Beiyang reactionaries

"Old Zhi."

"How's the troop gathering going?"

"In another month or so, the troops will be able to assemble."

"it is good."

Duan Qirui thought for a while and said, "After the Congress settles the cabinet matter, we will hold a military meeting. Let's discuss how to deal with those people."

Duan Qirui had long thought that Feng Guozhang and Cao Kun's troops were not pleasing to the eye, and had long wanted to deal with them.Now they jump out like this, so let's fight.

As long as Feng Guozhang and Cao Kun's troops are destroyed, China's political power is still in its own hands.After all, so much talk, the final result still has to be decided on the battlefield.

"Yes."

217 Hunan Problem

"Prime Minister Duan has character in success, and character in failure."

Duan Xun sighed when he saw the telegram Xu Shuzheng sent to him.

In fact, after Duan Xun confused public opinion, the pressure on Duan Qirui was much less than in history.At this time, Duan Qirui came out to show a little helplessness, and then said that the government would never sign at the Paris Peace Conference, so many unfavorable impressions could be saved in public opinion.

pity.

Duan Qirui is not a person who admits mistakes easily.

Duan Qirui is the kind of person who is more pressured, and the more pressure others put on him, the harder his attitude becomes.Originally, it was mainly student protests. Although the scale was not small, it was not very large either.But Duan Qirui was angry, so he ordered the students to be driven away.

But what is a student?

The students are the most radical group and can easily blow up.From high expectations to great disappointment, the result was a vigorous student movement.They are full of anger now, but the police in Beijing started to drive these students away.How could they bear it.The harder you suppress, the stronger the students' ability to rebound.

So on May 1919, 5, students in Beijing organized a parade of several thousand people.

Duan Qirui immediately confronted students like this.

A large number of military police were sent not only to drive away, but also to arrest disobedient students.More than 160 people were arrested that day.The students are also very tempered. The more you arrest them, the more we will resist.

On May 5, even some middle school students in Beijing ran out.

More people.

Duan Qirui was not soft at all, and arrested more than 800 people that day.

This is not enough.

During the congress meeting from May 1919 to 5, 26, Duan Qirui manipulated the members of the Anfu Department to force Qian Nengxun's cabinet to fall, and many cabinet chiefs were forced to resign.Immediately afterwards, Gong Xinzhan was elected as the Prime Minister, and Fu Liangzuo was appointed as the Chief of the Army.

Too arrogant.

This is what a lot of public opinion thinks.Even if Duan Qirui controlled the Beijing government before, he only relied on the Anfu Congress and the chief ministers of the cabinet to exert influence on them and implement his own policies.Still very disciplined.

Jin Yunpeng disobeyed Duan Xun's orders several times, but Duan Qirui didn't do anything to him, just beat him.Because Duan Qirui doesn't want to directly interfere with the Beijing government and doesn't want to break some rules.But usually you are doing well, but now under such circumstances, you are so reckless.

It's like doing it against everyone on purpose.

This is Duan Qirui's character.

This kind of character brought Duan Qirui to his current position.That is to be indomitable and not to change your decision easily.Even if he encounters huge difficulties, Duan Qirui will always face them.That's why we can succeed.

But it is very inappropriate to put it now.

"That's right. With Duan Hefei like this, the public opinion is all directed at him."

Yang Yongtai also frowned deeply.

Duan Xun spent a lot of money here to stir up public opinion.Duan Qirui's pressure was relieved, but Duan Qirui didn't expect that he didn't appreciate it at all.Duan Qirui himself doesn't care about the current public opinion at all.

At present, so many groups across the country are calling on Duan Qirui to release the students, calling on Duan Qirui not to go too far.But Duan Qirui completely ignored them.

reputation.

The reputation completely stinks.

"Premier Duan still trusts the army in his hands too much."

Duan Qirui is too superstitious about the strength of his army.

Always think that the army can determine all power.It is also because he trusts his army too much that Duan Qirui doesn't care about Cao Kun, Zhang Zuolin, or Liang Qichao.

But it is precisely because of this that Duan Qirui is now besieged on all sides.Except for the generals of the Anhui faction, Duan Qirui of all other factions were completely offended.

"Tap-tap-"

"General."

"what happened?"

Bai Jianwu is not only responsible for Duan Xun's propaganda work, but also responsible for Duan Xun's liaison work.The current situation is tense, and all kinds of news are constantly coming from all over the country. Bai Jianwu's job is to sort out these news.

Bai Jianwu will classify the information and send it to various departments here.Important things need to be delivered to Duan Xun as soon as possible.

"Baoqing Telegram, Li Kuiyuan's No.11 Division and Tian Shuxun's No.14 Brigade are heading south, and are currently confronting the Hunan Army in Hengshan."

"The Eleventh Division has also gone?"

"Yes."

Hunan is about to fight.

Wu Peifu's troops have all withdrawn from Hunan, and follow-up troops have also entered the Xiangyang area.The vanguard of Wu Peifu's third division entered the Baoding area of ​​Zhili.It is estimated that it is inevitable that Wu Peifu's large force will return to Baoding within half a month.

After Wu Peifu was gone, the situation in Hunan suddenly changed drastically.

The Hunan Army, which had been suppressed for a long time, took over Wu Peifu's original Hengyang position, and its strength greatly expanded.Because Zhang Jingyao only controlled the Changsha area, there were still many Hunan militias active in the eastern part of Hunan.

Zhang Jingyao was not strong enough, but Wu Peifu, who was very strong, didn't have that kind of mood, so the Hunan militias active in the eastern Hunan area separated one by one in the eastern Hunan area.In fact, it is to control some county towns and be a tyrant there.For example, Hunan Wang Hejian in history is currently a relatively powerful militia force in eastern Hunan.

As the Hunan Army took over Wu Peifu's position, these Hunan militia groups in the eastern Hunan area also began to contact the Hunan Army, wanting to accept an official designation from Tan Yankai, the Hunan Governor appointed by the Guangdong Military Government.

In a short period of time, the situation in the entire eastern Hunan region began to deteriorate.

Zhang Jingyao, as the governor of Hunan, of course can't just ignore it.

So start dispatching troops.It's just that Li Kuiyuan's No. 11 division also went south to join the war.In fact, although Li Kuiyuan is not considered a direct line general, he has always had a good relationship with the direct line.Therefore, Zhang Jingyao was very afraid of Li Kuiyuan's troops stationed in the Xiangtan area.I was worried that Li Kuiyuan and himself would seize control of Changsha.

"It seems that the Xiang army is making a lot of trouble."