Beiyang reactionaries

At present, no matter whether it is the officers of Liu Cunhou's Second Division who was captured by Duan Xun, or the Sichuan Army's First Mixed Brigade in Qijiang, or the Sichuan Army's Second Mixed Brigade stationed in Shunqing, there are a large number of young officers.These people are basically young officers trained by local military academies in Sichuan.

Duan Xun hopes that these students of his will be a role model to drive them.In other words, these students of my own can use their connections in the Sichuan Army to persuade a large number of young officers.

"Teacher, how do you arrange for us?"

Tian Songyao asked Duan Xun.

Tian Songyao is not a hot-blooded young officer like Sun Zhen and Dong Songheng, and he doesn't have so many ideals in his heart.After calming down in the prison camp for a while, Tian Songyao was more concerned about his own future.

Therefore, Tian Songyao has been waiting for Duan Xun to come and find them.

When Tian Songyao and the others were in the Sichuan Army, because they graduated from Baoding Military Academy, they were somewhat different.Now that Duan Xun is here, there is nothing better for Tian Songyao.

Even when Tian Songyao and Duan Xun had an average relationship when they were in school, Duan Xun was also his teacher.They will definitely take good care of these students.So Tian Songyao has always been very fortunate that Duan Xun will be the master in Sichuan soon.

"Recently, I am transforming the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Army. You should know that this unit was originally subordinate to Wu Xiangzhen. To transform this unit, I need trustworthy officers. Yi Ting (Chen Guodong), Song Yao (Tian Songyao), you two Individuals will go to the Fourth Mixed Brigade."

The fourth mixed brigade.

After all, it is not Duan Xun's army, but an army under the Ministry of War, and it is an organized army.Now that Duan Qirui has just left the mountain, he has not had time to take care of the semi-disabled Fourth Mixed Brigade.By the time all things were on track, the War Department might be thinking about this unit.

Therefore, Duan Xun wanted to turn this unit into his own before the Ministry of War remembered this unit.

A large number of own people are enabled.

Letting Chen Guodong and Tian Songyao go to the [-]th Mixed Brigade to serve as regimental leaders is also a means of Duan Xun.Although they are both regiment leaders, the regiment leader of the Beiyang Army's mixed brigade is not at the same level as the Sichuan Army's regiment commander at all, and the number of men and horses under them is twice as different.Both Chen Guodong and Tian Songyao were promoted.

"How do you two feel?"

"Teacher, you are polite. We are all prisoners now, and it is our honor to be able to follow the teacher again."

Tian Songyao immediately shook his head.

Now the original Sichuan Army can be said to be falling apart, Sichuan will soon truly become the territory of the Beiyang Army, and of course they will follow Duan Xun.

"what about you?"

"We listen to the teacher."

Several people nodded.

"it is good."

Duan Xun was very happy.

"Decao (Sun Zhen), Chang'an (Dong Songheng), you two come to my guard group. Zijin (Tang Shizun) has other tasks, and Decao (Sun Zhen) you come to be the head of my guard group, Chang'an (Dong Songheng) I will give you the position of a battalion guard commander."

My students are of course different.

These few people are going to be promoted to a higher level.Also let other young officers of the Sichuan Army see that there is meat to follow Duan Xun.

"is teacher."

"Also, there are still a large number of officers in the Second Division of the Sichuan Army. I hope you can help me convince them."

"Yes."

68 Situation

On March 1916, 3, Duan Xun and Cai E signed an armistice agreement again.

Duan Xun originally thought that there would be a big battle, so he deployed a large number of troops on the front line just to defend against Cai E's comeback.But Cai E really couldn't afford it.Cai E is different from Duan Xun.Duan Xun now controls the well salt in eastern Sichuan. Despite the war, Sichuan salt is still being sold.

And because of the war, the price of Sichuan salt is more expensive.

Duan Xun currently controls Chuanyan, and there is no shortage of money in his hands.Moreover, Duan Xun has been preparing for this war for more than half a year, and has taken a lot of military supplies from Yuan Shikai and Chen Heng.They were all hoarded for the purpose of protecting the country.Chen Ping's preparation in advance is completely different from the hasty deployment of the Dian army.Although several wars have been fought, Duan Xun still has a lot of reserve resources.Moreover, after Duan Xun entered Chongqing, he took all the military supplies that Cao Kun left in Chongqing into his arms, and there was no shortage of military supplies.Duan Xun's troops still have enough ammunition to fight several medium-scale wars.

But Cai E is different.

No money.

When the Yunnan army launched the war to protect the country, it actually went into battle in a hurry, with insufficient preparations for military pay, weapons and ammunition.More importantly, the National Defense Army is not monolithic.The relationship between Cai E and Tang Jiyao who stayed behind in Yunnan is average.

