Beiyang reactionaries

Mud can't support the wall.

But after the reprimand, Lu Rongting still explained: "How can Duan Xun have the time and energy to fight with us. Now the situation in the north is getting more and more tense, and half of Wu Peifu's troops have already passed Changsha. When the third division also leaves Hunan, when the time comes The pressure on Duan Qirui in the north will increase sharply. Duan Qirui thinks too much of himself these years and has offended too many people. With the cooperation of Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, and Zhang Zuolin, whether Duan Qirui's position can be secured is a problem As Duan Qirui's general, Duan Xun must go north to support Duan Qirui, so he doesn't have the energy to fight with us. Now he is just scaring us. Look at this."

Said that Lu Rongting handed Mo Rongxin's telegram to Tan Haoming.

Tan Haoming took a look and asked in confusion: "Brother, where did Chen Jiongming and the others get the money to buy the arms, and where can they buy the arms from?"

Tan Haoming is a mediocre talent who can't do anything.

But after all, he has been a high-ranking official for so many years, and he is also Lu Rongting's closest and most trusted person, so some things are known.When is it now, the price of weapons in the domestic arms market has soared, more than three times, four times and five times faster than before.

Where did Chen Jiongming get the money from?

That's Fujian.

The clink of poverty is not as rich as Guangxi.Chen Jiongming's army is in southern Fujian, and the annual fiscal revenue of more than a dozen counties is estimated to be less than hundreds of thousands, and even the local police may not be able to support them.What can this little money do.

And even if they were rich, where did the weapon come from?

All forces in China now want to buy weapons, but the domestic market is currently priceless, and there are not many arms to be found at all.There are only a few hundred rods, a few hundred rods.But even such a business is booming now.For some small warlords, hundreds of rifles are a huge supplement for them.

Many powerful arms dealers even collect those old-fashioned weapons locally.

Regardless of whether it is of good quality or bad, regardless of whether it is powerful or weak, as long as it is a weapon, arms dealers are collecting it.Then take it out and sell it, and earn a lot of money.

So Tan Haoming really couldn't figure it out.

Where did Chen Jiongming get so many weapons?Gui Jun has been sending people everywhere to buy weapons recently, but it has been to no avail.

"I don't know exactly who sold them the weapons. Anyway, according to the news from the arms market, Chen Jiongming got at least tens of thousands of Hanyang-made guns and a large amount of ammunition. As for money, Chen Jiongming and the others control the land route from Fujian to Guangdong. How could there be no money when a large amount of opium passed through their premises."

"Which bloody bastard, sell them so many weapons. Let me know, he must be shot."

Tan Haoming was indignant.

damn it.

Lu Rongting also offered a high price to buy weapons from the domestic market.But the current domestic market has no weapons at all. For more than a month, Lu Rongting has only purchased about a thousand weapons at a price higher than the market price.In this way, many local warlords still envy Lu Rongting.

But Chen Jiongming, a bastard, actually won tens of thousands of Hanyang shots at once, which is really unfair.

"Do you know now?"

"what?"

Tan Haoming was at a loss.

I don't understand what Lu Rongting said.Seeing Tan Haoming like this, Lu Rongting really hated iron but steel.Although Tan Haoming is very loyal to himself, he is really far behind in ability.

But Tan Haoming is the most loyal person under his command, so Lu Rongting still explained to him.

"Chen Jiongming is restless and always wants to fight back to Guangdong. But even if Chen Jiongming has this batch of arms, his strength is not as good as ours. At this time, Duan Xun suddenly emphasized that we planted opium just to show Chen Jiongming and others, yes Embolden Chen Jiongming."

When Lu Rongting said this, seeing that Tan Haoming still didn't quite understand, he was furious.

But in the end he sighed and continued: "Duan Qirui must be very stressed because the situation in the north is on the verge of breaking out. Therefore, Duan Qirui needs Duan Xun to send troops to the north. But our Guangxi and Duan Qirui's Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hunan are all At the border, he was worried that we would stab them in the back when they were fighting. So he made such a gesture to show Chen Jiongming, to give Chen Jiongming courage, and let Chen Jiongming attack Guangdong with peace of mind. Only when we fight with Chen Jiongming can Duan Xun be confident and bold It is necessary to transfer troops to the north to support Duan Qirui."

"Oh, yes, yes."

Tan Haoming nodded repeatedly.

When Lu Rongting said this, Tan Haoming understood what Lu Rongting meant, and also understood what Duan Xun meant.

Then he said, "Brother, that's what Duan Xun thought. Brother, since there is going to be a war in the north, shouldn't we take the opportunity to capture places like Yunnan and Guizhou? Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi have always wanted to fight back to their hometowns."

