The battle was safe, the attack on Liling, the Keping River, three battles and three victories, and the prestige of the "Ye Ting Independent Regiment" was greatly enhanced.

Someone wrote an article describing Ye Ting on the road of the Northern Expedition: the battle was safe, the attack on Liling, and the Keping River...... One step at a time, the thunder shook the heavens and the earth.

Some people wrote poems to create the image of Ye Ting, a famous general of the Northern Expedition: The horse leather shroud should swear to himself, and he will be in love with death......

It can be seen that the road of the Northern Expedition is full of dangers, but the biggest risk begins at the end.

There is a soldier who describes the battle process in such a simple way, as far as the whole battle process is concerned, it is like running a marathon, not experienced athletes think that the first few kilometers are the best to run, in fact, the experienced athletes do not think so, they say that the first few kilometers are the best and the most difficult to run. Because at the beginning, everyone had physical strength, and they all felt that they could be the leader. However, the more the physical balance is in the state, the more the potential and strength of the athlete are revealed. Of course, there is a tactical problem, but more important is the contest of strength. After the first few kilometers are easily taken down, after which it will enter a state of inertia, and it will be easy to master when it runs again. Therefore, Ye Ting's independent regiment won a great victory at the beginning, and then went straight to Liling, and then forcibly crossed the Pingjiang River in Luolik, and won successive battles, which was really a miracle, and it was a war wonder of winning more with less......

If Ye Ting's independent regiment's defeat of Xie Wenbing's avant-garde troops of the Cantonese army in Rucheng is regarded as the prelude to the independent regiment's entry into the Northern Expedition, then the upcoming battle of Anyu of the independent regiment is a real show on the stage of the Northern Expedition.

The current military posture of An Yu does pose a serious threat to Tang Shengzhi. Not to mention that the four regiments of Tang Fushan's troops and Xie Wenbing's troops under Wu Peifu's jurisdiction have arrived in Anyou, and have already drawn out a force to enter the vicinity of Anren's Lutian, if Anren is completely controlled by Wu Peifu's troops, the next offensive direction will be directed to Hengyang, where Tang Shengzhi is located. However, what is ironic is that the 39th Regiment of Tang Shengzhi's Eighth Army, with the exception of the 2nd Battalion and a company of the 1st Battalion, which remained in the area of Anren Lutian, has withdrawn its main force to the Leiyang area, which is 100 miles away. This clearly revealed that the 39th Regiment of the Eighth Army would abandon Anren. It seems that the friendly forces have become frightened birds under the fierce advance of Wu Peifu's troops, and their slogan of "sticking to southern Hunan" is just for their superiors.

In this way, in order to relieve Tang Shengzhi's danger, winning the battle of peace is the key.

However, the first battalion of Ye Ting's independent regiment, which was responsible for escorting ammunition to Chenzhou, had not yet returned, only the second and third battalions, while the enemy's frontal force was the strength of four regiments, and the enemy was several times larger than me! With such a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, this battle was too difficult for the independent regiment to win.

What to do?

Ye Ting talked to the party branch about his opinion: The battle is related to the morale of the independent regiment and whether it can be invincible in the future. The enemy is much more numerically than us, but the decisive factor in the victory of the battle is not only in the comparison of numbers, but also in the question of morale and tactics are unexpected. We are the first army of the Communist Party of China, the advance regiment of the Northern Expedition, only dare to fight tough battles and dare to fight evil battles, and defeat several times the enemy of ours, in order to inspire friendly troops to share the same hatred of the enemy, to complete the mission of the Northern Expedition.

Ye Ting's impassioned and overlooking words immediately became the decision of the collective leadership of the party branch. Tomorrow, the 2nd Battalion will leave for Lutian, and the 3rd Battalion will advance to Longjiawan and Huangmaopu, and will cooperate with the 2nd Battalion of the 39th Regiment of the Eighth Army and the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion respectively to first strengthen the forces in the forward position and wait for a counterattack.

