Chapter 714, Miscalculation and Captured

Chen Tiaoyuan sighed for a while and asked, "Teacher Wu, tell me, we can't be trapped here now. Zhejiang is over. The telegram I just received is back in Wenzhou. I saw that I was going to be attacked from both sides. If I don't think of a way, I'd just sit there and wait for death."

Wu Peifu glared at Chen Tiaoyuan with anger. As the chief of staff of the Wenzhou garrison commander, he only knew how to ask others to find a way. It was really despised. Cao Kun, who was standing beside him, interrupted and asked, "Brother Ziyu, why are you so unkempt and dirt?"

Wu Peifu smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, Brother San said, I encountered an enemy plane on the way back, and I stared at me and chased me for a while. I fell to the ground, and my war horses were beaten into hornets' nests. Alas, the Southern Army is indeed very amazing."

Chen Tiaoyuan urged: "When is it now? Are you still saying these words?"

Cao Kun knocked his pipe, stood up and came to Wu Peifu, and said seriously: "Ziyu, our situation is not optimistic at the moment. What do you think?"

Wu Peifu nodded and said meticulously: "You can't waste any more. I think you should break through as soon as possible."

Chen Tiaoyuan said with a bitter face: "The question is how to break through. There are enemies in front and enemies in back. We are now alone!"

Wu Peifu did not look at Chen Tiaoyuan in front of his eyes, and took a big step to the map table and said to Cao Kun: "In the current form, our only way to break through is to go from Fu'an to Shouning, then to Longquan, and then head north along the borders of the two provinces and head straight to Shangrao. After entering Jiangxi, we can meet with Governor Li, get a batch of supplies and make other plans."

Cao Kun stared at the map for a while. He knew that Wu Peifu had been studying the route of breaking through a few days ago. The fact that he could say it in an orderly manner at this moment must be the result of careful consideration.

"Longquan? There is Lishui above Longquan. Wouldn't we just go through it like this and seek death?" Chen Tiaoyuan said.

"I'm too lazy to tell you." Wu Peifu glanced at Chen Tiaoyuan coldly.

"You..." Chen Tiaoyuan was furious.

"I received news before that the First Division of the Fujian Army was advancing towards Wenzhou, and it was only stopping in Lishui. When we arrived in Longquan, we happened to pass by the First Division of the Fujian Army. The First Division of the Fujian Army went to Wenzhou. Even if we found our whereabouts, it would have been a beat slower, and at most we were chasing behind us." Cao Kun said with a smile. He saw Wu Peifu's intention at a glance, and he was very pleased. At the same time, he also understood why Wu Peifu didn't say it yesterday, but had to wait until today to say it, just waiting for an opportunity.

"Not only that, once the Fujian army pursues our army, the initiative will be in our hands. When the ambush along the way, we can set up ambushes along the way and lure the enemy, and we can take advantage of the Fujian army's desire to underestimate the enemy." Wu Peifu said further.

"Brother Ziyu, it's such a brilliant plan, very good." Cao Kun said approvingly.

"It's better to retreat immediately!" Chen Tiaoyuan quickly woke up and said hurriedly.

"Don't worry, it's the best time to act after dark. However, in order to ensure a smooth breakthrough, we must leave a team of people to create illusions and attract enemies as much as possible." Wu Peifu said again.

"Well, that's all. If a real man should break it, he will break it." Cao Kun nodded slowly.

Starting from the afternoon, the Beiyang Army near Fu'an received an order to clean up the camp and prepare for the departing, while the two regiments of the 40th Division, which were still on the Ningde front line, were still kept in the dark. It was not until five o'clock in the afternoon that Wu Peifu ordered the two regiment headquarters to lead the troops in Ningde City to retreat behind the hall. As for the battalions on the front line of Luoyuan County, they received orders to hold on to the battle.

