Beiyang reactionaries

Duan Xun personally served as Minister of Military Affairs, Gu Zhongxiu served as Minister of Internal Affairs, Wang Yongjiang concurrently served as Minister of Finance, Zhang Yao once served as Minister of Justice, Luo Chengxiang served as Minister of Education, Liang Huankui served as Minister of Business, Zhang Lan served as Minister of Agriculture, and Song Yuren served as Minister of Energy minister.

With the establishment of the Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou Frontier Supervision Offices, many departments in the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou were abolished.Just like the equipment department that originally belonged to the provincial governors was directly cancelled, and Han Linchun was appointed as the director of the equipment department under the military department of the four provincial frontier supervision agencies.There is also the logistics department of the first-line troops, which was also separated from the local military governor's office and directly subordinated to the logistics department of the four provincial frontier inspection offices. Han Jianduo was transferred to the four provincial frontier inspection offices as the head of the logistics department.

In the future, the logistics department and equipment department under the local warlords will only be responsible for the logistics and equipment of the local troops, and will be under the dual leadership of the local warlords and the military departments of the four provinces' frontier supervision agencies, completely separate from the front-line troops.

Duan Xun originally planned to make Wang Yongjiang the governor of Sichuan.

However, there is a shortage of people to form the four provincial border supervision agencies.Dai Kan, as the border defense committee of the four provinces, was supposed to be Duan Xun's right-hand man, but he was not his direct descendant after all.So let him first be in charge of the Southwest Anti-smoking Supervision Bureau under the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

But Yang Wei has many things.

Yang Wei's current main job is party affairs.

So Duan Xun still transferred Wang Yongjiang to the border defense supervision office of the four provinces, not only as the frontier defense office of the four provinces, but also in charge of the finance department.After Wang Yongjiang was transferred, Duan Xun recommended Li Zhanyang, who was previously the vice governor of Sichuan Province and concurrently the mayor of Chengdu, as the governor of Sichuan.Then he recommended Zhang Shichen, who had previously served as the head of the logistics department under the Sichuan Governor's Department, and who was also brought to Sichuan by Duan Xun from western Henan, to take over as the Sichuan Governor.

The same is true for Guizhou.

Jiang Hongyu was recommended as the governor of Guizhou, and Zhou Ru as the governor of Guizhou.Now Duan Qirui needs Duan Xun to stabilize the situation in the southwest, and also needs Duan Xun to handle the Hunan war, so all recommendations for Duan Xun are passed.

Duan Xun also took advantage of this opportunity of the frontline truce to hold a meeting of the People's Party of the Army.

161 National Revolution

"Captain Ma, are you dissatisfied with my arrangement?"

"Don't dare."

As the voice of peace in the country revived, the situation on the front line was stable again.

After Wu Peifu and Tan Yankai from Chenzhou signed an armistice agreement privately, Duan Xun ordered Li Jishen not to move, and the troops were stationed in Baoqing, not to continue going south.Wu Peifu's action also completely disrupted Duan Xun's pace.Originally, Duan Xun wanted to continue going south and take Yongzhou as well.In this way, Duan Xun can directly deter Guangxi.There are many conveniences for Duan Xun to use troops in Guangxi in the future.But unexpectedly, Wu Peifu suddenly signed an armistice agreement with the Hunan and Guangdong Army, so Duan Xun could only change his plan accordingly.

Because Duan Xun didn't believe in Wu Peifu.

Since Duan Qirui introduced Zhang Zuolin to compete with Cao Kun, and handed over the position of Governor of Hunan to Zhang Jingyao, the relationship between Duan Qirui and Cao Kun has almost shattered.As Cao Kun's favorite general, Wu Peifu was also the target of being suppressed by Duan Qirui. The relationship with Duan Qirui can't be said to be incompatible, but it has gradually become hostile.If not, Wu Peifu would not have sent a telegram publicly this time, saying that the troops could not continue to fight, asked Duan Qirui to cease fighting and negotiate a peace, and signed an armistice agreement with the Hunan and Guangdong Army in private.

In other words, the relationship between Duan Qirui and Cao Kun is very bad now, Wu Peifu suddenly gave Duan Qirui a fatal blow when Duan Qirui was most promising.Under such circumstances, Duan Xun would never believe Wu Peifu, and would not believe that Wu Peifu was his ally.If he was fighting in front, Wu Peifu suddenly let Hengyang out.If Hengyang is handed over to the Hunan and Guangdong Army, then Duan Xun's troops may be attacked from both front and back.

Duan Xun can't do this kind of thing.

So Li Jishen was ordered to stop going south immediately, and the troops stopped in Baoqing.Focus on solving the problems in western Hunan.And as the battle situation stabilized, Duan Xun also had a lot of things to deal with.Therefore, the generals of the troops scattered in the five provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan and Shaanxi were called to hold a military meeting to discuss the future direction of the troops in a serious manner.

On the Xiangxi side, Duan Xun left Deng Hanxiang in full charge.

Then let Li Jishen lead most of the generals of the troops entering Hunan to Chongqing.Li Jishen rode with Ma Xiaojun and asked Ma Xiaojun while walking.After Ma Xiaojun took his troops to seek refuge with Duan Xun, Li Jishen's handling was quite rough.

