Beiyang reactionaries

In comparison, although the Gui Army still has two regiments in the city, the relationship between the two regiments is average.It wasn't long before Ma Xiaojun became the head of the regiment, and the army didn't have a good relationship with other troops of the Gui Army.Even because Ma Xiaojun's model battalion is too different in the Guijun, Ma Xiaojun and the model battalion are relatively rejected in the Guijun.

After several days of fighting, Ma Xiaojun's second regiment had less than 2000 people, and the casualties were really not small.In the current Baoqing City, Ma Xiaojun's second regiment is really insufficient.So Ma Xiaojun didn't understand what Li Jishen meant.

"It depends on the choice of Captain Ma."

"How does your army want me to choose?"

"Captain Ma, our general has ordered your name."

Ma Xiaojun was still puzzled.

Of course Ma Xiaojun knew that the general Li Jishen was talking about was Duan Xun who was currently in Sichuan.Only Duan Xun is qualified to be called a general by Li Jishen.But Ma Xiaojun really didn't know, how could Duan Xun know himself.

I am only a mid-level officer in the Gui Army.

Not famous.

Putting it outside, Ma Xiaojun's reputation will be even smaller.And Duan Xun is the overlord of the Southwest, and he is the most powerful among the rising stars of the Beiyang Army.Even Duan Xun's current strength is already a real powerful figure in the Beiyang Army.

How can such a person know himself.Since he joined the Gui Army, he has not done any earth-shattering things, and he has never done anything that would allow a warlord of Duan Xun's level to know his name.

Duan Xun currently has 10,000+ troops, and officers of Ma Xiaojun's level don't know how many there are.

"Captain Ma, our general sent us a telegram after he knew we were going to attack Baoqing. Lu Rongting's [-] troops were nothing more than local chickens and dogs. To frighten and frighten people, real swords and guns will definitely fail."

Li Jishen's words made Ma Xiaojun very angry.

Because Duan Xun was blatantly contemptuous of Lu Rongting's troops and the Gui army.Ma Xiaojun is from Guangxi and an officer of the Gui Army. How could he not be angry at Duan Xun's evaluation like this.But Ma Xiaojun was angry, but he knew that what Duan Xun said was not nonsense.

This is the case with Lu Rongting's troops.

There are a lot of people, but they can't fight large-scale battles.First of all, there are no generals who can command large-scale battles at the upper level.Lu Rongting's high-level troops are all bandits, and it may be no problem to command hundreds, thousands, or even two to three thousand troops.Because at present, when China's infantry tactics are still a little immature, the combat of this level of troops actually depends on who is braver and who is more desperate.The more capable troops are, the better their performance on the battlefield will be.

At this time, these bandit-born generals really have an advantage.Once these people are ruthless, the army can really fight with you.Once you play your life, it is very useful in small-scale wars.

But if it goes further up, then these people can't find a clue at all.They don't even know how the troops march, how the troops are stationed, and how the troops cooperate.In wars involving tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands of people, they don't know how to command at all.Before the war, your own troops will be in chaos.These people simply do not have the ability to command a large force.

Another problem is that the grassroots officers in Lu Rongting's army are too poor.

You can't see it when your small army is fighting for your life, but when you are fighting in a large army, it is easy to see the sequelae of the lack of grassroots officers.Without enough qualified grassroots officers, the troops are prone to confusion when they are fighting.Large corps battles, regardless of whether it is the era of cold weapons or the era of hot weapons, are all team battles, and individual bravery has little effect.At this time, qualified grassroots officers are needed so that the troops can cooperate with each other to fight.Otherwise, soldiers can't find their immediate superiors, and officers can't find their soldiers.

In this regard, Lu Rongting's troops are very poor.

Zhang Zuolin's Feng Jun also had this problem.In the history of war, Wu Peifu threw away his helmet and armor, and the whole army was completely chaotic.No one knows which army is going to attack and which is going to defend, it's completely mixed up.At that time, if Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling hadn't resisted Wu Peifu's troops to the death, Feng's army would have been wiped out in the pass.The troops of Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling were the new army they built, and the officers of the troops were all graduates from military schools.

It is precisely because of this lesson that Zhang Zuolin began to reorganize the Fengjun after the first direct war, and began to use military school graduates on a large scale.Only then began the pace of regularization of Fengjun.

There is also Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong Army who has this kind of problem.

This is a common problem with bandit troops.

In this law protection war, the performance of the Guangxi army was not even as good as that of the Hunan army.Although the Hunan Army was small in number and later recruited a lot of recruits, it still fought many beautiful battles.Compared with the powerful Gui army, it didn't fight much.Most of them are just waving flags and shouting beside them.When the Beiyang Army counterattacked, Tan Haoming led the Gui Army and ran faster than anyone else.

"Our general said at the end that the tens of thousands of Gui troops are not as good as the 500 people in the Ma Xiaojun model battalion. It is better to take down the 10 people of the Ma Xiaojun model battalion to defeat the Gui army of 500 people."

"Is this what General Duan said?"

"Yes. Our general mentioned Commander Ma several times, and even lamented that Ma Xiaojun alone is better than the five divisions of the Gui Army."

Ma Xiaojun was shocked after hearing this.

