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In Xundian County, the gunfire that shook the entire county last night finally had an impact on the lives of ordinary people at dawn. It started with four sparse shots, and later it was like a continuous barrage of cannons.

Early in the morning, butcher Liu, who was selling meat, had just taken off the two door panels of his shop when he saw a group of armed soldiers running past. This group of soldiers was completely different from the soldiers he had remembered in the past.

He looks like an iron pot, and the military uniform he wears can make people feel fear from the bottom of his heart.

Soldiers wearing steel helmets, carrying rifles with bayonets on their shoulders, walked majestically through the streets, walked to a street bulletin board, took out a large newspaper with red letters on a white background, and posted it.

"Young Liu, where did these soldiers come from? They were shot all night last night. My little heart was so scared that I almost jumped out of my skin!" Widow Xu is a famous tofu in the county.

Xi Shi always likes to come to Butcher Liu every day to buy some of the cheapest pig liver and lungs, and take them back to satisfy the children's cravings.[

Seeing the pretty Widow Xu approaching, Butcher Liu grinned and tried to fragrant her, but she dodged her. Then he removed the last door panel, pulled out the basket under the chopping board, and fished out a piece of pig.

He cut out the heart and lungs and pulled half of them out. He wrapped them in lotus leaves and threw them to her: "What are you worrying about? The troops that come every three days are only one attack. Marshal Tian's troops just passed by two days ago. I heard the shooting.

Maybe it was a misfire!"

"Ge, I was shooting in the middle of the night. I thought it was bandits crawling in. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep all night." Another bun shop owner who was waiting to buy meat also cursed and commented.

"There are not many soldiers who do good deeds. It doesn't matter who the commander is, as long as he doesn't kill people or set fires. Let's make more friends."

"Dangdangdangdang..."

Amidst a burst of discussion, Wang Laizi, who is responsible for beating gongs every day in the county, was holding a broken gong and banging it vigorously: "The bandits entered the city last night. County Magistrate Zhang of Huize sent troops to help suppress them, and they have been driven back. In order to prevent

The bandits are coming again, and we hereby issue a warning notice."

As soon as they heard the notice, the crowd quickly gathered around. Some people who could read had already read out the contents of the notice. It was almost the same as what Wang Laizi said. Magistrate Zhang of Huize chased a group of bandits into the city, and finally fought after a bloody battle.

The bandits were driven away, but they escaped overnight. In order to prevent the bandits from coming back, County Magistrate Zhang decided to implement the martial law order. No one was allowed to go out, and no one was allowed to openly violate the martial law order.

The small county town was suddenly in a panic, but after seeing that there were soldiers maintaining order in front of both the rice and noodle shops, and no one dared to drive up prices, everyone felt at ease.

Whether it's war, banditry, or martial law, they don't care as long as they have food and water and can survive.

At the city gate, Zhang Shusheng looked at a company that was waiting to guard the city gate, and thought that today was finally the time for the assessment of the usual training.

Outside the city, the excavation work that started overnight last night has now begun to take shape.

"Commander, after we occupied the county town last night, we brought out the heavy machine guns and fired a fierce sweep, which frightened the old and young people in the county town. I believe no one dared to cause us trouble." The First Brigade and the Second Brigade Regiment,

Everyone had entered the city before dawn. Tao Qian, commander of the 1st Brigade, accompanied Zhang Shusheng to inspect the construction of the position outside the city and said at the side.

Zhang Shusheng nodded, jumped down from a ditch a few meters away from the city gate, and personally inspected the excavation effect of the position: "Well, we are foreigners after all, and we can't just rely on reasoning. We must let the wealthy households in the city know about our position."

Strength, so as not to be troubled by these small characters all the time. Now it seems to be working well, and the entire county has not caused commotion due to the change of ownership overnight."

I kicked an anti-pit in the trench in front with my feet. The soil at the entrance was very tight. Judging from the level of this simple anti-pit, it can completely withstand the bombardment of small-caliber mortars.

The position excavation work in charge of the Second Regiment of the First Brigade has extended to the third trench fifty meters outside the city gate. Just in case, a defense system consisting of three lines of defense was built. The trenches are curved.

