Beiyang reactionaries

Li Kuiyuan's No.11 Division was dispatched, indicating that the situation in Hunan has changed a lot.Otherwise, Zhang Jingyao would not order Li Kuiyuan, and it is also impossible for Li Kuiyuan to obey Zhang Jingyao's orders.

But since Li Kuiyuan moved, it shows that the Hunan Army is very strong, and the two of them must unite.

"Send a telegram to Li Jishen, asking him to pay close attention to the changes in the situation in Hunan. Others can be ignored, but Changsha must not fall into the hands of the Hunan Army. If Zhang Jingyao has the upper hand, don't worry about it. Once Zhang Jingyao's troops are defeated by the Hunan Army, Zhang Jingyao will leave Changsha, then our troops must enter Changsha first."

"Yes."

Bai Jianwu walked out after taking the order.

"Brother Changqing, do you think Zhang Jingyao can win?"

"General, I think it's quite embarrassing. Although the Hunan Army is active, Zhang Jingyao and Li Kuiyuan are temporarily cooperating. But the relationship between the two is not good after all. If the battle is unfavorable, I guess both of them will run away first. And Zhang Jingyao only wants to be here this year. Hunan is getting rich, and the troops must not be able to watch it. And the Hunan Army has been living hard in Guiyang and Chenzhou during this period, and its morale must be much higher than that of Zhang Jingyao's troops."

"Hey--"

Zhang Jingyao, Zhang Jingyao.

Duan Xun is not like today, hoping that Zhang Jingyao can stop the Hunan Army.Although the relationship between Duan Xun and Zhang Jingyao is not good, they are both generals of the Anhui Department.Moreover, Zhang Jingyao is different from Chen Shufan. Chen Shufan is just a local warlord who is attached to Duan Qirui, while Zhang Jingyao is the direct descendant of Duan Qirui.

Now Duan Xun is not a lot in the Hunan army, and he is counting on Zhang Jingyao to contain the Hunan army.Leave yourself time to solve Hubei and Guangxi.

But judging from Zhang Jingyao's past performance?

Duan Xun really couldn't believe Zhang Jingyao's ability.If the Hunan Army is allowed to enter Changsha in one go, the strength of the Hunan Army will increase greatly by then, and the threat to Duan Xun will be too great.There is definitely a relationship between the Hunan Army and Wu Peifu, and the direct lineage.Therefore, Duan Xun would rather that Zhang Jingyao continued to rule Hunan than the Hunan Army.

"Cichen (Xu Yongchang)."

"teacher."

Duan Xun occupied the Shaanxi Governor's Mansion in Xi'an, which was the former Shaanxi Governor's Mansion.Duan Xun's four provincial frontier supervision agencies all work here.This is also good for handling things.

In particular, the General Staff of the Military Department of the Frontier Supervision Administration of the four provinces is located in Duan Xun's command room.

When Duan Xun and Yang Yongtai were talking, the staff of Xu Yongchang and their general staff were studying maps and combat plans at a distance of about [-] meters from Duan Xun.

So Duan Xun called Xu Yongchang, and Xu Yongchang came over immediately.

"Which army is guarding Changli (Changde and Lizhou) now?"

"The Fourth Division Liu Mingzhao (Liu Bocheng) Brigade."

Xu Yongchang is Duan Xun's chief of staff and knows the situation of Duan Xun's troops well.Therefore, whatever Duan Xun asked, he could answer fluently.Duan Xun stood up, came to the map, and looked at it carefully.

Then he said: "Cichen, do we have a recruit camp in Hunan to replenish troops?"

"Have."

Xu Yongchang immediately nodded and said: "Teacher, we have set up two recruit training bases in western Hunan. One is in Baoqing and the other is in Changde. But the scale is not large. This year, two batches of recruits were trained in spring and autumn. The number of new recruits, I estimate, is about 6000 to [-]. And all of them have only undergone simple training, which is not comparable to the training of recruits in the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou."

Although Xu Yongchang is the chief of the general staff, he is not in charge of the mobilization department.Regarding the training of recruits, he only knew a general situation.Duan Xun's mobilization department recruits new recruits in spring and autumn, and then conducts training.

Although it's just training for new recruits, they will still be paid.Otherwise, when you have to work in spring and autumn, you will not be paid to train recruits, who will come and sign up.It's just that Duan Xun's troops haven't expanded their troops for a long time since the ceasefire on the Hunan front.So the recruits are only trained for a few months and then sent back.

"The Special Operations Brigade has been expanded into a temporary third division. Where do the recruits come from?"

Duan Xun thought about it and asked.

Liu Duanshang's special warfare brigade is currently stationed in Lingling, and has just been expanded into a temporary third division. However, the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Mobilization Department are responsible for the expansion.

"It's mainly the recruits trained by Baoqing and the recruits trained by Guizhou."

"That is to say, it is not the recruits from Changde."

"Yes."

"That's good. Cichen, go discuss it with Minister Xiong (Xiong Kewu). Your General Staff and Military Affairs Department will discuss a plan to see if you can transfer Liu Mingzhao's brigade from the Fourth Division to expand the army. Then mainly focus on Changsha. Once there is any change in Changsha, let Liu Mingzhao’s troops station in Changsha and control Changsha. Also block the way for the Hunan Army to go north. Of course, don’t affect the war in Hubei.”

