Beiyang reactionaries

"Qiyu, after all, my 29th Mixed Brigade is a regular army and cannot always be involved in bandit suppression. And you also know that the 29th Mixed Brigade needs to be expanded again. Therefore, after this spring offensive against bandits, the 29th Mixed Brigade will Withdrew from the bandit suppression. In the future, all the bandit suppression operations in Western Henan will be handed over to the Western Henan Bandit Suppression Unit. The Western Henan Bandit Suppression Independent Regiment established this time is the first unit of the Western Henan Bandit Suppression Command, which means that in the future The task of suppressing the bandits in western Henan is completely entrusted to you."

Suppress bandits.

There are a lot of bandits in Western Henan, but Duan Xun can't let his 29th Mixed Brigade do the work of suppressing bandits every day.Therefore, while taking back the command of the Western Henan Militia, Duan Xun planned to reorganize the Western Henan Militia into the Western Henan Bandit Suppression Force.

After all, regular warfare is different from suppressing bandits, and field troops cannot always suppress bandits. The 29th mixed brigade must learn how to fight regular warfare.

"Commander, please rest assured."

"I believe in your ability. Since I want to take back the command of the Western Henan Militia, I must also give them a satisfactory answer. One year, I can only give you one year at most. After one year, I don't want to give you another I heard that the west of Henan is a den of bandits."

"Yes."

Shang Zhen is more excited.

Of course, he was not suspected of being a suspect because of the Revolutionary Party. Shang Zhen himself was from the Tongmenghui in the late Qing Dynasty.In the year of [-], I also directly participated in the Revolution of [-] and was very active at that time.

It's just that Shang Zhen is much calmer.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Shang Zhen was still a passionate young man, and all his thoughts were to overthrow the Qing Dynasty.But after so many years of ups and downs, Shang Zhen has become much more stable.After the Revolution of [-], China did not develop in the direction expected by Shang Zhen and other passionate youths.

After the Revolution of [-], Shang Zhen, the revolutionary party in the north, had a very difficult life for young military officers.After the Second Revolution, he was even implicated and almost shot.Therefore, Shang Zhen attaches great importance to this opportunity.

Duan Xun gave him a chance.

And respect him very much.Although the strength of this bandit suppression independent regiment cannot be compared with the regular army of the 29th mixed brigade, at least it is also the position of a regiment leader.And the number of people is no less than that of a normal regular group. For the current Shang Zhen, it is definitely reused.

"Qiyu, don't underestimate it just because you are suppressing bandits. For me now, suppressing bandits is the most important thing, because the success of suppressing bandits is directly related to whether Western Henan can be stable, and whether the people in Western Henan can support me. So this time when we set up the Independent Bandit Suppression Group in Western Henan, I will assign you ten people from the officer brigade, and ten people from the teaching brigade. The former officers of the militia regiment will come to participate in the training of the teaching brigade."

"Thank you Commander."

Now the whole army is short of officers.

Duan Xun was able to allocate ten officer brigades and ten teaching brigade students to Shang Zhen, and the support was already very strong.

"Qiyu, there is still more than a month before the end of the bandit suppression spring offensive. During this period of time, you must train this army for me. In the next stage, I plan to wipe out the bandits in Shanzhou and Lingbao."

Bandits, after all, are only bandits.

Although there are many bandits in western Henan at present, most of their weapons and equipment are local guns made by the people.Facing the well-trained regular army, the only option is to flee for their lives.Duan Xun wanted to wipe out all the bandits in the former Henan province from Mianchi to Songxian through this spring offensive.

Even if they can't be wiped out, let them get out of this area.

"Yes."

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"Bai Lang left Lintan and came east."

fight.

Although Duan Xun is a general, and now is the time to suppress bandits.But Duan Xun did not personally lead troops to suppress the bandits.Duan Xun has been sitting in Xin'an during this time, thinking more about the future development of the army and things other than fighting.

Make money.

This is the question Duan Xun thinks about the most.

How to make money, how to get rid of your army's dependence on finances, and how to sort out local forces.This is what Duan Xun is mainly thinking about now.Duan Xun and the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce have already started to cooperate.

The Xin'an Chamber of Commerce contributed [-] silver dollars to join the Xin'an Coal Mine. Similarly, Duan Xun and the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce established several companies one after another.Duan Xun doesn't give money, but he gives policies and protection.

Using this method to complete the cooperation between the government and the businessman is collusion between the government and the businessman.

Duan Xun's idea is very simple.In a short period of time, all the money-making projects in western Henan should be handed over to the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce.It also allowed the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce to rush left and right, and sort out some inherent local forces in western Henan.

