1o76419o8 Far East Madman Chapter 283 Restraint is the best

The red sun jumped out of the horizon and awakened the sleeping earth.

"Dibiyu...Didihe..."

The wake-up call rang out in and out of the city. The soldiers who were getting up and out of the city were hustle and bustle with the sound of the trumpet. They were carrying bayonets and singing military songs to drive out of the city.

"I will listen carefully: A filial son is born in a poor family. A loyal minister is seen in a country that is difficult to meet. The country will draw foreign debts and pay heavy wages to support elite soldiers. A soldier is more than a hundred taels of food and clothing. A seventh-rank county magistrate is not as good as a county magistrate; he will not be able to care about his body and not contribute to the country. The ghosts and gods of heaven and earth will not tolerate them. Since ancient times, many generals and ministers have returned home in glory in the future."

This song has both preaching and utilitarian lyrics. You will know that this is the Beiyang Army's soldiers. Now the republic is now. The lyrics are basically not changed. It just turns the "morial court" into a "country". As for whether the soldiers can clearly distinguish the difference between the court and the country, no one can explain it clearly. Anyway, the soldiers are still soldiers and officers or those officers are still in the military uniforms. The only thing they have to do is to change the hat badge and cut the braids behind their heads. In addition, the biggest difference from the previous Beiyang New Army is that the current troops are equipped with many Japanese and British guns. As for Manlisha rifles, it is rare.

The current Beiyang funders are Britain and Japan. Due to the exhaustion of the southern revolution, especially the strong anti-British army, the anti-Japanese position of Britain and Japan have to increase their support for the Beiyang, which is both a demonstration of their position and a strong goal of maintaining the strong position of the Beiyang group.

Since ancient times, the principle that strong soldiers and strong horses won the world is so good that Shikai understands the British and Japanese governments.

This is the only famous place in Dengfeng, Henan Province, which is under the jurisdiction of Henan Prefecture under the administrative divisions of northwestern Henan Province. It is not very commercial or prosperous. The only famous place is the Shaoshi Mountain Mountain in the territory. The thousand-year-old temple is also considered one of the famous places and historical sites in Zhongzhou. Although it cannot compare to the cultural and historical accumulation of the ancient capital of Kaifeng City, it is a rare place to recuperate in this chaotic era.

Of course, as the Beiyang army drove to Dengfeng, it became chaotic, and the people were speculating on the purpose of the troops' departure to Dengfeng. Even the monks who came to the city to do business were left unintentional to practice by this murderous army. People even said that the monks in the temple were discussing the group to protect the temple. I heard that they even bought foreign guns from people and hid them in the temple.

No matter how the people talked about this Beiyang Army stationed in the city for several days, it seemed that they planned to station in Dengfeng City for a long time. Some people from all over the world visited the commander of the unit. Then they learned that this unit was a brigade commander under the 9th Division of the Beiyang Division, Li Houji.

Speaking of this, Li Houqi is not an ordinary person. This person is known as Peizhi. When he was a boy, he followed his father to train in the army. After graduating from Tianjin Wubei Academy, he served as a Goshha for Li Hongzhang and went to Russia to attend the coronation ceremony of Tsar Nicholas II. After joining the Beiyang Army, he served as the supervisor for a long time. However, since he was not Yuan Shikai's small confidant, his career was not smooth. The reason why he was promoted to brigade commander is still because the expansion of the Beiyang Army was considered a small figure in the Beiyang Army.

The acting commander of the Ninth Division was Wu Peihu. He was a few years younger than Li Houji but was Li Houji's immediate boss who arranged this way. Li Houji was really depressed.

If he had a choice, Li Houji would rather stay in the Fourth Division and follow his old boss Wu Fengling, but Yuan Shikai did not think so; in order to prevent his subordinates from cultivating his direct confidants, the Beiyang Army had completely disrupted the affiliation of the various armies since its expansion. Most of the trusted officials in Wu Fengling were transferred to other troops. Li Houji was one of them. In order to appease these transferred officers, these people were basically promoted. This is also the main reason why Li Houji was promoted to brigade commander. When he was under Wu Fengling, he was only one pound. The senior staff did not lead troops directly.

But now Li Houji must command the brigade to guard Dengfeng to stare at southern Henan as a flank to provide cover for Zhengzhou and serve as a forward to resist possible attacks.

Nowadays, the forces in Henan are divided into different positions on the "Hunan-Guizhou Incident". That is the clear distinction between the two factions of the north and the south. The southern part of Henan is basically the territory of the southern revolutionary party. The northern part of Henan is controlled by the Beiyang forces from the west to the east. The two sides are basically divided by Henan Prefecture, Kaifeng Prefecture, and Guide Prefecture as the dividing line. The south part of the Southern Revolutionary Party is north of the Beiyang forces.

The southern part of Henan Prefecture borders the three prefectures to the west, Shanzhou to the east, Ruzhou to the south, Nanyang. The three prefectures are eyeing the Henan Prefecture three sides, which is quite important. If you defend it, you will be stuck. The northward road of the revolutionary armed forces of southwestern Henan cannot be defended here. The revolutionary army can drive straight into the Yellow River to spy on Shanxi.

