Beiyang reactionaries

Although Xiangxi and Northwest Hunan are large in size, there are no heavyweight cities.For the current French Guardian Army, what is needed is influence, and a big victory is needed to boost morale.

The best is of course Changsha.

Only by taking Changsha can it cause the greatest sensation.It can have a great impact on a national scale.

"As long as they don't attack us, we don't need to worry. Make full preparations, and push them directly in one go."

southwest.

In the current southwestern region, there is only one person that makes Duan Xun afraid, and that is Lu Rongting, the current patrol envoy to Guangdong and Guangxi.This person is an old fox, and he has nearly [-] troops in his hand.Based in Guangxi, it also ruled Guangdong.

This is the real southwestern warlord who wants money, money, and people.

So Duan Xun was really unwilling to fight with Lu Rongting's troops when he was not fully ready.But when the arrangement is completed, Duan Xun will really fight Lu Rongting.Just like the war to protect the country and Cai E's battle.As long as Lu Rongting is defeated, things in the Southwest will be much easier in the future.

"teacher."

"The telegram has been sent."

"Yes. But here's the latest news."

"Say."

Dong Songyan, who had just sent a telegram, hurried back to Duan Xun's command room with a anxious expression on his face.

"Just now, Wang Ruxian, the commander of the 20th Division, and Fan Guozhang, the commander of the No.[-] Division, sent a telegram, advocating an immediate truce and peace negotiation between the North and South armies. Moreover, they have withdrawn troops from the Hengyang front line privately, and have withdrawn their troops to Hengshan."

"what?"

Duan Xun hadn't spoken yet, but Yang Wei stood up beside him.

angry.

Of course Yang Wei was angry.In fact, although both Duan Xun and Yang Wei are afraid of Lu Rongting, they are not afraid of Lu Rongting.After all, although Lu Rongting's strength is good, he is nothing compared to the Beiyang Army.

Currently, Fu Liangzuo has 6 troops in his hands. As long as Duan Xun's Fifth Division enters Hunan, there will be more than [-] Beiyang troops in Hunan.The Hunan battlefield is still very optimistic. The strength of the French Guardian Army is definitely not as good as that of the Beiyang Army.

But the North-South peace talks?

Even if the Beiyang Army and the Guardian Army want to negotiate a peace, it should not be something that Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang can manage.The two of them are just people who have just taken up the position of senior generals in the Beiyang Army, and their strength in the Beiyang Army is not even comparable to Duan Xun.

But how dare they express their position privately and demand a peace negotiation between the North and the South.

"The same goes for Prime Minister Duan. This is a really bad way of looking at people."

Duan Xun also complained.

Duan Qirui's vision in selecting candidates is really not as good as Yuan Shikai's.Speaking of the Eighth Division of the Beiyang Army, this is also a heroic unit for rebellion.When Zhang Xun was restored, Duan Qirui organized a rebel army to attack Zhang Xun.At that time, Duan Qirui was with the Eighth Division, and he made a lot of contributions with Feng Yuxiang's No.16 mixed brigade.

However, Duan Qirui saw that Li Changtai, the former commander of the Eighth Division, who was also the deputy commander of the East Road of the Rebel Army at the time, was not pleasing to the eye, so he helped Wang Ruxian to be the commander of the Eighth Division completely, and Li Changtai was not allowed to continue to manage the Eighth Division.It can be said that Wang Ruxian is still very important.

But look at the results.

At the most intense and important moment in the Hunan battlefield, he and Fan Guozhang suddenly asked for peace between the North and the South and asked for peace.He also took the initiative to retreat the troops from the front line of Hengyang to Hengshan, and dealt a blow to Duan Qirui.

damn it.

"General."

Yang Wei did not expect such a result at all, so he looked at Duan Xun anxiously.Because Yang Wei was worried that if Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang really stopped fighting with the French Guardians, the French Guardians would focus on Duan Xun's troops in western and northwestern Hunan.

This is not a good thing for Duan Xun.

"Do not worry."

Compared with the War of Protecting the Country, Duan Xun is not very familiar with the process of the War of Protecting the Law.But Duan Xun knew that no matter whether he was protecting the law or protecting the country, he didn't have much achievements in the military.Fighting the Beiyang Army on the battlefield will not take much advantage.As long as you are careful, your strength is not weaker than that of the guardian army.

