Beiyang reactionaries

After Duan Xun went back, he immediately found his classmates.Duan Xun went to school in the Beiyang Army since he was a child, and he has been graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer School.Now Duan Qirui's celebrity Xu Shuzheng is Duan Xun's senior.Including Lu Chengwu, the son of Lu Jianzhang, the veteran of the Beiyang Army, and Sun Chuanfang, the future warlord, are Duan Xun's seniors. Although Duan Xun has no relationship with them, he also knows them.

And Duan Xun's classmates, no matter if they were classmates from Baoding Military Academy or Non-commissioned Officer Academy, just pick one at random, they are all famous figures in history.

Standing in front of Duan Xun now is Jiang Hongyu, a classmate of Duan Xun's Baoding Army Crash School.Although this person is not well-known in later generations and has not appeared in textbooks, he is definitely a very powerful person.

Historically, Jiang Hongyu was Feng Yuxiang's chief of staff.When Feng Yuxiang was the commander of the No.16 mixed brigade, he served as his chief of staff.Help Feng Yuxiang train officers, help Feng Yuxiang launch the coup in Beijing, help Feng Yuxiang take over Gansu, and give Feng Yuxiang a huge rear.

But in the end, he was alienated by Feng Yuxiang and died in loneliness.

In history, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was all-powerful, and Jiang Hongyu, Feng Yuxiang's chief of staff, contributed a lot.

"Degong, you have to seize this opportunity. Now that the army is expanding, if you don't seize this opportunity, it will be difficult to have such an opportunity in the future. We have studied in the military academy for so many years and learned so much. If we don't go to Leading the army is really too wasteful. Now you go up to be the commander of the bandit suppression in western Henan, if you want to have such an opportunity after a while, it will be very difficult."

Jiang Hongyu immediately persuaded Duan Xun.

Duan Xun's academic qualifications are not bad, but he has never led a soldier.Some of the Beiyang Army are students who graduated from military academies, and it is very difficult to climb up.Look at Duan Xun's senior, Sun Chuanfang, who graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy and returned to China, but during the 1908 Revolution, he was just a battalion supervisor.Now that Wang Zhanyuan's troops are expanding, Sun Chuanfang is the head of the regiment.Sun Chuanfang graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy three years earlier than Duan Xun, and returned to China to serve in the army in [-].

Unless someone like Xu Shuzheng is appreciated by the big bosses above, it is very difficult to be promoted step by step in the Beiyang Army.Now, relying on Zhao Litai's relationship, Duan Xun has become the commander of the bandit suppression in western Henan at once. He has a regiment under him, and his start is much higher than many others.

It would be a fool not to seize such an opportunity.

Duan Xun nodded.

Duan Xun understood better than Jiang Hongyu.In the next few decades, China will be a melee between warlords, and whoever can control the gun will have the final say.Because Duan Xun attended the Beiyang Army's school since he was a child, he is definitely a direct descendant of the Beiyang Army.

More importantly, Duan Xun's teacher is Zhao Litai.

Zhao Litai is a member of Duan Qirui. He followed Duan Qirui in his early years and is a very important figure in the Anhui Clan.When Zhao Litai was the general manager of Baoding Rapid Academy, Duan Qirui was the supervisor of Baoding Rapid Academy.As Zhao Litai's favorite student, Duan Xun is naturally a member of the Anhui Department of the Beiyang Army, a member of Duan Qirui of the Beiyang Army.And as a student who graduated from Baoding Crash School when Duan Qirui was in charge, Duan Xun could even claim to be Duan Qirui's student.

Seize the present opportunity, win two battles, rely on Duan Qirui to skyrocket.

should be caught.

Duan Xun has no idea how to go in the future.But Duan Xun must seize such a good opportunity now.But a gang of three heroes, and Duan Xun recruiting troops alone, how can it be possible.

And the above is not very important.

Duan Xun's army will not be the regular army of the Beiyang Army, but an auxiliary army.Otherwise, Duan Xun would not be allowed to recruit troops by himself, and the military salary is estimated to be only half or one-third of that of the regular army.

Anyway, not too much.

But although there are these and other shortcomings, Duan Xun doesn't care.It's better if the higher ups don't care. Although it is a motley army, this army will become Duan Xun's direct line army.

Duan Xun wants to select some officers to take office together.

"Brother Jing'an (Jiang Hongyu), you have to help me."

