On a secret winding mountain road from Changzhi to Jincheng, about two to three thousand Jin-Sui troops were meandering hard.

The leader, a middle-aged officer, had cold eyes and waved his hands to urge the subordinates behind him from time to time.

Under his urging and encouragement, the exhausted soldiers of the Jinsui Army cheered up and moved forward.

A young adjutant next to the middle-aged officer said: "Military seat, according to the map, we still have twenty kilometers to go out of this path and reach behind Tianjing Pass."

"Very good. Brother Xingru has a clever plan and learned that the mountain path can bypass Jincheng and go directly to Tianjing Pass.

Zhang Xinghan made a surprise attack on Tianjing Pass with his airborne troops, and today I, Fu Zuoyi, also gave them a surprise attack on Tianjing Pass. When we capture Tianjing Pass and surround Jincheng, Zhang Xinghan will not be able to escape even if he has wings!" The middle-aged officer is the 35th officer.

Army Commander Fu Zuoyi.

The Shanxi-Sui Army, like the Central Army, also had many factions, including Yan Xishan's Wutai and Dingxiang factions, Xu Yongchang's Guoxian faction, and Fu Zuoyi's Shannan faction.

It turned out that Fu Zuoyi was ordered to garrison the border of Shanxi and Suiyuan, but since most of Suiyuan was captured by the Northeast Army, Fu Zuoyi had an arms deal with Zhang Xinghan.

In order to block the excuses of other generals under his command, and it is not ruled out that he was really afraid that Fu Zuoyi would collude with Zhang Xinghan and betray the Jin-Sui Army, so Yan Xishan replaced Fu Zuoyi with Xu Yongchang to guard Yanmen Pass.

Fu Zuoyi was transferred to his old territory of southern Shanxi. This time Yang Aiyuan was ordered to organize an army to counterattack Jincheng. The main component was Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army.

Yang Aiyuan was good at employing people and had a high reputation among the generals of the Jin-Sui Army. Fu Zuoyi was no exception and cooperated well with Yang Aiyuan's command.

Only then did Fu Zuoyi lead one of his most elite infantry regiments. Starting from Changzhi, they crossed the mountains under the leadership of local hunters and found this mountain path that Yang Aiyuan accidentally learned about.

Plan to make a surprise attack on Tianjingguan.

Both Yang Aiyuan and Fu Zuoyi knew that as long as they successfully attacked Tianjingguan and joined forces with the Central Army, the entire Jincheng would immediately be surrounded by the Jinsui Army and the Central Army.

Both Yang Aiyuan and Fu Zuoyi believed that Zhang Xinghan would never be able to escape, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Central Army and Shanxi-Sui Army troops.

As long as Zhang Xinghan is killed or captured alive, the once powerful Northeast Frontier Defense Force will fall apart in an instant, and its destruction will be a matter of time.

In order to keep it secret, Fu Zuoyi did not even inform Hu Zongnan's Central Army of this action before setting off. Instead, he planned to wait until he reached Tianjing Pass and was about to take action before sending a message to contact the Central Army outside the pass to attack back and forth.

After imagining that he would become famous and respected all over the world after capturing Tianjing Pass, Fu Zuoyi felt that all the fatigue in his body had disappeared and he was filled with infinite power.

Leading the adjutant, he strode forward and continued marching.

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In Changzhi, the Shanxi-Sui army counterattacked the headquarters of Jincheng.

Yang Aiyuan, who serves as the commander-in-chief, is wearing a military uniform. He is holding one hand on his back at the moment, standing in front of the door and looking at the skyline in the courtyard.

His close friend Sun Chu walked out of it, came to Yang Aiyuan, and murmured to himself: "I don't know whether Fu Yisheng can succeed in one fell swoop this time. If he really succeeds, the powerful Northeastern Army will definitely fall apart. Bing Xiaoxue

Rong. I really don’t know what the situation in China will be like by then.”

Yang Aiyuan said lukewarmly: "If Zhang Xinghan can be gathered together to annihilate Jincheng this time, the Northeast Frontier Defense Force he established will be destroyed for sure, and the situation will be dominated by the Central Army."

"The Nanjing family is the only one?" Sun Chu was a little unwilling to accept such a result. He said unwillingly: "Wouldn't that be very detrimental to our Jinsui Army? If that's the case, brother Xingru, you shouldn't come up with this plan.

Trapping Zhang Xinghan in a desperate situation."

"If we don't use this method, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will be destroyed in an instant, and the entire National Government will be under Zhang Xinghan's control. If we use this method, although the Central Military Commission will be the only one, as long as we don't make too many mistakes, it won't be possible to recapture Suiyuan."

problem, and may even seize places such as Chahar and Jehol.

There should be no problem in maintaining the current status of the Jinsui Army." Yang Aiyuan said.

"Is that so? Then I'll feel relieved." Sun Chu nodded as if he had some understanding.

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At Tianjingguan, the fierce battle between the Northeastern Army and the Central Army is still continuing.

Outside the customs, blood flowed everywhere, corpses were strewn in the fields, and even the air was filled with a strong smell of blood. Some Central Army soldiers who were not psychologically competent even couldn't help but retching.

Of course, these people must be reservists who have not been pushed to the front line of fire. The Central Military Commission officers and soldiers who are actually used as commandos and offensive forces have long been numb.

The young man's eyes were full of anger and hatred, and he wished he could rush to the top of the city and kill all the hateful Northeastern troops above.

