After Tieliang led his troops back to Hunan Province, he immediately rushed back to Changsha to meet Liangbi and Yinchang and negotiated countermeasures together. Because this was Pu Wei's first battle after he became emperor and founded Deyou in Yuan Dynasty. It not only was the Deyou court's establishment of its prestige and the process of unifying the south, but it was somewhat a little bit arrogant with Britain, France and other countries. If this battle was not fought well, it would not only be impossible to unify the south, but also had a significant negative impact on the Deyou court's prestige. In the face of Britain, France and other countries, it would be completely unfavorable.

On the other hand, after the establishment of the Deyou court, the number of royal family members who defected to him increased, and they began to form cliques, form friends and fight for power and profit. However, the military and political power of the Deyou court was still controlled by the elderly, including Shanqi, Zaixun, Pulun, Yulang, Tieliang, Liangbi, Yinchang, etc. who had evacuated Beijing with Pu Wei. This also caused dissatisfaction among new members, believing that these elderly people were just following Pu Wei early to gain power, but they were truly talented and had no contribution, but occupied a high position and blocked their own path to promotion.

Shanqi, Zaixun, Pulun, Yulang, Tieliang, Liangbi, Yinchang and others naturally couldn't stand these new entry. At that time, they fled Beijing with Pu Wei, and arrived in Xi'an after going through a round trip, and supported Pu Wei to proclaim himself emperor. Then they went south to Sichuan. It can be said that they were sharing the joys and sorrows all the way. Now they have finally had some foundation, but what are you who joined in the middle? Do you want to pick peaches just by reaching out?

In fact, this is also a very normal thing. After all, the Deyou court now has a certain scale, so the distribution of power and interests will naturally trigger struggles among some people, and internal conflicts will naturally arise. However, the old man has preconceived ideas and has gained Pu Wei's trust, so the new entry cannot threaten the old man for the time being.

However, during this war, Tieliang, Liangbi, Yinchang and others also knew that newcomers were staring at them. If they were not good, they would be very passive. Of course, before sending troops, these people were full of confidence, believing that this battle would be inevitable and that the newcomers would shut up. But now, as soon as the battle started, they were blocked in Xiushui County, and the three of them naturally knew the seriousness of the current situation.

After listening to Tieliang's introduction to the battle situation, Liangbi and Yinchang also felt a little headache, because according to Tieliang, Yuan's army was well prepared, the fortifications built were very neat, and the firepower was dense. Because the artillery's firepower was quite rapid, and there were a large number of melee artillery artillery, which was indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack.

At this time, several people realized that fighting was not an easy task. It seemed that war had been simple before. But just when a few people were at a loss, Pu Wei sent a telephone to interrogate the progress of the war.

Although the unfavorable war in the attack on Xiushui County was not passed to Pu Wei, the sect had no results for four or five days. Pu Wei, Shanqi and other people who were left in Sichuan were also a little impatient. No news often means no good things. After all, Pu Wei, Shanqi and others were all from the Qing court and understood the principle of reporting good news but not bad news in the officialdom. Although Pu Wei still trusted the elderly such as Shanzhe, the newcomer also brought him considerable pressure.

For Tieliang, Yinchang and others, they were quite dissatisfied with the attitude of newcomers and were very repulsive. But now Pu Wei is the emperor, and his position and perspective are different from others. He is also very dissatisfied with newcomers, but he cannot be rejected. He must try his best to unite them. After all, there are not many people who can use them now.

If this battle is well fought, it can prove that Pu Wei valued the old man and can also block the new incoming words. On the contrary, Pu Wei is in a very difficult situation and must give new incoming more opportunities, thus squeezing the old man's space. Therefore, sending telegrams to the front line is also a reminder to Tieliang and others that this war is of great importance and should not be played by.

The war is already unfavorable. After receiving Pu Wei's telegram, Tieliang, Liangbi and Yinchang felt very stressed. After some discussion, the three of them sent a telegram to Pu Wei first, claiming that on the first day of the war, they won a great victory with Yuan Ni's army outside Xiushui County, beheaded more than 2,000 levels. Yuan Ni's army retreated more than 10 miles and defended the county town to death, and did not dare to fight. On the 3rd day of the fierce attack, there were many gaps in Xiushui County. When the city was about to be broken, Yuan Ni launched a large-scale increase in his army and defended Xiushui County town to death. Therefore, the war was temporarily stalemate.

Of course, the good news can be sent back to deal with it like this, but it is no longer possible to break through Xiushui County. Therefore, the three decided to launch an attack on the middle and South Road, hoping to open the situation on the middle and South Road. On the one hand, we can also explain to Pu Wei. On the other hand, if we open the situation on the middle and South Road, we can also mobilize the defenders of Xiushui County. It turned out that the middle and South Road were originally planned to launch an attack after the North Road was opened to expand the results. Now the attack on the North Road is blocked, and the Middle and South Road have to undertake more tasks.

So Liangbi ordered the commander Huaiqing, the commander of the middle lane, and the commander of the south lane, Yonggui, to immediately launch an attack on their respective targets.

