Beiyang reactionaries

After the Beiyang Army really started to attack, it was still very strong. On January 1, Wu Peifu led the third division and the first mixed brigade, fourth mixed brigade, and fifth mixed brigade to launch an attack.At that time, Wu Peifu's troops had not yet fully arrived, and the second mixed brigade and the third mixed brigade were still on the way.

But Wu Peifu couldn't wait.

This battle of attacking Hunan was the first time Wu Peifu led so many troops to fight, and it was also the first time he was directly in charge of such a battle.This is a very rare opportunity for Wu Peifu, so Wu Peifu really wants to show his face and show others his abilities.

Similarly, when Wu Peifu attacked Yuezhou, Zhang Jingyao brought his 11th Division, Li Kuiyuan's No.2 Division, and Chen Dexiu's Anwu Army each. A total of [-] troops began to gather in the Tongcheng area.Then began to attack Pingjiang.

At this time, the Dharma Guardian Army has 5000 soldiers in Yueyang, which can be regarded as the main force of the Dharma Guardian Army this time.Of course, a large part of them are recruits, recruits who have just been recruited for less than two months.Also in order to stop Zhang Jingyao's troops, the French Guardian Army also deployed many troops in the Pingjiang area.There are [-] battalions of the Liu Jianfan Department of the Hunan Army, [-] battalions of the Xie Guoguang Department, [-] battalions of the Luo Likai Department, and [-] battalions of the Li Zhonglin Department, with a total of more than [-] battalions and about [-] people.Similarly, many of the troops on the Pingjiang side were recruits that the Hunan Army had just recruited here.

On the whole, it is not a disadvantage in terms of military strength.

But in terms of combat effectiveness, the two sides are not on the same level.Because of the rapid expansion of the Beiyang Army, its combat effectiveness also declined rapidly.However, many of the Beiyang Army units in the attack on Hunan were the most elite units of the Beiyang Army, and they were not affected by the expansion of the army.In particular, Cao Kun's Zhili troops had good weapons and equipment, and the quality of their officers was far from comparable to that of the Dharma Protectors, which were expanded by surprise in the past two months.The weapons and equipment of the Guardian Army are backward, and most of the troops are recruits.

Therefore, as soon as they came into contact, the Beiyang army was very aggressive, attacking fiercely all the way, and the Dharma protectors were retreating steadily.One position after another was lost.

Fortunately, when Wu Peifu and Zhang Jingyao attacked, it started to rain here, and the weather was quite bad.The Beiyang army are all from the north, and they are very unaccustomed to the weather in Hunan, so they slowed down the pace of Wu Peifu and Zhang Jingyao's attack.But it only slowed down for a few days.

Cheng Qian and Liu Jianfan kept asking Tan Haoming for help, hoping that Tan Haoming would let the main force of the Gui army under him be sent to the front line.

Because the current situation on the front line is unfavorable, the only unit that can be mobilized is Tan Haoming's Gui Army.The army of Lin Junting, Tan Haoming's most direct descendant, is currently nestled in Changsha.This is an army of nearly [-] people, and it is also a force with relatively strong combat effectiveness among the French Guardian Army.

But Tan Haoming didn't move.

Tan Haoming, in a word, got into this position by relying on Lu Rongting's nepotism.As an uneducated and untrained senior general of the Gui army, Tan Haoming has no strategic vision and no ability to fight. It is a joke to govern the local area.

In fact, he has only one greatest ability, and that is to know how to have both sides and preserve his strength.When the situation is unfavorable, Tan Haoming knows how to preserve his strength.

Whether it is the battle of Yueyang or the battle of Pingjiang, Tan Haoming has no specific solution.How to fight the war, how to keep Changsha, how to agree to the law-protecting war, he has no way, or he has no idea at all.He has only one idea about fighting, and that is that his troops cannot be damaged.

And what can you do in Changsha?

Make money.

