Beiyang reactionaries

Especially Li Fulin.

This man is very smart.Regardless of who is in charge of Guangzhou, the Henan area has always been Li Fulin's territory.Li Fulin was a small warlord, but he set up a small arsenal in Henan and was able to make his own guns.Although the output is poor, it is all handmade and the quality is not very good.But how can thousands of rifles be manufactured in a year.After so many years, Li Fulin will not lack weapons in his hands, and he should have hidden them all.

If there is a fight, Lu Rongting will suffer.

After all, there are not many troops in Guangzhou at present.In addition to Mo Rongxin's guards of the Guangdong Governor's Mansion, only the independent brigade troops of Lu Fuxiang's eight battalions brought by Lu Rongting from Guangxi were left.

Fortunately, this independent brigade is powerful, with more than 4000 troops.

In addition to these two troops, although there are some troops in Guangzhou, they are all miscellaneous troops, and basically they have never fought.To hold a weapon is to maintain order.

Can these troops stop Li Fulin?

Mo Rongxin was very suspicious.

The best way is to let Ma Ji bring the Guangdong Army's First Army back to help, and completely wipe out Wei Bangping and Li Fulin's troops.

"Let me think."

It is also difficult for Lu Rongting to choose.

Lu Rongting's troops and the Guangdong Army were in a stalemate in the Chaoshan area, and neither could win the other.Although the number of Guangxi troops far exceeds that of Chen Jiongming, the relationship between the troops is not good, and there are many problems in coordination.

At this time, Ma Ji's Guangdong Army First Army could completely overwhelm Chen Jiongming's troops.

If Mazi's troops were allowed to return to aid at this time, the frontline battle would be completely corrupted.After all, this is Guangdong. If Chen Jiongming's troops are not driven out earlier, Guangdong will have more powerful troops to respond to the Guangdong army.

But if Ma Ji's troops are not recalled, how will Wei Bangping and Li Fulin's troops be dealt with.

"What about the situation in Hunan?"

"Although the Hunan Army defeated Li Kuiyuan's No.11 Division twice, there are still too few troops in the Hunan Army, that is, they can hold Hengshan Mountain and are unable to continue going north."

Mo Rongxin replied.

Lu Rongting frowned, originally had high hopes for the Hunan Army, but now that he thinks about it, he is still too optimistic.The Hunan Army suffered a disastrous defeat last year, and there were only a few thousand troops left in the end.Moreover, He Yaozu, the head of the main regiment of the Hunan Army, led a large number of troops to join Duan Xun, which made the Hunan Army even worse.

Although the Hunan Army has regained its vitality a little over the past year or so, it is only an army of about [-] people, and most of these troops are recruits.The Hunan Army is short of money and weapons, so it is already very good to be able to regroup [-] people.

Now that the Hengyang area has been taken from Wu Peifu, the troops are not enough.Even if the army is expanded by surprise, it is already the limit to be able to expand the army by 2 people.Because the Hunan army has no money in their hands, how can they pay the army.And there is no weapon in hand, even if the army is expanded, many people are unarmed.

Being able to defeat Li Kuiyuan's No.11 Division and Tian Shuxun's No.14 Brigade in Hengshan twice in a row is already very powerful for the Hunan Army.The Beiyang Army doesn't care about other things, the weapons in their hands are still real.

If the Hunan Army can't make much momentum in Hunan, Duan Xun's troops will not move.If Duan Xun's troops do not move, Lu Rongting will not be able to continue to transfer troops from Guangxi.

"Okay. Let Mazi's troops..."

"Marshal, Hunan War Report."

Lu Fuxiang, who had just left to make room for Lu Rongting and Mo Rongxin, rushed in.

"how?"

"Liling battle report. When Zhang Jingyao's younger brother Zhang Jingtang led a guard group of more than 2000 people to encircle and suppress those militia groups in eastern Hunan, they were ambushed by Liling militia groups and the entire army was wiped out. Zhang Jingtang was beaten to death."

"what?"

Lu Rongting was very surprised.

Lu Rongting knew that the Xiangdong Militia in Hunan was active.However, none of these Xiangdong militias had much strength, and the stronger ones were thousands of people, and their weapons were only three to four hundred rifles.

But Zhang Jingtang's guard group was different.

