Five years have passed since the Battle of Liaoyang. Song Biao himself rarely thinks about the past, but the reputation he accumulated in that battle was very terrifying. In short, he was shocked to death when he arrived at Kaiping. All officers and soldiers of the Beiyang Army.

Although the Beiyang Army had known that the Northeast Army had revolted before, I always felt that it would take half a time from the Northeast Army's uprising to the south. It was only two or three days before Song Biao arrived in Kaiping, and the army gathered in Kaiping.

This speed is simply crane-level, just like the crazy raid in Liaoyang that year. I didn’t know it, but I didn’t realize it. The 100,000 troops had arrived in Kaiping. When everyone calculated the schedule and mileage, everyone burst into a cold sweat. It was probably the turn of tomorrow. They were surrounded and annihilated.

This situation was really shaking to the extreme. Even Zhang Yongcheng, who was stationed in Jinan, felt that he was too close to Kaiping.

When the Qing Dynasty and the capital heard that Song Biao had arrived at Kaiping, they were suddenly frightened and frightened. Zaifeng was frightened and sweated. He wanted no royal dignity and etiquette, and he had to take Empress Dowager Longyu and the night. Emperor Xuantong fled to Wuchang.

The Southern Association of the Imperial Guards followed the train crazily, and the princes of various Qing royal families also grabbed seats. Before the train could be opened, they realized that the Northeast Army had raided Zhuozhou and cut off the way south. This was the real horror.

The train circled a long way and turned around again and went to the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway. Now he had to go to Zhangjiakou and escape to the inner and outer Mongolia directions.

The train still didn't drive, and something even more terrifying came. It was said that the Northeast Army had already reached Zhangjiakou, and all the way to Xuanhua and Zhuolu. It was coming to the capital.

Zaifeng people were scared to faint on the train.

This time, all roads were blocked.

Ma Longbiao and the Second Town stationed in Baoding were also in a cold sweat. They simply stopped moving, neither attacking Cai E's First Cavalry Division nor fleeing south, and fleeing frantically digging trenches around Baoding City to prepare for war, and would go from Zhuozhou. The railways to Baoding were all broken, but in Baoding, three trains were stockpiled to flee south.

Interestingly, Yinchang was also in Baoding. After the Beiyang Military Preparation School in Tianjin was destroyed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, Yuan Shikai took office as the governor of Zhili to supervise the Beiyang Army, and moved the Beiyang Army's headquarters to Baoding. He established the Baoding Army Quick Martial Preparation School in Baoding. It was changed to the Army Officer Academy, and the Beiyang Army's headquarters is also located here.

After Liang Bi took office, he transferred Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and Wang Shizhen, the backbone of Yuan Shikai's old subordinates, from the Beiyang Army and successively sent him to serve as admirals in various provinces. In particular, the Jiangbei Admiral was idle, and Duan Qirui and Wang Shizhen were placed in one go. People are like leaving them idle in Huai'an.

As a result, at this moment, the entire Beiyang Army had no leader, and even Zhang Xun was sent out to be the admiral of Jiangnan, which was actually not worthy of being used.

During this period of time, Song Biao arrested extremely precisely and extremely fast, so that even the Qing Dynasty could not re-activate all important officials of the Beiyang Army. Ma Longbiao and Cao Kun were clearly all bullish. .

Yinchang had already received a telegram from the capital, asking him to personally supervise the second town of the Beiyang Army to go north to rescue the capital, and then asked him to welcome him on the spot, but not long after, the telegram asked him to continue to supervise the army north.

The repeated telegrams made Yinchang dizzy, so he could only go to find Ma Longbiao in person. He wanted to discuss a countermeasure. When he arrived at the headquarters of the Second Town of the New Army, he found that Duan Qirui was also discussing with Ma Longbiao. Things surprised Yinchang very much.

Duan Qirui should have gone to Jiangbei Admiral a few months ago, but he never went there and lived at home. He usually avoided Yinchang and did not interact with Yinchang.