Cao Kun and Wu Peifu led the main force to cross the mountains at the junction of Shouning County and Zhejiang Province, and waited for the follow-up troops in the wilderness. They did not complete the assembly until about 1:00 in the night, and then continued to advance northward. The entire army was all light and simple. The soldiers who had no bullets threw away their guns and tried their best to speed up the marching. Be sure to arrive at Longquan at noon that day.

After a long journey across mountains and ridges, the Beiyang Army did not rest overnight. Although it was an hour or two late when it arrived in Longquan, it was still smooth all the way, and even Longquan County did not encounter any enemy troops stationed.

The vicious sun was hanging in the sky, and the soldiers did not close their eyes all night. In addition, the food quality was greatly reduced after restricting the materials and food, and a large area of ​​food was exhausted as soon as they arrived near Longquan County. Cao Kun and Wu Peifu had no choice but to order the soldiers to rest on the spot. While arranging people to pick up the fallen battalions in the rear, they also sent people to the city to collect rations.

Not long after, the erratic soldiers began to make fires and make meals, while Cao Kun and Wu Peifo focused on discussing the plan to set up an ambush in Longquan.

At this moment, a gunshot suddenly came from the northeast direction, and then a riot broke out, but it quickly calmed down. Wu Peifu and Cao Kun immediately walked out of the temporary command post and asked what had happened. The soldiers around him were talking and talking. Some people said that it might be a conflict with the county people, shooting warnings, or it might be a fire.

Wu Peifu looked at the direction of the gunfire, waited for five minutes before breathing a sigh of relief. He thought it was a small accident and returned to the tent with Cao Kun to continue planning.

Another quarter of an hour passed, the division cooking squad had just brought the officer's lunch when suddenly gunfire came from the city gate, which was only a few hundred meters away from the command post. But this time it was obviously not the previous accident. What followed was screams and machine guns' continuous shooting, and there was even the explosion of grenades in the interval.

Cao Kun and Wu Peifu were shocked and quickly ran out of the tent to inquire about the situation. Wu Peifu immediately ordered all the guard battalions to be on guard and dispatched troops from the rear to surround Chengguan.

A cavalry ran over from the northeast and shouted in a thrilling way: "There are enemies in the city, and there are enemies in the city, and we are ambushed!"

Cao Kun and Wu Peifu were shocked when they heard this. The Beiyang Army retreated so quickly, and even left a group of people creating an illusion to delay the enemy. Why would they be ambushed?

"The Fujian Army knows our whereabouts?" Cao Kun said solemnly.

"This is the only possibility. We must have an insider around us. Alas, I am so miscalculated!" Wu Peifu said in a frustration. When the Russo-Japanese War was still in the early years, he joined the Sino-Japanese Intelligence Task Force. He was the first batch of intelligence personnel in the modern Chinese army. He had experience in intelligence warfare but miscalculated. It was really a mistake that would bring eternal regret.

"There is no way. Since it is a breakthrough battle, we should be prepared like this. Don't say anything now. Take people out quickly and get out as much as possible." Cao Kun said immediately.

"I have to do this." Wu Peifu said gritting his teeth.

The temporary command post immediately became busy, and all the things that could not be taken away were burned. Then he hurriedly gathered all the cavalry in the guard camp, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, each of whom was about to break out in the opposite direction of the gunshot. However, before the cavalry had time to start, a shell fell coldly near the command post and suddenly exploded a group of people. The cavalry horses that had finally assembled were panicked and rushed everywhere, squeezing down Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, who had just gotten on the horse and had not sat firmly.

The guards quickly fired their guns to disperse the team, rushed into the crowd and pulled Cao Kun and Wu Peifu out, otherwise they would be trampled to death by the war horses.

The two were still in shock. Cao Kun asked the horse's hooves to step on his thigh, and his head was full of sweat and his veins burst. Everyone didn't care about so much, so they quickly ordered someone to lead the war horse and escape to a safe place as soon as possible.

