Total War Predator

"The preparations are almost done now. The vacancies from various places have been reported. I heard that the response from various places is very good. Of course, many people criticize the examination policy in the newspapers, saying that this matter is no different from the imperial examinations of the previous dynasty." Yang Du is used to it. Zhang Anle's thought jump when he suddenly thought of something

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with the imperial examination. What's wrong is that the content of the imperial examination is not the exam. Is it the same as before?" Zhang Anle was in a good mood and joked

Wu Peifu's mood is not very good, he is walking around in the combat command room

"I knew it, I knew this group of people were unfamiliar white-eyed wolves who just had a place to settle on their front feet, and their back feet were about to eat people." Wu Peifu's angry voice was heard clearly by the soldiers standing guard outside the door.

"Marshal, what should we do now?" Liu Zhenhua asked anxiously, he can count on Wu Peifu now

"I have nothing else to do. Once they send troops to attack Wuhan, our troops will not last long. Our troops are all in the defensive position on the front line of the Miluo River. I am ready to go to the field. Jiang Zhongzheng39, Zhang Hanqing26, Zhang Bowei24, maybe An old man like me can no longer keep up with the times." After Wu Peifu finished speaking, he suddenly seemed a few years older.

Just the year before last, Wu Peifu was still high-spirited and wanted to unify the country by force. At that time, Luoyang was almost the political center of the country, and almost all warlords sent representatives to stay in Luoyang. Cao Kun even said that when Luoyang sneezed, Beijing would cause an earthquake, but this is just a short time. In a year and a half, earth-shaking changes have taken place. Is his era over?

Wu Peifu's words made the officials at the meeting sympathetic. Many of them are warlords who have gone to the wild. They followed Wu Peifu just to make a comeback. But now the big tree they are backing on is about to fall, and they, these hozens, should also disperse.

Suddenly the meeting room was filled with a desolate atmosphere, and the arrival of Adjutant Wu Peifu broke the desolate silence

"Marshal, Zhang Anle's special envoy is asking to see you"

The adjutant's words seemed to throw a pebble into a silent pond, and hope was rekindled in everyone's hearts. It must be a good thing for Zhang Anle to send someone at this time

"Everyone, excuse me, old man." Wu Peifu bowed his hands to everyone and turned to leave

Half an hour later, Wu Peifu returned to the conference room. The people who had long been eager to see through, couldn't care less about the rules and irregularities at the moment.

"Marshal, what does Zhang Anle mean?" Liu Zhenhua said what everyone wanted to know

"From now on, we in Hubei will accept the leadership of the ROC government," Wu Peifu said with ease.

Everyone here knows that the Northwest Army is going to intervene.

That's right, the Northwest Army has already intervened. Zhang Zhigong's Fourth Division and Rong Xiao's No.15 Division have already set out, targeting the former National Army stationed in Suixian, Yingshan, Anlu, and Xiaogan.

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek, who was already in Changsha, was unaware of the changes in Hubei. A few days ago, Chiang Kai-shek came to Changsha to cheer up the soldiers of the Northern Expedition. Knowing that this battle is not easy to fight, it is better to fight Jiangxi first than fight with Zhijun

He mobilized the first army, the third army, the sixth army and the seventh army and the expanded No.14 army, a total of six armies divided into three groups to attack Jiangxi

The Second Army and the Third Army of the Northern Expedition quickly occupied Pingxiang, and Cheng Qian's Sixth Army also successfully occupied Xiushui. Seeing that his opponent was vulnerable, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Zhu Peide to march quickly and take Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, as soon as possible.

In order to deal with Chiang Kai-shek, Sun Chuanfang mobilized nearly [-] troops to deploy defenses in Jiangxi. When Zhu Peide and the others marched near the camphor tree, they encountered Tang Fushan and Zhang Fengqi, the main forces of the Jiangxi army, who desperately resisted. Can't help anyone

Cheng Qian, who was in Xiushui, keenly felt that this was an opportunity. Sun Chuanfang's main force was on the front line, and the enemy's rear must be empty. So he sent a surprise army from Fengxian to Nanchang. There were only some police and some cavalry. Nanchang was captured by Cheng Qian. easily won

Chiang Kai-shek was very happy to hear that Cheng Qian had occupied Nanchang, and he personally sent a congratulatory message to Cheng Qian, and sent a telegram to commend the Sixth Army

All of a sudden, Cheng Qian, the commander-in-chief of the North Route Army, and Wang Boling, the acting commander of the first army, were so excited that Cheng Qian once disdainfully said that the Iron Army and the Iron Army were number one. The Jiangsu and Zhejiang Taiping Army is now a mere [-] Zhejiang troops.

Knowing that Nanchang was lost, Sun Chuanfang was angry and annoyed, and immediately ordered his ace troops: Lu Xiangting and Zheng Junyan to counterattack Nanchang, and must retake the provincial capital of Jiangxi. And ordered a few people to recover Nanchang City within two days, otherwise the military law will

On May 5, Wu Peifu of Hubei announced that he would leave the autonomous government and accept the leadership of the Beijing government

On the same day, Zhang Anle appointed Wu Peifu as the commander of the Hubei Provincial Security Command, and Liu Zuolong as the governor of Hubei Province

Wu Peifu had time to transfer some from the south to the area north of Wuhan, and surrounded the seven divisions of the National Army in Suixian, Yingshan, Anlu, and Xiaogan

Faced with the National Army's request for help, Chiang Kai-shek could only let them hold on for a while, because something bad happened on his side

On May 5th, Sun Chuanfang's army gathered at the foot of Nanchang City. Lu Xiangting and Zheng Junyan were his right-hand men. After the Northern Expedition took Nanchang, Cheng Qian only knew that he had a banquet to celebrate his achievements.

