Volume 4 The Battle of Unification Chapter 537 Victory but Victory
Two days later, Tanaka Yu led the army to the Horqin grassland, where they were harassed and exhausted on the first night. When they rested until one o'clock in the middle of the night, Mao Ziping's Horqin cavalry came running over with trumpets, pots and pans and firecrackers, which frightened Tanaka Yu's troops to get up and not dare to rest. At four o'clock in the morning, the Korqin cavalry came again, and again made the crusaders nervous. The next day, Tanaka Yu had dark circles under his eyes and ordered the army to send scouts out thirty miles to investigate the enemy's situation. But that same night, the Horqin cavalry came again, and another harassment lasted for five days, and finally Tanaka Yu's army became accustomed to it, and it was completely inappropriate.
On the eighth day, Mao Ziping launched a sneak attack in the middle of the night, leading the 14th Division, the Horqin Cavalry, the Zhelimu Cavalry, the Heilongjiang Armed Police Brigade, and the Jilin Armed Police Brigade to give Tanaka Yu a four-sided attack. Tanaka Yu returned defeated, and even Jiang Guidi was killed by someone in the chaos.
The First Route Army of the Anhui Department was severely attacked by the partial division led by Mao Ziping, and suffered heavy losses, and when the three mixed brigades were nearly 20,000 people, only more than 2,000 people were left to run back to Chahar. If it weren't for Mao Ziping not taking the opportunity to enter Zhang Heng, I'm afraid that Tanaka Yu would have gone into the wild immediately.
Mao Ziping found Jiang Guidi's body, put his body into a thick-skinned coffin, and asked Jiang Guidi's men to pull it back. The old general's repetition is a bit strange, his troops in Europe, under Wang Maoru, instead instigated the rebellion of two armed police brigades, how wrong is this matter. He decided to have a chance to find out why Jiang Guidi rebelled, the Anhui system seems to be strong and in charge of the central government, but the ability of the local government in the Northeast to protect itself is still there, what can Jiang Guidi get by rebelling? Xiushuai has no disrespect for these veterans, just like Meng Enyuan, after handing over the power, he was promoted to a high position, he didn't have to worry about anything to eat, wear, drink, and use, there was no need to lead the army to rebel.
Poor man, a capricious veteran in his seventies, was shot in the head, the bullet went in from the left temple, and the muzzle of the gun was a stray bullet from a distance. It's really embarrassing to die on the battlefield in this way.
In the battle of the Horqin grassland on the right flank, Mao Ziping defeated the Anhui division with the Northeast Army's partial division, relying on the geographical convenience and rapid mobilization of the army, especially the use of Mongolian cavalry, which made him handy. He was born as a cavalry general, and at this time he admired cavalry even more, and he approached King Korqin and the leader of the Jelimu League and said that he would lend 3,000 Mongolian cavalry into his hands. The two alliance leaders who defected to the Northeast Army naturally agreed. And to go to the battlefield in person. It scared Mao Ziping, there is no need for these two to go to the battlefield, in case something happens or they are captured, wouldn't it be bad, they have to let Xiushuai scold to death.
Mao Ziping led his army south, and as soon as the troops arrived at Rehe, he learned a good news. The officers and students who were imprisoned by Jiang Guidi bought off the guards and ran out, mobilized the remaining soldiers to capture Chifeng County and organized an army, and then quickly joined up with Mao Ziping's troops, and they reorganized the Rehe prisoner troops into a Rehe Armed Police Brigade, eliminating Jiang Guidi's diehard diehards in the army. In this way, Mao Ziping had three light infantry armed police brigades, two Mongolian cavalry units, and an army division. The losses in the two wars were not large, and the total number of people was more than 2,000 more than before the war, and more than 10,000 prisoners were captured.
Tanaka Yu's fiasco was very painful to the Anhui system, and before that, Xu Shuzheng's First Army was also in a big heel at Shanhaiguan.
When Jiang Gui went north, Xu Shuzheng led fourteen mixed brigades to the front line of Shanhaiguan to kill, and he had to face Zhao Zengfu, who was known for his bravery in Wang Maoru's army. This person never used to use dangerous soldiers, he belonged to the type of heavy sword without a blade, he took control of Shanhaiguan, and arranged the only heavy artillery brigade. Relying on natural danger and heavy artillery, Xu Shuzheng's subordinates, who were killing head-on, were defeated several times.
Subsequently, relying on aircraft artillery, Zhao Zengfu ordered the Eighth Division and the Ninth Division to counterattack. The two sides were inseparable in Linyu County. Xu Shuzheng wanted to send troops to attack Shanhaiguan, but was severely attacked by the second division guarding Shanhaiguan. Early the next morning, Zhao Zengfu ordered the Third Brigade of the Liaoning Armed Police, a reserve force, to land on Qinhuangdao on a tugboat from the Northeast Navy, preparing to cut off Xu Shuzheng's back route.
The sound of naval artillery in Qinhuangdao rang out. Preparing to cut off the other party's supplies from behind, even after preparing to land in Tianjin. More than 80,000 people under Xu Shuzheng's department immediately panicked. Zhao Zengfu immediately ordered to continue to approach the enemy army for a fierce attack. At this time, there were already rumors in the Anhui army, and many soldiers deserted, especially the wolf pack attacked Jiang Gui's soldiers, and Tanaka Yu returned defeated, and Jiang Guidi betrayed Wang Maoru and died without a corpse - I don't know where they got the statement that there was no corpse. The rumors spread more and more mysteriously, the more they crossed the boundary, and finally it was even rumored that Xu Shuzheng would definitely die, and Wang Maoru was the ignorant statement that the Jade Emperor descended to the mortal world.
