When Yuan Shikai heard that the East China Autonomous Prefecture was rewarding the Kuomintang for war, he immediately sent emergency telegrams on the parachute, asking Feng Guozhang to speed up the marching speed and take the shortcuts on land to attack Nanjing.

"If Feng Manzi must be ahead of Zhang Xun and the East China Army, I can't take Nanjing, then he will ask me." Yuan Shikai shouted loudly.

Yuan Shikai's political adviser Mo Lixun pointed out that China's biggest threat at present is not the East China Autonomous Government, but Zhang Xun's braided army.

Zhang Xun was determined to restore the royal family, so Yuan Shikai was naturally worried about handing over Jiangsu to Zhang Xun.

So I had already sent a telegram to Feng Guozhang to take a shortcut and seize Nanjing in front of Zhang Xun. Unexpectedly, the East China Autonomous Government suddenly launched an attack to declare war on the Kuomintang.

Although it was a good thing for Yuan Shikai in the overall situation, Yuan Shikai did not think it was a good thing for the East China Autonomous Government to annex Jiangsu.

The strength developed by the East China Autonomous Provinces occupied by the East China Autonomous Government is enough to make people feel that the dark clouds are overwhelming. If they are allowed to occupy Jiangsu again at this time, they will be the East China Autonomous Provinces.

This is also a situation that Yuan Shikai doesn’t want to see!

After Xia Jun declared war, he immediately issued an attack order to the Bajin Production Corps in Jiangsu. The Bajin Production Corps was mobilized from all over Jiangsu and rushed from four to eight directions to Nanjing.

The Bajin Production Corps are all motorized corps, and the motorized equipment is exchanged by Xia Jun from the exchange platform, so there is no need to pay too high military expenses.

Whether it was Yuan Shikai or Xia Jun, the first thing that came to mind was to capture Nanjing.

Xia Jun could not have let Nanjing fall into the hands of Zhang Xun. The second revolution in history was Nanjing. After Nanjing conquered Nanjing, the Braided Army "does its own actions" in Nanjing for three days.

What is arbitrary act? That is robbery, and all are allowed.

After the city of Nanjing was destroyed, the Beiyang army was like a wild beast after entering the city, and was resentful and burned, killed, and plundered. Innumerable people were destroyed by Nanjing. Many women were later thrown into the Qinhuai River and committed suicide. Zhang Xun's army was particularly beastly.

At the same time, Xia Jun did not allow Jiangsu to fall into the hands of Yuan Shikai, Jiangsu has been the territory he has been targeting for a long time. This time, it is an excellent opportunity to occupy Jiangsu. Xia Jun naturally cannot let go.

However, shortly after Xia Jun issued the order, he ordered again, "Let the Bajin Production Corps suspend the attack on Nanjing first, and report to the military headquarters after Feng Guozhang's Second Army and Zhang Xun's Wuwei Forehand Arrival."

"Chairman, why should we delay the attack?" Chen Xuanyu and other staff officers were puzzled. Why did the Chairman suddenly change his mind again?

Xia Jun pointed to the map and said, "Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun are leading troops south. They also want to capture Nanjing. Don't you think this is a great opportunity to take them all?"

"Ah?" Chen Xuanyu was stunned.

"Stop it in one go?" Liu Wenhong also opened his mouth wide and looked around in disbelief.

"Chairman, that's Yuan Shikai's troops. If we take them all in one fell swoop, will it cause greater turmoil?" Chen Xuanyu said to Xia Jun.

"Zhang Xun's Braidi Army and Feng Guozhang's Second Army are not allowed to exist. Zhang Xun, the commander of the Braidi Army, is a restoration faction. We must resolutely defeat them. Feng Guozhang's Second Army is composed of Manchus and even more of the troops we must resolutely defeat." Xia Jun said firmly: "When the time comes, we will accompany you whatever Yuan Shikai wants."

"yes!"

Several people responded to Xia Jun's order and immediately issued Xia Jun's order, asking the Bajin Production Corps to temporarily suspend the attack.

