After reading Wang Shizhen's telegram, Yuan Shikai was also very relieved. Wang Shizhen did not disappoint himself. It was originally a very dangerous situation, but Wang Shizhen's arrangements were very likely to turn the situation around.

So Yuan Shikai was no longer anxious and immediately ordered the entire army to be divided into two groups, covering each other in turn, and retreating slowly. At the same time, he ordered Feng Guozhang not to attack Hengyang Prefecture and withdraw his troops to defend Chenzhou and Chalingzhou and other places. At the same time, he also asked Feng Guozhang to be careful when retreating and not be impatient.

Sure enough, the Yuan army slowly retreated like this. Seeing that Deyou's army was impeccable, they did not chase him. Therefore, Yuan Shikai led his troops to retreat to Xiushui County. After a little repair, two troops from the army were left to Xiushui County, and then led the troops of the two towns to leave Xiushui County and drove him to Ji'an Prefecture. At the same time, Yuan Shikai also brought Duan Qirui with him and asked him to serve as a marching staff officer. This was because of the previous war. Duan Qirui's performance in guarding Xiushui County was very eye-catching. Moreover, after the battle of Fengcheng County, Duan Qirui suggested to Yuan Shikai many times to take Changsha quickly. Although Yuan Shikai did not adopt it, he also remembered it in his heart that the strength of this Beiyang tiger was indeed not underestimated. So this time, Yuan Shikai also brought Duan Qirui with him to rescue Ganzhou Prefecture.

Duan Qirui naturally knew the significance of Yuan Shikai's order and said that he had finally returned to the core of Yuan Shikai's group. Of course, Yuan Shikai was naturally very grateful to reuse himself in this way without grudges.

When the army arrived at Ji'an Prefecture, Yuan Shikai received a report that not only was Ganzhou Prefecture lost, but even Nan'an Prefecture was occupied by the Fengde Army. Although he had been prepared for this, Yuan Shikai was still a little confused. At this time, Duan Qirui suggested to Yuan Shikai that Wang Shizhen's troops must have arrived at Jianchang Prefecture at this time. Therefore, as long as Yuan Shikai's army dragged the Fengde Army here, he would just wait for Wang Shizhen to recover Jianchang Prefecture and win a complete victory.

Sure enough, as soon as Duan Qirui finished speaking, Wang Shizhen's telegram came, and the content was similar to Duan Qirui. As long as Yuan Shikai held the Feng German army here, Wang Shizhen would definitely be able to recover Jianchang Prefecture for up to 10 days.

So Yuan Shikai ordered the army to enter Wan'an and Longquan counties in Ji'an Prefecture, and sent an assistant to attack Xingguo County in Ganzhou Prefecture. Here we met a brigade of Fengde Army. The two sides fought fiercely near Xingguo County. As a result, when the battle was stalemate, the Japanese brigade of Fengde Army suddenly joined the war and quickly broke through the two positions of Yuan's army with fierce firepower and skillful tactics, causing the battlefield to tilt towards Fengde Army. The other Fengde Army troops from all walks of life were also greatly boosted. Under the command of Japanese officers, they launched a fierce attack on Yuan's army. Yuan's army could not resist and retreated backwards and retreated to Wan'an County.

The Fengde army took advantage of the victory and concentrated the forces of a division and a brigade to attack Wan'an County.

At this time, Yuan Shikai was in Wan'an County, and there was a town stationed in the army. The assistant who attacked Xingguo County was sent out from this town. However, he was defeated by the Fengde army and suffered more than 2,500 casualties, and about 2/3 of the troops were still in danger.

Seeing that the Fengde Army was approaching, Yuan Shikai was also a little impatient. After all, the opponent's troops were almost twice as powerful as his, so he planned to order Longquan County to transfer the garrison from Longquan County to support and strengthen his strength.

However, Duan Qirui also suggested to Yuan Shikai that there was no need to rush to mobilize troops from Longquan County. With the existing troops in Wan'an County, it could also defend for a while. When the Fengde army could not capture for a long time and the veterans were exhausted, they would mobilize the army of Longquan County and could also transfer another one from Binzhou to defeat the Fengde army. Moreover, Wang Shizhen should have recovered Jianchang Prefecture at that time. Therefore, Yuan Shikai was not only expected to win a great victory, but also took advantage of the situation to attack Fujian and seize the place in Fujian. Of course, Duan Qirui finally suggested that Yuan Shikai go to Longquan County to stay in charge and leave himself to command the battle in Wan'an County.

After hearing this, Yuan Shikai also thought Duan Qirui's suggestion was very reasonable, so he decided to adopt Duan Qirui's suggestion, not to mobilize troops from Longquan County, but rely on existing forces to guard Wan'an County, and also ordered to Binzhou to transfer a partner to support him. However, Yuan Shikai did not obey Duan Qirui's arrangements and went to Longquan County to stay in Longquan County, but stayed in Wan'an County to personally command the battle. After all, Yuan Shikai knew very well that he started his business with the army, so this situation must never be avoided, otherwise it would be difficult to mobilize the generals under his command in the future. Of course, although Yuan Shikai lacked practical experience, he had also been on the battlefield and had seen people who had killed and were not afraid of going to the front line to command.

When Duan Qirui saw that Yuan Shikai did not go to Longquan County, he did not persuade him. After all, having Yuan Shikai in Wan'an County was also conducive to inspiring the morale of the soldiers, so he commanded the army and arranged defense lines.

