Beiyang reactionaries

Anyway, the entire Tang Jiyao's army is filled with a sense of failure.

"Li Youxun wants us to turn out to be the commander-in-chief."

Lu Han put down Li Youxun's letter and whispered to Long Yun.Li Youxun was Tang Jiyao's direct descendant back then, and he was an officer in Tang Jiyao's guard.So I am very familiar with Long Yun and Lu Han.

In other words, Long Yun and Lu Han were both officers under Li Youxun in the early years.The letter in Lu Han's hand was sent by Li Youxun.

"What do you think?"

Long Yun sat loosely on the chair and did not lower his voice.Because Long Yun had guessed when he got the letter, he had already arranged someone to guard it outside.He was not worried that his conversation with Lu Han would be overheard.

"Cousin, don't say anything else. If you just look at the current situation, the general's situation is really not very good. I heard recently that the general is ready to go to Guangxi to seek refuge with Lu Rongting. If you really go to Guangxi, what's the matter?" Meaning, isn’t that living under someone’s fence? And what is Lu Rongting, he is a group of bandits.”

Lu Han spoke with disgust.

When Tang Jiyao was in Yunnan back then, there were also many direct troops.However, when Tang Jiyao was kicked out of Kunming and labeled as a big cigarette dealer, many of his subordinates did not choose to go with him.Even many direct line officers under his command turned against the water the fastest, breaking away from Tang Jiyao one by one.

This includes Li Youxun who wrote to them, as well as Hu Ruoyu who had defected to Duan Xun, was appointed as the commander of the teaching brigade, and was incorporated into Xiong Qixun's Eighth Division.Tang Jiyao is a very important military officer.

But none of them came with Tang Jiyao.

Therefore, Tang Jiyao was short of people, so the several officers who followed him to the south were highly valued by him.This included Long Yun, who had served as Tang Jiyao's adjutant, and was already the head of Tang Jiyao's regiment in a short time.Lu Han is Long Yun's cousin and has followed him since he was a child.Long Yun served as a soldier in Sichuan, so he followed him to Sichuan.Later, Long Yun was admitted to the Yunnan Academy of Martial Arts, and Lu Han also attended the Yunnan Academy of Martial Arts.

Long Yun was highly regarded by Tang Jiyao, and after becoming Tang Jiyao's adjutant, he immediately transferred Lu Han to Tang Jiyao's guard.At present, Long Yun is the head of the regiment, and Lu Han is the battalion commander of the Long Yun regiment.

Although it is considered to be displaced at present, it can be said that it is also in Yunnan.

If you go to Guangxi, even Tang Jiyao will depend on others, especially these people.Moreover, both Long Yun and Lu Han are regular military school graduates.It should be said that all members of the Dian Army are graduates of regular military academies. Most of the Dian Army's big bosses graduated from the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and all the middle and lower-level officers came from the Yunnan Lecture Hall.They looked down on Tang Jiyao's army, a group of bandits, a den of bandits.

Look at Tan Haoming's clumsy performance in the Hunan War.As serious graduates of the martial arts hall, how could they think highly of these bandit-born people.

"If we take refuge in Duan Xun, we are also relying on others."

Long Yun asked Lu Han amusedly.

But Lu Han immediately jumped up and said: "That's different. Even if we take refuge in Duan Xun, there are many of our teachers, seniors, and classmates there. And Duan Xun's army has a good reputation no matter how you say it. Lu Rongting's bandit army How can it be compared with Duan Xun's troops. Not to mention anything else, how can Lu Rongting have the courage of Duan Xun. If Lu Rongting encountered a British warship, he would probably be scared to pee. Even if our commander (Tang Jiyao) encountered a British warship, he would not I dare not run away. I admire people like General Duan."

"Are you willing to leave the handsome?"

"Actually, I'm not willing. Cousin, isn't there an old saying that one who knows the current affairs is a good man? Now the commander-in-chief's reputation is bad, and he bears the reputation of an opium dealer. Although he responded to the law protection movement this time, he still failed to restore any Moreover, the commander-in-chief doesn’t have much money, and during this period of time there are always deserters in the army, so the commander-in-chief has no future at all. We can’t drown in the commander-in-chief.”

feeling.

How much is love worth in this age.Moreover, Tang Jiyao was kind to Long Yun, but Lu Han had no affection for Tang Jiyao.On the contrary, I have always been displeased with the Tang Jiyao brothers.

Long Yun sighed.

In fact, Long Yun wanted to leave Tang Jiyao a long time ago.But Tang Jiyao was kind to him for promotion, and without Tang Jiyao's appreciation, he wouldn't be able to reach his current position.Long Yun is actually not young, almost 34 years old.But Long Yun's qualifications in the Yunnan Army are not deep at all. It should be said that Long Yun's qualifications are very shallow.

If it develops normally, Long Yun's qualifications are now the company commander.Because Long Yun had just graduated from the Yunnan Lecture Hall in December 1914, and by 12 he was only a lieutenant and platoon leader.If it hadn't been for Tang Jiyao's adjutant later, and Tang Jiyao's defeat in Kunming and his retreat to southern Yunnan, it would have been impossible for Long Yun to have become a regiment leader in less than two years.

This is inseparable from Tang Jiyao's importance.

This made it difficult for Long Yun to choose.

