Republic of China: Our great warlord has many children and many blessings

Duan Qirui took Feng Guozhang's telegram and paced back and forth in the general office.

He also saw Feng Guozhang's cry for help.

The fact is as Feng Guozhang said, if Feng Guozhang is not helped at this time, then Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai will be gone, and the next step will be Henan and Anhui, which are all the territory of the Anhui clique.

It is also his Duan Qirui's territory.

But will sending troops be effective?

Facing Shen Hao, who has hundreds of aircraft, six battleships, hundreds of light battleships, and an army of millions.

There are only more than 80,000 people from the Anhui clan, enough to fill the gap between your teeth?

Duan Qirui holds a high position and is very aware of the strength of both parties.

Although Japan expressed its willingness to support him, Duan Qirui understood that once he chose to cooperate with the Japanese, it would be a fight to the death with Shen Hao.

When it comes to the Japanese, Shen Hao is uncompromising and hits them directly.

Duan Qirui is still very clear about this.

If Shen Hao's strength is similar to Feng Guozhang and similar to the Anhui Clan.

Then Duan Qirui's"820" will definitely send troops to help.

But there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides.

Even after taking over, Yuan Shikai's remaining Beiyang forces.

The total strength of the Zhili and Anhui cliques is only 200,000, and the people are still divided.

The equipment is much different from Shen Hao's.

The firepower is not on the same level, it is simply a dimensionality reduction strike.

Moreover, Lu Yongxiang also sent a telegram to Duan Qirui asking for help.

If you really want to count, Lu Yongxiang is much closer than Feng Guozhang.

Lu Yongxiang is a force of the Anhui clique.

Even though Lu Yongxiang asked for help, Qirui did not send troops to support him.

Not to mention Feng Guozhang.

Rather than supporting it, it is just in vain.

There will be more casualties, and you will also suffer from Shen Hao's jealousy, which is not worth the gain.

But even if Shen Hao annexes the direct Anhui clique or even the entire Beiyang power, Duan Qirui will have nothing to lose.

Even if he is willing, Shen Hao will still reuse him.

It's not a matter of being a subordinate to someone, it's just a different person.

Besides, Shen Hao is easy to discuss everything.

After thinking for a long time, Duan Qirui also felt that he could not turn against Shen Hao.

Not a good deal.

It's not in your own interests either.

Thinking of this, Duan Qirui felt that it would be better to give up the Anhui clique and take the initiative to move closer to Shen Hao.

In this way, Shen Hao, who had just unified, would definitely need his own team. Duan Qirui thought that he still had some talents.

If we negotiate with Shen Hao in Anhui and Henan provinces, let's see what benefits we can get.

Even, when necessary, Feng Guozhang can be pushed out.

Yes, since you can't resist, then just follow the trend.

After stopping, Duan Qirui's eyes became firm.

Negotiating with Shen Hao requires a middleman.

""Someone is here to prepare a car. I want to see Bai Xiongqi, the chief financial officer."

Yan Xishan also received Feng Guozhang's distress telegram. He was also anxious and angry. He was willing to help, but if he could not help, what would he do in Shanxi?

If he dared to send troops, what would happen to Shaanxi next door? The Guangdong army will definitely send troops to attack itself as soon as possible.

It is not cost-effective. It is not Yan Laoxi's character to sacrifice himself for others.

Even if Shen Hao attacks Shanxi, and he directly surrenders and changes the flag, Shanxi will still be his own.

The ownership has just changed.

Thinking of this, Yan Xishan felt that his decision was right.

So, he did not reply to Feng Guozhang.

He was also waiting and watching, and directly acquiesced.

But Yan Xishan still didn't understand Shen Hao, thinking that Shen Hao was the same as Yuan Shikai, only in name. Just surrender.

What Shen Hao wants now is not unification in name only, but all provinces must be obedient.

Shen Hao will not do this kind of thing that is obedient in name but privately is the king of the mountain.

In order to defend Huai'an, Feng Guozhang also sent out two of his elite divisions. The remaining elite division defended Nanjing.

