Age of Conquest Reborn

Chapter 586: The aftermath

As soon as Tang Enbo died, as the saying goes, "the hozens were scattered when a tree fell down". His senior officers were all killed and became prisoners. They could only nod their heads and agree to whatever Tang Qiuli said. It would be impossible not to cooperate. Those few

The person who wanted to take over was already lying there, so he was very cooperative.

However, the 110,000 troops in their hands are still scattered and stationed in the areas around Xiangfan. This is a force that can encounter emergencies at any time. Don't think that attacking the Japanese is a coward. They can run faster than a rabbit. It is harmful to themselves.

If people take action and bully the common people, they are like a pack of wolves. If this problem is not solved, it will leave disasters in the future.

After Qiuquan and the others arrived, they detained these officers separately for interrogation, and ordered them to call or telegraph their respective troops, saying that it was a meeting held by the legion and it would take a few days to end. Without orders, the troops were not allowed to act rashly.

Violators will be dealt with according to military law. This is an expedient measure to temporarily appease these troops. Once the news leaks out, these 110,000 troops will disperse and Central China and East China will no longer be stable. This is what Tang Qiuli is most worried about.

In the evening, the troops staying in the ** area arrived at the outskirts of Xiangfan. The first thing they had to deal with were the two divisions stationed in Xiangfan City and Tang Enbo's close confidants. Tang Qiuli ordered the two division commanders to call their subordinates respectively and go to them.

Officers above the battalion commander went to two different points to attend military meetings, while troops were ambushed at the meeting venue.

Things went smoothly. Because it was the order from their division commander, these officers were not wary at all. They did not even notice that the guards had changed outside the venue. They were ordered to temporarily hand over their weapons and the accompanying guards were also stopped.

at the venue

Outside, he didn't care. He burped from wine, laughed and talked about the scandals in Huajieliuxiang, and exchanged experiences in playing with women. He walked into the venue in a swaggering manner, only to be beaten with spoonfuls until the muzzle of the gun was pressed against his head.

Can't figure out what's going on.

The troops outside Xiangfan City quickly moved into the city, occupied various key points, and took over the defense of the entire city. More than 20,000 soldiers from the two divisions were also controlled by the troops of the ** Division. At dawn, Xiangfan City had fallen

The citizens woke up early in the morning and found that the soldiers patrolling the streets had been replaced. They were surprised and talked privately. However, there was no panic that spread throughout the city, and Xiangfan remained stable for the time being.

What worries Tang Qiuli is that the other more than 90,000 troops left by Tang Enbo, the troops he brought to Xiangfan, plus the agents from Shen Jun's Investigation Department and Yu Deshui's Intelligence Department, total only more than 2,400 people.

It is far from enough to solve the problem of more than 90,000 undisciplined troops with complex composition of soldiers. Moreover, the longer the delay, the more likely problems will occur. If a mutiny breaks out, it will be a disaster.

He thought for a long time and ordered Li Honggang's 29th Corps to immediately end their rest and reorganization in Haozhou and march to the Xiangfan area to replenish the new recruits who had entered the army and immediately send them to Huangyadong and hand them over to the training headquarters for training.

, Sun Zhenbang's troops, who were resting in the Taihang Mountains, rushed to the Xiangfan area. The two troops must arrive within three days.

Tang Qiuli also felt that this order was a bit harsh. Fortunately, the 29th Corps was not far from Haozhou to Xiangfan. However, it was extremely difficult for Sun Zhenbang's troops. From the Taihang Mountains to Xiangfan, it was not an ordinary journey.

Far away, but in his heart

Worried, the current situation in Xiangfan is like a powder keg. With just a spark, it can explode. With more than 90,000 defeated troops, it will be a disaster wherever they go. Therefore, he can only order Sun Zhenbang to overcome all difficulties.

Must arrive on time.

Li Honggang and Sun Zhenbang did not disappoint Tang Qiuli. On the morning of the third day, Li Honggang's army of more than 26,000 people rushed to the Xiangfan area. In the evening, Sun Zhenbang's army of more than 50,000 people also rushed to the Xiangfan area. In this way, Tang Qiuli

He has nearly 80,000 troops in his hands, which can completely defeat the more than 90,000 soldiers of Tang Enbo's Eighth Army.

In order not to arouse the alertness of the Tangbe soldiers, they issued orders to their respective units through the senior officers under their control. This was the first unit to take over the defense of Xiangfan. The Japanese army was about to attack the southern Henan area. All areas were allowed to go and provided convenience.

When the soldiers of the Eighth Army heard this, they asked, "My grandma, are the Japanese coming again?"

It's weird, the Japanese drove us from Henan to Hubei, and now they are chasing us. We are muttering in our mouths and beating in our hearts. We have been ready to run away for a long time. However, there are new troops in front of us.

They had some confidence and made up their mind to flee immediately if the situation was not good. In this way, various units stationed themselves in various defense areas of the Eighth Army in the name of defense, without causing the slightest alert. In fact, Tang Enbo's troops had already

Being surrounded.

After the troops were deployed, Tang Qiuli took the medicine and called all the officers above the commanders of the Eighth Army's troops to Xiangfan City in the name of convening a military meeting. The orders were issued by the officers in control.

