1o8419o8 Far East Madman Chapter 364 Zhengding

Qiuli Zhengding City Railway Station. Now the "Northern Expedition Front Command" of the United Front is located here, and this command is upgraded from the "Enemy Front Command of the Western Front" and the front commander-in-chief Lan Tianwei, who is still the chief of staff who commanded the Xinyang Battle.

Zhengding City was taken down last night without a fierce battle, which shows that the Beiyang Army has generally lost its fighting spirit and taken over Beijing and Tianjin in one go. It seems that it is no problem.

However, as the commander-in-chief of the front enemy, Lan Tianwei dared not take it lightly. He knew very well that the current balance of power between the two sides. Although the number of Beiyang troops in Zhili was limited, there were still 10,000 or 20,000 Beiyang troops in Shanxi. If this troops advanced eastward, it would pose a serious threat to the flanks of the Northern Expedition troops.

Therefore, since leaving Zhangde, Lan Tianwei was most concerned about not the battle situation on the northern front but the intelligence on the western front in order to confuse the Beiyang Army in Shanxi. He even sent a cavalry regiment to act as a feint troops to disperse operations at the junction of southern Shanxi and Zhili.

Fortunately, until now, the Beiyang Army in Shanxi showed no sign of being transferred back to Zhili. Shaanxi's RUF troops had crossed the Yellow River the day before yesterday and the RUF troops advancing from Henan and South to advance to the Jinzhong area one west and south. Even if the Beiyang Army in Shanxi was transferred out of Shanxi to advance east, it would not pose a serious threat to the Northern Expedition troops because their retreat was unsafe.

Now Lan Tianwei can finally have a stable sleep.

After learning the news of the smooth advance of Shanxi late last night, Lan Tianwei set up a camp bed in the front enemy command center. He slept until dawn. If it weren't for a telegram, he would have slept until three o'clock on the sun.

The telegram was taken from the attendant's office of the General Command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the United Front. The content was very simple. Commander-in-Chief Zhao Bei planned to inspect the front line and ordered the front enemy command to prepare for reception. The train for the commander-in-chief arrived at noon.

Lan Tianwei Lixuan began to arrange the troops to receive the commander-in-chief. On the one hand, he was to rest and recuperate the troops for several consecutive days. All officers and soldiers were very tired. Yesterday's Zhengding Battle was basically at the end of the strong crossbow. The defeat of Zhengding was not because of the strength of the combat effectiveness of our troops, but because of the weakness of the enemy troops. Now it is time to rest and recuperate the troops.

The troops were resting, but as the commander-in-chief of the front, Lan Tianwei, dared not slacken at all. After breakfast, he took his adjutants and staff to the front line in the north for on-site investigation to see whether the Beiyang Army's retreat was defeated or tactical retreat, so as to make appropriate tactical adjustments.

But as soon as he arrived at the front line, he received a report that the front line troops had captured several "messengers of the Northern Army." The two leading men claimed their names, one was Song Jiaoren and the other was Zhang Xiaozhun.

Lan Tianwei was a little surprised when he heard the adjutant's report and hurriedly ordered the person to be brought to him.

When people brought Lan Tianwei, they were even more surprised because these two "messengers" were indeed Song Jiaoren and Zhang Xiaojun, Song Jiaoren, was one of the leaders of the Tongmenghui. Lan Tianwei had known each other as a member. They planned an anti-Qing uprising together in the Liaodong branch. As for Zhang Xiaojun, he also met Lan Tianwei when he worked under Xu Shichang's curtain. The two of them knew each other.

"Why are you here? You are also messengers for Beiyang?"

Lan Jianwei didn't say a few nonsense and immediately got to the point.

Song Jiaoren smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, we are here to be a lobbyist for Beiyang. The commander-in-chief is asking Gao Qiang to withdraw his troops and cease the battle to let us all take a breath.

"Lobbyist? You are a lobbyist for Beiyang? If Runnong comes alone as a lobbyist, it would not be surprising that Song Dunchu is from the United Front, why did he also be a lobbyist for Beiyang? If those villains know that, they must get the commander-in-chief to tell you "You must be sucked inside and out."

Lan Tianwei and Song Jiaoren have a good relationship, so he has no scruples when speaking, and he does not agree with Song Jiaoren's actions in his heart.

