Northern Effort Directed Against the Marshal Peking, May 2%
4 Having driven back the Shansi Snain forces, which were stationed along the Kin-Han Jine, to the hilly west of the railway the en forces will not pursue the troops further but will immeilintely concentrate against th> Kuominchun main bodies, which ave advancing on the rasion between Hochien and Tsangchow.
Accordingly, a portion of the Fengtien forces, stationed ating the Kin-Han line, and the Army under the command of tral Vu Shih-shan are now moved to the Hochien district.
The Northern forces which have already been distributed in the Hochien district are the 20th Army ander General Chi Yiechino, the 2th Army led by General Vu Houeh-liring and) Marshal Sun Chuan-fang's main forces, Ag the Northern forces in*that session are numerically stronger than Generat Feng Vu-hsiang's forces, Northerners are confident of It is, however, difficult to the issue of the battle, the Kuominchun forces here are composed of picked men ander the direct command of Genrals Lu Chung-lin and Han Tue
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