Chapter 375: One hundred thousand soldiers, thinking of birthday!
Fighting has begun in Fujian and Shaanxi, but there has been no movement on the battlefield in Hunan!
Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren, who were stationed on the battlefield in Hunan, never took any military action after the Northern Expedition began. This also led to some theories from the rear. Some even said that Liu and Li had secretly colluded with the Beiyang side.
For this reason, some secret messages also came into Wang Hengyue's hands.
"Send these letters to Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren."
Seeing these letters, Wang Hengyue was a little impatient and a little annoyed.
No one knows better than the frontline commanders how to fight and when to start fighting. I have given them the right to act arbitrarily, so I should trust them unconditionally and let them do it themselves!
But some people always like to think about things elsewhere whenever there is some trouble.
"etc……"
Wang Hengyue thought for a moment, picked up a pen and paper, wrote a few words on it, and then sealed it: "Give these letters to Liu Zhaocheng and Bai Chongxi together."
Hunan, General Headquarters of Sun Wu's Army.
"What are these?" Liu Zhaocheng, who rushed to the headquarters after inspecting the front line, pointed to a pile of letters and asked with a strange look on his face. Then he picked up a few letters, opened them, read them, and threw them aside with disdain.
"They are all informant letters sent to the President by some people, and the President sent them to us." Li Zongren said, picking up the letter and handing it to Liu Zhaocheng: "This is the letter from the President to you and me." Liu Zhaocheng typed.
He opened his eyes with a knowing smile on his face. On the letter, Heng Shuai only wrote three words: "I am very busy"!
"Heng Shuai knows you and me." Liu Zhaocheng said with a smile: "I am very busy. Heng Shuai is telling us that we can do whatever we want on the front line without having to report to him. He has everything to do and doesn't want to care about the front line."
Li Zongren nodded and sighed: "Throughout the ages, which person in the highest authority has not been scrupulous about the generals holding heavy troops on the front line? Even the most enlightened monarchs will always keep interfering with what is happening on the front line, but like the president, he is indifferent.
It’s really rare in ancient times and modern times.”
"Before the Northern Expedition, Hengshuai said that he only needs to be the general logistics officer and he will not care about anything else. But the more this happens, the more we and you cannot betray Hengshuai's trust." Liu Zhaocheng said as his eyes fell on the map:
"Zhang Jingyao concentrated the main force of three divisions and 60,000 local troops in Hunan, and wanted to fight me decisively on the line from Huaihua to Shaoyang. I failed to grant his wish. I have ordered the mobilization of 120
A truck, full of soldiers, bypassed Huaihua and went straight to Loudi!" Li Zongren laughed and said: "This battle is really generous. 120 trucks, each carrying 25 people, is 3,000 people. Are you planning to capture Changsha with 3,000 people?
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"I don't want to capture Changsha, but I want to make Zhang Jingyao so troubled that he has to ask Hubei and Jiangxi to send troops!" Liu Zhaocheng said with high spirits: "I not only want to solve Zhang Jingyao, but also bring Hubei and Jiangxi to Beiyang.
The army was led to Hunan and two of the so-called three governors of the Yangtze River were disabled in one fell swoop!"
Li Zongren took a breath of air, this young commander-in-chief was so bold.
In front of Sun Wu's army, Zhang Jingyao's three main divisions and 60,000 local troops were placed, which was enough for Sun Wu's army to chew on for a while. But now Liu Zhaocheng not only did not take it seriously, but also tried every means to defeat Jiangxi and Hubei's troops.
All the Beiyang forces were led to Hunan for a complete solution!
Li Zongren joined Wang Hengyue Group a little late, but as soon as he joined, he heard others talking about Liu Zhaocheng's various deeds countless times, saying how he was promoted to two levels in one day, and how he was called "Monster, Demon Traveler" by the President.
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But now he is more than just a "demon"?
Others would like to have as few enemies in front of them as possible, but this commander-in-chief wishes he could have all the Beiyang troops in front of him!
However, the president behind him trusted Liu Zhaocheng so much that he paid no attention to what he did on the front line!
This is a good time, a president who lets his subordinates do what they want, and a commander-in-chief who has the courage to scare God.
No wonder the President repeatedly said before the Northern Expedition that the Hunan battlefield was the top priority of the entire Northern Expedition. As long as the Hunan issue was solved, all other problems would be easy to solve.
It seems that the president has placed a large part of his hope on Liu Zhaocheng.
Thinking of this, Li Zongren could only smile bitterly. Who put him in such a partner?
He has the guts to burst the sky and bite the bullet, so we can only fight with him together!
"Report that Zhang Jingyao, the puppet warlord of Hunan, has sent an invitation." This report made Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren very curious. Zhang Jingyao sent an invitation? What invitation was sent at this time?
"please!"
Following this voice, a Beiyang officer walked in and hurriedly introduced himself as soon as he entered the door: "I am the fourth brother of Hunan Governor Zhang Jingyao and the 3rd Division Commander Zhang Jingtang. I wonder which one is Liu Zhaocheng, Commander-in-Chief Liu?"
"I am." Liu Zhaocheng said calmly.
More dead than Commander Liu!" Zhang Jingtang saluted hurriedly.
"Mr. Zhang, what advice do you have here?" Zhang Jingtang placed a gilded red invitation in front of Liu Zhaocheng: "After your troops entered Hunan, they did not commit any crimes. Although they were in confrontation with our army, they got along very well. There were even some
There are gossips about Commander-in-Chief and our army exchanging tricks, which has damaged the Commander-in-Chief's reputation. After hearing this, I, Governor Zhang, felt very aggrieved and wanted to plead grievances on behalf of Commander-in-Chief. My 40th birthday is coming soon, and I will hold a grand banquet in Changsha.
