The Republic of Heroes

It was almost evening when Wu Xiaoliang left Chiang Kai-shek's mansion, and the setting sun was about to sink into the corner of the street. The bright red afterglow painted the streets of Nanjing with a sense of mystery. He stretched his brows, but the pressure did not dissipate. Lao Jiang is already difficult enough to deal with, and now Lao Feng and Lao Yan are here again. Can these three families watch them eat Henan?

The answer is no, neither Feng Yuxiang nor Yan Xishan want to see their family take advantage of it, but Wu Xiaoliang showed a smile on the corner of his mouth. arrived.It seems that the three of them are not invulnerable to the opposition alliance that may be formed to oppose their own annexation of Henan.

Feng Yuxiang is difficult to deal with, but Yan Xishan is easier to deal with. After all, the shameless people are fearless these days. He asked himself that Feng Yuxiang has no reputation at all. The people he has worked with, whether it is Zhang Zuolin or Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, are not good in the end. After all, this guy seems to be very good at stabbing his teammates in the back.

Although he had never met Feng Yuxiang, various historical materials and word of mouth handed down that Wu Xiaoliang actually had a very bad feeling for this person.He would rather be an enemy than a friend to a person who changes hands and does not talk about faith.Because enemies, though terrifying, are not as scary as friends who are good at stabbing a knife in the back.

After only walking a few steps in the afterglow of the setting sun, a plan had already taken shape in Wu Xiaoliang's mind. For Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, they could only fight one another. As for which one to fight, the answer must be the former.

However, after all, the troops in Henan still need to be concentrated to deal with Gu Zhutong. If they want to mobilize enough people to fight Feng Yuxiang and drive him back to the customs, they must first kill Gu Zhutong. The equipment and training of the Central Army must be ranked below the middle reaches, but it is also not a star and a half better than other miscellaneous warlord troops. Only Guan Bingyan's armored brigade, Dari Achi's cavalry brigade and Li Youting's army's north-south flanking attack may want to achieve a short-term advantage. It's not that easy to win all the time.

However, Wu Xiaoliang obviously underestimated the strength of the armored brigade and cavalry brigade. When he was still struggling with where to deploy troops to attack Feng Yuxiang, Gu Zhutong's army in Xuchang was already in chaos.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Guan Bingyan broke through Gu Zhutong's carefully laid defense line almost effortlessly.Guan Bingyan did not launch an attack from the front from south to north as Gu Zhutong expected, but led his troops to bypass the right wing in the west and launch a sudden attack. In the end, it took less than an hour to easily destroy Gu Zhutong. The cavalry and armored troops quickly tore through the Sixteenth Route Army's defense line, and the troops outside Xuchang City were divided into several sections by interspersed left and right. At this point, the main force of Gu Zhutong's Sixteenth Army had completely collapsed. This general who Jiang Zhongzheng relied on had been surrounded by the Shandong Army.

Thinking of the possibility of being captured, Gu Zhutong couldn't help trembling, how could he be captured, a dignified general?At that time, what kind of face will I have to meet Chairman Jiang?But now under heavy siege, the reinforcements promised by Generalissimo Jiang have not been seen for a long time, and he can already clearly hear the rumble of artillery from outside the city.

"Report to the commander, the enemy troops outside the city have begun bombarding Xuchang City Wall with heavy artillery, we, we have suffered heavy losses!"

There were reports one after another, but none of them was good news. The Shandong army moved really quickly. I didn't expect to start attacking the city so soon. I thought they would have to rest for a night before making plans, but who knew it was non-stop Siege the city overnight, without giving the soldiers of the Shandong Army any time to rest, nor did they give themselves a chance to breathe.

Gu Zhutong sighed heavily. At the beginning of the battle, he set a strategy that the main force would fight the enemy outside the city, and the defenders inside the city would cooperate with the main force outside the city to defend. Therefore, the key to this defensive battle lies outside the city. The fortifications constructed, but he never expected that the fortifications constructed by the Sixteenth Route Army were so useless that they were broken through by the Shandong Army in a few strokes.Fairy, it's not time to pursue responsibility. Besides, if you want to pursue responsibility, the officers and soldiers have almost run away, and none of them come back.Gu Zhutong endured the urge to kill, and ordered his subordinates to gather the rout soldiers outside the city under the city as much as possible, preparing for a decisive battle with the Shandong army.

After much deliberation, he decided to fight again. As long as he stayed in Xuchang City for three to five days, he didn't believe that the reinforcements promised by Generalissimo Jiang would not arrive, but he didn't know that although Chiang Kai-shek's reinforcements had already entered the territory of Henan , but will never be able to rush to the city of Xuchang.

At this time, Zhumadian, [-] miles south of Xiping County in the south of Xuchang, was engaged in a major battle. The battle had come to an end, and the troops who came from Hubei were ambushed almost unprepared.

