After the defeat and retreat from Chengde, Xu Shuzheng's face has been gloomy, and everyone seems to owe him eight million, and everyone else knows that this superintendent is in a bad mood and does not dare to touch his moldy head, so they are dejected one by one and run vigorously.

Zhang Huaizhi, as a veteran of Beiyang, has a somewhat different identity, so he took the initiative to persuade Xu Shuzheng and said: "Supervision, victory and defeat are commonplace, you don't have to mind, Fengjun can be arrogant, but with good equipment, we are not prepared, after going back this time, strengthen training, if you want to make a comeback, there is still a chance!" ”

Xu Shuzheng nodded reluctantly: "I have always advocated the development of the military industry, and it will definitely not work just by buying weapons, but without a solid foundation, how can we engage in industrial construction." I wanted to enter the northwest and open up a new situation for Zhiweng, but how did I know that it would be such a result, I am ashamed of my trust in Zhiweng! ”

Xu Shuzheng hung his head and finally ran to Luanping, and after entering the county seat, he called several division commanders over, and then said to everyone: "Although it is sixty-five kilometers away from Chengde, the planes of the Feng army can fly over to attack us at any time, and it is not a place to stay for a long time. We will temporarily gather our troops here, strengthen reconnaissance, and if the Feng army pursues us, we will retreat to the pass......"

Before Xu Shuzheng's words fell, his subordinates ran in in a panic, holding a telegram in their hands, and their faces changed.

"Supervisor, Ma Liang is calling, the Feng army is storming Gubeikou and wants to cut off our way back to Guannei!"

"What!" After hearing this, Xu Shuzheng suddenly turned around, he snatched the telegram, and after looking at it twice, he gritted his teeth and scolded: "Fengjun is despicable and shameless. If you want to leave us all outside the gate, you must not let them succeed in their tricks! ”

Xu Shuzheng said loudly: "Tell Ma Liang that he must stick to Gubeikou, and I will immediately lead troops to help!" ”

Zhang Huaizhi, Qu Tongfeng and others also knew that the matter was urgent, and they didn't dare to stay any longer, there were only more than 10,000 people left around them, and the other troops were all scattered, and they couldn't care about collecting it, Xiao Xu took the troops and rushed to Gubeikou.

"Hurry up. Throw away all the food tents and just take the artillery with you. Chen Wenyun shouted loudly, and the Beiyang Army abandoned all the military supplies in order to increase its speed. Only the artillery they did not dare to abandon, after all, they knew that the main force of the Feng army had strong firepower. If you don't have enough artillery, don't even think about competing with the Feng army.

Xu Shuzheng: They ran crazy all the way. His men and horses quietly dispersed a lot. However, they couldn't control it, and after running for more than three hours, they finally saw the majestic Great Wall of Gubeikou in front of them.

Xiao Xu calculated in his heart, only four hours have passed since Ma Liang called the police, even if Feng Jun is a god general. He couldn't take down Gubeikou so quickly, so his heart was a lot calmer, and maybe he could give Feng Jun an internal and external attack to show the evil spirit in his heart.

Come to think of it. Xu Shuzheng ordered his subordinates to prepare for battle, and at the same time pressed towards Gubeikou. Gradually, the Great Wall stretching between the mountains appeared in front of me, and some black smoke could be faintly seen on the mountain peaks, and there were some traces of battle on the rocks, and nothing else could be seen.

These Beiyang soldiers are also a little puzzled, whose hands are Gubeikou still in their hands, where is the Feng army, where is Ma Liang's troops!

Xu Shuzheng was full of questions, and he hurriedly called a few scouts to check the situation. At this time, suddenly there was an earth-shattering roar from the direction of Gubeikou, and more than a dozen shells smashed towards them, and the Beiyang Army at the front was all hit at once.

Without any covering, every shell set off a rain of blood, shrapnel fragments and corpse fragments were everywhere, and more than 200 people were killed in a round of shelling, and Xu Shuzheng's face suddenly turned green when he saw this.

