Beiyang reactionaries

Gu Pinzhen did not answer immediately.

Because Duan Xun's meaning is very clear.Duan Xun first expressed his ambition for Yunnan, and then implicitly expressed his dissatisfaction with Tang Jiyao, and even expressed his trust in Gu Pinzhen.This was encouraging him to go back and confront Tang Jiyao.

Gu Pinzhen really didn't know how to respond.

Because now Gu Pinzhen has not thought about what to do.Therefore, it can only be perfunctory: "Thank you, General Duan, for your high evaluation of the Yunnan Army."

Avoid the heavy and do the light.

Duan Xun saw that Gu Pinzhen avoided the important and ignored the minor, so he continued: "General Gu, I very much hope that Sichuan and Yunnan can live in peace. But if something happens that violates the 'Sichuan and Yunnan Prohibition on Smoking', then I have nothing to do. If something happens It has really reached the point of no return, and I really hope that someone from the Yunnan Army can stop this kind of thing from happening and maintain peace between Sichuan and Yunnan. If General Gu needs it, our Sichuan side will definitely help with all our strength."

"General Duan, our Yunnan Army will definitely abide by the 'Sichuan-Yunnan Smoking Ban Statement', and I will absolutely not allow anyone to destroy it."

"well."

Duan Xun stepped forward to hold Gu Pinzhen's hand, and said, "General Gu, although we had some unhappiness before, I believe that we still have a lot of common pursuits in many aspects, and we have a lot of things we can cooperate with."

"I hope so."

Gu Pinzhen was very apprehensive.

Gu Pinzhen was not worried about a neighbor who was eyeing Yunnan, and this neighbor was very powerful.But so what if I was worried, my relationship with Tang Jiyao had completely broken down.

Will Tang Jiyao take his own words to heart?

Even in Tang Jiyao's heart, he estimated that he was far more harmful to him than Duan Xun.

Duan Xun and Gu Pinzhen had a chat, but the others didn't fully understand what the two of them said.After the conversation, Duan Xun said to Gu Pinzhen and the others: "I have already sent Zhang Zizhong to Sichuan. Let him be your guard again along the way."

94 Divorce the Yunnan Army 2

"Xinchen (Zhang Zizhong), I didn't expect to trouble you."

"General Gu, I feel very honored to be able to escort you. As early as when I was in school in Tianjin, I heard that 'the elite of the Yunnan Army is the best in the country'. Knowing that the Yunnan Army has made great contributions to overthrowing the Qing Dynasty, It is even more about going to Tibet to counter the rebellion and safeguarding the integrity of the country.”

Zhang Zizhong was very polite.

Every move is very decent.

Gu Pinzhen went north to Sichuan this time, and met many current high-level officials in Sichuan.Including Duan Xun's right-hand men Wang Yongjiang and Yang Wei, Li Zhanyang who just became the mayor of Chengdu, senior government officials Zhang Lan, Cao Du, Xiang Chu, and Xiong Kewu who has a deep relationship with the Yunnan Army and others.

Some of them knew each other, and it was the first time Gu Pinzhen had seen some of them.

Great.

That's all Gu Pinzhen could say.Some people are already very famous, and some people are even familiar to Gu Pinzhen.For example, Xiong Kewu and Yang Wei, Gu Pinzhen knew each other earlier.But there are some people Gu Pinzhen has never heard of.For example, Wang Yongjiang, who is currently in charge of Sichuan's finance, is the first time Gu Pinzhen has seen him, and he didn't even know that there was such a person before.

However, after a short contact, and then knowing some of his actions after entering Chengdu, I admire him very much.

There is also the mayor of Chongqing, Jiang Hongyu, who has only heard the name but never met anyone.I heard that this person is also an important minister under Duan Xun, and he is probably an outstanding talent to be able to sit in an important place like Chongqing.

Gu Pinzhen really couldn't figure it out.

Duan Xun was born as a general of the Beiyang Army, and his fortune was only three or four years old. Where did he get so many talents to assist him.And look at the young leader in front of him, every time I meet him, Gu Pinzhen loves him very much.

The Dian Army is also considered to be a large number of talents.But every time he sees Zhang Zizhong, Gu Pinzhen still admires him, a rare talent.

"Xinchen, if you don't take the liberty, let me ask you a question?"

"General Gu, please speak."

Both of them were soldiers, and they both rode southward on horseback.However, the speed was not fast. Gu Pinzhen did not go south to Yunnan in a hurry because of Tang Jiyao's severe criticism.Gu Pinzhen is not any other general of the Yunnan Army, so he doesn't need to bow down to Tang Jiyao.So he was not in a hurry along the way, but chatted with Zhang Zizhong while looking at various places in Sichuan.

Duan Xun?

Put too much pressure on Gu Pinzhen.Duan Xun's ambition, especially for Yunnan, made Gu Pinzhen tremble with fear.Therefore, he hopes to know more about Duan Xun from Sichuan.

