novelbest Chapter 387 Ignore Them
Chapter 387 Ignore Them
Although the upper echelon of Fengjun did not plan to investigate Guo Songling's rebellion, Jin Lianshan still did not intend to return to Fengjun after receiving the news.
After all, it was Lin Hongfei who took him in when he was at his lowest.
Besides, he also agreed to stay in Jiangbei and help Lin Hongfei prepare for the establishment of the military academy.
Once you have made a promise, you must fulfill it.
Jin Lianshan would not do such a thing without keeping his word.
The four confidants Lin Hongfei sent to Fengtian also brought Jin Lianshan's family back to Jiangbei from Fengtian with the help of Ma Yuechuan.
Although we are far away from our homeland, as long as the family can be together, wherever we are is our homeland.
However, when Jin Lianshan's family members left Fengtian, Ma Yuechuan said very sadly:
"When I was in the military academy, I had the best relationship with Hongfei, Lianshan and Yongquan."
"After graduation, Lian Shan and I went back to Fengtian, and Hong Fei and Yongquan went to Jiangbei."
"Now, all three of them have gone to Jiangbei, leaving me here alone in Fengtian."
"My three best friends are far away from me!"
"It will be very difficult to see each other in the future!"
Sadness is sad, but this is the way in the world, those unsatisfactory things will always happen to me.
You have to feel the impermanence and cruelty of fate.
. . . . . .
"Big guy!"
"Letters from Guangdong and Guangxi."
"They have formed the Northern Expeditionary Army and are ready to go northward to attack Yushuai, Sun Chuanfang, and Fengjun at any time."
"Guangdong and Guangxi request us to join forces with the Northern Expedition to attack these three forces." Li Kui, the adjutant, put a letter on Lin Hongfei's desk.
Lin Hongfei flipped through the letter, nodded and said: "The world has changed, and these older generations should also retire to the countryside and have a good rest."
"Tell Guangdong and Guangxi that the Shaoling Army will launch an attack on Anhui Province under Sun Chuanfang's control."
"Let them cooperate well!"
Li Kui nodded, and just as he was about to leave, he turned around and asked, "Commander, what should I do with Commander Yu?"
"Guangdong and Guangxi have also listed Yushuai as a target of attack this time."
Lin Hongfei leaned on the back of his chair, lit a cigarette and said, "I will not meet Yushuai's swordsman."
"If Guangdong and Guangxi want to fight Yushuai, they have to do it on their own. Don't even think about dragging me over to help."
"Yes!" Li Kui understood and left quickly.
Soon, one after another military orders were passed on to all departments of the Shanling Army.
With the end of the pre-war mobilization, more than [-] soldiers of the Shanling Army entered Henan Province from western Henan, joined with more than [-] local Henan garrison troops, and were ready to attack Sun Chuanfang's troops in Anhui Province at any time.
At the same time, Sun Chuanfang, who was the Southeast King, naturally noticed the strange movements of the Shaanling Army. He couldn't help but curse:
"This Lin Hongfei, fortunately, he is also from our old Beiyang, and he beat our own people together with Guangdong and Guangxi!"
"How did Wu Ziyu educate him? He actually taught him such a wolf!"
"If it were me, Wu Ziyu, I would have held a Hongmen Banquet and shot Lin Hongfei to death!"
Of course, Sun Chuanfang was not just boasting. He had indeed killed Shi Congbin, a general from the old Beiyang family.
The key is not just a simple shooting, but killing someone and then cutting off their heads to show the public.
This is somewhat excessive.
Therefore, as soon as this incident came out, many old Beiyang people scolded Sun Chuanfang for being unruly, and Shi Congbin surrendered, why are you shooting him!
If you die, you will be killed, and you beheaded to show the public!
When will Old Beiyang be able to do things like this!
So careless!
However, after careful investigation, someone discovered that it was not completely unreasonable for Sun Chuanfang to kill Shi Congbin in such a way.
It is said that when Shi Congbin was fighting Sun Chuanfang, his White Russian army captured many prisoners of Sun Chuanfang's troops.
Then, Shi Congbin asked the White Russian army to tie the prisoners to trees and torture them one by one.
It is said that there were not many soldiers under Shi Congbin's command at that time, and he was in urgent need of Zhang Zongchang's support.
In order to deter Sun Chuanfang's offensive momentum, he figured out such a cruel method.
Fortunately, Sun Chuanfang, the commander-in-chief of the five provinces, had good command and was able to defeat Shi Congbin and the White Russian army under his command.
When Shi Congbin led the team to retreat, in order to get away from Sun Chuanfang's pursuing troops as soon as possible, he actually ordered the armored convoy to rush directly to the railway bridge.
Regardless of the fact that it was crowded with fleeing Fengjun soldiers, the armored vehicle drove past in a daze.
This move directly caused a large number of soldiers of the Feng army on the railway bridge to be killed by a car, run over, or fall into the river and drown.