Since the "Henan-Shaanxi Alliance" of Tongmeng member Liu Zhenhua was active west of Luoyang in Henan Prefecture, now the northwest of Henan Prefecture is already open, and the Beiyang Army in Luoyang City is barely maintaining the situation.

Dengfeng is located in the southeast corner of Henan Prefecture. It is far away from Ruzhou Prefecture in the southeast. If the enemy troops in the direction of Ruzhou advance north, the Dengfeng area is the gateway to the southeast of Henan Prefecture.

Therefore, in addition to asking him to support the direction of Luoyang, Wu Peihu sent Li Houji to Dengfeng to guard the southeastern gate of Henan Prefecture. Putting down a strong army in Dengfeng can easily attract the attention of the frontal enemy in Zhengzhou to force him to attack Dengfeng first instead of attacking Zhengzhou. If the enemy dares to rush directly to Zhengzhou and disregard Dengfeng, then Li Houji's troops will use a sharp knife to give the enemy a fatal blow from the side and rear.

This war is like playing chess and putting the pieces together may not necessarily come in handy. The key is to form a deterrent force the enemy to give up certain strategic attempts.

Li Houji is a chess piece in the hands of Commander Wu Peihu, and he cannot decide whether he can play it as a chess piece. It is not up to him to decide whether he can play it as a chess piece.

To make chess pieces, you must have the awareness of making chess pieces. After leading the troops to Dengfeng, Li Houji set up a brigade department in the city and set up a radio station to divide the troops into two parts, one in the city and one outside the city. They echo each other and intensify training at the same time, they must lead the team out of the city to practice every day.

Of course, as the brigade commander Li Houji, he doesn't have to run and fuck with the soldiers. He just needs to ride in a high-headed ocean surrounded by his adjutants and wave the whip immediately. The subordinate officers below will naturally coordinate the troops' actions step by step.

Although it had rained a few days ago, the hot weather had already dried the ground. The troops of two thousand people were dispatched to run and fight. The loess road suddenly became dusty, and it was hard to tell which soldiers and dust were.

Yesterday, Commander Wu Peihu had sent a telegram to agree to transfer another artillery battalion to enhance Dengfeng's defense. However, in Li Houji's opinion, this power is still too thin because his troops were not satisfied with the fact that they were nominally a brigade, but in fact they had only two kilograms of troops.

According to the spies' reports, there were 5,000 people stationed by the Endeavour Association in the city of Ruzhou in the south. Yiyang in the west of Ruzhou, and thousands of troops were stationed in Jiaxian in the east. The total number of revolutionary troops in Ruzhou Prefecture was at least tens of thousands. In contrast, the Beiyang Army in Dengfeng was weak. No wonder Li Houji sent telegrams to urge Wu Peixiang to send more reinforcements.

However, Wu Peihu really couldn't draw so many troops, so he could only ask for help from one level to the 6th Army headquarters, and then he would convey the request from Henan to Yuan Shikai.

"Ya Xia comforted Yuan Shikai, and did not sprinkle the spells of becoming soldiers. Now the southern provinces are in a state of "moving." The Russians and Japanese are also taking the opportunity to look at the directions that the Beiyang Army in the three eastern provinces should be too many. In addition, the military expenditure is short of weapons. Yuan Shikai could only call back and let the generals in Henan find a way.

The solution Wu Peihu thought of was to order Fang Dajia to step up and raise funds to build a group of troops, but just go to the Hunan Army and the Huai Army. This can only increase the financial burden of the local area and easily lead to bandit troubles, so Wu Peihu's small method was unanimously resisted by Henan Zhisun. Even Zhang Zhenfang, the Speaker of the Provincial House of Representatives, could not convince the gang of financial supporters before coming forward.

Li Houji also received an order to run a delegation, but he was also boycotted by local senators who went to visit him. We clearly told him that if Wu Peihu insisted on his own, Henan Zhushen would jointly write to the Provincial House of Commons to impeach Wu Peihu and ask President Yuan to transfer him away.

Li Houji had conveyed the meaning of Zhushen and others to Wu Peihu through telegram, but he also knew that according to Wu Peihu's personality, it was difficult for him to take back the truth about the "civilian rebellion" in Zhengzhou a few days ago. Li Houji knew very well that he could not believe that a martial artist who treats human life as a mustard would value "public opinion."

In fact, not only Wu Peihu did not pay attention to public opinion, the entire Beiyang did not take this public opinion seriously. For these warriors, guns determine everything, but the actual situation is indeed the case. Without Beiyang and other troops, Yuan Shikai would definitely not be the president of the Republic of China, even the temporary president of the Republic of China.

Li Hou basically doesn’t care whether the public opinion is. For a person who is in his forties, he is more concerned about the guests he should invite on his birthday.

