Beiyang reactionaries

Listening to Duan Xun's words, some people were excited, while others were worried.

The venue was sensational.

Duan Xun paused for a moment, and when the meeting place became quiet again, he continued: "According to the plan, the troops were about to take action and immediately encircled and suppressed the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army. But what I saw and heard in Shaanxi these days really surprised me. I can’t believe it. Opium is flooding, more than one-third of the land in Shaanxi is actually planted with opium, and opium is sold throughout Shaanxi. The army has no military discipline, and the soldiers and bandits are a family, which is a disaster for the local people. Some places have been horribly damaged by the army, which is appalling.”

193 Controlling Shaanxi 2

Quiet.

Needle drop can be heard.

Because everyone is caught off guard.

Obviously today's meeting is a meeting to suppress bandits, that is, a meeting to encircle and suppress the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army.Duan Xun gathered bigwigs from the political, business, academic, and military circles in Xi'an to hold a mobilization meeting.Let everyone not hold back, and introduce some information to everyone, so that everyone can cooperate.

Everyone thought so before coming here.

But what is Duan Xun saying now?

What opium rampage?Bad military discipline?There are even words such as "a family of soldiers and bandits" and "shocking" used in it.What does this have to do with the encirclement and suppression of the Yasukuni Army in Shaanxi? Everyone is inexplicable.

Even some people with sharp eyesight were shocked in their hearts.

opium?

At the beginning of this year, Chen Shufan publicly issued an order to the various county governments below to plant opium, and it is mandatory that more than half of the places where opium is produced must be planted with opium.

The purpose is very simple, it is for money.

There is also Zhensong Army.

As for the poor military discipline, who is talking about it?Chen Shufan's army or Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong army?Thinking of it this way, the complexions of a few quick-witted people changed drastically, and it can be said that they turned pale with shock.

What is Duan Xun going to do?

What is Duan Xun's purpose?

"Bang bang bang-"

The conference room was buzzing again, this time it was Xiong Kewu who knocked on the table.Xiong Kewu has also been in a high position for many years. With a glance, the venue quickly fell silent.After Duan Xun waited for everyone to digest for a while, he continued: "I think many of you here today have heard my name, Duan Xun. The two things that I, Duan Xun, hate the most in my life are opium and the army. There is no military discipline. As an army, it harms the local area and forgets the mission of soldiers.”

"I was in the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Thousands of people were shot to ban smoking. When I guarded Luzhou in the Battle of Hongxian (the War to Protect the Nation) and captured Naxi, the current Governor of Hunan was also the seventh commander of the Second Route Commander Zhang Jingyao. The division plundered Naxi. I shot dozens of officers and soldiers of Zhang Jingyao’s [-]th Division on the spot. This year’s Hunan War, our troops and Wu Peifu’s and Zhang Jingyao’s troops jointly captured Changsha. Zhang Jingyao’s [-]th Division, Zhao Ti’s Henan Army, Chen Guangyuan The Jiangxi army looted in Changsha, and our troops shot hundreds of people in Changsha."

Murderous.

Following Duan Xun's words, many people present really remembered.After Duan Xun took over Sichuan, he vigorously banned smoking and shot many people.He even used opium as an excuse to attack Yunnan and expelled Tang Jiyao.

and military discipline.

At present, among the Chinese army, when it comes to military discipline, who doesn't know that the military discipline of Duan Xun's troops is the first.Even Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang's troops are inferior to Duan Xun in terms of military discipline.

But what on earth is Duan Xun going to do?

How to say Shaanxi is not Duan Xun's territory, at most Duan Xun accepted the order to enter Shaanxi to encircle and suppress the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army.Duan Xun is not qualified to intervene in Shaanxi's internal affairs.

"He Yaozu."

"General."

"Come and read to everyone, what is inhumane, what is appalling."

"Yes."

He Yaozu was originally standing on one side, but when he heard Duan Xun's order, he immediately walked over, stood in the middle and said, "On October 1917th, the sixth year of the Republic of China (30), Li Fengyi of the Third Brigade of the Shaanxi Army The soldiers looted Yangping Han Village, killed and injured more than 17 villagers, raped 11 women, and the youngest was only [-] years old."

"On October 14th in the sixth year of the Republic of China, the Guo Jian Division of the Shaanxi Jingguo Army robbed Linjin, killing and wounding [-] people. Yang Suotou, the battalion commander of Guo Jian's Division, forced two concubines in Linjin."

"December [-], the sixth year of the Republic of China..."

"On February 1918, the seventh year of the Republic of China (22)..."

