Since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, the main force of the Northern Expedition Army invaded Hunan and obtained the corresponding response from the whole country.

During the Northern Expedition, the three armies, which were the primary targets of the Northern Expedition Army, were the direct-ranking Wu Peifu, the Fengtian clan Zhang Zuolin and the independent Sun Chuanfang. After repeated comparisons of enemy-to-me strength and analysis of enemy conflicts, the Guangdong Revolutionary Government finally determined the strategic policy to concentrate troops to defeat them one by one, and the first battle target was Wu Peifu.

At that time, among these three forces, Wu Peifu was the most vicious enemy, but he was in a weak position among the Beiyang warlords. Feng Yuxiang's restraint had already caused Wu Peifu to be attacked from both sides, and internal forces were diverging.

After determining the combat target, the Northern Expedition Army divided into three groups. Ye Ting's independent regiment went to the Hunan front line as an advance force. The Northern Expedition Army was the Fourth Army, the Seventh Army and the Eighth Army as the main attack on the front. At this time, Sun Chuanfang had already been attacked by Chiang Kai-shek's counter-espionage plan. Under Liang Wenyuan's lobbying, he became a disagreement with Wu Peifu and sat on the bloody battle and refused to give any support. This kind of abandonment of his behavior was scolded by Wu Peifu, but at this time Wu Peifu could only fight to the end.

The Northern Expedition Army occupied Changsha, Pingjiang and Yueyang respectively, and quickly ended the battle in Hunan. Wu Peifu immediately led his troops to fight the Northern Expedition Army at Tingsi Bridge and He Shengqiao in Hubei. The Bloody Mountains and Rivers 125

The reason why this battle site was chosen at Tingsi Bridge is because of its special geographical location. Tingsi Bridge is located south of Xianning and is a necessary pass to Wuhan. It has mountains to the east and water on the other three sides. The terrain is very dangerous. Wu Peifu attempted to resist stubbornly with natural dangers and wait for most reinforcements from the north to launch a full counterattack. He personally went to the front line to command and sent eight big sword teams to supervise the formation. The Northern Expedition Army marched to Tingsi Bridge Town, and only an iron bridge from the Guangdong-Han Railway from west to northeast could pass. Wu Peifu gathered his firepower on the iron bridge and sealed it tightly.

Tingsi Bridge is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and it is a natural danger. Wu Peifu concentrated another 20,000 troops here, including the remaining soldiers who fled from the front line of Miluo and Yueyang in Hunan, as well as the defeated generals from Pingjiang and Tongcheng, as well as reinforcements sent by Wuhan, and other reinforcements drawn from the second line will arrive soon. Wu Peifu has great confidence in defending Tingsi Bridge.

Before the Tingsiqiao Battle officially started, the two armies had fought for one day, and the two sides were in a stalemate and the Northern Expedition Army had no progress. That night, Huang Qixiang, the commander of the 36th Regiment of the Northern Expedition Army, was approved, and the entire line was attacked at night to break through the high ground. Ye Ting sent troops to detour Gutangjiao and attacked Wu Peifu's army behind.

Wu Peifu was attacked from both sides, and the Northern Expedition Army was brave and good at fighting, and captured Tingsi Bridge overnight.

When Tingsi Bridge was lost, Wu Peifu was furious and shot the brigade commander Fang Guoxing, regiment commander Liao Dingyue and nine others, organized suicide squads to fight for a night, took advantage of the emptiness of the wings of the Northern Expedition Army, and sent troops to "spin" the side of the Northern Expedition Army while taking advantage of the fierce battle. Tang Shengzhi of the Northern Expedition Army retreated without support.

The next day, the Northern Expedition Army regrouped and restored Tingsi Bridge, but in the afternoon it was recaptured by the suicide squad organized by Ma Ji, the brigade commander of Wu Peifu. The two sides had more than ten days of war. Ye Ting's Independent Regiment suffered huge casualties. Chiang Kai-shek defeated the controversy and put the First Army of the General Reserve Team into battle, captured Tingsi Bridge, and captured hundreds of officers and more than two thousand soldiers under Wu Peifu's troops.

On the morning of July 29, Chiang Kai-shek passed by a special train and found that there were abandoned corpses everywhere in the iron bridge in the river, and the battle was extremely tragic.

After the failure of the Tingsi Bridge War, Wu Peifu still wanted to defend Hesheng Bridge. The northwest of Hesheng Bridge was low and three mountains in the southeast were guarding the side of the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, and entered the last pass of Wuchang from south to north. In order to defend Hesheng Bridge, Wu Peifu personally took the banker train to supervise the battle north of the bridge and sent a supervising team. At first, Wu Peifu used three-sided artillery fire to attack Ye Ting's independent regiment, attempting to encircle. However, with the reinforcements of the 10th Division and the 12th Division of the Northern Expedition Army, Wu Peifu lost the front and was shaken by the enemy on the back. The Dasword Team supervised the formation killed several brigade-level officers in succession but could not save the defeat.

