Chapter 2 Accomplished Facts
Faits
Liu Jingxiao asked the key point, and Chen Fangren immediately showed an excited expression on his face: "I was the first to get the news. Now I have blocked the news, and then I will report it for dozens of miles!"
This is the old wisdom of Li Si after Qin Shihuang's death. Although he was not very clever, he was very practical. With this sentence, Chen Fangren's position will always stand firm in countless political turmoils in the future. Liu Jingxiao clearly remembered his contribution to the announcement.
Liu Jingxiao was also very excited. As long as he planned it well, he continued to lower his voice and asked: "How did Commander Wang die for his country? What should I do now!"
Since the founding of the Republic, strength is everything. If there is a gun, there will be no fear of anything. The Dingbian Army has more than 2,000 guns. Liu Jingxiao has already planned to use it. Now that there is such a good opportunity for heaven, how can we not benefit from it?
"In October of the 86th year of the Republic, Rouran rebels 60,000 to 70,000 people invaded Rehe in the south. The Rui army was corrupt and collapsed at the touch. The rebels began to attack Linxi on the 8th. At that time, our Dingbian army was stationed in Linxi. The entire army fought back and fought hard for two days and two nights. The enemy was killed and injured. Under the wise command of Mr. Liu Jingxiao, the entire army rushed out of the city and finally defeated the enemy. In the battle of Linxi, the plan was to kill the Rouran rebels' pseudo-general Babuzabu, more than ten generals and officers below Babuzabu, killed and wounded more than 20,000 rebels, captured three or four thousand enemies, and seized countless results. The battle record was extremely brilliant, and it laid a solid foundation for Mr. Liu Jingxiao to take charge of the Dingbian army!" (The above text was excerpted from the "History of the Dingbian Army" compiled by Bai Siwen and others)
The above can be said to be the views of the Linxi Battle for a considerable period of time, but in fact, it can be said that it is nonsense. The Linxi Battle is just an ordinary battle that is not big or small, and it cannot reach the scale of the battle at all. This passage does not mention the merits of the Rui army defending the city, nor does it mention the matter of reinforcements coming to aid.
As for the casualties of the Rourans, the number of casualties of the Rourans was extremely exaggerated. "The Secret History of the Rourans' War of Independence" states that the Rourans were killed and killed in the Linxi Battle, and although this number narrowed the casualties of the Rourans to a certain extent, it was not much different from the actual situation. As for the number of prisoners, according to the very rigorous "Historical Archives of Dingbian Army", the Rourans' total number of combat personnel was less than 4,000, which was a drop in the bucket compared to the total number of casualties of millions of people in the subsequent Hebei Battles.
As for this number, Bai Siwen took advantage of the death of most of the generals who participated in the battle that year, and only he, the small character of the year, took the opportunity to modify history and publicize his great achievements back then.
However, the Rourans suffered great losses. According to the book "The End of the Seventy Years' War - The Last Rouran Independence Army" (edited by Zhengzhuerzabu, edited by the Republic of Literature and History Museum, published in 134, Republic of China, and Republic of Literature and History Publishing House), the army had a total of 26,000 people when Babuzabu went to war, but it included a 4,000 Master, and the combat troops were only 22,000.
The loss in retreat was very large, even exceeding the reduction in the battle. A large number of officers and soldiers ran back to their tribes, and all supplies were lost along the way. It happened that the north wind suddenly came, the weather was cold, and the wounded could not be treated. The Master even ran away. In addition, the pursuit of the ranger chased him everywhere, and as a result, most of the wounded were abandoned and let him fend for themselves. Few people could return to the north of the desert.
Due to supply problems, many officers and soldiers killed each other, and many people returned home from the frozen end. When they gathered at Kulun, the Rouran army had only two or three thousand people, and each division had only two or three hundred people, which was only equivalent to a reinforced company before the war. Each company had as many as twenty or thirty people, and at least seven or eight people. After several times of shelter, five or six thousand people were admitted, and more than ten thousand people were directly fled and returned home. Since Rouran announced its independence again, it has been an unprecedented defeat.
For the next three years, Rouran people were trapped in Mobei and rested their strength and dared not invade the south again.
Of course, like the Battle of Tagtanwula, Liu Jingxiao also awarded the "Linxi Participation Memorial" medal to these veteran cadres after he was in charge of Shandong. However, more than 2,000 officers and soldiers survived today, and fewer than 500 medals were awarded a few years later. The veteran cadres of the Dingbian Army also attached great importance to this medal, especially General Bai Siwen decades later. He took it out and showed it out and boasted about his great achievements in fighting the enemy under the city.
Compared with its size, the Battle of Linxi had a very far-reaching impact on the later Republican history. The most far-reaching impact was the news brought by Chen Fangren - Wang Shancheng died in battle.
During the pursuit, the headquarters was attacked by Rouran scattered soldiers. After a short battle, Wang Shancheng and several soldiers died in their country. Chen Fangren immediately notified Liu Jingxiao and asked him to serve as the commander.
Of course, later historians were skeptical of this. Some people even believed that Chen Fangren deliberately instigated the enemy and allowed Liu Jingxiao's "Surf Bird" military officers to obtain the greatest benefit. But the only thing that can be confirmed is that this was not due to Liu Jingxiao's instruction, because Liu Jingxiao and Chen Fangren had no chance to contact at all.
According to normal procedures, after Wang Shancheng's death, he had to report it to the Northeast Security Command, and the General Command appointed a new commander. However, the current situation has become another possibility. Liu Jingxiao "acted" all positions of Wang Shancheng, which created a fait accompli, and then asked his superiors to give them a formality.
So the two of them quietly planned and arranged the details. Liu Jingxiao remembered something again, ran to the opposite room, woke Guo Junqing up. Guo Junqing was wearing pajamas and had a tired face. She was startled by the two of them. Liu Jingxiao called her into her room, and hurriedly told her plan, and then asked, "Would you do this?"
Liu Jingxiao believes that she is brave and good at decisive, but she always has some erratic things in her actions. Therefore, before deciding on major events, she must listen to Guo Junqing's intentions before making the final decision. Guo Junqing simply said: "Do it! Only by grasping this strength can you live up to the fate of leaving the country!"
As soon as this was said, Liu Jingxiao punched the table and said, "Don't do it!"
Chapter completed!