Because the final endpoint of this battle was in Laibin, Guangxi, later historians named it the Battle of Laibin. This battle can also be considered the largest-scale battle of 1913. The Hunan-Guizhou alliance deployed two divisions with nearly 30,000 troops, while the Guangxi clique deployed two divisions and one brigade, plus five routes of patrol forces, totaling around 50,000 men. This decisive battle on a scale of nearly 100,000 people overshadowed the entire Second Revolution.

  At this time, Wang Zhenyu doesn't care what the final name of this battle will be. His attention is all on the battle itself. The big net has already been set up and now it's just waiting for those two hundred and fifty idiots from the Gui system to crash in.

  Wang Zhenyu visited almost all the companies of the First Division in the past few days. For some reason, although the Third Division won its first battle, Wang Zhenyu still had a certain unspoken concern about the First Division. This made him have to relieve this worry by visiting.

  At this moment, he finally felt what it was like to have pre-battle anxiety, with all sorts of negative emotions such as tension, unease and restlessness concentrated on himself. He was more anxious than anyone else in the Xiangxi Army about whether the news of annihilating the first division of the Guangxi Army had leaked out, whether Lu Rongting, that old fox, would take the bait, and whether he could determine the entire situation in Guangxi with one battle. What would happen to Guangxi after this war? How would they deal with the civilian military forces in Guangdong, the Yunnan and Guizhou armies, and most importantly, Yuan Shikai in Beijing? These questions had been plaguing him, putting a lot of pressure on him.

  Wang Zhenyu thought for a moment and said to Wang Zhenbang beside him: "Old Five, go check if there's any telegram or news from Beijing Tian. He's been active for almost two months, it's about time we get some news back."

  Since Zhu Zihang went down to lead the troops, the position of deputy officer has been vacant. After Wang Zhenbang left, Wang Zhenyu said to Wang Hu, Zhao Chong and Zhao Yang: "Let's go for a walk in the mountains."

  "General, I've heard from locals that there are ferocious tigers and wild boars in these mountains. Let's not go, shall we?"

  Wang Zhenyu looked at the mountain head in surprise, shook his head and said: "How can this mountain possibly have these things? It's just a rumor. Besides, even if it's true, aren't you all here? What are you afraid of? Let's go."

  Wang Hu and others knew that the commander was a man of strong views, and his mood had not been good lately. Since he wanted to go up the mountain for a walk, they would just be careful to guard him quietly and not say anything more. If they provoked the commander, the consequences would be severe.

  Three bodyguards came too late to summon the distant guards and could only load the clip into the pistol before following the general up the mountain.

  It's been almost two years since Wang Zhenyu arrived in this world. From a small new army band to now, the leader of a military group with tens of thousands of soldiers, everything has been like a dream. Now, every step he takes is extremely cautious, fearing that one misstep will make everything in front of him disappear like a dream.

  The young wife and child at home, as well as the family members who depend on him, all weigh heavily on Wang Zhenyu's mind before the final battle, making it impossible for him to shake off this pressure. On this uphill road, he can only sigh repeatedly.

  Lu Rongting's days were not going well either. Although it was not the internet era in the Republic of China, the news that the first division of the Guangxi army had been completely destroyed and Guilin city had fallen still reached Lu Rongting at the moment he arrived in Laibin City.

  Lu Rongting looked at the secret letter that was sent over, his face still wore a smile but his hands couldn't help but start trembling.

  The extent of his inner horror was beyond words. The first division of the Guangxi army, known as the elite of the Guangxi army, with nearly 8,000 men, had vanished into thin air in just a few days. Oh heaven! His opponent was so powerful that Lu Rongting himself could not bear the huge difference between his confidence before the expedition and his current despair.

  But it must be endured now that the arrow is on the string and cannot be retrieved. Looking at Lu Rongting, the commander of several patrol troops in front of him, he said with a pretended ease: "Chen Bingkun has taken down Lüzhuang and is waiting for us to meet at Liujiang. Everyone must act faster, a bit faster."

  Mo Rong Xin burst out laughing: "Lu Shuai's flag opening is a great omen!"

  The surrounding generals congratulated Lu Rongting, who naturally smiled and encouraged them together. However, in his heart, he was frantically bleeding and joking with himself that half of his combat power had disappeared. Not to mention defeating Wang Zhenyu, even maintaining the current position is a big question mark. Others don't say, but Wei Changrong and Chen Chaoping, who were late to arrive in Guilin, will definitely cause trouble. Therefore, Lu Rongting made a very important choice, which was to conceal the news of the defeat of the first division of the Guangxi army. Moreover, he declared that they had achieved a great victory.

  But paper can't wrap fire for long, and the time will eventually expose it. Lu Rongting secretly made up his mind that no matter what means he must put the 30,000 Guangxi troops gathered in Laibin into battle to defeat the 10,000 Xiang troops and take down Liuzhou. Only then can they turn the tide of the war. Otherwise, if they drag on, it's estimated that even without fighting, these troops will disperse themselves.