After Tan Haoming entered Changsha, the biggest thing was how to get money.Of course, this is not Tan Haoming's idea alone, but Lu Rongting's idea.Because Lu Rongting's Gui army claims to have 2000 soldiers, the annual military salary is tens of millions, nearly 2000 million.This time when the law protection war broke out, Lu Rongting's military expenditure exceeded [-] million, which is not a small sum.

Even if Lu Rongting ruled Guangdong and Guangxi, such a large military salary would put a lot of economic pressure on Lu Rongting.

Therefore, when entering Hunan this time, one of Tan Haoming's tasks is to make money.But Tan Haoming, a warlord who was born as a bandit, has any way to make money.It's a complete robbery of money, making Changsha go crazy.

"commander."

Ma Xiaojun, commander of the Model Battalion of the General Headquarters of the Hunan-Guangdong-Guangxi Allied Forces, hurried in.Ma Xiaojun graduated from the crash course of Baoding Military Academy, and later studied abroad at the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy twice.It was relatively early for Ma Xiaojun to join Lu Rongting. He had joined Lu Rongting in the first year of the Republic of China, so he was considered one of the rare military school graduates who was valued by Lu Rongting.

In 1917, at the beginning of last year, he gave advice to Lu Rongting.He believes that Lu Rongting's Guijun Military Academy currently has too few students and too many officers with bandit backgrounds, which is not conducive to the regularization of the army and the combat effectiveness of the army.Therefore, it is suggested that Lu Rongting train more officers, especially recruit some graduates from military academies, so that the army can increase the number of regular officers, so that the army can gradually become regularized.

If someone else made such a suggestion, Lu Rongting might not agree, and even those generals under Lu Rongting's department might destroy Ma Xiaojun.Because Lu Rongting's army was adapted from bandits, the army has its own set of unspoken rules for the promotion of officers.The position of officers in many troops is given to their own people, and they promote their brothers in their own troops. Even Lu Rongting can't interfere with such things.But once recruiting military school graduates, it is tantamount to occupying one's own quota, which general will be happy.

But Lu Rongting still trusts Ma Xiaojun, so Lu Rongting agrees with Ma Xiaojun's suggestion.Let Ma Xiaojun try, so a model camp was set up in Guijun, mainly to accept some military school graduates and some students to serve as soldiers.Let Ma Xiaojun serve as the battalion commander of this unit, and train a group of young officers for the Gui army.

In fact, this army is of little use in the hands of Lu Rongting, but this army has historically become the foundation of Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and their new Gui family.

"Is something wrong?"

"Commander, news from Baoqing. Duan Xun's Fifth Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Force is on the move, and there is a tendency to attack Baoqing."

"Is the news accurate?"

Tan Haoming was very nervous.

At present, the main force of Tan Haoming's French defenders is in the east, defending Wu Peifu and Zhang Jingyao.On the Xiangxi side, there are not many troops.Especially in Baoqing, there is only one Guijun regiment and a local militia regiment, which add up to more than 2000 people.

Although Tan Haoming is also an ignorant type, but as the commander-in-chief of the three provinces of Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong, he knows some information.Duan Xun's Fifth Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army is a huge force of 4000 people, which is larger than the army reorganized when the Gui Army went out this time.

This force has been stationed in the Zhijiang area.

Now that they moved, it would be difficult for Baoqing to guard against them.

"Yes. Commander, Baoqing said that they have already sent people to investigate. The Fifth Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army was dispatched. The march was full of troops for more than ten miles, and the troops marched with tight defenses. No one was allowed to approach the troops. Baoqing estimates that the number of troops will definitely exceed 1, and only the Fifth Division has such a large number of troops."

"Duan Xun, this bastard, took advantage of the fire to rob."

Tan Haoming turned around anxiously.

Before Cheng Qian gave Tan Haoming power, he said that Pingjiang is under a lot of pressure at present.Once Pingjiang is taken by Zhang Jingyao, the troops currently in Yuezhou will be cut off.So hope Tam Ho Ming support.

But Tan Haoming didn't care too much.