At this time today, Duan Qirui stopped hiding. No matter what, he and Yinchang were still friends. Yinchang recommended him at the beginning, so that he could stand out and gain a place under Yuan Shikai's command.

When Duan Qirui saw this Zhili Governor Yinchang, he bowed to see him, and Ma Longbiao also rushed to visit him.

Yinchang felt very painful. When he saw Duan Qirui, he seemed to have finally found some hope. He hurriedly pulled Duan Qirui to sit down and sighed: "The situation has reached this day. If Lord Yuan had not been forced to retreat, how could it be today?

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Duan Qirui sighed slightly, and they all understood in their hearts that if Yuan Shikai was still in the position of the Governor of Zhili, he would never have been a mess like this even if he might not be the opponent of the Northeast Army.

The towns were allowed to be cut into pieces by the Northeast Army.

Duan Qirui looked up at Yinchang, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, saying, "Governor General, the situation has reached this point, and the court will definitely lose its protection. Don't let Ma Longbiao and the Second Town go north, sit down and protect yourself.

At least, it can restrain the forces of one and half towns of the Northeast Army. If we let us go north and attack other people's positions halfway, it would be a matter of dying."

Yinchang said anxiously: "Although I think so, the imperial edict has been issued, and the holy order is hard to violate it. Even if the second town is not allowed to go, it is impossible to go."

Ma Longbiao stood aside and said hatefully: "Governor General, you are not loyal and dedicated to your duties, but the situation is already like this. Do you want our soldiers in the town to die for nothing? As the saying goes, the general is outside, and the king will not accept the order, let alone the fate of a mess.

Is it? The court will make a statement and a telegram at a time. I think we should welcome you on the spot."

Yinchang felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't dare to force him. Since Song Biao had arrived in Kaiping, it was too late. Now he had to force the second town to go north to rescue the capital, which was equivalent to forcing others to die. No one wanted to go north or northeast.

When the army fights, if you are forced to fight, it will be a military chaos.

After thinking about it, he and Duan Qirui asked, "Now, what do you think you are restarting Governor Yuan?"

Duan Qirui then scolded anxiously: "No, the court is doing his own fault. It's only when things come to this point that I remember to re-activate Governor Yuan. There is no time to do it. Before Lord Yuan returns to Baoding, the Northeast Army will do it.

After turning over the capital, as soon as I heard that Song Biao had arrived in Kaiping, who would dare to fight? Ma and I had just estimated that if the entire Northeast Army entered the pass, it would be basically equivalent to the twenty-two towns of our Beiyang Army.

,We still have a town in Jinan, and the third town has half surrendered and half defeated. The soldiers of the four towns and the imperial guards want to fight against the twenty-two towns. It is like a moth to flew into a fire. What's more, the main ace of the Northeast Army

It is the first Heavy Artillery Brigade, with 102 heavy artillery pieces in the entire brigade. One shell is three times heavier than our 75mm shell. It has a large initial velocity and a long range. It cannot be fired at all. It has more machine guns than our rifles. Rifles are more than our people.

It's a few times more, and the others have arrived in Kaiping, and the entire army has been dispatched very quickly and vigorously. There is no room for me to wait. Now he has surrounded the capital with the troops of six towns, and 54 artillery pieces in each town, and then

In addition, 204 light and heavy artillery pieces of two artillery brigades. Five hundred artillery pieces gathered in the capital. Who dares to fight against them? The artillery of the 20th and 3rd towns is also in their hands. This battle is really impossible to fight at this point.

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Ma Longbiao couldn't help but mutter: "Admiral, I'm afraid everyone in the world knows what can't be fought for this battle. Don't say it anymore. It makes me feel cold in my heart, like a sharp knife pressing my stomach.

