79 ready to fight again

At dusk, Li Xiang decisively ordered that after stopping the attack, the generals hurried to the Hunting Valley headquarters.

This was the first defeat of the Anxi army's march into the northwest. On the dozens of miles of front, it launched a full-scale attack with a large corps and repeatedly rushed. After fighting for a whole day, it didn't even tear a gap in the enemy. This indeed confirms Li Xiang's prior estimate that Ma Jiajun, especially Ma Anliang's, is more effective. A hard bone that is difficult to gnaw; Lanzhou is a strong city that the Ma army is determined to defend. Therefore, it is estimated that the difficulties are enough to deal with, and we must not underestimate the enemy.

Zhang Fengyi immediately reported the setback in the first battle to Li Xiang.

After Li wanted to get Zhang Fengyi's detailed report, he was not surprised by this result. After a period of meditation, he immediately said, "The first attack was frustrated. All corps need to carefully summarize their experience, find out the lessons, completely overcome the sentiment of underespecting the enemy, carefully detect the enemy, check the terrain, and further fully prepare for the war. When the team is sure of the attack, then compete with the enemy!"

On the way to the Liezuiling Command, Zhang Fengyi has been thinking about the reason for the defeat: is it the wrong position of the attack, or is the insufficient strength invested, or the preparation of artillery fire is insufficient, or the army has a down on the enemy? ... In the end, he thought that he was still unprepared and underestimated the enemy. This also fully fulfills the in-depth and detailed speculation and deployment of Li Xiang's seemingly temporary intention when he visited the front position last time.

Zhang Fengyi nodded and said, "I agree to make a comprehensive summary in the army, summarize the experience of the first attack and setbacks, find lessons, completely overcome the enemy's emotions, go into battle lightly, and prepare to fight again!" I'll review it first..."

"Although we suffered setbacks today, we have figured out the enemy's deployment, tactical characteristics and terrain." Their confidence had already suffered setbacks, and Li thought that he could not hit them any more. "We can also make corresponding adjustments to the firepower organization, combat formation and tactical application in battle... In fact, I have been repeatedly stressed that the Ma's return to the army is one of the most effective troops in the enemy today, and it is also one of the most stubborn troops in the country. Enemy. We should be as careful as the Beiyang Army. We must have enough estimates for him and make full mental preparation to guard against the enemy and be proud and impatient. When attacking, you must carefully scout, plan carefully, fully prepare, and make a regular attack. Any negligence and fluke mentality is wrong. We must summarize the position, conduct in-depth political mobilization, and overcome the idea of underesthe-enemy; carry forward military democracy and study offensive tactics; carefully scout the terrain, repeatedly touch the road at night, and dig trenches to approach the enemy's position; vigorously organize mules, horses and miscellaneous personnel, mobilize all human and material resources, and transport materials and equipment.

Li Xiang also instructed Lin Tiechang to say, "Ma Anliang is determined to defend Lanzhou, which is conducive to our army's annihilating the enemy. In order to annihilate the enemy, it seems that it is necessary to concentrate three regiments on the battle against Lanzhou... The battle plan has been adjusted. After crossing the river from the upper reaches, Lin Tiechang detoured behind Lanzhou, that is, cutting off the road from Lanzhou to Qinghai and Xinjiang and participating in the attack, mainly cutting off the road to Xinjiang, so as not to make Ma Anliang retreat to Xinjiang, which is endless harm. It seems that it will take a week or more before the attack to restore the fatigue of the troops, conduct detailed reconnaissance of the enemy's situation, terrain and morale, make full combat preparations, and be prepared to annihilate the enemy and occupy Lanzhou with two or three attacks.

"Yes!" Lin Tiechang saluted the army.

At this time, Narcissus came in and whispered in Li Xiang's ear. Li Xiang kept nodding, and then said, "You go out first and talk about it after I finish the meeting." Then he said to the big guy, "What do you want to say?"

Jing Bumu, who had been silent, suddenly said hatefully, "Since the Western Expedition, I have never encountered such a situation. I attacked several enemy positions and didn't take one in more than a day. The cadres of the army, division and regiment were very suffothed and felt that they had to breathe.

