233 is too late

The hoof sound suddenly rose, and when stepping on the three iron bridges across the Nie River, it was even more thunderous. Hundreds of riders came out of the bridge, all slowly riding with a cautious look. The Beiyang Army of the transnational three bridges had only these hundreds of leading troops and quickly dispersed to the highlands on both sides of the mountain.

Duan Qirui climbed to the top and looked around. The sun shone on the water of the Yangtze River and this swamp lake, and all kinds of ships shuttled back and forth. Today, when the Beiyang Army withdrew, Hankou Chinese merchants couldn't wait to open the market, which is undoubtedly a great irony of the Beiyang Army!

On the three bridges, the Beiyang army is still retreating in an orderly manner.

There was a sparse sound of gunfire in the direction of Hankou on the other side. Duan Qirui, who had been fighting for a long time, knew that this meant that the lurking radical revolutionaries in Hankou finally couldn't stand it.

Duan Qirui was satisfied and didn't care about the intermittent gunfire at all. He just overlooked the wonderful scenery of Hankou across the three bridges.

Xu Shuzheng, who followed him, looked at the leisure of the presidential officer, admired him, and said in his heart, "It's really the demeanor of a general."

After the Qianjialing War, the First Army of the Beiyang Army retreated and left. Although Yuan Shikai had not done him yet, his impression of Duan Qirui's inability could not be changed. Duan Qirui's mood was actually very depressed.

Go south to Hubei and make Duan Qirui's things go one after another.

The only thing that gratified Duan Qirui was that Yuan Shikai began to pay attention to Li Madman. Yuan Shikai made it clear that Li Yuanhong would be replaced by Li Yuanhong. Because Li was arrogant and bold, he could not only restrain the Nanjing Provisional Government, but also disgust those increasingly arrogant foreigners. Anyway, Yuan Shikai is not the only one who has a headache when he sees it.

Seeing that Yuan Shikai attached so much importance to the madman Li, Duan Qirui was even a little proud. Duan Qirui can completely think that he is proud of his defeat.

The failure of Hubei only further verifies what he predicted when the Beiyang army went south. Yuan Shikai's current instructions are just in line with his previous thoughts. Duan Qirui is the main peace faction of the Beiyang Army and resolutely opposes the Beiyang Army's alone army to fight in Hubei!

Some views of Yuan Shikai's advisers Yang Du and Yang Shiqi made Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng meet bosom friend. They are familiar with the national conditions, care about people's livelihood, deeply understand the hearts of the people, fully understand the essentials of political strategy, and agree with the opinions. They are deeply trusted by the revolutionaries in Shanghai and Ningxia.

Many people in the Beiyang military have verbally called the suppression of bandits first, but they do not have enough understanding of the actual situation of the Southern Army. They have parted ways from each other in battle and government affairs. This is the reason why they are subject to the Li Mad Army in the Hubei War.

At this time, Duan Qirui did not feel like a loser. He may feel that with his understanding of the war and his ability to control the war, this battle, from the beginning of the attack of the Beiyang Army to the end of the initiative of the Beiyang Army, the overall initiative on the battlefield basically depends on the Beiyang Army. After the battle, the troops from both sides returned to their original positions. In this way, Duan Qirui did not lose!

Duan Qirui even felt that he should also wear a Real Madrid pendant, a title of a lord or something. Feng Guozhang, who was also the three heroes of Beiyang, had already put on Real Madrid and held the title of viscount. He was always unhappy when he thought of this.

To the north, sunny weather. The Beiyang army bypassed Guangshui City and marched north.

Although it is winter, the midday sun still emits a scorching heat. I don't know if it's a psychological effect or something. Sun Chuanfang only feels hot and unbearable. She can't wait to tear open her chest and blow in a cold wind.

The roads outside the city are full of infantry, cavalry and artillery of the Beiyang Army. In the past few days, these ordinary and not crowded roads have suffered too heavy loads, first the revolutionary army, then the refugees fleeing the war, and finally the Beiyang army, tens of thousands of troops, hundreds of thousands of refugees, millions of cloth shoes, leather shoes and horseshoes in Jane. The thick floating soil was stepped on on the shabby road. The road is covered with yellow dust, and the smoke is full of heavy footsteps.

On the way to retreat, because the revolutionary army of Li Madman was still frequently attacked and harassed, the rear supplies were intermittent. The Beiyang troops had to order each soldier to carry ammunition and food as much as possible, plus other essential items, and each person carried dozens of kilograms.

Sun Chuanfang, as a standard, has a slightly less load, but she still feels that she can't stand it.

For dozens of days, the tired Sun Chuanfang did not shave once, and her face almost turned into a hedgehog.

Sun Chuanfang really envies those injured who were sent away after attacking Hankou before. Long-term pain is not as good as short-term pain. When will this kind of difficult day come to an end? Meeting an enemy like Crazy Li is really the most unlucky thing in my life.

Sun Chuanfang looked around the team of soldiers behind him. Most of them couldn't even call their names. They were all recent supplementary soldiers. Xu Shuzheng was willing to replenish his strength in order to capture Guangshui City, but without any good intentions, the open and secret struggles within the Beiyang Army have never stopped, even in such a dangerous battlefield.

Those subordinates who were replaced either died in battle, were injured, or suffered from malignant malaria and lost their combat effectiveness. The only few familiar soldiers are no longer like them. The cheekbones on their faces have become as terrible as knives. Their mouths and lips are cracked, covered with blood and dry skin. The uniforms on their bodies are disgusting at a glance, blood stains, and large areas of sweat stains. The tragic damage of the First World War in Huangcun has not yet recovered.

