Beiyang reactionaries

"arrive."

"Your troops were reorganized into the 29th Brigade Independent Regiment, with Yu Xuezhong as the head and Wang Tianpei as the deputy head. Immediately block the Rongchang and Longchang areas to me, and no troops are allowed to go south. No revolutionary party is allowed in this area. Activity."

"Yes."

51 Before the war

"Brother Xunchen, it's good if you come."

On January 1916, 1, Zhang Jingyao finally came to Luzhou with the vanguard of his seventh division, his No.27 Infantry Brigade.Duan Xun welcomed Zhang Jingyao with great fanfare.

Duan Xun and Zhang Jingyao knew each other.

Both of them belonged to the generals of the Anhui Clique, and they both studied at Baoding Military Academy together back then, so they could be regarded as classmates.It's just that he has been in the army, and after Duan Xun graduated from Baoding Military Academy, he left China to study in Japan.

Now Zhang Jingyao is the commander of the Seventh Division, and of course he has just been promoted.Zhang Jingyao can't be said to be very old, but he is seven years older than Duan Xun.However, Zhang Jingyao is the commander of the second route of the rebel army and Duan Xun's boss.

"Degong (Duan Xun), on the way I came, General Chengwu (Chen Heng) sent me a power call several times, saying that you disobeyed orders."

Zhang Jingyao has a straight temper.

Zhang Jingyao's family was poor, and he joined the army at the age of 15 and joined the Beiyang Army.I grew up step by step in the army, then went to the military academy, and got into my current position.

So speak without hesitation.It doesn't matter that Duan Xun is Duan Qirui's nephew and son-in-law.Although Zhang Jingyao is temporarily serving as Duan Xun's leader, it is only temporary.Compared with Duan Xun, he didn't have much advantage, but even so, Zhang Jingyao didn't give Duan Xun any face.Duan Xun was not angry, because Zhang Jingyao had this temper.

Later generations have an evaluation.

It is called the War of Protecting the Nation, which is a competition in which the Beiyang Army sells teammates to each other.From Wu Xiangzhen to Feng Yuxiang, and even Wu Peifu's third division, everyone is watching the changes.When fighting, one runs faster than the other.

When the situation needed to be stabilized, the Beiyang Army beat the National Defense Army hard.When they needed to put pressure on Yuan Shikai, they would run away.

In the end, the most honest Zhang Jingyao was cheated.

Because there is only one person who works most hard in the Beiyang Army in the War to Protect the Country, and that is Zhang Jingyao and his Seventh Division.Zhang Jingyao came to Sichuan in a hurry, and it took only a month on the road.

"Brother Xunchen (Zhang Jingyao), you can't blame me for this. Come on, come and see."

Duan Xun led Zhang Jingyao to the front of the map, pointed and said, "Brother Xunchen, take a look. Since the defeat of Wu Xiangzhen's Fourth Mixed Brigade, although he has gathered some troops, he can't stop the Yunnan Army. Once The Dian army going north to control Zigong will not only threaten Chongqing to the east and Chengdu to the north. Moreover, Zigong is a gathering place for Sichuan salt. It is like adding wings to a tiger. And as the Dian army entered Syria, Xiong Kewu also came to Syria and began to recruit troops in Syria. I heard that thousands of people have defected to Xiong Kewu. Therefore, I can only send my 68th regiment to defend Zigong. Thousands of people here It must not be handed over to the Yunnan Army."

Zhang Jingyao nodded.

Sichuan is not a very rich province, but the government income is not too low.What it depends on depends on Sichuan Salt.Sichuan salt is basically consumed in all provinces in the Southwest, and Sichuan salt is consumed in many places even in central provinces such as Hubei.

It's a cornucopia.

If the Yunnan army is allowed to occupy it, it will indeed be a big problem.

"Moreover, General Chengwu (Chen Heng) asked our troops to march into Nanxi to attack the western part of Syria. I have also dispatched the 67th regiment, the most powerful of our troops, to march into Nanxi. Originally, I had planned that the 69th regiment would also march into Nanxi. But General Chengwu told me to hand over the city defense of Luzhou to Xiong Xiangsheng’s brigade. Don’t you think this is bullying me?”

"Since I entered Sichuan last year, I have been in Luzhou. I suppressed bandits in Luzhou, I suppressed Brother Pao in Luzhou, I opened a police station and a tax bureau in Luzhou. After finally taking care of Luzhou, let me let Luzhou go Come out, what do you mean? Even if I am willing, the people under my hands are not willing. If I let it out, how will I lead troops in the future. "

Duan Xun showed indignation.

Zhang Jingyao scratched his head.

According to what Duan Xun said, it is indeed not suitable, or Chen Heng is too dishonest.Although Xiong Xiangsheng's brigade was said to be a unit of the First Division of the Sichuan Army, no one knew that Xiong Xiangsheng himself was from Chen Heng.

This is tantamount to saying that Chen Heng wants to drive Duan Xun away, and then let his own people take over Luzhou.

