The colonel leader was shocked and asked, "What? Southern Army, aren't they in Weihaiwei, Shandong? My God, how could they come to Qinhuangdao!"

The adjutant said in a crying voice: "Captain, the fortifications we had finally built, as well as the cannons and heavy machine guns in the fortifications, were all blown up. What should we do now?"

The colonel commander said anxiously: "What else can I do? Escape! Even a division of Commander Wang Fenglin of Weihai Guard can't stand it. My little force is not enough for the southern army to get stuck in the teeth."

"Go and notify the four concubines in my mansion and tell them to pack up the fine lines immediately and meet at the dock of Qinhuangdao!" The colonel leader immediately began to order his subordinates to prepare for the escape.

Before the Beiyang New Army guarding Qinhuangdao could react, they found that their permanent fortifications had been wiped out. When they reacted, they suddenly found that his coach had taken the lead in running away.

The commander fled first, and the morale of the remaining Beiyang New Army plummeted. Soon, the troops were defeated like mountains. Sun Chuanfang's regiment landed on Qinhuangdao in just two hours. Sun Chuanfang only spent five hours in the end. The Beiyang New Army on the island fled and surrendered. Sun Chuanfang's advance regiment only suffered thirteen casualties. This landing battle can be described as "easy".

Just as Sun Chuanfang was counting the spoils, Sun Chuanfang's regiment guards platooned several fat ordinary soldiers to him, and there were several extremely charming women behind him. At this time, they might have been frightened and were already crying.

Sun Chuanfang asked, "Why are you trying to catch a few big-headed soldiers here? There are so many prisoners, so take them there!" Sun Chuanfang pointed to the place where the prisoners were imprisoned.

The platoon leader of the regiment guard platoon said, "Regiment Commander, they are not ordinary soldiers!" After saying that, he pulled off the military uniforms of the big-headed soldiers in front, and the epaulettes under the brand new military uniforms shone brightly under the sunlight.

Sun Chuanfang said in surprise: "Oh, I didn't expect that there were still a few big fish, one colonel, two lieutenant colonels, and two majors, both officers at the school level and above! The one behind should be your concubine, tell me! Which of you is the commander-in-chief of the Qinhuangdao garrison?"

"Report to the commander, I... I... I am! I am the commander-in-chief of Qinhuangdao, with the rank of colonel." A fat man with a fat face nodded and bowed quickly.

Sun Chuanfang smiled and said, "You are the colonel, I am the major. In terms of military rank, I have to call you the chief!"

The fat man wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said quickly: "No, no, the defeated general, how dare you be a big shot in front of several commanders?"

"Okay, since you said that, I'm just admitting that I'm a leader!" Sun Chuanfang asked.

"Yes, yes!" the fat man nodded.

"Why should the chief ask questions, should the subordinates answer truthfully?" Sun Chuanfang asked with a smile.

"Well, right, oh, no, no!" The fat colonel seemed to have noticed that he had fallen into Sun Chuanfang's trap and quickly changed his words.

"Hmph! I'm quite hard-mouthed. Don't think I don't know if you don't say it. There are three regiments guarding Qinhuangdao, with a total of 3,500 troops, and a total of one artillery battalion. There are 60 Krupp steel cannons and mortars. Each regiment is equipped with 10 Maxim machine guns. Are I right? Colonel commander!" Sun Chuanfang sneered.

Suddenly, the fat colonel's bare forehead was sweating like rain, and his heart was filled with storms. It turned out that he had investigated all the information about him before attacking Qinhuangdao. If he kept it like this, maybe he would be unhappy to invite him to a gun.

Sun Chuanfang continued: "I guess you also understand Yuan Shikai's character. You have lost Qinhuangdao. Do you think Yuan Shikai will let you go? Don't forget that there was a lesson from Wang Fenglin not long ago. I promise you here that as long as you tell us the information we hope to get, I will return these soft and concubines to you, and then you will be free. Then use these soft and buy some land. Isn't it good to live a small life as a landlord? Why do you have to work hard with Yuan Shikai!"

"Okay, I said, I said, sir, just ask me, I know everything and will definitely satisfy the sir." The fat colonel said attentively.

"Okay, let me ask who is the garrison guarding Shanhaiguan, how many troops are there, and how the weapons are configured?" Sun Chuanfang asked.

The fat colonel did not dare to hide it at this time, so he could only say truthfully: "The person stationed in Shanhaiguan is Commander Lu Yongxiang. Our three regiments are under the command of Commander Lu. Now there are only more than 6,000 people stationed in Shanhaiguan. Commander Lu Yongxiang originally had an artillery regiment. Except for Qinhuangdao, there are two artillery regiments in Shanhaiguan, including about 100 Krupp steel cannons and mortars. Oh, by the way, Commander Lu Yongxiang has a cavalry company, and that's all." After the fat colonel finished speaking, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Sun Chuanfang had just tried this fat colonel, so he had no doubt about his intelligence, so he said to several southern soldiers behind the fat man: "Let them go!"

