90 out of control

Lanzhou.

The headquarters of the Anxi Army is intertwined, with laughter and laughter, presenting a scene of harmony and intimacy.

"Li Shuai," Ma Fuxiang took advantage of the wine and blushed when he saw the young and excessive Li Marshal. He said, "The dog Ma Hongkui entered the Gansu Army School at the age of 18. During this period, he participated in anti-Qing activities, secretly joined the alliance, and was arrested and imprisoned by the Qing army. After the official ran around, he was released from prison on bail. After that, he continued to study at Wuchang Surveying and Mapping School with a group of classmates. I heard that he also participated in the Wuchang Shouyi, and was also among the Western Expedition. The subordinate wanted to..."

At this time, Ma Fuxiang is not so reckless. He is often more good at being an official than the old deep-fried dough sticks in the officialdom. But today, he has no intention of flattling the official at all. He just thinks about one thing. His precious son is in the Anxi Army, in Lanzhou! From Ezhou to Longxi, I experienced the wind and rain of 1911 and crossed the sea of corpses and blood. He sent Ma Fuxiang to Wuchang Surveying and Mapping School to study. He was not a time traveler like Li Xiang. He never thought that the Xinhai Annual Conference would first roll up the bloody wind of heaven and earth in Wuchang, and even launched a fierce battle with Beiyang to shake the mountains and rivers and change the dynasty. If he knew this, he would not have sent this precious son to Wuchang! On that day, the unfavorable news of the war of the Hubei Revolutionary Army came one by one. Ma Fuxiang did not know how many times he sighed secretly.

Now Ma Fuxiang has handed over the letter to Li Xiang, and he can't stand it.

"Well," Li wanted to listen very attentively. Seeing Ma Fuxiang looking forward to hard, he smiled and raised his hand to the door of the hall.

Ma Fuxiang's heart was shocked and he turned his head gently. I saw a man standing at the door of the hall. The boy was black and strong. He took off his military cap and pinched his arm, sweating all over his head. Standing there, he was as tall as a pine tree. Who else can there be besides Ma Hongkui?

"Dad..." Ma Hongkui scratched his head. He didn't know whether to march or just kneel in front of his father and cry. If you don't mind this father or your family, it's a lie. Several times, he put his head on his belt and charged, and the bullets around him roared by. At that time, he thought that in addition to completing the task, it was his own family! As long as the military songs of the Ezhou Revolutionary Army "Speak from the Heart", "The Moon of the Fifteenth" and so on, tears can't stop flowing.

Ma Hongkui thought of this, strode forward, ploped and knelt in front of Ma Fuxiang: "Dad!"

Ma Fuxiang sat there with no expression on his face. Li Xiang still secretly praised the old man in his heart that he was calm. When he saw Ma Fuxiang without saying a word, he burst into tears there.

Li wanted to look at the side with the big guy, and also felt that his heart was sore.

"Handi-in-chief!" The housekeeper's little sister rushed in and shouted, "The Han army and the Hui army on the north bank have lost control and dispersed by themselves. The wandering soldiers scattered bravely robbed jie everywhere, shooting and cannons indiscriminately, which was out of control!"

Hearing this, Li Xiang, Lin Tiechang, Zhang Fengyi and others were all stunned. They stopped drinking and stared at Ma Fuxiang, who was still immersed in the joy of family.

Although the five agreements signed by Ma Fuxiang have been sent to the Yellow River Iron Bridge, the few reactionary and stubborn elements led by Chang Geng and Sheng Yun are not willing to destroy the Qing Dynasty. They move around and confuse people's hearts in an attempt to undermine the peaceful solution of the Gansu issue. Taking advantage of the fact that the vast majority of officers and soldiers are locals and are most afraid of leaving their hometowns, they spread rumors everywhere: "After the uprising of the Gansu army, all of them will be incorporated by the Anxi army, and then go out to fight Xinjiang."

This sentence made them tired of war and falling in love with their hometown for a long time. They refused to retreat from Xinjiang with Changgeng and Shengyun before, and regarded Xinjiang's desperate territory as a fearful path. The defeated soldiers of the Qing army were greatly disappointed.

In addition, the rumors also said, "The madman Li has always been sweet and then bitter, and the officers will be held accountable in the future. All returning officers with the surname 'Ma' will be dealt with as horse bandits."

For a while, there were rumors within the Qing army on the north bank of the Yellow River, and everyone was in danger. The military heart is floating. The soldiers fled three or five times first, then ran in rows, and finally the whole army dispersed. After the collapse, the soldiers ran everywhere like wild horses off their ropes. In just one hour, the army of nearly ten thousand people did not defeat themselves.

At this time, there was endless gunfire on the north bank of the Yellow River, and people shouted dogs barking, which was even more chaotic. In the chaos, some scattered soldiers took advantage of the fire to fight jie.

In the north bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, the most rampant activity is Ma Anliang's only remaining camp and messenger team. These guys are the only troops that escaped with Ma Anliang. They are reactionary and stubborn, with excellent weapons and equipment. Most of the members are cronies recruited by Ma Anliang from his hometown Hezhou, Gansu. They are a counter-revolutionary ide that has been strictly selected and trained and loyal to Ma Anliang. The reactionary officers of the barracks and the passing team resolutely opposed the Zhaowu Army's uprising for peace, and advocated fighting with Li Madman to the end. They were extremely hostile to Ma Fuxiang, who led the power uprising and signed the five agreements. They held a meeting and plotted, and decided to kill Ma Fuxiang's cronies in the Zhaowu army, take over the Zhaowu army, and pull the troops to Hezhou to continue to fight against the madman.

It's just that no one thought that they would do everything, but Zhaowujun, who had become a frightened bird, was scared to be scattered by two rumors.