In a few days, Li Houji's 40th birthday ministers have already started to arrange the important matter of doing birthdays for the brigade commander. As for whether to hold a birthday party in Dengfeng or a birthday party in Zhengzhou, Li Houji has not made up his mind yet. After all, under this situation, it is difficult to start a war between the north and the south. If Dengfeng was held during the birthday party in Zhengzhou, Wu Peihu would definitely give Li Houji a "grace gift" himself, and maybe it would be the head of a brigade commander.

But if you don’t hold a birthday party in Zhengzhou, how many distinguished guests will come to this remote place to celebrate Li Houji’s birthday? If you can’t take the opportunity to contact each other, why should Li Houji be promoted again?

A dilemma choice.

Just as Li Houji was thinking about the details of her birthday, the tall-headed ocean horse under her crotch suddenly became irritated, not only speeding up her running speed, but also kept neighing as if she was scared by something.

Li Houji finally held the horse and stroked the horse's hair with his hands to calm the horse's hair. He listened, but heard a strange "buzzing" sound low and far away, but he was approaching here at the same time.

At this time, the soldiers who were out of the car also noticed the sound from the sky. Curiously, they all looked up and saw a small black dot formation in the sky. They suddenly became chaotic.

Finally restraining the troops, Li Houji ordered to rest on the spot, and he jumped off the war horse. He stood under a dead tree on the side of the road and looked up at the strange scene in the sky.

"Sir, this is a plane, right?" an adjutant asked in a low voice.

Li Houji just nodded slightly and didn't say anything. The rumors about the founding of the People's Republic of China and the army dispatched planes to bomb Chengdu have long been rumored to be rumored. Li Houji also heard of it slightly, but this was the first time he saw a little doubt in the real novelty of the plane flying in the sky.

Since learning that the Republican Army had equipped the plane, Yuan Shikai also became very interested in this new weapon. He specially sent someone to consult the British minister and the British minister was happy. He immediately sent professionals to President Yuan to explain this new machine and promised to help the Beiyang Army purchase the plane as soon as possible. Although the plane had not arrived, Yuan Shikai sent relevant documents from the second general of General Chan to officers at all levels to let them know this new concubine machine so as not to make a fuss or mess up the morale of the army.

Li Houji carefully studied the documents and found a problem that this kind of machine has a flight distance of only a few miles at most. So if he could see the plane near Dengfeng, the take-off location of the plane would definitely not be far from Dengfeng City.

Soon the plane passed over the heads of the Beiyang troops from a low altitude, causing the officers and soldiers to scream.

The uneasiness in Li Houji's heart became stronger when he saw the red flag painted under the wings.

"Will we shoot the plane when the brigade commander flew low?" asked Yijin. The staff officer.

"Don't start the provocation without authorization."

Li Houji shook his head and didn't want to be charged with "the war between the north and the south" since the "Hunan-Guizhou Incident", Yuan Shikai's attitude has been in an ambiguous state. Although he has mobilized troops southward and refused to recognize the legitimacy of the rebellious army, what was his intention? His subordinates cannot guess what he was fighting. Perhaps some of the senior officials in the Beiyang leadership can understand President Yuan's true intentions, but a small person like Li Houji is not sure to figure out the superior intentions.

Now the revolutionaries in the south have not fired the first shot at the Beiyang Army, so the Beiyang Army should naturally be restrained.

"Restraint is the best" is the original words of Duan Qirui, acting chief of the 6th Military Department. As for whether it is a retelling Yuan Shikai's words, no one knows.

So let's just respond to changes in the same way.

However, the uneasiness in Lee Houji's heart did not disappear. His eyes followed the small plane flying low at altitude and guessed the other party's purpose.

It was a Republican aircraft that could see an iron-blooded Republic flag in Dengfeng. This would not make people calm down anyway. Because Ruzhou is nearly a hundred miles south of Dengfeng, according to the British, the current plane cannot be back and forth at such a long distance.

OK.

The only explanation is that the Endeavour Association has advanced to Dengfeng City and is very close to Dengfeng City. Only in this way can the safe takeoff and landing of allied aircraft.

But why didn't the scouts come back? Was it killed by the Revolutionary Army?

Recalling the telegram lines in the south for a few days, Li Houji was sweating coldly. He hurriedly ordered the troops to turn around and rush back to Dengfeng City as fast as possible and sent cavalry to the front order to order the remaining troops to close the city immediately to prepare for combat.

Riding on the tall ocean, Li Houji turned his head and looked at the plane that was moving away. The anxiety in his heart was written on his face.

"Didn't the battle between the north and the south just begin? It would be impossible for the Strive to be so arrogant without the support of the Republican Army. Is the Commander Zhao of the Republican Army really confident of defeating the Beiyang in one fell swoop?"

Looking back on the scene when he led the Fourth Beiyang Town to return north through Wuhan, Li Houji didn't quite believe that Zhao Bei would show up with Beiyang at this time. Although he had only seen Zhao Bei, his intuition told him that the commander-in-chief of the Republican Army was not a reckless reckless man. Foreign newspapers called him a "Far East Madman", but that was just a look.

Li Houji believes that Zhao Bei's "madman" has a meticulous heart hidden under his appearance, otherwise he would not have become the revolutionary pioneer of the south and even the entire China.

How could such a person not judge the situation?
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