, the trenches were connected with traffic ditches for three days, and there were anti-pits and heavy machine gun bunkers temporarily poured with quick-setting cement.

"The position is well dug. Although the opponent is only a division and a regiment, if they are careless and rush into the city, not to mention losing the meat, the chaotic street fighting will not only cause civilian casualties, but also add huge trouble to us.

." Zhang Shusheng sighed when he thought that he had openly accepted Gu Pinzhen's order to assist in the attack on Tang Jiyao, but secretly targeted the two counties closest to Huize. He felt that he was also a warlord, although it was just to expand his power, and more

Develop your strength well and prepare for the future battle for national destiny.

"Well. The artillery camp is in the county government office at the back, more than a thousand meters away. With Miao Renyi's infantry division, even if it is lucky enough to break through the city gate, it will be covered by the firepower of the artillery camp." Tao Qian knocked on his head.

Steel helmet, shaking off a big ball of mud on it from jumping out of the trench.

Looking at the 1st Battalion of the 1st Brigade that had entered the position, the entire position was reinforced with 13 heavy machine guns, as well as 37mm mortars. With such effective defense, Xundian himself was determined to

Zhang Shusheng said: "Gu Pinzhen asked us to go all out to Xuanwei and attack Tang Jiyao from behind. Now our main force is behind Miao Renyi's troops. In this battle between Gu and Tang, who loses and wins, Xuanwei and Xundian

It’s all ours.”

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"Report, report to the division commander, something serious has happened!" [

Miao Renyi's troops had just stationed in an area close to Kunming and Qujing, and were preparing to ambush, but suddenly received a report from the adjutant.

"What's going on? How can you act in such a panic? We are not bandits, we are the regular army of the Republic of China." Today, Miao Renyi, who is in his early thirties, is no longer the tattooed green man he was when Zhang Shusheng first met him. He is older than Zhang Shusheng.

Standing together among the massacrers, he seemed even younger and more promising.

"Commander, our 7th Division just left Xundian the day before yesterday. Unexpectedly, our back foot was occupied by others. At this time, our 7th Division's retreat has been blocked!!"

Miao Renyi was shocked. Now the situation was unclear. He also received a letter from Tang Jiyao in private, promising various benefits including 300,000 yuan and 2,000 Hanyang-made troops. He was hesitating. Could it be that the troops behind him were

Gu Pinzhen sent him to monitor him? But in the entire Dongchuan area, apart from his own 7th Division, there was only the Sichuan Army in Sichuan.

"Could it be that the Sichuan army crossed the line?"

"The division commander is one of Zhang Shusheng's troops in Huize. I just took up my post and was about to go back to urge for food and fodder. I actually saw a troop digging fortifications outside the city gate from a distance. They dug a total of three trenches. The entire fortification will completely destroy the mountainous area.

The city is surrounded by a tight wall." The adjutant said with a bad feeling.

"Zhang Shusheng? If I don't touch him, he still dares to come and spy on me? Damn it, you dare to take my things!" Miao Renyi's face twitched. It's okay to have his escape route cut off. The worst he can do is not go back to the Dongchuan area. With these more than 7,000 people

There are more than 3,000 troops and independent regiments, and I can go wherever I go.

It's the uncle. But there are still more than 200,000 yuan that he blackmailed for the purpose of raising military pay in the city, and even a few concubines, all of which are still in Xundian. Now that Zhang Shusheng has entered the city, these things are all named Zhang. Dong

It doesn't matter if Chuan can't go back, I really can't swallow this breath.

"Sir, Marshal Tang has sent someone again."

While he was hesitating, Tang Jiyao sent another secret message.

When Miao Renyi opened the secret letter and read it, his expression suddenly changed: Commander Miao, I have seconded one unit each of the Guizhou Army and the Gui Army, and will lead the troops directly to Kunming. If Commander Miao turns back from me, Tang, he will be eastward after the war.

The land of Sichuan County and the establishment reward of two divisions.

"Commander, what should I do..."

The adjutant frowned after receiving Tang Jiyao's letter. The bait Tang Jiyao threw out in order to return to Kunming was too big.

"Did Gu Pinzhen call?" Miao Renyi frowned.