As soon as the 2nd Battalion and the 2nd Battalion of the 39th Regiment had made preparations for the forward position, the enemy launched an attack on the Lutian position with more than 2,000 troops. After the 3rd Battalion arrived at Longjiawan, it had just sent the 8th Company deep into Huangmaopu, and the enemy also attacked our position with more than 1,000 troops. In this way, the enemy in the two places mobilized more than 3,000 troops, and it was clear that he had launched a general attack.

However, the 39th Regiment, which was fearful of the enemy, retreated in a hurry as soon as it heard the enemy's gunfire, with the result that the 8th Company of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Independent Regiment, which had just entered the position, was attacked by the enemy from many sides and was in an extremely dangerous situation.

It was a strange night, with lightning and thunder, and wind and rain, and the strange weather was like that of an old urchin, crazy and insolent.

The enemy relied on their familiarity with the terrain and features, and because the rout of the 39th Regiment had stimulated the enemy's arrogance, and they discovered by fire that the number of troops of the Independent Regiment was small, they launched a frenzied attack.

Although the 8th Company of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions did not have a full meal due to a day's rapid march, the morale of the officers and men was very high, and the enemy attacked three times in one company. However, all three platoon commanders of the 8th Company were wounded, and there were also some casualties in the 7th and 9th companies.

This stalemate lasted until four o'clock the next morning, when a strong gust of wind cleared, the eastern sky gradually turned white, and the enemy positions were faintly discerning. Ye Ting resolutely decided that the enemy army attacked overnight, and they still did not succeed in occupying the right time and place, and now they are tired and prone to lack confidence, and our army is holding its position, as if waiting for work, and now we can seize this short gap and launch a general counteroffensive to annihilate the enemy army in one fell swoop at the moment when the enemy army cannot see the movement of our army and the actual deployment of troops.

As a result, the second battalion counterattacked head-on at Lutian, and the chief of staff led reinforcements to outflank the flank; The third battalion attacked in front of Huang Maopu, and after Ye Ting led reinforcements to outflank the flank, more than 2,000 officers and men of the regiment formed a huge iron fist and smashed it at the enemy.

Suddenly, the torrential rain of bullets and thunderous shouts shook the vast hilly area between An Ren and An You.

In an instant, the enemy's position was crushed, like a dam broken by a flood, and it collapsed. They desperately fled to Anyou, hating their parents for giving them two legs for a while.

The independent regiment pursued it in one go, not far from the county seat, and saw that the enemy troops in the city mistakenly thought that the retreating enemy was the troops of the independent regiment, opened fire to intercept it, and the enemy, who was eager to flee to the city, saw that the enemy troops in the city could not distinguish between the real and the fake, and while shouting and cursing, they shot back, killing each other, and making a mess.

"The second battalion took advantage of the enemy's chaos and rushed over!" Ye Ting wasted no time in giving the order.

The officers and men of the 2nd Battalion rushed down the mountain and pounced on the enemy. When the enemy saw clearly that it was the pursuing force of the independent regiment, it was already in a mess, and this time it immediately turned into a hornet's nest that was burned.

"Chase!" Ye Ting issued new instructions to the battalions.

All the officers and men of the Independent Regiment came and beat the water dogs with heavy sticks. Annihilated the fleeing enemy, captured Anyu, and achieved a brilliant record of defeating four enemy regiments with one regiment. More than 200 enemies were killed, more than 200 were captured, and more than 300 mortars and guns were captured.

The good news spread, and the revolutionary army and people in Guangdong, Hunan Province and other places were excited.

In the first battle, the Independent Regiment also gained a great reputation among friendly forces.

Just when Tang Shengzhi was promoted to the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Northern Expedition and decided to take advantage of the victory to capture Changsha and Liling before the arrival of Wu Peifu's reinforcements, the Independent Regiment received the combat mission of cooperating with two divisions of the Fourth Army to capture Liling.

