Chapter 112: A Settlement is Reached

Gao Fengcheng never expected that the 17th Mixed Brigade would really be stalking and chasing after him, so he had to abandon the army, abandon the guards, and finally abandon Ma Ben and disguise himself as a common man to run.

It's a pity that many of the opponents in this pursuit are newly recruited local recruits, who are more familiar with the local environment than the 45th Brigade.

Looking at the disgraced Gao Fengcheng, Wang Maoru said in surprise: "How do you treat Brother Xiwu like this, Brother Xiwu, your subordinates are reckless, and my brother will not compensate you here." Gao Fengcheng was embarrassed to cry and laugh, Wang Maoru said again: "Go to the Wison Pavilion today, go to Brother Xiwu to go to bad luck, I have been friends with Brother Xiwu for a long time, and now I can be regarded as seeing a real person, come, let's drink three hundred cups." "This Wison Pavilion is a local high-end green building in Shuangcheng, Gao Fengcheng also recognizes it, after washing there, he put on a long-distance running gown, and finally recovered some of his spirit.

Wang Maoru asked his officers to take turns to invite him to drink and chat again, Gao Fengcheng still had beautiful women to enjoy after a hangover every day, and he was so happy that he even thought that Wang Maoru wanted to recruit him, and he was still thinking about whether he wanted to take refuge with him, but Meng Enyuan was his uncle, and he was afraid that it was inappropriate. Moreover, as a major general and brigade commander, how could he shelter in someone with the same rank, and secretly laughed at Wang Maoru's incompetence and wanted to recruit himself to see his status.

In the pursuit war of this era, unless you encounter an army with strong ideological willpower, you will undoubtedly win, Wang Maoru let the veterans carry the recruits to pursue, and at the same time, let the veterans manage the recruits. After that, the soldiers of the supplementary battalion pursued and practiced, so that many recruits of the supplementary battalion were full of confidence in this new group, and followed General Shangwu, which was invincible and invincible.

After the successful pursuit, the army escorted the prisoners and equipment back to the twin cities. Counting the results of the battle, just this battle, the cavalry battalion annihilated the 45 brigade artillery battalion, captured a total of 45 artillery pieces, one of the few artillery pieces of the Ji army, including 20 75 caliber field guns, 25 37 caliber and 22 caliber artillery shelled and ran, Wang Maoru laughed after hearing the results, he ordered all the 75 caliber Japanese field artillery to be pulled away and supplemented into his own artillery battalion, and the remaining 22 caliber mortars were divided into the three main infantry battalions. In the end, those 37-caliber field guns and 75-caliber Swiss-made and Belgian-made artillery, plus some prisoners, were returned to Gao Fengcheng, the commander of the 45th Brigade, using Hanyang-made guns and ammunition. When the 45th Brigade was about to set off, there were more than 2,000 people in front and behind, and this time only returned with more than 800 decrepit soldiers, but Wang Maoru annexed the 800 Ji Army, including all the artillery of the 45th Brigade. It's just that there are still four or five hundred people of the 45th Brigade of the Ji Army who ran away without a trace when they were being pursued, or some returned to Jilin Prefecture one after another, and some ran up the mountain to become beards.

Gao Fengcheng returned to Changchun Mansion and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy Meng Enyuan, the overseer of Jilin, Meng Enyuan was so angry that he took a horsewhip and hated the nephew who was not a weapon, and he couldn't even beat a doll, so what was the use of keeping it, and he pulled it out and shot him. The other officers hurriedly pleaded, saying that for the sake of Brigade Commander Gao's loyal face, his subordinates would be merciful. This Meng Enyuan also said that his nephew must be more loyal than others, sighed, and said: "Now that the Songhua River is in water, you go to collect the refugees, recruit troops among the refugees, and restore the military strength." All the subordinates looked at each other, and they were dissatisfied, thinking that they could tear off Gao Fengcheng's position as the commander of the 45th Brigade and replace it with someone else, but they didn't expect Meng Enyuan to pay more attention to family affection than the talent of his officers.

