Beiyang reactionaries

After figuring out what happened, Duan Qirui really couldn't laugh or cry.Compared with the unification of the whole country, violating some military discipline is nothing.Duan Qirui has seen the big world, and he has personally led troops to fight.During the war, those troops violated military discipline everywhere.It is not unheard of for troops to get angry at wars and massacre villages and cities.

There are many dead people on the battlefield.

What a violation of military discipline.Duan Xun, this is really too much of a fuss.In this way, hundreds of people were shot at one time, and they were all his friendly troops. No wonder Zhang Jingyao was so angry.

This kind of thing can be handled quietly.

What a headache.

These two people are both his direct descendants, so it's not a problem to just punish one person.But on the whole, Duan Xun made more mistakes.However, the subsequent wars still require the contribution of Duan Xun's troops, and the stabilization of the Southwest requires Duan Xun to be in charge.Duan Qirui is also not good at going too far against Duan Xun, so it is a headache.

"Youzheng (Xu Shuzheng), tell me what it is all about. I have also heard about the good military discipline of the Degong troops. But at such an important moment, why bother about these things. He just needs to manage his own troops. What are you doing to offend Xun Chen (Zhang Jingyao)?"

"Old Zhi (Duan Qirui), Degong and the others may think differently."

"How is it different?"

Xu Shuzheng smiled and said: "Mr. Zhi, like De Gong, has been studying in the military academy since he was a child, and has been studying for more than ten years. And when he left the military academy, it was already the second year of the Republic of China, and he didn't experience too many other things. Therefore Students who graduated from military academies like him are all focused on building an army that is different from other troops. The troops they form are all ideal troops for them, so they attach great importance to military discipline from the beginning of the formation of troops. Our Beiyang Army is second to none. Regardless of whether it was in western Henan or currently in Sichuan, I have never heard of any large-scale harassment of places by his troops."

"Old Zhi, it's not just the troops of Degong. Feng Huanzhang (Feng Yuxiang) of the No.16 mixed brigade, Sun Chuanfang of the sixth brigade of the second division, and Wu Ziyu (Wu Peifu), these are the current Beiyang Army The outstanding young generals, their requirements for military discipline are much higher than those of other troops. The local military discipline of their troops is relatively good for our Beiyang Army."

"I know."

Duan Qirui nodded.

Among the generals of the Beiyang Army, there are many who have bad military discipline.Especially the old-fashioned generals of the Beiyang Army, these people are getting better at making money.Taking advantage of the opportunity of the vigorous development of the Beiyang Army, it hoarded land in places such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai, purchased real estate, and developed other industries.Where does the money come from? Apart from eating nothing, it is to search for money in the local area.At present, the senior generals of the Beiyang Army, even the most honest generals, are embarrassed to go out to say hello if they don't have a few million in their hands.

Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, and Wang Shizhen are all wealthy masters. As for the generals of the Beiyang Army like Cao Kun, Li Chun, and Qi Xieyuan behind them, they are generals who are many times richer than Duan Qirui and the others.Some have more than tens of millions of assets in their hands, and there are even generals of the Beiyang Army with tens of millions of assets.

On the contrary, they are a few rising stars of the Beiyang Army, and they are relatively clean at present.Including Duan Xun, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, and Sun Chuanfang, they are all inferior to their predecessors in making money.

As for why?

Duan Qirui also has some opinions of his own.Wu Peifu is a literati general and has been greatly influenced by Chinese culture, so he has some spiritual "cleanliness" and has his own set of ideas in this regard.As for others, such as Duan Xun and Sun Chuanfang, although both were from the direct line of the Beiyang Army, and both of them are relatives of the Beiyang Army bosses.But they all went to military academy and studied in Japan, and were influenced by some revolutionary parties.

As for Feng Yuxiang, although he was also from the direct line of the Beiyang Army and a relative of a big brother of the Beiyang Army, Feng Yuxiang was from a serious revolutionary party.Regardless of what the revolutionary party is like, but in many ways, it is really different from the requirements of veteran military officers.

In other words, it is not only influenced by the revolutionary party, but it should be said that it is influenced by new ideas.Those in the Revolutionary Party, in other words, are radicals who accept new ideas.Therefore, people like Duan Xun, even if they are not revolutionary, are still influenced by these new ideas, so their behavior is very different from that of old-fashioned military officers.They don't drink soldiers' blood, have good military discipline, and pay attention to the culture of the troops. These same factors lead to the combat effectiveness of their troops.

But Zhang Jingyao is different.

He joined the army at a very young age and served as a soldier in the army.Because of his bravery, he was valued, and then he was sent to the military academy in order to continue to train him.After studying at the military academy for two years, he returned to the army and continued to serve as an officer.Therefore, although age is also among the rising stars of the Beiyang Army, his demeanor is completely old-fashioned.

They are out of tune with Duan Xun.

Duan Qirui has never treated Duan Xun and Zhang Jingyao badly in the same Duan Qirui direct line army.There are still some troops in the Beiyang Army who can't get their salaries on time, but the troops of Duan Xun and Zhang Jingyao have never been in arrears with the Army Department.Even if Duan Qirui left the position of prime minister and the position of chief of the army, the above did not deduct the military salary of two people.

But there is also no shortage of military pay, and the military discipline of Duan Xun and Zhang Jingyao's troops is completely different.

"However, we shouldn't cause internal strife in Changsha. It's a joke to ignore the overall situation."

"Old Zhi, if something like this happens, it's best not to keep the two of them together."

Xu Shuzheng also understood.