In fact, with Long Yun's eyes, he had already seen that Tang Jiyao was already in decline.Moreover, Tang Jiyao currently has the reputation of an opium dealer, and it is basically impossible for him to rise again.

It's just that I can't let go of Tang Jiyao's kindness, so I have been following Tang Jiyao for more than a year.At present, among Tang Jiyao's troops, the most elite regiment is led by Tang Jiyu, and the next elite regiment is Long Yun's regiment.

"Cousin, what else do you have to hesitate. Anyway, I don't want to go to Guangxi."

"Yongheng (Lu Han), you don't understand. This kind of betrayal of the benefactor will be cast aside. If I do such a thing, can you trust me by talking about Duan Xun? I can betray the benefactor Once, I can turn my back on other people in the future, how can they trust me. So think twice before doing this kind of thing."

"Cousin, Li Youxun was also Tang Jiyu's direct descendant back then, so he betrayed him differently. But now he is the director of the Yunnan Police Department, and he is a high-ranking authority in Yunnan. And I heard that the group who went north to defect to Duan Xun's lecture hall students are now being reused."

Lu Han disagreed with Long Yun's statement.

And Lu Han also said: "In troubled times, it is normal to choose a wise king to vote for. From any point of view, the commander-in-chief is not as good as Duan Xun. This time, General Duan can make the British bow their heads. Well, there are not many people in China who can compare to him. If you serve as a soldier under his hands, it would be such a pleasure and comfort."

"Hey--"

Long Yun let out a long sigh.

I am extremely sorry for Tang Jiyao in my heart.It wasn't that he was ungrateful, it was that Tang Jiyao was desperate.And as long as Tang Jiyao still bears the title of opium dealer on his back, as long as Duan Xun is still in the southwest, Tang Jiyao has no chance of making a comeback.

Long Yun also had to think about himself and those under him.

And to be honest, like Lu Han, Duan Xun dared to embarrass the British this time, and Long Yun was convinced by this alone.There are so many generals in China, who is as tough and courageous as Duan Xun, who dares to show his sword to the British.

The style and style are completely different.

Just received a letter from Li Youxun,

"Yongheng, call Gao Yinhuai, Zhang Fengchun, and Zhu Xu to me."

"Yes."

Lu Han immediately stood up.

The few people Long Yun mentioned are all officers of Long Yun's direct lineage, and they formed this regiment together with Long Yun this year.Just as Lu Han turned around, Long Yun stopped Lu Han again, thought for a while and said, "Go, send someone to quietly call Luo Binghui."

"Cousin, Luo Binghui is a member of the Marshal's guard, and the Marshal treats him very highly."

"Aren't you and I also from the Marshal's Guards?"

Long Yun talked about Lu Han bluntly, and then explained: "I have a lot of contact with this person. He is different from us. This person is a person who takes the world's major events into his heart, and he is completely different from the commander-in-chief. People. The commander-in-chief talks about saving the country and the people every day, and he talks about his achievements in the year of [-], but in reality, the army is not paid enough, and many officers and soldiers have not had the full salary for several months. But the commander-in-chief brothers are still eating Big drink, life is very enjoyable. People like Luo Binghui have long been displeased with the current life of the handsome brother. It’s just that he has not left because of the promotion of the handsome brother. I think as long as there is a chance , he will choose to leave the Marshal."

"Cousin, don't make a mistake. If you make a mistake, we will be passive."

"Don't worry. After all, he was born in the Marshal's Guard. Although he has come out to serve as the company commander, he is also serving as the squadron leader of the Marshal's Guard. With his help, everything will be much easier."

"understood."

"Go."

182 Reorganization of the Yunnan Army

"Minister Xiong (Xiong Kewu), tell us about your military affairs department's plan."

"General, we think it is more appropriate for the Dian Army to form two divisions and one mixed brigade, with three brigades under each division, and a total of seven infantry brigades. In addition, the guard regiment, supply regiment, and artillery regiment attached to the division headquarters Class, the full staff is 3000 people."

Yunnan Army.

On July 1918, 7, the fourth day after the Wanxian Incident was successfully resolved, Duan Xun received a telegram from the Yunnan Army.Gu Pinzhen and Luo Peijin jointly sent a telegram to Duan Xun, expressing that the Yunnan Army was willing to accept Duan Xun's command and Duan Xun's designation.I hope Duan Xun can give the Yunnan Army the number of the Southwest Frontier Defense Force.

Duan Xun was surprised and delighted when he received this telegram.

The Dian Army is Duan Xun's most troublesome unit. Duan Xun has always been cautious in handling the affairs of the Dian Army, and only played slowly infiltrating.Now finally there will be results, and the Yunnan Army is willing to accept reorganization.But how to reorganize the Yunnan Army is another big problem for Duan Xun.This does not mean that if the Yunnan Army is willing to accept reorganization, it can be reorganized randomly. It requires steps and concessions.Just like before the Central Plains War in history, Lao Jiang moved too fast and the national army reorganized too hard, which immediately aroused the resistance of the local warlords and caused the Central Plains War.Even after the victory of the Central Plains War, Lao Jiang had several opportunities to slowly infiltrate and slowly reorganize those warlord troops.But Lao Jiang still chose radical reorganization actions, which backfired and made the confrontation between the local warlords and the central government more and more fierce.