So unreasonable, really too unreasonable.

Both Zhang Jingyao and Duan Xun belong to the Anhui Clan, so it can be said that they share the same hatred.Some time ago, Duan Qirui was kicked out of the central organization by Yuan Shikai, and the Anhui generals were already very dissatisfied.Yuan Shikai weakened Duan Qirui's strength in the center, so Chen Heng and the others wanted to weaken the strength of the Anhui Department in the local area?

Thinking about it this way, Zhang Jingyao was very dissatisfied with Chen Heng.

Although Chen Heng has deep qualifications and high prestige, he is not directly related to the Beiyang Army.It was only because he took refuge in Yuan Shikai that he became the governor of Sichuan.In the eyes of Zhang Jingyao and Duan Xun, the direct descendants of the Beiyang Army, Chen Heng was nothing extraordinary.

The party is divided.

It absolutely exists.Although the Anhui Clique and the Zhi Clan are not factions, they are also factions of the Beiyang Army.Compared with Duan Xun, whose roots are Zhengmiaohong, Chen Heng is a miscellaneous brand in the Beiyang Army.

Yuan Shikai squeezed out Duan Qirui. Although the Anhui generals were not satisfied, they couldn't say anything. Who told them it was Yuan Shikai.But what are you, Chen Heng, who dare to reject our Anhui generals.

So Zhang Jingyao nodded, expressing his understanding of Duan Xun.

"But these are all trivial things. Brother Xunchen (Zhang Jingyao), in fact, this is what I am most worried about. Liu Cunhou, who is currently the commander of the Second Division of the Sichuan Army, do you know this person?"

"I've heard it, but I don't know it very well."

"This person is a graduate of the sixth term of the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and he is in the same group as those rebellious parties in Yunnan. Li Gengen and Tang Jiyao from Yunnan, Yan Xishan from Shaanxi, Cheng Qian and Zhao Hengti from Hunan, Li Liejun from Jiangxi, etc. The revolutionary party is all classmates. In the first year of Xuantong, he graduated and returned to China, and went to Yunnan to teach martial arts as an instructor. Later, Yunnan Chongjiu Uprising, he was also one of them. He followed the Yunnan Army into Sichuan, because he was from Sichuan, so he He left the Yunnan Army and joined the Sichuan Army."

"I see."

"This person has a very good relationship with Cai E, Tang Jiyao, and Li Liejun. Recently, my people discovered that he had many contacts with the Yunnan Army. I am worried that this person will turn against him. One of his brigades is in Yongning (Xuyong), and one of his brigades is in Yongning. In Naxi. Yongning is two hundred miles away from our Luzhou, and we can still react. But Naxi is only [-] miles away from our Luxian County. If there is a sudden attack, the consequences will be unimaginable. So I can’t leave Luzhou at will. Keep an eye on Liu Cunhou."

Zhang Jingyao nodded repeatedly.

It seems that Duan Xun's decision is correct.Thinking about Zhang Jingyao, he became more and more dissatisfied with Chen Heng.You are blatantly suppressing Duan Xun like this, which is completely disrespectful to Duan Qirui.

Do you, Chen Heng, really think that Duan Qirui has lost power?

Humph.

Therefore, Zhang Jingyao immediately asked: "Degong, what do you think?"

"I've been sending people to keep an eye on Liu Cunhou's brigade staying in Naxi recently. I found that Liu Cunhou's contact with the Yunnan Army has been more frequent during this period, and I guess he's betrayed within a few days. Especially this morning, the Guizhou Guards Military envoy Liu Xianshi has just declared the independence of Guizhou, and the Dian army has performed very well in Syria. I think Liu Cunhou can't wait any longer. Therefore, my idea is that once Liu Cunhou declares his rebellion, our two troops will immediately attack and take Naxi The troops are over."

"good idea."

Zhang Jingyao nodded.

The superior force caught him off guard.

Seeing Zhang Jingyao nodding, Duan Xun was overjoyed.Duan Xun didn't want to fight the Dian Army and the Guizhou Army because it was not good to fight them now.Just hit it, and what to do after the fight is over.The Yunnan Army and the Qian Army couldn't beat Duan Xun and could run back, it was just a waste of bullets.

But Liu Cunhou is different.

This is Sichuan Army.

As the saying goes, if you can run away, the monk can't run away from the temple.After the Sichuan army was defeated here, their soldiers had nowhere to go.As long as they win, Duan Xun, the defeated soldier of the Sichuan Army, can completely recruit them to increase his own strength.

That's why Duan Xun encouraged Zhang Jingyao to fight Liu Cunhou's troops.

"Report-"

"Say."

"Liu Cunhou's Second Division of the Sichuan Army retreated from Chishui, and the third detachment of the Second Echelon Regiment of the Dian Army Dong Hongxun marched towards Yongning from Bijie. The Second Division of the Sichuan Army withdrew all positions at the junction of Sichuan and Guizhou."