Beiyang reactionaries

During the Hunan War last year, the Hunan-Guangdong Army was defeated in Yuezhou and was expelled from Yuezhou by Wu Peifu.But Tan Haoming did not go to support them. Instead, he led his troops to flee and abandoned the Hunan and Guangdong Army.Needless to say, the Hunan Army, after all, we are just allies.The Guangdong Army troops in Hunan, like the Gui Army, are all subordinate to Lu Rongting's troops.But Tan Haoming actually abandoned the Guangdong Army, which of course increased the conflict between them.

"We entered Guangdong this time. It is impossible to defeat Lu Rongting based on our military strength alone. As the saying goes, attacking the heart is the top priority, and attacking the city is the bottom. To fight Liu Zhilu's troops, the key to victory is not on the battlefield, but in the hearts of the people."

"What about it?"

"We have to use the most appropriate proposition to get them to accept it, to get it accepted by all walks of life in Guangdong, and to get them to support us. Therefore, I propose that we put up slogans like 'Cantonese govern Guangdong' and 'Cantonese don't beat Cantonese'."

Chen Jiongming nodded slowly.

Attacking the heart is the top, attacking the city is the bottom.

Yao Yuping's suggestion is indeed very suitable for the current situation.At present, Cantonese people are very disappointed, thinking that Guangdong is ruled by Guangxi people.At this time, the slogan of "Guangdong people governing Guangdong" can be supported by many powerful factions in Guangdong. "Cantonese don't fight Cantonese", this slogan can avoid fighting with many Cantonese troops.

"Will Liu Zhilu's troops be affected by this slogan?"

"Don't worry. Many of Liu Zhilu's troops are still our former troops. I have written letters to some people and contacted them. As long as our propaganda is in place, Liu Zhilu's troops will definitely collapse without a fight."

"it is good."

Chen Jiongming applauded loudly.

Then he said: "Brother Shiyun (Yao Yuping), you are fully responsible for the contact with Liu Zhilu's army. You must contact those who are willing to join us in Liu Zhilu's army, and the speed must be fast. My three-way army will deal with some of Liu Zhilu's periphery first. The troops and some local militia groups put some pressure on Liu Zhilu's troops."

After making the decision, Chen Jiongming won't worry much, and won't have any hesitation.

"Yes."

218 War of Guangdong and Guangxi 4

"Lin Xiumei is indeed a good general."

Although the Guangdong-Guangxi War had broken out, Chen Jiongming led troops to attack the Chaoshan area.But after Lu Rongting arranged the troops, he was not very worried about Chen Jiongming.Chen Jiongming's troops were only about 2, and Lu Rongting's troops in the Chaoshan area alone had more than [-] troops.

Behind Shen Hongying, the Fourth Army of the Guangdong Army, the First Army of the Guangdong Army, the Second Army of the Guangdong Army, the Third Division of the Yunnan Army, and Liu Xianshi's troops stationed in Guangdong and Guizhou, the number of troops is more than double that of Chen Jiongming's troops.In any aspect, Lu Rongting's troops are much stronger than Chen Jiongming's.

Moreover, Lu Rongting also mobilized naval support.

Not worried.

So what if Chen Jiongming's troops attacked Chaozhou?Liu Zhilu's main force is in Chaozhou, and there is no problem keeping Chen Jiongming's troops under Chaozhou City.Therefore, compared to the battle with Chen Jiongming, Lu Rongting paid more attention to the war in Hunan.

To put it bluntly, Lu Rongting was still worried about Duan Xun's troops.

"Yes, handsome."

Mo Rongxin was also admiring.

"Li Kuiyuan's No.11 Division is also a regular unit of the Beiyang Army, and it was defeated so easily by the second column of the Hunan Army. Tsk tsk tsk, Li Kuiyuan really lost all the old face of the Beiyang Army."

On June 1919, 6, Li Kuiyuan's No.9 Division attacked Hengshan for the fifth day.

The two sides confronted each other in Hengshan.

After fighting for several days, Li Kuiyuan failed to break through the Hunan Army's defense line in Hengshan, which made Li Kuiyuan more and more anxious.Originally, Li Kuiyuan wanted to defeat the Hunan Army before they had deployed the Hengshan defense line.Then take advantage of the momentum to attack Hengyang, it is best to take Hengyang down.In this way, Tan Yankai's Hunan army stopped completely.

