Beiyang reactionaries

Originally, apart from Deng Keng's route, the other routes of the Cantonese Army were not absolutely sure.Although the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the Cantonese army was stronger than that of Lu Rongting's troops, the Yunnan Army and the Zhejiang Army, as allies, stood still.Even the Dian army evacuated their positions again and again, almost causing Chen Jiongming's troops to be surrounded by Lu Rongting.The attitude of the Dian army made the Guangdong army very angry.

Fortunately, there is a turning point.

After hearing the news that Li Jishen's troops had entered Guangdong, Chen Jiongming led the Guangdong army to launch a general offensive without the slightest hesitation.Because Chen Jiongming knew that this was his last chance.

Either enter Guangzhou before Li Jishen, or lose Guangzhou forever.

The two troops, which have always been evenly matched, began to emerge victorious.Lu Rongting's troops were retreating steadily, and the situation on the battlefield was very obvious.Chen Jiongming's troops approached Guangzhou step by step. In the end, Lu Rongting could only take the remnants of the defeated army through Dongguan and enter Huizhou.

Lu Rongting ran away.

For a while, Guangzhou became a land of no man.

All are grabbing.

It's a pity that Wang Tianpei was the fastest. Wang Tianpei personally led a brigade into Guangzhou.

"Where's the Cantonese army?"

Several senior generals of the Yunnan Army stationed in Guangdong are there.

Zheng Kaiwen, Fang Shengtao, Zhu Peide, Yang Yiqian, Lu Zicai, Sheng Rongchao, and Zhang Huaixin were all there.Zheng Kaiwen and Fang Shengtao are the most senior and highest-ranking troops stationed in Guangdong and Yunnan.Because the two were important figures in the Yunnan Revolutionary Party as early as the end of the Qing Dynasty, and they were the backbone of the Yunnan Army during the Yunnan Chongjiu Uprising.And the seniority of the teachers of the rising young officers of the Yunnan Army.

However, Zheng Kaiwen was at odds with Lu Rongting at the beginning. Li Genyuan and Lu Rongting cooperated to kick Zheng Kaiwen out of the Yunnan Army and dismissed Zheng Kaiwen as the commander of the Third Division of the Yunnan Army.But even so, Zheng Kaiwen has great influence in the Yunnan Army, and his words are still very useful.After Zheng Kaiwen was dismissed as the commander of the Yunnan Army, Fang Shengtao became the commander of the Third Division of the Yunnan Army from the fourth division, and Zhu Peide became the commander of the Fourth Division of the Yunnan Army, and his status rose a lot.Except for the three of them, the rest are senior officers of the Guangdong-Dianjun Army at the division chief and brigade level.

Two divisions of the Yunnan Army.

In fact, there are two divisions, and the number of them is less than [-].

In the past few years, because they have not been supplemented and are rejected by the Cantonese, there has been no development in Guangdong, but the number of people has continued to decline.

"It didn't catch up. One of Wang Tianpei's brigades has already entered Guangzhou first, controlled Guangzhou, and directly entered the defense fortifications in Guangdong. The mouth is aimed at the Guangdong Army. Li Jishen issued a telegram, saying that Guangzhou has been controlled by the border guards, announcing the abolition of the Guangdong Military Government. If the Guangdong Army dares to attack Guangzhou, it will go to war with the border guards. The Guangdong Army is currently stationed more than 40 kilometers outside Guangzhou. There has been no movement and no statement so far.”

"I definitely dare not make any noise."

Zhu Peide sneered.

Then he complained: "Duan Xun's troops defeated Wu Peifu, and other direct warlords fled one after another. The result of the second Zhiwan war has come out. Duan Xun's entry into Beijing is already a fait accompli. How dare Chen Jiongming fight with the current army Duan Xun's troops go to war."

Great momentum.

Just like Wu Peifu defeated Duan Qirui in the first Anhui War, and then Cao Kun pointed directly at Beijing.Now Duan Xun's troops have defeated Wu Peifu, and the troops are also pointing directly at Beijing.

The situation is clear.

Duan Xun is about to become another bigwig controlling Beijing.Duan Xun's troops currently control more than half of China, and the troops are in full swing, and they are invincible.At this time, everyone is avoiding Duan Xun's sharp edge one after another. No one will ask for trouble at this time to make life difficult for Duan Xun.This is not the case for the Cantonese Army.

Guangzhou, they want it.

But they haven't decided whether to go to war with Duan Xun's troops?Are you sure after the war?It is estimated that the opinions of the Cantonese Army are not unified. Some people want to continue fighting, and some people have already begun to retreat.

And start a war with Duan Xun?

The Cantonese army probably had to ask Sun Yat-sen what he meant.

"Yes."

Zheng Kaiwen also nodded.

