The fight hasn't started yet on Leng Yu's side, but the news from Bengbu came back first. I'll hit Jiang Gui first, because Bengbu is on Fang Jianxiong's waist. If Jiang Gui stays in this position, I know he is a A good soldier.

However, this is relative. Even if you are a good player, you must have a correspondingly good army to exert greater power. Jiang Guiti is a remnant of the old Huai Army. During the Sino-Japanese War of 1888-1894, the Huai Army lost all its underpants. The huge Beiyang The collapse of the group leader Li Hongzhang marked the decline of a generation of old Beiyang.

The man who succeeded Li Hongzhang was Yuan Shikai. There were differences between Yuan Shikai's Beiyang and Li Hongzhang's Beiyang, but they were essentially the same. The New Beiyang was just like that, what could the old Beiyang army do? Looking at the whole country, what kind of army is there in terms of combat effectiveness today? Is it a strong army in the true sense? Everyone is just competing to see who is worse. If this foundation were not laid out here, what would happen to Fang Jianxiong?

Jiang Guiti was an experienced soldier and was cautious enough. He sent out a large number of scouts to prevent Fang Jianxiong from Huainan from being stabbed on the waist and going crazy, so he directly drove the army over. Is that really the case? Jiang Guiti thought that he I thought it was done. It was originally to cooperate with Ni Sichong in the battle. Jiang Guiti made a good calculation and ran away when the main force of the Anhui army came over.

Time went back to last night, and the scouts sent out by Ni Sichong all turned back. Intelligence showed that there was no trace of the Anhui Yupi Army within a hundred miles. Fifty miles, according to Jiang Guiti's understanding, this was not a distance that could be reached during the day.

Jiang Guiti invited his subordinates to drink in the camp and discussed it for a while. He thought that he should send two battalions of cavalry to attack tomorrow. At least they would make a show, and if they couldn't beat them, they would just run away.

A group of subordinates praised the commander's wisdom one after another, and everyone drank and left happily. To say that this Bengbu is really a very dangerous position. It is against the waist of Huainan, next to Jinpu Road and with Xuzhou at its back, so it is very fast to run.

There was Zhang Xun in Xuzhou. After this guy fled to Xuzhou with 2,000 remnants, he expanded the army aggressively and bought a lot of fast guns from the Japanese. Xuzhou had been sending troops since ancient times, and Zhang Xun quickly raised up another army. With more than 10,000 men and guns, it is true that Nanjing was lost. But Zhang Xu dared to fight against Anhui Yupi, which was much better than others. At least he fought a serious battle, although he lost quickly. However, Zhang Xun, who had absolutely no loyalty issues in the eyes of the Qing government, quickly received a new appointment as governor of Jiangsu! However, this governor could only stay in Xuzhou now.

There was an episode after Zhang Xun was defeated and fled to Xuzhou. His concubine, Xiao Maozi, was lost during the escape. This was Zhang Xun's most beloved woman at present, and she was also pregnant. Later it was learned that Xiao Maozi was captured by Xu Shao's frame department. Chen Qimei in Shanghai came up with a bad idea and sent a telegram to Xu Shaojie to send Xiao Maozi to Shanghai to hold an exhibition on the concubines of reactionary warlords. The tickets were 40 cents per person. Chen Qimei said that this move could earn one vote and subsidize some military expenses. .

Xu Shaojian did not do this and sent someone to send Xiao Maozi to Xuzhou. Zhang Xun was happy and returned the impounded carriage to Nanjing. However, when it arrived at Pukou, it was seized by Huyan Aobo.

Gossip aside, Bengbu is an important town along Jinpu Road. No matter from which point of view, Fang Jianxiong will attack Xuzhou sooner or later and covet Shandong. Therefore, Li Xiaochuan took the initiative to ask for a fight, and Fang Jianxiong firmly supported it.