If Duan Xun took action himself, the appearance would be too ugly, and he would even be reprimanded by his superiors.So Duan Xun hid behind the scenes and let the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce attack.I pushed the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce behind my back.Of course, if some powerful factions in western Henan are willing to cooperate with Xin'an Chamber of Commerce, or if they also want to cooperate with Duan Xun, Duan Xun will not reject it.The expansion of the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce is what Duan Xun maximizes at this stage.

But if you only have the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce in your hands, you don't know who will control who in the future.Therefore, if there are other forces in western Henan who are willing to defect to Duan Xun, Duan Xun is very willing to support them.

But Duan Xun thought so, but the Xin'an Chamber of Commerce cooperated with Duan Xun the fastest after all, monopolizing almost all the profitable business in Western Henan.In a short period of time, although many people were offended, their property also began to expand.

Of course they made money, and Duan Xun received more money.

In addition to earning money, Duan Xun came to Xin'an to raise a banner and recruit two battalions of recruits in Xin'an.

Very active.

Really enthusiastic.

Duan Xun's current image in Western Henan is very good.One is that Duan Xun's troops are now suppressing bandits, and the other is that Duan Xun's troops have a very good military discipline.Going to the street to buy things, there is no forced buying and selling, and there is no such thing as buying things without giving money.

Some time ago, a military officer molested a girl. After being caught by the Military Law Department, he was publicly executed in Xin'an.

Duan Xun attaches great importance to the image of the army and pays great attention to maintaining his reputation.

Therefore, the 29th Mixed Brigade recruited troops, and there were too many applicants. In three days, more than 1000 people were recruited.Although Duan Xun didn't think about recruiting so many people, but there were too many applicants, and Duan Xun would not refuse.Therefore, more than 300 recruits were recruited in Xin'an at once.

Duan Xun handed him over to Fang Dingying and asked him to train recruits.

Life is going well.

On the whole, the current strength of the group headed by Duan Xun is developing steadily.The spring offensive against bandits in western Henan was carried out with great fanfare, and the results were very good.In Song County and Mianchi, many large groups of bandits were wiped out one after another, and the seizures were very rich.Many small groups of bandits fled on the lookout and left the Mianchi and Songxian areas.

Xin'an Chamber of Commerce is also developing very well. I dare not say that it is making money every day, but it is making money very fast.Let Duan Xun feel the benefits brought by the collusion between government and business at once.The Xin'an Coal Mine, which Duan Xun valued the most, has already started to build a coal mine, and it will be able to mine coal within a month.Of course, the output will not be too high, because the investment is still too little.However, compared to before, the output has increased by tens or hundreds of times.

Then there is Duan Xun's armory.

Duan Xun began to recruit some experts in this field from all over the country for his ordnance.If you really look for it, you can still find it.Because at the end of the Qing Dynasty, units such as Ordnance Institutes were established in every province in the late Qing Dynasty.

After the establishment of the Republic of China, there was no funds, and even the Hanyang Arsenal and the arsenals controlled by the Beiyang Army did not develop well, let alone the ordnance institutes in these provinces.Therefore, Duan Xun still invited several skilled technicians to his armory as long as he gave money.

Originally, Duan Xun planned to set up camp in Xi'an, Henan, and slowly develop farming within a few years.But he didn't expect another news from Bai Lang who entered Shaanxi a few months ago.

"Are you coming to our Henan province?"

"I don't know the details. But according to the report from Gansu, Bai Lang has already left Lintan and went east through Gangu and Baoji. It seems that he is going to enter Henan."

"Bai Lang, Bai Lang, I really don't want to fight with you."

Duan Xun still has a certain amount of respect for Bai Lang, including his troops.Not to mention Bai Lang, his army was mixed with dragons and snakes, many of them were bandits.However, Bai Lang was able to control this army, making their military discipline even better than that of the local Henan Army.

The fact that Bai Lang's troops were able to gallop across the Central Plains was inseparable from the support of many common people.And many people supported Bai Lang because the military discipline of his troops was better than the officers and soldiers who encircled and suppressed them.

Of course Duan Xun has respect for such an army.

pity.

Duan Xun is going to be promoted, and Bai Lang is the best stepping stone.Because Bai Lang caused trouble in Yuan Shikai's hometown in Henan, Yuan Shikai really gritted his teeth towards Bai Lang.As long as Duan Xun can defeat or even wipe out Bai Lang, Yuan Shikai will definitely reward him generously.