"Principal, the students believe that the Bajin Production Corps should be placed outside Nanjing City. After Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun's troops arrived, they could first let them attack Nanjing. Our Bajin Production Corps secretly mobilized them to surround them as much as possible, tighten their pockets and annihilate them as much as possible." Liu Wenhong looked at the map for a while and suggested to Xia Jun.

"Yeah! No money." Xia Jun looked at Dimu, nodded in agreement and said, "That's it."

After Feng Guozhang's second army advanced south, they followed Jingpu all the way south, and soon captured Suxian, Bengbu and Lu County. On April, they led to Pukou directly. On the Chou Day, his son-in-law, Chen Zhichen, commander of the 8th Division of Nanjing who participated in the anti-Yuan struggle, led a few guards to secretly cross the river and surrender to his father-in-law. Chen made a detailed report on the chaos of the headless dragons in Nanjing and his fortification layout. Feng Guozhang was delighted and said to Chen Zhiqi: "The situation you provide is very important. When I rush my army to cross the river, we should cooperate with each other and capture Nanjing and set a head for you."

After residency, Feng Guozhang met with Zhang Xun's braided soldiers and Liu Guanxiong's navy and deployed a joint combat plan to conquer Nanjing. Feiri, the East China Autonomous Government declared war on the Kuomintang. Feng Guozhang received a series of emergency telegrams from Yuan Shikai, asking him to dare to conquer Nanjing in front of Zhang Xun and the East China Army.

Feng Guozhang took the shortcut by land and ordered the troops to speed up the marching speed and rushed to Nanjing. The Second Army rushed to hundreds of miles a day and rushed to Nanjing in one breath.

Feng Guozhang, who was marching quickly, couldn't help but feel proud. With his speed, he might have been thrown far away by him. As for the East China Army, it is probably just now entering Jiangsu!

Just when Feng Guozhang was proud, he had just arrived in Nanjing and suddenly discovered that a huge army had appeared under the city of Nanjing.

I looked for someone to investigate and it turned out to be the East China Army!

Moreover, there are eight corpses and more than 100,000 East China Army, and its second army is only 20,000.

As soon as Feng Guozhang arrived, the East China Army, which was surrounded by Nanjing City, suddenly gave up a gap and gave up the Ximen to Feng Guozhang.

Feng Guozhang was overjoyed and hurriedly got stuck.

He followed Feng Guozhang's power generation report on Yuan Shikai's situation and asked him to instruct the next action.

Yuan Shikai was shocked after receiving Feng Guozhang's report in Beijing. Unexpectedly, the East China Army was moving so quickly, and he quickly dispatched more than 100,000 troops to surround Nanjing City before Feng Guozhang.

What to do now?

Yuan Shikai had no choice but to order Feng Guozhang to act according to the opportunity.

A day later, Zhang Xun's troops also arrived at the city of Nanjing. Seeing that the troops gathered in Nanjing, Zhang Xun missed the title of Governor of Liangjiang that the Qing court granted him, and he thought about becoming the real Governor of Liangjiang day and night.

After Zhang Xun arrived, the East China Army gave up another gap, and Zhang Xun also blocked the troops. Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang went to the East China Army to inquire, and some soldiers revealed to them that the ammunition had not been delivered, so they did not do a siege.

This made Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang overjoyed, and Zhang Xun immediately proposed to enter the city first to be the governor. This proposal was immediately supported by Feng Guozhang.

Then Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang made this proposal to the East China Army. The East China Army sent a division commander as representative and agreed to make the proposal.

Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun were both ready to attack the area of ​​the city wall they designated on the same day.

The siege battle has begun!

However, Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun's troops were strongly resisted by Nanjing He Haiming leading the Yuan army to attack the city. Whether it was Zhang Xun's Braided Army or Feng Guozhang's Second Army, they were repeatedly defeated during the siege of the city the day before.