"Xin Chen, I heard that you were admitted to the Tianjin School of Law and Politics, and then Jinan School of Law and Politics. Speaking of which, the future of the School of Law and Politics is far brighter than that of you joining the army. Why did you choose to join the army? And you didn't go to the military academy, but went directly to the army. General Duan's troops?"

This is what Gu Pinzhen has been unable to understand.

Zhang Zizhong is different from many military officers.In Duan Xun's troops, the officers of the Dian Army in Yunnan are mainly military school students.It is very rare for Zhang Zizhong, a student who graduated from a higher elementary school and then entered a university, to suddenly join the army.Young students like Zhang Zizhong want to be soldiers, and they are all admitted to the military academy, instead of directly becoming the leading soldiers.

Zhang Zizhong's academic qualifications are definitely very high in the current Chinese army, which is rare.

"There is no reason. In the year of [-], I watched other people fight in the army, shed blood and sacrificed on the battlefield, and overthrew the Qing Dynasty. But as a student of Tianjin School of Law and Politics, I have no chance to join the army in Tianjin, so I have always regretted it." At that time, I had the idea of ​​joining the army. However, due to various delays, I couldn’t make it. In the third year of the Republic of China, several of us decided to join General Che Zhen in the Northeast. We are from Linqing, Shandong."

Zhang Zizhong is very talkative.

He talked about his experience of joining the army without any concealment.Continued: "However, just as we were preparing to go to the Northeast, General Duan happened to come to Yanzhou to get married. At that time, General Duan was raising a flag in Yanzhou to recruit troops, so we gave up going to the Northeast and diverted to Yanzhou to join the army. Because General Duan was in Yanzhou The northern region has a great reputation, especially his troops are known for their strict military discipline, even we have heard the story of General Duan’s troops in Linqing. So it was only a temporary decision to join the army with General Duan.”

"At that time, General Duan seemed to be still in the west of Henan, right?"

"Yes."

"He is in the west of Henan, and his reputation has spread to your Shandong?"

Gu Pinzhen couldn't believe it.

The Yunnan Army already knows a lot about Duan Xun's development experience.After the War to Protect the Nation, the Dian Army also specially searched for Duan Xun's information for research.In the third year of the Republic of China, Duan Xun was still in western Henan at that time, and had just assumed the post of brigade commander of the 29th Mixed Brigade.Although he is the boss in western Henan, in the northern region where the Beiyang Army is powerful, a mixed brigade commander is not a high-ranking official.In the northern region, not to mention the military officials in the capital, there are many local warlords and Beiyang army commanders.

Duan Xun was nothing at the time.

How could the reputation spread to Shandong.

"General Gu, that's true. General Duan has strict military discipline in western Henan, and the entire northern region has heard of it. At that time, we in Shandong knew that there were two units of the Beiyang Army. One was General Duan's 29th Mixed Brigade, and the other was General Feng Yuxiang. The No.16 Mixed Brigade, both units are known for their military discipline in the Beiyang Army. General Gu, you may not know. Once when General Duan’s troops suppressed bandits, General Duan’s younger brother was still the guard of the 29th Mixed Brigade. He led someone to steal his chicken, but he was caught by the military law department of the army. He not only lost money, but also lost his official position. General Duan personally took his younger brother to apologize. People don’t know about it. Even in the northern region, there are several versions of the story.”

"Has there ever been such a thing?"

"Yes. The family where General Duan's younger brother stole the chicken also joined General Duan's army. Because he also studied, he also participated in the training of the officer's teaching brigade. Li Hong, the current head of the first regiment of the Fourth Mixed Brigade, is himself .So this matter is a good story in our army, and no one is unaware of it."

Listening to Zhang Zizhong's story, Gu Pinzhen became more and more preoccupied, and asked again: "When I was in Chengdu, I saw your army's 'Three Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention'. I heard that this is the military discipline written by General Duan himself?"

"Yes."

Zhang Zizhong nodded.

"Our army recruits recruits. The first lesson of recruit training is to learn the 'three major disciplines and eight points of attention'. If any recruit fails to recite this discipline during the assessment after the recruit training is over, then the officers of the entire recruit company be punished."

"kindness."

Gu Pinzhen just gave a casual "Yes" and didn't continue to ask.But I began to compare the gap between Duan Xun's troops and the Yunnan Army in my heart.Speaking of the Yunnan Army, this is a world-renowned revolutionary army.

In terms of military discipline, the military discipline of the Yunnan Army is also good.At least in the current sequence of the Chinese army, the discipline of the Dian army is still acceptable.But compared with Duan Xun's army, it has completely become a bandit army.

When the main force of the Yunnan Army was marching and fighting outside, there were many petty thefts.Everyone turns a blind eye to this kind of thing.If such small actions are taken care of, then the commander of the army will be exhausted.

In addition to the main force, the Yunnan Army also has some local troops, and even some bandit troops.Especially in southern Yunnan, where bandit dens gather.Because after the independence of Yunnan in the first year of the Republic of China, the troops of the Yunnan Army entered Guizhou all the way, entered Sichuan the other way, and later entered Tibet all the way.