In the attack on Liling, Zhang Fakui, commander of the 20th Division of the Fourth Army, led the 35th Regiment and the 29th Regiment of the 10th Division as the left flank and served as the main attack; With Ye Ting leading the independent regiment as the right flank, a frontal feint attack; The 28th Regiment of the 10th Division was responsible for the vigilance, and the 30th Regiment of the 10th Division was the general reserve.

The launch of the general attack was scheduled for the 10th.

At 1 a.m. on the 10th, Ye Ting led the independent regiment to set out from the assembly area and launched an attack on the Sifen Bridge.

Not long after, Hu Huanwen, the commander of the Ninth Company, rushed to the bridge first. This fierce young officer from Yiyang, Hunan Province, is a graduate of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and a member of the Communist Party. He is a sturdy man who doesn't usually speak much, but he is a very assertive and thoughtful person. In the Eastern Expedition with the First Army, he was slightly wounded several times, and he didn't even cry out in pain. After the "Zhongshan Ship Incident", he was expelled from the first army by Chiang Kai-shek, and later served as a company commander in the Independent Regiment. At this moment, as a company commander, he rushed in front of the soldiers of the whole company. Presumably, the enemy discovered that he was an officer and fired at him with a dense platoon of guns. Hu Huanwen suddenly felt paralyzed in both legs, and hurriedly looked down, and saw that each leg had been shot, dripping with blood, and then began to hurt like a knife. He stood upright desperately, like an iron tower, and waved his arms to shout to the soldiers of the whole company: "Leave me alone, although I have no regrets in death, comrades work hard to kill the enemy, rush!" Just after his shouting, he was shot several times in the abdomen and throat before he collapsed, showing the heroism of an officer of an independent regiment who looked at death as if he were home.

"Avenge the company commander, rush!" The soldiers of the Ninth Company, full of vengeful anger, annihilated the sniper enemies one by one, and quickly occupied the area north of the bridge.

The sky gradually brightened, and the gray sky was like a huge curtain, bleak and cold; Lifeless.

When Ye Ting led the third battalion of the independent regiment and the regimental detachments to the site of the feint attack on Sifen Bridge, Zhang Fakui's troops, who were the main attackers, did not move at all. In order to gain the initiative, open the way for the main attacking force, and attract the enemy's artillery fire, Ye Ting launched an attack on the enemy position.

However, three or four hours after the battle began, the sun had already risen a few poles high, and Zhang Fakui still did not inform him of the time of the main attack.

At this time, the troops reported that the enemy had made a move to cross the water in the south in a vain attempt to get rid of the frontal attack of our troops.

"Zhang Fakui doesn't attack head-on, we fight head-on!" Ye Ting knew that the soldiers were fast, and if they delayed any longer, they would delay the fighters!

As soon as Ye Ting's order was issued, the 2nd Battalion, the 3rd Battalion, and the regimental detachments turned their feints into frontal attacks and attacked the enemy's first-line high ground together.

Wu Zhaosheng, the commander of the second company, who was not tall in stature, took the lead and led the soldiers of the whole company to rush to the death. Originally, they could have taken advantage of the terrain and topography to advance in a roundabout way, or crawl forward, but the second company led by Wu Zhaosheng shot with a gun on the one hand and advanced with a chest on the other, which frightened the enemy and shouted "The death squad is coming"! Drop your ground and run.

Unfortunately, Wu Zhaosheng, a high-achieving student of the second phase of the Huangpu Military Academy of the Huangmei clan in Hubei Province, and a loyal and fearless young officer, was shot indiscriminately by the enemy and died in the line of duty. With all his blood, he wrote a heroic page on the banner of the Separate Regiment.

Just when the officers and men of the 2nd Company were burned red by the anger of avenging the company commander and rushed to the enemy's position without hesitation, the 2nd and 3rd Battalions and the regimental detachments attacked the enemy from the left and right, and immediately occupied all the positions, causing Xie Wenbing's blocking troops to suffer a catastrophe.

At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Ting had already led the independent regiment to advance to Liling, which was only five miles away.