Under the attack of powerful firepower, these local miscellaneous troops who entered Henan from Hubei showed consistent stability. After several charges were unsuccessful, and after a large number of casualties, the five organizations began to be defeated. This is simply unbelievable.A newly formed brigade commander in charge of the blocking mission was stunned. Since he joined the army, he has encountered either the ruthless characters of the Northwest Army or the elite of the Northeast Army. This is the first time he has come into contact with the local miscellaneous troops in Huguang.

Before coming to Zhumadian, the information he got was that Jiang Zhongzheng had sent three brigades to reinforce Gu Zhutong. For this reason, he prepared quite seriously. The performance of the Hubei soldiers was too bad, and they were defeated before they even lasted for three hours.

This opportunity must not be let go. He immediately ordered the cavalry to chase and sweep the troops in order to kill and injure the largest number of Lao Jiang's reinforcements.After chasing for dozens of miles, he decisively ordered the troops to give up the pursuit and shift positions.

Don't chase after the poor, not to mention that there are two main brigades behind this vanguard. This time the blockade was so thorough and sudden. If the opponent came prepared, I'm afraid you still have to pay a considerable price to defeat them of.This place has been exposed, and staying in Zhumadian will be a target for others, so it must be transferred.

But the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway is full of plains, and it is not easy to find a suitable ambush site!I had no choice but to withdraw to Suiping first. Commander Li gave him the task of annihilating the enemies going north as soon as possible, and then returning to Zhengzhou. On the Longhai Line, they used an empty strategy against Feng Yuxiang. In fact, no more than one unit faced Feng Yuxiang's army head-on. Brigade, if they launch an attack suddenly, several major cities on the Longhai Line may be in danger.

This is a very risky plan, but the risk is worth taking.The latest news he got is that the main force of Gu Zhutong's Sixteenth Route Army has been defeated, and the city will probably be broken tonight. It doesn't matter whether he goes north by then. Brigadier Guan will go north with the power of victory and sweep Feng Yuxiang , The war in Henan is just around the corner.

When Wu Xiaoliang got the news that the Sixteenth Route Army had been defeated and Gu Zhutong was besieged in Xuchang City, it was already dark.At this time, Jiang Zhongzheng must have also received the news of their fiasco.

Will Lao Jiang be so angry that he jumps up and scolds his mother Xipi at this moment?Wu Xiaoliang thought with some evil taste.

It doesn't matter whether he scolds his mother or not, he now has a bargaining chip in the negotiation, but it is not a bargaining chip that can be put on the table. By the [-]th, everything has been settled, and the key lies in the results of these few days.

Gu Zhutong was besieged in Xuchang, and the reinforcements were beaten and fled in embarrassment. Lao Jiang certainly didn't want his army to be wiped out by the establishment, so he might as well make an exchange with him.Wu Xiaoliang instinctively didn't want to do anything wrong, so he decided to bargain with Lao Jiang.

But Wu Xiaoliang didn't realize that what he did was actually too much for Jiang Zhongzheng.Gu Zhutong is really hopeless, but he may not be willing to give up the whole province of Henan.At worst, the main force of suppressing bandits in Jiangxi will be transferred north to Henan to fight to the death. It is really unknown who will win the battle!

Wu Xiaoliang's letter was still sent out, and he decided over and over again to talk to Lao Jiang in the form of a letter.To his surprise, Lao Jiang replied very quickly, in less than an hour, that is to say, he sent the letter around 06:30 in the evening, and Jiang Zhongzheng's reply arrived before eight o'clock.Of course, Wu Xiaoliang's place of accommodation is very close to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence, and it only takes 10 minutes to walk.

Opening the envelope, the ink on the letter paper inside was not completely dry, and it still felt a little damp to the touch.

There are only a few words, but the stance and tone are extremely tough, and the writing is still polite.Roughly speaking, Gu Zhutong, as a member of the Communist Party, has long had the responsibility and awareness to die for the Party and the country, and Jiang Zhongzheng, the state's public weapon, would not exchange it for someone.

The high-sounding words are nothing more than saying, I don't care what happens to Gu Zhutong now, and I will let you know what to do if you want to kill him, but I definitely can't hand over Henan to you, and I have to send someone to fight you to the death.

Wu Xiaoliang had a headache after reading the letter. He expected that Jiang Zhongzheng would refuse, but he didn't expect him to refuse so simply and without reservation.It seems that there is no way to talk about it in private, and we can only hope to gain a greater advantage on the battlefield.

Wu Xiaoliang stood on the map in front of the table, and moved his eyes to Anhui. This place is already the key to determine the direction of the situation. Both sides have invested a lot of troops here. Chen Cheng is not a simple character. Dong Haibin has been dormant for more than ten years, and now he is out of the mountain Just meeting such a strong opponent, a trace of worry flashed in his eyes.

After being stunned for a while, he let out a long breath. If the decisive battle in Anhui does not result, the meeting on the [-]th will probably be in vain.

Wu Xiaoliang cleared away the negative emotions in his mind, let's ignore Jiang Zhongzheng for the time being, Yan Xishan is about to arrive in Nanjing, or find a breakthrough in him now, as long as Jiang, Feng and Yan are not allowed to stand on the same line, Henan still has a lot to do.