But at this moment, a group of enemies had already appeared on the hillside in the northwest. Several light machine guns were on the commanding heights and shot fiercely at the command post. The cavalrymen who were holding in groups fell to the ground one by one.

Wu Peifu was shocked and shouted: "Why did they come so quickly?"

Wu Peifu didn't know that most of the Beiyang soldiers who fled to Longquan County had lost their combat effectiveness. The Fujian soldiers lying here only fired a gun and scared them twice and surrendered one after another. Not only that, even the soldiers who were willing to resist had extremely scarce weapons and ammunition. In addition, at noon during the day of the summer, they were exhausted all night, and many people were so sunburned that they were so weak that they didn't even have the strength to lift the gun.

The Fujian army rushed out of the city, and it was almost useless for a long time. Except for the city gate that encountered a garrison of the Forty Division headquarters, the subsequent advance was like entering a no-man's land.

"If you don't kill the gun, the stubborn resister will not end well!"

"If we don't surrender, we will get grenades. We are not allowed to run, we are not allowed to run!"

"Raise your hands and hold your gun down and don't kill me!"

"Mortar, mortar aim. Let's see who dares to do anything randomly!"

The soldiers of the Fujian army shouted on the hillside, but the light machine gun still did not stop firing. The entire Beiyang Army command post was in chaos. Many people simply threw down their weapons and slapped their headshots and lie on the ground.

Not long after, a team of Fujian soldiers appeared from the east and south. They received many prisoners from the rear and had to send soldiers to guard the prisoners. Therefore, when they arrived at the command post, there was no more troops. Fortunately, the entire situation was under control, and the Beiyang soldiers had no strength to resist at all.

"Don't shoot, we surrender!" someone suddenly shouted.

"We have already given up our guns, we have given up our guns! Stop shooting, stop shooting!"

Then more Beiyang soldiers raised their hands and gave up all their resistance.

When the Fujian soldiers on the hillside saw this scene, they finally stopped firing, but the black muzzle was still staring at the bottom with vigilance. Some officers sent infantry to advance slowly, ready to control the captives.

"Third brother, this battle is really cowardly!" Wu Peifu supported Cao Kun and said with a look of reluctance.

"Oh, there's nothing we can do, I've tried my best." Cao Kun sighed helplessly on his injured thigh.

The surrounding Fujian soldiers gradually narrowed the encirclement and began to scold the prisoners, squatted on the ground in a row, and sent people to find the senior officials among the prisoners, and soon found Wu Peifu and Cao Kun.

"Report your military rank and name." A Fujian company commander shouted at Wu Peifu and Cao Kun.

"Hmph, if you want to kill, kill. How can you let such a stingy guy be bullied?" Wu Peifu snorted coldly with his neck hard.

"We won't kill prisoners. You two look like high-ranking officials. If you don't answer, then I can only treat you as ordinary prisoners. Don't blame others at that time!" said the company commander of the Fujian Army with a stern face.

Wu Peifu had to refute a few more words. Cao Kun, who was beside him, waved his hand to stop him, and then said, "I am Cao Kun, the commander of Wenzhou. If you have any trouble, come to me alone. Don't make things difficult for my subordinates."

The company commander of the Fujian Army smiled and said, "It's hard to do it? Commander Cao has caused our brothers in the second division to suffer a lot, but since you are already prisoners, it's naturally not our turn to settle the debt." He turned to Wu Peifu again, "I guess this one is Wu Yushuai."

Wu Peifu was just wondering: How could a mere division commander become a "cool"?

The company commander of the Fujian Army continued: "The above specifically told me to treat the two of you properly. Commander Cao seemed to have a leg injury, so I will send someone to find a horse. I will take you to Lishui later. Our Commander-in-Chief Xu is waiting to see you."

Wu Peifu asked: "Let me ask you, how do you know the route we broke through?"

The commander of the Fujian Army smiled proudly, but pretended to be mysterious and said, "When you arrive in Lishui, go and ask us Commander-in-Chief Xu in person."
Chapter completed!