  Now that Lu Rongting had understood the reason, he naturally actively convened a military meeting to deploy a battle plan.

  Just as Lu Rongting had no choice but to plan the most ferocious attack in the history of the Guangxi Army, a conspiracy was quietly unfolding in Nanning.

  Wei Changrong, who took one step forward and three steps back in the garrison of the First Army of Guangxi, has not left Nanning City for 20 miles. As for Chen Zhaopin, he has left for 40 miles, but that is only his vanguard troops, and his main force is only five miles away from Wei Changrong.

  Their reason was very simple: insufficient military pay made it impossible to depart.

  Lu Rongting is not a fool, but when he saw this reason, he had already led the Second Division and **Mixed Brigade to Laibin. The only way was to lead his troops to capture Liuzhou and then turn back to settle accounts with these two traitors.

  In Nanning city, the one who stayed behind to guard this place was Lu Rongting's son, Lu Yuguang. He is about the same age as Wang Zhenyu, 21 years old this year. However, he obviously doesn't have the courage that Wang Zhenyu had when he launched a night attack on Yudai Gate. Lu Rongting took all his elite troops away to fight and win this battle to unify Guangxi, leaving behind only 500 officers and 1300 guards for his son Lu Yuguang. With such a small army, even if Lu Yuguang were the reincarnation of Wu Hou, it's estimated that he wouldn't be able to withstand the over 10,000 troops of Wei Changrong and Chen Chaopeng.

  Now even the ants in Nanning are rushing to tell each other that Wei Chen is going to rebel, but Lu Yuguang has no way to stop it. The only thing he can do is send his family back to their hometown of Wuming. According to military rules, family members should not be affected by any incident, so the hometown is safer than Nanning.

  Apart from this, we can only send messages back and forth in a hurry.

  Wei Changrong and Chen Zhaopin didn't take the few men under Lu Yuguang seriously. They were still waiting for sufficient favorable conditions, but today they received some not-so-good news.

  "Mr. Gong, how is it possible that Lu's first division, known as the best of our Guangxi army, was completely annihilated in less than half a day? How is this possible?" By asking two "how is it possibles", Wei Changrong has already believed the authenticity of the message.

  Gong Peng did not make any further explanation and just smiled lightly: "It's up to the two of you from now on"

  Wei Changrong and Chen Zhaopin were both extremely shocked by the news of the complete defeat of the First Division. If it was true, then they shouldn't even think about being a governor or provincial governor anymore. After Lu Rongting's downfall, it wouldn't be easy for them to keep their territory, let alone dare to haggle and ask for too much in front of the fiercely powerful Xiangxi Army.

  Wei Changrong did not mention the matter of leading troops to rescue Lu Rongting today. He would not do such a thing, after all, so many years of hatred cannot be resolved in one or two days. In history, when Chen Jiongming led 25,000 Guangdong soldiers to attack Lu Rongting, it was Wei Changrong who commanded the troops and defected at a critical moment, taking advantage of Lu Rongting's absence to capture Nanning without bloodshed, leading to the collapse of Lu Rongting's army of 100,000 without a fight.

  Of course, this piece of history is not recorded in our textbooks because the national father almost single-handedly defeated Lu Rongting's army of 100,000 with his personal charm. Then we found it strange that by 1924, when the warlords were fighting each other, Vice-Commander-in-Chief Lu Rongting of the Military Government had disappeared.

  If Wei Chen and the others had initially collaborated with the Hunan Army to control Guangxi, then now the astonishing strength displayed by the Hunan Army makes them feel like they are plotting against a tiger.

  Wei Rongchang gave Chen Zhaopeng a look, and Chen Zhaopeng spoke up, "Mr. Gong, Wei and I have been discussing the military and civil affairs of this province for several days, but they are really too trivial. We two don't even recognize a few big characters, and the ink in our bellies is probably not enough to bear the heavy responsibility of managing Guangxi Province. It's better for us to lead our troops well and follow General Wang afterwards."

  Gong Peng heard this and smiled with great satisfaction.

  At this time, Wang Shuai was walking on a small path in the mountains and forests, and he unnaturally let out a sneeze: "It must be Wen Yaotou speaking ill of me at home, this sneeze is really..."

  "A roar" suddenly a stunning mountain forest tiger's howl interrupted Wang Zhenyu's monologue.

  "Wow, this place really has tigers!" Wang Zhenyu immediately remembered the reminder from Wang Hu before climbing the mountain. But how can such a small mountain have tigers? The environmental protection is too good, right? If I had known earlier, I would rather die than come here. This is exactly the experience that will kill people in the future.

  In this era, after experiencing more than a year of cruel and brutal things, Wang Zhenyu was not afraid because humans can communicate and find weaknesses. However, tigers are different, how can you communicate with them about party nature or principles? Having experienced the rain of bullets, Wang Zhenyu's legs involuntarily trembled as he stood up, his hands instinctively reaching for the gun at his waist, only to realize he hadn't brought it.

  Just then, a loud shout came from behind: "General, be careful!"