Fujian and Shaanxi have already started fighting, but the Hunan battlefield has not moved for a long time!

Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren, who were sitting on the battlefield in Hunan, never made any military moves after the Northern Expedition began, which also gave the rear some explanations. Some people even say that Liu and Li have secretly colluded with the Beiyang side.

For this reason, some secret letters also came to Wang Hengyue's hands.

"Send these letters to Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren."

Seeing these letters, Wang Hengyue was a little impatient and a little annoyed.

How to fight on the front line and when to start, no one knows better than those front-line commanders that they have given them the right to act arbitrarily, so they should trust them unconditionally and let them do it themselves!

But there are some people, whenever there is some trouble, they always like to think about things elsewhere.

"Wait"

Wang Hengyue thought for a while, picked up a pen and paper, wrote a few words on it, and then sealed it: "Take these letters together and hand them over to Liu Zhaocheng and Bai Chongxi." ”

Hunan, General Headquarters of the Sun Wu Corps.

"What are these?" Liu Zhaocheng, who rushed to the headquarters after inspecting the front line, pointed to a pile of letters with a strange look and asked. Then I picked up a few and opened them, and threw them aside disdainfully.

"It's all a whistle-blowing letter from someone to the president, and the president has someone send it to us." Li Zongren said and picked up a letter and handed it to Liu Zhaocheng: "This is a letter from the president to you and me." ”

Liu Zhaocheng opened it, with a knowing smile on his face, and on the letter, Heng Shuai only wrote three words:

"I'm busy"!

"Heng Shuai knows you and me." Liu Zhaocheng smiled and said, "I'm busy. Heng Shuai is telling us that we can do whatever we want on the front line, and we don't have to report to him, because he says that there are all kinds of opportunities and doesn't want to care about the affairs of the front line. ”

Li Zongren nodded and sighed: "Throughout the ages, which supreme authority has not had any scruples about the generals who have heavy troops on the front line?" Even those monarchs who are more enlightened will always keep inquiring about the movements on the front line, but it is rare to see such an indifferent president as ancient and modern. ”

"Before the Northern Expedition, Heng Shuai said that he only had to be a good chief logistics officer, and he didn't care about other things, but the more this is the case, the more you and I can't live up to Heng Shuai's trust." Liu Zhaocheng said, his eyes fell on the map:

"Zhang Jingyao concentrated the main forces of three divisions and 60,000 local troops in Hunan, and wanted to fight a decisive battle with me on the line from Huaihua to Shaoyang. I just didn't get his wish. I have ordered the mobilization of 120 trucks, full of soldiers, to bypass Huaihua and go straight to Loudi! ”

Li Zongren said with a smile: "This operation is really generous, 120 trucks, each with 25 people, is 3,000 people, are you going to rely on 3,000 people to seize Changsha?" ”

"I don't want to seize Changsha, but to make him Zhang Jingyao unsettled, and he can't help but ask Hubei and Jiangxi to send troops!" Liu Zhaocheng said in high spirits: "Not only do I want to solve Zhang Jingyao, but I also want to lead the Beiyang Army from Hubei and Jiangxi to Hunan, and cripple two of the so-called three governors of the Yangtze River in one fell swoop!" ”

Li Zongren gasped, this young commander-in-chief was too bold.

In front of Sun Wu's army, Zhang Jingyao's three main divisions and 60,000 local troops were placed, which was enough for Sun Wu's army to gnaw for a while, but now Liu Zhaocheng not only took it seriously, but also tried every means to lure the Beiyang forces in Jiangxi and Hubei to Hunan to solve the problem once!

Li Zongren joined Wang Hengyue's group a little late, but as soon as he entered, he heard others talk about Liu Zhaocheng's various deeds countless times, how he was promoted to two levels a day, and how he was called a "demon and a demon brigade" by the president.

But now he is not just a "demon" word?

Everyone else wishes that there are as few enemies in front of them as possible, but this commander-in-chief is good, but he can't wait for all the Beiyang troops to be put in front of him!

But the big president in the back had no more trust in Liu Zhaocheng, and he didn't care about what he did on the front line!

This is good, a big president who lets go of his subordinates, and a commander-in-chief who has the courage to scare God.

It is no wonder that before the Northern Expedition, the president repeatedly said that the Hunan battlefield was the top priority of the entire Northern Expedition, and as long as the Hunan problem was solved, all other problems would be easy to handle.

It seems that the president has put a large part of his hopes on Liu Zhaocheng.

Thinking of this, Li Zongren could only smile bitterly, who let himself be such a partner? He dared to break the sky, and he had to fight him together!

"Report, the puppet Hunan overseer Zhang Jingyao sent an invitation."

This report made Liu Zhaocheng and Li Zongren very curious. Zhang Jingyao sent an invitation? What invitations are being sent at this time?

"Please!"

With this voice, a Beiyang officer walked in, and hurriedly introduced himself as soon as he entered the door: "The contemptible person is the fourth brother of Zhang Jingyao, the Hunan Overseer, Zhang Jingtang, the commander of the 7th Division, I don't know which one is Liu Zhaocheng Liu Commander-in-Chief?" ”

"I am." Liu Zhaocheng said quietly.

"I've seen Commander Liu!" Zhang Jingtang hurriedly saluted.

"What advice does Master Zhang have when he comes?"

