As soon as Bai Chongxi said this, Chairman Chiang's furious voice stopped abruptly. He looked at him with a dejected look, and finally waved his hands in silence and said: "Give Zongnan power and immediately evacuate all divisions from the area north of the Yellow River."

, retreat to the Central Plains!"

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The Shanxi-Sui Army has recently surrendered. It stands to reason that Zhang Xinghan would have to make a trip to Taiyuan, especially now that the Northeast Army is busy taking over Taiyuan's government affairs, military affairs and other comprehensive work matters.

Zhang Xinghan should go to Taiyuan to meet with Yan Laoxi and other Shanxi military and political officials to stabilize people's hearts.

However, Zhang Xinghan chose to lead his army directly from Changzhi south to Jincheng. In order to make up for the lack of troops, he also invited Sun Chu to lead more than 20,000 troops to go south with him.

After Sun Chu asked Yan Xishan for instructions, he readily agreed.

The reason why Zhang Xinghan did not go to Taiyuan is very simple, that is, there are nearly 100,000 Central Army troops still south of Jincheng and north of the Yellow River.

He knew that once Chairman Chiang learned that Shanxi had surrendered, Hu Zongnan would be unable to stand alone north of the Yellow River. As a precaution, he would definitely let Hu Zongnan retreat southward and retreat to the Central Plains.

Similarly, the direct impact of the total surrender of the Shanxi Jinsui Army was that the Central Army had insufficient strength in Henan.

This is a rare and good opportunity for us to take direct control of the Central Plains.

Naturally, Zhang Xinghan would not waste it. If he could eat up several of Hu Zongnan's divisions in Hebei before he retreated to Henan, then the Central Plains would be at his fingertips.

Even if Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and Guangxi's main reinforcements from Guangxi arrive by then, it will not be able to help.

However, although Zhang Xinghan could not go to Taiyuan, he could not ignore Yan Xishan and others. While returning to Jincheng, Zhang Xinghan sent electricity to Jiang Baili who was far away in Jilin.

Let him immediately fly to Baoding, transfer to Taiyuan, lead Huang Xiansheng and Liu Guodong to fully take over Shanxi's party, government and military affairs and territory, and surrender the army.

Zhang Xinghan responded quickly and quickly returned to Jincheng. At this time, the Central Army outside the city had just received the retreat order from above.

There is no more offensive. They are all preparing to quietly withdraw from southern Shanxi and retreat to the Central Plains.

As for Jiaozuo, Xinxiang and other places, all levels of the Central Military Commission also took action at this moment and began to flee.

After Zhang Xinghan arrived in Jincheng, he did not bother to reminisce with Liu Jianguo and Wang Longxiang. He ordered the two of them: "Jianguo, Longxiang, the situation has changed. Shanxi has been pacified. Our worries have been relieved. Now your task is to attack across the board immediately.

If you want to attack and pursue the enemy in person, you must chase them to the north bank of the Yellow River and annihilate them."

Liu Jianguo and others had already learned the news of the surrender of the Shanxi army led by Yan Xishan through a telegram. They were excited and said with some worry: "General, there is no problem in pursuing the pursuit. What I am worried about is whether the enemy will leave a force to defend.

Tianjingguan to block our army's pursuit.

The terrain of Tianjingguan is difficult and easy to defend but difficult to attack. If that were the case, we might not be able to stop the elite divisions of the Central Army on the opposite side!"

Zhang Xinghan looked at Sun Chu next to him, smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry about Jianguo. None of the Central Army north of Tianjing Pass can pass by, but time is pressing. You must lead the pursuit immediately and get to Tianjing as soon as possible.

Shut down, otherwise Fu Zuoyi won’t be able to support it for long!”

Liu Jianguo, Wang Longxiang and others looked at each other in surprise, stepped forward and said yes, then turned around and left as ordered.

After watching them leave, Zhang Xinghan turned to Sun Chu and said: "Brother Cuiya, the military situation is urgent. I would like to ask you to lead your troops and set off immediately."

"Yes, Commander-in-Chief Zhang, please rest assured that Sun Chu will definitely live up to his trust." Sun Chu was very grateful to Zhang Xinghan for his regard for him, and he happily agreed.

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Tianjing Pass, the Jinsui Army stationed at the northern wall of Tianjing Pass is now in a dilemma of being surrounded from two sides.

Outside the wall in the north of the city, Du Yuming, deputy commander of the 25th Division, stood on a military jeep and shouted at the wall: "Fu Zuoyi, what are you doing? Why are you blocking our unit from crossing the border? Do you want to rebel?"

"

After closing and closing, the two sides were at war with each other, with guns drawn and facing each other. Standing on the wall, Fu Zuoyi did not answer.

At this moment, he was quite conflicted. Xu Yongchang, Shang Zhen and others rebelled before the battle, causing Yan Xishan to have no choice but to lead Shanxi's party, government and military officials to surrender en masse.

He also called him and ordered him to blockade Tianjing Pass no matter what, and never allow the Central Army north of Tianjing Pass to go south.

He also instructed that this was a good opportunity to make a contribution to Zhang Xinghan and hoped that he would not miss it.

Zhang Xinghan also called not long ago and said that he would send reinforcements as soon as possible. Once the encirclement and annihilation are successful, Guan Linzheng, Tang Enbo, Wang Yaowu and other Central Army troops will credit him with the first contribution.

The implication is that once the new government is successfully reorganized, he will be given high-ranking officials and generous salaries.

However, after all, they were fighting side by side not long ago, so to turn their guns and draw their swords so quickly, it was really difficult to react psychologically.

Seeing that Fu Zuoyi was closed and ignored him, Du Yuming got into the jeep and headed north for the sake of safety.