I have been specially ordered to come and deliver an invitation today!" "Okay, you, Governor Zhang, want to plead my grievances. That's great!" Liu Zhaocheng said with a smile: "There is nothing else but this invitation?" "Yes, yes.
, of course." Zhang Jingtang smiled happily, clapped his hands, and several subordinates came in with a box. Zhang Jingtang asked them to put the box down. When he opened it, he found a box full of oceans, with eight gold bars on top. Zhang Jingtang asked them to put the box down.
Jingtang pointed proudly and said: "Commander-in-Chief, Governor Zhang knows that your department is working hard, so I hope the Commander-in-Chief will accept this small favor." Liu Zhaocheng picked up two gold bars, bumped them lightly, and put them back again: "
Take the person, accept it, Mr. Zhang, go back and help me thank Governor Zhang for his kindness!" Zhang Jingtang smiled broadly and was about to speak when he suddenly heard Liu Zhaocheng say: "As for this birthday, I must go, please trouble you
Go back and tell Governor Zhang that I will not miss a single word of what I said. "Hunan folk songs, dignified hands, soup of Yao, Shun, and Yu, one, two, three, four, tigers shoot wolves. The four brothers of the Zhang family have harmed Hunan, and the people are boiling with resentment. Today's Northern Expedition
In the [revolutionary] revolution, the army is everywhere. It is the responsibility of our national [revolutionary] army to eradicate all evil warlords. Zhang Jingyao's 40th birthday, Liu Zhaocheng, the commander-in-chief of Sun Wu's regiment of the national [revolutionary] army, personally rushed to Changsha with 100,000 troops.
, I wish you a happy birthday!" He personally brought a hundred thousand soldiers and rushed to Changsha to wish him a happy birthday!
As soon as these words came out, the color of Zhang Jing's soup changed drastically.
He, Zhang Jingtang, was known as the Fourth Commander, comparing himself to "Little Zhuge..." After the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Hunan, it had not made any moves for a long time, so he proposed a plan in front of Zhang Jingyao, using the ocean to bribe the opponent and win without a fight.
Who would have thought that a box of oceans and eight gold bars would be exchanged for "one hundred thousand soldiers"!
"Come here, send Master Zhang off!"
Amid laughter, Zhang Jingyao ran away, never daring to get back the box of oceans and gold bars.
Zhao Cheng laughed loudly: "Chief of Staff, Zhang Jingyao knows that our army is working hard and has sent us a box of oceans. What I mean is to divide these oceans and gold bars among my brothers. How about the welfare of my Northern Expedition?"
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Li Zongren was also laughing with joy. It was rare that a large gold bar came to his door during this battle: "Fa, fa, just in front of the soldiers, you can't say it was sent by Zhang Jingyao, just say it was Da Yang."
The president specially sent it to the front line to comfort the brothers!"
Putting away his smile, Liu Zhaocheng said seriously: "Zhang Jingyao has done a lot of harm to Hunan. After Zhang Jingyao's 7th Division entered Hunan, they advanced along the Pingjiang Avenue through the city and carried out brutal and inhumane massacres along the way. He forcibly accused the country people of being plainclothes soldiers of the Confederate Army.
They killed all the young people on the road, robbed, and committed crimes. They did everything. The prostitutes fled to the caves to take refuge. They encountered heavy rain and were hungry and cold. It was said that more than three hundred prostitutes were found in a cave in Yihua Mountain.
There are countless women who are dying and have committed suicide by throwing themselves into wells! Hunan people hate him deeply for his death!"
Li Zongren's face also showed anger: "Yes, after Zhang Jingyao drove into Pingjiang, he announced that "the sword will not be sealed for three days" and the troops looted. Three days later, he issued an order to calm the people. Even though the announcement was issued, burning, killing, looting and looting were still allowed. This kind of evil
xing, what is the difference between the massacre when the Manchus entered the customs?" "Even the Beiyang government couldn't stand the things he did." Liu Zhaocheng sneered a few times: "This time, he used the four
The tenth birthday wants to bribe you and me, and I must give him a "happy and happy birthday!" After saying that, I shouted loudly: "Rao Guohua!"
"Arrived!" "Order your brigade to use trucks as transportation vehicles to march all the way to Loudi, threaten Changsha, and assume an offensive posture! If Zhang Jingyao's army attacks, abandon Loudi and go straight to Hengyang!" "Yes!" Liu Zhaocheng
He pondered there for a moment: "Order, all ministries should also assume an attack posture against Huaihua. Order the 3rd Division and the 8th Division to move overnight to attack Hongjiang first and then Wugang!"
"yes!"
Then he said: "Give the president power to speed up the movement of strategic materials in the second phase, especially gasoline and other materials. Please send more planes and increase reconnaissance efforts."
Order the Third Armored Regiment to attack Huangjinjing and Jinshi Bridge to cut off the enemy's retreat in Huaihua. Once the enemy in Hongjiang and Wugang are defeated, the 3rd and 8th Second Divisions will quickly turn around and encircle the enemy in Huaihua!" "Yes!
!” Liu Zhaocheng explained in a serious tone: “Xu Mu, Commander of the Second Army, is under unified command of the 3rd and 8th Second Divisions. I want to tell Xu Mu that the purpose of this battle is not to annihilate, but to defeat the enemy. Our real goal is