It is obvious that the Feng army has taken down Gubeikou, and the scene that they don't want to see finally appeared, the back road was cut off, and they completely became a lone army. You can't advance or retreat, this is a desperate situation!

The hearts of all the Beiyang Army were clouded, Zhang Huaizhi's eyes rolled, and then said: "Supervisor, I'm afraid that the chasing soldiers of the Feng army have rushed over, we must recapture Gubeikou, there is still a glimmer of life, otherwise there is a danger of annihilation!" ”

"What Master Zhang said is not wrong at all, now that it is a matter of life and death, let the brothers show their desperate strength. Division Commander Zhang served as the main frontal attack, and Division Commander Qu and Division Commander Chen cooperated left and right, and it was necessary to take Gubeikou. ”

"Don't worry, the number of Feng troops will not be too large, and we will definitely succeed."

As soldiers, they all have a little blood, and these Beiyang troops are in a desperate situation, and they are ready to fight to the death. Zhang Huaizhi gathered all the artillery, and after counting, Zhang Huaizhi found that there were still nearly forty artillery pieces, although there were not as many as the previous Fifth Division. But it is rare to be able to keep so many cannons after the great rout.

This is also the pillar of the Beiyang Army, they chose the artillery positions and moved all the shells. On the top of Gubeikou, Feng Jun was condescending, Jiang Dengxuan could vaguely see the movements of the Beiyang Army, he had a smug smile on his face, he wanted to compete with artillery, Beiyang was not an opponent at all.

The artillery used by Jiang Dengxuan before this was captured from Ma Liang, and after that guy was bombarded by the Feng army, he lost his fighting spirit and fled back to the pass frantically with his cronies, regardless of the safety of Xu Shuzheng and others.

The Feng army occupied Gubeikou and captured more than a dozen cannons, so Jiang Dengxuan temporarily asked the Feng army to hide the heavy artillery he was equipped with, and then used these captured artillery to bombard, creating the illusion that the Feng army's artillery was similar to Beiyang, and confusing Xu Shuzheng.

This tactic really worked, and the Beiyang Army confidently and boldly lined up the artillery and bombarded the Feng army, which was a landslide for a while, which was also very spectacular. Zhang Huaizhi also had a trace of comfort in his heart, after all, the old Beiyang had a strong foundation after all, and he was not without the strength to fight in the face of the Feng army.

Just when Zhang Huaizhi was a little proud, suddenly there was more intense anger from Gubeikou, and twelve huge shells smashed towards the artillery position of the Beiyang Army. These shells all seemed to have eyes, and they fell on the artillery positions without any mistakes. In an instant, a violent explosion was heard, and within a radius of several hundred meters, it was shrouded in gunsmoke.

This was followed by two more rounds of shelling, with a sharp whistling of shells. smashed into the Beiyang Army, the surrounding area was in a mess in an instant, all the artillery were killed, the Krupp guns were also beaten into parts, and there was no sign of life around.

Zhang Huaizhi was supervising the battle in front of the enemy, and when he saw such a scene, his eyes almost popped out, it was obvious that the power of Fengjun's artillery was far beyond imagination, and it was not an order of magnitude compared to the seven or five cannons they were equipped with.

"Damn, I was deceived! Quickly let the artillery retreat. Don't give Fengjun a nest! ”

The Feng army was equipped with heavy artillery, and occupied a favorable position, and the Feng army was bombarded, which was simply looking for death, Zhang Huaizhi hurriedly let the artillery retreat. But it's already too late. The artillery of the Feng army had already calculated the direction, after destroying the artillery position on the left flank. Immediately extend to the middle.

A violent explosion sounded. The Beiyang artillery was blown up on their backs, and these soldiers also came to their senses, directly threw down the cannons, and ran away. The shells on the positions were killed one after another. The position was completely shrouded in smoke and fire, and more than two-thirds of the more than forty artillery pieces were lost at once.

