him, as a subordinate, he only has to obey unconditionally.

A week ago, when Lin Zuoda led his army to capture many places in southern Anhui, Huang Ke issued a secret telegram to him, asking him to only besiege Anqing, and to leave an opening during the siege.

Lin Zuoda was puzzled at first, why did he deliberately leave an opening for the Anguo Army? Huang Ke didn't explain to him, and he didn't need to explain to him.

When Lin Zuoda was depressed, he complained to Commander Jiang Xianyun who was far away in Hangzhou, but he didn't expect Jiang Xianyun to laugh after hearing it, he said Zuoda, you don't have to worry too much, do what Commander Huang instructed, Anqing is like picking up things, and fighting a war can't just be fought by soldiers, there are many factors. You are still young, and it is normal that you can't think about it comprehensively, so you just do what the commander instructs, but you still actively prepare to ensure that you can take Anqing at any time.

After such a little dialing, Lin Zuoda understood that it seemed that Huang Ke and the commander of the Northern Expeditionary Army must have their plans for Anqing.

Indeed, before this, Yang Yibing of the Reserve Cadres Department of the Ministry of National Defense, the intelligence agency of the Northern Expeditionary Army, sent people to connect with some people through businessmen, and Chen Tiaoyuan, a monk in Hefei, had several secret contacts, although this contact was very shallow, but Yang Yibing threw an olive branch to the other party, and promised that as long as Chen Tiaoyuan led his troops to surrender, the officers of the troops under his command would continue to hold their original positions, and Chen Tiaoyuan Chen Tiaoyuan was also arranged to take up a high position in the new government's Ministry of National Defense Army, and if he was not satisfied, he could continue to command the troops. Participated in the work of suppressing bandits in many places.

Such conditions and guarantees have to be said to be relatively rich, but Chen Tiaoyuan's attitude has always been erratic before, and it is obvious that this old Jianghu is continuing to wait and see, because at that time, the warlord alliance has been formed, and this spark has made Chen Tiaoyuan have new hopes for the warlords.

Chen Tiaoyuan even refused Yang Yibing's request to meet many times, and on several occasions he almost arrested those who contacted him and sent them to Sun Chuanfang.

However, after so many winds and waves, Chen Tiaoyuan could not cut off his back road so easily, although he had less contact with the Northern Expeditionary Army, but in the end he still did not block this road, which also brought a turning point to the later negotiations.

After more than a month, with the victory of the Northern Expeditionary Army, Fujian and Zhejiang have basically been occupied by the Northern Expeditionary Army, and most of the Lianghu area has fallen into the hands of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

At this time, Lin Zuo led his troops to march to Anqing, preparing to open up all the contacts between the East Route Army and the Middle Route Army south of the Yangtze River.

Yang Yibing saw this important opportunity and took decisive action to seize it. Soon after, Yang Yibing sent a liaison to contact Chen Tiaoyuan, but Chen Tiaoyuan still ignored it at this time, with an ambiguous attitude, and most of his subordinates refused to meet customers on the grounds that they were busy with official business.

Yang Yibing knew that doing this kind of underground intelligence work required patience, and if he could win Chen Tiaoyuan over, it would be of great benefit to the Northern Expedition and himself. Because since the start of the Northern Expedition, their intelligence department has not even done a decent job.

The Reserve Cadres Department of the Ministry of National Defense drew up a detailed plan for Chen Tiaoyuan's rebellion, including his wife, parents, guards, and even the chef who cooked for him, so as to achieve the goal of Chen Tiaoyuan's smooth departure.

Chen Tiaoyuan is a northerner, after arriving in Anhui, although the Hui cuisine is exquisite, but it is not his taste, so he has always used a Shandong chef to cook rice, this chef is skilled, and he makes a good dish, which is also appreciated by Chen Tiaoyuan, and sometimes he even lets the cook eat at the same table with him, which shows that this person is closer to his personal relationship.

After Yang Yibing learned about it, he specially sent someone to find this cook and instilled revolutionary principles and land policy in him through various means, which gave this cook a new understanding of the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Once again, Chen Tiaoyuan and the cook had dinner, and the two talked about the Northern Expedition during the banquet, and the cook did not shy away from saying that the people of our hometown are looking forward to the Northern Expeditionary Army, and I heard that they have redivided the land, and they have not collected rent a few days ago.

Chen Tiaoyuan is so shrewd, as soon as he heard the cook's words, he thought that the intelligence department of the Northern Expeditionary Army had already done its work in his own home. Moreover, the common people of Shandong all know the policies of the Northern Expeditionary Army, which is enough to show how thorough the ideological propaganda of the Northern Expeditionary Army is, and it seems that this world must be the Northern Expeditionary Army.

Chen Tiaoyuan pushed away the chopsticks in front of him, and walked out with a long sigh.

When Lin Zuo's army besieged Anqing for 20 days, Chen Tiaoyuan, commander of the Anhui Defense Army, announced that he had surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army, and all his troops had surrendered to the Northern Expeditionary Army.

When Sun Chuanfang heard the news, he was so angry that he greeted all Chen Tiaoyuan's relatives.