Qingjiang County (now Zhangshu City, Jiangxi) is located on the southern edge of the central Gansu Plain, at the crossroads of the Ganjiang River waterway and the north-south highway. To the south of the Qingjiang River is the endless mountainous and hilly area. Historically, the Qingjiang River has always been the gateway to the Central Plains.
Chezhou Kongdao in Lingnan was once one of the four ancient towns in Jiangxi. It has always been famous for its complete range of precious medicinal materials, so it is also known as the "Medicine Capital of the South".
At nightfall, Fan Shisheng, commander of the 16th Army, leaned on the railing and looked at the fishing fires in the river on the upper floor of Wangjin, a large wharf near the wide Ganjiang River. He couldn't calm down. In the afternoon, Zhang Fakui's general Xu Zhirui led the troops who had stayed for a day and a half.
More than 30,000 troops from the First Division of the Fourth Army and two divisions from the 11th Army left the county and went south. Although Fan Shisheng and Zhang Fakui had known each other for a long time, they never had a close relationship with each other. Only one division with more than 8,000 garrison troops remained with Fan Shisheng.
Seeing Xu Zhirui and other tough generals coming with a large army, I was really frightened and broke into a cold sweat.
The Ye Ting Department of the 11th Army and the He Long Department of the 20th Army surged down from Nanchang, and they were unstoppable along the way. These two rebel armies, which had participated in the Northern Expedition and experienced hundreds of battles, were the red bandits that Fan Shisheng was ordered to encircle, but he
Fan Shisheng led 20,000 soldiers who had not fought in a war for several years. How could he dare to ask for trouble?
All the way north from Shaoguan, Fan Shisheng led his troops to turn around carefully to avoid their sharp edges and passed by He Long's tribe. With great difficulty, they arrived at Qingjiang, Fengcheng and Xingan and were stationed at the front line. They learned that they had followed Ye Ting in the rebellion last week.
Division Chen Shuming of the Eleventh Army had already parted ways with Ye Ting and led his troops from Fuzhou to Fujian to join Jiang Guangding, an old officer who had been serving in Fujian when Ninghan split. Fan Shisheng saw that the strength of Ye Ting's troops was greatly damaged and he just took a breath.
It was also suddenly heard that Jiang Guangding, Chen Shuming and others had disarmed and then demobilized all Tan Shuqing's new troops stationed in Fujian, which immediately frightened Fan Shisheng to the point of restlessness. Chen Shuming, Jiang Guangding and others even dared to disarm the direct troops of He Yingqin who had stayed in Fujian, let alone
He Fan Shisheng, this local army that does not belong to any group?
Fan Shisheng was sighing and secretly calling it a fluke. Zhang Fakui's troops suddenly went south and entered the garrison area, and there were more than 30,000 people there. How could Fan Shisheng, who was unprepared for the scattered troops, not get chills down his spine? Finally, he was careful to eat and drink well.
The waiter finally sent this tiger and wolf army away, and the urgent military order from Wuhan came again:
Wang Jingwei and Tang Shengzhi ordered Fan Shisheng's Sixteenth Army to immediately go west to the Anfu and Ji'an front lines, and together with the Wuhan government's newly formed Thirteenth Army, they would encircle and suppress the increasingly noisy Red Army on the Hunan-Kiangxi border!
Fan Shisheng, who had just stationed in Qingjiang and had only been on the Fengcheng front line for a few days, was really unwilling to wipe out the Red Army. This army commander who had led his troops from Yunnan to Guangdong for five years was thin, with bulging cheekbones and a mustache.
Much prettier than eyebrows, he was in a dilemma and had no choice but to turn to Chief of Staff Li Zhuzhong who was equally confused as he was and asked:
"Youqin, what do you think of this urgent call from Wang Zhaoming and Tang Mengxiao?"
Li Zhuzhong, who was elegant and skilled in calligraphy, replied helplessly: "It's really hard to make a choice. If our army continues to stay here, it will not only offend Wang and Tang, but also Li Renchao (Li Jishen) of Guangzhou. Mr. Ren will face our army."
We are already very dissatisfied with the Ye and He armies for avoiding fighting. If we offend Wang and Tang again, I am afraid that our army will no longer have a foothold in the three provinces of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hunan. Therefore, our army needs to make a choice no matter what.
, otherwise the future will be worrying!