In the end, Ye Ting's independent regiment conquered Wu Peifu's command position from the front. Wu Peifu had to take the special train to flee to Wuchang in a hurry, and his troops also retreated. The Northern Expedition Army captured Heshengqiao on the morning of the 30th.

In August 1926, the Northern Expedition Army attacked Wuchang. Wu Peifu was greatly attracted because his general Liu Zuolong had a vital momentum and appointed Liu Zuolong as the governor of Hubei Province and the commander of the defense of Hanyang. Liu Zuolong took office in Hankou. The troops stationed in defense of Hanyang and Xianghe. Wu Peifu placed his hopes on Liu Zuolong. However, in September of that year, when the Northern Expedition Army attacked Hanyang, Liu Zuolong suddenly led his troops to revolt and transferred the cannons to bombard the Wu Peifu General Headquarters in Hankou.

Wu Peifu never expected that when he tried his best to win over Liu Zuolong, the Northern Expedition Army handed over to Liu Zuolong the letter written by the Director of the Political Department of the General Command of the National Revolutionary Army. In the letter, he moved him to understand the truth with his feelings. Finally, he used the number of the first division to control the third division to win over Liu Zuolong to the command of the Northern Expedition Army. The three towns in Wuhan were successively lost. Wu Peifu was forced to abandon the city and flee north in a hurry, leading the remnants to retreat to Henan.

At the same time, Zhang Zuolin, who was a sworn brother of Wu Peifu, not only refused to save his life, but also sent troops to occupy the entire territory of Zhili to prevent Wu Peifu from entering the Zhilu area. Wu Peifu had no way to go to the north, and the Northern Expedition Army attacked the south, and Feng Yuxiang's army attacked the west. Although he claimed to have 200,000 troops under his command, after losing one after another, Wu Peifu's soldiers had already lost all their fighting spirit and had no intention of responding to the enemy, and their troops were disintegrated.

Not long after, the Fengtian army occupied Zhengzhou, and Wu Peifu had to lead his subordinates to travel west to Sichuan. Since then, Wu Peifu's political career has ended.

Wu Peifu was completely defeated in the battle, and Sun Chuanfang was in danger. However, Sun Chuanfang had no intention of greeting the enemy, and instead urged Qi Xieyuan to send troops to the enemy.

Nowadays, Qi Xieyuan, who was holding the 1st Brigade of the Second Division, had already seen Wu Peifu's fate, and suddenly felt a headache. He sat in the office and frowned. However, Zhao Jinzhong was not as worried about the war as Qi Xieyuan. Instead, he said with a relaxed look on his face: "The governor doesn't have to worry. Although it is inevitable to send troops, the governor forgot a general under his command."

Looking at Zhao Jinzhong's calm expression, Qi Xieyuan frowned and looked at Zhao Jinzhong with a squinted look, and said in confusion: "What general?"

Zhao Jinzhong suppressed his complacent voice and said, "Did the Governor forget? We still have Yang Wei, who graduated from the Virginia Military Academy."

When Qi Xieyuan heard this, he suddenly lost his face and looked at Zhao Jinzhong angrily and said, "It is not a joke to meet on the battlefield. Just how powerful can Yang Wei, a mere Hangzhou garrison commander, send troops to the enemy?"

For a long time, Qi Xieyuan has never counted Yang Wei's two brigades into his own strength. After all, among Yang Wei's two brigades, except for the regiment he was planning to disband, the rest were recruiting soldiers for Yang Wei himself. Qi Xieyuan had never paid a penny of military expenses. In his opinion, even if Yang Wei had the ability to dominate, he could not afford the troops of the two brigades. At best, he was just a wanderer scattered brave. Blood Tempered Mountains and Rivers 125

After Qi Xieyuan said this, Zhao Jinzhong waved his hands repeatedly and said, "The Governor doesn't know anything. Commander Yang is a military genius. After stationing in Hangzhou, he rectified the entire territory of Hangzhou and wiped out countless bandit gangs. His strength should not be underestimated."

Zhao Jinzhong had long been eager to send Yang Wei to the front line to relieve his hatred. Now is the best opportunity and can also show loyalty in front of Qi Xieyuan. It can be said that he can kill two birds with one stone.

Qi Xieyuan, who had no intention of sending troops, was naturally moved after hearing Zhao Jinzhong's words. However, he still had a grudge against Yang Wei and hesitated: "However, Yang Wei has not been in the army for a long time. If he were the ones who took the lead, it might not be absolutely reliable."

Qi Xieyuan was suspicious of his nature. Zhao Jinzhong had known this a long time ago, so he had already thought of a countermeasure in advance and said repeatedly: "The supervisor does not need to worry. Jinzhong had already thought of a countermeasure. Yang Wei could lead the battle and arrange for the brigade commander Zhu Guangming to lead the troops to supervise the formation. In this way, if Yang Wei was determined to surrender to the supervisor, he would fight against the enemy. If he really had a ill intention, it would be the brigade commander Zhu who supervised the formation to deal with it."
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