Beiyang reactionaries

So there is no embarrassment in the middle.

"Brother Biaochen, you have solved the Mongolian problem before. You should know that there have been many problems in the country's borders these years. The same is true here. Tibet has been around since the end of the Qing Dynasty. Although I dare not compare myself to Zuo Wenxiang (Zuo Zongtang), But now that you are serving as the governor of Sichuan, you won’t see any problems in Tibet. Brother Biaochen, you are an expert in this area, and I believe you understand the meaning of this area better than me.”

Li Bingzhi nodded.

Li Bingzhi is very interesting.He embraced new ideas, went to modern schools, and went to military academy.He is very good at running the army and fighting wars. During the War to Protect the Country, Li Bingzhi's [-]th Mixed Brigade performed very well in the face of the attacks of the Yunnan Army and the Guizhou Army.

And this person's diplomatic ability is also very strong.

In the second year of the Republic of China, the princes and nobles in Mongolia began to move around.At that time, Li Bingzhi went there alone to negotiate with those princes and nobles, and he managed to settle those people.Let the Mongolian region stabilize.

So powerful, it seems that this person is very new.

But it's not.

This man is the conservative among the conservatives.This person was not very supportive of the overthrow of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the last years of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.When Yuan Shikai became the great president, and Yuan Shikai wanted to proclaim himself emperor, this person turned out to be a person who supported the imperial system.

In the Beiyang Army, many people opposed Yuan Shikai's becoming emperor, but Li Bingzhi was different. He was very much in favor of Yuan Shikai's becoming president.Because in his view, there is no soil for a republic in China at all, it is better to slowly transition to a constitutional monarchy.

And he has a very submissive temper.

Chen Heng served as the governor of Sichuan, so he listened to Chen Heng's words.Now that Duan Xun is the governor of Sichuan, he will listen to Duan Xun.Even if another person comes over to be the governor of Sichuan, then he will listen to him.

This is the character of Li Bingzhi.

So Duan Xun was very relieved of Li Bingzhi.

"Brother Biaochen, I hope you will be stationed on the edge of Sichuan, in the Chuankang area, and show me Tibet. If there is any trouble in Tibet, I will give you arbitrary power. You can enter Tibet immediately. At that time If you need people, I will give them. If you need weapons and ammunition, I will give you weapons and ammunition. If Tibet is really lost in our hands, then you and I will become sinners in history and will be scolded by generations to come. "

Li Bingzhi looked up at Duan Xun and said after a while, "General, you should know who is behind Tibet?"

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

It's no secret.

"Then you still dare to do this?"

"Haha. At the time when Russia was behind Xinjiang, Duke Zuo Wenxiang (Zuo Zongtang) was able to carry the coffin to the expedition, helping our country to preserve a large area of ​​land, and it also kept the stability of the Northwest. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Tibet rebelled, and Zhao Erfeng sent troops into Tibet. Zhong San (Pan Wenhua) and the others had been to Tibet at that time. After the Revolution of [-], Governor Yin Changheng, including the troops of the Yunnan Army, had entered Tibet to counter the rebellion and saved Tibet. My current situation is much better than what they did back then Do I still worry about the British who are thousands of miles away and can't even protect their own land. Brother Biaochen, you underestimate me. I want to see how brave Brother Biaochen is."

"If the general believes in me, as long as I, Li Biaochen, have my life, there will be no mistakes in Tibet."

Li Bingzhi patted his chest and promised.

Duan Xun said happily: "Of course I believe it. Brother Biaochen, then Chuanbian will be entrusted to you."

"Yes."

Duan Xun asked Li Bingzhi to stay in the Chuankang area, not only to let him watch over Tibet, but also to keep Li Bingzhi away from the political center of Sichuan.Although Li Bingzhi is very obedient, he is an independent military force after all, and Duan Xun is still a little worried.

Let Li Bingzhi be in the Chuankang area, then all logistics must rely on Duan Xun and Chengdu.In this way, Li Bingzhi's No.13 mixed brigade will not do any harm to Chengdu.

military expansion.