With the scrapping of these artillery, the confidence of Zhang Huaizhi and others was completely lost. He ran to Xu Shuzheng's face in a panic, and hurriedly said: "Supervisor, Gubeikou can't be taken down, let's hurry up and think of other ways!" ”

Xu Shuzheng's face turned blue and red. His breathing also became rapid, and this time he was completely defeated, defeated. Now I can only try to keep a little liliang as much as possible, and keep it as the capital for a comeback in the future.

"Master Zhang, let the brothers retreat immediately, we will go to Luanping first, and then retreat westward, enter Chahar, which is still our territory, and go back to Beijing through Zhangjiakou!"

Zhang Huaizhi also nodded, there was only such a way to survive now, they hurriedly withdrew from Gubeikou and returned the same way. This time the run was even more embarrassing than before, all the heavy equipment was lost, and some soldiers simply threw their guns on the road, like a swarm of headless flies, and fled frantically.

The only luck was that the Feng army at the Gubei Pass did not pursue, but allowed them to escape. After running for another three or five hours, everyone was exhausted, and after counting the people, there were less than 7,000 people left, Xu Shuzheng fled into Luanping in a hurry.

"Give the brethren an hour of rest, and then immediately head west into Chahar."

Just when Xu Shuzheng was giving the order, suddenly the roar of the engine sounded in the sky above Luanping County, and the planes of the Feng army had already flown in, and these planes did not attack the Beiyang soldiers, but after a few circles in the air, they dropped countless leaflets, like snowflakes, and fell on the heads of the Beiyang soldiers.

"Only punish the evil, and never ask!"

"Lay down your arms and go home safely. Stubborn resistance, a dead end! ”

These leaflets are all such slogans, after the Beiyang Army saw it, they couldn't help but be a little moved, at least the Feng Army didn't want to kill them all, they had a way to live, only those who were officials, at this time, who wanted to care about their life or death, there were many Beiyang Army quietly escaped from Luanping.

The army's heart was scattered, Xu Shuzheng had no choice, he scavenged a little food in Luanping, and Zhang Huaizhi and others escaped from Luanping with the three thousand Beiyang Army with their closest cronies, and at this time the pursuing troops of the Feng army had been killed.

Zhang Tinglan personally led the main force of the 27th Division and chased to Luanping, Zhang Tingshu, Wan Fulin, Wu Kaijie and others all led the men and horses, constantly capturing prisoners and military supplies along the way, and they caught at least more than 15,000 defeated troops, all of whom were high-spirited.

"Big brother, Xu Shuzheng, this guy is the best at fanning the yin wind and igniting ghost fire, it's not a good thing, I'll take people to hunt him down and make sure to catch this little Zhuge ."

"Second son, don't take credit from me, Lao Wan was pressed and beaten by them, and he held his breath, just give me this opportunity!"

Looking at Wan Fulin and Zhang Tingshu who were scrambling, Zhang Tinglan shook his hand slightly, and said with a smile: "Second brother, Brigade Commander Wan, Xu Shuzheng was defeated, and the elite of the Anhui system was lost, so there is no need to worry. Let him escape to Chahar, so that we can justifiably chase and kill the past, you just need to chase after him unhurriedly, and don't let it happen to a big thing. ”

Wan Fulin smiled and touched his bald head, couldn't help but stretch out his thumb, and suddenly said: "In the end, the commander-in-chief thinks thoughtfully, a little Zhuge is a fart compared to Chahar!" ”

Zhang Tinglan temporarily cleaned up the situation in Luanping, and the land of the Central Plains at this time was completely changed because of this battle.

After the death of Lao Yuan, the two lines of Beiyang and Anhui fought openly and secretly, and Duan Qirui's Anhui system had the upper hand in the early stage, but the direct line possessed the Yangtze River basin and guarded the Gongxian Arsenal, and the strength was constantly increasing.

"Handsome, happy event, great happy event!" Wu Peifu took a telegram, walked quickly in front of Cao Kun, and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhuge has been wiped out outside the pass, and the so-called army participating in the war is over!" ”

Cao Kun finally showed a look of surprise, and said with a smile: "Haha, this Fengjun is really fast, we can't be slow, Lao Duan should get out." (To be continued......)