Beiyang reactionaries

With the defeat of Duan Qirui's troops, even those bigwigs from the Anhui faction began to look for a way out. What can these little thieves from the Anhui faction do?

It is impossible to "die for the country" for Duan Qirui.

They didn't have such a deep relationship with Duan Qirui, nor did they have such a deep interest relationship.

For them, protecting their own interests is the most important thing.Therefore, these Anhui small shrimp troops defected one after another, and found their next home one after another.But this is only a matter on a large level, and they can only choose to obey.The general situation is not conducive to these small warlords in Anhui, so they choose to defect.But this is because they can't fight against the general trend, it doesn't mean they are willing to take refuge in Zhao Ti.Therefore, at this time, once Zhao Ti dared to withdraw the bosses of these troops, and dared to really reorganize these troops that took refuge in him, he would anger these troops.Once this happens, these people will definitely dare to fight Zhao Ti to the death.

After all, Duan Qirui was nothing to them.

Compared with their own interests, who cares who Duan Qirui is.As long as Zhao Ti does not affect their interests, they are still willing to defect.Similarly, if Zhao Ti dared to infringe on their interests, they would also resist.

So Zhao Ti treats them very well.Even the designation has not changed, and they continue to be called the Henan Army's First Mixed Brigade, Second Mixed Brigade, and Third Mixed Brigade to appease them.

As for how to reorganize the troops, Zhao Ti has plenty of time.

After Zhao Ti controls Henan's military and political system, these people will still be able to turn the world upside down.

"What other conditions does Fei Guoxiang have?"

"No."

Zhao Jie was very excited.

It went so smoothly.Within a few days, the army has recovered one-third of Henan, and now it is less than half a day away from Zhengzhou.What about this place in Zhengzhou?In fact, in terms of the history of Zhengzhou in Henan, it is not as good as Luoyang or Kaifeng, and its status is not that high.

But his luck is so good.

When the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway was being built, everyone's opinions originally passed through Kaifeng.After all, Kaifeng is known as the ancient capital of the Seven Dynasties, and it is also the seat of the current provincial capital of Henan. Its status in Henan is very important.But in the final construction, Kaifeng was not chosen.

For technical reasons.

With the current railway construction technology in China, the soil in Kaifeng is soft, which is very unsuitable for railway construction, and the problem of the Yellow River is more serious now.If the railway is built in Kaifeng, it will be easily affected by the Yellow River.The Beijing-Hanzhou Railway is no ordinary railway.

That is the main artery connecting the north and the south of China.

Once any problem occurs, it will directly interrupt the main artery of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway.Now there are not many ways to control the Yellow River, and it is too dangerous to put it in Kaifeng.So the imperial court finally chose Zhengzhou as the city through which the Beijing-Han Railway passed.Because of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway, Zhengzhou's status has improved a lot.

So controlling Zhengzhou is very important to Zhao Ti.

"That's good. Tell Fei Guoxiang that I, Zhao Ti, am not Wu Guangxin. I keep my word. The past is over, and I will not pursue it. And let him continue to serve as the commander of the fourth mixed brigade. For the fourth I don't have to intervene in the internal affairs of the mixed brigade."

"Yes."

"Zi Rui (Bao Dequan)."

"warlord."

Bao Dequan immediately came to Zhao Ti's side.

Bao Dequan is Zhao Ti's general. He was the commander of the Second Division of the Henan Army before and has been following Zhao Ti.Although the troops were wiped out by Wu Guangxin, Zhao Ti did not remove the designation of the Second Division of the Henan Army, and still let Bao Dequan be the commander of the Second Division.

As long as the plan is to control Henan, immediately let Bao Dequan form a new second division.

At present, Bao Dequan is temporarily in charge of the Second Mixed Brigade of the Henan Army and the Third Mixed Brigade of the Henan Army, as well as the training of recruits.Zhao Ti trusted Bao Dequan so much, and Bao Dequan was inexplicably grateful.

Be more and more faithful.

"Zirui, Fei Guoxiang in Zhengzhou is ready to surrender. After we enter Zhengzhou and rest for a day, we will immediately march eastward, attack Kaifeng, and destroy Wu Guangxin's most trusted garrison brigade."