Not long after, they arrived at an open space not far from the city wall. Three division commanders including Wang Yaowu, Guan Linzheng, and Tang Enbo, as well as a group of staff adjutants, were all looking forward to it and waiting anxiously.

When they saw Du Yuming's car returning, they all came to greet it. As soon as the car stopped, they asked: "Brother Guangting, how are you? Will Fu Zuoyi give way?"

Du Yuming shook his head in frustration and said, "No, I don't even want to say more."

"What should we do? When we breached the Tianjing Pass, I was worried that Fu Zuoyi had no good intentions in occupying the northern wall, under the guise of resting here because of heavy casualties. Sure enough, he would rebel today.

My way back!" Tang Enbo said with mixed regrets.

"If I hadn't worried about damaging the cooperation between our Central Army and the Jinsui Army and affecting the siege of Jincheng, I would have captured him long ago."

"What's the use of talking about this now? If it were normal, he would have less than 2,000 people, and I could defeat them with one regiment!" Guan Linzheng said with a worried look: "But the key issue now is, the Northeast behind us

The border guards may catch up at any time, there is no time to delay.”

"Since we can't delay, we shouldn't expect Fu Zuoyi to let us pass peacefully." The speaker was Wang Yaowu, commander of the 51st Division, who looked at the crowd and said: "Hurry up and contact the Guannan Army immediately to attack us from both sides, and quickly move towards

We are attacking fiercely through the wall from the north, and are attacked from both sides, and Fu Zuoyi's small force cannot withstand it for long."

"I also agree with Mr. Wang's suggestion. If peace talks don't work, then fight." Du Yuming nodded in agreement.

Tang Enbo said: "But if the pursuers of the Northeast Frontier Defense Army arrive before our army has conquered the Guanqiang, wouldn't we be in danger of being attacked from both sides?"

"Let's do this. I'll let Zhang Lingfu lead a brigade to defend the rear on the spot to block the Northeastern Army's pursuing troops. All the rest of the troops will go into the attack, open up the connection with Guannan at all costs, and quickly withdraw south." Wang Yaowu volunteered.

When everyone saw that Wang Yaowu took the initiative to take on the arduous task of blocking this arduous task, they admired him deeply and nodded in agreement.

Soon, the 4th Division and the 25th Division sent effective troops to launch a fierce attack on the Guanqiang stationed by Fu Zuoyi's headquarters.

The Central Army in Guannan also launched an attack at the same time in response.

Jincheng is only twenty or thirty kilometers away from Tianjingguan. For the fully mechanized Northeastern Border Guard Army, the journey is no more than an hour.

Sun Chu's Jinsui Army arrived in two hours.

These two pursuit forces started to pursue the Central Army as soon as they arrived at Tianjing Pass.

Therefore, before Du Yuming and others could capture Tianjing Pass, Liu Jianguo and Wang Longxiang arrived with more than 10,000 elite Northeastern border guards and a large number of tanks and chariots.

At this time, Zhang Lingfu, who was responsible for leading his troops to block the attack, could not even build a decent defensive position.

However, the terrain to the north of Tianjingguan was steep and the roads were narrow, which provided them with great convenience and help.

Due to the narrow road and high mountains on both sides, the Northeast Army's superior strength and effectiveness of tanks and chariots could not be fully utilized.

Even so, in such a frontal battle lacking the protection of fortifications, Zhang Lingfu's troops were no match for the Northeastern Army.

Liu Jianguo and Wang Longxiang's troops used a small number of No. 4 tanks as cover, supplemented by a large number of rocket launchers and general-purpose machine guns, to form a powerful assault firepower and advance step by step.

The living space of Zhang Lingfu's troops was continuously compressed, forcing them to retreat continuously, and the situation became extremely critical.

Zhang Lingfu ordered his men to counterattack several times, but was thwarted by the powerful and fierce firepower of the Northeast Army, resulting in heavy casualties.

At the same time, the fierce battle at Tianjingguan also reached a fierce and fierce level.

The pressure faced by Fu Zuoyi's troops was by no means less than that of Zhang Lingfu. Due to the small number of troops and insufficient ammunition, they were also attacked by the Central Army from two sides.

Fu Zuoyi's men suffered heavy casualties, but since the gunshots were fired, they could only bite the bullet and fight. Otherwise, whether he surrendered or was captured at this time, there was only one fate waiting for Fu Zuoyi.

He was taken to Nanjing and tried in a military court.

Therefore, Fu Zuoyi also tried his best to supervise the battle, and even went into battle with a gun himself, fighting side by side with his subordinates.

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Luoyang, the temporary residence of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek.

After giving the order to Hu Zongnan, Bai Chongxi persuaded Bald Jiang and told him that his current plan was to preserve as much of his strength as possible and rely on the natural dangers of the Yellow River to cooperate with Han Fuqu's Shandong Army to defend the Central Plains.

Waiting for the arrival of half a million reinforcements.

The situation has not yet reached an irreversible point.

Under Bai Chongxi's persuasion, Chairman Chiang regained some fighting spirit and hope. Now he was sitting on the sofa, anxiously waiting for the situation on the front line.

Bai Chongxi and Chen Cheng, who had just arrived from Nanjing by plane, were also sitting beside them, sitting at attention.

The atmosphere at the scene was quiet and somewhat depressing.

Suddenly, Wang Shihe hurriedly walked in, saluted Chairman Chiang and said, "Commissioner, I'm sorry. The 25th Division and other troops received a call. The Jinsui Army Fu Zuoyi Division stationed at the north wall of Tianjing Pass suddenly launched an attack and blocked the city gate.

, my three main divisions are not allowed to pass."
Chapter completed!