Tan Haoming was very excited.

Duan Qirui wants to fight Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and the others, it is really great.In the past few years, he was suppressed too much by the Beiyang Army, which made Tan Haoming have a shadow over the Beiyang Army.Now hearing that the Beiyang Army is going to fight among themselves, and they are going to fight, Tan Haoming is inexplicably excited.

beat.

It is best to play the brain of a dog with a human brain.

Only in this way can the Gui army have a chance.

"Wait, let's see Duan Xun's deployment. Even if Duan Xun's large troops go north, he will still leave a lot of troops on these borders. The first thing to do now is to solve the problem of the Cantonese Army. Solve the Cantonese Army Only then can we have no worries.”

Lu Rongting thought of many problems in a short period of time.

Duan Xun must be in contact with Chen Jiongming and the others.When Chen Jiongming started preparing for war, Duan Xun began to blame himself for growing opium. How could there be such a coincidence.Cao Kun and the others wanted to fight Duan Qirui, so they wooed Lu Rongting and the Hunan army.

This retreat is to hand over the position to the Hunan Army, and then expect the Hunan Army to contain Zhang Jingyao and Duan Xun's troops in Hunan.Seeing this, Duan Xun contacted Chen Jiongming, intending to use Chen Jiongming to contain him.

In fact, everyone's actions are very clear, even if they are in the middle of the game, everyone can see clearly.

The biggest problem in China now is the internal strife in the Beiyang Army, and there are many small problems around this matter.Everyone was looking for allies. Cao Kun and the others found Lu Rongting and the Hunan Army, and Duan Xun found Chen Jiongming.

Now everyone is tearing their faces openly, now it depends on who is stronger than whom on the battlefield.

Lu Rongting scoffed at Duan Xun wanting Chen Jiongming to restrain him.

Thinking too well.

Don't say that Chen Jiongming is now preparing for war in southern Fujian. In fact, Lu Rongting has long wanted to destroy Chen Jiongming's troops, as well as Sun Yat-sen's troops left in Fujian and Guangdong.

It's just that there was no excuse to destroy Chen Jiongming's troops before, but now that they dare to expand their army without permission, they have enough excuses to destroy them.Because although the Fujian-Guangdong Army is a member of Sun Yat-sen, in terms of affiliation, this army should obey the orders of the Guangdong Governor.Because this army was originally a Guangdong army, and it was adapted by Zhu Qinglan's Provincial Defense Army.When this provincial defense force was handed over to Chen Jiongming, it was stipulated that this force must obey the orders of the Guangdong Governor.

At that time, Chen Jiongming was still unwilling.How could I possibly listen to Mo Rongxin?

It was Sun Yat-sen who appeased Chen Jiongming and told him to be a little more patient for the great cause of the revolution.Anyway, after the troops were in hand, it was Chen Jiongming's decision whether to listen to Mo Rongxin's orders or not.

But in name, Chen Jiongming's Fujian-Guangdong Army is still a unit of the Guangdong Governor, and a unit of the Guangdong Military Government.Now Chen Jiongming did not report to the Guangdong military government, nor did he report to Guangdong Governor Mo Rongxin, so he expanded the army privately and increased the number of troops without permission.Lu Rongting has enough excuses to destroy them.

Is Chen Jiongming strong?

His troops add up to seven or eight thousand rifles.If it weren't for the fact that the Fujian warlords were too weak, how could it be possible for Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi to gain a firm foothold in southern Fujian.Even if tens of thousands of rifles were purchased this time, the total number of long and short rifles in Chen Jiongming's troops would not be more than [-].

In comparison, Lu Rongting has 3 direct troops in Guangdong alone, plus the Guangdong local army and the troops stationed in Guangdong and Yunnan, and can command more than 5 people.If I send some more people here in Guangxi, there will be 7 to [-] people by then.

Kill Chen Jiongming?

Easily.

"I'm going to lead troops into Guangdong this time. You should take good care of your family in Guangxi."

"Brother, you want to enter Guangdong."

"En. This time, Chen Jiongming must be solved once and for all, and Sun Yat-sen's influence in Guangdong must be completely eradicated, and he cannot be allowed to come to Guangdong again. Moreover, Tang Jiyao and Liu Xianshi have been idle with me for a long time, and they should give me something Force. Remember, don’t provoke Duan Xun’s troops. Since Duan Xun wants Chen Jiongming to restrain my troops, I will give him such a result. So that Duan Xun’s troops can go north quickly. Wait for Duan Xun’s troops to go north, southwest It is not certain who will be the master of this place in the future.”