Ye Ting climbed high and looked into the distance, only to see the people in Liling City shouting horses and neighing, and the dust was flying. This chaotic situation is a sign that the enemy is preparing to flee.

However, at this critical moment, the 35th and 29th regiments commanded by Zhang Fakui were still more than ten miles away from Liling, and they could not come up slowly.

Don't miss the time! Ye Ting understands the importance of timing in war. He immediately ordered the whole regiment to rush into the city while the enemy was in confusion, and then cut it into pieces along the streets of the city to annihilate the enemy troops in the city.

All the officers and men of the Independent Regiment rushed into the city according to Ye Ting's combat deployment, first attacked the south of the city, then the east of the city, and then killed from the north of the city to the west gate, and conquered Liling in one fell swoop.

Zhang Fakui, who was not in good command, went to Liling to see Ye Ting, and praised Ye Ting with embarrassment: "Xiyi, in the battle of Liling, you can be described as 'commanding as talking and laughing'!" ”

Ye Ting's face was as heavy as iron: "Division, we have two heroic company commanders who died heroically for the revolution!" Alas, isn't the sacrifice of the martyrs the sorrow of our living people? ”

Zhang Fakui's face turned red when he heard this, and he defended: "Our troops are also attacking hard, but they are just chasing more steadily, but your independent regiment is also fighting too fiercely!" ”

Ye Ting smiled at Zhang Fakui with suppressed dissatisfaction, and said implicitly: "Master, prevent fear from becoming an infectious disease!" ”

Zhang Fakui opened his mouth and didn't say a word, he looked like a fathead fish thrown on the beach. After a while, he hid his shame and laughed: "Xiyi, we are the long-term future!" ”

"May we share the same hatred!" Ye Ting saluted Zhang Fakui and strode towards the regimental headquarters temporarily set up by Zhou Shidi.

The Northern Expeditionary Army occupied Anyou, conquered Liling, and advanced to Changsha and approached Pingjiang, which greatly shocked the Beiyang warlords Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin. They hurriedly joined forces with the Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan and others to set up the "Beiyang Allied Forces Command" under the direction of British, American, and Japanese imperialist bosses, and threatened to "completely wipe out the two red forces in the north and south."

Wu Peizhen, who had a self-respecting army, immediately mobilized troops and laid down a so-called steel defense line along the Miluo River, which stretched from Pingjiang in the east to Nandu in the south, with tens of thousands of troops, including the 50th Mixed Brigade of Lu Yuan, the 21st Mixed Brigade of Yu Yinsen, and the remnants of Ye Kaixin of the Hunan Army, to stubbornly resist the Northern Expeditionary Army on the Miluo River.

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek in Guangzhou through a series of ** conspiracy activities, assumed the position of "commander-in-chief of the super-large generalissimo power" that combined the party, government and military power, he had the dictatorial ambition of expanding the territory and annexing various factions through the Northern Expedition to achieve the dictatorial ambition of ruling the whole country, as the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, he belatedly arrived in Changsha.

The overall deployment of the National Revolutionary Army was that the Fourth, Seventh, and Eighth Armies served as the middle route army, attacking north along the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, reaching Wuhan, and then seizing Wusheng Pass, an important pass at the junction of Hubei and Henan; The Second Army, the Third Army, the Sixth Army, the Ninth Army, the Tenth Army, and the First Division of the First Army, serving as the Left Wing Army, the Right Wing Army, and the General Reserve, blocked the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and monitored the west direction of the Yangtze River in Jingzhou, Shashi, Changsha, Liling, and Liuyang respectively to aid the enemy, and supported the Central Route Army in the operation, and finally occupied the three towns of Wuhan in the thoroughfare of Kyushu.

The task of Ye Ting's Independent Regiment was to attack Pingjiang with other units of the Fourth Army, and to take Tongcheng and Chongyang directly, so as to cut off the communication of the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway and prevent the enemy from reinforcing him.

