Beiyang reactionaries

Zhang Xueliang also became famous in the first battle and established his prestige in the Northeast Army.If it wasn't for Guo Songling's rebellion later, the combination of the two of them might be able to create a big situation.

Another one is Wang Zhanyuan and Sun Chuanfang.

Wang Zhanyuan is a greedy and despicable person. In history, none of the troops under his command has not experienced mutiny.Even when Wang Zhanyuan served as the governor of Hubei, there was a period of time when his troops mutinied more than ten times within a year.

because of what.

Because Wang Zhanyuan withheld military pay too much.

But such Wang Zhanyuan, at the most glorious time, participated in national affairs as a giant.At one time, he even considered himself the leader of the eight provinces, which can be said to be reprimanding Fang Qiu.Who is he relying on?Relying on his beloved General Sun Chuanfang.After Sun Chuanfang served as the commander of the second division, he led this force to deter the surrounding areas of Hubei, making Wang Zhanyuan's position as the governor of Hubei more and more stable.It was later that Wu Peifu, the Hunan Army, and the local powerful faction in Hubei united to defeat Sun Chuanfang and drive away Wang Zhanyuan.

Although Wang Zhanyuan is greedy and despicable, he is still a benefactor to Sun Chuanfang.Sun Chuanfang was able to call the wind and rain in Hubei. Although his position was not high, his status was below one person and above ten thousand people, all because of Wang Zhanyuan's importance.

So Sun Chuanfang was really thinking about Wang Zhanyuan this time.

Take a big risk to stick to Hankou and wait for the situation to change.In fact, an officer like Sun Chuanfang doesn't need to fight Duan Qirui's people to the death.Because even if Duan Qirui wins, he can't wipe out all the immediate troops.The direct line has hundreds of thousands of troops.

The most Duan Qirui and the others can do is to let the direct bosses go down, and then reorganize the direct troops.Those officers who are directly connected still need to use it.An outstanding officer like Sun Chuanfang needn't be afraid.

But Wang Zhanyuan was kind to him, so Sun Chuanfang insisted on defending Hankou.

But now it's useless.

Liu Zuolong announced in Hanyang that he would defect to Duan Qirui, which completely cut off the possibility of Wang Zhanyuan staying in Wuchang.Wang Zhanyuan had long thought of leaving Wuchang. It was because he gave him self-confidence that he was allowed to stay in Wuchang.

Now that Hanyang is gone, no matter how much he persuades him, Wang Zhanyuan will also run away.

"Zixin (Lu Yuting)."

"kindness."

"Reorganize the troops and prepare to evacuate. And prepare the train, the warlord will come to Hankou soon."

"Yes."

227 The Battle of Entering Guangxi

On June 1919, 6, when the Zhiwan War broke out, the battle of Duan Xun's troops into Guangxi also broke out at the same time.

On June 6, after Duan Qirui forced the Beijing government to remove several direct military governors, Lu Rongting decided to continue to transfer troops from Guangxi to completely solve the problem in Guangdong.In Guangzhou, Lu Rongting ordered Lin Junting's Second Army of the Guangxi Army to enter Guangdong.In the past four days, Lin Junting's troops have set out from Liuzhou, and most of them have passed through Guiping.

After waiting for three full days, Li Jishen who was stationed in Lingling finally gave the order for troops to attack Guangxi.Li Jishen's order was issued on the evening of the 21st, the second day after Cao Kun and the others issued their order to crusade against Duan Qirui.Therefore, on the evening of the 21st, Duan Xun's troops already had the vanguard troops marching into Guangxi.

A total of four troops entered Guangxi.

The first route is that Liu Duanshang's temporary second division entered Quanzhou from Lingling, entered Xing'an, and finally attacked Guilin.The Fifth Infantry Brigade of the Third Division (Brigade Commander Zhou Xicheng) was temporarily organized as the vanguard, and the troops set off at 21 o'clock in the evening on the [-]st, taking advantage of the darkness.

The second route is the Second Brigade (Tao Zhiyue) of the First Division of the Southwest Frontier Defense Army (commander Li Weiru), using the Hongshui River to enter the hinterland of Guangxi.

The third route was the provisional fourth division (teacher Wang Tianpei) directly attacking Tianbao's remnant Tang Jiyao, and the fourth route was the ninth division (teacher Ye Quan) Fan Shisheng's brigade attacked Baise and attacked Han Caifeng's Rongzi camp.

The Battle of Guangxi and the War of Zhiwan broke out almost at the same time.

The fastest is Wang Tianpei's provisional fourth division.

