Beiyang reactionaries

After thinking for a while, Lin Dexuan nodded and said, "The work of suppressing bandits is a duty."

"After General Lin forms the Xiangxi Bandit Suppression Headquarters, I will allocate three troops to the Xiangxi Bandit Suppression Headquarters. The first army will be independent of the first brigade, the first army will be independent of the second brigade, and the first army will be independent of the third brigade."

The Yasukuni Army in western Hunan has many famous generals.

So Duan Xun's solution is very simple, to separate them.Although both give them important positions, it mainly pulls them away.As long as they are separated, the Xiangxi Yasukuni Army will gradually lose its original cohesion and strength with different interests and positions.

155 Hunan War 4

Since Changsha was captured by the Beiyang Army, the Hunan War has once again fallen into peace.Because of the two main forces in the Hunan War, Wu Peifu's troops and Duan Xun's troops stopped moving south.

Wu Peifu stayed in Xiangtan and Zhuzhou, but Duan Xun's troops didn't stop until they came to Xinhua.

Among the troops entering Hunan this time, the troops of Wu Peifu, Zhang Jingyao, and Duan Xun accounted for 80.00% of all the troops.Zhang Jingyao became the governor of Hunan and was going to sit in Changsha.The main force to continue the southern expedition became the troops of Duan Xun and Wu Peifu. Now that the two did not continue the southern expedition, the situation in Hunan was stabilized at once.

Of course, the two of them did not interrupt the war privately. They both told Duan Qirui that after the war some time ago, the troops needed to be repaired and some logistical supplies needed to be replenished.Using such an excuse, neither of the troops of the two men continued to march south.Of course, this is not all an excuse. Both forces now need to make some supplements.It can be regarded as asking Duan Qirui for some money.However, the troops of Duan Xun and Wu Peifu stopped the pace of the southern expedition, but Zhang Huaizhi, who had not made any achievements, chose to march south independently.

After all, Duan Xun, Wu Peifu, and Zhang Jingyao all benefited from the Hunan campaign.Wu Peifu's fame has increased greatly, and he has become a famous general in the Beiyang Army system, even a famous general known throughout the country.Wu Peifu's fame soared, and Cao Kun's popularity soared.Needless to say, Duan Xun controlled one-third of Hunan's territory, and even got the position of Changde's guardian envoy.And Zhang Jingyao got the most, and his performance was not as good as that of Wu Peifu and Duan Xun's troops, but they were all mixed up as the Hunan Governor.

Only Zhang Huaizhi, who had the same status as Cao Kun, didn't have any bullshit in the military governor's meeting.And Duan Qirui also complained that Zhang Huaizhi was careless.

So Zhang Huaizhi worked the hardest.

On March 1918, 3, Zhang Huaizhi's subordinate Shi Congbin occupied You County.Soon Li Chuanye's Anwu Army and Zhang Zhijie's Gan Army Brigade also arrived in You County, and were stationed in Ma'anshan, Sangtian, Xiaoji, Zhuting and other places outside You County.Seeing that the Hunan Army was defending tightly in Hengshan and Hengyang, Zhang Huaizhi planned to make a bigger contribution and did not plan to attack Hengyang.They are planning to go directly south from Youxian County, continue southward via Mazipo and Sangtian, attempt to occupy Anren, and then capture Yongxing and Chenxian counties, and then directly invade Guangdong.

Guangdong is almost an empty shelf now.

Not many troops.Originally, many troops of the Guangdong Army entered Hunan and participated in the Hunan War.Moreover, many Cantonese troops participated in the attack on Fujian, mainly to resist the Beiyang Army troops in the direction of Fujian.Moreover, Long Jiguang, who was defeated during the National Defense War, reorganized his army in Qiongzhou (Hainan) and attacked Guangdong, which also restrained many troops in Guangdong.The numbers of troops in Guangdong are messy, and there are troops from various factions.But because of this Dharma protection war, Sun Yat-sen and Lu Rongting used almost all the Cantonese troops that could be used.

So the hinterland of Guangdong is almost an empty city at present.

