The Great Winning of Xiushui Tonggu made Chiang Kai-shek really excited. Since the Northern Expedition, the first army has not had any other achievements that can be praised. Liu Zhi lied about military information under Wuchang City and even let Chiang Kai-shek lose face. The Great Winning of Xiushui Tonggu became the most beautiful battle of the first army. In particular, Cheng Qian's report also mentioned that Zhuang Jihua captured Yang Zhendong, the commander of the 7th Mixed Brigade of Jiangsu and his series of battles at Xiushui, and gave him high praise. The first division's record restored Chiang Kai-shek's face in a timely manner.

Chief of Staff Bai Chongxi was skeptical, and he traveled back and forth for more than a hundred miles in four days, won three battles and three victories, killed more than 2,000 enemies, captured a brigade commander, when did the Whampoa army become so capable?

However, Bai Chongxi could not express doubts. The report made it very clear that no matter what purpose Cheng Qian was for, at least this report had no loopholes.

"After taking down the Xiushui bronze drum, northern Jiangxi will basically be decided. The next step is to attack Wuning De'an and cut off the Nanxun line."

"No, Jiansheng, I have a new idea. The Sixth Army attacked Wuning alone, and the First Division went south to attack Nanchang, forming a force of attacking north and south with Zhu Peide." Chiang Kai-shek gestured with both hands, and his face was radiant.

When the Sixth Army attacked De'an alone, Bai Chongxi was in a cold sweat and quickly reminded: "Although there are not many defenders in De'an, they are backed by the Nanxun Line, and the main force of Lu Xiangting is nearby. In addition, Xie Hongxun retreating to De'an, it may be difficult for the Sixth Army to complete the task."

"The Sixth Army is a little weaker. Let's do this. There are three armies in Wuchang, and one army can be drawn out. Then transfer the Seventh Army to Jiangxi and join the battlefield in northern Jiangxi." Chiang Kai-shek thought for a moment and found a solution.

Bai Chongxi was a little amused and laughed. The Seventh Army is still under the city of Wuchang, and it is at least half a month away from De'an. Cheng Qian can reach De'an City in up to three days, and such a dispatch is unheard of.

"It's not appropriate. It's too late to transfer the seven armies to Jiangxi now." Bai Chongxi said bluntly: "It will take as long as seven days to get to northern Jiangxi in Wuchang. Cheng Qian can reach De'an in three days."

"General Galen, what do you think?" Chiang Kai-shek felt a little unhappy when he saw Bai Chongxi objecting, but he did not show it on his face, but instead asked Galen.

"Yes, General Jiang has a very clever opinion, but after General Cheng Qian conquered De'an, don't rush to attack Tujiabu first, rest in De'an, and wait for the Seventh Army." Gallen made some modifications to Chiang Kai-shek's plan. After the Sixth Army conquered De'an, both the logistics and the fatigue level of soldiers needed to be rested.

"It's still the consultant Gao Ming." Chiang Kai-shek smiled, Bai Chongxi was helpless. He knew Chiang Kai-shek's intentions. If the first division could conquer Nanchang, then the position of the chairman of Jiangxi Province would probably be Wang Boling.

"Now Deng Ruzhuo, Tang Fushan and other troops have been severely damaged. Nanchang is empty and can be moved just around the corner. Now it is planned to send the First Division of the First Army to go south and the Second and Third Army to attack Nanchang. The Sixth Army attacks De'an. After conquering De'an, it will be reconciled. The Seventh Army plans to be transferred to northern Jiangxi. After the Seventh Army arrives, the two armies will work together to attack Tujiabu and cut off the enemy's retreat. Please consider how it is."

In a happy mood, Chiang Kai-shek's orders were relatively polite, but he did not expect that he was very smart. Cheng Qian was not a fool. After some consideration, he decided to find another situation for him.

After the order was issued, Wang Bailing immediately led the first division to Fengxin. Fengxin had not many enemies, and the vanguard Sun Yuanliang's regiment rushed down. After taking Fengxin, he learned from the prisoners that the defenders in Nanchang City had been transferred to Zhangshu by Deng Ruzhuo. At present, there are only two companies of military police and two companies of the guards in Nanchang City, and the police, with all the troops less than 800.

