Chapter 409: The civil strife of the Zhensong Army
The resignation of Cao, Zhang, and Lu cannot save the situation in Beiyang!
In Shaanxi, with the end of the Tongguan offensive and defensive battle, the war situation in Shaanxi was irreversible for Chen Shufan and Liu Zhenhua.
With the continuous fall of Zhen'an and Zhashui, the door to Xi'an has been opened!
Chen Shufan, who fought desperately, concentrated all his troops on the Chang'an front line. For this Shaanxi governor, no matter the outcome of the Chang'an battle, it would be his last battle in Shaanxi.
Chen Shufan was not too worried about his future. Judging from Wang Hengyue's previous treatment of the governors from various places, it was nothing more than going to the field, and at most adding an "overseas inspection".
This is not a big deal!
A large number of Northern Expeditionary troops appeared outside Chang'an, but they had no intention of attacking Chang'an immediately.
The entire Shaanxi battlefield showed a terrible silence with the end of the Tongguan offensive and defensive battle.
The Northern Expeditionary Army is waiting, Chen Shufan is waiting, and Liu Zhenhua is also waiting.
Starting on June 28, negotiations between Liu Zhenhua and the Northern Expeditionary Army began urgently.
Zhi Mingzhang still only has one request, hand over the Song Zhen army, everything else is easy to discuss!
Liu Zhenhua is still hesitating. Although the current situation is very unfavorable to him, the Suppressing Song Army is everything to him. Without the army, his opponent can overthrow him at any time!
And until now, Liu Zhenhua still has one hope, and that is Zhao Ti, the governor of Henan. Zhao Ti has a powerful armed force at his disposal, with forty battalions of the Hongwei Army.
If Zhao Ti is willing to give him a hand at this time, storm Tongguan, and help him out, there may not be any possibility of successfully escaping from the danger.
Unfortunately, this wish was quickly dashed!
Bai Chongxi guessed Liu Zhenhua's attempt, and on June 30, he sent a plane into Henan, circled over Henan for several times, and then flew back again.
This is a threat!
Once Zhao Ti sends troops, the next target of the Northern Expeditionary Army will definitely be him!
Although Zhao Ti knew very well that as long as Shaanxi was captured, the Northern Expeditionary Army would soon invade Henan. However, Zhao Ti held the idea of muddling along. As long as the Northern Expeditionary Army did not enter Henan, he would not take control of Shaanxi.
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Liu Zhenhua's last glimmer of hope was shattered!
On July 1, Wang Mingzhang, who had completely lost his patience, finally issued an ultimatum. If no decision was made before July 3, all negotiation channels would be closed. The Northern Expeditionary Army should attack Chen Shufan first, and then destroy Liu Zhenhua!
When the fat came out in the end, Liu Zhenhua was completely panicked.
Wang Mingzhang is not threatening. With the current strength of the Northern Expeditionary Army, they are fully capable of doing it!
Two hours after the ultimatum was issued, the Northern Expeditionary Army's aircraft flew to Sanyuan again, stayed over the Zhensong Army for several minutes, and then left in a swaggering manner.
The attitude is very clear, either accept the demands of the Northern Expedition, or fight with force!
"The Northern Expeditionary Army is too tough and won't move!" Looking at the ultimatum, Liu Zhenhua shook his head.
Zhang Zhigong, commander of the Second Division of the Zhensong Army, hesitated for a moment: "Governor, we still have four divisions in our hands. If we join forces with Chen Shufan and fight to the death, we may not be able to defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army!"
"Fight?" Liu Zhenhua pointed to the sky: "The Northern Expeditionary Army has iron birds in the sky and iron wagons on the ground. How to fight? Fujian, Hunan, plus Shaanxi, Wang 1 Hengyue is divided into three routes for the Northern Expedition. Everywhere is overwhelming. Once
Forming an encirclement, our army will become a turtle in the urn sooner or later. In this case, it is better to find a way out for ourselves sooner."
Zhang Zhigong cheered up and said: "I remember during the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao invaded Jiangdong and Sun Quan wanted to surrender. Zhou Yu advised him that if we surrender, we can still be our original officials. What if the lord surrenders? Governor, this is the same thing now. Province
Once you surrender, there will really be nothing left!"
Liu Zhenhua sighed: "It's just a matter of time." No matter what, they can still give me the position of provincial governor, which is barely enough, but it's better than nothing!"
"Governor, why are you so confused!" Zhang Zhigong stamped his feet anxiously: "They only give you a one-year deadline, and they don't care after one year. Even within this one year, are they really willing to let you be this person?"
Governor? They are just trying to coerce and induce you to agree to their conditions.