"Eat inside and outside? Even so. I hope someone will sue me. I really want to see how the Commander-in-Chief will punish a General Affairs Commissioner who is experiencing inside and outside. I originally led a delegation to Beijing. I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to defeat southern Henan to negotiate with Beiyang, but now the war has not stopped. You know, the Commander-in-Chief nodded when the General Affairs Commission sent a peace negotiation representative. Why didn't the Northern Expedition start again before we could talk about it? The Commander-in-Chief is not afraid of being told to go back on his word? Now newspapers are accusing the United Front of war.

Song Jiaoren complained to Lan Tianwei with helpless expression.

Lan Yaowei said, "Dunchu, you are wrongly blamed the commander-in-chief. This Northern Expedition was not the decision of the commander-in-chief, but the unanimous decision of all the officers of the General Staff. The commander-in-chief was just following the recommendation and public opinion.

"The commander-in-chief may have a reason to follow the military spirit and follow the public's opinion, but now the people hope for peace between the north and the south is not the public's opinion? Why do the things that can be obtained in the Congress must be obtained on the battlefield?"

Song Jiaoren's questioning made Lan Tianwei unable to find any rebuttal for a while.

Perhaps Zhang Xiaozhun, who saw Lan Tianwei's expression on his face was a little dissatisfied and had not spoken much, also began to express his opinions.

"Xiuhao, you may not know the situation in the north in the south. Now the three northeastern provinces. The Eight Banners outside the Pass jumped up and down with the support of the Japanese and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the war between the north and the south to mess up the Northeast. If the situation in the Northeast is out of control, it will give Japan and Russia an opportunity. So, this time we are not only here to be lobbyists for Beiyang, but also asking for the people for the future of the country. Don't fight this battle.

Seeing Zhang Xiaozhun angry, Lan Tianwei patted his shoulder and said, "Runnong, what you said is not very good. It seems that this war between the North and South was taken up by our revolutionary soldiers. If it weren't for Beiyang, I wanted to destroy the revolutionary forces. If it weren't for Yuan Shikai's contempt of the Congress and the Constitution, the war between the North and South would not have exploded. The culprit of the current situation was Beiyang! In addition, the culprit of the current situation was Beiyang!

Our General Staff of the Republican Army has long formulated a response plan for the Great Northeast Issues. The remnants of the Qing Dynasty are bound to be disgraced to the trend of the times. "

"Speak lightly! The flagman stands behind Japan! The Japanese stands behind Britain! The UK is very dissatisfied with the pro-German stance of the commander-in-chief of the army. If your army attacks Beijing and Tianjin now, it will only force Britain to Japan."

Zhang Xiaojun looked heartbroken. He was not like Lan Tianwei, but only sent Japan. He also went to Germany and Jiang Fangzhen in Germany. France inspected the military and had a clearer understanding of the situation in Europe. He also had a more thorough understanding of the contradiction between Britain and Germany.

"Xiuhao, you are now the commander-in-chief of the front. Can you order a ceasefire on the front line with real power? Song Jiaoren asked.

"No, no! Wu has no power to order a ceasefire.

Lan Yaowei was also surprised when he was hurriedly shook his fork. It seemed that these two people could no longer stay by his side, so he might as well throw these two hot potatoes to the commander-in-chief. The commander-in-chief was both civil and military, and they should be more skillful than Commander-in-chief Lan.

After staying in Beiyang for almost half a year, Zhang Xiaozhun had not integrated into the Beiyang group, but had a deeper understanding of the Beiyang army. He had completely lost confidence in the Beiyang army. He knew that relying on such a force would not be able to save this declining country. He was depressed for a time until he saw these troops from the United Front here.

"This is where this country hopes."

Looking at the revolutionary officers and soldiers passing by, listening to their loud military songs, Zhang Xiaozhun sighed in his heart and regretted his choice to stay in the Beiyang Army to serve. He inquired with the cavalry platoon leader who was responsible for protecting them and learned that Jiang Fangzhen was still in charge of logistics in Wuhan and could not meet him. He couldn't help but feel even more lonely.

The front line is only more than twenty miles away from Zhengding Railway Station. Soon, Song Jiaoren and Zhang Xiaozhun arrived at Zhengding Railway Station. An adjutant placed them in the waiting room to wait for the arrival of the commander-in-chief.
Chapter completed!