Li Xiang said meaningfully, "The main reason why the army's test attack is blocked is that the enemy is underestimated, and the secondary reason is that the enemy's fortifications are strong and the enemy is tenacious. I didn't stop this test attack at a time. Time was in a hurry, and the army was not well prepared. However, the purpose of understanding the enemy has also been achieved through this test attack. You should tell the troops to calm down, sum up their experience, carefully study the enemy, make solid preparations, and stand by to launch a general attack on the enemy.

At this time, Zhang Yunshan said, "The Qing Emperor has abdiced. The current situation is "the autumn wind sweeps away the fallen leaves". Ma Anliang may not stick to Lanzhou."

Li wanted to raise a finger and swayed and said with great certainty, "Chang Geng, Sheng Yun and Ma Anliang are all reactionary guys. They are like red-eyed gamblers who bet the last bet on Lanzhou. Most of our troops have not fought with him yet. Isn't there an idiom "diled beasts are still fighting"? Don't be careless to the enemy. The Ma army is used to fighting back. After occupying the enemy's position, it is most important to pay attention when the fortifications have not been completed.

He also said meaningfully, "The battle in Lanzhou has been fought well, and the northwest can recover earlier, which is a real restoration. If you can't fight well and let the enemy run away, we will commit a crime against the people.

After close reconnaissance, the Anxi army has fully confirmed that the enemy's main force is concentrated in Nanshan, while the east and west wings are weak, and the Yellow River iron bridge in the north is the only way for the enemy to retreat. In this way, the occupation of Nanshan has become the focus of attacking Lanzhou, and whether the Yellow River Iron Bridge can be captured is the key to annihilate the enemy.

Focusing on this focus and key, Li Xiang adjusted the combat deployment appropriately.

After finishing this, Li wanted to walk out of the headquarters in a hurry and saw the narcissus waiting anxiously at the door.

In the "test attack" stage of the Anxi army, Ma Anliang defeated the Anxi army twice and boosted his morale. In Xianyang and Guguan, he was defeated repeatedly with the Anxi army and finally won for the first time. Although the casualties are not what Ma Anliang called "hundreds of people", it is also exciting enough. Only Chang Geng and Sheng Yun gradually realized the seriousness of the problem before the decisive battle in Lanzhou began.

First of all, Ma Anliang sticks to the tactics of Lanzhou. The firepower of the fortifications is basically exposed, and the position does not allow the other party to attack. The casualties are small, but once it is attacked and taken back, Ma Anliang will also pay a considerable amount of casualties, which has been proved. In the face of the superior strength and firepower of the Anxi Army, can Ma Anliang withstand it? Secondly, Ma Anliang's condition for implementing the decisive battle in Lanzhou is that Ma Fuxiang's troops on the left wing of Lanzhou and the Beiyang army in Henan should cooperate strongly: Ma Fuxiang directly attacks the Anxi army outside Lanzhou all the way, attacks Dingxi all the way, cuts off the supply line of the Anxi army, the Beiyang army wants to attack Tongguan, and the safety of the right wing of Lanzhou should also be guaranteed.

The reality is that Ma Fuxiang can't get out of the nest, and it's probably useless to get out of the nest. Lin Tiechangjun is ready to serve. Ma Anliang and Ma Fuxiang's performance in the process of cooperation in the decisive battle in Lanzhou is very funny. Originally, the enemy is now, and the two horses are completely dependent on each other. Even the close cooperation between the two forces may not be the opponent of the Anxi Army. At the time of the historical decisive battle with the Anxi Army, the two were still intrigued for the dispute between territorial forces. Of course, what worries everyone most is that Ma Hongkui, Ma Fuxiang's son, is the Revolutionary Party. No one can guarantee that Ma Fuxiang can be a loyal minister who destroys his relatives!

Under the strict order of Yuan Shikai, the Beiyang Army attacked Tongguan, but Tongguan is one of the most important iron gates in the world. It takes time for the Anxi Army to succeed.