Originally, these generals thought that the main content of the meeting was the expansion of the army.Unexpectedly, Duan Xun first started to improve his Sichuan Governor's Mansion, and then started chatting with Li Bingzhi.

Of course, everyone can understand Duan Xun and Li Bingzhi's chat.

After all, the two are classmates, and the two do not have a complete affiliation.Li Bingzhi's No.13 mixed brigade is Li Bingzhi's unit, not Duan Xun's unit.The troops of other officers were all built by Duan Xun, and they were Duan Xun's subordinate troops.

Duan Xun can intervene at will in other troops, including the appointment of officers and the fate of the chief officer of the troops are all under Duan Xun's control.But the No.13 mixed brigade is a unit organized by the Beiyang government, and it is not easy for Duan Xun to intervene in his internal affairs.Among the current Sichuan troops, the No.13 mixed brigade is the only one that remains independent.

But understanding is understanding, these generals of Duan Xun's department can't wait.They all want to know Duan Xun's plan to expand the army.

If it weren't for Duan Xun's strict military discipline, these people would have been impatient.They are all looking forward to the troops that Duan Xun will expand.When the army expands, someone must be promoted, and it is time to divide up the benefits.

"Okay. Now let's discuss the plan for troop expansion."

82 Army Expansion 5

"Okay, let's discuss the plan for troop expansion."

Boiling and shouting.

Ever since Duan Xun made the news, there has been a lot of noise these days.A lot of people came to Duan Xun to insinuate and recommend various candidates.After several days of deliberation by Duan Xun, and after discussing with Yang Wei, Jiang Hongyu, and Xiong Kewu, Duan Xun finally had a complete plan.

"In this expansion of the army, the troops will be named the Southwest Frontier Defense Army. The Governor's Office plans to train six divisions and one independent brigade of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army."

"Six divisions?"

Everyone below was shocked.

Six divisions?

It was reported before that only three divisions were trained. If there were six divisions, how much would the army need to expand.So after hearing Duan Xun's words, everyone was dumbfounded.Duan Xun smiled when he saw everyone, and continued: "I don't want to expand six divisions and an independent brigade, but to reorganize all the troops in Sichuan, and we will create six divisions plus an independent brigade. Troops. All our current troops in Sichuan are called the Southwest Frontier Army, from the first division to the sixth division."

Hearing Duan Xun's words, many people below looked at Duan Xun expectantly.Even Li Jishen and the others are the same.Although they have more than [-] soldiers under their command, they are still only brigade commanders in name.If you can become a teacher, the title will sound much better.

"The 33rd Brigade of the [-]th Division was officially reorganized as the [-]st Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army. Li Jishen."

"arrive."

"Appoint Li Jishen as the commander of the First Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army."

"Yes."

Li Jishen stood up.

No suspense.Li Jishen has always been Duan Xun's most important general, from the west of Henan to Luzhou, and now into Chengdu.Li Jishen has always been the leader of Duan Xun's most powerful unit and also the unit of Duan Xun's closest lineage.

This time Duan Xun reorganized the Sichuan Army, the commander of the first division was of course Li Jishen.

"The original [-]th Division Independent Brigade was officially reorganized into the Second Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army. Shang Zhen."

"arrive."

"Appoint Shang Zhen as the commander of the Second Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army."

"Yes."

Shang Zhen accepted the order.

In fact, since Duan Xun said that the Sichuan Army was reorganized into six divisions, everyone knew the first three divisions.Because in addition to the three divisions to be expanded, the original three divisions are obvious.

It is the three brigades of the original Seventeenth Division.

There are three brigades in the Seventeenth Division, and each brigade is eligible to be expanded into a division.Because each brigade has at least [-] people and well-equipped weapons, many of which are veterans from the battlefield.Their officers either graduated from a military academy, or they all participated in the rotation training of the officer teaching regiment several times.