But it didn't work.

The two sides fought fiercely in Hengshan, and failed to take down the Hengshan defense line for several days.I don't know how Li Kuiyuan arranged for the troops to be stationed, but he didn't notice the movements of Lin Xiumei's troops.The No.2000 Division, which was beaten by Li Kuiyuan, was caught off guard by Lin Xiumei's troops of more than 11 people.

The whole line retreated.

Lin Xiumei's reputation in last year's Dharma Protection War has been greatly improved, and she has not lost the wind against the Beiyang Army several times, and she is known as a famous general of the Hunan Army.The Battle of Hengshan once again let people see his superb command art, he was able to hide from Li Kuiyuan's investigation, and flanked Li Kuiyuan and the [-]th Division.Li Kuiyuan literally humiliated the Beiyang Army.

The last time Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang led troops to attack, they broke through the Hunan Army's defense line one after another.If they didn't want to fight, they might even have taken down Hengyang at that time.

It can even be said that every failure of the Beiyang Army in the Civil War in these years was due to its own reasons.On the battlefield, the southern army is rarely able to take advantage.But this time Li Kuiyuan's No.11 Division was fighting the Hunan Army head-on, but was beaten into a panic by the Hunan Army.

Not only did Li Kuiyuan fail to capture Mount Heng, but he was counter-killed, causing more than 3000 casualties, and more than 11 troops were scattered and missing.It can be said that half of the No.[-] Division's troops were gone, and they withdrew from Hengshan in embarrassment.

"I'm relieved."

Lu Rongting let out a long breath.

Hit very well.

If it weren't for the reinforcement of Tian Shuxun's No.14 Brigade at the last moment, which blocked Lin Xiumei's second column of the Hunan Army, Li Kuiyuan's troops would have suffered even greater losses.On the battlefield, it is often after the troops are defeated that the losses are the greatest.Fortunately, there is the No.14 brigade, otherwise Li Kuiyuan's troops might be wiped out.A hundred miles away from Mount Heng, Li Kuiyuan and Tian Shuxun re-established a defense line, which seemed to stabilize their position.

But this incident had too much impact on morale.

The Hunan Army did a good job.

The better the performance of the Hunan Army, the less likely Duan Xun would have ambitions for Guangxi.Because Duan Xun also has to consider the pressure of the Hunan Army.

"Send a telegram to the front line. This time, we must wipe out Chen Jiongming's troops. Then take advantage of the trend and march into southern Fujian to expel Li Houji."

"it is good."

Mo Rongxin nodded.

The chaos in the world is what Lu Rongting and his Gui family have been looking forward to.The chaos in the north gave Lu Rongting a chance.But as soon as Mo Rongxin got up, Lu Fuxiang hurried in.His face was very tense.

"Commander, the battle report from the front line."

"Say."

Seeing Lu Fuxiang's expression, Lu Rongting felt a thump in his heart.

My own love will not be a person who makes a fuss about anything.But seeing his nervous look, Lu Rongting knew something big had happened.Now, the only thing that can cause major events and make Lu Fuxiang so nervous is the war in the Chaoshan area.

"Chaozhou was broken by the Cantonese Army."

"what?"

Lu Rongting stood up with a bang.

He looked surprised and said, "How did Chaozhou fall? Liu Zhilu's main force is in Chaozhou, and the Cantonese army doesn't have any heavy weapons at all. How could they fall to Chaozhou so quickly?"

Lu Rongting didn't believe it.

What Chen Jiongming's troops look like, Lu Rongting knows better than anyone else.Lu Rongting's army was the provincial defense army led by Zhu Qinglan, the former governor of Guangdong, and it was not a field army in the first place.The troops did not have any heavy weapons for siege.

Later, when the troops entered southern Fujian to fight, they did not need many heavy weapons.Therefore, Chen Jiongming's troops did not have many artillery and other weapons.

The troops in Chaozhou are different.

Although this unit was originally the Cantonese army, the Guangxi troops treated the Cantonese army a little bit poorly.But because Liu Zhilu belonged to Lu Rongting, this army did not treat Lu Rongting badly.The weapons and equipment that should be given, and the military salary that should be given have not been deducted.

Therefore, in terms of weapons and equipment, Liu Zhilu's troops did not suffer.