Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

Chapter 164 Conquering Qingyang County

In the capital of Bukyuan Province, after receiving Yuan Yuhao's telegram, senior military officials were furious and held an emergency meeting overnight.

Yuan Yuhao not only sent a telegram to the military headquarters for help, but also reported the details of the troops to Yuan Shiting, which made Yuan Shiting more cautious about the situation of the Southern Army's Northern Expedition.

Originally, Yuan Shiting thought that the situation could be contained after the Ninth Army entered Sanjiang Province.

Judging from the current situation, the 3rd, 7th and 9th armies are all trapped in Sanjiang. The 4th, 5th and 6th armies are also in a stalemate with Jiang Changkun in Heyuan Province.

Once the three armies in Sanjiang Province were eliminated, it would be unbearable for the northern government.

Although the Northern Government has twelve armies and fourteen divisions, it covers eight provinces and has many places that need to be garrisoned.

Although Li Bingqing received the news of Yuan Yuhao's defeat, he was not very happy. Even though Yuan Yuhao did not belong to his camp, he was also supporting Sanjiang Province.

If Sanjiang Province is defeated, it will be even more disadvantageous to Li Bingqing.

The expressions of all the participants were more or less solemn. Sanjiang Province had deployed three armies, all of which had been defeated. The most critical thing now was how to respond.

Yuan Shiting glanced at everyone and said, "Everyone, what do you think about how to deal with the situation in Sanjiang Province?"

Yuan Yuhao is his nephew after all, so Yuan Shiting feels that he should be saved if possible.

"What we need to do now is to send more troops to Sanjiang Province and protect it first." Upon seeing this, Cao Zhongqi, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs, spoke immediately.

Wu Peisheng, the Deputy Minister of National Defense, sneered: "How can we protect Sanjiang Province? Three armies have been crippled. How many more troops do you want to deploy?"

When Feng Huamin, commander of the Capital Military Region, heard this, he narrowed his eyes and was extremely dissatisfied with Wu Peisheng's attitude.

“Is it a question of how many troops to deploy? If Sanjiang Province is lost, it will be a bigger blow to the prestige of the northern government.”

"Now these warlords have been pretending to obey the northern government, and they are using the last incident to protest to the government. If we lose Sanjiang Province under such circumstances, how will these warlords view us?"

The warlords were willing to obey the orders of the Northern government only because the Northern government was powerful.

The reason why they did not rely on the new army forces in the south was that many policies in the south were not friendly to the warlords.

The new military forces in the South have been fighting against oppression, opposing the old bureaucratic system, advocating the redistribution of land, establishing commerce and developing industry.

No matter what they did, the slogan was always shouted like this, making the warlords feel guilty and dare not contact the new army in the south.

Cao Zhongqi also said: "At present, although there are not many soldiers left in the three armies, they are all elite. Saving these people can also serve as the backbone to recruit new soldiers to quickly restore combat power, which is better than reorganizing three armies."

After saying this, Cao Zhongqi and Feng Huamin looked straight at Li Bingqing, waiting for his decision.

To be honest, if possible, Li Bingqing really didn't want to send troops to rescue the three armies in Sanjiang Province.

Among these three armies, only Zeng He is his confidant, and the rest, Yuan Yuhao and Wu Lihuang, belong to Yuan Shiting's camp.

Turning his head to look at Yuan Shiting, seeing his burning eyes on him, Li Bingqing took a deep breath and said, "Okay, then send the 12th Army, the 5th Division, and the 6th Division, a total of more than 50,000 people to support Sanjiang Province."

Although he was reluctant to make the decision to provide support, thinking about the stable life he would have after resigning, Li Bingqing decisively agreed to send reinforcements.

After the discussion was completed, the Northern government began to get busy, and many departments worked overtime overnight to prepare food, weapons and other supplies.

The next morning, the 101st Regiment of the 103st Division of the Nanshan Army launched an attack on the east gate of Qingyang County. At the same time, the rd Regiment also launched an attack on the south gate.