It is said to be a guard regiment, but in fact the number is no less than that of an ordinary brigade.And Zhang Jingtang is Zhang Jingyao's favorite younger brother, so in order to build this army, Zhang Jingyao gave him the best weapons and the highest military salary.Zhang Jingyao was in Changsha. In addition to his seventh division, he also formed two troops, which were the two troops Zhang Jingyao trusted most.

One is Zhang Jingtang's guard group, and the other is the fifth group.

Although the establishment is the Fifth Regiment, it is not actually affiliated to the Seventh Division, and the Seventh Division cannot control the Fifth Regiment.Because the head of the Fifth Regiment was originally named Mao Sizhong, and he was a bandit who was recruited by Zhang Jingyao when he was the supervisor of the border defense and suppression of bandits in Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui in Xuzhou.Zhang Jingyao liked Mao Sizhong very much, so he adopted him as his son and changed his name to Zhang Jizhong.

Zhang Jingtang is Zhang Jingyao's fourth younger brother, so he is known as the "Four Handsome".Zhang Jizhong is Zhang Jingyao's adopted son, so he is called "Young Marshal".They led the guard regiment and the fifth regiment respectively to defend Zhang Jingyao's safety in Changsha.Both armies had the best weapons and were large in number, each regiment numbering about 3000 men.It is the unit that Zhang Jingyao relies on most in Changsha.

The militias in eastern Hunan are rampant, so it should be normal for Zhang Jingtang to encircle and suppress them.

Although Zhang Jingtang is nonsense, those Xiangdong militia groups are even more nonsense and weak.Zhang Jingtang's guard group swept over, and no troops could stop it.How come the whole army was wiped out?

"who is it?"

"He Jian, the commander of Liuli's guerrillas."

"who?"

"In the fifth year of the Republic of China (1916), he graduated from Baoding Military Academy and returned to the Hunan Army to serve as a platoon leader in Lin Xiumei's department. After the defeat of the Hunan Army last year, he stayed in Liling to collect scattered guns and gather scattered Hunan Army troops. He called himself Hunan Later, Cheng Qian appointed his unit as the "Liuli Guerrilla Force" and let him serve as the commander. The Liuli Guerrilla Force had four battalions under its jurisdiction. This time it was this person who pretended to be defeated all the way in Liling and took Zhang Jing Tang was introduced into the ambush circle."

"Not bad."

Lu Rongting nodded repeatedly.

Well done.

Now the main force of the Hunan Army has not come out in Hengshan, and the two sides are in a state of confrontation.At this time, an outstanding person like He Jian suddenly appeared in Xiangdong, and he killed Zhang Jingyao's guard group in one fell swoop.

The situation is bound to change drastically.

He Jian will definitely rise up, and he will definitely have a place in the Hunan Army.Because relying on the current credit, so many militia troops in the eastern Hunan area will definitely flock to He Jian.

Lu Rongting could imagine that within a short period of time, He Jian would definitely become the leader in eastern Hunan, and it would not be a problem to have thousands of soldiers.If eastern Hunan is in chaos, Changsha will be in danger.

Because Zhang Jingyao didn't have many troops in Changsha.Apart from some of his own guards, only Zhang Jizhong's fifth regiment remained.It is impossible for Zhang Jingyao to let Zhang Jizhong's fifth regiment go out, otherwise who will defend Changsha.But He Jian still needs to be encircled and suppressed. Otherwise, if he puts any Jian to continue to grow, it will be a question of whether he can keep Changsha.

But Zhang Jingyao doesn't have more troops at present.

At this time, as long as Zhang Jingyao asked the troops on the front line to retreat, the front line would inevitably be defeated like a mountain.

Great.

"Send a telegram to Nanning to let Lin Junting's second army enter Guangdong."

at last.

Lu Rongting finally made up his mind.Duan Qirui and Cao Kun are about to go to war, that is, in the past few days.With such a big event happening in Hunan again, Duan Xun's troops must not be able to sit still.

Now I can safely and boldly mobilize some troops in Guangxi.Lu Rongting decided to mobilize the Second Army of the Guangxi Army from Guangxi to Guangdong.

"Marshal, the Second Army will probably take at least a week to come to Guangzhou. What about Guangzhou?"

The Second Army of the Guangxi Route Army is currently in Liuzhou. Even if they arrive in Guangzhou by boat at the fastest speed, it will take several days.After all, this is not an army, not a person, and he can leave as he wants.

Although the troops in Guangxi have been preparing to accept Lu Rongting's call to enter Guangdong, all the troops have to enter Guangdong. It is not possible to arrive in Guangzhou in a day or two.