Years of the Republic of China 1913

After explaining to Zhang Zuolin, Yang Du went back to the room to rest. Although later Yang Du keenly found that Zhang Zuolin didn't take what he said seriously, but with Xu Shichang's personal letter and Fang Zida's weight, Zhang Zuolin would not Will not take it seriously. **Yang Du's is an extremely smart person, he knows that there are some things and words that can be pointed out. Zhang Zuolin can go from a beard to where he is today, so he should know how to do it.

Thinking about tomorrow or staying in Fengtian for one more day, if Zhang Zuolin did follow Fang Zida's instructions, he would be able to return to Beijing smoothly. After relaxing, Yang Du fell asleep with his head covered in pillows, and had a good night's sleep until the early hours of the morning. A dull rumbling thunder woke him up.

"Why did it thunder?"

Sitting up from the bed in a daze, Yang Du felt a little strange: "There will be thunder in this winter?" Suddenly he was clever, woke up suddenly, turned over and got out of bed.

The dull thunder sounded one after another in the distance, and there was a faint flash of white light outside the window piercing the darkness before dawn. I didn't even care about putting on clothes. I ran to the window with bare feet, pushed it away, followed the sound, and looked south. I was shocked immediately. He was dumbfounded, there was no thunder, there were obviously countless cannons roaring.

"Not good!" Yang Du came to his senses in an instant, quickly put on his underwear, put on his shoes and ran out before he even had time to tie the shoelaces. When he ran to the door, he saw chaos outside the small courtyard, with people running around everywhere. Those who went, even the two guards Zhang Zuolin arranged to guard the courtyard gate didn't know where they went.

"Where's Zhang Yuting?" Yang Du asked eagerly as he stretched out his hand to grab a servant who was scurrying around like a headless chicken.

The other party was only wearing a small jacket.With bare feet and a dazed face, with panic and uneasiness in his expression, he still firmly grasped a stool in his hand, and he didn't know what to use it for.Yang Du waved his hands angrily, and ran to Zhang Zuolin's residence under the sometimes bright and dark sky.

In the short distance, panicked people ran around everywhere.Yang Du managed to find the place, but saw that the gate of Zhang Zuolin's yard was open and there were no soldiers guarding it, so he rushed in immediately.

"Zhang Yuting! Yuting!" rushed into the yard.Yang Du yelled loudly, but there was no sign of Zhang Zuolin left or right, until he entered Zhang Zuolin's bedroom.There was no one there.

"Where is your Marshal Zhang? Where are the others? Where are you going?" Back in the corridor, he suddenly saw an officer rushing from the other side, Yang Du stopped him and asked.

"Are you...?" The junior officer didn't know Yang Du, so he asked subconsciously.

"I am the Councilor of the Presidential Palace, Yang Du, vice president of Zhongyang Bank! Let me ask you, where did you, Mr. Zhang, go?" Yang Du asked loudly with a livid face. ()

"The commander-in-chief just went to the Peking University camp." The officer was shocked when he heard the title that Yang Du reported, and quickly replied.

"Go! Take me to meet your commander." Without saying a word, Yang Du dragged the officer and ran out.

"Mr. Yang, but I..." It seemed that the officer had some kind of mission, although he didn't dare to use force with Yang Du.But anxiously trying to explain.

Yang Du interrupted him politely, and asked him to take him to find Zhang Zuolin immediately, or he would bear all the consequences.This is just a junior officer, who dared to refute after hearing this, and could only nod in agreement with a bitter face.He took Yang Du out of the Marshal's Mansion and headed towards Bei Daying.

The farther you walked outside Fengtian, the clearer the sound of the cannon. At this time, the sky was getting brighter, and the south of Fengtian was full of red light, and Yang Du looked anxious from a distance.

"Unexpectedly, Zhang Ming really hit the mark. Today, I actually played a trick to deceive the world. I don't know if Zhang Zuolin can stop it."

Worried about the situation on the front line, Yang Du rushed towards the direction of Beidaying after leaving the city. The officer immediately requisitioned the carriage, and the two jumped into it and drove away.

At this moment, the headquarters of the 27th Army Group in Peking University was in chaos.In the north in winter, the sky dawns late, and the sky is still pitch black at 27 o'clock in the morning. No one in the quiet south of Fengtian City would have thought that at this time, the Japanese on the opposite side would suddenly launch an attack.The sudden sound of artillery broke the tranquility of dawn, and the defense line of the 27th Army was instantly enveloped in a sea of ​​bullets and flames. The Japanese army on the opposite side assembled hundreds of cannons and started shelling the [-]th Army at the same time, all of a sudden, the front line that was still sleeping The soldiers were bewildered.

Zhang Zuolin, who was in the Marshal's Mansion, reacted very quickly. When the first sound of running came, he jumped up from the bed in a deep sleep. After many years of military service, he couldn't tell that this was Ri's own 75mm field cannon. , 105mm howitzers, 150mm howitzers, 150mm cannons, and other small-caliber flat guns?When he woke up suddenly, he immediately thought of what Yang Du said last night, and immediately understood that it was Ri himself who was attacking.He never imagined that the Japanese in the south would actually attack him while withdrawing troops, which is simply unbelievable.Cursing "Damn it!", Zhang Zuolin put on some clothes and rushed out of the room, loudly summoning the officers and guards to assemble. Before all the personnel arrived, Zhang Zuolin jumped into the car and drove to the North Camp. The commander of the group army, he now knows very well that Ri himself's sudden attack will inevitably bring great casualties to his front-line troops. Maybe the first line of defense will soon fall. Under such circumstances, it is obviously not right to rush to the front line Appropriate, only go to the headquarters first to find out the situation, grasp the troops, and do a good job of the second or third line of defense.