However, after such a big battle, Shi Congbin still couldn't escape, and was finally captured by Commander Sun.
Angry at Shi Congbin's murder of prisoners, Sun Lianjun lost his mind and ordered Shi Congbin to be executed and beheaded to relieve the resentment in his heart.
Therefore, after Sun Lianjun failed, he went to the Northeast to join Fengjun. Fengjun did not make things difficult for him, because everyone knew that Sun Chuanfang's execution of Shi Congbin was indeed for a reason.
Whoever it was, probably wouldn't have been able to bear it at that time.
The Shaanling Army's march was not slow. It didn't take long for them to set up a position at the junction of Henan Province and Anhui Province, and made a gesture of attacking southward at any time.
Sun Lianshuai was naturally not polite, not only transferred part of the main force to the defense line of Anhui Province, but also sent troops to gather in the outskirts of Shanghai, preparing to attack this rich place!
For a time, the flames of war ignited again.
It stands to reason that the Shanling Army is going to fight Sun Lianshuai, and Feng Jun, who is Sun Lianshuai's ally, will also come to help.
However, Feng Jun has no time to take care of others at this time.
Because Feng Huanzhang, who controls the northwest area, has organized a confrontation between the Northwest Army and the Feng Army.
And Wu Ziyu in the Lianghu area also faced the Northern Expeditionary Army head-on.
The whole country is about to become a mess!
No one knows who fired the first shot in this chaotic battle.
But as if there was a silent horn, all parties launched a battle almost at the same time!
Shanghai Stock Exchange
As the key target of Commander Sun's attack, he assembled a total of 6 troops and launched an attack on the Shaanling Army, which had only more than [-] troops.
[-] vs. [-], it seems that Sun Lianhuai has the advantage.
But when it comes to fighting, things don't seem to be the case.
As the place where Lin Hongfei mainly operates, the defense system of the Shanghai Stock Exchange has a large number of strong reinforced concrete fortifications.
With such a solid offensive, the five-province coalition suddenly looked like a beast gnawing at a hedgehog, not knowing where to start.
They were so angry that the soldiers of the five-province coalition forces always loudly insulted the Shaanling Army in front of the battle line, calling them bastards who huddled in their shells. They were men and they should just come out and fight with the men!
And the army stationed in Shanghai and Shanling is also quite a thief. I just don't fight your five-provincial coalition forces head-on, but just hide in this bastard shell.
If your Allied Forces of Five Provinces are men, then charge up with machine guns and artillery!
It was not that Sun Chuanfang had never thought of launching an attack from the waterway, but the Shaanling Army was even more ruthless. Lin Hongfei had a foreign company. Although the foreigner Wayne was ostensibly in charge, the actual controlling shareholder was Lin Hongfei.
But no matter what, the merchant ships of foreign companies fly foreign flags.
Guo Lang and Wu Qishan, who were in charge of Shanghai, directly ordered more than a dozen merchant ships to hang foreign flags along the Yangtze River.
If you can, fight!
Although this move was insidious and indiscriminate, Guo Lang had no choice but to do it.
Apart from the troops stationed at various fortifications, the 6000 soldiers he had at his disposal only had more than [-] mobile troops.
Two of the three armored gunboats previously stationed in Shanghai have returned to Jiangbei for maintenance and overhaul.
It is difficult for the only remaining armored gunboat to defend the entire river.
If the coalition forces from the five provinces are really allowed to fight along the waterway, it will be difficult for Guo Lang to guarantee that he can defend Shanghai.
Therefore, in the face of such a bad move, Sun Chuanfang could only scold Lin Hongfei who is a bitch, and then find another way!
In Anhui Province, the Shanling Army's offensive went relatively smoothly!
The Shaoling Army, which had been resting for a long time, immediately burst out with sufficient combat effectiveness after entering the battle.
Especially relying on the cooperation of the air force and the tank convoy, the army's offensive momentum has been very strong.
This forced Sun Chuanfang to transfer part of the troops besieging the Shanghai Stock Exchange to support the coalition troops stationed in Anhui Province.
As a result, Guo Lang and Wu Qishan, who were stationed in the Shanghai stock market, suddenly felt the pressure doubled!
Maybe it’s picking up a soft persimmon and pinching it, it’s a common trait among human beings.
When the Northern Expeditionary Army, which was waiting for an opportunity to attack Wu Ziyu, found that Sun Chuanfang's side was not in good shape, they immediately changed the target of their attack.
First, Wu Ziyu left the troops to contain the two lakes, and then the army went straight to Fujian Province, stabbing the back court of the coalition forces of the five provinces.
At this time, the Allied Forces of the Five Provinces was facing enemies on three sides, Lin Hongfei's Shanling Army to the north and east, and the main force of the Northern Expedition to the south.
Faced with this situation, even Sun Lianshuai, a giant in the later period of Beiyang, could not resist such a siege.
And he also became the first to fall among the last Big Three in Beiyang!