"Yes!" The soldiers of the Southern Army pulled out the daggers they carried with them and picked up the ropes of several prisoners. Seeing that Sun Chuanfang could let them go so easily, the fat colonel hurriedly thanked him.

Sun Chuanfang smiled and said, "Hehe, I said I would let you go once, but I didn't say I won't catch you a second time. So, while I'm in a good mood now, you'll get out the farther you go. If my people find out again, the ending will not be so beautiful."

"Yes, yes. Sir, I promise not to appear in front of you in the future!" The fat colonel rolled and crawled away from Sun Chuanfang's sight with his entourage and panicked concubines.

On the second day after Sun Chuanfang captured Qinhuangdao, Zhu Lianjie led 4,000 Marines to land on the mudflat east of Qinhuangdao. Then, with the support of the powerful naval guns of the Beiyang Fleet, the subsequent 30,000 Southern Army troops began to gradually land along the passage opened by the Marines in advance, preparing to wipe out more than 6,000 Beiyang New Army defenders from Lu Yongxiang from the inside of Shanhaiguan.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai has also mobilized nearly 50,000 troops to assemble in Jinan Prefecture, preparing to launch a general attack on the Southern Army of Weihai Guard in the near future. This military operation is personally directed by Yuan Shikai, with the intention of completely annihilated the Southern Army in the Weihai Guard.

Early in the morning, Yuan Shikai sent more than a dozen reconnaissance teams to conduct enemy reconnaissance on the situation outside Weihaiwei.

Yuan Shikai decided to complete the rest of the entire army today. After obtaining the exact information from the Southern Army in Weihaiwei Port, he immediately launched a general attack on Weihaiwei early tomorrow morning.

As long as you win this battle and wipe out the Weihai Guards, you can not only save the morale that is about to collapse, but also further block the Southern Army's pace of going north, killing two birds with one stone, so you must win this battle!

Yuan Shikai was also confident that this besiege of Weihai Guard would definitely win, not only because of the superior forces of the Beiyang New Army of 50,000 to 30,000 Southern Army, but also with Yuan Shikai's personal command. Another very important reason is that after the Southern Army captured Weihai Guard, the supply line was lengthened, and its ammunition and food became my biggest problem.

Yuan Shikai's plan was to use an army of 50,000 to encircle the southern army in Weihai Guard without attacking. Over time, the southern army would surrender obediently due to insufficient supplies. In this way, Yuan Shikai exchanged the greatest victory at the lowest price.

Just as Yuan Shikai finished his breakfast and was thinking about his wishful thinking, suddenly, the team that went to reconnaissance the enemy situation in the morning came back.

However, what they came back was not the good news that Yuan Shikai wanted.

"Report, Grandmaster, something is wrong!" A team leader of the reconnaissance squad rushed in and said, kneeling on the ground.

Yuan Shikai's heart was thrilled and he asked quickly: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

The captain of the reconnaissance team said: "Master, this morning, more than a dozen reconnaissance teams went to the periphery of Weihai Guard to investigate the enemy situation. However, strangely, we couldn't even see a sentry on the periphery of Weihai Acropolis!"

"Oh, it's strange here?" Yuan Shikai said with a frown. In Yuan Shikai's impression, Tang Jian had strict discipline in military administration and could not have such a big negligence in such an important place. When he thought of Tang Jian's use of surprise weapons and then connecting this strange thing, Yuan Shikai always felt a vague feeling of uneasiness.

"There is something even more strange, Grandmaster!" The captain of the reconnaissance team continued: "We felt strange at the time, so we took the courage to move forward one step further, and finally found that the entire Weihai Acropolis was empty!"

"No one?" Yuan Shikai jumped up in shock, "What's going on? Didn't the intelligence department say yesterday that there were still more than 30,000 Southern Army in Weihai Guard? How could it be empty today?"

The captain of the investigation team replied: "I also feel very strange. At that time, I caught an old farmer near Weihaiwei. The old farmer said that since the beginning of the first half of yesterday, the southern army stationed in Weihaiwei began to board the ship and retreat quietly."

Yuan Shikai slapped his head and said regretfully: "Why didn't I expect it? A few days ago, there were suddenly many Bafeit's South China Sea merchant fleets on the outer sea of ​​Weihaiwei. I thought they were transporting supplies, but I didn't expect it was a troop transport ship that helped transport troops!"

"Get the map!" Yuan Shikai ordered.

Soon, one of his combat staff quickly laid a map in front of him. At this time, Yuan Shikai was anxious and 30,000 southern troops suddenly disappeared from the Weihai Guard. They evacuated Weihai Guard overnight in such a hurry. They would never retreat to the south. It is very likely that they would open up a new landing site.

When Yuan Shikai thought of this, his scalp was numb. Now the main force of the Beiyang New Army was divided into two halves, half blocking Nie Shicheng from heading north in Taiyuan, while the other half was preparing to siege Weihaiwei in Shandong. If Tang Jian's disappearing army of 30,000 suddenly appeared on any coastline in Liaodong or Zhili, it would be a fatal blow to him!

Being trapped! Yuan Shikai collapsed weakly in his seat.
Chapter completed!