48 murderous cross-ruling curtain

Lin Tiechang commanded the Anxi Army of the National Revolution to set out from Qianxian, Liquan, Fengxiang, Baoji and other places. According to the scheduled deployment, they advanced on different roads and headed straight to Pingliang. The Qing army retreated one by one. The Anxi army first recovered Bin County and Xunyi, then occupied Lingtai and Changwu, and then recovered Jingchuan, Zhengning, Ning County, Long County and other vast areas, all the way like a broken bamboo!

Lin Tiechang personally led the column and finished the second all-night march after starting from Jingchuan.

Lin Tiechang, who agreed to the pedestrian army overnight, put on a cool tent and looked at it. In the white snow, there was a star hanging in the sky. He turned around and said loudly, "Insert it in front of the enemy again!"

Orders pass on one by one.

At the end of the night, the drowsiness that pestered the soldiers passed, and in the ranks of the army, songs, laughter and conversations rose again.

The sun climbed up the eastern mountain line, the snowy peak wrapped in silver, the color reflected the spear, the light shook the sword halberd, and the murderous atmosphere crossed the curtain.

"Bah! Bah! "Bah, ah, ah!" Suddenly, the sound of machine guns came from the front. The machine gun was like a signal, followed by the sound of dense gunfire and explosion.

The soldiers all stretched out their ears to listen. They want to judge from experience that the place where the gunfire is fired is far away and the scale of the battle is so large.

Lin Tiechang immediately knew that this was the remnants of the fleeing enemy that the troops he had ambushed in front of him. He looked back at the soldiers. Like him, they had the nervousness and excitement before entering the battle.

After about half an hour, there was a violent explosion in front of him; after a while, there was a sparse sound of gunfire that often occurred after the end of the battle.

The flow of people rolled forward excitedly, and the Xiaochuan Road on the Qin-Jin Plateau was like an avalanche.

Suddenly, the cold wind swept in the song. The soldiers looked around strangely and couldn't see anything, but the song was getting closer and closer.

Someone on the mountain in the west opens his voice and sings: mountains come from mountain to river, mountains come from mountain to river!

"Who is so happy?"

The soldiers are looking at it in surprise and talking excitedly.

People on the east mountain also sang: In the first month, it was the New Year, and there was a Zhang Yun Mountain in northern Shaanxi. Zhang Yunshan came to be a clear official. He took the team to Hengshan and was dedicated to revolution. A spring breeze blows in February. General Li came up from Ezhou. Marshal Li came to the crowd. He sat in the armored chariot, and then took a million soldiers to kill the tazi! ( Author's note: Zhang Yunshan has always wanted to be a "famous general" and a "clean official". He tried to imitate the selfless Bao Gong. He set up a gushingle in the government office. When he set up a stage to give a speech at the gate of the south courtyard, he also put a gushingle on the stage, indicating that he was a majestic Qing official.)

The soldiers were absorbed by the song. As they walked, they shouted, "Well sing! Let's sing one, too!" The March of the Revolutionary Army sang the mountains and rivers in a blink of an eye.

From the snowy hillsides on both sides, many people ran, danced, sang, roared, and slid down with whistles. They were crowded on both sides of the marching brigade. Only then did the soldiers see clearly: they are the newly adapted Shaanxi militia. These team members are old men and women, but most of them are strong young men in their twenties. Young women, with grenades around their waists, hold big sabers with red silk in their hands. Those young men were wrapped in "sheep belly towels" on their heads and bullet belts around their waists. Some of them carried the rifles with a fire cap on the gunpowder trigger in the front of the captured Qing army, and some also carried German-made Mauser guns. Those older people, with box guns around their waists, seem to be in charge of the militia.

Half of the sky shouted to the soldiers shyly: "We mobilize the people who help the troops deliver hundreds of millions of pounds of grain, ammunition and materials needed to fight. Look, look, even if you raise your head and walk vigorously, you don't say a word of gratitude!"

The soldiers of the Anxi Army laughed at the luxurious half of the sky in northern Shaanxi: "Thank you!"

Those young militiamen looked at the group of officers and soldiers wearing thick cotton-padded clothes, with warm leather on their heads, and calfskin boots with fresh Ula grass on their feet. The shiny gun with engine oil was better than the rifle with a fire cap on the gunpowder trigger in their front. The regular army's equipment was immediately called When they tasted it, they immediately bombarded the soldiers and said, "What are you laughing at? Do you look down on us? We have captured a lot of cannons and water organs. The barrel of the cannon is thick with a bowl mouth!"

The soldiers of the Anxi Army laughed happier and were more arrogant. This kind of arrogance was completely built by one victory after another. They said proudly, "Let's work together to fight the enemy!" Carry out the revolution to the end!"