"Overseer, that's great."

Bao Dequan was also overjoyed.

As a general following Zhao Ti, Bao Dequan certainly hoped that Zhao Ti would get better and better.Since Wu Guangxin left Henan, everything has become more and more simple.These troops that Wu Guangxin left in Henan began to defect.

As long as Zhao Ti controls Henan, Bao Dequan knows that he can continue to be his teacher.

"Now give orders to all the troops to speed up and go to Zhengzhou for repairs."

"Yes."

Zhao Ti was in high spirits.

Things are unpredictable.

A few days ago, I was worried about my future, even worried that I would be wiped out by Wu Guangxin soon, and worried that I had no choice but to go down.But in just a few days, now it is he who wants to reorganize Wu Guangxin's four mixed brigades, and Wu Guangxin has already escaped.When I have swallowed Wu Guangxin's garrison brigade and the No.20 Division, and recruited a few troops of my own, I will be able to have 7 or [-] troops by then, and I will be the overlord of the party.

The more you think, the more beautiful you are.

Following Zhao Ti's order, the troops began to speed up their march.The Henan [-]st Mixed Brigade was at the front, the Henan [-]nd Mixed Brigade was on the left, the Henan [-]rd Mixed Brigade was on the right, and Zhao Ti's Henan Army First Division and recruits walked in the middle.

Mighty.

The troops are getting closer and closer to Zhengzhou, and Zhao Ti's mood is getting better and better.What Zhao Ti is thinking about now is how to reorganize the troops in Henan, how to expel Duan Xun's troops, and how to contact Cao Kun, Zhang Zuolin, and Wu Peifu.

In fact, Zhao Ti is not completely on the same side as them.

When Yuan Shikai was around, Zhao Ti obeyed Yuan Shikai's orders.Yuan Shikai liked Zhao Ti very much, so relying on Yuan Shikai's trust, Zhao Ti squeezed into the ranks of the Beiyang Army.After Yuan Shikai died, Zhao Ti actually took refuge in Duan Qirui.Regardless of whether it was the dispute between Duan Qirui and Li Yuanhong, or when Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang fought over the issue of the law protection war, Zhao Ti fully supported Duan Qirui, and he was very at odds with Zhili.At that time, everyone said that Zhao Ti was Duan Qirui's general.

But later, Duan Qirui and Zhao Ti had conflicts because of the issue of the participating army and the Northwest Frontier Army.

Because at that time Duan Qirui's participating army and the Northwest Frontier Army trained by Xu Shuzheng were trained in Henan, one was in Luoyang and the other was in Zhengzhou.This made Henan Governor Zhao Ti very dissatisfied, thinking that Duan Qirui didn't respect him at all.He wants to use the participating army and the Northwest Frontier Army to control Henan and drive himself out of Henan.

That's why the two of them started to mess up.

Later, Duan Qirui saw that Zhao Ti was contradicting himself, so he decided to withdraw Zhao Ti and replace him with his brother-in-law Wu Guangxin as the governor of Henan.This completely offended Zhao Ti, and Zhao Ti also approached his immediate family.

That is to say, Zhao Ti and Zhili cooperated only because everyone needed to fight Duan Qirui together, not that Zhao Ti and Zhili were in the same group.Now that Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin want to control Beijing, they will also sort out the major warlords across the country.After all, Zhao Ti is not a direct lineage, nor is he a Feng lineage. How to negotiate with them, Zhao Ti needs to think clearly in advance.

Because the place I want to control is Henan.

This is the Central Plains.

No matter who controls Beijing, they don't want to let Henan go.Zhao Ti happened to control Henan, so he had to contact the major forces.

"Bang bang bang-"

"Boom boom-"

"Da da da - da da da - da da da -"

"Da da da--"

Just when Zhao Ti was thinking about how to deal with his relationship with Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin after he became the "King of the Central Plains", suddenly there were very intensive cannon and gunshots about ten miles away from him.

"Zi Rui (Bao Dequan), Zi Rui."

"warlord."