Beiyang reactionaries

If it weren't for the formation of this student group, Cun Xingqi's qualifications would be enough to serve as the brigade commander of the Yunnan Army.

However, Cun Xingqi still patiently said: "You are not only students in the martial arts hall, but also members of the People's Party. You should not only learn military knowledge, but also understand the development of the situation. In our Southwest, Sichuan is currently the most powerful The army is Duan Xun's army. The party hopes that we will join Duan Xun's army, promote our ideas in his army, and actively develop our organization."

"Head, we can also promote and develop the organization in the Yunnan Army."

"Let me tell you the truth. At present, our Yunnan Army is extremely short of military pay. It is impossible to expand the army in a short period of time, and it is even difficult to maintain the current size of the army. Why do you think the student group is formed? Really think it is In order to build an elite army? No. It’s because our Yunnan Army’s military expenditures are insufficient and the number of troops keeps shrinking. There are already redundant officers in the army, and there is no room for you military school graduates. You don’t even know if you stay in the Yunnan Army When can I really go to the army as an officer. Do you understand?"

Although Cun Xingqi is not a leader of the Yunnan Army, he is also a middle and senior officer of the Yunnan Army.The current situation of the Yunnan Army is clearer than anyone else.Since Tang Jiyao was expelled and Gu Pinzhen became the governor of Yunnan, the number of Yunnan troops has been declining.

Now the Dian army has less than 2 people.

But even if there were less than 2 people, Gu Pinzhen still couldn't afford enough military pay.The Dian Army already has many troops, and they haven't been able to get enough military pay for several months.So much so that the troops have a lot of weird words.Regardless of what happened when Tang Jiyao was there, at least the army would not be underpaid at that time.

The number is getting smaller and smaller, and the army has a surplus of officers.Even many brigades and regiments are established, with insufficient numbers, too many officers, and too few soldiers.In this case, where is the place for military school graduates.

"Regimental Commander, what should we do when we arrive at the Sichuan Army? They will definitely not let us together, and will definitely assign us to different troops separately."

Lu Daoyuan spoke.

In the Yunnan Army, they have teachers, classmates, and like-minded comrades, but when they arrive in the Sichuan Army, everyone will be scattered.These people are all students who have just graduated from the military academy. Generally, they can only become platoon leaders, and those with good grades are company commanders.

What can you do when you arrive in an unfamiliar army?

"Don't worry. No matter which unit you will be assigned to, there will be organized people to contact you, and there will be a People's Party organization. Your files will also be transferred to the organization of your unit. When the time comes, your tasks It will be arranged by them, so you don't have to worry about it."

"Oh."

Lu Daoyuan nodded.

officer.

This is Duan Xun's method of poaching people.Duan Xun has always attached great importance to Yunnan, and the Yunnan Lecture Hall will not let it go.Therefore, in the Yunnan Army and in the lecture hall, the People's Party is vigorously developed.Usually it seems to have no effect, it is just a kind of spreading of ideas.

But this time it will be useful.

Duan Xun assigned tasks to the People's Party Military Affairs Department in Yunnan directly through the People's Party.That is to let these young officers go north to join themselves.

"Captain, are you going too?"

Hu Ruoyu, who had been silent all this time, spoke.

Hu Ruoyu is the chief of staff of the student group, but when he came to the student group, his nature was different from that of Cun Xingqi.Cun Xingqi came to the student group as the head of the group because Cun Xingqi is a student of Gu Pinzhen, or Gu Pinzhen is thinking of these students in the martial arts hall.So I sent a young military officer I trusted to be the head of the student regiment.Although he is only the head of the group, he actually trusts and reuses Cun Xingqi.

After all, the soldiers of the student regiment will be grassroots officers in the future.

As the head of the student regiment, these people could easily become his direct descendants.

But when Hu Ruoyu came to the student group, he was demoted here by Gu Pinzhen.Because Hu Ruoyu was one of Tang Jiyao's favorite officers and one of Tang Jiyao's direct line officers.Hu Ruoyu had studied in Yunnan Army Primary School and Wuchang Road Army Middle School before, but returned to Yunnan before finishing his studies. He entered Yunnan Lecture Hall in 1914, graduated from Lecture Hall in 1915, and then joined Tang Jiyao's Guard Regiment. His promotion speed was astonishingly fast, and he was already the battalion commander of Tang Jiyao's Guard Regiment in less than a year.He even made military exploits in the War to Protect the Country.

The Yunnan Army in the War to Protect the Nation was almost in full swing. Cai E led people into Sichuan, Dai Kan led people into Guizhou, and Li Liejun led people into Guangxi, so the troops in Yunnan Province were empty.At that time, Long Jiguang suddenly sent people to collude with the bandits, and thousands of people were active in Yunnan.Kunming was very nervous.

At this time, Hu Ruoyu, who was the battalion commander of the guard regiment, led a battalion to attack, and completely wiped out this force within a few days.After returning, he was promoted by Tang Jiyao as the head of the [-]th regiment of the Yunnan Army.

