Among the several armies encircled and suppressed the northwest base this time, Ma Hongkui's troops attacked the most fiercely. The reason was that Ma Hongkui's mother, his wife, eldest son Ma Dunhou and others were all in Ningxia City. Although the People's Army agreed to his family to send a letter to Ma Fuxiang and Ma Hongkui to report safety, let the Ma family know that their family was safe, Ma Hongkui was still furious when he learned that the property that had been operated by several generations in the family had been confiscated.

The people were not destroyed, but their families were destroyed, and their territory and money were gone. If they did not make efforts to conquer Ningxia, Ma Hongkui, the so-called chairman of Ningxia Province, was just a name for himself. Therefore, Ma Hongkui ordered his troops to launch a fierce attack on the People's Army's defense line from Chimukou in the Helan Mountains, and the Sanguan and one area. As for the families who fell into the hands of the People's Army, after knowing that the People's Army's policy of not being as guilty as their family members, Ma Hongkui was not very worried about their safety.

However, although Ma Hongkui's troops attacked fiercely, they lacked heavy firepower, and did not make much progress except for many casualties. The People's Army has occupied Ningxia for more than a year and has built solid defense fortifications in various dangerous positions. With its advantage in geographical advantages, they are not worried about Ma Hongkui's troops at all.

Ma Hongkui was ruthless, and the three Ma Ma in Qinghai and Shaanxi troops also made great efforts.

Among the three horses in Qinghai, Ma Lin, the old horse, was unwilling to go ahead and fight desperately, so he hurried in Xining and passed the radio to Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang brothers, and was ready to leave at any time.

At the beginning of the year, when Ma Bufang returned to Xining with the remaining 800 people through hardships, Ma Lin did not object after learning about the plans of his two nephews. After occupying Menyuan, Ledu, Hualong and other places, the People's Army had formed an arc-shaped semi-encirclement of the Huangzhong Valley, and it also cut off the passage from Qinghai to Gansu. Without foreign aid, it would be a matter of time before the fall of Xining. In this case, the idea of ​​Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang and the two proposed to seek a way out as soon as possible has become realistic.

After the beginning of spring, Ma Buqing sent people to gain a foothold in the Hami area, especially after the families of his uncle and nephew and his family moved to Hami one after another, Qingma's retreat can be said to be preliminary prepared. This time, Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang's brothers led their troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the People's Army, and they also had the intention to win and go if they were defeated. However, despite other plans, the attack momentum of Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang's brothers did not weaken much. Both brothers had the intention to open up the channel connecting the western end of Xining and Hexi Corridor. If the two units succeeded, no matter whether the final encirclement and suppression battle was won or defeated, Qingma would be in a favorable situation where they could advance and have a way out of retreat.

As for the Yang Hucheng tribe and Jing Yuexiu tribe in Shaanxi, the battles were also hard-working.

Jing Yuexiu did not want a new force that could threaten him in the west of northern Shaanxi. In the view of Jing Yuexiu, who has a strong habit of the world, the last encirclement and suppression had already formed a big scourge with the People's Army. Since the hatred had been settled, we had to take the initiative and strive for a situation that was beneficial to us as much as possible.

In addition to not only unwilling to see a powerful threat in the west, Yang Hucheng, as the director of the Xi'an Pacification Office, also had the responsibility to stabilize the northwest, and also had the idea of ​​"Greater Northwestism" in his heart, so he also ordered Sun Weiru and Ma Qingyuan to attack fiercely.

In contrast, the actions of Lu Dachang's troops were a bit like watching the scenery. Although he was angry with the People's Army's actions of capturing Minxian and seizing territory with him, Lu Dachang also knew that he was the weakest among all encirclement and suppression forces. Therefore, in this battle, he did not attack Lixian, Xihe and other places occupied by the People's Army, but chose to attack Minxian. Lu Dachang's idea was very good: if the encirclement and suppression was successful and his troops took Minxian again, he would definitely not be behind in the subsequent operation of seizing territory in Gansu. If the encirclement and suppression was not successful, he could use the road between Xigu and Minxian to retreat smoothly.

Among the several encirclement and suppression troops, the ones who fought the most easily were Wang Jingguo and Zhao Chengshou from Suiyuan. Judging from the combat operations, these two groups were purely mourning workers. After entering the Tangkou to confront the People's Army, Wang and Zhao also fired guns every day, and the momentum was quite loud. However, the officers and soldiers were all staying in the fortifications and did not strike forward at all. This practice had no intention of restoring Ningxia.

The result of the actions of the king and Zhao people was still with Yan Xishan. After Yan Xishan came back in spring, he repeatedly claimed to follow the orders of the central government. After receiving the order from Chiang Kai-shek to send troops to attack Ningxia from Suiyuan, he sent the king and Zhao people.

However, Yan Xishan made a clear plan: this encirclement and suppression operation was purely a fire for the Jinsui Army. To conquer Ningxia, we had to hand it over to Ma Hongkui, the original opponent; if we could not defeat it, there would be no loss to the Jinsui Army. Moreover, the defense line built by the People's Army in the area of ​​Tangkou is still a distance away from the border of Suiyuan, so there is no need to anger a rising force for the benefit of others.

Although the People's Army occupied a Suiyuan territory by the Yellow River in the area of ​​Taini, there was no need to fight for the Yellow River except the ravine and the Yellow River beach. In addition, the People's Army could not hide behind the defense line of Taini, and there was also some Mongolian princes with small thoughts on the other side, so there was no need to fight for this.

With Yan Xishan's open and secret instructions, Wang and Zhao also preserved their strength and almost turned the battle into a marching exercise. Of course, Wang and Zhao's approach also made Zhang Mingrui's troops of the First Column much easier.

