Duan Zhigui's self-confidence is not without reason. Before Beiyang took action, the relationship between Lu Rongting's Gui line and the southwest was not good. Even the southwest aggressively seized half of Guangxi from the Gui family. At that time, the beams of the two sides were concluded. Therefore, Beiyang only formulated a combat plan to send a Beiyang Army into Guangxi, directly attack the hinterland of Yunnan and Guizhou, and shake the foundation of Cai Yi in the southwest. The idea was to take advantage of the contradictions between the Gui army and the new army. Thus completing the great encirclement of the southwest. Whether it is Duan Qirui or Feng Guozhang, they all think that Lu Rongting will have a tacit attitude towards Beiyang's entry into Guangxi. But it turned out to be quite different.

Compared with the domineering Duan Qirui, Cai Yi was even more courageous, and directly exchanged half of Guangxi for the Gui family to resist the Beiyang South Route Army. If Cai Yi used other provinces as a condition, Lu Rongting might still estimate Beiyang's attitude, but Guangxi is different, Guangxi is where he started, he has a good mass base in the local area, as long as the new army withdraws, he can accept it smoothly, and there will be no sequelae. Moreover, in Lu Rongting's heart, half of Guangxi is even more important than the whole of Guangdong Province. After all, his troops are known as the Gui system, and if they can't even occupy Guangxi, they will be a little unworthy of the name. Faced with Cai Yi's condition, Lu Rongting couldn't refuse at all. So in the end, the Beiyang South Route Army, which was originally a surprise attack, confronted the Gui Army in a small county on the edge of Guilin, and the 40,000 army became an ornament.

In addition, Duan Qirui did not know anyone, and the 40,000 army was entrusted by no one. Duan Zhigui is a good hand in the relationship, but it is far from leading troops to fight. He doesn't even have the slightest bit of military temperament in him. How could such a man lead a large army to fight valiantly?

In fact, after Duan Zhigui entered Guangxi, the armament began to become relaxed, with the support of the Beiyang Zhèng Fǔ Logistics Department, the baggage was continuously supplied to the front line, and the 40,000 troops became Guangxi tourist groups. Of course, Duan Zhigui, who is deeply political, understands the importance of the face project, so even if he is busy playing mahjong, he will send a regiment or so of troops to attack the position of the Gui army every day. The gunfire shook the sky, and a lot of weapons and ammunition were consumed, but the defense line of the Gui army did not move at all, and the artillery carried by the Beiyang Army never showed up at all. In Duan Zhigui's words: "Such a precious guy can't be used unless it is absolutely necessary." ”

Dididi - the Beiyang Army's charge horn sounded, and the troops of a Beiyang regiment "quickly" launched a charge. At the same time, the whole battlefield was full of gunfire.

Lu Yuguang, who was standing in the rear headquarters, frowned unconsciously.

"Uncle Lin, this is the attack of Beiyang, there are only so many people. Still shooting empty guns all over the sky. What a garbage army this is! ”

"Young Marshal, don't talk about you, I can't see what Beiyang means by doing this. Moreover, the attack of these three thousand people lasted for half an hour at most, and then it would retreat. Today's attack is over, and they are well timed. Lin Junting smiled bitterly. Over the years, he has followed Lu Rongting to fight in the south and the north, and he can be regarded as well-informed, but this war with Beiyang Duan Zhigui is the most weird.

After looking at it for a while, a strange look suddenly appeared on Lu Yuguang's face, and then asked, "Uncle Lin, how do I feel that the attack on Beiyang is like a local security group attacking bandits." And the two sides have long been in collusion. ”

"Poof! Young marshal, it really looks like that after you say this. This Beiyang is really arrogant! They even treated us as bandits. Lin Junting said with a smile.

"Uncle Lin, that's not right, what's wrong with the bandits, if you say that the bandits may not have been in the stream before, but don't forget that the one in the north is also from a bandit family. It's not the same now. Lu Yuguang didn't mean to look down on the bandits. After all, the world-famous Northeast Feng family was born as bandits. Moreover, Feng Delin, the governor of Northeast China, also established a Green Forest Association to house the people of the Green Forest back then. Although this kind of behavior makes the family in the Central Plains very disdainful of the Feng family in the Northeast, and often calls them a bandit family behind their backs, but in the eyes of the real power bosses, no one dares to underestimate the bandit family in the Northeast.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Lin Junting nodded in agreement. The prestige of the Northeast can be made, and these soldiers are very convinced.

"Uncle Lin, it's almost time, if you wait any longer, the Beiyang Army will retreat." Lu Yuguang said with some excitement. You must know that this is the first time that his unit has been on the battlefield since its establishment, and the results of the battle will have a direct bearing on his future status in the army.

Knock Knock - When the rhythmic drum sounded, a force with a fierce aura rushed out of the Gui army's position and rushed towards the Beiyang army, which was somewhat stunned on the opposite side.

"Fire!" With Lin Junting's order. Dense gunfire rang out from the Gui army's position, even mixed with the roar of several heavy machine guns.

The Beiyang Army was stunned for the first time. Then they immediately turned and ran, and now they only hate their parents for having two legs missing.

