Beiyang reactionaries

Liu Xiang jumped out immediately.

very positive.

As a senior general who joined Duan Xun's team later, Liu Xiang is very grateful to Duan Xun for being able to reach his current position.Similarly, Liu Xiang knew that he joined later, and he was not as good as Deng Hanxiang, Li Jishen, Xu Yongchang, Yu Xuezhong, and Wan Xuancai under Duan Xun.

After all, those people started following Duan Xun since Yuxi.

So Liu Xiang is more active, more actively safeguarding the interests of this team, and more actively expressing his stance.Hope to get more attention from Duan Xun.

National Defense Army?

Liu Xiang didn't care at all whether Yuan Shikai should be emperor or not.Now those who oppose Yuan Shikai's becoming emperor, except for some young military officers and students who are truly serving the country and the people and have blood in their hearts, the rest are actually benefiting the most.

The reason why Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang opposed it was because Yuan Shikai prevented them from being the president.Originally, everyone had the opportunity to become the great president. If you turned China into the world of the Yuan family, then what are we?

Liang Qichao, Cai E, including Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang opposed Yuan Shikai's accession to the throne because Yuan Shikai completely changed China's political system.This is tantamount to kicking out the KMT and the Progressive Party who are preparing for partisan politics. How could they agree.

But Liu Xiang is neither.

Not a passionate young officer, Liu Xiang doesn't care about things like republic and revolution.Similarly, Liu Xiang is not Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, etc., and he does not have enough status to consider those things.

So Liu Xiang's idea now is very simple.

Follow Duan Xun to get promoted and get rich.

"That's right. Commander, we don't owe the Yunnan Army anything. Since the outbreak of the war, we have not taken the initiative to attack the Yunnan Army. We have shown enough goodwill towards the Yunnan Army. Now they insist on snatching our territory, how can we I can bear it. The area around Luzhou has been operated by us for more than half a year, why should the Yunnan Army ask us to give up Luzhou?"

Deng Hanxiang is very smart.

I have always understood Duan Xun's thoughts, so I immediately cooperated.Tell the following generals that it is not that we are not enough, but that the Yunnan Army is not enough.

"Master, if they want to fight, we will fight."

Wan Xuancai also supports it.

Wan Xuan was born as a bandit. Although he has his own ideas about many things, he doesn't have that special feeling for the Revolutionary Party.The same is true for Cai E and the Yunnan Army.So be quick to express your opinion.

"Master, since Cai E insists on fighting, you can give the order."

The calm Li Jishen spoke immediately.

Among Duan Xun's most important generals, Li Jishen has the deepest relationship with the National Defense Army, or the Revolutionary Party.However, even if Li Jishen had sympathy for the National Defense Army, he knew his position.As the saying goes, the ass determines the head, and Li Jishen is like this.

Anyone who reaches a certain position cannot act at will according to his own ideas.He has to consider the mood of the team and the interests of the team.

The same is true of Li Jishen's position.

"it is good."

Hold a small mobilization meeting so that everyone can have a unified understanding.

Although Duan Xun's team was built by Duan Xun, at present, Duan Xun's will is the will of this team.What Duan Xun says is what he says, no one will object.But unifying the understanding before the war will be beneficial to the war below.

"Then I will issue the order now."

"Yes."

"Li Jishen."

"arrive."

"As soon as Cai E moves, the first echelon regiment of the Yunnan Army in Liu Yunfeng in Syria will also move. Your task is to defend Jiang'an, and not let the first echelon regiment of the Yunnan Army break through Jiang'an. You must also defend the west side of Naxi. Threatening Cai E's flanks prevents Cai E from attacking with all his strength."

"Yes."

"Liu Xiang."

"arrive."

"The 2000th Regiment was placed in front of Naxi and served as the commander-in-chief of the Naxi defense. The artillery regiment and machine gun brigade were handed over to the [-]th Regiment to command, and I will allocate [-] troops to you from Duan Yong's Luzhou Garrison Regiment. "

"Yes."

"Yu Xuezhong, Wan Xuancai."

"arrive."

"The 69th Regiment and the Independent Regiment serve as reserves."

"Yes."

Duan Xun looked at the generals under his hands, and thought that he was about to meet Cai E, so he was very excited.I have been leading troops for many years, and today I finally have to fight against famous generals such as Cai E.

"Since you want to fight, hit me hard and show your prestige."

"Yes."

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On February 1916, 2, Cai E finally made up his mind.

The most important battle in the history of the War to Protect the Nation was also the most tragic battle with the largest number of troops invested. The Second Battle of Naxi broke out.In this campaign, Cai E invested in the fourth detachment of the second echelon regiment of the first army of the National Defense Army, the fifth detachment and sixth detachment of the second echelon regiment, as well as artillery and cavalry. A total of more than 5000 people participated in the attack.

On the other side, the first detachment and the second detachment of the first echelon regiment of Liu Yunfeng, the first army of the national defense army, came out from Syria to attack Jiang'an, and fought with Li Jishen's 67th regiment in Jiang'an.Following Liu Yunfeng's first echelon was Xiong Kewu's Sichuan recruiting army of 5000 people.It is the troops gathered after Xiong Kewu entered Sichuan.

The Yunnan Army used all the artillery and heavy machine guns it could get on this battlefield.

Two battlefields.

Cai E mobilized about 8000 Dian troops and 5000 Sichuan troops into the war this time, preparing to break through Naxi in one fell swoop, take Luzhou, and open up the road to the north.Defending here is Duan Xun's No.17 Division. Li Jishen's No.60 Seventh Regiment, Liu Xiang's No.70 Regiment, Duan Yong's Luzhou Garrison Regiment, and Wan Xuancai's No.69 Regiment with 2000 people were deployed here. Xuezhong's independent regiment of 2000 people, Fang Dingying's artillery regiment, and Tang Shengzhi's machine gun brigade.

Duan Xun invested more than 6000 people here.

Li Jishen's 67th regiment defended Jiang'an and blocked the first echelon regiment of Liu Yunfeng, the first army of the National Defense Army.Liu Xiang's 69th Regiment and Duan Yong's Luzhou Garrison Regiment defended the Naxi front line.Yu Xuezhong's independent regiment and Wan Xuancai's [-]th regiment served as reserve teams.

The Naxi and Jiang'an defense lines are more than [-] miles away.

There are battlefields everywhere.

Even certain positions were repeatedly robbed.At this time, Duan Xun had a taste of the power of the Yunnan Army.In terms of weapons and equipment, numbers, and even tactical capabilities, the Yunnan Army is far inferior to Duan Xun's troops.

But they dare to risk their lives.

Cai E personally supervised the battle, and the Dian army was divided into several parts to attack the Naxi defense line on Duan Xun's side, and was also looking for loopholes in the Naxi defense line.However, Duan Xun's deployment on the Naxi defense line was not a joke.The first position was lost, there was a second position, and there was a third position below, extending all the way to Naxi City.Where is it that Cai E can succeed if he wants to break through.

"How about Qijiang?"

After fighting in Lujiang for several days, there was no progress at all, which caused Cai E a headache at the moment.Cai E's eyes were already red and red, and the corners of his mouth were full of blisters, all because he didn't have a good rest, and also because he was angry.For the battle of Naxi, Cai E personally commanded on the front line and hadn't slept for several days.