Guarding Pingjiang was Wu Peifu's henchman, Lu Yuan, commander of the 50th Mixed Brigade, who was arrogant and rude, and was known as a "strong general."

In terms of geographical advantages, the terrain of Pingjiang is dangerous. It is close to the majestic Gucheng Ridge in the north, the surging Miluo River in the south, and there is a force that can fight a tough battle in the Pingjiang area.

It is said that the commander of the 50th Mixed Brigade, Lu Yuan, is so arrogant and arrogant, and he didn't put the Northern Expeditionary Army in his eyes at all, not only because he has the courage of a martial artist, but because he also has some strategy. He commanded more than 10,000 soldiers to build fortifications along the hilly areas of the Miluo River during the Fourth Army's training in Liling and Liuyang and during the Ye Ting Independent Regiment's conquest of Liling and the expansion and replenishment of troops. In all the areas where people pass through, they are buried, and they are equipped with heavy troops in the southeast of Pingjiang in Zhongdong Mountain, Lusu Mountain, Xunsi Ridge, Tongziling and other dangerous places; There are strong fortifications on hilly heights in front of it, and an impregnable alpine barrier in the back, which is difficult to break. No wonder Lu Yuan heard that the Fourth Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army and Ye Ting's Independent Regiment were going to fight him in Pingjiang, so he looked up to the sky and laughed: "My Pingjiang is solid and insurmountable, and the Northern Expeditionary Army dares to come, and they will die without a place to be buried!" ”

It seems that it is not easy for Ye Ting's independent regiment to conquer Pingjiang.

However, "the surface is not as strong as the inside". "Huainanzi Military Training" said: "The victory or defeat of soldiers lies in politics. ”

Therefore, I don't understand that "the key to a soldier lies in the cultivation of government." The key to repairing government lies in winning the hearts and minds of the people." Lu Yuan, who is proud of the terrain and fortifications alone, will certainly taste what it means to be a real war.

Before launching a general offensive against Pingjiang, the divisions of the Fourth Army and the Ye Ting Independent Regiment fully received the strong support of the local people and the peasant self-defense forces. They constantly drew detailed charts of the troops, firepower and fortifications, the setting of obstacles, and the burial of the Lu Yuan Mixed Brigade that they had reconnoitred, and handed them over to the Independent Regiment and the Fourth Army. They also told the Independent Regiment that they sprinkled straw wherever the enemy had laid it, so wherever there was straw, never step on it.

With the support of the masses and the peasant self-defense forces, Ye Ting's Independent Regiment was like a tiger with wings, and it was determined to smash Lu Yuan's mixed brigade into powder with the iron fist of the revolution, so that he could also understand the truth of "those who are proud of the soldiers will be destroyed."

In the battle to conquer Pingjiang, Ye Ting's Independent Regiment, in coordination with the 36th Regiment of the 10th Division and the 11th Division, under the cover of the 35th Regiment of the 12th Division and the artillery unit feinting to attack Lusu Mountain and Xiansi Ridge to contain the enemy's main force, detoured back to the flank of the enemy's main position from the right flank, and chose the east and north of the city, where the enemy's forces were relatively weak, as the breakthrough point, and launched a fierce attack to capture Pingjiang in one fell swoop.