"I……"

Jiang Hongyu hesitated.

Jiang Hongyu is a soldier with ideas and ambitions, and he really wants to make contributions.It's just that I have never had a chance. I have been working as a staff officer until now, and I am also an instructor in the army school.

With Duan Xun?

Jiang Hongyu and Duan Xun are classmates, and they have the friendship of classmates.But up to now, Duan Xun has only shown his good side of study, his good side as an instructor, that's all.

Be an officer?

uncertain.

Of course, Duan Xun also has his advantages, because Duan Xun's teacher is Zhao Litai.As long as you are not too bad, you will have no problem getting promoted in the future.But Jiang Hongyu wanted to do something big.

He can't follow Duan Xun just because he has a classmate friendship with Duan Xun.

Jiang Hongyu hesitated for a moment, then said: "De Gong (Duan Xun), what do you want to do with this army?"

"The order was too sudden, and I didn't have much thought for a while. I'll just talk about it simple. When I form this army, I will immediately form an officer teaching brigade. The company and platoon leaders of the army have to take turns to study here. One An army must have culture, especially officers need culture."

"The officer teaching the brigade?"

"Yes, it is similar to the camp school. The order was too sudden and the time was tight. I guess the army I formed will be very short of officers, and the higher-ups will not support us. Since there is a shortage of officers, of course we have to train ourselves. Such officers It’s easy to use and rest assured, don’t you think so?”

Jiang Hongyu nodded slightly.

Although he just nodded, his heart tightened.I have known Duan Xun for seven or eight years, and I have never thought that Duan Xun is so thoughtful.Jiang Hongyu is a really smart person, and he was an excellent counselor in ancient times.

He understood Duan Xun's words immediately.

What does it mean for such an officer to use it comfortably and at ease.The meaning is very simple, that is, Duan Xun wants to cultivate an army that is loyal to him.The officers under him were trained by themselves.

Such practices are not new.Whether it was the Hunan Army that suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Li Hongzhang's Huai Army, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, including the current generals of the various units of the Beiyang Army, they all used this method to control their own troops.

Duan Xun was ambitious, this was Jiang Hongyu's immediate judgment.

"Degong, there is one more thing. You should know that there is Zhensong Army in the west of Henan. Currently Liu Zhenhua is serving as the observation envoy of Western Henan and the commander-in-chief of suppressing bandits in Western Henan. You are now the commander of suppressing bandits in Western Henan. Go to Western Henan , have thought about how to get along with Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong army?"

"I thought about it."

Duan Xun nodded.

Yes.

The current west of Henan is not a blank land, but there is an army stationed here, that is Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong Army.Liu Zhenhua is currently serving as the Observation Envoy of Western Henan, the highest position in Western Henan.

His Zhensong Army currently has three regiments with thousands of people.

Now that Duan Xun has entered western Henan, what will the Zhensong army think, and what will Liu Zhenhua think.

"Liu Zhenhua's army was Wang Tianzong's army in the year of [-]. Later, he entered Shaanxi and was under the command of Zhang Fang. It was not my Beiyang direct line army. Whether it was the President or Chief Duan, he was not at ease with Liu Zhenhua. Although the army I want to form is just a motley army , but it is completely different from Liu Zhenhua’s Zhensong Army. If I enter Western Henan, it will be too late for Liu Zhenhua to curry favor with us. Moreover, my army is directly under the Henan governor Zhang Zhenfang, so there is no need to be afraid of Liu Zhenhua. Of course, Liu Zhenhua has been running Western Henan for a while. There will be no conflicts with him. Let him give up a piece of land, and then everyone will not interfere with the river."

Liu Zhenhua is stronger than Duan Xun and has a higher position than Duan Xun.

But the situation of the two people is different.

As Zhao Litai's favorite student, Duan Xun is the direct descendant of Duan Qirui, a big brother of the Beiyang Anhui clan.Liu Zhenhua is a miscellaneous brand, and now is the time to keep flattering the top officials of the Beiyang Army.

As long as Liu Zhenhua is a smart person, he won't have too much trouble with Duan Xun.

Jiang Hongyu nodded, he didn't expect Duan Xun to have thought so much.So after thinking about it, I asked, "At school, who have you thought about taking with you?"

"Li Jishen, Xu Yongchang."

"Your eyes are poisonous. The two of them are indeed rare talents."

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