"Is the news true?" Feng Guozhang asked with a gloomy face.

"What Feng Yuxiang saw with his own eyes is absolutely true!" Chuanling Ling Ling replied.

After hearing the news, Feng Guozhang sighed regretfully: "Oh, I missed the opportunity!"

"How many people did Tang Jian lead to escape?" Feng Guozhang asked again.

"I guess there are more than twenty people!" the messenger replied.

Feng Guozhang's mind was spinning rapidly, and he immediately ordered two battalions of nearly 800 troops to follow him to pursue Tang Jian, and the remaining people continued to attack the command center.

Feng Guozhang's words to Feng Yuxiang were false, but he couldn't swallow this. The troops he brought suffered a great loss at the command center. At this time, the Tang Jian's guard battalion under him had already suffered heavy losses. Why not wipe out Tang Jian's guard battalion in one go? Tang Jian's guard battalion is a rare elite among Tang Jian's army.

After thinking about it, Feng Guozhang arranged the personnel to capture the command center and led a 800-man pursuit team to pursue Tang Jian's escape in the "direction" of his escape.

At this time, Tang Jian was running towards Jiyu Bridge in the northwest direction with more than 20 guard battalions. Zhang Jinghui from the 301st Regiment of the 8th Division was stationed in the direction of Jiyu Bridge. Tang Jian calculated the time and Zhang Jinghui should have brought people to support him!

Just as Tang Jian continued to run wildly, a large number of footsteps came from a distance. Tang Jian secretly shouted, "Is it because Feng Guozhang caught up?"

After listening carefully, there were footsteps coming from the northwest. Tang Jian felt a little calm, but he was not sure that it was Zhang Jinghui's troops. What if it was Feng Guozhang's pursuers, wouldn't they fall into the trap after rushing out rashly?

Tang Jian ordered a guard to go and inquire about the hour. After a moment, the clear voice of conversation came from the front.

A soldier asked, "Who is ahead? Password!"

The guard who went to inquire about the news asked, "But Captain Zhang Jinghui's troops?"

The soldier scolded, "Your damn there, so much nonsense, I'll ask you the command? If you don't say it, I'll shoot!"

The guard quickly replied: "Suppose the Qing Dynasty!"

The soldier replied: "Return to my China!"

"Oh, it's really the army of Commander Zhang!" said the guard in surprise.

After confirming that it was his own people, both sides came out of the darkness, and the major officer led by Zhang Jinghui.

After Zhang Jinghui saw that the person was Tang Jian clearly, she immediately got off the horse and clasped her fists and blamed herself: "Commander, I'm sorry, Zhang Jinghui is late to rescue her!"

"Not too late!" Tang Jian smiled, "Immediately follow me to reinforce the command center at the gate, and my brother from the battalion is still there!"

After saying that, Tang Jian boarded a red horse, walked side by side with Zhang Jinghui, raised his whip, and led the 301st Gate to the command center at the gate.

When Tang Jian reinforced the command center at the gate, the gunshots in the command center did not stop, but the gunshots gradually became sparse. It was estimated that the people inside were suffering heavy casualties and the ammunition was no longer there.

However, Feng Guozhang's troops still failed to capture the command center. When Tang Jian heard this, he found that Feng Guozhang's troops were almost half, and probably the other half was chasing him.

Tang Jianyao glanced at Feng Guozhang's troops who were attacking the command center and sneered in his heart. Since he had run halfway through, then wipe out the remaining invading enemies!

At Tang Jian's order, the 1st Battalion of the 301st Regiment launched a charge from the rear of Feng Guozhang's troops. Feng Guozhang's remaining troops were attacking the command center with all their might, and no one suddenly appeared from behind.

For a moment, gunfire sounded loudly, and Feng Guozhang's remnants were overturned by Tang Jian's charge. When some people saw that Tang Jian's reinforcements had arrived, they threw away their guns and fled from the bunker in a panic.

In his vision, an officer in Feng Guozhang's remnant army looked like a colonel commander and tried to stop the fleeing soldiers. Tang Jian took a new Mauser and the bullets shot out of the gun chamber instantly hit the enemy colonel commander's temple.

Feng Guozhang's remnants lost unified command and their formation became even more chaotic. More and more people began to throw away their armor and fled into the night in panic.

The guard battalion, which was standing in the command center at the gate of the department, saw their reinforcements arrive in time, opened the gate of the command center, roared and rushed out of the command center, and began to attack Feng Guozhang's remnants on both sides with the reinforcements.

The battle did not last long. Under the attack on both sides, Feng Guozhang's remnants were defeated faster than Tang Jian had imagined.

In the destruction of Feng Guozhang's remnants, more than 500 enemy troops were killed, more than 300 were captured, and more than 200 others escaped while the chaos was in trouble. Feng Guozhang himself was missing. After Tang Jian's question, it turned out that Feng Guozhang was indeed chasing Tang Jian in the wrong direction with nearly a regiment of troops.

Tang Jian remembered Feng Yuxiang, so he searched among the prisoners for a while but did not find him. After asking about a prisoner, he realized that Feng Yuxiang had injured himself in order to cover up, but now he is afraid that he will still be with Feng Guozhang to "chasing" him.

When Tang Jianzheng ordered people to clean the battlefield, Yuan Jingxiang, the major commander of the New First Regiment of the 7th Division in the direction of the Yuemachang, Wang Zheqi, the major commander of the 108th Regiment of the 1st Division in the direction of the Xiaodongmen, and Jie Jiajun, the major commander of the main regiment of the 7th Division in the direction of Guangxia Village, also led his troops to arrive one after another.