Xu Shuzheng didn't see that the morale of the army had been lost, but saw that the opposing navy had actually bypassed Luanxian, where the two sides were fighting, but was preparing to take Tianjin directly, so he immediately ordered the withdrawal of the army, taking advantage of the fact that Qinhuangdao had not yet been captured. The Anhui army retreated, discarding guns and artillery to supply countless foods, and Zhao Zengfu's troops pursued Luan County and retreated back no longer to the south.
Wang Mao's order to the troops at this time was not to occupy an inch of land under the direct line and not to provoke the army of the direct line -- if the Anhui line was defeated in one fell swoop, neither the direct line nor the Japanese would definitely not allow the army of the northeast frontier to become dominant. Therefore, Wang Mao ordered him to accept it when he saw it, and the war between the Anhui system and the Northeast Frontier Army lasted only 12 days, and the actual casualties on both sides were not large. In addition to the loss of three mixed brigades by Tanaka Yu, and the loss of more than 4,000 soldiers by Xu Shuzheng in front of Shanhaiguan, the Anhui army was regained and lost.
After Zhao Zengfu led the army to withdraw to Shanhaiguan, Jiang Fangzhen believed that the battle between the Anhui system and the Northeast Army had come to an end temporarily, and the Anhui system would not dare to continue the attack, and this war that was not considered a war had ended, so he transferred the Eighth Division back to Shenyang to prevent the Japanese from taking the opportunity to capture Shenyang. Mao Ziping, the right-wing army, led his army to the south to occupy Rehe, and after stabilizing Rehe, he left a Rehe armed police brigade and led the army to attack Chahar westward. Tanaka Yu retreated all the soldiers to the south of the Great Wall to defend Zhang Hengfu in Zhangbei County, and immediately asked Duan Qirui for help and Zhang Zuolin in the northwest for help.
Unexpectedly, Mao Ziping didn't want to cross the Great Wall at all, but just bluffed, so that Tanaka Yu had no time to organize a counterattack, and he was trapped in the city and didn't dare to come out. He sent cavalry to the left flank of Chahar, and approached the left and right banners of Uzhumuqin, Haozit, Abaganar, Abaga and Sunit, as well as the Shangdu banner, Taifusi and Chahar banners, Chahar Zhenglan, Zhengbai, Bai, Bai, and Huang, and demanded that all departments submit to the military government in the northeast. These flags are all small flags, the number is scarce, some more than 1,000 people, some more than 4,000 people, and there are only dozens of soldiers. Then Mao Ziping led the army to withdraw, and did not stay long, Tanaka Yujian lost the barren grassland and desert, which had no effect on him, and let out a long breath and relieved his heart.
Zhang Shuyuan's division of the Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army had just passed Tianjin at this time, and the first thing he did was to help Xu Shuzheng gather the team. Xu Shuzheng ordered Zhang Shuyuan to lead the Fifth Division north to support Tanakayu, and Zhang Shuyuan's Fifth Division had just arrived in Huailai County, even though he learned that the Northeast Army had withdrawn from Guanwai. Zhang Shuyuan's Fifth Division was not strong in combat, and he himself had always been greedy for military salaries.
But he is a very interesting person, he is very frugal while being greedy for military salaries, and even has patches on his military uniform, which has been valued by Duan Qirui, and he has always thought that he is a model of diligence and thrift. Zhang Shuyuan was reluctant to fight, especially outside the customs, his troops were infantry, and he ran to the Mongolian steppe with artillery? I heard that the other party's general Mao Ziping was born in cavalry, so I don't need to think that they must be cavalry-based, and use infantry against other people's cavalry, isn't that a lack of brains.
Of course, another reason why Zhang Shuyuan didn't want to go out of the customs was that he was dissatisfied with Xu Shuzheng, and the kid didn't respect these veterans at all, so why bother to wipe his ass for him, so he also withdrew to Shandong. After Zhang Shuyuan withdrew his troops, the other overseers also withdrew their troops one after another, and the vigorous Northern Expedition of Anhui in the newspapers failed so quickly - it should be said that it was extinguished. The strength of the Anhui system has been greatly damaged, but it still controls the central government, and the direct line has taken the opportunity to rise.
The Northeast Army withdrew immediately after the victory, and did not take the opportunity to enter the pass, but only occupied the Mongolian area north of the Great Wall in Chahar. Despite occupying a large area of land, it was full of pastures and deserts, with very little taxation, and it was extremely difficult to manage by the Mongol princes and nobles, and the taxes collected were only one-tenth of the income of Chahar Province. Tanaka Yu didn't want to fight, the poor birds in that place didn't, so they would occupy it.
It's just that Duan Qirui was very embarrassed at this time, and he mobilized the army to go north with his teeth and claws, but he was beaten to the ground, Xu Shuzheng's strategy is indeed high, but he is not suitable for leading troops to fight. So far, he has not really led his troops to fight a tough battle, and even in Vladivostok, he is more often torn between the Japanese, the Americans, and the Tsarist Russians, and his experience in battle is even inferior to Zhang Jingyao, a often defeated general. To put it mildly, he is a senior staff officer, and if he doesn't sound good, he is just talking on paper. But fortunately, the main force of the Anhui system retreated in time, and the Northeast Border Army also returned to Guanwai, and the two sides were at peace, and the Northeast Army did not make any excessive requests, so that the Anhui system saved face.
Jin Yunpeng ran to Xu Shuzheng, pointed at his nose and scolded: "Didn't you kid swear that you would definitely teach the Northeast Frontier Army a lesson?" Who has learned the lesson now? ”
Xu Shuzheng ignored him with a cold face, and was very angry with him in his heart, planning to find a reason to drive him down from the army commander.