He couldn't help being shocked.Ma Xiaojun is from Guangxi, and he defected to Lu Rongting very early.But in Lu Rongting's army for many years, when the army went to Hunan, it was only the battalion commander of a model battalion.

Although Ma Xiaojun is very precious to the model camp, and Lu Rongting also gives enough support to the model camp, but the generals in the Gui army don't look down on Ma Xiaojun and his model camp at all.Those people were all bandits, and just as Ma Xiaojun looked down on them, they also looked down on these student soldiers under Ma Xiaojun.

But Duan Xun, who is far away in Sichuan, has such a high opinion of himself and his model camp.

It's impossible not to get excited.

After all, Ma Xiaojun had been suppressed and ostracized for many years in the Gui Army, and when he suddenly heard that a person of Duan Xun's level appreciated him so much, how could he not be excited.He even had the idea of ​​dying for his confidant in an instant.

Especially these few words made Ma Xiaojun's blood surging.One word from Duan Xun will make Ma Xiaojun famous all over the world.After all, Duan Xun directly said that Ma Xiaojun alone can beat five divisions of the Gui Army.

Excited.

However, he quickly suppressed this thought and asked softly, "General Li, what do you mean..."

"Mr. Ma, you have no future in the Gui Army. With your qualifications and ability, you have only just become a regiment commander. The Gui Army is really reckless. With your qualifications and ability, you are here with our general. You should have been an officer at the division commander level. And you chose to negotiate with us this time, but you have offended Tan Haoming a lot. I believe Tan Haoming is not willing to let people like you who know his escape history stay well in the Gui Army."

Deng Hanxiang took over Li Jishen and continued to speak.

Every word spoke to Ma Xiaojun's heart.Among a group of bandits, with someone as educated as Ma Xiaojun, there are only two outcomes.Either they will be regarded as talented, or they will be regarded as alternatives and rejected by others.Obviously, Ma Xiaojun was not admired by the stars of the Gui army, but rejected by them.It's not that Gui Jun's boss doesn't know the benefits of military school graduates.After all, these people have knowledge and military capabilities, and they are indeed the seedlings of very good grassroots officers.It’s just that everyone who knows knows that if military school graduates are used on a large scale, how will their own people be arranged.One's own tribe, one's brother's tribe, group after group are all in positions.Therefore, the practice of suppressing these alternative military school graduates is adopted.

Because of this, many graduates from Guangxi military schools are currently serving in the Hunan Army.Among the Hunan Army, there are many military students from Guangxi.These people all came to the Hunan Army because they were not valued in the Guangxi Army.

Therefore, Ma Xiaojun is only a regiment leader in Guijun with such education and qualifications.And just like what Deng Hanxiang said, even Ma Xiaojun had no idea how Tan Haoming would treat him.Tan Haoming didn't like himself in the first place, as long as he lost Bao Qing this time, then Tan Haoming could find a scapegoat, maybe he was himself.

Ma Xiaojun is from Guangxi, so he has been staying in Guijun.I also hope to use my own efforts to change Guijun.But Ma Xiaojun is not a fool, and Lu Rongting is not to the point of making Ma Xiaojun foolish and loyal.

"Captain Ma, you were personally named by our general, including your model battalion. As long as you lead the second regiment of the Guangxi Army to stay in our army, I can make way for other troops. And I can guarantee that the truce will last for half a day." One month. As for what will happen after half a month, it is not within the scope of my authority."

"What if I don't agree?"

"Then there's nothing to say, see you on the battlefield. Our general is kind-hearted and loves you talents. But I don't have the same thoughts as our general. I just want to make meritorious service, capture Baoqing, and kill enough opponents, that is My meritorious deeds. Taking advantage of the favorable opportunity for Tan Haoming to escape, killing enough enemies is also removing the obstacles for our troops to go south. Tan Haoming has lost so many troops, I want to see how Tan Haoming can still defend Qiyang and Lingling."

Deng Hanxiang persuaded Ma Xiaojun, while Li Jishen was murderous.

Ma Xiaojun was speechless.

The current situation is really impossible to fight.But what Deng Hanxiang meant was to let himself bring his model battalion to join Duan Xun.This is the model battalion of the Gui Army, and it was the painstaking effort of Ma Xiaojun's training.

Ma Xiaojun's model battalion was trained by Ma Xiaojun who wanted to reform the Gui army.This model battalion is all the painstaking efforts of Ma Xiaojun, and they are all officers trained by Ma Xiaojun for the Gui army.There are many officers in it, and Ma Xiaojun is very optimistic about them.I think these people will be able to become big things in the future.

Is it all cheap Duan Xun?

But why not?

Judging by Li Jishen's appearance, he must be attacking Baoqing.At that time, there may not be many troops left in Baoqing City.Moreover, Duan Xun's troops defeated Tan Haoming's troops who retreated south, which means that Duan Xun can surround Baoqing anytime and anywhere.

"General Li, General Deng, this is not something I can decide. I need to discuss it with our officers."

"can."

Li Jishen nodded and said, "But I can only give you one day. If you don't reply after one day, then I can only launch a general attack."

"it is good."

"Jiansheng (Bai Chongxi), you, as the representative of our department, go with Captain Ma."