Beiyang reactionaries

As long as he guards Hankou himself, he will never let Wan Xuan take over Hankou.

"Are you sure?"

Wang Zhanyuan stared at Sun Chuanfang.

In fact, what Wang Zhanyuan wants to say is that the Eighth Division has turned their backs now, should we run away now?It's just that no matter how greedy and despicable Wang Zhanyuan is, this kind of face is still needed, how can he say that he wants to run away.Now seeing that his beloved general, Sun Chuanfang, is defending Hankou, he hesitates again.

"Teacher, what is Hankou? Hankou has gathered consulates from various countries. It is absolutely impossible for Duan Xun's troops to attack Hankou with cannons. And their marine police force is to scare people and dare not fire. If they How could those foreigners in Hankou agree to fire the guns? As long as they dare not fire the guns, I can defend Hankou and prevent them from coming over.”

Sun Chuanfang immediately patted his chest to reassure.

And Sun Chuanfang is not aimless.Whether or not Hankou can be held, Sun Chuanfang has done an analysis.

"Teacher, in fact, we have not reached the point of retreat. At present, Zhang Jingyao and the Hunan Army have fought several times in Hunan, but Zhang Jingyao has not gained the upper hand. The longer the delay, the more unfavorable Zhang Jingyao's situation will be. After all, it is Hunan, and the Hunan Army After occupying the Hengyang area, the eastern Hunan area has been fully opened. As long as there is time, the Hunan army will naturally recover. However, Zhang Jingyao's reputation in Hunan is too bad to get any supplements. Even Zhang Jingyao's younger brother died in Liling a few days ago , it can be seen that Zhang Jingyao's current troops are already stretched, otherwise it would be impossible for his younger brother to go out in person. Therefore, I guess Zhang Jingyao will be defeated in a short time. When the Hunan army floods into Changsha, will Duan Xun be able to sit still? ?As long as the Hunan army controls Changsha, Wan Xuan can only choose to retreat and return to Hunan to protect Yueyang. Therefore, as long as we hold Hankou, the situation will still go in a direction that is beneficial to us."

Sun Chuanfang immediately encouraged Wang Zhanyuan.

Because Sun Chuanfang knew that as long as Wang Zhanyuan chose to retreat and leave Wuchang, the entire situation in Hubei would immediately deteriorate.As long as Wan Xuancai wins Wuchang, then Wang Zhanyuan will completely become a bereaved dog.

Wang Zhanyuan's Hubei governor was also useless immediately.

At that time, not to mention the Second Mixed Brigade of the Hubei Army, the First Mixed Brigade of the Hubei Army under his own hands, or even Wang Zhanyuan's Second Division may disperse in a hurry.

This is not what Sun Chuanfang wants.

Under the current unfavorable circumstances, the only way is to save Wuchang.

"Brigade Commander Sun is thinking too simply. You can block Wan Xuancai's army, so how can we block the troops coming from Jingzhou? Duan Xun's troops from Jingzhou are still entering our Hubei continuously. How can there be four A division of troops. If Hunan does not develop according to your ideas, then what should we do?"

"To shut up."

Just as Liu Zuolong, who was sitting on Wang Zhanyuan's left, questioned, Sun Chuanfang sternly reprimanded Liu Zuolong.

Then he stared at Liu Zuolong fiercely.

Sun Chuanfang was really furious.Wang Zhanyuan was also a fierce general of the Beiyang Army back then, but he had been a military governor and governor of Hubei for many years, and he was pampered for too long, and he completely lost his vigor back then.Now Wang Zhanyuan only wants to make money, not to fight.

The current situation is unfavorable, and Wang Zhanyuan already has plans to escape.

Anyway, Wang Zhanyuan is also a veteran of the Beiyang Army. As long as he announces his resignation, as long as he leaves Hubei, Duan Qirui will not pursue it anyway.But Wang Zhanyuan thought so, but Sun Chuanfang didn't.

Sun Chuanfang is only 34 years old, and he wants to do something big, how can he retire with Wang Zhanyuan.

So it was hard to cheer up Wang Zhanyuan and make him give up the idea of ​​running away.But Liu Zuolong, a blind bastard, once again shaken Wang Zhanyuan's determination.Sun Chuanfang wished he could shoot Liu Zuolong.

Being reprimanded by Sun Chuanfang made Liu Zuolong furious.

But he didn't show it, he just sat there gloomy.

"Teacher, until the end, whoever wins can speak well. As long as Wuchang is in hand, the commander is the justifiable governor of Hubei. But once Wuchang is lost, then we have nothing."

After Sun Chuanfang reprimanded Liu Zuolong, he immediately continued to persuade Wang Zhanyuan.Wang Zhanyuan nodded slightly, because Sun Chuanfang was right.Although Wang Zhanyuan had a lot of money after he left the field, he was not afraid of poverty.After all, Wang Zhanyuan has been greedy all these years and doesn't know how much money he has.