"Yes, Marshal Gu ordered the Marshal to immediately cooperate with other friendly forces to attack Marshal Tang who is entrenched in Qujing at six o'clock this afternoon!!"

When Miao Renyi heard this, he immediately became angry: "Use it, push it, you know how to push it. We asked for the emergency allocation of 100,000 military salaries and 20 heavy machine guns. What's the result?"

"Gu, Marshal Gu replied, the armies are currently spending a lot of money, and the military salaries have to be raised on the spot by the commanders. As for the heavy machine guns, they are not enough, and only three were sent."

"Damn it, Gu Pinzhen really wants the cows to plow the fields without giving them grass to eat. Three heavy machine guns, just send the beggars away. In this case, don't blame me for not remembering the old relationship." A fierce light flashed in Miao Renyi's eyes,

"Zhang Shusheng, Zhang Shusheng, I don't see how you can succeed without Gu Pinzhen this time. I will be the King of Dongchuan in the future, so I will take over your industrial property!"

When the adjutant heard this, he was also overjoyed: "Commander, if it weren't for Gu Pinzhen's pedantic obstruction of the number of factories owned by Zhang Shusheng, we would have taken over long ago. This time, hehe... Commander, I am willing to lead the leading troops to retake Xundian and kill them all.

Go back to Huize."

"No rush, let's give Gu Pinzhen a big gift first, and then talk to Zhang Shusheng. How can the local militia with thousands of people still be able to fight against my regular divisions? Besides, we helped Marshal Tang, so he should also help to suppress it." I thought.

He has nearly 10,000 troops. If Tang Jiyao's troops are used to help him, the several thousand people in the militia will not be afraid.

Although the Xiaoqingshan area was heavily guarded, he still found out that Zhang Shusheng had thousands of people under his command. However, he didn't know the inside story and thought they were just a miscellaneous army adapted from some bandits.

Kunming

Gu Pinzhen was in a panic under the military government. Tang Jiyao led tens of thousands of his own troops and 20,000 people borrowed from Guizhou and Guangxi, totaling seven divisions with more than 60,000 troops. They were attacking Kunming in three directions. The original attack plan had been

If it doesn't work, we can only choose defense.[

"Commander, now we control more than 30,000 people, all of whom have retreated to Kunming. We also have a division near Zhennanguan, a division of Miao Renyi, and nearly a division of Zhang Shusheng and Tu Renzhong's two militia groups. Our two sides

Their strength is actually about the same. As long as all the ministries work together and retreat to Kunming, based on the fortifications, we are not afraid of Tang Jiyao. If we wait for an opportunity to counterattack, I think his tens of thousands of mobs will be dispersed."

A staff officer pointed on the huge military map of Yunnan. Several red arrows were already approaching Kunming, but Miao Renyi's and Zhennanguan's troops had not yet converged on Kunming, and Zhang Shusheng's troops were still wandering around the Xuanwei area.

, hundreds of miles away.

"Well, if all the ministries work together, Tang Jiyao has nothing to fear. I only have the ability of generals, and I have tens of thousands of people, but I can only retreat to the isolated city. Miao Renyi was promoted by me personally, and with the kindness of promotion, he will definitely be ordered to come to Kunming to garrison

It’s just the Zhennanguan part, I’m afraid it’s unknown, let alone those militia groups with low combat effectiveness.”

After another round of planning, Gu Pinzhen and his men never came up with a feasible battle plan. After much deliberation, they could only have all the ministries join forces in Kunming and fight a defensive battle against Tang Jiyao's troops.

"Report Commander! The Thirteenth Division near Zhennanguan called, saying that the French sent troops to harass our border on the pretext that soldiers were missing. As a precaution, the Thirteenth Division has canceled the return plan and is on guard duty on the spot.

!!”

"Fart, Kunming is in danger. The French haven't fought for decades. How can they come here just as they say? Damn it, I must take care of them after I recover. Where are Tang Jiyao's troops now?"

"Less than five miles from Kunming."

"Has Miao Renyi received any response?"

Without waiting for the orderly to answer, another counselor ran in and said happily: "Commander, Commander Miao has arrived with his troops, and the Seventh Division is organizing to enter the north gate."
Chapter completed!