When Sun Chuanfang's troops began to attack on a large scale, the First Army was in chaos, and they couldn't even find their own commander. Commander-in-chief Cheng Qian knew that it would not be a long-term solution to blindly guard Nanchang, so he ordered Nanchang to be abandoned, and the whole army retreated. Liantang area

Sun Chuanfang's troops pursued all the way. The most elite Sixth Army of the Hunan Army with nearly 3 horses was defeated head-on by less than 8 men from Lu Xiangting's troops. The Sixth Army suffered heavy casualties. The 19th Division was intercepted by Deng Rupek in the Wanhe area. They fought hard for two days and nights, and broke a bloody road, but also lost more than 17% of their troops. The [-]th Division also almost the entire army overwhelmed

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek is full of thoughts on how to retake Nanchang and regain face. As for the trivial matter of rescuing the National Army, he doesn't care about it.

Fortunately, this time is not all bad news. On May 5, Liu Zhi led the first army and the second division to capture Zhangshu, where the main force had been withdrawn. On the 11th, he occupied Fengcheng again on the 12th. At the same time, the second and third armies also arrived in Nanchang one after another.

Chiang Kai-shek also rushed to Nanchang himself. He wanted to sit on the front line in person, and he wanted to win Nanchang again.

Since most of Sun Chuanfang's troops were chasing the Sixth Army and the First Army, there were only 6000 to [-] people defending Nanchang. In order to make the Northern Expeditionary Army lose its barrier and support when attacking the city, Tang Fushan and Zhang Fengqi ordered a reward of [-] oceans to recruit soldiers. He and the people went out of the city to set fire and burn down the buildings. In a short time, the bustling and lively places outside Huiminmen, Guangrunmen, Zhangjiangmen, and Deshengmen were all turned into scorched earth, and the famous Tengwang Pavilion was also destroyed in the fire. In the middle, the fire burned for two full days (to be continued)

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Chapter 7 Drive away the wolf

On May 5, Zhang Fengqi and Tang Fushan led troops to attack the Northern Expedition Army in the west and south of the city by night. The Second Division of the First Army rushed to the battle and was defeated by the Zhejiang Army. Under the fierce attack of the Zhejiang Army, the Second Army also retreated to Fengcheng and Sanjiangkou. The First Army, the First Division and the Third Army were in the north of Nanchang.

Overnight, the Northern Expeditionary Army besieging the city was completely defeated, and Chiang Kai-shek had to order a retreat on the 18th.

After the defeat in Nanchang, Chiang Kai-shek felt his face lost in pain, and his prestige was lost. He locked himself in the room for a whole day. After he came out, the first sentence he said when he saw Zhang Qun was, I underestimated the harsh reality of the heroes of the world, which made him change from the previous He calmed down in the midst of ecstasy and arrogance, and he informed the troops not to act rashly and to take the defensive position temporarily.

Where there are frustrated people, there are proud people. Sun Chuanfang was very happy to learn that Zhang Fengqi and Tang Fushan defeated Chiang Kai-shek

"Hahaha, people say how powerful the Northern Expeditionary Army is, but I don't think so." Sun Chuanfang smiled happily at the celebration banquet

"The Northern Expeditionary Army is just those guys who can fight Hunan with high-sightedness and low-handedness, and they brag all day long. When they meet us, they will naturally lose their supernatural powers." A teacher below said disdainfully

"That's right, what those guys in Hunan said all day long, when our Hunan army swept away millions of Zhejiang troops, we were beaten to pieces by the Northern Expedition." Another division commander also echoed.

"Forget about them. Today is the celebration banquet. Don't be polite, just eat and drink freely." Sun Chuanfang raised his wine glass and waved his hands.

"Thank you, Marshal!" All the people stood up and shouted

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere suddenly became lively. Those who toasted, punched, and guessed the wine order all had their own ways of playing.

Hankou, hundreds of miles away, is another scene

Hearing the rumbling guns outside, Wu Peifu stood up and sat down, and after a while, he stood up again and turned around

Just as he was about to sit down, the adjutant hurried in with a telegram

"Where is Zhang Zhigong?" Wu Peifu asked anxiously

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, Mr. Zhang Zhigong called back, they were stopped by the first part of the National Army, and they couldn't get there for the time being." After the adjutant came in, he told Wu Peifu the bad news

Hearing the news, Wu Peifu sat down on the chair

The adjutant felt very uncomfortable seeing Wu Peifu's appearance, but he also knew that this time it might really be over.

At dawn today, the national army came out of nowhere and surrounded Hankou, and concentrated their firepower on Hankou. Wu Peifu sent a telegram to ask for help from Hanyang, but Hanyang reported that they were also attacked.

Wu Peifu had no choice but to pin his hopes on Zhang Zhigong and Rong Xiao of the Northwest Army, but they called back that they were stopped by the National Army and there was no way to reinforce them.

"Marshal, the boat is ready, let's cross the river to the south bank." Seeing that Wu Peifu was silent, the adjutant could only ask

"It's fine if you go to the South Bank, so you let Madam and the others clean up, take a boat to Shanghai, send them back to their hometown, and I'll stay here to clean up the mess." Wu Peifu closed his eyes, waved his hand, and signaled the adjutant to leave

Seeing his appearance, the adjutant snapped to attention and gave him a military salute, then turned and left