It's a pity that in the face of such dense fire, if the veterans are to do the first thing to dodge, and not give their backs to the enemy. Therefore, many people who escaped were shot and fell to the ground in the first place.

"Not good!" At the headquarters of the Beiyang Army, Li Jing, an operational staff officer on the battlefield, was observing the great change in his face.

"Hurry up and inform the marshal, the battlefield has changed!" Staff Officer Li shouted loudly.

Then he said to the officers beside him: "Brigade Commander Wang, quickly organize your troops to defend!" Brigade Commander Wang didn't care about Li Jing, an operational staff officer, yelling at himself as a major general of the Republic of China. He also saw the situation on the battlefield. But because Beiyang was too careless during this time, there was a sudden accident now, and the huge Beiyang battalion did not have a force that could be immediately sent to the battlefield.

"Kill ......!" Lu Yuguang's Jǐng Guard Regiment was like a tiger opening the floodgates, roaring and rushing towards the Beiyang Army, which was suppressed by firepower. Every soldier has a fierce temperament that can only be possessed by soldiers who have been on the battlefield and survived safely.

Poof! Poof!

The sound of bayonets entering flesh is terrifying. The combat effectiveness of the stunned Beiyang Army was almost zero. Coupled with the fierce performance of the Gui Army's Dú Lì Regiment, a 3,000-strong reorganized regiment collapsed in less than three minutes under the attack of 2,000 Dú Lì Regiment. The rout rushed madly to their camp, hoping to take refuge.

"Rush! Rush to Lao Tzu! Capture Duan Zhigui alive! An extremely burly strong man ran at the front of the Gui Army's dú lì regiment and shouted loudly. He was none other than the head of the dú lì regiment, Qi Kui. A veteran who survived a hundred battles, a soldier who is not afraid of death.

Two thousand soldiers rushed into the camp of the Beiyang Army, and the Beiyang Army that was assembling was in chaos.

……………… běi jīng, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang were together, and their faces were very ugly. Just now Duan Qirui got the news from the front line, his direct Li Chunbu was ambushed by the Southwest New Army's Jīng Rui army, the troops were defeated, most of the troops were lost, and they fled to Shaanxi in embarrassment, almost all the weapons and ammunition were lost, and asked Beiyang Zhèng Fǔ to allocate military supplies. In this case, the Beiyang three-way army into Shu has been ruined. For this matter, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang had a big quarrel. Duan Qirui thinks that this situation is directly related to not paying attention to this war in his heart, and he has the intention of perfunctory. Of course, Feng Guozhang was not happy. You must know that although the army of the three governors of Beiyang is not his descendant strength, it can be regarded as the military force of their line, and now that they have been ambushed by the enemy, more than half of the troops have been lost, and he doesn't know who to reason with! In the face of Duan Qirui's accusation, of course, he was full of anger. If it weren't for the fact that the two sides are united now and their interests are closely linked, he would have been unable to ride a tiger, and he would probably have left long ago. I couldn't stand Duan Qirui's lofty appearance for a long time.

"Report to the Prime Minister! Hunan Emergency! An intelligence officer handed a telegram to Duan Qirui's hand with a pale face, perhaps too frightened, the intelligence officer didn't even see Vice President Feng sitting on the side and having a lot of tea.

"What!" Duan Qirui glanced at the telegram, and his face changed wildly. Both hands trembled. A face flushed, and then quickly turned blue. Then he turned around and left without saying a word, leaving Feng Guozhang there with a puzzled face.

At this time, the military attache of the vice presidential palace quickly ran to Feng Guozhang's side and sent an urgent telegram to him.

"Haha! You also have today! Bah! Lose face! Feng Guozhang said disdainfully in the direction of Duan Qirui's departure. Then he turned to the attendant military attache and said.

"Tell me what's going on? Does the Gui system of Liangguang really have such a strong combat power, and two thousand people can defeat the forty thousand jīng rui of Beiyang? After Feng Guozhang gloated, his face became solemn. If all the troops of the Gui Army had this kind of combat effectiveness, then I am afraid that the Republic of China would have a fourth great force that must be taken seriously.

This attendant military attache did not dare to slack off, and read the original text of the Intelligence Department to Feng Guozhang.

"Rubbish! This Duan Zhigui is not only a waste, but also a bastard! Damn it! My Beiyang 40,000 troops were buried in his hands in this way. I'm afraid Lao Duan is not comfortable this time. Feng Guozhang sighed. Although he and Duan Qirui are opponents, but now the two sides are allies, and Duan Zhigui's defeat is also the loss of Beiyang's strength. If it weren't for Duan Qirui's duty to him just now, he probably wouldn't even have the heart to gloat.

"Tell the Intelligence Department to give me the shortest time to find out the ins and outs of this matter. I want to know the specifics of this war. Feng Guozhang said solemnly.

He didn't know how Duan Qirui got home, he felt a burst of pain in his chest, and his eyes were even darker. The attendants who followed him were worried. But no one dared to speak. Just kidding, who can't see Premier Duan's father-like face. At this time, it's not like talking to the head!

After sitting in the study for a long time, Duan Qirui squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Check!" Find out what this war is all about! ”

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