After receiving this information, Wang Boling was overjoyed and immediately used Xue Yue's regiment as the vanguard. Sun Yuanliang's regiment followed suit and asked Zhuang Jihua to lead the van as the defender and attack Nanchang.

The first division acted quickly and arrived at the north bank of Ganjiang that night. The entire division crossed the river on Shengmi Street. In order not to disturb the enemies in Nanchang City, Wang Boling strictly ordered that the fire should not be lit or made loud noises, and those who violated the order would be executed on the spot.

In the darkness, a division collected ships along the river, but the soldiers passed by, and locals closed their doors and did not dare to show their heads.

"Members, fellow villagers, open the door, we are the Northern Expedition Army." The soldiers knocked on the door along the street.

"You are the Northern Expedition Army!" The person who opened the door asked in surprise.

"Yes, we are the Northern Expedition Army. Do you have a ship?"

"I know where, I'll take you there."

With the help of the Secret Farmers Association of Shengmi Street, the First Division collected more than twenty boats and began to cross the river.

"Damn, why should we be the defenders?" Song Xiongfu looked at Xue Yue leading the first echelon on board the boat and crossed the river, and couldn't help but start complaining again.

"Worry to let the deputy commander hear it." The party representative advised that Song Xiongfu was complaining along the way, annoying Zhuang Jihua. He scolded him twice before he shut up.

Song Xiongfu looked around and didn't see Zhuang Jihua: "What are you afraid of? Originally, our team is the best at Xiushui. We should be the front-line attacker. Why is it the third team? Are they seized more than us or captured more prisoners? This is unfair to the division commander."

"What are you talking nonsense?" The party representative looked around and looked at the soldiers next to him: "Don't spread the words of the battalion commander, do you know?"

"Report, what the battalion commander said, I didn't hear it." The soldier replied.

"Okay, it's good if I didn't hear it." The party representative was happy and thought to himself that the boy had a future.

"Look at your unreliable appearance, you are not afraid of bullets, you will be scared after a few words. The deputy commander is in front of you." Song Xiongfu "despised" and glanced at the party representative.

"You also know that the deputy commander is ahead. If you have the ability, you should say in front of the deputy commander." The party representative was so excited.

The two were quarreling, and soldiers on the ground were in charge of alert came to report.

"Reported, there was a force behind."

Song Xiongfu and the party representative looked at each other and stood up at the same time.

"Prepare for the battle and report to the regiment headquarters."

After receiving the report from the regiment headquarters, Zhuang Jihua immediately ordered the entire regiment to prepare for combat, the first battalion was responsible for frontal defense, the second battalion was responsible for left side, and the third battalion was responsible for right wing.

Within a few minutes, the high ground behind Shengmi Street was controlled by a group. Zhuang Jihua quickly ran to the first camp position and asked when he saw Song Xiongfu: "How many people are there?"

"About one regiment, I wonder if there is any follow-up troops?" Song Xiongfu replied.

Zhuang Jihua looked at the torch that was getting closer and closer. He was puzzled in his heart, where did this enemy come from? How did he run to the back of them? And obviously he didn't know that Shengmi Street had fallen into the hands of the Northern Expedition Army.

"Look at it first, don't shoot for the time being." Zhuang Jihua observed for a while before ordering.

The torch moved quickly and soon approached the frontier position of the first battalion. Song Xiongfu asked nervously: "Let's shoot, and then you can tell me."

Zhuang Jihua thought nervously and could walk so fast even overnight, which shows that the morale of this army is very high, not like the Sun Army, but very much like the Northern Expedition Army. But if it is the Northern Expedition Army, what is this? In this direction, there should be no Northern Expedition Army except the First Division.

"Don't be busy for now, ask everyone to ambush. When they come over, we will catch the living." Zhuang Jihua just finished speaking, and soft footsteps came from behind. Before he could turn around, he heard someone talking:

"Why haven't you shot the Cultural Revolution?"

"Chief of Staff, why are you here?" Zhuang Jihua turned around and saw the anxious expression of Chief of Staff Chen Zhuo.

After receiving a report from Zhuang Jihua in the division headquarters, Wang Bailing and Chen Zhuo were shocked. Wang Bailing immediately ordered to stop crossing the river and prepare for combat. Chen Zhuo hurried to the first regiment to check the situation. Chen Zhuo arrived at the regiment headquarters and heard that Zhuang Jihua went to the first battalion and chased the first battalion. At this moment, he looked at the torch getting closer and closer. He was very anxious. If the enemy came, then the first division would be in a dangerous situation where there was Ganjiang in the back and strong enemies in front.

