Beiyang reactionaries

They all expressed their support for the cabinet's dismissal of Lu Yongxiang's Yangtze River patrol envoy, and were willing to obey the command of the Ministry of War.

dominoes.

The area controlled by Lu Yongxiang, which was already on the verge of collapse, began to shake the powerful factions in other places as the situation in Anhui deteriorated.The same is true now in Jiangsu.Lu Yongxiang has always distrusted Gong Bangduo and Xiong Bingqi.

First of all, they are Li Chun's people. Although they defected to Lu Yongxiang, it was because of a helpless choice.And although they lost, they still have enough strength in Jiangsu.They still control the original Jiangsu troops and are still a powerful local faction.

More importantly, they are still Duan Xun's classmates.When Chen Tiaoyuan was wandering in Jiangsu, he would meet with the two of them almost every two days.At that time, the Ministry of the Army also frequently supported the two of them behind.

Therefore, Lu Yongxiang did not believe them for a long time.

really.

At the most important time, the two of them still jumped out.

Detonate the big bomb.

It's a chain reaction.Starting from Wang Pu, the third mixed brigade of the Anhui Army, then Zhang Wensheng, the governor of Anhui, then He Binglin, the governor of Anhui, and now the First Division of the Jiangsu Army and the Third Division of the Jiangsu Army.

Their sudden defection also changed the situation in Jiangsu drastically.

Lu Yongxiang was very anxious.

Because they control Yangzhou and Zhenjiang, this is directly at the middle stage of Lu Yongxiang's troops.Therefore, Lu Yongxiang immediately ordered Chen Yi, the governor of Jiangsu Province who was in Suzhou to rectify the army and also the commander of the Fifth Division of the Zhejiang Army, to lead troops to suppress the rebellion.

But Chen Yi in Suzhou pretended to be stupid.

Stand still.

Such changes in Jiangsu have made many people understand that this war has not been equal from the very beginning, and the two sides are not on the same level at all.Duan Xun not only has great military strength, but more importantly, Duan Xun has a righteous reputation.Duan Xun can easily disintegrate these forces of Lu Yongxiang.The war has just begun, and Lu Yongxiang's side is already at a disadvantage.

But bigger bombs are behind.

At noon on May 1922, 5, Zhejiang Governor Xia Chao announced in Hangzhou that the Zhejiang Provincial Government only obeyed the cabinet, not Lu Yongxiang's private government department.Therefore, the Zhejiang provincial government supported the cabinet's order to remove Lu Yongxiang from his post, and supported the Ministry of Army's suppression of the rebellion.

This is a real heavyweight defection.

Because Xia Chao is not a scholar like Anhui Governor He Binglin, but a serious and powerful faction.With a police force of tens of thousands in hand, it has been calling the wind and rain in Zhejiang for ten years.

His defection represents the defection of a large number of powerful factions in Zhejiang.Moreover, Lu Yongxiang made his fortune in Zhejiang, and he was born in the Zhejiang Governor.But now there are problems in Lu Yongxiang's backyard.

But that's just the beginning.

The situation in Zhejiang continues to "rot".

On the afternoon of May 1922, 5, Pan Guogang, the warlord of Zhejiang and concurrently the commander of the First Division of the Zhejiang Army, announced in Hangzhou that the Zhejiang army was a national army and was under the orders of the Ministry of the Army, not Lu Yongxiang's private army.

Therefore, Pan Guogang refused to serve as the deputy commander of the rebel army appointed by Lu Yongxiang, and concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, ordering all Zhejiang troops to fully cooperate with the actions of the Ministry of Army.

It shocked the whole country.

Pan Guogang, the governor of Zhejiang, and Xia Chao, the governor of Zhejiang, have defected one after another, and the meaning is already very obvious.In the current Zhejiang, the main force is Pan Guogang's First Division of the Zhejiang Army, and some other troops are local troops.Another powerful force is Xia Chao's police force.The two of them are the real powerful factions in Zhejiang, and the two of them control the entire situation in Zhejiang.

Now that the two of them are willing to obey the cabinet's orders, the affairs of Zhejiang are settled.Duan Xun's troops can flow into Jiangsu from Jiangxi, Fujian, and along Zhejiang.

The defection is too fast.

The speed is dizzying, and even many people are very surprised.Although Lu Yongxiang entered Zhejiang later and served as the governor of Zhejiang.It is different from the origin of the original Zhejiang army.

Lu Yongxiang was born in the Beiyang Army of Zheng'er Bajing, a direct line of the Anhui lineage.Most of the original Zhejiang troops came from the Revolutionary Army of the [-] Year, it should be said that they were the armed forces of the Restoration Society of the [-] Year.

But after Lu Yongxiang entered Zhejiang, the relationship between the two parties is still very harmonious.The troops in Zhejiang have always supported Lu Yongxiang and the war between Lu Yongxiang and Li Chun.

I didn't expect the speed of defection to be so fast.

Sure enough, if you are not all the way, you cannot become a family.

When everyone had not fully digested the changes in Zhejiang, on May 1922, 5, Zhang Zaiyang, the Songhu Army Protector, announced in Shanghai that since the cabinet had dismissed Lu Yongxiang from the position of the Yangtze River Patrol Envoy, the Songhu Army Protector would no longer Follow Lu Yongxiang's orders.

Immediately afterwards, it was announced that the docks on the Shanghai side were completely open to naval warships.

At the same time, naval warships began to sail into Shanghai, and many warships entered the Yangtze River from Shanghai. The vanguard even arrived in Zhenjiang, only a few hours away from Nanjing.

"I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect it."

Chen Yi shook her head again and again in Suzhou.

He had thought about many local forces in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, and each of them must be half-hearted.After the Revolution of [-], how many warlords betrayed their benefactors for their own interests.

Don't tell anyone else.

Let’s talk about Duan Xun who is currently sitting in the cabinet.

Without Duan Qirui's guidance and support, how could Duan Xun be able to call the wind and rain in the southwest.Duan Xun has leapt from a small bandit suppression commander in the west of Henan to the governor of Sichuan and the governor of the southwest frontier defense. Behind him is Duan Qirui's huge support.What's more, Duan Xun's wife is Duan Qirui's niece, and Duan Qirui is Duan Xun's wife's uncle.

How close is this relationship.

But the result?

After the victory of the second Zhiwan War, Duan Xun did not invite Duan Qirui to come out again.Instead, they use various excuses to maintain the stability of the Beijing government.Even the relationship between Duan Qirui and Duan Xun is like this in the face of interests, let alone Lu Yongxiang.

But still too fast.

It has only been a few days of fighting, and neither side has officially fought any major battles.But it has been one defection after another.

"Master, the situation is already obvious."

Lin Wei also had a serious face.

surprise.

Although Lin Wei always believed that Lu Yongxiang could not be Duan Xun's opponent, so he always supported Chen Yi to leave Lu Yongxiang.But he didn't expect Lu Yongxiang's side to be so vulnerable.

The powerful factions defected one after another.

So he was even more nervous, and immediately gave Chen Yi advice.

What are you waiting for.

What else can Lu Yongxiang do now.Although Lu Yongxiang did have [-] to [-] troops in his hands, they were besieged in several cities by Duan Xun and those rebellious forces.

Chen Leshan's 30th Division of the Central Army is in Anqing, Xie Hongxun's [-]th Division of the Zhejiang Army is in Tongcheng, He Fenglin's No.[-] [-]th Division of the Central Army is in Xuzhou, and Lu Yongxiang's [-]th Division of the Central Army is in Nanjing.

But what is the use of having these troops.

Where does the logistics material come from.

completely divided.