Putting Duan Xun's troops and Zhang Jingyao's troops together will cause problems.Although these two are classmates, their style of pie is completely different, and they can't pee in the same pot at all.Duan Qirui thought for a while and said: "Since Xunchen (Zhang Jingyao) has been appointed as the governor of Hunan, the opinion of Xunchen should be given priority in Changsha. Let De Gong's troops withdraw from Changsha, continue to attack south, and take the treasure. celebrate."

"Yes."

"Degong sent a power call and said that he wanted the first officer named Liu Mingzhao to be the guard of Changde. He called back and promised that Liu Mingzhao would be the guard of Changde. He also sent a power call to Xunchen (Zhang Jingyao) and asked him to admit that Liu Mingzhao was appointment."

Duan Qirui thought about it and added this sentence.

Duan Xun is different from Wu Peifu.Duan Qirui can suppress Wu Peifu without hesitation, and then hand over the position of Hunan Governor to Zhang Jingyao.That's because Wu Peifu belongs to Cao Kun, and Cao Kun can't be trusted when he swings from side to side.Therefore, Duan Qirui has no burden to suppress Wu Peifu.

But Duan Xun is different.

This is also Duan Qirui's direct lineage.In this law protection war, Duan Xun mobilized [-] troops to support Duan Qirui's Hunan campaign.Moreover, Yunnan and Guizhou are firmly suppressed to prevent problems in these two provinces.

It can be regarded as Duan Qirui's great hero.

Now that Duan Xun and Zhang Jingyao are fighting, I feel a little sorry for Duan Xun for letting Duan Xun's troops withdraw from Changsha.So Duan Qirui gave Duan Xun a jujube to taste.Let Liu Mingzhao, recommended by Duan Xun, serve as the guardian of Changde.

"Yes."

151 Escape

"latest news."

Changsha is also in turmoil.

Wu Peifu did not get the position of Governor of Hunan. In a fit of anger, the troops left Changsha with a large force after a few days of simple repairs in Changsha.Of course, Wu Peifu was also very angry at being teased by Duan Qirui like this.

Although he left Changsha, Wu Peifu did not want to fight.

When he was beating life and death in Yuezhou, Zhang Huaizhi, Duan Qirui's direct descendant, was moaning and making no actual moves.Even in Wu Peifu's view, Duan Qirui's direct troops did not perform well in the attack on Hunan.

Duan Xun, Zhang Jingyao, and Zhang Huaizhi had 8 soldiers in Hunan, even more than their own troops.But except for Zhang Jingyao who was doing his best in Pingjiang, neither Duan Xun nor Zhang Huaizhi was doing his best.Duan Xun has more than 3 troops in Hunan, plus Chen Fuchu and Wang Zhengya's troops, it is very easy to take down a mere Changde.Even if Wang Wenhua's Qian army had not been transferred, they would not be able to defend Changde as long as they stormed Changde.

But what?

slow.

First Wang Wenhua's troops were transferred away, and then Tian Yingzhao's troops were mobilized to attack Tian Yingzhao's troops on the way.After confirming that Changde had no reinforcements, his troops besieged Changde.If Duan Xun was a little more active, he would definitely be able to enter Changsha earlier than Wu Peifu.But Duan Xun's troops did not enter Changsha until the last moment.In other words, it wasn't until he defeated the main force of the French Guardian Army in Yuezhou that his troops began to exert their strength.

Look at Zhang Huaizhi again.

It was so difficult for him to enter Changsha, but his troops are still in Liling.If Zhang Huaizhi was really strong and led the troops to attack the Xiangtan area early, the troops in Hunan would have panicked.It's like when Yu Xuezhong sent someone to pretend to attack Baoqing and immediately made Tan Haoming panic.If Zhang Huaizhi really attacked Xiangtan with all his heart, the situation in Hunan would be different now.However, Zhang Huaizhi has never really attacked. Instead, he stationed troops in Jiangxi to watch the development of the situation in Hunan.

Zhang Huaizhi didn't want to share some credit until the large army had taken Changsha and the French Guardians were defeated.That's why it really started to march from Jiangxi to Hunan.Now fighting with the Guardians.Wu Peifu didn't want to go over to help.

It's just that Wu Peifu really doesn't want to stay in Changsha.

too angry.

After Wu Peifu left Changsha, the biggest forces in Changsha were Zhang Jingyao's troops and Duan Xun's troops.Duan Xun's troops are still patrolling every day, and anyone who violates military discipline even slightly will be arrested.As a result, the law and order in Changsha has suddenly improved a lot these days, even better than when Tan Yankai was there.

"Yuxi (Long Furui), what happened?"

Liang Huankui, Hu Yuantan and several Changsha celebrities discussed the current situation in Hunan together.According to their thinking, they most support Tan Yankai.Because Tan Yankai's background is similar to theirs, they are both from a big family, from a constitutionalist family, and their interests are almost the same.So they are all important forces supporting Tan Yankai.As for the rest of the troops, they really weren't very welcoming.

It doesn't matter if it's the French Guardian Army or the Beiyang Army.

Needless to say, the Beiyang Army.Hunan is a province with a strong revolutionary atmosphere, and they didn't like the Beiyang Army in the first place.Likewise, the Guardians don't like them either.Speaking of which, they initially supported the French Protectorate.

Especially after Fu Liangzuo came to Changsha.Fu Liangzuo came to Hunan simply out of order, which made Hunan people dislike Fu Liangzuo very much.So of course they turned their heads to support the Dharma Protectorate.

But they really couldn't like what the Guardians did.