At present, although the Ye Ting Independent Regiment has suffered some casualties after the battles of Anyu and Liling, today it is becoming more and more strong and high-spirited. After they captured Liling, the Guangzhou District Committee of the Communist Party of China, taking into account the important mission of the advance team of the Northern Expedition shouldered by the Independent Regiment and also considering that more outstanding military combat command personnel would be trained and trained through the actual combat of the Northern Expedition, while informing Ye Ting to replenish the troops on the spot and expand the number of subordinate personnel, selected and sent more than 30 officers at the battalion, company, and platoon levels, led by Xu Jishen, a graduate of the first phase of the Huangpu Military Academy and a member of the Communist Party, to Liling to strengthen the cadre strength of the Independent Regiment. Ye Ting happily held the hands of Xu Jishen and the others, and said repeatedly: "Welcome, welcome!" With you to supplement the Independent Regiment, our combat effectiveness is like an extra blade in the hands of the God of War! Indeed, these more than 30 battalion, company, and platoon-level officers are all high-achieving students of the Whampoa Military Academy, who have fought in the past, and are all rare talents with both wisdom and bravery. With so many personnel replenished by the independent regiment, there is no need to worry that the combat effectiveness will not increase much. Therefore, in accordance with the instructions of the superiors, the independent regiment set up a special brigade based on a reconnaissance team, a surveillance team, and a stretcher team, with Liu Xiaming, who came with Xu Jishen and graduated from the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, as the captain. A number of company and platoon commanders were promoted from among the original cadres, a supplementary battalion was added, and Fu Kezhen, deputy commander of the first battalion, was promoted to the commander of the supplementary battalion. Based on Xu Jishen's erudition and rich practical experience, he was appointed as the commander of the second battalion as one of the main battalions. Then, after a period of rigorous training and political and ideological education for the recruits, and a bottom-up summary of the experience of the battles of Anyu and Liling, the independent regiment was like a cannonball with incomparably lethal power in the barrel of a cannon, and as long as it gave the command to "fire," it would rush through all resistance with a thunderous momentum, rush through all resistance, fly to the heart of the enemy, and explode with a bang.

The battle to capture Pingjiang City was scheduled to begin at 4 a.m. Ye Ting's Independent Regiment, which was tasked with the task of breaking through, had concealed in Zhimapu, which was only ten miles away from the enemy, with the support of the peasant self-defense force the day before. Due to the fact that the independent regiment was covered by the masses, the enemy did not detect the whereabouts of such a sizable force in the slightest.

As soon as the battle began, the Independent Regiment crossed the Miluo River without being hindered in the slightest.

"The Special Brigade is attacking Boy Ridge on the left flank! The first battalion attacked directly to Pingjiang County! The avant-garde forces approached Monkey Rock through the broken wall! Ye Ting issued combat orders to all combat battalions.

The combat battalions immediately deployed according to Ye Ting's deployment.

Not long after, the Independent Brigade sent a messenger to report to Ye Ting: The Independent Brigade and the 35th Regiment launched a fierce attack on the enemy troops at Tongziling and Xiansiling, and because the enemy's position was too strong and the strength of the troops was too strong, it was difficult to break through for a while, and asked for troops to be sent to support.

Ye Ting raised his eyebrows when he heard this, thought for a while, turned to face the second battalion, and said categorically: "Second battalion, go back to the Miluo River, outflank the boy, and contemplate the enemy army in Erling!" ”

Ye Ting's decisive change caused the second battalion to draw a salary from the enemy troops who were holding on to Tongziling and Xunsi Ridge, and the trenches and barbed wire fences that the enemy had originally dug and set up, as well as the mountain artillery and field artillery with a long range and great power, all became deaf ears and lost their original effectiveness.

At this time, Ye Ting received a report: The first battalion had broken through the north gate of Pingjiang City with the courage of all the enemy, and had already started a street battle with the enemy in the city.

"Fight bravely, fight fast!" Ye Ting waved his fist happily, and his teeth and bones habitually bulged, as if he was about to burst out with new strength.

Sure enough, Ye Tingxin's deployment was issued: "Fourth Company, quickly detour back to Tongziling, carry out a surprise attack on the enemy behind the flank, and disrupt its defense center!" ”

Ye Ting, who had given a new battle order, under the escort of the special task force, could not wait to climb a piece of high ground not too far from the north gate of Pingjiang City, picked up a telescope and looked into the city, only to hear the gunfire in the city, and wisps of smoke and dust rose from time to time, indicating that the street battle between the first battalion and the enemy troops in the city was not very fierce, the enemy army had been frightened, and the battle of the first battalion was progressing smoothly. He moved his telescope to the area of Tongziling and Xunsiling, and saw that the smoke of gunfire there was loud and loud, and the smoke of gunfire was rising over the enemy's position, indicating that our army was attacking fiercely, and although the enemy was still stubbornly resisting, it was in the moment of being completely defeated.

