10791908 Far East Maniac Chapter 314 lure the enemy

Zheng Feng was indeed enraged, and was angered by Yan who was sent by Jiang Zuobin to Xihua to carry out the attack and harassment mission.

To be precise, Cao Yin is now thunderous.

"A bunch of rice buckets! A bunch of rice buckets! A few cavalrymen have made such a mess of you! In those years, bandits were suppressed in the three eastern provinces, and there were many horse thieves there. Riding horses and whistling around, I didn't see what happened to our third division, why are a few southern cavalry scared you half to death now? Is the horse they ride called? That's a mule! That's it, you rode a Mongolian horse outside the mouth, and you still can't catch up! ”

Cao Feng slapped the table and roared, and there were five senior officers standing in front of him, all of them with their necks shrunk, and they didn't even dare to come out.

Seeing that no one answered, Cao Ling raised his hand. Pointing at the nose of one of the officers, he said, "Xu Zhanfeng, you tell me, what does your cavalry brigade do for food?" The cavalry of several revolutionary armies could not catch up

Xu Zhanfeng looked in a cold sweat, and said hesitantly: "Back to the marshal, the lowly cavalry brigade has just been formed, there are less than 2,000 soldiers, most of them are recruited from outside the mouth, many people have been horse thieves back then, although their riding skills are good, but the first time they came to Henan, they are not familiar with the place, and the cavalry of the southern army has been stationed in the local area for a long time, and they are familiar with the place. There was no trace of them, and they were attacking before dawn, and our defense was lax, which gave them an opportunity to take advantage of it. ”

"Alright, alright! Don't talk nonsense with Lao Tzu! Thanks to me, I also recommended you to Chief Duan to be the commander of the cavalry brigade. I'm blind. The cavalry of the Southern Army is not wrong, Lao Tzu is "Cao San Fool", otherwise, why would you be promoted to be the commander of the cavalry brigade? ”

Cao Yin unceremoniously interrupted Xu Zhanfeng's words, picked up a rag on the table, and threw it on Xu Zhanfeng's face, Xu Zhanfeng still didn't move, and let the rag slide from his face to his feet, but saw more than a dozen big characters written on the cloth with a brush:

"Cao San fool, there is a kind of coming to Xiping! Don't come. Your baby is a bad seed! ”

The cold sweat on Xu Zhanfeng's face was even more, dripping down his chin to the ground.

"Cao San Fool" is Cao Ling's name when he was young, when he was in Tianjin, Dagu and other places to sell cloth, because he loves to drink, every time he gets drunk and every drunk must sleep, and often sleeps on the street, as a result, the money from selling cloth is often stolen by the gangsters on the street, so he got a "Cao San fool" evaluation number. Later, he joined the army as a soldier, and followed the Yi Army to the Korean front line during the First Sino-Japanese War, and was recognized by several gangsters when he was waiting for the ship in Dagu. So this "Cao San fool." Since then, no one in the military and political circles knows that he Cao Mu was mixed with the rivers and lakes back then. Details, although I don't dare to call it in person, but behind my back, I always talk about this "Cao: fool".

For this detailed number, Cao Ling didn't mind either! But later, since he voted for Yuan Shikai's small. After standing in the new army, his official became bigger and bigger, so he also began to dislike this detailed name, so if anyone dared to call him "Cao San fool" again. "He's sure to find a way to keep that man speechless for the rest of his life.

This piece of cloth was picked up by Cao Ling's personal horse and from the branch at the intersection outside Xihua Town, a total of no less than 100 pieces were collected, and each piece of cloth had the same text written on it, judging from the inscription, it was left by the troops of the Xiping United Front, and it was probably brought by the cavalry unit of the Southern Army that launched a surprise attack on Xihua.

The cavalry troops of the United Front took advantage of the dawn to attack several Beiyang Army barracks outside Xihua Town by surprise, put some cold guns, threw a few bombs, and set fire to a grain store outside the town, burning a part of the Beiyang Army's military rations. Several ships transporting military supplies from Fugou to Xihua were also attacked by the cavalry of the Southern Army. They disguised themselves as the Beiyang Army, intercepted the boats on the river, tied up the Beiyang soldiers who escorted the boats, and rushed to the shore along with the boatmen, and then burned the boats along with the weapons and ammunition loaded on them, and the thousands of field artillery shells urgently needed by the artillery units of the Beiyang Third Division were reduced to ashes, and the explosions even caused confusion, and many officers and men thought that they had been attacked by the main force of the Southern Army. Some of the quick-legged soldiers had even fled back to Fugou.

After being attacked, the cavalry units of the Beiyang Army pursued for a long time, but they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, only found these rags at the intersection, as well as some slogans painted on the walls of houses outside the town, and the content was the same as that on the rags, which could be regarded as the war letter issued by the Southern Army troops to Cao Key.