Now Tang Jiyao, who was supposed to be the main force of Dharma protection, was shrunk in southern Yunnan by himself, and at most he was just waving the flag and shouting.A Lu Rongting and Duan Xun didn't believe that he could find the sky.So I thought for a while and said: "We don't care about them. Continue to deploy troops according to our plan, but Yu Xuezhong must speed up the march. Chang'an (Dong Songyan), send another telegram to Yu Xuezhong and tell him The current situation in Hunan requires all his troops to enter Hunan and arrive at the designated location before the 18th. Some heavy weapons or logistics materials can be transported by the troops behind. Other combat troops must speed up their march.”

"Yes."

"Also, let the ministers Xiong Kewu, Xu Yongchang, Yang Jie, and Chen Guodong come to my place for a meeting."

"Yes."

Dong Songyan accepted the order and walked out again.Yang Wei also immediately said: "General, then I will leave first."

Although Duan Xun and Yang Wei discussed about the army, it was only because Yang Wei was from Duan Xun's most important staff.But when it comes to the military meeting, Yang Wei has no position to attend.In addition to being in charge of the provincial police affairs, Yang Wei is now mainly in charge of the party affairs of the People's Party.

"it is good."

134 Infighting 2

"Everyone knows the current situation. So I am going to adjust the current troop formation. In order to strengthen the unified command in Hunan, I plan to separate Tian Songyao's troops from the fourth division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army and establish our Southwest Frontier Defense. The First Mixed Brigade of the Army, Tian Songyao continues to serve as the commander of the First Mixed Brigade. The First Mixed Brigade belongs to the First Army of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army."

As the situation in Hunan changed, Duan Xun also paid more and more attention to Hunan.Now that Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang suddenly retreated with their troops, Duan Xun had to prepare for the worst.

Tian Songyao previously served as the deputy commander of the [-]th Division of the Southwest Frontier Army of Wan Xuancai, and also served as the head of the [-]th Regiment.Although Tian Songyao's troops entered Northwest Hunan alone, and Yu Xuezhong was higher than Tian Songyao in terms of position, the two had no affiliation, not even Li Jishen, the commander of the First Army.

In this way, there will be some problems in commanding the troops.

That's why Duan Xun separated Tian Songyao from the Fourth Division and made him a unit of the First Army.In this way, there will be no problems in coordination and command.

"Brother Jinfan (Xiong Kewu), do you think there will be any problems with this?"

"Is the establishment of the First Army a little too large? There are the First Division, the Fifth Division, the Unique Brigade and the Second Brigade, plus the Guard Brigade, Artillery Brigade, Cavalry Brigade, Supplies Brigade, and Army Hospital. With the addition of the First Mixed Brigade, even if the First Mixed Brigade is small, the First Army will have more than 5 people."

Xiong Kewu had some doubts.

Because by that time the establishment of the First Army will be too large.

At present, the Southwest Frontier Army has only established one army, and that is Li Jishen's First Army.Everyone has no experience in the establishment of the army at this level.However, Xiong Kewu believes that the establishment of the First Army is not very reasonable, and it includes too many troops.

"kindness."

Duan Xun nodded.

Xiong Kewu is like this.As long as you think it is unreasonable, you will never hide it.Several people in the original Xiong Kewu camp have their own characteristics.But Mao Xin is very smooth in both civil and military affairs, Li Weiru is a standard soldier, and Xiong Kewu is the most heroic.It's just that it may be because of his heroic spirit that he is very bold and doesn't beat around the bush when he speaks.

In fact, what Xiong Kewu said made sense.

The establishment of the First Army is indeed too large.Not to mention having the first and fifth divisions, there are also the sole brigade, the second brigade, and the first mixed brigade. The establishment of these infantry units alone is very large.

Especially compared to the current size of Duan Xun's troops.The First Army included one-third of Duan Xun's troops.

"It can be regarded as a temporary establishment during wartime. When this war is over, we will properly determine the formal establishment of military units. It should be whatever it is, what do you think?"

"That's fine."