Once Zhang Huaizhi's troops are really allowed to enter Guangdong, it is estimated that they will drive straight in, and even directly threaten Guangzhou.And once Guangdong is taken, the war to protect the law will basically be over.However, just as Zhang Huaizhi's troops went south from You County, they were surrounded by the Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces led by Cheng Qian.

The situation of Cheng Qian's Hunan and Guangdong Army was not very good, and they were beaten by Wu Peifu in Yuezhou.Later, Tan Haoming made a move. Tan Haoming left the Hunan and Guangdong Army behind and ran away by himself.It made it very difficult for the Hunan and Guangdong Army to return to Hengyang.

But Cheng Qian is not Tan Haoming.

Cheng Qian and other generals of the Hunan and Guangdong Army analyzed that in order to preserve the fruits of the war to protect the law under the current situation, a battle must be fought.After their analysis, they found that Zhang Huaizhi's troop number was the most complicated among the various troops of the Beiyang Army, and he had the best chance of defeating them.Defeating the Beiyang army all the way first might bring about a turning point.

So Cheng Qian put the target of the counterattack on Zhang Huaizhi's side.

The movements of the Hunan-Guangdong Army were subtle and fast.

The operation started on March 3. On the 20st, Shi Congbin's division was already quietly surrounded, and then the five directions suddenly began to besiege Shi Congbin.When Shi Congbin went south, he didn't have any precautions at all. He never thought that the Hunan and Guangdong Army would dare to fight back after the disastrous defeat.Therefore, there was no psychological preparation for being besieged by the Hunan-Guangdong army, and it would be chaotic at once.After fighting for two days and nights, more than half of Shi Congbin's division suffered casualties.

At this time, Zhang Huaizhi sent reinforcements to attack Liu Jianfan's troops from the flanks to rescue Shi Congbin.However, the troops he sent met Zhao Hengti's troops head-on, and were beaten up by Zhao Hengti, so they had no choice but to retreat to You County.

Seeing that the reinforcements retreated to You County, Shi Congbin could only retreat and flee in the direction of Chaling.

After defeating Zhang Huaizhi's two troops one after another, the morale of the Hunan and Guangdong Army soared, and they continued to advance and began to besiege You County.At this time, the disadvantage of Zhang Huaizhi's troops came out.The command of the various units is not unified, there is little affection for each other, and they will not try their best to save people.Don't even want to die in front.Moreover, Zhang Huaizhi was too anxious before, and the distance between the various troops was too far, which gave the Hunan and Guangdong troops a chance to defeat them.

Less than half a day.

The Hunan-Guangdong Army launched an offensive at noon on March 3. At night, the troops in Youxian retreated across the board, and all the troops ran to the Liling and Chaling areas.The Hunan-Guangdong Army conquered You County, killed more than 23 Beiyang Army soldiers in World War I, captured millions, and captured two planes.Of course, the Hunan-Guangdong Army was very brave, and also suffered hundreds of casualties during the attack on You County.

But in any case, the Hunan-Guangdong Army's counterattack caused 7000 Beiyang Army casualties within two days.However, the Hunan and Guangdong Army did not give up this opportunity and continued to attack Zhang Huaizhi's lair.Attack Liling, Chaling, and Zhuzhou.

Zhang Huaizhi was really nervous.

Immediately began to deploy troops to defend the Hunan-Guangdong army. On March 3, Zhang Huaizhi and the Hunan-Guangdong Army launched a decisive battle in Huangtuling. Zhang Huaizhi's large troops defended Huangtuling, and the Hunan-Guangdong Army also assembled the main force to attack Huangtuling.

On March 3, the two sides fought very fiercely, and the frontline commander Zhao Hengti personally came to the frontline to direct the attack.The Hunan-Guangdong Army attacked from the front and defeated Zhang Zongchang's Sixth Brigade and Li Chuanye's Anwu Army defending Huangtuling. The defense line of the entire Beiyang Army was completely torn apart.After the defense line of Huangtuling was defeated, the Hunan and Guangdong Army became more and more brave.The Hunan-Guangdong army took advantage of the momentum and pursued fiercely, even defeating Liling and Zhuzhou. The forward was only tens of miles away from the provincial capital of Changsha.After this battle, almost all of Zhang Huaizhi's troops were wiped out, Shi Congbin's division had only 27 men left, Zhang Zongchang's mixed brigade had only two battalions left, and Li Chuanye's Anwu army was also killed and injured, with countless guns and bullets lost.It was the biggest defeat of the Beiyang Army in the second attack on Hunan.Zhang Huaizhi lost more than 1 people in just a few days along the way.