With a wry smile, he said, "Now the Anhui faction's troops are in full swing. The Zhejiang governor Lu Yongxiang has already captured southern Jiangsu, and Jiangxi has been captured by Duan Xun's troops. The Anhui governor Ma Lianjia publicly expressed his support for Duan Xun's crusade against Cao Kun. Li Houji, the governor of Fujian, denounced Cao Kun for alienating the relationship between the Anhui faction. The victory of the Anhui faction in the direct-anhui war is a certainty. Li Jishen currently has tens of thousands of troops pouring into Guangdong, and there is also a fleet of guardians. Chen Jiongming's Cantonese army near Guangzhou The battle with Lu Rongting's troops before was also a great loss. Now it must be a dilemma."

"Then what do we do?"

Zhu Peide raised the issues that everyone is most concerned about at present.

"In the past few days, I have received several letters from Brother Yujie (Commander-in-Chief) and Brother Koizumi (Fan Shisheng). Their troops have already arrived around Guangzhou, and we will meet with them soon .I think everyone can guess the contents of the letter, what should we do now?"

There are many generals in Duan Xun's army.

Wang Kai (commander-in-chief) and Fan Shisheng were classmates of Zhu Peide who led the troops into Guangdong this time.There are also Dian army bosses like Ye Quan.The current generals of the Yunnan Army are very familiar with them, after all, they all came from the same system.

"I also received a letter from Xiangshi (Ye Quan) a few days ago."

Zheng Kaiwen also spoke.

Having said that, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.Because all of these people here have classmates and comrades-in-arms in the Yunnan Army, and they all received the letter.It's just that everyone didn't say it.But Zhu Peide was the first to speak out, and everyone realized that everyone was the same.They were all drawn in by former classmates and comrades-in-arms.

"It's actually for this reason that I called everyone to a meeting today."

Fang Shengtao spoke.

Fang Shengtao was an instructor at the Yunnan Military Academy in the late Qing Dynasty, and his qualifications were the same as those of the Yunnan Army.If it wasn't for going to Guangdong, staying in the Yunnan Army would be a big boss of the Yunnan Army.

Joining Duan Xun with the Dian Army, they are at least at the commander level now.

"I have just received a letter from General Li Jishen of Duan Xun's Department. He asked our Dian army stationed in Guangdong to join the border defense army like other Dian troops. Li Jishen said in the letter that Duan Xun, the supervisor of the frontier defense, has promised that if we When the Guangdong and Yunnan Army joined the frontier defense army, we were given a formal establishment of two divisions. One division is a regular division with 4000 people. I still can't decide what to do, so this meeting is held. This is Read all the letters written by Li Jishen."

Fang Shengtao took out Li Jishen's letter from his pocket, and handed it to the following people to read.

Originally, the Dian Army stationed in Guangdong was a faction of the Dian Army, and it had always followed the orders of Tang Jiyao, the former governor of Yunnan.But after Tang Jiyao was driven out of Kunming by Duan Xun, the Yunnan Army stationed in Guangdong was rootless.It was impossible for them to listen to Tang Jiyao, who was like a bereaved dog, especially when Tang Jiyao was already notorious.Similarly, they did not want to listen to Duan Xun's orders, because Duan Xun was from the Beiyang Army.So the troops are getting more and more scattered.

No one can call the shots.

The Yunnan Army, and even Li Gengen, the leader of the Yunnan Revolutionary Party, came to take over this army, but was directly blasted out by the generals of the Yunnan Army stationed in Guangdong.Now Fang Shengtao can't decide the future of this army casually, he can only discuss with them.

Everyone took a look at it.

Li Jishen wrote very simply.It is hoped that the Yunnan Army stationed in Guangdong will accept the establishment of the border defense army and accept the command of Duan Xun.There is also Duan Xun's promise to them.Everyone was silent after watching.

Don't know what to do.

"Everyone speaks freely. After all, this is related to the future of the army. Say what you have."

"Then let me talk first."

Zhu Peide spoke.

In fact, Zhu Peide was the first to become a division commander among the generals of the Yunnan Army, and he was promoted much faster than other students.When someone else was the battalion commander, he had already been the regiment commander for many years, and when someone else became the regiment commander, he was already the brigade commander.Some of the other students have just become brigade commanders, and Zhu Peide is the teacher commander.

pity.

Afterwards everyone went completely differently.The Dian army stationed in Guangdong became an orphan and was bullied in Guangdong.There are Sun Yat-sen, Lu Rongting, and even Li Gengen, the leader of the Yunnan Army, who exchanged one by one, so that the Yunnan Army stationed in Guangdong did not know who to listen to.

But what about Zhu Peide's other classmates?

After taking refuge in Duan Xun, they held high positions one by one and galloped on the battlefield.Even Tang Huaiyuan became famous in China for bombarding British warships, and was hailed as a national hero by newspapers.Even juniors like Long Yun are currently chasing the direct troops on the front line of Zhili.

Shame.