Beiyang reactionaries

The current situation is that Duan Xun can afford to lose, but Cao Kun cannot.Even if Duan Xun lost, at most he would lose Henan, and some places in Hubei.But even if these are lost, with Duan Xun's strength, he can make a comeback at any time.

Then the war would be endless.

Duan Xun Shengli is different.If you drive straight to win Zhili and Beijing, it will be very difficult for Cao Kun to rise again.Duan Xun is in charge of Beijing, so with Duan Xun's strength, it is really possible to unify China.

"It seems that we have to make some noise here to respond to the general."

"Yes."

While the two were chatting, the correspondent hurried into the command room.To Li Yunlong and Tian Yujie: "Commander, Chief of Staff, call from Wuchang."

"bring here."

Li Yunlong took it, and looked at the front with a face full of disbelief.As I continued to look down, I slowly became excited, and even the hand holding the telegram trembled a little.His face was already flushed with excitement.

"what happened?"

Tian Yujie saw that Li Yunlong's expression was wrong, so she hurriedly asked Li Yunlong.Not to mention that something went wrong with Duan Xun.Li Yunlong handed the telegram to Tian Yujie tremblingly.

Tian Yujie took it with a puzzled look, with the same expression as Li Yunlong.At first it was shock, then ecstasy soon, and in the end, the whole body was trembling.Can't help swallowing, said: "We won, this war will be won."

"Yes, to win."

Both of them smiled instantly and kept saying "win".The telegram the two of them read was a telegram sent by Duan Xun to various troops.

Introduced the results of the current Handan Defense War.

Although the two are far away in Hulunbeier, they were also in Shaanxi before, but Wu Peifu's name is also very popular with them.Everyone knows that half of Cao Kun's strength lies in Wu Peifu, and Cao Kun's fist is Wu Peifu's third division.Every time Cao Kun fought before, Wu Peifu must go up as the front-line commander.As the main force, the third division overcame all obstacles for Cao Kun and defeated one after another powerful opponents.

Without Wu Peifu and without the third division, Cao Kun's strength plummeted.

Maybe for Cao Kun, it does not sound very nice, but the reality is like this.Cao Kun without Wu Peifu has no deterrent power in everyone's eyes.Cao Kun can achieve the current position, and Wu Peifu's victory after victory on the battlefield is the most important.You may not usually feel the importance of Wu Peifu, but once there is a war, Wu Peifu's importance will be highlighted.

So at the moment when the news of the defeat of Wu Peifu's third division came, Duan Xun and the others were ecstatic in Wuchang.Even the generals under Duan Xun had the same reaction when they heard the news.That is the war won.

Cao Kun has no bargaining chips anymore.

"It's up to us now."

Li Yunlong instantly felt more pressured.

Looking at Tian Yujie, he said, "Brother Runchu, once this news spreads, the situation across the country will change drastically. It is estimated that many troops will either defect or be defeated. At that time, our troops may be invincible, and all the troops will have huge victories. .You and I can’t have nothing here, how will we get back to Wuchang.”

"kindness."

"I hope the No.20 Fourth Division and the Cavalry Division will be strong."

On June 1920, 6, the Zhiwan War broke out on the tenth day.

The battle that happened the day before, but Liu Xiang and the others made statistics overnight in order to confirm the authenticity of the results.Then a telegram was sent to Wuchang the next morning.Duan Xun received the news of Handan's victory and Wu Peifu's defeat on the morning of June 6.But Duan Xun did not immediately announce the news.Instead, convey the news to the various troops first, so that they can prepare immediately.

Until four o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Yongchang, as the Chief of Staff of the Military Department of the Frontier Defense Supervision Administration, announced the results of the Handan Defense War in Wuchang.The security division defeated Wu Peifu's third division in Handan, and by this time more accurate figures had come.

More than 700 people from Wu Peifu's third division were killed and wounded, and more than 600 people from the third division were captured.

The rapid increase in casualties is because after many of Wu Peifu's routs fled, some bold ones started to do business without money.Many were killed by the troops of the Independent Division following up.

However, although the number of casualties was so huge, only about a thousand people were actually killed in battle.Many of the remaining injured were injured due to running around during the bombing of the plane.In fact, there were not many casualties in the war.

Another part of the troops went all the way to Xingtai to meet with the troops of the third division in Xingtai.There were only more than 100 people who followed Wu Peifu out.The third division is really broken.