Zhang Huaizhi even fled back to Hankou alone, crying to Cao Kun.It means that Zhang Huaizhi, the governor of Hunan, and Wu Peifu are desperate to save them, that's why such a thing happened.

Zhang Huaizhi cried.

Zhang Jingyao was even more furious.

Zhang Huaizhi suffered such a disastrous defeat along the way, so that the Hunan and Guangdong Army actually counterattacked to the vicinity of Changsha.Zhang Jingyao just became the governor of Hunan, and someone attacked the vicinity of Changsha. Who should he reason with?

But what's the use.

Zhang Jingyao began to deploy his troops to defend Changsha.

At this time, Wu Peifu, who had been inactive for more than 20 days, acted suddenly.Wu Peifu is definitely a good general. Before seeing Zhang Huaizhi being beaten up by the Hunan and Guangdong Army, he saw Zhang Huaizhi being passive, but he ignored Zhang Huaizhi's cry for help.After the Hunan and Guangdong Army defeated Zhang Huaizhi's troops, Wu Peifu started to act immediately instead.

why.

It was not so easy to attack the Hunan and Guangdong Army before.After all, Wu Peifu's troops also lost a lot of people during the battle of Yuezhou, and the troops were very tired.The Hengyang area has very complete fortifications. Facing the main force of the Hunan and Guangdong Army, Wu Peifu did not want to fight too hard.So it hasn't moved.

But now is different.

In order to defeat Zhang Huaizhi's troops, the Hunan and Guangdong Army did their best, leaving only two regiments in Hengyang.How could a famous general like Wu Peifu let go of such an opportunity.As for whether something will happen in Changsha, Wu Peifu is too lazy to answer.

If Zhang Jingyao, the governor of Hunan, brought so many troops and couldn't even keep Changsha, it would not be Wu Peifu's responsibility.Because Wu Peifu's troops suddenly went south from Xiangtan, aiming directly at Hengyang.

speedy.

It can be said that the momentum was so fast that Wu Peifu's army had arrived at Hengshan within three days.

"Commander, telegram from the general."

As soon as Wu Peifu's troops moved, Li Jishen got the news.Li Jishen immediately sent a telegram to Duan Xun, and Duan Xun quickly called back.Li Jishen took it over to look at it, and then handed it to Deng Hanxiang next to him.

"Order from the general."

"rub--"

Following Li Jishen's words, all the officers in the headquarters immediately stood up.Except for some officers who need to sit in the rear, other generals on the front line are here.Li Jishen's large troops are already around Xinhua.As long as there is Duan Xun's order, Baoqing can be attacked anytime and anywhere.

"The general agrees that the troops will attack Baoqing. I will issue a combat order now. Yu Xuezhong."

"arrive."

"Lead the Ninth Brigade (Brigade Commander Xia Zhishi) and the Tenth Brigade (Brigade Commander Lai Xinhui) to Heitianpu and Baimaguan in the south. Attack Baoqing from Heitianpu in the west."

"Yes."

Yu Xuezhong accepted the order, but quickly said: "Commander, don't you care about Yongfeng's side? If the French Guardians attack Yongfeng from the north, they will directly threaten Heitianpu and Baimaguan. At that time, our troops are likely to be attacked by front and back Flank."

"Don't worry. Wu Peifu's army has already gone south to take Hengshan, and Hengyang will be taken in the next few days. The Hunan-Guangdong coalition forces have no chance to fight back, and Yongfeng will never return to the hands of the Hunan-Guangdong army. I will send Wu Peifu People negotiate with them."

"Yes."

"Tian Songyao."

"arrive."