, Tang Qiuli waited in fear. At this time, if the sensitive guy smelled an ominous smell, it would mean a small-scale civil war.

Many commanders of the Eighth Army Corps, after receiving the order, kept muttering in their hearts. The division commanders and brigade commanders had been to Xiangfan for several days and had not come back. It seemed that the Japanese offensive this time was not going to be small, sirs.

They must have been unable to come up with a good solution, so they gathered everyone together. They had guessed various reasons for the sudden order to join the military meeting, but they didn't expect that it was an imperfect trap.

The next day, on the roads leading to Xiangfan, the regiment leaders were riding horses and vehicles, drilling into the net in an endless stream. After receiving reports from sentries everywhere, Tang Qiuli felt relieved, and finally did not show up.

In the event of an unexpected situation, all units were ordered to wait for orders and then take unified action to disarm all units of the Eighth Army on the spot.

After these people handed over the weapons they carried, their entourage was stopped outside. They didn't care. When they entered the venue, they found that there were more than ten times more guards in the venue than usual, and they were not members of the Corps' security regiment. There were several

The guy with a relatively lively mind vaguely felt that something was not quite right. In his doubts, he raised his head

The heads, the people sitting on them are all their own officers. Although they seem to be in a bad state of mind, looking listless and lethargic, the faces are familiar. They may have used a lot of force on the women’s bellies. These captains, in their hearts

I can't help but feel sour. It's better to be a high official. Making money and playing with women has an advantage over us.

Shan Hu saw that everyone was seated, waved his hand, and slammed the door of the venue. Tang Qiuli walked to the front desk. When the leaders looked at it, they said, "Oh, I don't know them. Here comes another general. He is young enough."

Yes, why didn’t the commander of the Tang Army show up? There were whispers among the people below.

Tang Qiuli smiled happily when he saw that the soldiers of the guard brigade had completely taken control of the situation. Li Honggang stepped forward, opened a piece of paper, and announced loudly: "Tang Enbo, the former commander of the Eighth Army, has committed nine major crimes.

To verify, according to the order of General Tang Qiuli, Vice Chairman of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government, Chairman of the Northern Army Branch, and Commander-in-Chief of the Yellow River Basin Theater Headquarters, he has been shot on the spot to enforce military discipline."

As soon as Li Honggang finished speaking, the meeting place exploded. These regiment leaders were all young officers. Tang Enbo also paid special attention to wooing and bribing these mid-level officers who hold military power. Many people here have received Tang Enbo's favor.

Some of them were promoted by Tang Enbo himself. When they heard the news, they couldn't hold it in any longer, and the venue became a mess.

There were even some bold guys who rushed to the rostrum with shouts, saying that the commander of the Tang Army had been framed by someone and wanted an explanation.

The snipers who were ambushing on both sides accurately hit their targets. A dozen guys who shouted very fiercely had bloody holes drilled into their foreheads and fell to the ground on their backs.

This was Tang Qiuli's established strategy to control the situation with a thunderous iron fist. These dozen shots were more effective than anything else. The messy venue fell into deathly silence. The officers of the Eighth Army would never have thought that

, Tang Qiuli went on a killing spree and openly killed more than a dozen regiment-level officers. Everyone was stunned for a while.

After waking up, they obediently sat down in their seats under gunpoint. The bloody facts reminded them that even Tang Enbo, the young Vice Chairman Tang on the stage, dared to kill, not to mention that we little shrimps have already fallen into the hands of others.

I couldn't describe how I felt in my hands. The soldiers of the guard brigade came forward and escorted all these people out. More than 600 officers above the level of the commander of the Eighth Army were all captured in one sweep.

After dealing with these officers, Tang Qiuli immediately issued an action order. With lightning speed, all the troops suddenly surrounded Tang Enbo's troops. These soldiers were not prepared at all. Those who gambled and drank some wine were still there.

They followed the orders of guessing, and some were asleep with their heads covered in broad daylight. They were probably tired from visiting the brothel last night. When they saw the black muzzle of the gun thrust in front of their eyes, they were all dumbfounded. They raised their hands obediently and were escorted one after another.

Walk.

The operation to deal with the Eighth Army went very smoothly. There were only a few small-scale exchanges of fire. However, the resistance was quickly crushed. Seeing the corpses on the ground, the soldiers of the Eighth Army no longer had the courage to take up their hands.

In just one day, more than 90,000 soldiers of the Eighth Army were disarmed and taken to a concentration camp in Xiangfan City to await screening.

In the next few days, the ** Division troops mobilized a large number of manpower and began to go deep into the concentration camp to conduct screening and liquidation. The soldiers were detained together, and the officers were detained separately according to different positions, platoons, companies, battalions, and regiments. From this point onwards,

From what he saw and heard on the road, Tang Qiuli knew that Tang Enbo's Eighth Army Corps was like a big dye vat. No matter how kind-hearted the soldiers were, they were infected with bad habits when they got here.

Tang Qiuli had no idea how many basically qualified soldiers could be selected from an army of 120,000 people, and how many soldiers had no civilian blood on their hands.

(To be continued)