The former commander of the Ninth Army of the Guizhou Army was strangled to death by Tang Mengxiao, and the entire army was immediately torn into pieces. At the beginning of this month, Wang Tianpei's Tenth Army was divided into half in the blink of an eye. Wang Tianpei himself was shot to death by Commander-in-Chief Chiang to vent his anger; half a month ago, he fought to capture
The 15th Army, which had made the greatest contribution to Wuhan, was suddenly disarmed by Tang Mengxiao. Army Commander Liu Zuolong also ended up being shot. His subordinates were quickly divided up by Li Delin and Bai Jiansheng; Tan Shuqing's new First Army, which had been stationed in Fujian a few days ago, happened in the blink of an eye.
After being completely disarmed, the commander fled in panic. The lessons learned from the past are shocking!"
Fan Shichang sighed: "It seems that I can't hide this time even if I want to. In this critical period, I can no longer protect myself wisely! Forget it, I will call Wang Zhaoming and Tang Mengxiao later and tell them that our army is acting as ordered.
Tomorrow we will advance towards Anfu and Ji'an, alas..."
"Military Seat, we must go, but we can go slower, or secretly send someone familiar to go to the Red Army to contact the Red Army secretly. Maybe we can avoid the unnecessary consumption of military encounters. Military Seat's generosity and loyalty
But it is well-known." Li Zhuzhong suggested tactfully.
Fan Shisheng nodded heavily: "It's feasible, let's do it this way. You Qin should work harder!"
"As you command!"
Fan Shisheng's wishful thinking failed in the end. In this special period of either friend or enemy, sometimes enemy or friend, the severe situation and cruel living environment left no room for swing, and a sudden chaotic war was about to begin.
Shatter his dream.
At three o'clock in the morning, an elite team of 65 people quietly appeared in the backyard of the Deng family manor in Laohushan, 21 kilometers southeast of Fengcheng. Ghost-like figures wearing revolutionary army uniforms quietly sneaked into the large backyard.
, the two guard dogs just opened their mouths and barked twice, then fell down.
The head guard who was on duty at night heard something was wrong about the vicious dogs and immediately walked out of the small room. Before he could see clearly what was going on with the two vicious dogs lying on the ground, a sharp arrow came through the air and pierced him between the eyebrows.
It penetrated the back of the head, and the leader was dead before he could even scream.
A black shadow quickly flew over and pulled out the sharp arrow from his head. Dozens of agile men dispersed into their respective target areas.
Half an hour later, dozens of members of the Deng family, the overlord with a millionaire family and owner of the two best tungsten mines in the county, were knocked unconscious in their sleep. Gold and silver treasures worth more than two million yuan and land deed books were
The county's largest private armed force, which had been looted and equipped with six light machine guns, more than 400 German-made rifles and rifles, unknowingly killed more than ten people. Only one member of the group who got up to urinate was stabbed in the chest and abdomen.
The only way to escape is by cheating death.
After all the robbers had left, the coward stumbled out of the hut, howling at the top of his lungs. By the time the large army came rushing from the two mines at the foot of the mountain, the robbers had already fled.
The uncle of the Deng family who was awakened by the cold water was heartbroken and furious. Like the nursing home member who was stabbed in the chest and abdomen and was dying, he clearly saw the military uniforms on the robbers and the opium pipes carried on their backs. A fierce battle began.
Revenge begins immediately.
Almost at the same time, shocking looting, burning and killing also occurred in Shangzhuang, 12 kilometers northwest of Fengcheng. More than a hundred officers and soldiers wearing Yunnan Army uniforms with faces smeared with pot ash openly attacked Shang Bai, the richest man in the town.
Wan Wan's compound, killed and injured more than 70 nursing home servants, and robbed gold, silver and jewelry worth millions. Before escaping, he even set fire to the Shang family's stable and backyard.
The mine leader at the foot of Xushan Mountain led hundreds of armed mine guards to rush back to the rescue. The attackers had already fled to the southern county on horseback with a large amount of stolen wealth.
The master of the Shang family, who was injured and lying on the ground, and his two sons looked at the messy home and the corpses of the nursing staff. They collapsed on the ground, beat their chests and lungs, and cried loudly.
The eldest son of the Shang family, who was full of rage, immediately gathered more than 300 members of the regiment, armed with all their machine guns, long and short rifles, and stormed towards Fengcheng in a furious manner without saying a word.
At five o'clock in the morning, Zeng Riwei, the commander of the 47th Division of the 16th Army of Fan Shisheng who was stationed in Fengcheng County, was still sleeping. He was suddenly awakened by the thundering gunshots and angry shouts of killing coming from the south of the city.
He got out of bed and ran out of the bedroom and rushed into the division headquarters lobby in the front yard. The commander of his regiment came on Pegasus and loudly reported:
"Our regiment was suddenly attacked by more than 500 local militiamen who risked their lives. The brothers were unprepared and suffered heavy losses. These militiamen stabbed the sentries to death, shouted for revenge and rushed into the barracks without fear of death. They killed everyone on sight and set fire everywhere.