Tang Jiyao was driven away, but Hu Ruoyu did not go to southern Yunnan with Tang Jiyao.But Gu Pinzhen didn't like Hu Ruoyu, Tang Jiyao's former military officer, so he was sent to the student regiment as a chief of staff.

When Hu Ruoyu came to the student group, he was also influenced by the atmosphere here.

Students are always the most radical, and they are also very enthusiastic about the party program of the People's Party.Therefore, the activities of the People's Party in the student group were very active, and Hu Ruoyu was also influenced and joined the People's Party.

"kindness."

Cun Xingqi nodded.

Then he said: "Duan Xun is currently very short of officers, not only low-level officers, but also middle-level officers. Coach Yang Jie introduced Fu Chuan (Tang Huaiyuan) and me to Duan Xun. Duan Xun is very interested in the two of us. , An invitation has been sent to the two of us. The higher-ups also believe that the two of us will be able to play more roles in Duan Xun's troops at the same level. Therefore, the two of us will go north soon."

Duan Xun's choice is different.

At present, Duan Xun, an officer of the Dian army that Gu Pinzhen attaches great importance to, did not move.Officers such as Fan Shisheng, Wang Kai (commander in chief), Yang Ruxuan, Yang Zhen, and Xiang Mian are all powerful soldiers in the Yunnan army. Gu Pinzhen is definitely not willing to let Duan Xun want them to join him, and may even anger Gu Pinzhen.

Therefore, Cun Xingqi and Tang Huaiyuan were chosen.

Cun Xingqi is currently in charge of the student regiment, Tang Huaiyuan was the slowest promoted among his classmates, and is now a battalion commander.With such an excuse, there is a very good excuse to defect to Duan Xun.

Duan Xun didn't want Gu Pinzhen to be furious, and then forcefully wipe out the People's Party within the army.

"That's great. We can meet again there."

Cun Xingqi smiled and said: "Remember, let everyone be honest after you go back. Just use the Yunnan Army to arrange positions for you students as an excuse to defect to Duan Xun. Don't pull out other things. Get the attention of our warlord and Duan Xun. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

Everyone is nodding.

"Okay, disband. Now go back and deliver the order."

136 Infighting 4

war?

War is the continuation of politics, this sentence is too correct.Compared with fighting on the battlefield, the political contest behind it is the real decisive force, and they can determine the outcome on the battlefield.The day after Duan Qirui announced his resignation, on October 1917, 10, Cheng Qian led the Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong troops to continue northward to attack the Beiyang Army.

It is completely two states.

Cheng Qian is a native of Hunan and a member of Sun Yat-sen. What he wants to do is to drive the Beiyang Army out of Hunan.Cheng Qian's state also affected Cheng Qian's army.Especially the Hunan army, they are from Hunan, and of course they don't want the Beiyang army to rule Hunan.As for the Gui Army and the Guangdong Army, Lu Rongting also wanted to give the Beiyang Army a blow and tell them that he was not easy to mess with.Therefore, the morale of the troops in the three provinces of Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong is very high.

The situation on the side of Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang is completely different. Some time ago, after the truce between the two people, they called for peace talks between the North and the South.Although the matter was done, the two of them were not without worries.After all, this is Duan Qirui, who is open and wants to unify by force, singing the opposite tune.At present, Duan Qirui is still the most powerful person in China in the Beiyang Army.In terms of strength, Feng Guozhang is no match for Duan Qirui.

Although Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang can be regarded as senior officers of the Beiyang Army, compared with Duan Qirui, they are nothing, the difference between heaven and earth.The two of them were not worried about whether Duan Qirui would retaliate, so they were frightened during this period.

But good news came.

Duan Qirui is about to step down, and he has handed in his resignation report. As long as Feng Guozhang signs the field, Qirui will leave the central government.That is to say, Feng Guozhang won the court battle this time.

This news also made Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang breathe a sigh of relief.

Grandma's, bet right.

As long as Feng Guozhang is in power, he will definitely not forget the credit of the two people.Maybe Feng Guozhang will reward them with a local governor.Not only are they very happy, but they are also very lax.

Because they have expressed that they want to negotiate a peace between the north and the south.They believe that the two sides will not fight in a short time.

pity.

It's a pity that they started to relax on their side, but Cheng Qian's side was different.Cheng Qian saw Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang's troops slack, and immediately seized this opportunity. Therefore, unlike what he imagined, he led troops to attack them.Once a team has slackened, it is very difficult to regain tension.Originally, Wang Ruxian and Fan Guozhang talked about peace, which had already caused the morale of the troops to drop.Now being attacked by Cheng Qian, the troops collapsed without much resistance.In Xiangtan and Zhuzhou, the Beiyang Army was defeated one after another, and Cheng Qian took all these places.

Moreover, the Kong Fanwei brigade of the Jin army who was defeated in Baoqing did not know that Xiangtan had been taken by Cheng Qian.Therefore, Mao rashly retreated from the Xiangxiang area to Xiangtan, and was directly made dumplings by Cheng Qian.With the fall of Xiangtan and Zhuzhou, Changsha has been completely under the vanguard of the French defenders.

The situation in Hunan is not good, and the internal strife in the Beiyang Army continues to intensify.