And Anxi Army has already been directly inserted into Linxia. The so-called new cavalry army to ensure the safety of the right wing has dispersed before the arrival of the Anxi Army. Seeing that this Anxi Army crosses the Yellow River, it can attack Xining and cut them off from retreating into the Hexi Corridor in Xinjiang...

"What a bunch of rice buckets!" Yuan Shikai cursed angrily and threw the telegram for help taken by Lanzhou on the ground. Why is the extremely arrogant Beijing delegation silent? Are they going to give up their interests in the northwest? Or do you want to compromise with Crazy Li? Did they forget how Crazy Li abolished their special rights and interests in Hankou?

"Impossible!" Yuan Keding said affirmatively, "They and Li Madman will never pee in a pot... I heard that the foreign devils of the Bank Group of the Four Kingdoms are ready to fight a 'currency war' with Li Madman, and now it's the critical moment."

Yuan Shikai's face softened a little and said, "Although I don't know what the foreign devils are doing, these ghosts are really very useful. The four-nation banking groups have manipulated the Qing court for so many years, and how many people have seen their faces." He suddenly looked back at his son, "What's the matter with you?"

When Yuan Keding heard his father's question, he quickly said, "Ding the capital problem, Sun Da Cannon handed it over to the Senate to solve this problem. After the vote, those who advocated Beijing had 20 votes, and those who advocated Nanjing had only eight votes, which were decided by a majority and consulted President Sun.

"Humph!" Yuan Shikai sneered, "Sun cannon wants to fight with me, isn't it humiliating?"

"Sun Cannon was furious about this and handed it over to the Senate for reconsideration. Huang boldly said harshly. If the resolution is not corrected, I will send troops! After the Senate received it, it was held again. Except for Li Zhaofu and Gu Zhongxiu, they suddenly turned over the previous discussion, agreed with Nanjing and did not agree with Beijing. They argued fiercely with each other. After the neutral party reconciled the two, and then voted to solve the problem. The result was seven votes for Beijing and 19 votes for Nanjing. Yuan Keding gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that this major problem has changed every other night, but it has changed its pattern. It is unpredictable. Nanjing people's hearts can't be put on, and that's it. He paused and said, "Sun Dapao has received the reconsideration resolution, so he naturally telegramed to Beijing, asking his father to go south on the same day, and said that he would be a special envoy and welcome him to the north."

"Since the envoy has been sent, I will still welcome it!" Yuan Shikai agreed to gritt his teeth and said, "Let's see if they have this ability. Please touch my Buddha!"

Yuan Shikai's reply to Sun Yat-sen Yun:

The electricity meter was reached yesterday. I was so scared that I was scared. Now that the national body is initially determined, there are many hidden dangers. All the people should work together. Only with talent, it is difficult to overcome this great responsibility. Zi Nai humiliated the official election of the Dutch Senate. Sion Si Gong was founded with a great strategy, while Kai Nai was deeply ashamed of his lack of talent. Kai's private wishes have always been based on the interests of the country and the people. When the people are in danger, since the people are blaming each other with justice, Kai dares not to fulfill his duties as a public servant? However, the former Chen is in trouble in each section, which is a real situation. He has always been loved by him, and he is sincere in detail, and he is hopeful!

As the special envoy arrives in Beijing, I will write to you about everything. Who is the envoy? And when will you leave? I'm looking forward to it. Restoration.

Also to the Senate message cloud:

Yesterday, because President Sun said that he resigned, he also recommended Shikai to resign, and hoped that your court would have another virtuous ability, and embarrassed the dangerous situation in the north. I would like to inform you in detail. I'm so thrilled. Now the overall situation is determined, and the clues are complicated. If Kai is weak and mediocre, how can you shoulder this great responsibility?

It is the unanimousness of your court, the official election, Kai's private wishes, and always take the benefits of the country and the people. At this critical moment, the people are blaming each other with justice. How dare Kai live up to the whole country with his own opinion? Only for the difficulties of each section, it is a real situation. I know that all the public are sincere, and I dare not be detailed. Wait for the special envoy from Nanjing to Beijing, discuss the method, and then make a telegram.