The new supplementary soldier next to him found that Sun Chuanfang was staring at him and quickly raised his face covered with yellow dust

smiled and said, "Your Excellency, is Xinyang on the other side of the mountain? We will definitely break through Dabie Mountain in one go and be the first to leave Hubei safely.

Sun Chuanfang subconsciously nodded, looked over the silent marching troops and turned to the continuous mountains in front of her, and her heart was at a loss.

The Beiyang Army had no intention of fighting in Hubei for a long time. When the Beiyang Army soldiers secretly sang the song "Outside the Changting", he knew it.

When crossing Dabie Mountain from Xinyang and leaving Wusheng Pass, she did not expect the inconvenience of life in the future. Sun Chuanfang only carried a few books and toiletries with her. When I first arrived at Dawu, I found that it was almost impossible to rely on local food supplies to maintain the life of the Beiyang army, and it was necessary to transport grain from the north to the battlefield. All the residents of Dawu ran away, and all the houses were destroyed. There was almost nothing available. At that time, Feng Guozhang, the presidential officer of the First Army, was also part of the destroyed house in Dawu's office and dormitory.

After the occupation of Xiaochang, there were only 9,000 refugees in the city, and the loading and unloading of military supplies could not recruit soldiers at all. When the battle was most tense, they had to send thousands of civilians from Xinyang as handymen. There is not a grain of grain in the intact containers in Xiaochang City, and the crops are only unripe rice left in the fields. The houses on both sides of the main street were used as warehouses, but they were already empty. Almost all the houses in the suburbs were also destroyed.

Because the middle-aged men and women in Hubei are full of revolutionary spirit and have all joined the army, the remaining refugees are either old or infants. Even middle-aged men and women are patients and expectant pregnant women. In terms of human factors, Hubei people absolutely refuse to cooperate with the Beiyang Army, and they cannot make use of street villages, the enemy's grain, etc., which also greatly hinders the acquisition and utilization of the Beiyang Army in terms of goods.

I heard that a failure in Huaxi completely shook Sun Chuanfang's confidence in the war in the past. He bitterly stated, "All Beiyang generals, especially the one in Sila Hutong, must refresh their understanding and recognize that the Li Madman's regime has a rather high revolutionary will."

Unfortunately, the arrogant Beiyang army refused to face the reality after suffering. At that time, the madman Li, unknown, was a joke in the eyes of the big names in Beiyang. Therefore, he, who published Sun Chuanfang's strange theory, became the first to taste the bitter fruit.

Under the broken wall of a farmhouse in the retreat of Sun Chuanfang's army, Wang Zhan, who escaped from Qianjialing and ascended to the sky, lay on his back on the stretcher, covered with thick straw under his body. There were several bullet holes on the military blanket, several blood stains, and his right foot was covered with bandages.

The thick smoke from the soldiers' picnic not far away floated in the wind, which made the elder Wang Zhan keep coughing. Every cough touched the wound of his right foot, causing a burst of sharp pain.

Yesterday afternoon, several hillhead positions just occupied by the Beiyang Army were desperately counterattacked by the revolutionary army, and there was some support everywhere. Sun Chuanfang personally led the personnel of the headquarters to the front line to supervise the battle. Unexpectedly, she found that a group of revolutionary troops of the Beiyang Army came out and went straight to them. Sun Chuanfang recognized his old boss Wang Zhanyuan at a glance and immediately instructed the troops to respond.

Wang Zhanyuan also recognized his beloved general, and immediately ran away from the dead Sun Chuanfang's position. Unexpectedly, a stray bullet hit his right foot and the sole of his foot was hit by a hole.

When Wang Zhanyuan woke up from his dizziness, he was carried here by his subordinates.

"Call Sun Chuanfang here!" Wang Zhanyuan shouted with difficulty.

"My lord, what's wrong with you?" The exhausted Sun Chuanfang arrived soon. He still respected the old boss who used to appreciate him very much, although now Wang Zhanyuan is already the commander of Guanggan, and he has held a heavy army.

"How's the situation? Are you ready to retreat?" Wang Zhanyuan raised his eyelids slightly. He is also an old battlefield. He can smell the smell of the battlefield with his nose. He also knew his embarrassing position now. Seeing that the old subordinate's attitude was so respectful, he also felt that he was right about this young man.

"Yes, it's retreating." Sun Chuanfang smiled bitterly and said, "And the retreat was not smooth. According to the detective, the enemy troops on the Beijing-Han line are coming towards our army. The first army battalion ordered us to take the dangerous entrance in front of us to cover the safety of the left wing of the main force of the division and continue to retreat to the north.

Looking at Wang Zhanyuan's silence, Sun Chuanfang said, "As far as the current combat strength of the Beiyang Army is, it is very difficult to take Guangshui, but it is necessary to occupy the face-to-face pass and refuse to attack the side of the main force of the Beiyang Army. Otherwise, not only will the main force of the Beiyang Army be threatened, but we will also be in a bad situation. The enemy will occupy all the territory and dive to attack our army.

At this time, Wang Zhanyuan nodded frequently. The situation is clear. If you can't attack the strongholds around Guangshui and trap the enemy here, the back road of the Beiyang army's retreat will be cut off, or it will face the enemy's attack day and night on the way of retreat!

"Then give the order." Wang Zhanyuan nodded with difficulty and said, "It's up to you here."

"I order," Sun Chuanfang strode out of the farmhouse in a harsh tone and turned to the generals guarding outside. "The major battalions organize brave teams separately. Be sure to capture all important places today and start attacking in half an hour!"

Sun Chuanfang gritted her teeth secretly, and for the last time, it was to pay Xu Shuzheng's feelings.

(I'm excited today, and there is another update!)