Li Xiaochuan led his troops to Bengbu. Shortly after dark, they arrived at Qinji Town outside Bengbu. Someone came to contact him immediately. Li Xiaochuan asked someone to bring him over. The man was dark-faced, of medium height, and looked like a

Coolie on the dock.

"This is Gao Sheng, deputy director of the Military Intelligence Department. I have been waiting here for a long time, Commander Li." The person came up to speak, and Li Xiaochuan did not dare to treat him lightly. How can I put it, these people in the Military Intelligence Department are engaged in intelligence on the surface, but in fact

Everyone knows that these people are also responsible for surveillance. Besides, this is a department directly responsible to the commander-in-chief. The director of the Military Intelligence Department is Li Muyan, and the deputy director is actually in charge.

"Thank you for your hard work. How is the situation in Bengbu City?" Li Xiaochuan was very polite to Gao Sheng and asked him to sit down and ask again.

Gao Sheng reached out for a map, opened it, and drew some circles on it. While drawing, he explained: "The cavalry is stationed here, about two thousand people, the infantry is stationed here, about three thousand people, and Jiang is stationed here."

The exact number of troops in Guiti’s headquarters has not been found out.”

Li Xiaochuan took a look and found that Jiang Guiti's formation was about to run away at any time. The troops were concentrated around the train station. How could this threaten Huainan?

Gao Sheng remained silent and sat quietly on the side, looking very calm. Li Xiaochuan stared at the map for a while and then said: "Can you quietly find the location of Jiang Guiti's department?"

"It's difficult. Jiang Guiti's defense is very tight, and there are a large number of people patrolling at night." Gao Sheng spoke very directly, and Li Xiaochuan had to give up the idea of ​​a sneak attack. But he was a little unwilling to do so, and looked back at the map, staring without saying anything.

At this time, Gao Sheng said again that it should be possible to reach the vicinity of Jiang Guiti's army station. Especially his cavalry, which was stationed on the edge of Longzi Lake on the outermost edge.

Li Xiaochuan immediately realized that Gao Sheng was suggesting how he should fight this battle. He was not here to annihilate them all, just to defeat them. Why ask to attack someone else's headquarters? After all, there were thousands of people, and they were still standing in the city.

, how to count if innocent people are injured by shelling?

Li Xiaochuan glanced at Gao Sheng in surprise, not thinking that this guy was a good leader in fighting. "Who graduated from a martial arts school?" Li Xiaochuan said casually, but Gao Sheng showed disdain and said: "I have never been to a martial arts school.

, I am the first graduate of the Wuhu Teaching Team.”

These words were spoken with such arrogance that all the children in the teaching team were very proud. They all had short guns gifted by Marshal Fang personally on their waists, the kind with names engraved on them. When it comes to leading troops, who can compare with Marshal Fang?

If you want to talk about leading students? It still depends on the commander-in-chief.

In fact, Gao Sheng was quite dissatisfied with Li Xiaochuan. He felt that because of his exposure to Liu Dongyang and his relationship with the Chief of General Staff, he climbed to the position of division commander, and he took office just after he arrived.

"Haha, how do you think this battle should be fought?" Li Xiaochuan is also an arrogant person. When he saw that this boy was not convinced, he immediately asked. When Gao Sheng was asked, he responded calmly and raised his hand to scoop up the table.

I put the pencil and paper on the table and started drawing in a flash. Soon I had a simple tactical drawing ready. I pushed it to Li Xiaochuan and said: "Jiang

The cavalry troops live with their backs to the water. In order to prevent them from leaping over the wall, the frontal pressure should not be too great. Launch an attack from here, forcing the cavalry troops to move closer to the infantry and the headquarters. Send another unit to set up an ambush on the road leading to the infantry camp.

Here, a small force will also be arranged to be responsible for blocking the Jiang tribe who may come for reinforcements."

