Beiyang reactionaries

Not just them.

During the battle, there were countless defected and disbanded troops of the Hunan Army, far exceeding He Yaozu.It's really no big deal for the troops with more than a thousand people to go, and it's nothing in the split of the Hunan Army.However, this incident was hailed as the most serious "defection" incident in the history of the Hunan Army.

Because a large number of Hunan Army officers went north to join Duan Xun.

And there are many young officers who have performed very well on this battlefield and have emerged.This group of young officers has begun to pay attention to the high-level officials of the Hunan Army.As long as the Hunan Army expands its army, those people will be the first batch to be promoted.

Don't talk about those people, just talk about He Yaozu, this is an officer who is highly valued by the top officials of the Hunan Army.Regardless of whether it is an officer that Tan Yankai or Cheng Qian likes, the performance in this Dharma protection war is also very good.

But ran away.

There are quite a few officers from Hunan who followed He Yaozu, such as Liu Xing, Zhou Xin, Mao Bingwen and other company officers who graduated from Baoding Military Academy, and most of them were classmates.What's more serious is that the Guangxi officers who served in the Hunan Army ran the most.Those Guangxi military officers who graduated from Baoding Military Academy, it can be said that they ran away with He Yaozu in droves.Li Pinxian, Liao Lei, Ye Qi, and Zhou Zuhuang all went north to join Duan Xun.

The top officials of the Hunan Army were furious.

But for now, it is just a "defection" of a group of young officers, and it will not be called the most serious "defection".It's just that this group of young officers left a glorious mark in later history.Each of them became a general in the army and galloped across the land of China.That's why people later commented that this defection was the worst "defection" in the history of the Hunan Army.

"Brother Guiyan, looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon, I finally hoped for you."

At present, there are not many troops left by Baoqing.

There was the Sixth Mixed Brigade of former Wang Zhengya's army led by Tang Shengzhi. This designation was given by Cao Kun, and it was paid for by the state finances.Therefore, Duan Xun has no right to change his number, and still uses this number.And if you continue to use this designation, you can eat from the state's finances. Duan Xun is also happy, so Tang Shengzhi was transferred to be the commander of the sixth mixed brigade.There is also the First Army Special Operations Brigade led by Liu Duanshang, and the First Army Security Brigade. The last unit is the newly formed teaching brigade.

A total of four brigades of troops.

The other troops had slowly retreated.

After all, the territory in Western Hunan is so large, and Duan Xun controls half of Hunan.Nominal control is not control, military control is real control.Therefore, except for these four brigades, the other troops have returned to their respective garrisons.

In order to meet He Yaozu's troops, and worried about other problems, Tang Shengzhi personally led two regiments to meet He Yaozu near Siming Mountain.

"Meng Xiao, long time no see."

"I haven't seen you for some years. I never thought that you and I would have the opportunity to work together."

Tang Shengzhi was very happy.

Tang Shengzhi is ambitious, and he thinks he should be able to be ambitious.After all, Tang Shengzhi was a veteran who followed Duan Xun from the west of Henan, and he was from Duan Xun's guard force, and he was from Duan Xun's adjutant.It belongs to the absolute direct line of Duan Xun.

Look at those people who followed Duan Xun in western Henan back then.

It was the bandits recruited by Duan Xun, each of whom got promoted and made a fortune.Zhang Shichen joined the Sichuan Governor, Wan Xuancai was the commander of the Fourth Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army, and the deputy commander of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Alarm, even Song Tiancai was already the commander of the Sixth Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army.

Therefore, Tang Shengzhi believes that it is normal for him to be ambitious in terms of his qualifications.This time when he entered Hunan, Tang Shengzhi was originally the brigade commander of the Gendarmerie Brigade, but now he is also the brigade commander of the Sixth Mixed Brigade.Although according to Tang Shengzhi's age, the 27-year-old is the commander of the mixed brigade, and his promotion speed is not slow at all.Compared with those of his classmates, the speed of promotion is the fastest.But Tang Shengzhi was still not satisfied.

Now Duan Xun controls more and more territory, and there are more and more troops. Tang Shengzhi also dreams of the day when he becomes a division commander or army commander.But Tang Shengzhi knew that if he wanted to realize his dream, he needed to make contributions.

Therefore, he actively used his advantages as a native of Hunan, and actively contacted the officers of the Hunan Army.At present, some senior officers of the Hunan Army are teachers of Tang Shengzhi in Hunan Army Primary School, while a large number of middle and lower level officers of the Hunan Army are students of Tang Shengzhi in Hunan Army Primary School, Wuchang Army Middle School and Baoding Military Academy.