He was attacked by the enemy, and he didn't even know what the enemy looked like.

In this way, can Cao Yinyan not be annoyed?

Cao Beichang was annoyed, the brigade commander and regiment commander below were unlucky, the three commanders of the cavalry regiment were all escorted by Cao Ling, and Xu Zhanfeng, the brigade commander of the cavalry brigade, was also reprimanded by Cao Suo. Standing in front of him in a military posture until now.

If it weren't for Feng Guozhang's face, Cao Suo might have dismissed Xu Zhanfeng on the spot. But the fact that he was not dismissed does not mean that Cao Ni will end here, Cao Suo Cao Sanye's small field must be recovered!

"Xu Zhanfeng, I'll give you a chance to make meritorious atonements. You take the cavalry brigade to Xiping now. also copy it for Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants to let the gang of thieves in the Southern Army see that Cao Sanye is not a bad seed! ”

Cao Zhou gave an order to Xu Zhanfeng, but as soon as he gave this order, the subordinates standing in front of him looked at each other.

"Dashuai, the old marshal told us to rest in Xihua for a few days, wait for orders, and now let's go out in a big way. Something seems wrong. Moreover, the cavalry brigade acted alone, lacking infantry cooperation, in the event of a loss. I'm afraid it will be taken advantage of by the enemy.

Seeing that others didn't dare to speak, Xu Wanxin, commander of the Sixth Infantry Brigade, cautiously reminded him.

"What do you think?" Cao Suo snorted.

Xu Wanxin had planned to suggest that he stay put. But seeing that Cao Pai's face was not good, he said this. changed the tone: "According to the humble opinion, it is better to take a telegram to Xuzhou first, and discuss with Division Commander Wu whether the two armies can come out together, press to Xiping, and wipe out the southern army in one fell swoop." ”

"Wu Peihu? That kid is too timid to move. Yesterday, I heard that one of his telegraph offices was smashed by the Southern Army, and I didn't see him move, and now our third division has been attacked by someone, and he has lost face. ”

Cao Feng waved his hand and rejected the suggestion of his subordinates. Still insisting on his opinion, he decided to send a cavalry brigade to sweep Xiping, and considering that it was unreasonable for his subordinates to bear the burden of "Lian", Gan is fork sent an additional infantry brigade to follow the cavalry brigade. Horn machine

Affair.

Although he looked down on Wu Peihu's courageless talent, Cao Jian still ordered someone to take a telegram to Wu Peihu of the garrison Xuzhou, and told the commander of the Wu division about the surprise attack on Xihua by the enemy, exaggerating the number of enemy troops while concealing the losses of the third division. As for the more than 100 rags with "Cao San Fool" written on them, they didn't mention it at all.

When Cao Yin's telegram was photographed in Xuzhou, Wu Peihu, the commander of the Ninth Beiyang Division, was upholding justice for the people of Xuzhou and imposing military justice on several soldiers of the Beiyang Army who harassed the people.

These Beiyang Army soldiers walked to the theater when they were wandering around the city today, so they listened to the overlord play, and the owner of the theater saw that it was the military master who visited, and he didn't plan to drive people out of the mood of calming people, but these soldiers didn't know what to do, and they couldn't understand the Bangzi play, so they shouted and shouted under the stage, and as a result, they clashed with a group of ruffians who listened to the play, and the two sides attracted the "big order" of the Beiyang Army. So they were all seized and reported to Wu Peihu.

Wu Peihu wanted to build the Ninth Town of Beiyang into a Beiyang Tiger Ben, and usually had strict requirements for military discipline, but at this time he heard that his subordinates were making trouble, so he personally handled the case and ordered people to put torture instruments in the compound of the division headquarters. The small soldiers who committed the crime were each beaten for 50 years, and at the end they were personally examined, and as for the local green skins who dared to beat the officers and soldiers, Master Wu took them all outside the city and shot them with a stroke of his pen. Even the pleading with the people didn't work.

Wu Peihu has always been good at solving complex problems through simple means, so he doesn't mind being "Wu Tu" again in Xuzhou

Without waiting for Division Commander Wu to order the soldiers who had been beaten to half death to be dragged down, Cao Ling's telegram had been delivered to him by the staff officer.

"Cao Zhongshan wants to attack? He dared to disobey the old man's orders? ”

Wu Peihu was a little surprised, and hurriedly ordered the staff officer to prepare a telegram and report to Feng Guozhang, the southwest patrol envoy sitting in Zhengzhou, that Cao Suo had ordered part of the troops of the Third Division to attack Xiping.

Not long after, Feng Guozhang's return call came. Wu Peihu was even more surprised, only then did she realize that the "Cao San fool" was thick and fine, and he also sent a telegram to Feng Guozhang while giving him a telegram.