These Northeastern guys, damn, their firepower is too powerful and dense. Even the officers and soldiers of the 17th Army who have fought against the Japanese have never seen such powerful firepower.

Much better than the Japanese.

What makes the officers and soldiers of the Central Army hate the most is the bombing and strafing by Northeast Air Force fighter planes that fly in from far away from time to time.

Many of their attacks failed due to heavy casualties due to fierce bombing and strafing by the Northeast Army Air Force.

At the forefront of the attack position, Zhang Lingfu stood in the command post with a steely complexion. The adjutants next to him did not even dare to breathe.

Since the beginning of the attack, the 59th Brigade has basically been responsible for the main attack, and the 59th Brigade has almost used up all its newly added troops.

The casualties of the two main regiments exceeded 60%.

Suddenly, an orderly soldier braved the fierce artillery fire and came to Zhang Lingfu's headquarters along the communication trench.

He was still holding a piece of telegram in his hand. When he saw Zhang Lingfu who was motionless, the messenger opened the telegram and said: "General Zhang, the General Headquarters sent a telegram. In view of the excessive casualties of your unit, Commander Hu ordered that the 59th Brigade immediately

Withdraw from the battle, retreat to Jiyuan County for rest, and let the 25th Division take over from your troops to continue the attack."

Zhang Lingfu responded without looking back: "I understand."

After the messenger left, an adjutant pretended to be brave and stepped forward and asked: "Brigade, can we stop the attack?"

Zhang Lingfu did not answer immediately, but remained silent for a long time, then turned around and said indifferently: "Order the troops to stop the attack immediately...withdraw!"

The patio was closed, and when Liu Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the attacking crowd of the Central Army in Guanxia receding quickly like a tide again, he sat down on the city wall with his whole body sore.

Looking at the red and smoking gun barrel, Liu Jianguo took out half a pack of Hardman cigarettes from his coat pocket and lit one.

I started to smoke happily, and as soon as the sound of gunfire stopped, the medical soldiers and stretcher teams in the pass rushed to the top of the city and began to rescue the wounded.

A medical soldier came to Liu Jianguo. When he saw it was him, he squatted down and asked with concern: "Sir, are you okay? Are you injured?"

At this time, Liu Jianguo's body and face were covered with blood, which was very frightening. Only the green smoke that kept spitting out from his mouth showed that he was a living person.

Liu Jianguo took two more puffs of cigarette, grinned and showed his white teeth, smiled and said slightly: "I'm fine, don't worry, I'm just a little tired, I just need to lie down and rest for a while. You hurry up and save the other injured brothers."

The medical soldiers didn't dare to disobey, so they quickly agreed, got up and left.

People were coming and going on the wall, and the wounded soldiers were moaning in pain and howling.

Liu Jianguo lay behind the wall, looking at his dying subordinates, his eyes could not help but shed tears. Not long ago, they were all a group of young and energetic young men.

However, his long military career also made Liu Jianguo accustomed to life and death. He soon wiped away his tears, threw out the cigarette butt that was about to burn to the edge of his mouth, closed his eyes and began to rest. He was very tired, really very tired.

Continuous high-intensity combat is something even a hardened man can't stand.

Many people, like him, were very tired, and soon there were deafening snoring sounds on the city walls.

Of course, there were also some reserve officers and soldiers who boarded the city to serve as guards and to observe the movements of the Central Army in front of the pass who might launch another attack.

Both Liu Jianguo and the soldiers of the Northeast Army in Tianjing Pass focused their main attention on the Central Army in front of the pass, because behind them was Jincheng, where Commander-in-Chief Zhang, who was similar to the undefeated God of War in their minds, was in charge.

In their view, even if Tianjing Pass is lost, Jincheng cannot be lost. Therefore, subconsciously they all believe that the rear is safe and absolutely safe.

No one would have thought that danger was approaching.

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Like Liu Jianguo, Zhang Xinghan did not know that there was a hidden mountain path that could bypass Jincheng and reach directly behind Tianjing Pass.

You must know that Jincheng is surrounded by the steep Taihang Mountains.

Therefore, although Zhang Xinghan was wary and sent a large number of scouts around Jincheng, there were also Air Force reconnaissance planes constantly circling in the sky for reconnaissance.

But he didn't expect that the Jinsui Army would attack from the mountain forest behind Tianjing Pass. Zhang Xinghan really didn't expect this.

By the evening of that day, the main force of the Shanxi-Sui Army, which set out from Changzhi, finally arrived north of Jincheng.

"General, these 40 kilometers, the guys from the Jinsui Army walked for nearly five hours, it seems a little unreasonable?" After listening to the scout's report at the Northeast Army headquarters in Jincheng, Guo Zhong questioned

road.

Zhang Xinghan also felt that something was not normal, but the reconnaissance troops found nothing abnormal, and Tianjing Pass was as stable as Mount Tai and as solid as a rock.

Zhang Xinghan could only interpret Yang Aiyuan's slow motion as a way to let the Central Army and the Northeastern Army fight for the first time, and the Jinsui Army was reaping the benefits.

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Night fell quietly, and in the mountains and forests northwest of Tianjing Pass, Fu Zuoyi and his troops finally walked out of the rugged and winding mountain path.

At this time, he was seizing the time to rest in the dense forest. Taking advantage of the opportunity for his subordinates to rest, Fu Zuoyi called the communications soldier and ordered: "Immediately send a message to Hu Zongnan to inform us of our operational intentions, and ask him to mobilize troops to attack the city at night to attract
Chapter completed!