Of course Duan Qirui didn't know that he was actually at the forefront of the storm now. If he was not careful, he would be crushed to pieces. Instead, he planned to attack Guide Mansion with a careful plan to quell the Henan bandits and make achievements. This was not only to repay the court's kindness, but also to confirm his Henan governor.

Although he was strongly blocked by the Volunteer Army when attacking Daming Mansion and attracted Duan Qirui's attention, it could not stop Duan Qirui's advance. After all, since Duan Qirui sent troops, he had been smooth sailing most of the time, but he suffered a little setback in Daming Mansion. Moreover, the Volunteer Army finally took the initiative to withdraw his troops, because Duan Qirui believed that the battle in Daming Mansion was probably the limit of the brave bandits. Although he would not win in one battle, Duan Qirui believed that if he persisted for a long time, he could still win.

However, Duan Qirui is a person who understands military skills and cannot rule out that the brave bandits were deliberately luring the enemy into depth. Moreover, since the progress of the other three Qing troops was basically difficult, he now seems to be a little lonely and deep into the road, which is the biggest difficulty he is facing at present.

So Duan Qirui immediately wrote a letter to Tieliang and Liangbi, asking Tieliang to rely on him as soon as possible and follow him up. One is to protect his flanks; the other is to increase the troops to attack Guide Mansion. After all, relying solely on his own army, the troops were indeed a bit weak. In addition, Tieliang was also asked. Liangbi ordered Wu Fengling, the four towns of Beiyang sent troops from Luoyang, to march immediately and restrain the forces of the Volunteer Army.

Duan Qirui's idea was also very simple. Tieliang and Liangbi's army were the closest army to Duan Qirui's army, and the strength was also the strongest. There were two towns with a total strength of nearly 60,000. Therefore, if Tieliang and Liangbi's army leaned against him and followed him, it would indeed greatly increase the strength to attack Guide Prefecture. Of course, Tieliang and Liangbi were the chief general of the Qing army who fought this time. Although Duan Qirui was the chief general of the army, he was also a subordinate of Tieliang and Liangbi. Therefore, Duan Qirui made a request to the chief general and even guided the chief general's actions, which was indeed inappropriate.

However, Duan Qirui believes that there is no need to stick to these minor matters at this time, and it is common for the general to suggest suggestions to the general as a general. Moreover, from the general trend of the battlefield, there is nothing wrong with making such a plan, not to mention that Tie Liang, as the general, has also made contributions. In addition, Duan Qirui subconsciously believes that he is a governor of a province, and whether it is an official position or a status, he can be on par with Tie Liang and Liang Bi, and it is no big deal to write a letter to them.

After receiving Duan Qirui's letter, Tieliang slapped the table and cursed on the spot: "What's Duan Qirui? This time he was lucky to win several battles. He was so kind to the court that he was a governor of Henan. He was so proud that he really thought he was a first-rank official. He didn't even take us seriously. He even dared to point fingers at me. Is he the main general or I the main general? If he has the ability, he will recover Guide Mansion by himself and ask us to rely on him for whatever he wants us to do."

Liangbi also said angrily: "Yes, Duan Qirui is just a lackey under Yuan Shikai's disciple. He relied on Yuan Shikai's support to become the commander. He was smoking from the ancestral tomb. The court was also unreasonable. He only won a few battles, so he named him the governor, added a third-class viscount, and gave him a yellow jacket. It would be better for us to give up a memorial and quit the job, retire and return home, and let him Duan Qirui do this job."

It turned out that before going to the battle, Tieliang and Liangbi had great expectations for themselves, intending to make their mark in this battle, and from then on, they would be proud of the people.

After sending troops, he realized that the war was not as easy as he thought. For more than 10 days, although he did not lose his troops, he had not made any achievements and made a difficult step. Of course, it would be fine if it was the other armies, but Duan Qirui's troops advanced rapidly and recaptured the five prefectures in Hebei in succession. This contribution was not very great. In contrast, both of them were naturally blind as the chief generals of the entire army.

Of course, it would be fine if it was just like this. Bi Jing Duan Qirui made a contribution. As the chief general of the entire army, they also made contributions. However, the Qing court appointed Duan Qirui as the acting governor of Henan, and was given the title of Batulu, and also awarded a yellow jacket. Later, he was granted a third-class viscount, but the two of them stopped doing it. The governor was a chief official of the border. The two had long been jealous of this position, and they actually gave Duan Qirui so easily. None of them could get one of Batulu and yellow jackets. Duan Qirui got it so easily, and they were naturally unbalanced.