Wang Tianpei's temporary Fourth Division was originally a unit under the 34th Division.The 34th Division was adapted from the Fourth Mixed Brigade after the National Defense War. After Duan Xun annexed Wu Xiangzhen's Fourth Mixed Brigade, it gradually became the current No.30 Fourth Division.

However, although the designation came from Wu Xiangzhen's Fourth Mixed Brigade, the troops had almost nothing to do with Wu Xiangzhen's troops.At most, some of Wu Xiangzhen's [-]th Mixed Brigade were reorganized.The others are all troops built by Duan Xun.

It is Duan Xun's direct lineage.

Among Duan Xun's troops, Wang Tianpei and Zhang Zizhong were the most famous for attacking speed.The marching speed of the two troops is very famous among the entire Duan Xun troops.

Because when Tang Jiyao was expelled, the two-person army relied on two legs, and it took only four days to cover the distance that the Yunnan Army thought would take at least a week or more.

The Dian army was caught off guard.

It's the same this time.

With an order, Wang Tianpei's troops marched in a hurry. On the morning of June 1919, 6, Wang Tianpei's provisional fourth division had already arrived in the Tianbao area and fired the first shot of Duan Xun's troops into the Guangxi war.About two hours later, Liu Duanshang temporarily formed the vanguard of the third division, and Zhou Xicheng's fifth infantry brigade captured Quanzhou and continued to Xing'an.

"Brother, we can't stop it."

Tang Jiyu's face was covered with dust.

With a terrified expression on his face, he said to Tang Jiyao: "Brother, I really can't stop it. We don't have a reserve team now, only the guards of the elder brother are left. If we continue to fight, we will not be able to escape."

Tang Jiyao looked lonely.

Tang Jiyao's generation of heroes was once the overlord of the southwest who influenced the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.But how could Tang Jiyao be in a good mood when he was reduced to this point.Tang Jiyao didn't hate his former direct descendants.

People including Li Youxun, Hu Ruoyu, Long Yun, and Luo Binghui were all single-handedly selected by Tang Jiyao.But in the end, these people all betrayed themselves.

People are not killed for their own sake.

As the saying goes, in troubled times, the ruler chooses his ministers, and the ministers also choose their ruler.

How could they continue to stay by their side when they were in such a state of desperation.He was driven out of Kunming by Duan Xun, and then out of southern Yunnan, and finally he could only seek refuge with Lu Rongting.

But Lu Rongting was able to accept Liu Xianshi, but he was very afraid of Tang Jiyao.Because although Liu Xianshi had been the governor of Guizhou, the governor of Guizhou was nothing in Lu Rongting's eyes.

But Tang Jiyao is different.

No matter how downcast Tang Jiyao was, he was Tang Jiyao, the former overlord of the Southwest.Moreover, there are currently two divisions of the Guangdong and Yunnan Army in Guangdong. They were all sent to Guangdong by Tang Jiyao at the beginning, and they were under Tang Jiyao's orders.Although the Yunnan army has been in Guangdong for several years, it has gradually become an independent force.However, Lu Rongting was still jealous of Tang Jiyao, worried that Tang Jiyao would regain control of the Yunnan Army and rise again.

So throw Tang Jiyao to Guangxi and let him fend for himself.From the current situation in Guangxi, the eastern region is close to Guangdong, and the farmland in eastern Guangxi occupies 80.00% of Guangxi's area, so the eastern region of Guangxi has a large population and a good economy.However, western Guangxi is sparsely populated, with little farmland and poor economy.And there are many ethnic groups here, and even many ethnic groups are in the form of tribes.

There is only one word that can perfectly describe Guixi, that is poor.When Tang Jiyao came here, not to mention he had no money, he couldn't find troops even if he wanted to recruit troops.Because this place is full of minorities.

Language barrier, habit barrier.

Those tribes were already very afraid of and repelled outsiders.If you are a native of Yunnan and come to Guangxi, these tribes will not even contact Tang Jiyao.Under such circumstances, no matter how Tang Jiyao expanded his army, he didn't even have a source of troops.And here is so poor, even if Tang Jiyao expanded his army, what would the troops eat and drink.Even Tang Jiyao couldn't afford to support the current troops.

Therefore, it can be said that Tang Jiyao's current strength is already very poor.

"Can't you beat the front?"

"Brother, it can't be done. There are very few veterans among us now, and everyone has left their hometowns, and there is no morale at all."

Tang Jiyu was very distressed.

These people are all from Yunnan, and they followed Tang Jiyao to Guangxi.But in this poor place in western Guangxi, the food and clothing are not good, and there are some unknown ethnic minorities around.

Life is too hard.

Everyone wanted to go home, and everyone wanted to go back to Yunnan.How can these people have fighting power in this situation.

"So many people can't leave."