I thought that Song Zhongtang had arrived in Kaiping, I was afraid that the officers and soldiers from all walks of life would not dare to move. I was afraid that Zhao Guoxian and Wu Hongchang would have to bite the bullet and go into battle. I was beaten in vain. It would be hard to say how many brothers died.

Whatever happens may be destroyed.”

Duan Qirui felt in pain, but he had no choice.

The second and sixth towns were the iron army he supervised and trained. He spent his whole life here. Seeing that this was the case, he didn't want the soldiers and soldiers to die, so this time he came here to persuade Ma Longbiao not to do so.

Go north and stay in Baoding to watch the situation.

He estimated that as long as the second town did not go north, the Northeast Army would not deal with them for the time being.

The positional warfare of the Northeast Army is extremely powerful. It was already famous all over the world during the Battle of Liaoyang. As long as the opponent built the trenches and fortifications, not to mention that their second town of the Beiyang Army could not rush through, even if the six Beiyang Army towns gathered together.

Can't rush through.

Thinking of this, Duan Qirui and Ma Longbiao persuaded Yinchang: "The opponent is General Song, so we will not be ashamed to rely on Baoding as a turtle. If we go out, we will definitely die. If we really rush up,

After being completely destroyed by someone else's position, the Northeast Army stayed in Zhuozhou to guard our troops and continued to participate in the siege of the capital. We had no effect on tying and making. Therefore, we must shrink our heads at this time. They were digging fortifications, and we also

We should not surrender or betray the court if we are fortifications, but we should do our best."

Ma Longbiao immediately slapped his thigh and said, "It's still the old commander who said it's right. That's what I think."

Yinchang was speechless. He could only say that Liangbi was doing this poorly. Although he was the governor of Zhili, he had no control over the real power of the six towns. The real power was all in the hands of Liangbi alone. Now, he was in Baoding.

He was unable to mobilize the troops of the second town and could only sit still and watch the capital besieged.

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The loose layout of the six towns in Beiyang and the situation of being without a leader have given the Northeast Army its own rapid and vigorous style, creating excellent conditions. In just two days after Song Biao arrived in Kaiping, the Northeast Army's large troops had arrived in the pass one after another.

The first infantry division and the first cavalry division cut off the six towns in Beiyang. The first and sixth towns could only sit in the capital, with no foreign aid at all. The second infantry division of the Northeast Army, as the main force, entered directly.

In Tongzhou, the Third Infantry Division and the Second Artillery Brigade are located in Jixian County.

The First Artillery Brigade, the Fifth Cavalry Brigade and the Fifth Infantry Division arrived at Kaiping to meet. After the Second Cavalry Division captured Zhangjiakou, it continued to move south. The Fourth Cavalry Brigade defended Zhangjiakou and Xuanhua and surrounded the capital.

Eleven patrol detachments drawn from various parts of Kanto guarded Jinzhou, Shanhaiguan, Luanzhou and Kaiping, controlling the railways. Although the Qing government ordered the navy to shell Jinzhou and other places, the navy had not been dispatched for a long time.

In fact, everyone knows that the Qing government really couldn't hold on this time. The Northeast Army was too fast and its movements were too fierce.

I was not sure about Song Biao's military use level before. Now, when compared, all new troops know that the gap is really too big. The Beiyang Army has a deeper understanding and is increasingly afraid to fight Song Biao. If you can run, run away and shrink.

Retreat, and dare not fire the first shot.

There have always been four fears in marching and fighting, one is afraid of leaders, two is afraid of teammates, three is afraid of subordinates, four is afraid of opponents. The strength of the Beiyang Army is absolutely not bad. If you really have to go all out, you will definitely not be an opponent that the Northeast Army can win quickly, but Beiyang

The military's problems are too complicated now. First, they encounter god-like opponents, second, there are leaders like Liangbi who are simply unable to control the three armies, and a group of teammates who are all at the same level as a living player, and finally a group of unwilling to do so.

The subordinates of the Northeast Army.