"Unity and carry out the revolution to the end!" The militiamen were recognized by the regular army and cheered.

In this earth-shaking joyful shouting, a man, opened his way to the crowded militiamen and waved as he ran, "General Lin!"

This man is quite tall, with a white "mutton belly towel" on his head, a black cotton-padded jacket on his upper body, and a yellow tweed bree trousers of the Qing army on his lower body. When he ran forward, he pressed the leather bag in his waist with his right hand and the box gun with his left hand. As soon as you dress up, you will know that he is the head of these militias.

"Who is this?" Lin Tie was stunned. He only saw that the people who came came were square faces, thick eyebrows, high cheekbones, deep eye sockets, and black stubble.

The correspondent around him immediately whispered, "It turned out that the North Road sent by the Shaanxi Military Government to appease the well, and now he is the highest officer of the adapted Northern Shaanxi militia."

After the restoration of Xi'an, the elder brothers' associations in various counties in Shaanxi knew that they had become big shots after the uprising of their leaders in the provincial capital, so they were more fearless. They set up wharves, sent money to donate, and even recruited troops and horses to form another army. After learning about these situations, the military government decided to send officials to appease them. Immediately, following the previous system of appeasing and recruiting envoys, it was divided into four roads in the southeast and northwest, each with one person. The East Road was not sent because Qian Ding had been there in advance. The North Road is sent to appease the envoy. The South Road is Zhang Baolin, and the West Road is Cao Weikang.

The selection is set, and the dispatch of the accompanying team has become a difficult thing. Most of the teams established by the Elder Brother's Association were disobedient and unwilling to be commanded by the members of the alliance. At that time, there was no complete force of its own. Fortunately, the North Road appeased the envoy and gathered the rangers and knifemen who had been contacted in Beishan before, and formed six battalions, which were organized into one standard and three independent battalions. Because there are not many guns, they are stationed in Sanyuan first, and once they are complete, they will go north. Soon after, the war between the east and the west broke out. The Gan army occupied Sanshui and Chunhua, threatened Jingyang and Sanyuan. Weibei was empty, and the military government was unable to provide assistance. Therefore, this part of the force could only maintain the situation in Weibei and put aside the plan to appease Yan and Yu for the time being.

It was not until the Ezhou Revolutionary Army entered Xi'an, suppressing the conflicting leader of Xi'an's old brother's association, quickly recovering Tongguan, and attacking the counterattack of the Qing army on the three roads in the northwest. Jing Bumu also received a notice from Huang Xing, the headquarters of the League, and fully cooperated with Li Xiang's actions in Shaanxi, and quickly The local forces in northern Shaanxi were transformed into militias and participated in the Western Expedition at the same time.

Jing Bumu put his hand on Lin Tie's long shoulder. Although it was the first time he met, he smiled like an old friend he hadn't seen for many years and said, "General Lin, what's the matter? The regular army looks down on the militia? This idea needs to be rectified!"

Lin Tiechang's untidy well curtain is also quite pleasing to the eye. His hands are rude like tiger pliers. He grabbed his shoulder and said, "Well curtain! Finally, I saw the first hero in Xikou! Hey, it's better to meet than to be famous. Look at you! Does the hero of the leader of the Ranger Swordsman have to grow a beard on his face? Why don't you start a fire?

Jing Bumou pretended to be a mercy and said, "Let go, brother! Don't you want me to live?" He and Lin Tiechang learned the etiquette of foreigners to pull hands, and then walked with a smile and said, "General Lin, these days, it's really hard! Look, even you have a wound on your head!"

"Don't mention it, who can be relaxed these years!" Lin Tiechang sighed.

Jing Bumu touched his chin, calculated for a while and said, "Oh! It's not bad to know their whereabouts now! General Lin, when I see that you have nothing to say, I will give you another bullet of Browning.

Without saying a word, Lin Tiechang moved the bullet clip hanging on the belt behind him forward and picked up the bullets and gave him two plates.

Jing Bumu put the bullet in the palm of his hand and said happily, "It's brand-new! After all, it's the regular army from Ezhou. I'm jealous of your equipment. Look at my militiamen dressed like beglings, and they can't wait to join the regular army now.

Lin Tiechang was stung by a bee: "What's the matter? Don't you have enough guns and ammunition now?"

Jing Bumu patted Lin Tie's long shoulder and said, "Brother, you have to say more good words to me in front of Li Shuai. Although we are only a reserve team, our equipment can't be too bad. There are still many people under me dancing with big blades, like the bullets of the Browning gun, which is even more rare. I want to buy one silver and two!"