Because the artillery was too powerful and to avoid accidentally injuring civilians in the city, several regiments used mortars to bombard the city walls.

The mortar is not as powerful as the heavy artillery. Originally, several regiment commanders had no hope of attacking the city. Unexpectedly, a section of the southern city wall collapsed directly under the mortar bombardment.

Seeing this situation, Fang Tianming was a little confused holding the telescope, but he quickly reacted.

"Quick, pass the order, let the 102nd Regiment attack through the gap."

Fang Weiguo was bored on the battlefield. He had planned to sit back and do nothing today. He was only surprised for a moment when faced with this situation, and then led the 102nd Regiment to rush towards the breach in the city wall.

Although the soldiers on the city wall discovered that the wall had collapsed, they all huddled close to the parapets to avoid the mortar fire and did not report it to their superiors in time.

Seeing that the 102nd Regiment was less than meters away from the break in the city wall, Fang Tianming ordered the mortars to cease fire.

It was not until two minutes after the shelling stopped that the soldiers hiding under the battlements showed their heads.

A soldier hurried to the battalion commander and reported: "Captain, a section of the city wall has collapsed, and the enemy is coming in through the gap."

"What?" The battalion commander was shocked.

If the enemy is allowed to come in through the gap, what use will it be even if we defend the city walls?

"Quick, report to the commander, the city wall has collapsed, and the enemy has entered the city."

When the battalion commander sent someone to report, Fang Weiguo had already led the 102nd Regiment into the city through the breach: "The first battalion will build fortifications on the spot, and the second and third battalions will follow me to capture the city."

"Brothers, follow me." After seeing the 102nd Regiment enter the city, Fang Tianming also led the 104th Regiment to rush towards the gap.

When the commander of the 91st Division received the news that the enemy had entered the city, he immediately ordered: "Quick, inform the army commander of the news, and the rest of the people will follow me to support the south wall."

The commander of the 102nd Regiment and the commander of the 91st Division met behind the southern city wall. Neither side spoke a word and immediately sought cover to engage in an exchange of fire.

In close combat, not only the bravery of the soldiers is tested, but the quality of the weapons is also the key to victory or defeat.

Although the 91st Division and other troops retreated back into the city, in order to escape, they not only lost their heavy machine guns, but also a lot of light machine guns.

Under such circumstances, facing the automatic firepower of the 102nd Regiment, the soldiers of the 91st Division fell down in large numbers and were forced to retreat again and again.

"Commander, we can't hold on any longer. Let's retreat quickly. If we don't, our brothers will die here." The chief of staff came behind the commander of the 91st Division and advised.

After taking a look at the city wall and the soldiers of the 102nd Regiment on the opposite side, the division commander gritted his teeth and said, "Retreat, messenger, tell the brothers on the city wall to retreat together."

"At the same time, send a message to the brothers in West City, asking them to abandon the city and quickly meet up in North City."

Two messengers quickly ran to the west city and the south city wall to deliver the order. The remaining soldiers followed the commander of the 91st Division and retreated towards the center of the city.

After repelling more than a thousand people led by the commander of the 91st Division, Fang Weiguo and the 102nd Regiment immediately opened the city gate, climbed up the city wall, and eliminated the defenders on the wall.

Seeing the city gate open, the soldiers of the 103rd Regiment immediately rushed into Qingyang County.

Yuan Yuhao received the report and had just assembled his troops when the commander of the 91st Division withdrew: "Commander, South City has been lost, let's withdraw quickly."

"What?" Upon hearing the news, Yuan Yuhao really wanted to curse. What a piece of trash, he had only been guarding for a short time before being attacked by the enemy.

Although he was angry, Yuan Yuhao knew that the situation was hopeless, so he did not lose his temper. He just said, "Retreat. Send someone to the east of the city to inform Commander Qi to retreat together."

As Yuan Yuhao and others retreated, Qingyang City was immediately occupied by the First Division.