As far as China is concerned, it belongs to the most elite force, but it completely collapsed in World War I.

The news spread throughout the country.

Cao Kun's younger brothers, Cao Kun's direct line generals, including the direct line bigwigs, usually don't like Wu Peifu and don't like Wu Peifu.They are unwilling to associate with Wu Peifu, thinking that Wu Peifu is too different.

Li Chun, the governor of Jiangsu, and Chen Guangyuan, the governor of Jiangxi, once criticized Wu Peifu.

But when the news of the disastrous defeat of Wu Peifu's third division came, everyone was dumbfounded, and everyone couldn't believe it.Although they don't like Wu Peifu, but Wu Peifu is a general who wins all the time, he can also fail, and still lose so badly, how can they believe it.It was only at this time that they realized that the third division in the immediate army was definitely like a Dinghaishenzhen.

Everyone didn't think of it before.

But when the third division really collapsed, it really failed, and it hit them very hard.The third division has all failed, how can this battle continue.In an instant, many people began to react.

On June 1920, 6, at six o'clock in the afternoon, after confirming the accuracy of the news, Jiangsu Governor Li Chun immediately fled Nanjing with his guard group.Originally, during the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, the Jiangsu army was defeated by Lu Yongxiang's Zhejiang army.Li Chun has been waiting for reinforcements, and Cao Kun also told Li Chun that Fengjun troops will go south to support them soon.

That's why Li Chuncai persisted in Nanjing.

But when the news of the disastrous defeat of Wu Peifu's third division came, Li Chun knew no matter how stupid he was, the so-called reinforcements would definitely not be able to come.Wu Peifu is gone, the third division is gone, whether Cao Kun can keep himself is a problem, what can he do to support himself.

So Li Chun immediately ran away from Nanjing.

Let's go to Xuzhou first.

If not, Li Chun will go to Shandong, enter Qingdao, or go to Tianjin.Anyway, both Qingdao and Tianjin have areas controlled by foreigners, and as long as they go there, no one can control themselves.

With the escape of Jiangsu Governor Li Chun from Nanjing, the entire Jiangsu army still fighting in southern Jiangsu was defeated across the board.

On June 1920, 6, also at night, after fully confirming the accuracy of the news, Jiangxi Governor Chen Guangyuan immediately announced his resignation.Taking his own gold, silver and jewelry in Jiangxi, he fled to Fujian overnight.

Also that night, Zhang Zuolin, who had brought a large force to Chahar, immediately held a military meeting.It was decided to quietly evacuate from Chahar overnight and return to the northeast quickly.

One Wu Peifu, a small third division with more than 3 people, decided the fate of the entire Zhiwan War.

Although the direct and Anhui wars, the Zhili, the Anhui, and the Fengli dispatched a total of 70 million people to fight the war.However, the defeat of more than 3 people in Wu Peifu's third division actually determined the direction of the Zhiwan War.

Just like during the first direct-anhui war, Wu Peifu just raided and captured Qu Tongfeng, and the entire Anhui army completely collapsed.Wu Peifu's defeat also led to the collapse of the direct troops.

300 big routs

"Marshal, Mr. Wu (Wu Junsheng) sent a telegram."

"What happened to Xiufeng (Wu Junsheng)?"

"The temporary No.16 mixed brigade and the third cavalry mixed brigade were surrounded and wiped out by Duan Xun's troops, and Duan Xun's large troops are currently attacking Qiqihar."

"what?"

Zhang Zuolin's eyes widened.

Suddenly said: "Mom, what happened?"

After Zhang Zuolin heard the news of the defeat of Wu Peifu's troops, he immediately withdrew his army from Chahar.Because Zhang Zuolin immediately judged that Cao Kun would not be able to stop Duan Xun, Cao Kun was defeated in the Zhiwan War.So Zhang Zuolin took the car and started walking back, hoping to return to Fengtian in a short time.The temporary third mixed brigade, that is, Zhang Xueliang's troops, served as guards.

The army was handed over to Zhang Zuoxiang to command.

Zhang Zuoxiang ordered Ji Jinchun's 28th Division and Li Jinglin's provisional [-]th Mixed Brigade to take charge of the rear.Then ordered the provisional formation of the Fifth Mixed Brigade (Brigade Commander Qi Enming) and the provisional formation of the Sixth Mixed Brigade (Brigade Commander Bao Deshan) as pioneers.