Beiyang reactionaries

"On the morning of the 1918th of this month (April 4), the troops had captured Baoqing. More than 12 people from the Gui and Gui army were killed and injured, 5000 from the Gui and Gui army were captured, and 600 were incorporated into the Gui army. After a short rest in Baoqing, the troops will continue south to Lingling."

"it is good."

Duan Qirui was overjoyed.

With Duan Xun's troops taking Baoqing, it can be said that this time the Hunan campaign has achieved decisive results.Because Wu Peifu is currently in Hengyang and Duan Xun's troops are in Baoqing, as long as the troops of both sides move south, it will be difficult for the troops in southern Hunan to stop the Beiyang army.

And as long as southern Hunan falls, the Beiyang Army will attack Guangxi if it wants to attack Guangxi, and Guangdong if it wants to attack Guangdong.Guangdong and Guangxi were directly under the vanguard of the Beiyang Army.As long as Lu Rongting and Sun Yat-sen's hometowns Guangxi and Guangdong are taken down, then the unification by force can really be realized.

"Youzheng (Xu Shuzheng), it seems that our wish for many years is about to come true."

Duan Qirui is proud.

I think Yuan Shikai also wanted to deal with these disobedient southern warlords back then.But in the end, don't talk about getting them done, Yuan Shikai himself betrayed his relatives, and these warlords in the south became even more noisy.

It seems that the great cause of reunification still has to wait for oneself to complete.

Thinking of this, Duan Qirui's mood became brighter.After spending so much money, it finally got a good result.

"Old Zhi, our current situation in Hunan is indeed very good."

"How about Zhang Zuolin?"

"It's hard to deal with. Zhang Zuolin's true nature is a bandit, rough and fine. He doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles. It's hard to control."

When Xu Shuzheng talked about Zhang Zuolin, he curled his lips, looking down on Zhang Zuolin's roughness.Just at the beginning of the year, Feng Guozhang's direct lineage and Yan Xishan's troops borrowed 4000 million from Japan, and used the money to order a batch of arms, including [-] rifles.

Xu Shuzheng has a strong wrist.

Through my classmate, Yang Yuting in Fengjun, I met Zhang Zuolin.Then he conspired with Zhang Zuolin to rob this batch of arms in Qinhuangdao.Relying on this batch of munitions, Zhang Zuolin expanded the Feng army with seven mixed brigades.

It also used this batch of arms and the position of vice president to seduce Zhang Zuolin and let Feng Jun enter the customs to fully support Duan Qirui.The reason why Feng Guozhang re-appointed Duan Qirui as Prime Minister has a lot to do with Fengjun's large-scale entry into the customs.

But Zhang Zuolin was born as a bandit.

Although it was also said to be the Beiyang Army, people like Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng did not admit it.In order to support Duan Qirui's idea of ​​unified force, Zhang Zuolin formed the "Aid Hunan Army". Zhang Zuolin himself served as the commander-in-chief, Xu Shuzheng as the deputy commander, and Yang Yuting as the chief of staff.

In fact, Zhang Zuolin did not personally lead the troops, so Xu Shuzheng led the troops that entered the customs.Xu Shuzheng was a very ambitious person, and he encouraged Yang Yuting, and the two of them planned to monopolize this group of Fengjun who entered the customs, and then left Zhang Zuolin behind.

But how could Zhang Zuolin be so easy to deal with.

Although Fengjun is far away from the northeast, it is not so easy to control Fengjun.Instead, relying on Duan Qirui's support, Zhang Zuolin vigorously developed his strength. In a short period of time, Zhang Zuolin's Fengjun almost had [-] troops.

"What about Shaanxi?"

"It didn't go very well. The militiamen in Shaanxi were all swordsmen, and the battles were smooth. Especially in the Weibei area, these Shaanxi militiamen were stronger. Our people encircled and suppressed them several times. did not succeed."

"let it go."

Duan Qirui waved his hand.

Looking at the map, he pointed to Guangdong and said, "Guangdong, as long as Guangdong is taken, everything will be over. People like Yu Youren, Jing Wumu, Zhang Fang, and Hu Jingyi who caused troubles in Shaanxi all followed Sun Yat-sen. Take down Sun Yat-sen's old lair, and they will definitely break through. The Hunan side is the most important."

"Yes."

"Give Degong an additional 100 million military pay, let him take Lingling as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Although there are loud voices of opposition, Duan Qirui is very confident in his unification by force.Especially at present, when the front line in Hunan is relatively smooth, Duan Qirui is full of confidence.

pity.

On April 1918, 4, the third day after Li Jishen took Baoqing, and the fifth day after Wu Peifu took Hengyang, Lu Rongting sent a telegram to Feng Guozhang, hoping to negotiate peace between the north and the south.Immediately after April 15, the French Protectorate promoted Cen Chunxuan as the chairman and president of the military government.I hope that relying on Cen Chunxuan's relationship with the Beiyang Army, he can make peace with the Beiyang Army.