Cai E urged Tang Jiyao to ask for money, weapons and ammunition, but Tang Jiyao always perfunctory Cai E.In addition to Yunnan being really poor, another reason is that Tang Jiyao didn't want Cai E to show off.Tang Jiyao worried that once Cai E became too famous, he would take away his position as governor of Yunnan when he returned to Yunnan.

Similarly, within the National Defense Army, the relationship between Tang Jiyao and Li Liejun, Cai E and Li Liejun is not very good.Although everyone is from the Revolutionary Party, their positions are different.Tang Jiyao guarded the territory of Yunnan, while Li Liejun represented Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang, and Cai E represented Liang Qichao's Progressive Party.Each has its own interests, each has its own factions, and they argue and pull each other.

Therefore, Cai E's logistics are very difficult.

Since entering Sichuan, the National Defense Army has not been paid properly for several months.If the National Defense Army can continue to win, even when the National Defense Army set off, some officers below said that once they entered Sichuan, they would have food and drink.Tell them that Sichuan is richer than Yunnan and they can grab a lot of money.In the year of [-], the Dian army did just that.

But now?

The Dian army suffered major defeats in Syria and Luzhou, with heavy casualties.Nearly 4000 soldiers of the Yunnan Army died in battle alone in Sichuan this time, almost one-third of the soldiers who went on the expedition.There were even more injured, causing the current morale of the Dian army to be completely lost.

beat?

In the military, Cai E has no better way to break through the Naxi defense line, and in terms of logistics, the National Defense Army has reached the point where it cannot be uncovered.At this time, Cai E is the Immortal Da Luo, and there is nothing he can do.

Cai E really couldn't fight anymore.

Originally, Cai E also expected to rest for a month, replenish weapons and ammunition, replenish soldiers, and then make a comeback.But Cai E now understands that the logistical pressure on his side is too great, and he simply has no ability to fight another war.

So he could only choose to sign an armistice agreement with Duan Xun.

Originally, Cai E had been negotiating with Chen Heng, because Chen Heng was the governor of Sichuan.More importantly, many of Chen Heng's staff and staff flirted with the National Defense Army.It was easier to negotiate with Chen Heng.

But now anyone with a discerning eye knows that there is only one person who decides not to fight in the current Sichuan, and that is Duan Xun, who has more than 3 soldiers.The War to Protect the Nation broke out, and it can be said that Duan Xun alone suppressed the main force of the National Defense Army in Sichuan.To solve the current problem, no one can bypass Duan Xun.And since Duan Qirui appointed Duan Xun as the Sichuan Military Affairs Commission, many people knew that Duan Qirui would eventually appoint Duan Xun as the Sichuan Military Affairs Supervisor.

Chen Heng represented Yuan Shikai. How could Duan Qirui hand over such an important place in Sichuan to Chen Heng when he came to power.

Therefore, Chen Heng's orders are getting less and less listened to.

Chen Heng's prestige in Sichuan at the beginning was due to the support from Yuan Shikai and the Beiyang Army.Chen Heng himself did not have a direct army.Now that Yuan Shikai was surrounded by enemies, there was no way to control Chen Heng, and Duan Qirui was already clearly supporting Duan Xun.

More importantly, in Sichuan, more than half of Sichuan's troops are directly related to Duan Xun.In addition to Duan Xun's current reorganization of Wu Xiangzhen's 13th Mixed Brigade and Li Bingzhi's No.90.00 Mixed Brigade, Duan Xun can control and command [-]% of Sichuan's troops.It's clear at a glance who has the upper hand.

Even Chen Heng's order could not leave his Governor's Mansion, and someone in Chengdu had already begun to communicate with Duan Xun, hoping that after Duan Xun took control of Chengdu, he would not clean them up.Everyone can see this very clearly, and so does Cai E.Therefore, Cai E gave up the negotiation with Chen Heng, and directly signed a temporary armistice agreement with Duan Xun, and more specifically, continued the negotiation.

During the negotiations, Duan Xun demanded that the National Defense Army led by Cai E, including the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army, all withdraw from Sichuan.The troops of the National Defense Army were not allowed to stay in Sichuan.Cai E hopes that the troops can continue to be stationed in southern Sichuan.After all, 1 members of the Dian army went to the expedition. If they didn't even win a piece of land, how would they explain it to others when they went back.Therefore, the two sides came and went, and the talk was very intense.

While Duan Xun and Cai E are currently negotiating an armistice, the situation in China continues to change. On April 1916, 4, Feng Guozhang sent another telegram asking Yuan Shikai to abdicate.Not against the monarchy, but directly asking Yuan Shikai to abdicate.

Give up the position of the president.

This is what Feng Guozhang meant.

Feng Guozhang's words are more useful than the national defense army fighting for several months.After all, Feng Guozhang is the leader of the Beiyang Army, and a lot of Beiyang Army generals listen to him.This includes the governors of several provinces, all of whom are direct descendants of Feng Guozhang.