Three days later, the Fengde army launched an attack on Wan'an County. Although the time was too short and the Yuan army did not establish a complete position, it still defended its position with its strong firepower, so the two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle.

In fact, the Japanese commander of the Fengde Army's plan was basically judged by 7 or 8 points. However, the Japanese commander planned to use a trick to attack you and I will attack mine. If you attack Jianchang Prefecture, I will attack Wan'an County with all my strength and break Wan'an County in the shortest time. In this way, I can defeat Yuan Shikai's army. Even if Wang Shizhen conquers Jianchang Prefecture, it will be difficult to save the defeat.

Of course, the Japanese commanders of the Fengde Army are very confident in breaking Wan'an County in the shortest time. First, the Japanese are not interested in local troops like Yuan Shikai and Pu Wei; second, there is also a Japanese brigade in the Fengde Army. Although there is not many people, it has a strong combat power and can be used as a sharp knife in offensive battles, attack at the moment of Guan Jian, and break through the Yuan army's defense line.

However, the progress of the battle was somewhat beyond the expectations of the Japanese commander of the Feng German army. Under Duan Qirui, the Yuan army fought with a strict and precise battle force, and the Yuan army's firepower was quite strong. Therefore, although the Feng German army fought hard under the command of Japanese officers, the results were not great. After all, the soldiers of the Feng German army were basically recruits, and they did not have enough training time and lacked practical experience. Although the command of Japanese officers, the war was finally fought by soldiers. Moreover, the weapons of the Feng German army were all supplied by Japan. The Japanese army originally focused on mental power and despised firepower weapons. The Feng German army naturally did not have too many heavy firepower weapons. In the tough battle, it was naturally a great loss to have no heavy firepower weapons.

After three days of attack, there was basically no progress. The Japanese commander of the Fengde Army finally couldn't hold back and threw the Japanese brigade into the battlefield. It should be said that the Japanese brigade's combat effectiveness was indeed good. As soon as it was put into the battlefield, it immediately achieved results and broke through the two positions of the Yuan army in succession. However, when attacking the third position of the Yuan army, it was subjected to tenacious resistance from the Yuan army. Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui were all on the battlefield to command. Yuan army and Fengde Army launched a fierce hand-to-hand combat in the formation. In the end, the Fengde Army still couldn't resist, mainly because the Japanese brigade had exhausted its strength after breaking through the two positions of the Yuan army in succession and no longer had the courage to fight, so it was ultimately unable to break through the third position of the Yuan army.

At this moment, on another front, Wang Shizhen defeated the Fengde army guarding Jianchang Prefecture. In fact, the march was very smooth. The Fengde army guarding Jianchang Prefecture had only one brigade, and the army led by Wang Shizhen was a town and an association. Although Zhang Xun's Sixth Association was defeated by the Fengde army and suffered some losses, Yuan's army's strength was still more than twice that of the Fengde army. Therefore, Wang Shizhen also successfully recovered Jianchang Prefecture.

When he learned that Jianchang Prefecture was lost, the Japanese commander of the Fengde Army also knew that his plan had failed, but his reaction was very quick and he immediately stopped attacking Wan'an County. Before the Yuan army surrounded him, he withdrew back to Ganzhou Prefecture, so that Yuan Shikai's plan was also lost. Because Yuan Shikai had already ordered the Yuan army in Longquan and the one who came from Binzhou to join forces to encircle the Fengde Army, he was only one step too late and let the Fengde Army leave first.

After the Fengde army withdrew from Ganzhou Prefecture, the Japanese commander immediately dispatched a division to defend Ningdu Prefecture and resisted the attack of Wang Shizhen's army. In Ganzhou Prefecture, there was still a division and a brigade's troops. Although the advancement was insufficient, if the Yuan army was defending with all its strength, it would be difficult for the Yuan army to break through. The battle here was stalemate, and the Deyou court could attack again and attack Jiangxi, which made Yuan Shikai difficult to take care of the beginning and end, so his chances of victory were still very high.

Of course, in this way, the Fengde Army could not monopolize Jiangxi Province, but at least they could obtain Ganzhou Prefecture, Nan'an Prefecture, Ningdu Prefecture, Jianchang Prefecture, Ji'an Prefecture and other places in southern Jiangxi Province. Although it was not a big gain, there were also small gains. It was precisely because of this back-up that the Japanese commanders of the Fengde Army dared to take a risk and attack Wan'an County.

Although the plan to encircle the Fengde Army was failed, Yuan Shikai still concentrated two towns, one of the soldiers, and launched an attack on Ganzhou Prefecture. After all, this was originally Yuan Shikai's territory, so it was naturally to be recovered. Yuan Shikai was actually prepared for the Deyou court, because in the battle in Fengcheng County, the Deyou army suffered a huge loss. Although it was supplemented by reinforcements, its combat effectiveness also had to be reduced. In Xiushui County, there were two soldiers stationed and perfect fortifications, which could resist the attack of the Deyou army. In Binzhou and Chalingzhou, there was only one assistant on the front line of Binzhou and Chalingzhou, and the troops were indeed a bit weak, so I couldn't help it, Li gave up Binzhou and Chalingzhou and retreated to Ji'an Prefecture to guard. Now he was close to Ji'an Prefecture and could support him at any time.
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