"Cao Zhongshan's attack this time, your troops can wait for the opportunity to move, and the sooner they march to Wusheng Pass, the sooner they will reduce the military pressure on the First Army in the southeast."

The content of Feng Guozhang's telegram is very simple, and the meaning is also very clear, asking Wu Peihu to cooperate with Cao Ling's actions.

It's just that Wu Peihu can't figure out Feng Guozhang's thoughts.

"Could it be that there is a change in the southeast?"

Wu Peihu looked at the military map, looked at Nanjing, and then looked at Hangzhou, and was a little worried about Wang Shizhen, who was sitting in Nanjing.

Just when Wu Peihu was worried about Wang Shizhen. Wang Shizhen, the "Dragon of the North Ocean" sitting in Nanjing, was having a headache with a telegram from the presidential palace in Beijing.

The telegram was sent to Nanjing by Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui, asking Wang Shizhen if he needed reinforcements.

If this had been placed a few days ago, Wang Shizhen would definitely call back without thinking about it, "no need for reinforcements", but now, the situation has changed, and Wang Shizhen is a little undecided about whether he needs to call for help.

Because just yesterday, Wang Shizhen received an urgent secret telegram from Lu Jin, commander of the Fifth Beiyang Division, which said that the United Front troops in Hangzhou were sending a small number of elites to slowly advance north along the canal, and had entered the Shimen area, which was not far from Jiaxing City, where Lu Jin's troops were stationed, and according to reconnaissance, the United Front troops carried siege equipment and field artillery, and it seemed that they had the intention of attacking Jiaxing, and Lu Jin asked Wang Shizhen for reinforcements.

The Hangzhou RUF troops suddenly moved north. This surprised Wang Shizhen, because according to the secret report he received, the RUF troops in the area of Hangzhou City were not strong, and the weapons and ammunition were insufficient, so it was unlikely that they would attack Nanjing and Shanghai, so Wang Shizhen had never been worried about being attacked by the other side.

But now, the RUF troops are suddenly advancing northward, what exactly do they want to do, Wang Shizhen is a little undecided, saying that it is a feint, but they are carrying artillery and siege equipment, saying that they really plan to attack Jiaxing, their strength is inevitably a little less, only a few thousand people, this point of soldiers to fight a brigade stationed in Jiaxing, it is indeed too risky.

Yesterday, Wang Shizhen had sent a telegram to the War Department, reporting to Duan Qirui the abnormal movements of the Hangzhou United Front troops, and now, Duan Qirui patted Yuan Shikai's reply and asked Wang Shizhen if he needed reinforcements, because the Beiyang Army did not have many troops in the southeast, and the main forces of the Beiyang were now concentrated in the direction of Henan and Anhui.

The southeast region is a place of great wealth, and Yuan Shikai does not dare to take it lightly, but the revolutionary army in Hubei is even more of a big trouble for Yuan Shikai, and he can't go if he doesn't go. Therefore, Yuan Shikai couldn't make up his mind, so he deliberately sent a telegram to Wang Shizhen to ask if he really needed to reinforce some troops to the southeast.

"Call back, the First Army doesn't need reinforcements."

After careful consideration, Wang Shizhen decided to maintain the current strength on the Eastern Front, so that the Beiyang Army could concentrate its forces on crushing the revolutionary forces in the direction of Henan and Hubei.

"Marshal, do you want the center to transfer some troops from Anhui to the nearest reinforcements? The southeast is rich and wealthy, and I dare not lose it. ”

Zhang Yongcheng, the commander of the Fifth Division, who was sitting on the side, had some different opinions, but his opinion was vetoed by Wang Shizhen.

"As long as Nanjing and Shanghai are held, the situation in the southeast will be in the hands of Beiyang, with the assistance of the navy. The defense of the two places can be called foolproof. In addition, he immediately sent a telegram to Lu Jin, ordering him to immediately abandon Jiaxing, retreat to Songjiang with the whole army, and defend this Shanghai gateway, and then send a telegram to Tang Zunming, the commander-in-chief of the navy. Ask him to send gunboats to Matsue to assist in the defense. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Shizhen hesitated. After a pause, he said: "If Tang Xiangming does not send a gunboat to Songjiang, then send a telegram to the public mansion and ask the president to give an order to Tang Xiangming in person." ”

The staff officer left the conference room with the draft of the telegram. The officers at the meeting began to exchange words, speculating about the true intentions of the RUF troops in Hangzhou.

Wang Shizhen also pondered about this matter. It's also not sure what the other party wants to do.

"Could it be that the Southern Army is going to launch an attack in the southeast? But if this is the case, why did Zhao Bei concentrate his elite troops in Henan? Did he think. Can the troops of the Southern Army of Hangzhou sweep through the southeast? ”