But compared with being a warlord in Hubei, it is completely a sky and an underground.If you become the governor of Hubei by yourself, then you are a person with a reputation in China.When I go out, I'm just a rich old man.

After thinking about it, I still couldn't bear the position of the Governor of Hubei, so I said: "Xin Yuan, you take your Hubei Army's First Mixed Brigade, and I will give you the Second Division's Fourth Brigade. Hold Hankou for me, and prevent Wan Xuan from letting you go." One soldier passed through Hankou."

"Yes."

"Wan Qing (Liu Zuolong)."

"arrive."

"Take your troops to guard Hanyang, and don't let some little thieves come to Hanyang to make trouble. And keep an eye on those people in the Hanyang Arsenal, and let them work overtime to produce weapons for me. I want to expand the army in Wuchang and rebuild the second army of the Hubei Army. The mixed brigade and the third mixed brigade. Then you will be in charge of the second mixed brigade."

"Yes."

226 Battle of Hubei, Wuchang 2

"Damn."

Back in his unit, Liu Zuolong threw his teacup on the ground when he got angry.

damn it.

Sun Chuanfang, what's so great about you.

After so many years, he is still only a brigade commander, and his position is not higher than himself, but he calls and shouts at himself, really treating himself as his subordinate.Although Wang Zhanyuan has always admired Sun Chuanfang, so what.What right do you have to blow your beard and stare at yourself.Liu Zuolong was not from the Beiyang Army.Liu Zuolong was born in the Hubei army with a serious history.

Liu Zuolong belonged to Li Yuanhong.

In the early years, he made his fortune in the Hubei Army because of the support of Li Yuanhong.Liu Zuolong studied since he was a child, but he failed in the imperial examination, so he threw himself into the army and joined the Hubei New Army at the end of the Qing Dynasty.Because Liu Zuolong himself has a high level of education, he is very conspicuous among a group of mud-legged people.Therefore, Li Yuanhong, the commander of the Hubei New Army Association at that time, was very optimistic about Liu Zuolong, so he recommended Liu Zuolong to study in Hubei Higher School.

After returning, he served as Li Yuanhong's team officer, and soon followed Li Yuanhong to suppress civil uprisings, and was promoted to a supervisor.When Li Yuanhong participated in the Wuchang Uprising, Liu Zuolong served as the standard.

After Li Yuanhong became the governor of Hubei, Liu Zuolong served as the deacon of the governor's mansion and the commander of the Imperial Guard.When garrisoning Dajunshan, the Qing army was counted and disarmed a lot.Li Yuanhong praised Liu Zuolong very much at that time, saying that he "has the demeanor of a Confucian general."

It can be said that once Li Yuanhong was promoted to an official, Liu Zuolong was promoted to a higher level.As early as the first year of the Republic of China, Liu Zuolong was already well-known among the Hubei army, and he was already a big shot.

It's just that Li Yuanhong went to Beijing to serve as the vice president. Duan Qirui and Duan Zhigui took turns to supervise Hubei and began to reduce the strength of the revolutionary party and Li Yuanhong.Therefore, Liu Zuolong can only rely on the Beiyang Army.

Later Wang Zhanyuan supervised Hubei, and Liu Zuolong defected to Wang Zhanyuan.

Liu Zuolong is very smart.

Wang Zhanyuan is greedy and contemptible, and he values ​​money more than anything else.So Liu Zuolong thought of a way for Wang Zhanyuan.At that time, there was a call for disarmament all over the country. Although this had no effect, there were quite a few people who shouted this slogan at that time.

Liu Zuolong told Wang Zhanyuan that veterans could be abolished in Hubei and recruits recruited.Abolishing veterans can give Wang Zhanyuan a good reputation and reduce a large amount of military pay.

More importantly, the abolition of the original troops in Hubei made Yuan Shikai and Duan Qirui very happy.Because these troops are not the troops of the Revolutionary Party, but the troops of Li Yuanhong.Cutting them all out is exactly what they want.

So the above is happy to see what happens.

However, these veterans were very dissatisfied. Most of the troops of the Hubei Yasukuni Army in the Dharma Protection War came from these veterans who were dismissed by Wang Zhanyuan.

What's more, Liu Zuolong asked Wang Zhanyuan to abolish the veterans of the Beiyang Army's direct line troops.

why?

Those veterans are paid too much.Liu Zuolong asked Wang Zhanyuan to forcibly discharge many veterans, and then recruited new recruits. The salary of recruits was one-third of that of veterans.In this way, how much military pay can Wang Zhanyuan swallow.

Because Liu Zuolong is so considerate of Wang Zhanyuan, Wang Zhanyuan appreciates Liu Zuolong more and more.

Promote him all the way.

Now Liu Zuolong looks at the most important Hanyang for Wang Zhanyuan.

"Teacher, what's the matter?"