This time it was indeed much smoother. First, in the middle road, Huaiqing commanded the Deyou army to launch an attack on Yichun County under Yuanzhou Prefecture. The Yuan army guarding the county just resisted a little and immediately retreated from Yichun. The Deyou army easily occupied Yichun County. After easily taking Yichun County, Huaiqing, whose troops were basically not damaged, continued to advance eastward and attack Fenyi County. Yuan's army's resistance in Fenyi County was not strong, and in less than a day, the Deyou army captured Fenyi County. The entire Yuanzhou Prefecture was basically captured by Deyou army.

On the southern road, Yonggui, the chief general of the Deyou Army, also commanded the army to attack Yongxing County under the jurisdiction of Ji'an Prefecture. Here, the Deyou Army was also stubbornly resisted by the Yuan army. The battle lasted for three days and the battle was very fierce. The Deyou Army repeatedly broke through the positions of Yuan army, but was recaptured by the Yuan army. One of the positions changed hands three times. However, on the third day of the battle, the Yuan army finally couldn't support it and gradually gave up the outer positions of Yongxing County. After capturing all the outer positions, the Deyou Army repaired for a day, and then launched an attack on Yongxing County. The Yuan army resisted for one day, but still resisted the offensive against the Deyou Army, abandoned the city and fled. The Deyou Army captured Yongxing County.

The success of the attack on the middle and south roads also made Liangbi and Yinchangjun relieved and hurriedly reported the victory to Pu Wei. At the same time, he launched an attack on Xiushui County again on the northern road, hoping to take advantage of the victory of Zhong and the southern two roads to win Xiushui County in one fell swoop.

However, Yuan's defense in Xiushui County was still impeccable. No matter how Deyou's army attacked, it could not break through the defense line composed of dense firepower of Yuan's army. In the past two days of attack, more than 1,500 casualties were injured and killed.

At this time, the main general Tie Liang was also under great pressure. After all, Tie Liang was recognized as the best-knowing soldier among the royal family. In terms of official positions and qualifications, he was far better than the main general Huaiqing in the middle and Yonggui in the south. However, now the attacks of the central and southern routes have achieved results, but he still has not obtained any land on his side, so Tie Liang is naturally very anxious.

So Tieliang issued a death order to the entire army. In the next battle, there must be some breakthroughs. He set up a heavy reward. The soldiers who were the first to break through the Yuan army's position were rewarded with 100 taels of silver and promoted to third level, and the officers were rewarded with 100 taels of silver and promoted to second level. At the same time, they also arranged a supervision team. Those who retreated without orders would be killed on the spot.

So the next day, Deyou's army launched a crazy attack on the positions in Xiushui County, regardless of life and death. At the same time, the artillery counterattacked regardless of Yuan's artillery fire, providing firepower support to the attacking army. Of course, the supervision team was merciless to the soldiers who retreated fearlessly and retreated, and shot nearly a hundred soldiers who escaped on the spot.

Under the threat of the supervision team, the soldiers of the Deyou Army could only risk the intensive firepower of the Yuan army to attack and fight to the death. As a result, nearly 5,000 casualties were killed and killed in one day, and only two positions were captured in the end. However, at night, Duan Qirui commanded the Yuan army to launch a counterattack at night and actually regained another position.

Faced with such a situation, Tieliang had no choice but to capture one position, which was not enough to shake Xiushui County's defensive system. His casualties along the way were too great. If he continued to attack, in addition to increasing casualties, he basically had no hope of breaking through the defense line of Xiushui County. Therefore, Tieliang had to order to stop the attack again, withdraw his troops, and wait for the other two groups to continue to make breakthroughs.

Of course, after conquering Yuanzhou Prefecture and Yongxing County, Pu Wei and Shanqi were relieved. After all, from the situation, the situation in the Deyou Army is also good now. Two of the three fronts have achieved good results. Such results are also considered good, so I didn't care about Tieliang's dilemma for the time being.

At this time, Yuan Shikai led the first town, and the second town entered Nanchang Prefecture and took charge of the command. He left Xu Shichang, Zhao Bingjun and Wang Shizhen to guard Nanjing.

In fact, the progress of the war has made Yuan Shikai very satisfied. Although he lost Yuanzhou Prefecture in the middle and Yongxing County in the south, this is also in Yuan Shikai's plan, because the two routes are relatively in a direction. Even if some places are lost, the overall situation is not heard. It is originally planned to give up temporarily. Only the North Road is in great importance. After all, Xiushui County is the gateway to Nanchang Prefecture, which is the place that must be defended, and Guan Jian, which is related to the success or failure of this battle.

Duan Qirui did not disappoint Yuan Shikai's trust. He was in charge of Xiushui County, firmly resisted the attack of Deyou's army, and successfully defended Xiushui County, which also allowed Yuan Shikai's plan to continue to be implemented. At the same time, it proved that Yuan Shikai did not misunderstand Duan Qirui. After being hidden in the Beiyang tiger for several years, it still had a tiger's power.

It is precisely because the first stage of the battle was basically carried out according to Yuan Shikai's plan that Yuan Shikai led the first town and the second town to Nanchang Prefecture to prepare for the next stage of the battle.
Chapter completed!