In this situation of crisis, Wang Haoran, who had a good relationship with the Ma family army, stood up and said, "The Zhaowu army has dispersed, and the situation is out of control. Please ask the Anxi army to cross the Yellow River quickly. Cease the riots, relieve the crisis, save the people on the north bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, and protect national property.

At this time, Ma Fuxiang had to say urgently, "The troops on the north bank have formed a collapse phenomenon. Officials can't control the soldiers. There are robberies everywhere. Please order Marshal Li to send troops across the Yellow River quickly to calm people's hearts."

Li wanted to think nervously, but he didn't say anything for a long time. Considering that the Zhaowu Army and the Anxi Army had begun to disperse before the signing of the agreement between the two sides, the remnants of the Lanzhou Qing army also fled everywhere. Therefore, he said, "The former Qing army in Gansu Province has been unable to implement the terms of the agreement, and our army cannot deal with the Qing army according to the terms of the agreement, so we immediately revoked the decision to publish the full text of the agreement by Xinhua News Agency tomorrow, and ordered Huang Yue to cross the Yellow River overnight."

At night, the wind and snow are mixed.

Huang Yue led the regiment to cross the Yellow River from the Xiguan Yellow River Iron Bridge.

At this time, gunfire continued on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the military treasury was robbed. Huang Yue disarmed the remnants of the elite army with part of his troops. The enemy strengthened his battalion and fled to the west of the river, which was chased and annihilated by me, and the north bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou was quickly at peace.

Xinyang. Duan Qirui's first army.

Duan Qirui and Li Xiang can be said to be a disgrace in the battle in Hubei, but they gathered Beiyang soldiers to jointly go to the palace and support Yuan Shikai to take office. Although it is disgraceful, it is finally a great achievement, and their status is stable.

Now Yuan Shikai is competing with Sun Yat-sen for the capital. It's not enough to scare Cai Yuanpei. He has to scare the main war faction in the south.

According to the instructions of Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng, the first counselor under the curtain, decided to launch the Xiangfan Campaign.

Judging from the war situation at this time, Xiangyang is particularly important to Li Xiang and even the whole southern revolutionaries. It even surpasses Tongguan and Wushengguan. It is the barrier of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the backyard of Wuhan, and the outpost of the Yangtze River. Li Xiang lost Xiangyang. He will not only be threatened in the rear of Wuhan, but also once the Beiyang army controls Xiangyang, it will be convenient to cross the lake from the middle reaches of the Yangtze River in the south and enter Sichuan and Shaanxi in the west. This is a shock to the whole revolutionaries in the south.

Duan Qirui called a meeting of the generals of the First Army. As usual, Duan Qirui's army was neat and sitting upright. He looked around with sharp eyes and saw that the familiar faces had arrived.

Duan Qirui said his plan directly: "In the next battle, we will act towards Xiangfan and Laohekou. First, we will investigate the situation, and then suddenly catch and encircle and annihilate the enemy."

Duan Qirui's thinker Xu Shuzheng analyzed the situation of the enemy and said, "I want to make an exception, put aside the mountain, go straight to the west gate from the corridor at the foot of the mountain, and break through Xiangyang!"

Xiangyang is a famous historical city, built on the mountains, and the terrain is dangerous. The north side of Xiangyang and Fancheng are across the Han River. The mountains in the south of the city are towering, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is known as "Xiangyang on iron and Fancheng on paper". Historically, soldiers have believed that if they want to seize Xiangyang, they must first seize the South Mountain; if the mountain survives, the city will survive, and if the mountain is lost, the city will die. During the confrontation with the Beiyang Army, the Ezhou Revolutionary Army built a large number of fortress fortifications at the commanding heights such as Yangku Mountain, Hutou Mountain and Cross Mountain in the south of the city, and was densely covered with mines in traffic arteries, dead corners of fire and open areas, forming a solid defense system, condescending and guarding with danger. Xiangyang, which is beaten with iron, can be said to be as solid as golden soup.

Duan Qirui, who was bold, also took a breath and said no words. Historically, Xiangyang has been attacking mountains first and then attacking the city. The natural terrain of Xiangyang is a stable way to attack the city. However, after all, Duan Qirui is a famous Beiyang general. If you think about it carefully, you can't help but admire Xu Shuzheng's bold battle plan report of "attacking the city and attacking the west gate". Maybe it can't be said that Li wants to fight the same miracle as Lanzhou?

Duan Qirui said with a smile on his face, "Xiangyang is already in my palm!" You Zheng, it's really my think tank!"

Li Chun knocked on the table and said with a smile, "I can't think that there is also a 'Xu madman' here. Compared with Li madman, he is also a master of dangerous chess!"

Duan Qirui immediately made a stand and said, "I fully agree with the battle plan. Zhao Ti's main force is on the front line of Zhoujiakou. Nanyang Zhouquan has sent troops to monitor and block. Within ten days, the reinforcements will not reach Xiangyang, and the worries can be completely relieved. I hope all departments will step up the attack as planned."

Xu Shuzheng was ordered to move immediately, and the battle arrangement immediately was as follows:

The first part of the 18th Association of the First Army captured Pipa Mountain and Zhenwu Mountain, concentrating the main force on the west gate to carry out major breakthroughs; the 17th Association was on standby to insert into Dongguan and attack the enemy; the 16th Association was the reserve team; the 15th Association and the 14th Association continued to attack the southern highlands to confuse and contain the enemy.

Duan Qirui finally ordered all the troops of the Beiyang First Army to stop without a complete victory in the Xiangfan Campaign. If he does not complete three tasks, it is not a complete victory: first, capture ten thousand prisoners of the bandit army; second, seize the new weapon Iron King Eight; third, capture Xiangyang's enemy Liu Jing alive.