Chapter 123 Break the deadline

Liu Bingxian rushed to the ground and finally entered Gao County, Sichuan on the evening of January 27. He saw the well-equipped soldiers of Wang Jian's Fourth Division, and went south with great shock, Liu Bingxian rushed into Gao County's front command. As soon as he entered the yard, he asked to meet his division commander Wang Jian. Unexpectedly, Wang Jian had already rushed to Tantou Town, 30 kilometers west half a day ago, and personally led the 11th Brigade to attack Yanjin from the west. {　　}　　%net

He Qiwu, the chief of staff of the Fourth Division, respected Liu Bingxian, the sworn brother of Commander-in-Chief Xiao Yimin. He welcomed Liu Bingxian, who was anxious and anxious, to the command center, and personally brought tea to Liu Bingxian, and then explained in detail:

"Brother Zicheng, brother, I really can't order the troops to stop the action. The attack on Yanjin and the occupation of Zhaotong was a dead order issued by the headquarters, and the task must be completed within three days... Due to too many things to prepare, our rear army has actually delayed the departure for half a day. It is estimated that at this time, the 11th Brigade commanded by Commander Wang himself had already exchanged fire from Liu Yunfeng's army south of Tantou Town across the river...

"If Liu Yunfeng woke up earlier, he might be able to make a judgment on the battlefield situation in time, and immediately lead his troops to retreat and preserve his strength. If he resisted despite the reality, the 10th Brigade, which we interspersed, would be cut off by the 10th Brigade that we interspersed tomorrow before dawn! Once Yanjin is lost, Zhaotong, with empty troops, will lose the barrier...

"Speaking of this, the Yunnan Army is too arrogant. From the generals and officers below Cai Songpo, they always think that we are worried about the influence and will only defend passively and dare not take the initiative. In fact, Liu Yunfeng's left-wing army is only 5,000 troops, which is worse than one of our brigades. Under the rapid joint attack between our two brigades, he has no second way to go except to escape."

"It's over, it's over, what should I do now?"

Liu Bingxian rubbed his head in pain, and after a while, he asked sadly: "Where are you going to attack next after you take Zhaotong?"

"There is no next step. The headquarters' order is to take Zhaotong and occupy it for three days, and then withdraw it decisively." He Qiwu said with a smile.

Liu Bingxian was stunned, rubbed his eyes that were blown red by the cold wind along the way, and thought for a moment, immediately understood Xiao Yimin's purpose, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly:

"The commander-in-chief is so fucking cunning! As long as your Fourth Division captures Zhaotong, the Yunnan Army will be shaken across the board, and Yunnan will also be shaken across the province. As long as there is a slight change in the main central divisions commanded by General Cai Songpo, they may be attacked by General Sun Zhaoluan's superior forces. In this way, the Yunnan Army will be defeated on the entire line immediately, and there will be no hope for this battle!"

He Qiwu smiled and said, "That's true, my subordinates and others are very impressed by the commander-in-chief's plan!"

"No, I have to meet the commander-in-chief as soon as possible. If this battle continues like this, we and the Yunnan Army will form a pattern of immortality. The general trend of the world may not necessarily change because of this." Liu Bingxian stood up and left.

He Qiwu quickly called him: "Brother Zicheng, wait... General Dai Xijiu died, died in the battlefield firefighting. Just two days ago, if Liu Cunhou had not been clever and had he left the troops first to escape, he would have probably not be able to escape."

Liu Bing froze in place, then sat down weakly, shook his head and sighed: "The disaster has come, the disaster has come... Now the hatred has become a big deal..."

He Qiwu added tea to Liu Bingxian and sat opposite him and explained: "Brother Zicheng, don't be sad. It is normal to die in war. Dai Xijiu died on the battlefield, so it is considered to be a benevolent person."

"You know what it means! Do you know what Dai Kan's death means? The revolutionaries in China have since turned against our Sichuan Army, and we have become the target of public criticism!" Liu Bingxian shouted loudly in excitement.

He Qiwu was quite annoyed when he heard this, and pursed his mouth and looked at the angry Liu Bingxian:

"So what? Who asked Dai Kan to lead the army invaded the territory first? If he was in Guizhou, we would cause trouble for him? Can we only be passively beaten and not fight back? Where is such a thing in the world!

"Hmph! If the revolutionary party has the ability, let them come. Whoever dares to touch our Sichuan, who dares to oppose our Commander-in-Chief Xiao is the enemy of our 150,000 Sichuan brothers! As long as the revolutionary party dares to come, I will kill one of them, and two of them. Even if Sun Dapao comes in person, I will kill you! "

"you--"

Liu Bingxian slapped the table, making the whole province tremble in anger. He glared at He Qiwu fiercely, turned around and left, but he quickly turned back and shouted at He Qiwu: "He Qiwu, why are you fucking so many civilians doing outside? Go robbery?"

He Qiwu regretted that he was talking harder. Seeing Liu Bingxian running back angrily, he immediately came forward, and explained with a grin:

"Brother Zicheng, don't be anxious. I'm ready. I'll send my car to Xu Mansion to meet Commander Xiao. As for the 8,000 civilians outside... Let's be honest, Zhaotong is the largest military station of the Yunnan Army in northeastern Yunnan, and it is also a material transfer station for Yunnan. The provincial government and major merchants in Yunnan. Therefore, as long as we occupy Zhaotong, everything will become our spoils. We can't fight a battle hard, and there is no compensation at all, right? Don't forget how the Yunnan Army looted in southern Sichuan a few years ago."