When the Shanling Army entered Anhui Province and the troops stationed in Shanghai invaded Jiangsu Province, the Northern Expedition Army captured Fujian Province, Zhejiang Province, and Jiangxi Province one after another.
Sun Lianshuai had already packed his luggage and boarded the ship from Shanghai.
And the Shanling Army stationed in Shanghai did not stop them. A warlord who has lost his territory is nothing more than a warlord who has lost his territory.
Besides, Lin Hongfei still remembered the rules of Old Beiyang, and he had no old or new grudges with Commander Sun, so naturally he wouldn't be embarrassed.
Therefore, when Sun Lianshuai boarded the passenger ship bound for Jinmen, it was still a few Shanling soldiers who helped him carry the luggage.
This made Sun Lianjun couldn't help but sigh: "Hongfei is still from our old Beiyang. If it were replaced by the Northern Expeditionary Army, I would not be able to get rid of me!"
"I really have to thank Hongfei for letting me live!"
Did you see that he had to thank Lin Hongfei for taking away Commander Sun's territory?
But thank you, Commander Sun has no intention of leaving the field and going into seclusion.
He went to Jinmen because he wanted to take refuge in Fengjun, and then rely on Fengjun's strength to regain his territory.
It's a pity that Fengjun is also facing an extremely severe situation now, not to mention helping Sun Lianshuai regain the territory, they themselves feel that the current situation is a little out of control!
However, the old commander of the Fengjun did not treat Sun Lianshuai harshly. The old commander recently reorganized the Fengjun and renamed it the Anguo Army, and he himself became the commander-in-chief of the Anguo Army.
He appointed Sun Lianshuai and Zhang Zongchang as deputy commander-in-chief respectively.
It's just that Sun Lianshuai's deputy commander-in-chief is a bit of a figurehead. He has no soldiers under him, and the Fengjun soldiers don't listen to him.
Sun Lianshuai can only bear the title of deputy commander-in-chief, doing nothing every day, and has nothing to do with his official duties.
With Commander-in-Chief Sun stepping down and losing power, the Northern Expeditionary Army again aimed at Wu Ziyu, who was entrenched in the Lianghu area.
Because the last time they joined forces with the Shaoling Army to attack the five-province coalition, the battle went very smoothly.
Therefore, this time when fighting Wu Ziyu, the Northern Expeditionary Army had been rejected by Lin Hongfei before, but they still had Lin Hongfei's idea!
In Jiangbei, Lin Hongfei once again received a letter from the Northern Expeditionary Army.
"Commander, the Northern Expeditionary Army wants us to cross the river and attack Hubei Province, and attack Commander Yu together with them."
"How do you reply to them?"
Li Kui took a letter he had just received and said to Lin Hongfei.
Lin Hongfei didn't even read the letter, and said:
"Didn't I tell you!"
"Fighting the Allied Forces of Five Provinces, I can contribute my strength."
"It's impossible to hit Yushuai!"
"If they want to capture the two lakes, they should rely on their own abilities."
"I will never get involved in this matter again!"
"What about the call back?" Li Kui asked.
Lin Hongfei was too lazy to coddle them and said bluntly:
"Return the call, don't talk to them!"
"From now on, if they send letters or telegrams about this matter, they will treat it as if they didn't see it!"
Li Kui nodded and stopped talking about it.
Immediately afterwards, he submitted a telegram jointly sent by Guo Lang, Wu Qishan and others to Lin Hongfei.
"Commander, the front line is reporting that our army has taken control of Anhui Province and Jiangsu Province, and is now clearing out the remaining forces of the coalition forces in the five provinces."
"At present, our army has captured more than 4 coalition soldiers. Envoy Guo Hujun would like to ask you, how to deal with these prisoners?"
There are more than 4 prisoners who can shoot and dare to kill. This is a somewhat difficult problem.
If not handled well, it can easily cause local chaos.
After Lin Hongfei pondered for a moment, he said: "Let's let Guo Lang check the age, physical condition, position, etc. of the prisoners."
"The third-level officers of the division, brigade and regiment, as well as ordinary soldiers over the age of 40, will be repatriated."
"These ordinary soldiers are too old to let them fight anymore."
"As for those division, brigade and regiment officers, please stop occupying the latrine."
"With such a high military position, I can't arrange my own people, so why let some defeated generals stand there?"
"Oh, by the way, when releasing prisoners of division, brigade and regimental officers, don't make things difficult for them, and don't search their luggage or take the opportunity to rob them of their property."
"Give them some kindness!"
"As for the remaining people, let Guo Lang take care of the arrangements."
"Whatever can be reorganized will be reorganized."
"If you find that there are those who have a lot of grievances on weekdays and everyone shouts to beat them, then don't be merciful, just shoot them!"
"Our Shanling Army doesn't want such pickled stuff!"
Li Kui nodded: "Yes, I will go and generate electricity for Guo Hujun!"