A battalion was pulled out from Ma Xiaojun's troops and directly merged with Li Jiayu's student regiment.Then Bai Chongxi was appointed as the head of the second regiment of Ma Xiaojun Guijun, and Huang Xuchu was transferred to his own military department as the deputy director of the training department.As for the reorganization of the Guijun Second Regiment and Li Jiayu's student regiment into a teaching brigade, Deng Hanxiang personally served as the brigade commander and was in charge of these two troops.On the way to Chongqing, Ma Xiaojun was taken away.

Very rough.

Of course, it is very rough to treat the troops, but the arrangements for everyone in the model battalion are very proper.Because the members of Ma Xiaojun's model battalion, after joining Duan Xun's army this time, Li Jishen was promoted one level.

"Don't dare? That means there are still complaints."

Li Ji smiled deeply.

Ma Xiaojun is different from Duan Xun's other annexed troops.Ma Xiaojun was helpless, and in the end he was almost desperate, and basically belonged to the troops that surrendered.The important thing is that Li Jishen has no time.After receiving Duan Xun's telegram, he was about to leave for Chongqing.So after discussing with Deng Hanxiang and obtaining Duan Xun's consent, he violently tore apart the troops.Anything can be resolved slowly in the future.

"As long as General Li doesn't bury their talents and allows them to display their talents, then I can accept it."

Definitely not satisfied.

Although he thought that Li Jishen would dismantle his own troops, Ma Xiaojun did not expect to dismantle his model battalion and several important figures in the model camp so quickly.

There must be complaints in my heart.

It's just that they have already taken refuge in Duan Xun now, so they can only accept these.Your own troops have no room to resist at all.

"how about you?"

"I accept the arrangement."

Li Jishen looked at Ma Xiaojun, shook his head, and said, "It's not that I want to keep you away from your troops. Originally, Chief of Staff Deng and I meant that you should be the brigade commander of the teaching brigade. But our general specifically named you, He asked that he must bring you to Chongqing this time. He wants to meet you in Chongqing."

"General Duan wants to see me?"

"Yes."

Ma Xiaojun was stunned.

Although Duan Xun spoke highly of Ma Xiaojun, Ma Xiaojun was only a middle-level officer of the Gui Army after all.In Duan Xun's case, there are probably hundreds of officers at Ma Xiaojun's level.How could Duan Xun meet himself in person?

"Our general loves talents like his life, and he is thirsty for talents. Don't worry, he transferred you to Sichuan this time for the purpose of reusing you. So don't think too much about other issues. Maybe you will be the brigade commander of our army in a few days Or the division commander. So don’t always think about your little model battalion, and don’t always worry about your little army. You should think about it carefully and what to say when you see our general.”

"Yes."

Ma Xiaojun suddenly regained his spirits.

After being dismantled this time, the officers of his model battalion were all promoted to a higher rank.The company commanders of the model battalions such as Huang Shaohong and Li Zongren are now serious major battalion commanders, and Huang Xuchu was also the deputy director of the lieutenant colonel after entering Li Jishen's headquarters.

As the battalion commander of the model battalion, he later became the commander of the second regiment of the Guangxi Army.Judging from this situation, I should at least be a major general and brigade commander.Even if Duan Xun likes him, it is possible to continue to move up.

"Good job. Let's go."

"Yes."

In Chongqing at the end of April 1918, officers from all walks of life gathered.The senior generals of Duan Xun's department can be seen everywhere, and there are so many generals who can't be seen easily at this time.One by one, they appeared on the streets of Chongqing in uniforms of generals of the Beiyang Army.Because everyone came to Chongqing for the military meeting that Duan Xun is about to hold.

However, before the meeting, Duan Xun met alone with some senior generals stationed outside the country all the year round to talk about the situation of the troops.

On May 1918, 5, Duan Xun held a military conference in Chongqing.

Is it about fighting?Or about personnel arrangements?Most of the army generals were in the dark about this meeting.In the conference room, military officers of all levels had already taken their seats.Sitting on the left and right are Xiong Kewu, Minister of Military Affairs under the Military Department of the Frontier Supervision Administration of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet, and Xu Yongchang, Director of the Training Department under the Military Department of the Frontier Supervision Administration of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet.

As well as Han Linchun, Minister of Equipment Department, Yang Jie, Minister of Academic Affairs, and others.However, Han Jianduo, who had just been appointed as the head of the logistics department, was not present.There is Zhang Shichen, the governor of Sichuan, but there is no Gu Pinzhen, the governor of Yunnan, and Zhou Ru, the governor of Guizhou.

After that, most of them were generals of the first-line army.

Li Jishen, Commander of the First Army, Li Weiru, Commander of the First Division, Shang Zhen, Commander of the Second Division, Liu Xiang, Commander of the Third Division, Wan Xuancai, Commander of the Fourth Division, Yu Xuezhong, Commander of the Fifth Division, Song Tiancai, Commander of the Sixth Division , Yuan Zuming, the commander of the seventh division, was missing.

There is also Guo Songling, commander of the First Division of the Armed Police Force.

There are also many brigade-level officers and more than 40 regiment-level officers.

Most of them are middle and senior officers of Duan Xun's Department.But there are officers of the Yunnan Army mixed in it.At present, Wang Kai (commander-in-chief) of the Sixth Brigade of the Yunnan Army and Fan Shisheng, Chief of Staff of the Fourth Division of the Yunnan Army are also inside.

Many people know both of them.

quite unexpected.