Zhang Jingtang put a gilded red invitation in front of Liu Zhaocheng: "After your troops entered Hunan, they did not commit any crimes, and although they confronted our army, they got along very happily. There is gossip, saying that the commander-in-chief and our army exchange money, so that the commander-in-chief's reputation is affected, and I, Zhang Dujun, am very unhappy after hearing this, and I want to avenge the injustice of the commander-in-chief. My Zhang Doujun's 40th birthday is approaching, and I want to hold a banquet in Changsha, so I am specially ordered to send an invitation today! ”

"Okay, you Zhang Dujun want to avenge me, it's very good!" Liu Zhaocheng smiled and said, "There is nothing else except this invitation?" ”

"Yes, yes, of course." Zhang Jingtang smiled, clapped his hands, and several subordinates came in with a box, Zhang Jingtang asked them to put the box down, and when they opened it, a box full of oceans, with eight gold bars on top. Zhang Jingtang pointed proudly:

"Commander-in-chief, Inspector Zhang knows that your department is hard, and it is a little meaning, so please ask the commander-in-chief to smile."

Liu Zhaocheng picked up the two gold bars, collided lightly, and put them back again: "Take the person, accept it, Master Zhang, go back and help me Thank you Zhang Dujun for your kindness!" ”

Zhang Jingtang was smiling, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard Liu Zhaocheng say:

"As for this birthday, I must go, please go back and tell Zhang Dujun, my words will not be missed." Hunan folk songs, dignified hand zhang, Yao Shunyu soup, one, two, three, four, tigers, leopards, jackals. The four brothers of the Zhang family endangered Hunan, the people's resentment was boiling, and now the Northern Expedition revolution, the army is everywhere, and it is the responsibility of our national revolutionary army to eradicate all evil warlords. Zhang Jingyao's 40th birthday, Liu Zhaocheng, commander-in-chief of the Sun Wu Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army, personally raised 100,000 soldiers and rushed to Changsha to congratulate him on his birthday! ”

Personally mentioned 100,000 soldiers to Changsha, thinking that he would celebrate his birthday!

As soon as these words came out, Zhang Jingtang's face changed greatly.

After the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Hunan, he did not make any move for a long time, so he offered a plan in front of Zhang Jingyao, bribing the other party with the ocean, and winning without a fight. Who would have thought that a box of oceans and eight gold bars would be exchanged for "100,000 male soldiers"!

"Someone, send Master Zhang!"

In the midst of laughter, Zhang Jingyao fled in the wilderness, and he never dared to ask for the box of oceans and gold bars.

Liu Zhaocheng laughed loudly: "Chief of Staff, this Zhang Jingyao knows that our army is working hard, and sent us a box of oceans, I mean, I gave these oceans and gold bars to my brothers, how about my Northern Expedition welfare?" ”

Li Zongren also laughed with joy, this battle was fought to the point that there were Dayang gold bars that took the initiative to deliver them to the door, which is also rare: "Fa, Fa, just in front of the soldiers, it can't be said that it was sent by Zhang Jingyao, just that the president specially sent it to the front line to comfort the brothers!" ”

Putting away his smile, Liu Zhaocheng said with a straight face: "Zhang Jingyao is not shallow for harming Hunan. After Zhang Jingyao's 7th Division entered Hunan, it advanced along the Tongcheng Pingjiang Avenue, carrying out inhumane massacres along the way. Strongly pointed out that the countrymen were plainclothes teams of the Southern Army, completely killing all the middle-aged people on the road, robbing, destroying silver, and doing everything. The women fled to the cave for refuge, and when it rained heavily, they were hungry and cold, and I heard that more than 300 women were found dying in one cave, and countless women committed suicide by throwing themselves into a well! Death, Hunan people hate him to the core! ”

Li Zongren's face also showed anger: "Yes, after Zhang Jingyao drove into Pingjiang, he announced that 'the knife will not be sealed for three days', and the troops looted, and only announced to the people three days later. What is the difference between such evil surnames and the massacre when the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs? ”

"The things he did, in the end, even the Beiyang political axe really couldn't stand it." Liu Zhaocheng sneered a few times: "This time, I want to buy you and me on my fortieth birthday, I have to give him a 'happy' birthday!" ”

As he spoke, he shouted loudly: "Rao Guohua! ”

"Here!"

"Order your brigade, all with trucks as a means of transportation, all the way to Loudi, coerce Changsha, and put on an offensive posture! If Zhang Jingyao's army pounced, he would abandon Loudi and go straight to Hengyang! ”

"Yes!"

Liu Zhaocheng muttered there: "Order, all departments also put on an attack posture against Huaihua, and ordered the 3rd Division and the 8th Division to move overnight, first attack Hongjiang, and then take Wugang!" ”

"Yes!"

Then he said: "Send electricity to the president and accelerate the movement of strategic materials in the second phase, especially gasoline and other materials." Please send more planes to intensify reconnaissance. Ordered the 3rd Panzer Regiment to go straight to the Golden Well and Jinshi Bridge to cut off the enemy's retreat in Huaihua. Once the enemy of Hongjiang and Wugang was defeated, the 3rd and 8th Divisions quickly turned their guns and surrounded the enemy in Huaihua! ”

"Yes!"

Liu Zhaocheng explained again: "With Xu Mu, the commander of the Second Army, commanding the 3rd and 8th Divisions, I want to tell Xu Mu that the purpose of this battle is not to annihilate, but to defeat the enemy, and our real goal is the enemy of Huaihua!" ”

"Yes!"

(To be continued)