Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

"Captain! Good news from the front! We have achieved a complete victory on the battlefield outside Tashan Town. Under the command of Chief of Staff Qin, the Security Corps completely wiped out the 352nd Regiment of the Guo faction warlords, killing 985 people and capturing 874. We also suffered 124 lightly and seriously wounded soldiers and 36 dead soldiers. This is the list of the spoils of war, please review it!"

Gu Chenghai handed over the list of spoils he had prepared. Su Zhengyang took a quick look at it. The weapons and equipment of these warlord troops were not worth mentioning to the security team. The only things that were worth mentioning were two Maxim heavy machine guns and five Czech light machine guns.

Strictly speaking, the last ambush of Feng Dingshan by the security corps was not a real confrontation with the warlord's regular troops. With the ambush set up in advance, Feng Dingshan's troops were defeated without putting up any decent resistance.

Such a battle is not enough to test the quality of the security corps.

But this time on the battlefield of Tashan Town, the head-on confrontation with the 352nd Regiment has fully demonstrated the combat effectiveness of the Security Regiment.

"Send a telegram to Liu Kangding and ask him to take his men and capture Honghe County for me immediately. Liu Chengxu won a great victory! Old Liu cannot afford to lose face."

"Yes, leader!"

In Kuanyan Town, the five battalion-level units of the Security Corps gathered here. After receiving the telegram from the regiment headquarters, Liu Gangding smiled at the officers present and said, "Liu Chengxu has already taken down the 352nd Regiment. We are all the veterans who followed the regiment commander the earliest. We cannot embarrass him. Gather the troops and set off immediately. I will take down Honghe County within one day! Let's increase the prestige of our Security Corps!"

In Honghe County, at the base of the 358th Regiment, Du Xiaojun sat in his room with a gloomy look. A pretty woman in cheongsam and heavy makeup sat on Du Xiaojun's lap, picking up dishes on the table with chopsticks and feeding them into Du Xiaojun's mouth.

Du Xiaojun has been burning with nameless anger in his heart recently. His hometown was taken away by Su Zhengyang and almost his entire family was killed. However, his immediate superior Zheng Jiahai did not agree at all to let him dispatch troops back for revenge, which made Du Xiaojun extremely frustrated.

When the Du family was domineering in Sanjiang County, Du Xiaojun would give a lot of money every year to honor Zheng Jiahai, which was the reason why he was able to be promoted continuously and secure the position of the head of the 358th Regiment. Now that the Du family has lost its greatest role, Zheng Jiahai is unwilling to use his own troops to avenge the Du family.

The Guo warlords have a total of three armies under their command, with nine divisions and more than 100,000 troops. But the situation here is extremely complicated. Except for the Linzhou First Army, which is Guo's own direct force, the warlords of the other two armies nominally obey the command of the Governor's Office, but in fact they have ulterior motives and are unwilling to waste their own strength.

Zheng Jiahai was an extremely cautious person. When he learned that Feng Dingshan was ambushed and killed, the first thing he thought of was the security corps. He was prepared for the worst. If the security corps' combat effectiveness exceeded expectations, even if the 358th Regiment could avenge the Du family, it would inevitably suffer heavy losses. In Zheng Jiahai's view, there was no need to pay such a huge price for the Du family whose members had already died.

Du Xiaojun ate the food that was fed to him as if it were chewing wax. Suddenly, he picked up the wine glass and smashed it to pieces with a bang.

The loud noise startled the woman sitting on his lap.

"Ouch! Master Du, you really scared me to death. Who made you unhappy? Why are you so angry?"

Du Xiaojun looked at the woman with cold eyes and said, "Get out!"

The woman who still wanted to act coquettishly looked at Du Xiaojun's murderous gaze and dared not say anything more. She ran out of the room as if escaping.

"Guards! Go get Chief of Staff Liang here right now!"

Ten minutes later, Liang Xing, the chief of staff of the 358th Regiment, sat opposite Du Xiaojun and sighed, "I know you feel aggrieved, but what's the point of hiding in the house and drinking every day? The brigade commander won't let our 358th Regiment leave the defense zone. Be patient for now. After a while, I will go back to Sanjiang County with you to avenge your entire Du family."

Du Xiaojun's eyes were gleaming with hatred and anger, and he said firmly: "I can't wait any longer, gather the troops for me immediately, I want to fight back to Sanjiang County."

Liang Xing hurriedly tried to comfort him, "The commander of the brigade has issued a statement that anyone who dares to lead troops out of the defense zone without authorization will be punished by military law."

"How much money does Zheng Jiahai take from our Du family every year! How many guns and ammunition in the army were bought with our Du family's money! Now that our Du family is in trouble, not only does he not take the initiative to help me get revenge, but he also doesn't let me mobilize the troops! I've had enough! After I get my revenge this time, I will immediately take my troops to Ganzhou and surrender to the Zhao warlords. If you don't want me here, I will find another place to go!"

Liang Xing looked at Du Xiaojun, who was already blinded by anger, and said, "Captain, you should reconsider this and put the overall situation first."

Du Xiaojun flipped the table, looked at Liang Xing with red eyes and said, "It turns out that your Liang family was slaughtered, but you are still standing on Zheng Jiahai's side, right? Don't forget, it was me who made you the chief of staff. If you dare to say another word, I will kill you right away!"

Liang Xing did not dare to say anything more, and could only nod and say, "Okay, I'll go gather the troops right away, but I'm afraid it will be difficult to explain to the brigade commander."

"This is not your concern. Gather the troops for me immediately!"

Under the strong pressure of Du Xiaojun, the 358th Regiment, with a force of nearly people, quickly assembled and prepared, left Honghe County, and rushed towards Sanjiang County.

On the other side, Liu Gangding was still having a headache. Honghe County was different from Sanjiang County. It was a large county with a large population. The county town was surrounded by rammed earth and blue brick walls that were five meters high and more than two meters thick.

At present, the large amount of supplies rewarded by the system to Su Zhengyang has not arrived yet. Without heavy artillery, if he wants to take over Honghe County, it will cost human lives. As long as a machine gun position is established on the top of the city wall at the city gate, it will be difficult to enter the city.

Liu Gangding was discussing the battle plan with Wang Hua and others when the platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon walked in.

"Reporting to the deputy commander, our people outside Honghe County have sent news that the 358th Regiment has launched an attack and is rushing towards Kuanyan Town!"

"It's really a case of searching for something but finding it is easy to find. We were still racking our brains over how to get into Honghe County, and that bastard Du Xiaojun just showed up at our doorstep."

Wang Hua also nodded in agreement, stood up, pointed to the battle map on the table and said, "Deputy Commander, this place is called Feihu Valley, and it is a must-pass place when coming from Honghe County. We can set up an ambush here before the 358th Regiment arrives, and annihilate the 358th Regiment in one fell swoop at the lowest cost."