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Then he laughed and said: "The 23rd Division seems to be an expansion of Cao Kun's Zhili First Mixed Brigade. I thought it was powerful, but it turned out to be useless. It seems that Cao Kun's army is only the third division. The other troops are a joke."

They are very clear about Wang Chengbin's No.20 Third Division.

At that time, it was Cao Kun's direct line of troops, the Zhili First Mixed Brigade, which belonged to Cao Kun's troops with relatively strong combat effectiveness.During the Dharma War, following Wu Peifu's third division, they fought from Hubei to Hunan, and they were invincible.Unexpectedly, it was so unstoppable.

"Where's Lang Ting's (Jiang Shijie)'s troops?"

"Should be able to catch up soon."

"it is good."

Yue Weijun nodded.

Then he said: "Let's go, let's go after the No. 20 Third Division, and take advantage of his chaos to completely wipe out the No. 23 Division."

"Brother Xifeng, shouldn't we wait for the troops behind us? We have already gone deep alone."

Dong Zhenwu hesitated.

After all, the troops have already entered Xingtai, if they continue to move forward, they will be out of touch with the main force.And here is Zhili, here is Xingtai, and it is not far from Baoding.Cao Kun has plenty of troops in Zhili.In addition to the No.20 Third Division, No.14 Mixed Brigade, and No.20 Sixth Division, there are also No.20 Division, No.20 Fourth Division, No.20 Fifth Division and other units.

The sum of my two troops is an army of [-] people.

It's not good to go deeper.

"Our two troops cooperate with each other and advance as horns of each other. If we encounter Cao Kun's main force, we can withdraw. And the strength of the two of you and me, even if we encounter one of Cao Kun's divisions? The 23rd Division is both In this way, other units are estimated to be inferior to the 23rd Division."

Yue Weijun became more and more courageous.

He looked down on Cao Kun's troops more and more.Yue Weijun's first brigade is the main brigade of the garrison, an elite force with nearly 6000 troops.As for Dong Zhenwu's cavalry brigade, because Duan Xun lacks cavalry troops in the mainland, he also attaches great importance to this unit.

So the two brigades combined are powerful.

Yue Weijun was not afraid of meeting Cao Kun's troops.

"it is good."

Dong Zhenwu thought about it and agreed with Yue Weijun's opinion. The poor performance of the 23rd Division and the mutiny of the 26th Division have greatly increased the confidence of the current Yue Weijun and Dong Zhenwu.After the two reorganized the troops a little, a few people were left to wait for Jiang Shijie's second brigade to come up.Then the large force left Xingtai directly and pursued the 23rd Division.

About three hours after Yue Weijun and Dong Zhenwu led the large troops away, Jiang Shijie's second brigade came to Xingtai.

"gone?"

Hearing that the first brigade and the cavalry brigade had left Xingtai, Jiang Shijie frowned deeply.The two troops marched too fast, and the distance between Jiang Shijie's second brigade and them was getting bigger and bigger.

too anxious.

From Jiang Shijie's point of view, Yue Weijun and Dong Zhenwu were too anxious.

"Yes. Our Brigadier and Brigadier Dong (Dong Zhenwu) have continued to pursue the 23rd Division."

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Brigade Commander, shall we follow?"

very excited.

All the officers and soldiers on Duan Xun's side did not expect Cao Kun's troops to be so invulnerable.It has only been a few days since the war started, and the vanguard has already defeated the troops of the two brigades one after another, and even the 23rd Division has run away.

Since the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, the situation has always been in favor of Duan Xun.

Jiang Shijie took out the chimney from behind, lit the cigarette slowly, took a puff, and exhaled slowly.Then he glanced at his subordinates and snorted coldly: "Follow, follow me. These two people are crazy, how can we continue to keep up with this situation. It should be to occupy Xingtai first, consolidate Xingtai's defense, and wait Troops. Further ahead is Cao Kun’s hinterland, not far from Baoding. There are a large number of Cao Kun’s troops, what can you do if you follow up. Don’t be dumped by others. You, send a telegram to the division headquarters and tell them the first brigade And the situation with the cavalry brigade. No matter how I look at them, they are too anxious."

Jiang Shijie turned out to be an opium smoker.

But after entering Duan Xun's army, Duan Xun did not allow the army officers to smoke opium.So Jiang Shijie quit opium smoking, but there are still sequelae, that is, he is addicted to smoking.Regardless of whether it is marching or fighting, or what to do, if you don't smoke a couple of puffs, you will lose your energy.

Now that he came to Xingtai, he smoked a cigarette again.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Let the troops sort out Xingtai's city defenses and repair them, so they will be prepared."

"Yes."

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"Master, telegram from Xingtai."

"map."

Handan.

The division headquarters of the security division had just entered Handan. After Hu Jingyi took the telegram from He Yaozu and read it, he immediately called for a map.After looking carefully, he frowned and said, "Chief of Staff, what do you think is the situation now?"

"Some reasonable, but also some doubts."

"Tell me."

He Yaozu pointed to Xingtai and said, "Because of the mutiny of the 26th Division, it had a great impact on Cao Kun's frontline troops. In addition, the first brigade defeated the 26th mixed brigade, so it is normal for Cao Kun's troops to retreat. Especially In Xingtai, because of the mutiny of the [-]th Division, which affected the layout of the front line, it should be chaotic for a while. If it were me, I would also choose to retreat the troops."

Hu Jingyi nodded.

Originally, Cao Kun's troops had their own arrangements on the front line.

However, the 26th Division suddenly mutinied, disrupting their entire front line arrangement.At this time, Yue Weijun's troops followed up strongly and defeated the [-]th Mixed Brigade. The shock to Cao Kun's troops can be imagined.

According to normal circumstances, it is a normal choice for the troops to withdraw to organize a new line of defense.

"So what about the unreasonable place?"

"Can't say it, but it always feels wrong."

He Yaozu frowned.

It's a feeling that you can't tell what's wrong, but you just feel like something's wrong.Hu Jingyi looked at the map and said: "I also feel that something is wrong when I say it. It seems that Cao Kun is not in a hurry at all. The distance from Baoding to Xingtai is only [-] miles, and it takes half a day to get there by train. But Cao Kun's big The troops are currently concentrated around Baoding, as if they are not in a hurry to expel us. Could it be that Cao Kun wants to fight us in Baoding?"

At present, several units of Cao Kun, such as the No. 20 Division of the Central Army and the No. 20 Fourth Division of the Central Army are watching the front-line battles around Baoding.Baoding is Cao Kun's lair, but there is no need to concentrate the troops of the two divisions around Baoding.

Is Cao Kun going to shrink the battle line?

"decisive battle?"

He Yaozu shook his head and said: "It shouldn't be. When the 22nd Division (division commander Hu Ruoyu) and the independent division and independent mixed brigade directly under Liu Commander (Liu Xiang) group army arrive, we will overwhelm Cao Kun's troops at the front in terms of numbers. With us decisive battle?"

"Too."

"Master, no matter what happened, the first brigade and the cavalry brigade are too separated from the main force. Let them be more cautious and not continue to go to Baoding."

"Chief of staff, you also know Xifeng (Yue Weijun)'s temper. Now he is in the prime of his army, and stopping him at this time will dampen his enthusiasm. According to the strength of the first brigade and the cavalry brigade, as long as there is no Too big a mistake, there shouldn't be too many problems."