"I suspect it may be our local people." Zhuang Jihua explained: "But I can't figure out where they came out?"

"We are the local people?" Chen Zhuo said in confusion: "In this area, there are no local people."

"If it's the enemy, where did they come from?" Zhuang Jihua asked back.

Chen Zhuo couldn't answer either. As he spoke, the torched the forward into the frontier's position, and the first battalion of soldiers lying on the frontier showed their super quality. He lay on both sides of the road without moving.

"Ask them which part they are." Zhuang Jihua said to Song Xiongfu. Song Xiongfu nodded and turned around.

"Stop!" Song Xiongfu exposes half of his body from the hidden place and shouts loudly.

The torch stopped suddenly and then became chaotic, and the sound of taking the gun rang out.

"Which part are you from?" asked Song Xiongfu.

"We are the 56th Regiment of the 19th Division of the 6th Army of the Northern Expedition Army." The opposite answered, his voice clearly in the quiet night sky.

"Fifty-sixth Regiment! Why did they come here?" Zhuang Jihua and Chen Zhuo were very surprised.

The problem lies in Chiang Kai-shek's "consideration". Cheng Qian still obeyed the order at first, and he used the 17th Division as the vanguard and the 19th Division as the rear guard to march towards Wuning. After Xie Hongxun was severely injured in Xiushui, he had no intention of defending Wuning and retreated to De'an without stopping. The 17th Division's troops advanced to Wuning without bloodshed.

After receiving the report of conquering Wuning on the way to march towards Wuning, Cheng Qian ordered to stop the attack and rest on the spot. He moved into Lijia Town, more than ten miles away from Wuning.

Cheng Qian was in a bad mood along the way, and he didn't even smile when he conquered Wuning. He read another meaning from Chiang Kai-shek's orders that Jiangxi did not have the share of Cheng Qian.

General Senator Yang Jie knew very well that Cheng Qian wanted Jiangxi. If the soldiers of this era had no territory, they would be like rootless duckweed and could only drift along the way. Since Cheng Qian failed to compete for Hunan with Tan Yankai, he has always wanted to seek a piece of territory. He could suppress this idea when he was in Guangzhou. After all, Guangdong's territory was limited; but this idea has become stronger since the Northern Expedition. Look at the armies of the Northern Expedition, Li Zongren had Guangxi and Li Jishen had Guangdong. One army stationed troops on the border of Fujian and Guangdong. Obviously, Fujian was Chiang Kai-shek. Tang Shengzhi not only owned Hunan, but now Hubei also fell into the hands of other places. The 236th Army without territory must find a way to compete for a piece of territory. If you can't get the territory at this time and want it again in the future, it would be difficult to ascend to the sky. Why did Zhu Peide work so hard in Ganzhong? Isn't he just staring at this piece of fat meat in Jiangxi?

"Mr. Song, if Jiangxi has no land, do you think Jiangsu has ours?" Yang Jie asked Cheng Qian privately.

Cheng Qian shook his head and did not answer. Of course, Jiangsu is much better than Jiangxi, at least ten times richer, but what would Chiang Kai-shek do? What would the other armies do?

"If you enter the pass first, it is better for us to turn south and attack Nanchang first, imitate the old examples of Tang Shengzhi." Yang Jie's words made Cheng Qian feel excited.

Tang Shengzhi can declare himself as the chairman of Hunan Province, he can also declare himself as the chairman of Jiangxi Province, and the National Government can only recognize him in the end. It's just...

"There will not be many defending enemies in Nanchang. Zhu Peide's two armies attacked fiercely, and Deng Ruzhuo took time out the troops in Nanchang. Moreover, after we conquered Nanchang, Deng Ruzhuo faced two attacks from us and Zhu Peide, so he could only retreat to southern Gannan." Yang Jie continued to analyze the evolution of the onset of the war. It should be said that his analysis was reasonable. Deng Ruzhuo seemed to have no better way except retreating.

Cheng Qian suddenly stopped and asked, "Then how can Chiang Kai-shek explain?"

"Didn't he tell you to take care of it?" Yang Jie reminded lightly.