Suddenly, Ye Ting found that in a village at the northern foot of the Judgment Ridge, there was an enemy team of several hundred people gathering, observing from the pre-direction of the action, as if it was about to outflank me from behind the first battalion, and caught me off guard.

"Immediately order the second battalion to rush to the village north of the Judgment Ridge, and completely annihilate the enemy who is preparing to threaten my battalion!" Ye Ting's thick eyebrows crumbled into a word 'Chuan' in his eyebrows in an instant, his eyes were like fire, and he gave a loud order, and the deafening sound was like a dragon roaring and a tiger's roar, drowning out the roaring guns for a while.

The officers and men of the 2nd Battalion rushed 100 meters to the village designated by Ye Ting, and then with a charge, the enemy troops who were just about to attack the 1st Battalion fled in all directions, and the killed and wounded enemies were lying all over the yard, and many abandoned their guns and were captured.

On the high ground southeast of Pingjiang, under the attack of the 12th Division and various direct detachments, although the two sides fought for a while, when the enemy learned that Pingjiang City had been broken by Ye Ting's independent regiment, they no longer had the intention of fighting and hurriedly began to retreat.

Lu Yuan's mixed 50th Brigade has collapsed on all fronts.

However, Lu Yuan, who was in a daze, was still in self-absorption.

When the first battalion of Ye Ting's independent regiment was approaching Lu Yuan's headquarters, he was still playing mahjong with his adjutant and staff officers, and shouted vividly: "We are playing mahjong while waiting for good news." If the Northern Expeditionary Army is not afraid of death, come on, hum, let them either step on my **, or suffer from my shells! …… Hahaha! ”

"Report to the brigade commander, the Northern Expeditionary Army has entered the city!" One of Lu Yuan's adjutant officers ran in in to report with a frightened face.

"What? What the fuck are you talking about? Has the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Pingjiang City? Lu Yu lifted the mahjong table and stood up, and a pair of leopard eyes were about to pop out of his sockets.

"It's almost to the headquarters!" The adjutant trembled with fear.

"Brigadier Commander, run, shall you?" Several staff officers who accompanied Lu Yuan shouted to Lu Yuan without a master.

"Sedation, give me fucking sedation!" Lu Yun hurriedly took the binoculars and tied the armed belt with the pistol, "Let's go, follow me to the roof of the building to observe." ”

"Reserves, hurry up and order the reserves to block the Northern Expeditionary Army for me!" Lu Yuan looked around, the city was already full of chasing Northern Expeditionary Army, and one team had approached his headquarters, and his troops fled everywhere, all of them becoming lost dogs. He picked up the binoculars and saw that in the area of Tongziling and Xiansi Ridge outside the city, the Northern Expeditionary Army was also chasing and killing his defeated troops on the whole line.

"Brigade Commander, quickly find a place to hide first, it's too dangerous to stand in this place!" Several of Lu Yuan's entourage hurriedly pulled him off the roof.

"Adjutant, pass on my order, organize the scattered troops, and rush out of the city with me!" Lu Yun shouted a few times in a loud voice, not only did the adjutant not know where to hide, but even the fleeing soldiers ignored him when they heard his roar, and now it is important to protect his life!

Lu Yuan, who has extraordinary strength, wants to fight to the death again, but he has no choice but to fall.

Lu Yuan was dragged by several of his entourage to hide in Xiao Cao Temple on West Street, and was immediately surrounded by our army's iron buckets, and he desperately aimed his pistol at his temple and killed himself.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, after 11 hours and 30 minutes of fierce fighting, the Pingjiang defense line, which Lu Yuan declared to be "impregnable," completely collapsed.

Ye Ting rode on the streets of Pingjiang, inspecting the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment full of victory and pride, majestic and magnificent.