After dismounting, Jie Jiajun immediately knelt on one knee and blamed himself: "I'm sorry, Commander, it was because I didn't let the Third Battalion defend the position, which caused Feng Guozhang to sneak in from the gap, almost harming the commander. I deserve to die!"

Tang Jian smiled generously: "You can't blame all this. Feng Guozhang for being tricked. If he was someone, he would probably mobilize the Third Battalion to reinforce under such a powerful offensive. You are still too young and have too little experience. You must learn more in the future!"

Jie Jiajun was moved and wiped his tears. The commander who had just almost killed Feng Guozhang, but now the commander did not blame him at all.

Seeing that the effect had been received, Tang Jian said to all the senior generals: "Remember, no matter what, don't underestimate the enemy. There are also talents in the Beiyang New Army. Most of them participated in the Sino-Japanese War against Japan during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and had extremely rich combat experience. Most of the generals I promoted were still very young, but I don't want your youth to make mistakes. I hope you can make achievements with the spirit of your young people!"

"Yes, Commander!" the senior generals shouted loudly.

In fact, this time Tang Jian was still a little grateful to Feng Guozhang. Tang Jian had just promoted a large number of young officers from various armies, and these young generals were inevitably arrogant and proud after they first ascended to the high throne.

This time, Feng Guozhang's sneak attack, just sounded the alarm for them, letting them know what it means to have heaven and there are people outside! Let them humbly accept advice in the future, and at the same time let them know that a small mistake on the battlefield may ruin your comrades, and it can cause a major change in the battle situation and reverse victory or defeat due to a little personal negligence!

After Tang Jian taught several senior generals, Yan Fu walked forward and said, "Commander, Feng Guozhang may still be on the south bank now. Now our troops have gathered together. Why not wipe out Feng Guozhang and take Wuchang into my hands now!"

"Please don't kill our division commander. He was just bewitched by Yuan Shikai. He was originally a disciple of General Nie. He had followed General Nie to fight the Japanese on the Yalu River. He was not bad by nature!" Tang Jian suddenly remembered Feng Yuxiang's words in his mind.

Tang Jian thought about it and said, "Don't worry, when Feng Guozhang fled back to Wuchang, we will take advantage of his chaos and his foothold is unstable. Then we can seize the arsenal and change the equipment for the brothers."

In fact, what Tang Jian thought was that if he surrounded and annihilated Feng Guozhang in the dark, he would probably slander Feng Yuxiang in the chaos. Tang Jian is now intending to recruit Feng Yuxiang to serve him. Moreover, if Feng Yuxiang really said, Feng Guozhang might be able to use it for him!

Yan Fu couldn't see Tang Jian's plan, so he nodded and said, "This is also great!"

"Reorganize the team immediately, start boarding the ship before dawn, cross the Yangtze River and attack the Hanyang Arsenal!" Tang Jian ordered.

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Somewhere on the south bank of the Yangtze River

"Teacher Commander, the gunshots at the entrance of the department have stopped. I guess all the brothers in the group have been reimbursed there!" said a guard.

Feng Guozhang's face was gloomy. The sneak attacks of nearly three regiments have not achieved any results and have lost most of the losses.

"Teacher Commander, let's retreat quickly! Tang Jian's reinforcements have arrived. If we don't leave, we will be surrounded!" Feng Yuxiang stepped forward and persuaded him at this time. His arm was bandaged by the medical officer, and his face had improved a lot.

Feng Guozhang was still hesitating. He didn't want to spend such a big price to escape back to Wuchang in shame. Wouldn't it be laughed at by Wang Shizhen?

Feng Yuxiang said anxiously: "Teacher, keep the green mountains here, don't be afraid of no firewood!"

Another guard also advised: "It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. The division commander, only we can return to Wuchang safely. The future is long, and we still have a chance to turn the tables!"

Feng Guozhang thought about it again and said that this was indeed the truth. He was so stunned by failure that he had just been lost. In an instant, Feng Guozhang regained his decisive killing and immediately ordered the entire army to gather at the crossing site on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and to escape back to the north bank before Tang Jian surrounded them.

Along the way, Feng Guozhang and his troops arrived at the established crossing site smoothly. He was not disturbed by other rebels along the way, which made Feng Guozhang feel a little relieved. Although he lost one and a half regiments of troops, Tang Jian was not feeling well. The guard battalion of the command headquarters should have been almost wiped out by the troops he left behind.

When Feng Guozhang thought of this, he felt a sense of revenge.

Just as Feng Guozhang's fleet was about to arrive at the north shore, the sound of the "Tutu" steam turbine came from the distant river surface, and then a beam of powerful searchlights shot into Feng Guozhang's fleet.

Feng Guozhang was shocked, he was the cruiser of the Beiyang Fleet!

Feng Guozhang immediately ordered the sailing fleet to speed up the speed, but before Feng Guozhang's order was finished, a shell landed on the river near Feng Guozhang.

With a loud "boom", waves flew on the river surface, and several unlucky sailboats were instantly torn into countless pieces.

ps: The first update, today's second update may be a little later. If there is no update at around twelve o'clock, let's watch it tomorrow. The second update may be very late, so you have to wait until one or two in the morning! There is no way, the 14th Young Master is very busy during the day and can only come back to stay up late to write. I hope everyone understands!

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