If Yuan Shikai commanded the three armies, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen and Tieliang were the commanders of each town, it might not be impossible to stop the Northeast Army. First, concentrate troops to guard Shanhaiguan and Kailuan, and deploy the navy to attack Jinzhou northward, and the Northeast Army would

Unable to enter the pass smoothly.

Even if the Northeast Army was allowed to enter the pass, concentrate its forces in Langfang, Tongzhou, Baoding, defend the intersection of the Jinghan Railway and Zhengtai Railway, mobilize troops from Zhili and Shanxi to aid the capital, and then protect the Manchu royal family in the capital and then retreat to Baoding. Or

Retreat directly to Shanxi and use the Taihang Mountains to compete with the Northeast Army, let alone defend for three months. It is possible to defend for half a year.

Now that the battle is like this, there is really no way to do it. Even if Song Biao is transferred to command the Beiyang Army, he cannot make up the situation. This is not a problem for someone, but there are problems from top to bottom. Of course,

The root of the problem is still in Liangbi and Liu Feng.

After Yuan Shikai was dismissed, Song Biao waited in the Northeast for two more years. In fact, he was waiting for Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, and Tieliang to be squeezed out by Liangbi. Once Yuan Shikai and these people left, the Beiyang Army

There will be very serious problems in operation.

Liangbi is still not good after all. He graduated from a Japanese Lushi, which is equivalent to a technical secondary school graduate. Before that, Liangbi had no military experience or other experience, unlike Tieliang and Yuan Shikai

They are all made step by step from below, unlike Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, and Wang Shizhen who are step by step, they all have real talents and ability to control their subordinates.

Really talking about equipment and training. The Beiyang Army is really not bad. The only big gap between it and the Northeast Army is machine guns. The difference between heavy machine guns is not big. The key is that the Northeast Army's light machine guns are deployed to the squad, each squad

A Madson light machine gun.

From this point of view, it is very wise for Cao Kun to escape in the battle. If Cao Kun and Chen Wenyun choose a clumsy tactic, they may be killed by the Northeast Army as soon as they get started.

Although the size of 12,512 people in a Beiyang Army is not small, the front-line combat troops are only 8,000. According to the example of the Liaoyang Battle, you can die in half an hour after rushing up. This depends on the commander's ability to respond on the spot.

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The problem now is that Song Biao has arrived in Kaiping. Once he arrived in Kaiping, the officers and soldiers from the Beiyang Army heard that he was coming, and they collectively feared the war and did not dare to fight him.

At this time in Kaiping County, the Northeast Revolutionary Army officially established the General Command, with the First Staff Bureau, the Second Staff Bureau, the Intelligence Bureau, the Logistics Bureau, the Fortification Bureau, the Railway Bureau, the Militia Bureau, the Propaganda Bureau, the Liaison Bureau, and the Liaison Bureau, and as a national

The command centers of each revolutionary army are dispatched to the combat plans of each army.

For the Qing government, Song Biao's trip to Kaiping was a very terrifying thing. For various revolutionary armies, Song Biao's trip to Kaiping was a great news, which means that the Qing Dynasty will perish, and the rest is just

Due to time issues, the governors and governors from all over the country fled and no longer had unnecessary struggles.

In the headquarters, Song Biao has been with Jiang Fangzhen and the Martoste College carefully speculated that the forces the Qing army could gather in the capital. At present, Zaifeng and Liangbi still have three new troops left in their hands. The original Eight Banners stationed in Beijing have long been corrupt, and the elites were drawn out to form the first town. Previously, the Admiral of Nine Gate had a patrol battalion of the fifth battalion, with each battalion full of 2,900 people, and later it was assigned to the Patrol Department and the Patrol Department. After being adapted to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, these flag soldiers were drawn out and reorganized into the Imperial Guards.

In addition to the police force of the newly added patrol police station in the capital, Zaifeng had a full 40,000 troops. As long as he was transported to the level, it was not a big problem to defend Beijing.
To be continued...