"Brother, even if I don't talk about it, Li Shuai will also give it to you. Believe me, follow Li Shuai, there will be bread, there will be everything. Lin Tiechang said and immediately turned to the topic: "Xi'an Guangfu cut off the south road from the Qing court to the northwest, and the Ningxia uprising cut off the only north road traffic of the Qing court. Shengyun and Ma Anliang saw that the general trend of the Qing court had gone. In order to preserve their strength and avoid the fate of being annihilated, they were hurriedly fleeing to the high mountain and dangerous Pingliang area. Brother! The enemy really rushed to the west like a fish that leaked the net, only hating his mother for having two legs!"

Jing Bumu listened and sneered, "Grey grandchildren, ghosts cry and wolves; if someone farts, they also think they are cannons; when they hear a noise, the soul will come out of the body. Now, they don't want anything but their lives! Humph, these dogs are also today!"

"Li Shuai has always advocated that all sure battles and battles should be resolutely decisive, because only this kind of decisive battle can achieve its goal by annihilation and consumption to the enemy." Lin Tiechang suddenly stopped. He suddenly remembered that Marshal Li once borrowed Yue Wumu's famous saying, "It's wonderful to use it with one heart" to explain that the victory or defeat of the war has a lot to do with whether the commander can command flexibly according to the objective actual situation. He said, "This 'wonder' is called flexibility, which is the product of a smart commander. Flexibility is not a reckless move,... Flexibility is a skill for a smart commander to 'examine the situation' based on objective circumstances, including the enemy, our situation, terrain, etc., and adopt a timely and appropriate disposal method, which is the so-called 'how to use'. Based on this kind of application, the quick offensive battle on the outside line can win more, change the situation of the enemy, realize my initiative over the enemy, and defeat the enemy, and the final victory belongs to us. Isn't the battle to defend Hubei a masterpiece of Li Dashuai's "use"? And the more masterpieces of this "use of magic", the faster the victory will be to carry out the revolution to the end.

At this time, the Qing army retreated in panic was in a dilemma. They wanted to fight but felt that it was difficult to resist the Anxi army swept in like the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves. They were deeply afraid of being surrounded and annihilated. If they wanted to retreat, they had lost Qin Long's throat, and even Longxi's throat gave up, causing the Anxi army to attack Lanzhou's unfavorable situation. Therefore, Changgeng came from Lanzhou to Jingning, Gansu Province, and jointly presided over a military conference, formulated the so-called "Guanshan Battle Guidance and Resumption Plan", and made the deployment of the decisive battle in Pingliang: it was decided to use Ma Anliang's elite army with the strongest combat effectiveness, a total of 8,000 troops from the 14th battalion, and another cavalry regiment, east of Pingliang. , south to carry out defense, from Shilipu, Ankouyao to Huating area, with Pingliang as the center, forming an arc-shaped defense zone to resist and consume the main force of the Anxi army. Lu Hongtao's Zhenwu army moved Liupanshan west from the Ankouyao area in order to wait for a roundabout. They counterattacked from the right side of its arc-shaped defense zone - Huating and Ankouyao, attacked the right wing of the People's Liberation Army, and relied on Guyuan Admiral Zhang Zhixing's Zhuangkai Army to attack from the side to the back of the Anxi Army, "coorate and break through each other."

As soon as the so-called "Guanshan Battle Guidance and Resumption Plan" formulated under the auspices of Changgeng and Shengyun was thrown out, Ma Anliang, who had been wary of Manting for a long time, immediately realized that they were trying to preserve their strength in the decisive battle of Pingliang. And let the Western Army of the Ma family take the lead. According to this plan, even if the decisive battle is won, the Western Army of the Ma family will lose its main force, and Chang Geng and Sheng Yun can enjoy their success. Once the decisive battle is lost, Lu Hongtao's Zhenwu army, who is waiting for the roundabout time in Xisa Liupanshan, will definitely take the opportunity to escape and sacrifice the elite army of the Ma family. In particular, when Ma Anliang saw that the Anxi army put heavy troops on its right wing, he was even more panicked and felt that he could not escape the doom of being annihilated.

Ma Anliang, who had long been dissatisfied with Chang Geng and Sheng Yun, immediately commanded his son Ma Tingyu: preserve his strength and retreat to defend the barrier and cover. As soon as Ma Anliang preserved his strength and retreated to cover, Lu Hongtao's Zhenwu army was exposed to the direct attack of the Anxi army, and the main force of the Qing army had no choice but to retreat to the Jingning area. Therefore, the Pingliang decisive battle plan of the two pillars of the Man court was stillborn before it was implemented.