Liu Bingxian sighed to the sky:

"Okay! Very good...*** Xiao Yimin, no wonder the Yunnan army called you a hypocritical hypocrite. You are really cruel enough! You actually came up with such a vicious move... I was played around with you from beginning to end. Since you have made up your mind, why did you ask me to go to Yunnan to mediate? You are just a real hypocrite, a hypocrite!"

He Qiwu was shocked and complained about Liu Bingxian's position in his heart, but he couldn't say anything. He quickly blinked at his chief guard. The chief guard immediately walked to Liu Bingxian, who was weak and full of sadness, and respectfully asked Liu Bingxian to take the car.

Liu Bingxian breathed a sigh of relief, raised his hand and pointed at He Qiwu who was happy, and finally closed his mouth and turned around and left with a lonely expression.

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At five o'clock the next morning, Liu Yunfeng, a general of the Yunnan Army, who was hesitant and unable to make a judgment in time, paid a heavy price. Under the fierce attack of 14,000 soldiers of the 10th Brigade of the Sichuan Army and the 11th Brigade, retreated to Yanjin. More than 5,000 Yunnan Army officers and soldiers in the county were killed and injured. Nearly half of the entire county was mortared and collapsed. The raging fire swallowed more than 300 houses and nearly 10,000 soldiers and civilians. In addition to the hundreds of defeated soldiers who fled into the mountains while breaking through the city, 2,200 Yunnan Army officers and soldiers were disarmed and captured, and nearly 3,000 officers and soldiers died in artillery fire and the charge of the Sichuan Army. Liu Yunfeng, who was vowed to resist to the death, was shot in the shoulder. More than ten generals, Bai Xianming and other elite guards of a company were massacred, and the entire left-wing army was wiped out.

After the battle, Wang Jian left behind brothers from the engineering battalion who acted as infantry to guard the prisoners, cleaned the battlefield, and ordered the two brigades to split into two groups, and quickly headed south without stopping. Under the guidance of the soldiers of the reconnaissance company sent in advance, all civilian business brigades along the way were swept away, and any figure running in front of the army was shot dead. The telephone line and telephone poles on the road had long been destroyed by the elusive scouts. A regiment and a baggage battalion of the Yunnan Army who were left in Zhaotong were still waiting anxiously. He had no idea that the Fourth Division of the Sichuan Army had defeated Liu Yunfeng's left-road army, just as he attacked at full speed like a wolf.

At seven o'clock in the evening, more than a hundred officers and soldiers of the Fourth Division's spy company changed into the blue and gray uniforms of the Yunnan Army and successfully entered the Daguan 58 kilometers north of Zhaotong. The county town was occupied and the county government and the garrison barracks were occupied in one fell swoop. One of the platoons broke into the county magistrate and the garrison leader's home, controlling dozens of families and threatening them in every way.

Under the threat of more than a dozen guns, the county magistrate and the garrison captain could only order all the soldiers and civilians to put down their weapons in exchange for the promise that the Sichuan army would not make things difficult for ordinary people.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the 10th Brigade successfully entered Daguan. The county town was resting. The 11th Brigade led by the division commander Wang Jian took directly to Yiliang in the southeast despite his fatigue. In the county town, a battalion of the Yunnan Army stationed in Yiliang woke up and found that the entire county town had been surrounded by countless Sichuan troops.

The 11th Brigade of the Sichuan Army encountered almost no decent resistance and successfully occupied the county town for rest. Zhaotong, more than 50 kilometers south, was like an unclothed woman, exposed to 13,000 Sichuan Army soldiers.

At noon the next day, the two Sichuan Army brigades who had finished their rest and went south after lunch, and surrounded Zhaotong at 3 a.m. the next day.

At 6:30 in the morning, two mortar companies of the Sichuan Army launched a five-minute artillery fire strike at the Zhaotong defenders. The dense artillery shells successfully destroyed the outer positions and firepower points of the Yunnan Army. The Sichuan Army units launched a charge in regiments. Teams of fearless soldiers crossed the already broken city walls and launched a fierce attack on the two thousand Yunnan Army soldiers who were vowed to surrender from all directions. After an hour and a half of fierce street fighting, the Sichuan Army paid the price of more than 2,000 casualties and finally completely occupied Zhaotong.

The division commander Wang Jian, who was covered in smoke, did not bother to drink water and immediately ordered the whole city to search. Military officials from all departments and staff officers at all levels rushed to the strictly controlled money houses, yamen, warehouses, inns and rich mansions, and began to "confiscate illegal armed forces" and "severely crack down on hostile forces and punish militants."

Immediately afterwards, each regiment sent fifteen company officers and soldiers to surrounding villages and towns to severely punish "local tyrants and evil gentry". If a little resistance is made by wealthy business landlords in various places, they will be cruelly suppressed. Not only will all their property be looted, but the eldest son or clan leader of the family will also be escorted to Zhaotong County.

Ransoms were squeezed out, and all the granaries were opened by Sichuan soldiers who "robbed the rich and helped the poor". Regardless of whether the people needed food or not, they had to carry the grain back home in bags under the guns of Sichuan soldiers. The village chief, town mayor and all the horses, oxen and carts from the rich family were looted, and even the big iron pot for cooking was not spared.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the baggage battalion led by He Qiwu, the chief of staff of the Fourth Division, and 8,000 migrant workers came to Zhaotong with bare hands. They took a short rest and immediately started working. Warehouses were opened one after another, and all the materials in stock were moved to more than 800 ox carts and horse carriages that were forcibly requisitioned. More than 20,000 military and civilians began a three-day rush to operate the materials.

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