Because I really can't fight anymore.

Lu Rongting was scared, really scared.At the beginning of the Law Protection War, Lu Rongting sent nearly 4 troops from the Guangxi Army and the Guangdong Army under his control into Hunan.But after half a year of war, these people almost disappeared.

Lu Rongting's Cantonese army was mainly made dumplings by Wu Peifu's troops during the Battle of Yueyang, and lost more than 1 people.After that, he was chased all the way by Wu Peifu's troops and lost thousands of people on the road.And the situation of Gui Jun who followed Tan Haoming was not good.Escaping from Changsha, he was defeated by Li Jishen's troops in Baoqing. He lost tens of thousands of people in a series of casualties, captures, and surrenders.

It was a big blow to Lu Rongting.

What made Lu Rongting even more fearful was that Wu Peifu was in Hengyang and Li Jishen was in Baoqing.Continuing to fight, Lu Rongting was very worried that he would not be able to keep his old lair.

But these were useless, Duan Qirui refused, and must continue to fight.But at this time a big event broke out. On April 1918, 4, the "Sino-Japanese Army Joint Defense Military Agreement" signed by Duan Qirui's government on April 21, 1918 was revealed. Public opinion in China was in an uproar, and everyone began to criticize Duan Qirui.

At present, anti-Japanese sentiment in China is still relatively high.

However, Duan Qirui has borrowed countless loans from Japan in the past year and signed countless treaties with Japan, and he has begun to be at a disadvantage in public opinion.Of course, Duan Qirui is really not afraid of such things as public opinion.

But as the public opinion was unfavorable to Duan Qirui, Feng Yuxiang, who had been dancing very high before, came out again.Feng Yuxiang once again shouted "North-South Negotiation Peace" on the front line in Jiangxi, and this time there was no sound of shouting and killing.

Because the main combat faction of the Beiyang Army is also in conflict at this time.

Cao Kun was very dissatisfied with Duan Qirui, so he said that he was ill in Baoding and had an ambiguous attitude.Zhang Zuolin, who was originally Duan Qirui's reinforcement, had a bad relationship with Duan Qirui because Xu Shuzheng was too ambitious and plotted against his own Fengjun.As for Zhang Huaizhi, who was the most active in the main combat faction before, his troops were almost wiped out, and he didn't even have the face to say anything.

Surprising.

The policy of "unification by force" formulated by Prime Minister Duan Qirui himself was questioned by a small mixed brigade commander, who even directly expressed the need to "negotiate peace between the north and the south."But Duan Qirui really couldn't deal with Feng Yuxiang.

In just two or three months, the situation has become very different.

Just two months ago, Feng Yuxiang also jumped out, but at that time the main fighters of the Beiyang Army said they would shoot Feng Yuxiang.But now most people are silent.

On April 1918, 4, Tan Yankai officially returned to Chenzhou as the governor of Hunan and began to lead the Hunan Army.Then, in the name of the Hunan Governor, he sent a telegram, expressing his hope to negotiate peace with the Beiyang Army.The southern army's desire for peace was very strong.

Duan Qirui was very angry.

The situation was originally good. Since the troops in the south kept sending out signals for peace talks, there have been many calls for peace from the Beiyang Army.Duan Qirui managed to get out of the current situation, and now the voice of the Lord and Harmony sounded again, how could he not be angry.

Therefore, he hurriedly dispatched Xu Shuzheng to the south to stabilize the morale of the army in Hankou and Changsha.

Sorry to be late.

Before Xu Shuzheng went south to Hankou, Wu Peifu on the front line energized and told Duan Qirui that the troops were exhausted and had penetrated deep into the hinterland of Hunan, so it was really not suitable to fight again.I hope that Duan Qirui will consider the situation of the frontline soldiers and stop fighting.

a bolt from the blue.

Wu Peifu's electrification dealt a big blow to Duan Qirui.After all, the current main forces in Hunan are Wu Peifu's troops and Duan Xun's troops.Wu Peifu occupies Hengyang, which is a strategically important place.

With Wu Peifu's power on, the situation in Hunan and even the whole country has fallen into a strange situation.

And Duan Xun used this time to start improving the various departments of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou-Tibet Frontier Supervision Administration.

After a period of deliberation, Duan Xun has begun to slowly improve the border supervision offices of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet.The four provincial frontier supervision agencies were established in Chongqing.Duan Xun served as the Border Defense Supervision Office of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet, Dai Kan served as the Border Defense Committee Office of the four provinces, Yang Wei served as the Border Defense Assistant Office of the four provinces, Wang Yongjiang served as the Frontier Defense Office of the four provinces, and Yang Yongtai served as the Secretary General of the Border Defense Supervision Office of the four provinces.

Under the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou-Tibet Frontier Supervision Administration, there are eight departments in total: the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Energy.