Duan Xun has been in Xi'an for more than a month, and Duan Xun's troops have been around Xi'an for almost two months.They have been here for such a long time, but they don't eat, drink and have fun every day.

Duan Xun didn't come to Shaanxi to eat, drink and have fun.

But on the whole, the time to enter Shaanxi is still a bit short.Therefore, the most investigated thing is Fengxiang.Because the first person in the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army to carry the banner was Guo Jian.

Guo Jian raised his troops in Fengxiang.

Because Guo Jian stayed here in his early years, there are many direct descendants of Guo Jian here.When Guo Jian was attacking Zhang Xun, he was put together by Chen Shufan and almost died in Shanxi.It was Yang Hucheng, who was the battalion commander of the Wang Feihu regiment of Chen Shufan's army at that time, who made way for Guo Jian to return to Shaanxi alive.After Guo Jian returned to Shaanxi, he responded to Sun Yat-sen's law protection movement and raised troops against Chen Shufan.

Because Guo Jian raised troops in Fengxiang, from the end of 1917 to the first few months of this year (1918), Chen Shufan's troops and Guo Jian's troops clashed in Fengxiang many times.Like Qiang Bai, the military discipline of the two armies was extremely poor.The two of them not only fight every day in Fengxiang, but also harm Fengxiang every day.

Even Guo Jian's troops have worse military discipline in this respect.

Even Fengxiang has a folk song circulating: "The six years of the Republic of China have passed, and Fengxiang's mountains and rivers are in great difficulty. Guo Jian's officers and soldiers are like tigers and leopards. As soon as they enter the village, they shoot three shots. The doors are painted, the walls are floating in the sea, and the houses are dug into Huji cellars. , I was so scared that my daughter-in-law peed in her crotch, and my sister was so scared that she sat by the well.”

It can be seen how much the people of Fengxiang hate Guo Jian.

Guo Jian is like this, and Chen Shufan's troops are not much better.Guo Jian's army is a miscellaneous army and needs to raise its own military expenses.Therefore, they looted places at every turn.As for Chen Shufan's army, they were funded by Chen Shufan.

In order to repay Chen Shufan's credit, they often do things that kill good people and pretend to be meritorious.A village would be slaughtered as soon as he made a move, and Fengxiang's blood debts continued.

Following what He Yaozu said one by one, many people below were dumbfounded.Especially many celebrities in Xi'an, although they have heard that the military discipline of the army is not good, but they really say it, it is absolutely appalling.

Sitting next to him, Chen Shufan felt his heart was up and down.

Because he really couldn't figure out what Duan Xun meant.What is Duan Xun going to do?What is Duan Xun's purpose?Who is Duan Xun after all?Thinking about it this way, Chen Shufan suddenly felt that there were some problems with today's matter, and that all of Duan Xun's statements now had problems.

As long as people start to have doubts, they will become very sensitive.

Chen Shufan has almost completely let go of his original guard during this time.Because Duan Xun's troops gathered in Dali, as if they were going to attack Guo Jian.Even Liu Xiang sent a telegram yesterday asking for instructions on when to start attacking Guo Jian.Duan Xun said at the time that he should be prepared and the order would be issued within three days.

Not only Liu Xiang's side, Yuan Zuming, who is currently stationed in Fengxiang, also sent a telegram to express the next action plan.Duan Xun also gave him an order to prepare for attacking Chunhua and Binzhou.

All that Duan Xun did showed that Duan Xun was about to carry out a large-scale military operation to encircle and suppress the Yasukuni Army in Shaanxi.Because Duan Xun used the telegraph office in Xi'an to send and receive telegrams, Chen Shufan knew the contents very well.Duan Xun's actions made Chen Shufan completely believe that Duan Xun really wanted to deal with the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army, rather than having other ideas.

And Chen Shufan really believed it.

Because Duan Xun and himself are both Duan Qirui's people, Duan Qirui's sending Duan Xun in will certainly not be detrimental to him.If Duan Qirui even dealt with such a loyal and loyal person who worked for Duan Qirui, then no one would listen to Duan Qirui in the future.

So I really let go of my guard slowly.

But today's meeting was so weird that Chen Shufan immediately became sensitive.

Chen Shufan couldn't help but look at the venue and the army at the venue.Looking at it this way, Chen Shufan's face began to turn livid.I didn't notice it before, but I just saw it now. The gun-carrying people in today's venue are all Duan Xun's people.When I came here by myself, I also brought my own guards.But only now did he realize that there was no guard of his own in the venue.

Where did these people go?