When Zhang Zuolin arrived at Beidaying, Zhang Zuoxiang, who stayed behind, was constantly on the phone. The entire headquarters was in turmoil, and no one knew what to do.

Seeing Zhang Zuolin arriving, Zhang Zuoxiang was overjoyed, put down the phone and ran over.

"What's the situation on the front line now?" Zhang Zuolin asked calmly after taking off his coat.

"I don't know yet. The front phone has been disconnected, but I have already sent someone to contact you."

"Where are Yang Yuting, Tang Yulin, and Zhang Jinghui?"

"I don't know, I haven't contacted him yet, and I'm probably heading here too." Zhang Zuoxiang replied, wiping his sweaty brow.

Zhang Zuolin frowned slightly, took over the command without saying much, and immediately made arrangements.He ordered Zhang Zuoxiang to gather the rest of the troops immediately and prepare to attack at any time. At the same time, he asked people to find out the whereabouts of Yang Yuting, Tang Yulin, Zhang Jinghui and others, and asked them to rush to Peking University immediately.As for continuing to send people to contact the front line, they must contact Sun Liechen's department and report the current situation on the front line.As for the next few lines of defense, Zhang Zuolin just asked them to tell them to do a good job of defense, and they must do everything possible to block Ri himself.

Just after the explanation, Yang Yuting, Chief of Staff of the 27th Group Army, arrived. Zhang Zuolin nodded at him and repeated the above order. But even Tang Yulin waited and waited, but there was no sign of him.

"Report! Someone asks to see the commander in chief!"

Tang Yulin arrived late, Zhang Zuolin cursed angrily, at this moment a guard came in to report.

"Did Tang Yulin come? Damn, let this kid get out of here immediately!" He lay on the map and looked at Zhang Zuolin, cursing without looking back.

"No...it's...." Before the guard could finish speaking, a person rushed in hurriedly: "It's me! Brother Yuting, what's the situation on the front line now?"

Hearing the voice, he looked back, it turned out to be Yang Du, the journey was so fast, Yang Du's head was covered with sweat, his head was actually steaming in the winter.

"Why are you here?" Zhang Zuolin asked in surprise.

"What time is it, why can't I come?" Yang Du strode closer, and immediately asked: "Brother Yuting, the artillery has been fired for half an hour. How is the front line now? Can we stop it?" Ri himself?"

Zhang Zuolin shook his head, seeing Yang Du's face suddenly changed, knowing that he had misunderstood, he quickly explained: "It's not whether I can stop it, but I haven't contacted Sun Zanyao at the front line yet, but I have already asked Zhang Fuchen to assemble the team. If you can’t get in touch, Zhang Fuchen will take a brigade up.”

"That's good, that's good..." Hearing what Zhang Zuolin said, Yang Du heaved a sigh of relief. He didn't know much about military affairs. Since Zhang Zuolin had already made the arrangements immediately, maybe things wouldn't turn out as expected so bad.

"Report! Master Sun is in contact!"

An officer rushed in suddenly, panting and reporting.

When Zhang Zuolin heard that he didn't even bother to look at the map, he dropped the pencil in his hand, turned around and asked anxiously, "What's the situation with Sun Zanyao now?"

"Back to Commander, the first line of defense has been broken by Ri himself. The 54th Division on the front line suffered heavy casualties. Commander Sun has withdrawn to the second line of defense. However, Commander Sun said that the second line of defense may not be able to hold it. Please send troops to continue immediately Back off."

"What!" Zhang Zuolin was shocked. The first line of defense could not be defended as he expected, but Sun Liechen said that the second line of defense could not be defended. There are only four lines of defense in Fengtian City. If it is as short as Sun Liechen said, If the second line of defense were to be lost in just over an hour, Fengtian would be in jeopardy.

"How is Sun Zanyao's 54th Division?" Zhang Zuolin asked.

The officer looked sad and said: "The Japanese bombardment came too suddenly. Most of the 54th suffered heavy casualties. Now less than one brigade has gathered people. Even Master Sun was slightly injured..."

"Hi!" Zhang Zuolin stomped his feet heavily, his heart ached like a knife. Sun Liechen's 54th Division suffered so many casualties with such a little effort, to Zhang Zuolin it was like a bolt from the blue.You shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't be smart and let Yang Du hang out for two days, if you knew it was prepared in advance, it wouldn't be like this!

He glanced at Yang Du with some guilt, only to see that Yang Du was also shocked.

"Yuting! Ask the Ninth Army and the 28th Army for help immediately!" Yang Du suggested eagerly.

"Yes! Yes!" Zhang Zuolin was dizzy for a while, but he didn't expect this. He was reminded by Yang Du and asked Yang Yuting to arrange it.

"Also, report the situation in Fengtian to Zhong Yang immediately, send a telegram! Send a telegram immediately! Ask Zhong Yang for help!" Yang Du shouted sweatingly.