But now that he heard about Baoqing's crisis, Tan Haoming immediately became very nervous.Because although Tan Haoming is not an outstanding general, at least he has fought with Lu Rongting for so many years.Simple military common sense is still there.

Changsha retreated to the south. Although there were many passages, there are a few places that are very important to sum up.If you go east, you will go to Xiangtan and Zhuzhou, and go south to Hengshan and Hengyang.But at present Zhang Huaizhi's troops are ready to attack Zhuzhou, and then go south to take Hengyang.This road is already very dangerous.

The other way is to go west, pass through Xiangxiang, take the road of Baoqing, then go south to Lingling, and finally enter the border of Hunan and Guangxi.Tan Haoming has always regarded Baoqing as his retreat channel.Now that he heard about Baoqing's crisis, how could he not be in a hurry.

Tan Haoming really didn't have much interest in how the front line was going.His biggest worry at the moment is whether he can escape once he retreats.

"No, Baoqing must have nothing to do. Putian (Lin Junting), hurry up, your troops will go south and station in Baoqing, and you must guard Baoqing."

"Commander, that can't be the case."

Seeing that Tan Haoming was at a loss, Ma Xiaojun despised Tan Haoming very much in his heart.As a real major student, Ma Xiaojun looked down on Tan Haoming very much.Although they were both born in the grass, Tan Haoming was really poor compared to Lu Rongting.

Regardless of Lu Rongting's background as a bandit, although he has various shortcomings, his judgment of the general situation and his decisive character are many times better than the Tan Haoming in front of him.

Unfortunately, this is the problem with this kind of old warlords.

Tan Haoming's ability is so poor, but because he was Lu Rongting's brother-in-law when he was a child, and Lu Rongting's brother-in-law, he was a high-ranking official and a rich man, and he served as the commander-in-chief of the Hunan-Guangdong-Guangxi Allied Forces.Lu Rongting's Gui Jun is not without ability, but for Lu Rongting, he would rather use someone who has no ability but is loyal to himself than someone who is capable but has his own ideas.

Such as Ma Xiaojun.

Lu Rongting still trusts Ma Xiaojun very much, but because Ma Xiaojun graduated from Baoding and is in the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, he is not completely at ease.Of course, there is also a reason that the generals in Lu Rongting's department rejected officers like Ma Xiaojun.So Ma Xiaojun is only a model battalion commander up to now, just a staff officer of Lu Rongting or Tan Haoming.

No chance to lead the army to fight.Looking at Ma Xiaojun's classmates, many generals who can now command thousands of troops to fight.This is the difference between an army and an army. Lu Rongting, a bandit who came from a bandit and a warlord, employed people.

However, contempt was contempt, and Ma Xiaojun immediately stopped Tan Haoming's order.

"how?"

Tan Haoming glanced at Ma Xiaojun, very angry in his heart.Ma Xiaojun is more loved and supported by Lu Rongting, but Tan Haoming doesn't like him very much.Because although this person is very capable, the model camp he cultivated is very strong.But precisely because of his excellent ability, military ability is absolutely rare among Lu Rongting's troops.So usually a little proud.

But no matter how proud you are, you are only a middle-level officer.There is a big difference from a general like Tan Haoming who commands tens of thousands of people.

"Commander, the front line is fighting now. If there is news that the main force of our Gui army is heading south at this time, it will definitely greatly affect the morale of the frontline soldiers. The relationship between our Gui army and them has not been very good during this period. With this kind of news, the situation on the front line will definitely deteriorate, and the frontline troops will collapse at the first touch. At that time, the Beiyang army will be able to drive straight in. Not only will our troops be in danger, but the Beiyang army will even be pushed to our Guangdong and Guangxi areas. At present, the best way is to Keep the war within the territory of Hunan. Therefore, our Guangxi army must not leave Changsha at this time."

"You know a hammer."

Tan Haoming was furious.

The life and death of the troops on the front line is nothing compared to the safety of themselves and their troops.Once Baoqing falls, he may be trapped to death in Changsha.No matter what happened, Baoqing couldn't do anything.