Tang Shengzhi took advantage of this opportunity.

In fact, it mainly uses two people, the two people with the best relationship with me.Liu Xing and Li Pinxian are two people.Use both of them to connect with other people.Liu Xing contacted officers from Hunan, and Li Pinxian contacted officers from Guangxi.This time, a large number of military officers from Guangxi defected to Duan Xun, which was due to Li Pinxian.

Li Pinxian is from Guangxi, and has regular contacts with these Guangxi military officers.Many of them are classmates, and they are also from Guangxi, so there are many regular contacts.It happened that Zhao Hengti's first division was stationed in Yongzhou and Lingling.

A large number of Guangxi officers who graduated from Baoding Military Academy in the First Division were encouraged by Li Pinxian, and most of them chose to go north.

Tang Shengzhi wants to make meritorious service.

It is a great credit for Duan Xun to attract so many Hunan Army officers.And as long as Duan Xun reuses these Hunan Army officers, then relying on Tang Shengzhi's friendship with them, these people will become his allies in the army in the future.

"He Ling (Li Pinxian), Tie Fu (Liu Xing), welcome."

After Tang Shengzhi turned his head and found friends like Li Pinxian and Liu Xing, he felt even better.As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are people, there are factions.This is something that no one can eradicate.

The same is true for Duan Xun's troops, each with its own faction.

For example, Zhang Shichen, Wan Xuancai, and Song Tiancai, although they defected to Duan Xun, they now have their own positions.But many people put them together unconsciously, because in the eyes of others, the three of them came out of a bandit den.Even if they don't usually communicate, everyone will think so.

This becomes a faction.

There are also people like Li Jishen.Duan Xun recruited many people from Baoding Military Academy, many of whom were classmates with Li Jishen, and they would naturally gather around Li Jishen and become a faction on Li Jishen's side.

and Liu Xiang.

Duan Xun reused Sichuan military officers on a large scale. At present, Liu Xiang has the highest status among Sichuan military officers and is also the most reused by Duan Xun.Therefore, many Sichuan military officers will unconsciously surround Liu Xiang.No one can avoid this kind of thing.

Tang Shengzhi saw such an opportunity now.

Duan Xun didn't have many officers from Hunan, but Tang Shengzhi and Tao Zhiyue received the most attention.Tao Zhiyue is a pure soldier, he thinks more about how to fight, and doesn't think about it.But Tang Shengzhi is different, Tang Shengzhi has great ambitions.

Tang Shengzhi knew that many Hunan Army troops had been reorganized in Hunan this time, and many Hunan Army officers had taken refuge in Duan Xun.At that time, these people might become Tang Shengzhi's faction.Duan Xun will reuse himself more if he is strong.

So seeing these classmates, Tang Shengzhi was in a good mood.

"Meng Xiao."

"Meng Xiao, we have no way out this time. You can't lie to us."

"When did I lie to you, you will definitely thank me in the future. Let's go quickly. Our General Deng Hanxiang has been waiting for you in Baoqing."

"it is good."

He Yaozu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Tang Shengzhi's troops.Although He Yaozu believed that what he did was foolproof, he was also worried about being discovered by Zhao Hengti and being pursued by the main force of the Hunan Army.

It's not that the main force of the Hunan Army is afraid of Zhao Hengti.

He Yaozu is also a warrior, if he really clashes with Zhao Hengti, he is sure to get out of the way.But after all, I am the Hunan Army, so I can't just turn around and fight with them.This kind of thing cannot be done by oneself.

Fortunately, everything went well.

"Meng Xiao, what kind of person is General Duan Xun? I only know that he graduated from Baoding Military Academy, or that he was my senior at the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy. Many other things are just rumors."

"how to say?"

After thinking for a while, Tang Shengzhi said, "I don't know what to say specifically. Anyway, our general has solid knowledge and rich military knowledge. First of all, he is a very qualified teacher and a teacher I respect very much. And although he was only in the military since he was a child The principal is big, but almost everyone knows about it. Let me tell you the specifics, and I can’t say it. But I can be sure of one thing, our general is a person who does big things, and there is nothing wrong with following him.”

"You just said it, which means you didn't say it."

He Yaozu shook his head.

That's what it all says.Tang Shengzhi smiled and said, "I really don't know how to describe it. Let me just say this, our generals are both civil and military, proficient in everything. If anyone can lead China to prosperity in the future, it must be us General."

"Since you admire General Duan so much, I really want to meet him too."

"Will do."

Tang Shengzhi said affirmatively.