The tactics are simple and clear, and the thinking is clear. Li Xiaochuan was secretly surprised when he saw it, and thought it was a pity that this person went to the Military Intelligence Office. "Our division is still short of a seventh brigade commander, and I will be the part-time commander for the time being. How about you do it?"

Li Xiaochuan was not polite at all and directly extended the invitation.

This time Gao Sheng was dumbfounded, thinking how could there be such a person. I am from the Military Intelligence Department, I can't just leave if I want to.

"I can't make the decision personally. It depends on the wishes of my superiors." Gao Sheng was actually quite tempted. The activities of the Military Intelligence Department were a bit of a rush. It was because there were so few talents in this field that Li Muyan dared to ask Empress Fang Jianxiong for instructions.

He attacked the first batch of students in the teaching team.

Li Xiaochuan admired Gao Sheng not only for his tactical performance just now. But Gao Sheng had always been very calm and could handle any problem with ease. It is certain that Gao Sheng had given full consideration to this battle beforehand.

"Don't worry about this. I'll go talk to the commander. Well, I'm also serving as the commander of the seventh brigade at the moment. You can act as an agent for now. The specific tactics will be fought according to what you said. You understand the situation and bring a regiment with you.

, responsible for setting up ambush and blocking. Any questions?"

Gao Sheng was moved. It must be more comfortable to lead troops than to be a spy. He hesitated and said: "Then I will help you fight this battle first. After that, I have to go back to the Military Intelligence Office."

Li Xiaochuan smiled and didn't care about this. He kept thinking in his heart that Fang Jianxiong had no shortage of talents, but he just didn't find them. He had to report this problem to Marshal Fang. There was a bit of a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the teaching team.

ah.

The tactics were determined, and a meeting was held immediately to make arrangements. The two regiment leaders were both from the teaching team, and they were very happy to see Gao Sheng. After some pleasantries, Li Xiaochuan directly announced that Gao Sheng would act as brigade commander and cooperate with him in this battle.

The meeting of officers at all levels ended quickly. At 12 o'clock at night, Gao Sheng quietly set off with a regiment. Taking advantage of the cover of night, they entered the preset ambush point, arranged their positions, and waited for the battle to begin there.

At three o'clock sharp, at the agreed time, the Sanqi Artillery of the brigade artillery battalion launched the first attack on the target.

After ten minutes of bombardment, a battle started according to the teaching team's textbook. The commando team that entered the attack position in advance launched an assault, accompanied by intensive fire cover. The attack position was three hundred meters away from the target, where the Qing army's cavalry

There were six battalion leaders in total. Before they could realize what was happening, the commando team had already burst into the camp.

Jiang Guiti was awakened by the sound of gunfire and sat up from the bed. His first reaction was two words, broken!

Not even bothering to put on his shoes, Jiang Guiti rushed into the yard and looked at the distant place where the cannons were rumbling. He was covered in cold sweat. He didn't expect the Anhui Yupi Army to arrive so suddenly. The cavalry was attacked, but the troops were not attacked yet.

, Jiang Guiti secretly rejoiced, maybe the information from the Anhui Army was wrong, and it would have been terrible if he had come after him.

In fact, it was completely impossible for a brigade of troops one Li Xiaochuan to launch a silent attack on the headquarters. Jiang Guiti still made many very effective arrangements.

Leaders from various ministries arrived one after another, and Jiang Guiti finally put on his shoes. He immediately made a series of arrangements, leaving a battalion to guard the nest, and he led five infantry battalions to reinforce the cavalry.

The battle at the far end continued, and it took almost an hour for the whole team to complete the mess. Jiang Guiti was so anxious that he immediately ordered an attack. With two infantry battalions as the lead, the remaining three battalions followed to protect.

Jiang Guiti thought about giving up the cavalry, but the cavalry held too important a position in his mind. In addition, it was his arrangement for the cavalry to be stationed outside the city. If he did not save the cavalry, he would worry that his subordinates would be disappointed.!~!
Chapter completed!