In fact, to be fair, although Duan Qirui's reward was indeed a bit too much, after all, among the four Qing troops, he was the only one who made meritorious service in this journey. Now the governor of Henan is also a false position. The other Batulu and yellow jackets are just honorary titles. It is reasonable to say from the perspective of motivating the army. However, after the mentality is unbalanced, Tieliang and Liangbi looked at the problem naturally with different perspectives. Of course, they did not admit that Duan Qirui's military ability was stronger than himself, but believed that Duan Qirui was able to make meritorious service, but he was lucky because the main force of the Volunteer Army was used to prevent him along the way. Therefore, Duan Qirui faced the Volunteer Army weaker, which made Duan Qirui pick up a little easier. If it were his own, he could still win the battle, and he would be more beautiful than Duan Qirui.

Now Duan Qirui asked Tieliang and Liangbi's troops to lean on him, protect his flanks, and assist him in attacking Guide Mansion. From a military perspective, such an arrangement is understandable. Moreover, if the Guide Mansion is really defeated, although the first contribution is Duan Qirui, Tieliang and Liangbi, as the chief general of the entire army, participated in the battle, would naturally make a contribution. They could also be explained in the court. Moreover, both of them were mankind, and their careers in the future would be smooth.

Unfortunately, Tieliang and Liangbi are now confused by jealousy and have lost their normal judgment. At this time, they only wanted to destroy Duan Qirui's platform, but did not expect other interests. Therefore, after the two discussed, they ordered Wang Yingkai's troops in the second town of Beiyang to move to Lu'an Prefecture, and they led their troops back to Qinzhou. Not only did they not lean towards Duan Qirui's troops, but they set a distance and created a larger gap, and then waited to see Duan Qirui's jokes.

At this time, Duan Qirui's troops were stationed in Changyuan County, at the southern end of Daming Prefecture, waiting for Tieliang. Liangbi's troops came to him and then concentrated their troops to attack Guide Prefecture. After waiting for three days, Tieliang and Liangbi not only did not send troops to cover him, but also moved to Lu'an Prefecture, which also widened the distance between him and himself.

At this moment, the Volunteer Army also launched rapidly, concentrating the forces of three divisions and two regiments, totaling about 40,000 people, surrounding Duan Qirui's troops.

In fact, the arrangement of the Volunteer Army began three days ago. When the Volunteer Army gave up Daming Prefecture, it had already made plans to encircle the junction of Daming Prefecture and Henan Province and completely wiped out Duan Qirui's troops. The 2nd Division of the Volunteer Army borrowed from Shandong and circled behind Duan Qirui's troops; the 1st Division of the Volunteer Army had just moved to Duan Qirui's troops to the west, cutting off the route of Tieliang and Liangbi's troops to reinforce Duan Qirui's troops, and the 3rd Division and the two regiments were responsible for surrounding Duan Qirui's front and east, and also brought the only artillery regiment of the Volunteer Army and the six 125mm field artillery that the East China government supported the river and lake bases to the battlefield.

The battle to encircle and annihilate Duan Qirui's army should have begun yesterday, but Tieliang and Liangbi's army retreated, widening the distance from Duan Qirui's army, giving the Volunteer Army more time and more preparation, so they delayed the attack for two days. Moreover, after receiving the order from the East China Government Military Working Group to completely annihilate Duan Qirui's army, Li Wenfei, also set up the command center near the battlefield and personally took charge of the front line.

After the arrangement of the volunteer army was reported to Duan Qirui by the Qing army's scouts, Duan Qirui was not only shocked, but also a little confused, because he was already full of confidence and was just waiting to make achievements. Now he suddenly reversed the situation and was facing the dangerous situation of annihilation of the entire army. Such a huge contrast occurred in just a few days, which also made Duan Qirui have an unreal dream.

However, Duan Qirui still has to face reality after all. All this is not a dream, but a fact that happened. Therefore, he must cheer up and come up with a solution to it quickly, otherwise he may really die here.

Duan Qirui now has only two choices, one is to break through immediately; the other is to stick to wait for assistance. But both choices are in great danger, unless there is a support army when breaking through, and defending is a reinforcement that needs to be rescued. But now he goes there to find reinforcements? Looking for Tieliang and Liangbi to rescue? Isn’t he just being hurt by Tieliang and Liangbi? If they rush their troops to lean towards him, then he will be surrounded by the volunteer army? These two people are really hateful.

However, what Duan Qirui was a little confused was that what would be the benefit of Tieliang and Liangbi doing this? Is it difficult for them to suppress the bandits in Henan? If they failed all the way, then this expedition and suppression would basically fail. Tieliang and Liangbi, as the commander of this expedition and suppression, naturally had no choice but to do so. Do they not know this truth?

At this moment, Duan Qirui suddenly remembered two letters Yuan Shikai gave him. In the first letter, there was: Besides, three roads were blocked, and Brother Wu won all the way, which was not a good result; in the second letter, there was: The wood was fascinated by the forest, and the wind would destroy it. It seemed that Yuan Shikai had already confirmed the ending, but at that time he was thinking about how to put the governor of Henan into practice, so he didn't care much at all.
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