The next day, Zhang Xun ordered that those who retreated in the siege were shot on the spot, and the first person to climb the city was rewarded with 10,000 silver dollars. After breaking the city, all officers and soldiers could use it at will for three days!

Under Zhang Xun's military order, the Braidi Army became cruel and brave, which made Feng Guozhang frightened. It was precisely because of this siege in history that Feng Guozhang had a deep impression that he had many heavy troops but did not dare to use force against Zhang Xun.

At 10 a.m. on April 39, the siege continued. The Nanjing anti-Yuan army resisted tenaciously. Although Zhang Xun's braided army was not afraid of death, it was still barely blocked by the Nanjing anti-Yuan army.

At this moment, the East China Army, which had not fired a single shot before, suddenly took action and frequently mobilized in a very short period of time.

When Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang reacted, they found that more than 100,000 East China Army were suddenly deployed around them and showed a trend of surrounding them.

"What's going on? Why do they surround us?" Feng Guozhang was immediately stunned when he received the news.

When Zhang Xun received the news, he said angrily: "What do they want to do?"

No one answered their questions. Six of the Eighth Production Corps of the East China Army were drawn out. At twelve o'clock that day, they formally encircled Zhang Xun's Braided Army and Feng Guozhang's Second Army.

Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang were not clear about the situation and were still waiting and watching, but they missed the time to break through.

The East China Army had no answer or explanation, narrowed the encirclement at 2 pm that day and launched a fierce attack on the Braidi Army and the Second Division.

Although these eight divisions are all production corpses, they are all composed of militias that have received military training. Although they lack heavy firepower in equipment, they are no less than professional divisions in individual firepower.

In addition, during the days when Feng Guozhang and Zhang Xun attacked Nanjing, another rapid-fire artillery regiment arrived in Nanjing.

As soon as the battle started, the rapid-fire cannons began to crazily pour shells into the positions of the Pizi Army and the Second Army. The rapid-fire cannons with extremely fast firing speeds made many Manchu officers and soldiers of the Pizi Army and the Second Division lose their lives before they could react.

The Sixth Production Corps launched an attack from six directions at the same time. The Braidi Army and the Second Division were about to collapse at the touch. Under the fierce single-soldier firepower, the Braidi Army and the Second Division were defeated without any resistance.

However, they were already surrounded by the East China Army. The defeated Braidi Army and the Second Army Manchu soldiers ran around like headless flies, but there were East China Army everywhere. This direction was blocked to that direction, but the East China Army was still blocked there in that direction.

The encirclement of the sixth production corps was shrinking and tightening, and the slogan "Capture Zhang Xun and Feng Guozhang alive and send them to the military court!" was shot or captured along the way, and the remaining soldiers of the Braidi Army and the Second Beiyang Army were gradually driven together.

Among the chaotic army, Feng Guozhang was like five thunders thunder.

He thought of the Yangxia War, which was also the East China Army in that war, and they beat the attacking Beiyang Army to the corpse all over the field...

Zhang Xun was beaten to his eyes red, and he lay behind the cover and roared wildly.

"All the people from the Braidi Army and the Second Army listened and immediately put down their weapons and surrendered, otherwise they would be killed on the spot." The huge loudspeaker began to persuade the Braidi Army and the Second Army to surrender.

"Repeat again. If you don't surrender within ten minutes, everyone will be killed on the spot." A loud voice came from the loudspeaker again, and every Beiyang army could hear it clearly.

Both the Braidi Army and the Second Army were in agitation. At this time, they looked around and at least half of the troops were shot dead in the battle just now. At this time, more than 100,000 people surrounded them more than 15,000, and there was no hope of victory.

Breakthrough?

Then there is no need to think about it.

The riot soldiers ignored the obstruction and threw their guns directly and ran towards the East China Army opposite.

Even those officers were the same. Some of them took the collective avatars of soldiers directly. Feng Guozhang didn't dare to stop them after seeing them. Zhang Xun shot more than a dozen braided soldiers who ran to the avatars with a pistol, but it was useless!
Chapter completed!