My subordinates had no choice but to order the brothers to shoot in self-defense, and it looked like they were members of the Deng Family Vigilante Group."
Zeng Riwei was furious: "Kill me! This group of natives have not given a good look to our army since the arrival. They often hinder military affairs and despise our officers and soldiers because they are local snakes and have some bad money. They must be killed today."
He knew that our troops were about to leave, so he suddenly launched an attack. Kill! No one was spared. I immediately transferred the Second Regiment from the north of the city to join them, and they went to Dengjiazhuang in one go. Kill them all and rob them all!"
"It's been a long time since I've said this, Master Master!" The bearded leader jumped on his horse and galloped away.
Zeng Riwei's herald had just rode his horse into the military camp at the east ferry in the north of the city. He suddenly heard intensive gunshots and shouts of killing. The herald was shocked, turned his horse's head and returned quickly to report.
Seeing that the local militia actually launched a north-south pincer attack to support each other, Zeng Riwei was also shocked. He immediately ordered the garrison regiment to quickly reinforce the south of the city, and personally led the division's guard battalion and machine gun battery to rush to the north of the city.
As the sky grew darker and the fighting lasted longer, the local militia was no match for the once only 6,000-strong army. The outnumbered Yunnan Army annihilated most of the ragtag militia with just one charge. In anger, they pursued the victory and stormed into the tiger's den.
The family compound and the Deng family manor could no longer escape the killing and looting of the angry Yunnan troops.
However, the sudden change that originally only occurred in Fengcheng instantly turned into a huge conflict that no one expected: At dawn, the 11th man, who was so exhausted from walking, could only camp in the East Village, seven kilometers north of Qingjiang County.
A company that was lagging behind was suddenly attacked by dozens of Yunnan Army officers and soldiers. More than ninety officers and soldiers, including the company commander, were killed in their sleep. All their machine guns and rifles were snatched away. Twenty people who escaped were
Several officers and soldiers desperately rushed due south to chase the main force and call the police. No one dared to enter Qingjiang County, where Fan Shisheng's military headquarters was located.
Just after 7 o'clock in the morning, Fan Shisheng, who received the urgent report from the north of the city and Fengcheng, was immediately stunned. He urgently ordered Xu Kexiang, who was stationed in Xingan County in the south, to lead his 48th Division to move west immediately to avoid misunderstanding. At the same time, he sent his generals to rush to Xu Zhirui.
The troops explained in detail.
At 10:40 in the morning, Xu Kexiang, who had just walked ten kilometers to the west, was shocked when he heard the alarm from the rear team. Xu Zhirui, the acting deputy commander of the 11th Army and the commander of the 26th Division, who was furious, had already caught up with him. Without saying a word, he immediately
Launching a fierce attack, the unprepared Xu Kexiang led more than 5,000 soldiers under his command to run ten kilometers westward and escape the Baizhang Peak before being able to escape the pursuit of thousands of Xu Zhirui's angry men, leaving hundreds of corpses behind.
Seeing that he could not catch up, Xu Zhirui's anger subsided and he realized that he was already more than 30 kilometers away from the main force. He immediately returned to Xingan to join the main force. While sending an urgent telegram to Zhang Fakui who was still in Lushan Mountain, he also assembled his troops and was ready to attack Fan Shisheng's troops at any time.
Combat.
The instigator of all this was Gu Changfeng, who led his soldiers to attack Shangzhuang. On his way to the south to make a false escape, he happened to encounter the last company of the 11th Army camping in the East Village. He had an idea and decided to set fire to
It will be more prosperous, allowing Fan Shisheng to leave Qingjiang and Fengcheng faster.
At this time, Gu Changfeng had no idea that Fan Shisheng had decided to slowly head west, nor did he know that the commander of the 48th Division stationed in Xingan was Xu Kexiang, the instigator of the "Ma Ri Incident".
The reason why Xu Kexiang, who was angrily pursued by Xu Zhirui, became Fan Shisheng's subordinate was because Wang Jingwei and Tang Shengzhi, under the pressure of public opinion, planned to arrest Xu Kexiang, who launched the "Ma-Japan Incident" and massacred the Communist Party, as a show of calming down the Communist Party.
and the Third International in order to continue to gain support. Unexpectedly, as soon as Tang Shengzhi’s decision was made, someone under his command promptly informed Xu Kexiang. Xu Kexiang was furious and led his troops to flee to southern Hunan. In the end, he defected to Fan Shisheng, who would not refuse anyone who came, and the more the better.