Beiyang reactionaries

"Captain."

"Go to the headquarters of the Qianjun Army to find Wang Wenhua, the commander-in-chief of the Qianjun Army. Tell Wang Wenhua that Tan Haoming invited Wang Wenhua and several generals of the Qianjun Army to hold a military meeting for the defense of Baoqing."

"Yes."

"Yi Xing (Huang Xuchu)"

"arrive."

"You go to the third regiment and tell them to attend the military meeting."

"Yes."

"Remember, don't reveal any rumors, and tell them to hold a military meeting. Once you let them know that Tan Haoming has escaped, let alone a meeting, the entire army will be in turmoil. In Baoqing City now, as long as one army is loose, The entire Baoqing defense line will be finished. Remember?"

"Yes."

158 Baoqing 3

"Commander, special warfare brigade report."

"read."

"A troop that retreated from Baoqing to the south was defeated. The number was about [-]. According to the confession of the prisoners, the troops that retreated to the south were the guards of Tan Haoming, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces of the Three Provinces of Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong, and the troops of the first regiment of the Guangxi Army."

"Oh?"

When Li Jishen heard Liu Duanshang's battle report, he immediately stood up.

To be honest, since the attack on Baoqing started on April 4, the progress has not been very smooth.Although all the defensive positions around Baoqing were breached, facing Baoqing City, the attack suffered a lot of casualties in the past few days, but there was still not much progress.

The strength of the troops in Baoqing City should not be underestimated.

Wang Wenhua's Qian army and Tan Haoming's Gui army are not too bad in combat effectiveness, and they have nearly [-] troops.However, in comparison, Wang Wenhua's Qian army and Ma Xiaojun's second regiment of the Gui army are both very good, but the third regiment of the Gui army is slightly weaker.It should be said that the military quality of the third regiment of the Guangxi Army is not good, and the defensive positions are too messy.

Therefore, Li Jishen has now begun to adjust his offensive deployment.

Prepare to concentrate our forces, including heavy weapons, to storm the defensive positions of the third regiment of the Gui Army.As for the troops of the Qian army and the second regiment of Ma Xiaojun, they made a feint to attract their attention.Like Baoqing's defense, as long as one point is breached, there is no problem in breaking through Baoqing.But before changing the combat deployment, he received a battle report from Liu Duanshang's special combat brigade.

"Let me see."

Li Jishen immediately took Liu Duanshang's battle report.

Liu Duanshang's special warfare brigade has two regiments under its jurisdiction.One was the Fifth Regiment of the First Division of the former Southwest Frontier Defense Army, and Wang Tianci was the head of the regiment.One is Dou Juren's regiment of the former Wang Wenhua Department, with Zhou Xicheng as the head of the regiment.Together with some troops recruited by Han Jianduo when he was in Zunyi, Liu Duanshang's special warfare brigade was formed.

Although the main force consisted of two regiments, because the troops recruited by Han Jianduo were also included, Liu Duanshang's special warfare brigade was also a formal mixed brigade with a full strength of 5000 people.

Not only are there a lot of people, but their strength is also not bad.

Because of the two main regiments of the special warfare brigade, one was from the main regiment of the First Division of Duan Xun's most direct lineage, and the other was from the main regiment of Wang Wenhua's Guizhou Army.Both regiments are direct line troops in their respective troops.Whether it is in terms of weapons and equipment or the quality of troops, it is even better than the only brigade and the second brigade of the First Army.

According to Liu Duanshang, they encountered about 4000 troops who had withdrawn from Baoqing in Huaqiaobao.After Liu Duanshang discovered this army, he did not fight the people head-on, but flanked the army.More than 800 people were killed and injured, and more than [-] people were captured. It was definitely a big victory.

After interrogation from the captives, it was learned that this unit was Tan Haoming's unit.

"Ming Jie, come and take a look."

"Baoqing is hopeful."

After Deng Hanxiang glanced at it, he immediately burst out laughing.The attack on Baoqing has not made much progress in the past few days, and the casualties are not small, and the pressure on Li Jishen and Deng Hanxiang is not small.Now that he received Liu Duanshang's report, Deng Hanxiang immediately knew that the battle of Baoqing was about to end.

Tan Haoming, the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces of the three provinces of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi, has run away. Can Baoqing still hold on?

"Yes."

Li Jishen also immediately beamed with joy.

"Tan Haoming is so muddy that he can't support the wall. Why did Lu Rongting use an idiot like Tan Haoming as the commander-in-chief of the Hunan-Guangdong-Guangxi Allied Forces? Although there are many troops entering Hunan this time, as long as Tan Haoming organizes the troops well, the Hunan-Guangdong-Guangxi Allied Forces will be the commander-in-chief." It's impossible to fail so quickly. Look at his performance in Changsha, he was so clumsy, he didn't have a little bit of strategic vision, and he didn't have a little bit of organizational ability. If it weren't for such a fool, Cheng Qian and the others wouldn't have been withdrawn to southern Hunan .”

Li Jishen immediately laughed at Tan Haoming.

Too fussy.

You can't say that Tan Haoming is incapable, otherwise, even with Lu Rongting's support, he wouldn't be in his current position.It's just that his abilities are all used in how to make money, how to preserve his strength, and how to have both sides.Tan Haoming is very poor in terms of the real overall situation, strategic ability, organizational ability, and leading troops in battle.Or in other words, he has no ability in this regard.

This is the same as most of the current warlords who were originally from bandits.

Those who were born as bandits can really reach the level of Zhang Zuolin and Lu Rongting. After all, there are very few people who really have their abilities.Most of the warlords who were born as bandits have very narrow vision, and their main focus is on accumulating wealth and preserving their strength, and they have both ways, that is to say, their vision is very narrow.

"Yes."

Deng Hanxiang also despised Tan Haoming.

"Commander Li, this is a great opportunity. I think Tan Haoming is an idiot, but if he escapes, he will definitely not tell the army in the city. As long as the army in the city knows that Tan Haoming has escaped, their morale will definitely drop. Take the treasure Qing is right in front of you."

"kindness."

Li Jishen nodded.

"Jiansheng (Bai Chongxi)."

"Commander."

"Immediately organize people to shout outside Baoqing City: Tell them that Tan Haoming has run away. We must let all the troops in Baoqing City know that Tan Haoming has run away within a short time."

"Yes."

"Give the troops an order to prepare immediately. After three hours, the troops will launch a full-line attack. We must break through Baoqing today."

Li Jishen was also ruthless.

Tan Haoming ran away, as long as the troops in the city knew that Tan Haoming had run away, they would definitely panic.As long as the troops in the city panic, then Li Jishen will take this opportunity to capture Baoqing.

casualties?

At this time, Li Jishen had no time to think about casualties, and now Li Jishen was only thinking about Baoqing.As long as Baoqing is captured, the purpose of entering Hunan will be fully achieved.

"Yes."

"Tap-tap-"

When Li Jishen was giving the order, Lu Zhonglin, the brigade commander of the Second Independent Brigade of the First Army, walked in.Currently attacking Baoqing head-on is Lu Zhonglin's Second Independent Brigade.This unit was adapted from Xiong Qixun's Guizhou Army unit.

"Commander, Baoqing sent a representative and said they want to negotiate with our army."

"Negotiation? Who?"

"Three people. One is Ma Xiaojun, the commander of the Second Regiment of the Guijun Army, and Li Zongren, one of his subordinates, and the other is He Yingqin, the commander of the First Brigade of the Guizhou Army."