"Yes, teacher. I'll go over now to discuss the plan with Minister Xiong."

"Go."

218 War of Guangdong and Guangxi 2

"Father, Li Kuiyuan's No.11 division has attacked Mount Heng."

On June 1919, 6, war broke out on the Hunan side first.

It was really because Zhang Jingyao couldn't wait any longer.

With the huge momentum of the Hunan Army, those Hunan local militias active in the eastern Hunan area broke away from Zhang Jingyao's control one by one, and one by one contacted the "Hunan Governor" Tan Yankai who was currently in Hengyang.These local militia groups all wanted to get an official designation, so the counties in eastern Hunan were captured one by one.

a lot of.

These armed forces in eastern Hunan are actually not strong.Generally, there are only a few hundred soldiers, and rarely more than 1000 people.However, there are many small forces like this, and the addition of them is not a force that can be ignored casually.Especially when Zhang Jingyao's own strength was not enough to deter the eastern Hunan region, the eastern Hunan region was completely chaotic.Zhang Jingyao has completely lost control of those county towns in eastern Hunan.

Therefore, Zhang Jingyao and Li Kuiyuan really couldn't wait any longer.

They must deal a severe blow to the morale of the Hunan Army before the momentum of the Hunan Army continues to expand.The best way is to defeat the Hunan army on the battlefield.So Li Kuiyuan's No.11 Division began to attack Hengshan.

It hasn't been long since the Hunan Army took over Wu Peifu's Hengyang position, and the defense in Hengshan is not perfect.Therefore, Li Kuiyuan will go all out to drive the Hunan Army directly from Hengshan, and then go straight to Hengyang, the hometown of the Hunan Army.But Hunan has just fought a war, and the whole country knows the news.

What is the situation in the country now.

The Zhili and Anhui factions in the north are in a turmoil, and the troops of the two sides have begun to confront each other in the Zhili area.As long as there is a slight disturbance, the two sides will really fight.On the Henan side, Wu Guangxin and Zhao Ti are fighting for the territory of Henan.

Duan Xun sent two divisions and two mixed brigades into Xiangxi. After entering Luoyang, he publicly expressed his support for Henan Governor Wu Guangxin.With the support of Duan Xun's 3 troops behind him, Wu Guangxin's confidence increased greatly.

Wu Guangxin's Henan Governor's Mansion was placed in Kaifeng, and then he gathered all his troops near Luoyang and Zhengzhou and began to oppress Zhao Ti.Zhao Ti was driven to Runing and Gwangju by Wu Guangxin.Similarly, Jiangsu Governor Li Chun and Zhejiang Governor Lu Yongxiang also actively expanded their troops, and began to gather troops in order to fight for control of Shanghai.

At such a time when the whole country is shrouded in a cloud of war, Hunan started fighting, which immediately brought more unpredictable situations to the current tense situation.This is like dominoes, and what happened in Hunan is likely to ignite the powder kegs in various parts of China.Lu Rongting in Guangzhou also received news that Hunan had already started a war.

At this time, many bigwigs from the Guangdong military government also came to Lu Rongting's side.

Not only Mo Rongxin, the governor of Guangdong, but also Chen Bingkun, the former governor of Guangdong and the current governor of Guangdong.Ma Ji, the adopted son of Lu Rongting, Commander of the First Army of the Guangdong Army, and Lin Hu, Commander of the Second Army of the Guangdong Army.There are also Shen Hongying, the commander of the Third Army of the Guangdong Army, Li Genyuan, the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong-Yunnan Army, Liu Xianshi, the commander-in-chief of the Guangdong-Guizhou Army, and Lin Baoyi, the commander-in-chief of the Dharma Guard Fleet.

Of course, in addition to these people, Cen Chunxuan, the president of the Guangdong Law Protection Military Government, also came to this venue.However, Cen Chunxuan just came to attend as a non-voting delegate, and never thought of interfering in the military meeting of Lu Rongting's troops.

"well."

Lu Rongting finally waited for this day.

Hunan finally fought.Lu Rongting gathered more than 6 troops in Guangdong, but he never dared to do anything because he was worried that Duan Xun would hit him in the back.Worried that when he was at war with Chen Jiongming, Duan Xun's troops attacked Guangxi.

But when Hunan fought, Lu Rongting's worries disappeared.Lu Rongting is sure of the combat effectiveness of the Hunan Army, and Lu Rongting also recognizes several senior generals of the Hunan Army.Including Cheng Qian, Zhao Hengti, and Lin Xiumei, they are all famous generals.

In comparison, although the Beiyang Army on the opposite side is well equipped, its combat effectiveness is really not flattering.In other words, Lu Rongting looked down on the general of the Beiyang Army on the opposite side.If it was replaced by troops like Duan Xun, Wu Peifu, Feng Yuxiang, and Sun Chuanfang, Lu Rongting would definitely attach great importance to them.But people like Zhang Jingyao and Li Kuiyuan, Lu Rongting really didn't like them.

This time when Zhang Jingyao fought against the Hunan Army, Lu Rongting was more optimistic about the Hunan Army.