Zhou Weiguo sent an urgent march to attack Suqian.

After hesitation, Feng Guozhang thought that Zhou Weiguo was going to attack Huai'an. Therefore, there were not many people in Suqian, only one brigade..

Facing an army of 50,000 people, with a manpower gap of dozens of times, the people below had no intention of fighting.

Suqian was captured in less than half an hour.

After Suqian was captured, the whole city was sealed off in order to fear that Feng Guozhang would know the news. (See For exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

At the same time, 20,000 people were sent on a rapid march to Jinhu County.

As long as Jinhu County is occupied, the 30,000 people in Huai'an will be waiting to make dumplings.

Outside Huai'an City, Feng Guozhang's Beiyang elite were building fortifications and digging trenches.

Compared with other armies, they were obviously of high quality. After all, they had participated in many wars with Feng Guozhang, so there was no doubt that they were elite.

When Wu Peifu arrived with a division, the opponent had already The defense was prepared.

However, this time Wu Peifu's order was a feint attack, so there was no rush.

Wu Peifu observed Huai'an City with a telescope.

He looked at his pocket watch and ordered:"Repair for half an hour. After half an hour, give me the first blast." How many shots did he"

""Yes."

Time passed very quickly, and half an hour had passed in the blink of an eye.

In Huai'an City, tens of thousands of people were also very nervous. After all, they were facing the Cantonese army, which claimed to have defeated Japan.

With such a powerful enemy, it would be fake not to be nervous.

Just While they were waiting in full formation, a sudden burst of gunfire came, and a 150mm howitzer landed on the city wall, blasting several holes.......

More than a dozen people were also injured

"Quickly find cover and hide, the Guangdong army is attacking"[]

Just when the Beiyang Army was ready to defend and be ready.

The gunfire suddenly stopped.

But they didn't dare to be careless at all, and instead became more and more vigilant.

But I waited and waited but no one attacked.

An hour later, just when they were ready to relax.

Suddenly the shelling started again from the opposite side.

Just like before, it only lasted five minutes and was over.

I thought they would attack this time, but they still didn't wait for the Cantonese army to attack.

In this way, the stalemate lasted from daytime to evening, and the sun set.

The Cantonese army still did not attack.

This made the defenders in the city confused and confused about the situation and what was going on.

Is this Guangdong army cowardly?

But they didn't dare go out of the city to check.

Seeing the sky getting darker and darker, the Beiyang Army thought that the Cantonese Army would not attack today.

But at this moment, the sound of cannons suddenly exploded.

But this time it was extremely violent, and the shells were dozens of times more powerful than before.

"The Guangdong army is about to attack, hurry up and defend"

"No, this shell came from behind us, and the Guangdong army was behind us."

As soon as these words came out, everyone panicked. If you look carefully, you can see that this shell really came from behind.

"How did the Cantonese army get behind us? How did they get past?

Just when he was confused, Wu Peifu saw the signal.

He ordered:"Bomb!""1.6

As a result, the artillery bombardment from the front and back took turns.

This made the defenders of Huai'an City panic instantly.

"No, we are surrounded."

For a time, morale was greatly reduced, and everyone was panicked.

This time the artillery fire was not like before, but lasted for half an hour.

In just half an hour, the average was twenty rounds per minute.

Covered The entire position.

The Beiyang Army was directly surrounded by bombs.

For half a second, more than two thousand people died, morale was extremely low, and everyone was desperate.

Doesn't being surrounded mean failure.

At this moment, a sudden burst of light from the sky A plane flew over.

Countless pieces of paper fell from the sky.

On it was written a letter of persuasion to surrender:

Surrender, surrender the gun and not kill, and treat the prisoners preferentially.

After correction, you can pay travel expenses and go home on your own.

If you resist stubbornly, you will be killed!

The deadline is ten minutes, ten Minutes later, if there is no white flag on the city wall, it will be regarded as stubborn resistance, and our Guangdong army will launch a general attack.