Cheng Qian smiled: "Okay, order the troops to go south and take Nanchang directly. The 19th Division is the vanguard, and Zhang Zhen is the vanguard, and the 17th Division follows up."

Cheng Qian's order surprised the consultant Gallejin. He hurried to meet Cheng Qian, and when he met, he asked Cheng Qian if he ordered the entire army to go south. Cheng Qian nodded and admitted.

"General Cheng, you are too anxious. You should cut off the Nanxun Line, instead of going south to Nanchang. Only by cutting off the Nanxun Line can you ensure the capture of Nanchang."

"No, no, Mr. Consultant, Nanchang is now empty in its troops. We can easily conquer it." Cheng Qianman casually explained, "These Russians don't understand China's affairs."

"No, General, if the Nanxun Line is not cut off, the enemy can counterattack through the Nanxun Line." Galejin still tried to convince Cheng Qian. He spread the map for Cheng Qian and analyzed: "If Deng Ruzhuo blocks Zhangshu and Lu Xiangting goes south quickly, it will be difficult for our army to defend Nanchang. General, you should cooperate with General Zhu and coordinate the actions."

But at this moment, Cheng Qian had made up his mind. He couldn't listen to Galekin's words at all. Galekin was anxious and sang a bunch of birds and jumped out. The translator looked at Cheng Qian with a puzzled look and said, "The consultant said that if you insist on going south, he would go to Gallon General Consultant to sue you, and asked the commander-in-chief to remove your position as commander."

"Yes, as long as you capture Nanchang, you can do anything." Cheng Qian said without saying a word. Galejin left in anger and went back to the headquarters to find Jialun.

After the back of Gallejin disappeared, Cheng Qian said to his left and right disdainfully: "I think Gallejin has no ability, even Zhuang Wenge, the first division, is better than him."

After the Shuishu Gonggu battle plan that Gallejin participated in the formulation was overthrown by Zhuang Jihua, his ability was suspected by the six armies. Therefore, Cheng Qian's disdain for Gallejin aroused the approval of some people.

"I think so. According to his plan, we don't know how many more people we will die." said the left and right.

"That's right, Nanchang is empty, it's natural to seize Nanchang..." Someone said flatteringly.

"Tell Zhang Zhen to catch up with Wang Bailing as fast as possible, don't be afraid of fatigue, don't be afraid of falling behind, catching up with you means victory."

With Cheng Qian's order, the Sixth Army abandoned Wuning and headed south day and night. The troops, regardless of fatigue, repeatedly accelerated the marching speed, and finally caught up with the first division on the Ganjiang River.

After hearing Zhang Zhen’s introduction, Zhuang Jihua was shocked. He asked unwillingly: “Have you really gone south? Did the 17th Division also go south?”

Zhang Zhen nodded affirmatively, but Zhuang Jihua still didn't give up: "Are you sure?"

Zhang Zhen looked at Zhuang Jihua with some confusion. He didn't understand why Zhuang Jihua acted so distraught.

A strong sense of uneasiness surged in Zhuang Jihua's heart. No troops cut off the Nanxun Line, the main enemy forces entrenched on the Nanxun Line could continue to move south. We could attack Deng Ruzhuo, and Lu Xiangting and Deng Ruzhuo could also attack us. Zhuang Jihua felt that the prospects for the Nanchang battlefield suddenly became unpredictable.

Just halfway through Sun Yuanliang's regiment, Cheng Qian also arrived. Standing by the Gan River, blew the slightly wet river breeze, holding the dark Nanchang City, he was in a happy mood. Cheng Qian ignored his fatigue and took over the command of crossing the river as soon as he arrived. He ignored half of Sun Yuanliang's regiment and ordered the first division to cross the river and transport the 19th division to cross the river first.

Wang Boling was anxious. He couldn't see the Jiangxi Provincial Chairman who was about to take action. At this moment, he showed a certain degree of tenacity and found Cheng Qian to argue.

"According to the orders of the headquarters, the first division is assigned to the sixth army to fight, and I will be in charge of the command." Cheng Qian said to Wang Boling expressionlessly: "Now I order the 19th Division to be transported over first. Commander Wang, do you want to resist the order?"

"According to the commander-in-chief, the troops attacking Nanchang are our division and the second and third armies. Your Sixth Army came to Nanchang, which is an act of violation of orders." Wang Boling shouted loudly.
To be continued...