Since the other side has released most of the infantry of Gao Fengcheng and the 45th Brigade, and the 45th Brigade still has more than 1,500 remaining troops in the base camp of Jilin Prefecture, the 45th Brigade can recover in the short term, but the loss of artillery really annoys Meng Enyuan. The 45th Brigade of Jilin Central is his nephew's troops, and naturally the artillery is biased towards him, but he doesn't want to lose it like this. Wang Maoru also impeached Meng Enyuan, the overseer of Jilin, saying that his troops could not cross the river because of the flood, but they were attacked by the Jilin army, and the soldiers fought back, and the two sides clashed, and more than 2,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and the losses were heavy. Xu Laofu of the General Staff used to be a penman who litigated people, and he was caught writing a lawsuit. Meng Enyuan's report could only be dumb and bitter because of his own reasons, and he couldn't say to the president that half of his 45th Brigade had been captured, and even the artillery battalion was served in a pot, which made those old Beiyang see that his face loss was small, and how could he develop in the president's heart in the future, and even a baby general couldn't win.

However, Meng Enyuan also sent several telegrams, condemning the 17th Mixed Brigade for harassing the local people, and the 45th Brigade came to mediate, but was attacked by a sneak attack.

At this point, Wang Maoru and Meng Enyuan's Liangzi is concluded, both sides just did not tear their faces, they both have some concerns, they are worried about their future, if they really tear their faces, the War Department will give both sides of the major forty boards, one to remove the Jilin overseer, the other to remove the commander of the 17th mixed brigade, the two of them really can't find a place to cry.

The weather became colder, and seeing that the lawsuit was getting more and more confused, the people in the War Department were busy with whether to support Yuan Shikai as emperor one by one, and no one cared about the conflict between the Ji Army and the 17th Mixed Brigade. Wang Maoru knew that this matter could not be good, so he sent someone to send 80,000 taels of silver to Meng Enyuan, saying that he had purchased the twenty Krupp cannons. Meng Enyuan had reached a step down, and the confrontation between the two sides did not stop, so he reported to the War Department in Beijing and others, saying that the conflict with the 17th Mixed Brigade was a complete misunderstanding, and now that the two sides had reconciled and handled it properly, both sides were privately satisfied, and the War Department would no longer pay attention to them.

The reason why Wang Maoru took the initiative to reconcile was that the flooding of the Songhua River receded, and he was in a hurry to lead the 17th Mixed Brigade to Hulunbuir, and he had no heart to fight with Meng Enyuan anymore. intercepted Gao Fengcheng's artillery battalion soldiers and equipment, so that Wang Maoru's artillery battalion was upgraded to an artillery regiment in January, and Wang Maoru also promoted Liu Jian to the commander of the artillery regiment. This Liu Jian has been promoted three times in a row in the past few months since he left Huairou, and he couldn't sleep every night with excitement, but now he is better, and he has actually become the first person to be promoted to the head of the regiment. When I saw the old brothers on weekdays, I said again and again: "Call me Head Liu, does Head Liu know?" A group of old friends were jealous.

Wang Maoru privately said that the future commander of the 142nd regiment or the commander of the 143rd regiment must have a position of the battalion commander Li Delin, and he led the pursuit of the enemy this time, and the position of the other regiment commander should be reserved for the group of people in the model regiment, but none of those in the model regiment can handle it now. Wang Maoru's thoughts, everyone did not dare to guess, but gave the officers a lot of room for reverie. Seeing his subordinates' thoughts, Wang Maoru simply announced the appointment, two of which were Li Delin and Li Pinxian. Knowing that it was Li Pinxian, everyone calmed down their speculation. This Li Pinxian was the deputy brigade commander of the border army from the beginning, and he seemed to have the highest status, but he really had no power. After the reorganization of the army, Li Pinxian's position became even more awkward, and Wang Maoru was promoted to brigade commander of the Beiyang Army, but he did not, so he could only remain in the military position of deputy brigade commander of the border army. Now that it has become a ball of paper, Li Pinxian is very proud, and he finally has a place to use.

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