After more than 10 days of combat, the enemy troops from all walks of life had different combat states on the battlefield, and naturally they were reflected by each column to Yang Tianming, who was in charge of the People's Army headquarters.

"The enemy attacked from eight directions, but their respective thoughts were different." After seeing the relevant situation, Yang Tianming laughed and said, "According to this, even if they really seized the territory, they would probably have unevenly divided the spoils."

"Each person has different interests and is reluctant to get together. Isn't it like that when it comes to the distribution of interests?" Zhou Hao also smiled and reminded, "It has been fighting for 11 days, so you can launch a counterattack."

"With these 11 days, the new recruits have also tempered it, and it is time to fight back." Yu Zhenshan also added.

"Okay. I suggest that all departments launch a counterattack tonight." Yang Tianming nodded in agreement, "to carry out different degrees of strikes on various enemy troops as planned."

In the original plan of Zhang Mingrui, Yang Tianming and others, the two troops in Shaanxi Jing and Yang should fight slowly and not be too severely damaged in this battle, as it would not be in line with the long-term interests of the People's Army; for Longnan Lu Dachang and Suiyuan Wang Jingguo and Zhao Chengshou's troops, they should be forced to retreat; for Qingma, Ningma, the attack efforts should be increased and forced to move westward.

In this way, even if the strength is damaged, even if the Qingma and Ningma finally enter Xinjiang, it will not develop soon. Once the horses gain a foothold in Xinjiang, the People's Army's base in the northwest will be completely consolidated, and naturally they will have the ability to arrange follow-up actions.

According to Yang Tianming's telegram, each column of the People's Army launched a different degree of counterattack against various enemy troops at around 4:30 am on October 18.

Zhang Mingrui's troops in the first column concentrated more than 10,000 elite troops to attack Ma Hongkui's troops, and Guo Cheng led the cavalry to pursue the enemy in the unit; Liu Jifeng's troops in the second column and Xu Chaoyuan's troops in the third column, with the cooperation of the artillery column, led the new soldiers to attack the enemy in front of the enemy, but these two columns only attacked the enemy in front of the enemy, and did not pursue; Chen Zhiyuan's troops in the fourth column also concentrated more than 10,000 elite troops to launch a counterattack against Ma Buqing and Ma Bufang's brothers, and rushed fiercely and advanced towards Linze, Gaotai and Suzhou; the Jianshan troops in the Zhenshan troops in the Ningxia Hedong First Column to attack Jingyuexiu's troops in northern Shaanxi; while several four brigades of Yang Tianming's troops in the special column were from Ledu and Hualong to attack the Huangzhong Valley where Xining was located.

"What? The bandits took Pingrong?" After being woken up by the adjutant in his sleep, Ma Lin sweated coldly in his forehead.

Pingrong Town is located in Ping'an County in later generations, located between Ledu and Xining, about 35 kilometers away from Xining. After this place was taken down, the People's Army cavalry assaulted and could reach the city of Xining in just one hour. Because Ma Bufang brought all the troops in the Huangshui Valley to attack Menyuan, there are only a few hundred policemen in Xining and surrounding areas now maintain order, which can't stop the People's Army's offensive at all.

"I have to go and call the source of the sect? Now, even Xining will be lost!" Although Ma Lin had agreed to the plan of his two nephews before, he heard that the People's Army was advancing here, he was still panicked and complained while wearing it.

"Chairman Ma, there are no soldiers available except for a hundred policemen. Let's retreat earlier." The adjutant urged.

"Of course we have to withdraw." Ma Lin said without looking back while tidying up his luggage, "Hurry up and greet the pilots of the two planes, and then send a telegram to my two nephews to say hello, and then let's go together."

Seeing that Ma Lin was about to leave, he did not forget to bring himself with him. The adjutant was happy and agreed to arrange the relevant affairs. Ma Lin, his two nephews and a group of close friends had been moved to Xinjiang one after another. There was no need to mobilize a large number of troops to evacuate this time.

At nearly 6 o'clock, two planes flew towards Hami on the airport in the suburbs of Xining for a while, and then took Ma Lin and a few confidants to fly towards Hami. At this time, after learning that the People's Army had captured Pingrong and advanced towards Xining, Ma Bufang knew that the situation was hopeless. After sighing, Ma Bufang ordered the more than 1,000 troops around him to move through the Datong to the Heilin checkpoint. As for the two thousand troops on the gate source, they would definitely not be able to withdraw.

"Teacher, do we still have to drill into the ravine?" The adjutant who had accompanied Ma Bufang across the Qilian Mountains twice asked with lingering fear.

Thinking about the experience of trekking in the Qilian Mountains twice, Ma Bufang was also a little numb. Seeing that winter was coming again, it was hard to say whether he could have a life if he crawled back to the deep mountains. Moreover, since the People's Army launched an attack on Xining, Suzhou would be difficult to protect. He could not go through the Qilian Mountains and hit the People's Army again. At this moment, Ma Bufang shook his head and said, "No! This time we go around Qinghai Lake to Dulan, then cross Qaidam to Dunhuang, and then to Xinjiang."

Although the route Ma Bufang chose was far and long, it was much easier to walk than crossing the Qilian Mountains. At least, there were roads that camels had been broken since ancient times, and there were people along the route to provide supplies. Just when Ma Bufang led his troops to retreat, Ma Buqing was also leading more than 3,000 cavalry from Linze to Gaotai and Suzhou in a hurry. Behind him, more than 4,000 cavalrymen of the Fourth Column led by Cui Yi were chasing him.

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