Beiyang reactionaries

It is directly bordered by the Ikezhao League, and in addition to being in charge of the Three Banners of Inner Mongolia for many years, it also has a great influence in Mongolia.In particular, Ma Fuxiang, who has served as the guardian of Ningxia for many years, has a deep relationship with many tribes in Mongolia.Perhaps some Mongolian tribe would be willing to obey their orders.Although the Mongolian tribes have declined, some large tribes can still provide cavalry troops.

At that time, Ma Fuxiang will form thousands of cavalry to attack Baotou and Yulin, and these places will be dangerous.Duan Xun hoarded troops in Baotou and Yulin to attack Suiyuan and Chahar.At that time, there will definitely be a thunderbolt, and it is impossible to leave many troops to guard the house.The most fearful thing is that there are riots from behind.

So Duan Xun thought for a while and said: "There are only those who can be thieves for a thousand days, how can there be people who can defend against thieves for a thousand days. Once the chaos in Gansu goes down, we will have to guard against any moths in Gansu. Instead, we will not be able to deal with the frontline battlefield with all our strength. Affect our military operations. Compared with leaving troops to monitor Gansu and guard against Gansu, it is better to directly send troops to control Gansu. The matter in Gansu must be resolved. And it must be resolved quickly, the sooner the better."

Fight Cao Kun.

If you can't win, it's a big deal to defend and keep your important territory.But leaving such an unstable factor as Gansu behind him is not Duan Xun's style.Even if it will affect Duan Xun's mobile force, Duan Xun cannot stay in Gansu.

And Duan Xun is actually not afraid of fighting Cao Kun.Although Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin have nearly 40 troops combined, Duan Xun is only afraid of Wu Peifu's troops and Feng Yuxiang's troops.

In Duan Xun's eyes, the other troops are just a bunch of mobs.

So Duan Xun decided to march into Gansu.

"Cichen, which troops do you think is the best to send into Gansu? How many troops should be sent into Gansu?"

"The Second Army. Gansu Hui and Han forces are intertwined, and small warlords are everywhere. Moreover, Ma Fuxiang and Lu Hongtao all have 5000 battalions of 3000 troops, and the other guardian envoys also have two to [-] troops. If you send a division At best, we can stabilize Lanzhou and control the situation in Gansu a little bit, but it will not solve the problem in Gansu. Therefore, I think we must send an army of troops into Gansu to deter all forces in Gansu and solve the problem in Gansu. question."

In fact, the biggest problem in Gansu is ethnicity.

Especially the issue of Hui Han.

It's not the same as other places.The armed strength of the Hui people in Gansu is not weak, of course it only refers to the strength in Gansu.If these powerful factions in Gansu are placed outside, they are just small warlords.Not even small warlords, because they only have ten battalions of troops.

It's just that these people are relying on the Hui area in Gansu to form troops to counter other forces.Therefore, without strong strength, these troops cannot be suppressed.A division of troops entering Gansu can certainly solve the current problem.

But since those warlords, big and small, had publicly fallen out with Zhang Guangjian, they couldn't be willing to listen to Duan Xun's words.

Therefore, Duan Xun needed a large force to enter Gansu.

Send an army directly into Gansu, let the warlords in Gansu see Duan Xun's strength.They naturally came down one by one.

Xu Yongchang pointed to the map and said: "And from a military point of view, it is most appropriate for the Second Army to enter Gansu. At present, the troops of the Seventh Division of the Second Army are stationed in Fengxiang. Among them, Wu Chuanxin's Brigade is in Long County, Peng Hanzhang's Brigade In Baoji, the troops can enter Lanzhou within half a month and control the situation in Gansu. As for the third division, it can enter Fengxiang within a few days by using the newly opened Baoxi Railway. can enter the vicinity of Lanzhou."

Duan Xun carefully looked at the map.

Xu Yongchang's suggestion is good.However, sending an army into Gansu will greatly weaken Duan Xun's power in Shaanxi.Duan Xun kept the second army in Shaanxi to allow them to quickly enter Henan from Tongguan to support the Henan battlefield in the event of a war.

This is the second army, with more than 4 troops.

Especially Sun Zhen's third division, which was an elite unit built by Liu Xiang from the Luzhou defense battle in the War of National Defense, and it was also a direct line unit of Duan Xun.But Duan Xun nodded and agreed with Xu Yongchang's suggestion.

The Second Army entered Gansu, which troops in Gansu dared to resist.

Just like in history, when Feng Yuxiang was the Northwest Supervisor, he sent a division of Liu Yufen into Gansu, which has already made all the troops in Gansu terrified.A reorganized division of Duan Xun's weapons and equipment, military quality, and staffing far surpassed that of Feng Yuxiang's division in history.Not to mention that Duan Xun sent an army of more than 4 troops into Gan.

When did those warlords in Gansu see such a large army.

"can."

"Also, teacher. In order to deter Ma Fuxiang from attacking Lanzhou before we enter Gansu, ask the Ninth Army (Commander Shang Zhen) to show signs of moving to Ningxia, and not let his troops leave Ningxia."

"Row."

Duan Xun nodded.

Xu Yongchang's method is absolutely brilliant.Ningxia borders the Ikezhao League, and the Ninth Army led by Shang Zhen is currently stationed in Yulin, Ikezhao League, and Baotou.The nearest army to Ningxia is even less than a hundred miles away.

And as long as there is a brigade of troops attacking Ningxia, it will be fatal to Ningxia.

Therefore, the Ninth Army made a slight threat to Ningxia, and Ningxia did not dare to move.As long as Ma Fuxiang, the leader of the Hui armed forces, does not dare to move, then no other Hui generals will dare to do it.

As long as Gansu maintains the current balance, when Duan Xun's troops enter Gansu, the solution will be much simpler.

"But teacher, the biggest problem is how to treat Zhang Guangjian after our troops enter Gansu."

"After the army enters Gansu, give Zhang Guangjian full respect, but don't listen to his orders. After we have a victory or defeat with Cao Kun, we will talk about Zhang Guangjian's issue. As for how to contact Zhang Guangjian, I will let Henan Governor Deng Hanxiang follow The troops are ready."

284 Tension

"The news is true?"

"It's true."

With the successive problems in Anhui and Gansu, everyone immediately understood that this was the prelude to a heavy rainstorm.Originally, it was just a problem in Anhui, and everyone didn't take it too seriously.

Because Ni Sichong was already very popular in Anhui, there were often incidents of Anhui celebrities denouncing Ni Sichong in newspapers.Even when Duan Qirui was in power in the early years, some Anhui MPs complained about Ni Sichong.I hope that Duan Qirui will change to an Anhui warlord for the sake of Anhui being his hometown.But it has been to no avail.

So everyone was fine at the beginning.

But who would have thought that things would get worse and worse, and in the end even Ni Sichong's most important generals would fight back, dealing Ni Sichong a fatal blow.Although Ni Sichong has not left the field yet, he is not far away from going down the field.

There is even news that Ni Sichong is ready to step down automatically.

This at least looks better.

And with the sudden outbreak of "five horses driving Zhang" in Gansu, anyone with a little political sensitivity knows that this is not accidental.Because the two provinces where the incident happened are both the territory of the Anhui Department.

Obviously this was a premeditated attack against the Anhui warlords.

The situation suddenly became tense.

The relationship between Zhiwan and Anhui became delicate.Everyone is paying attention to how the Anhui warlords will deal with the current situation.Duan Xun was the only one who made a statement.Of course, Duan Xun mainly spoke out about things in Gansu.

It is believed that the "five horses driving Zhang" was a local warlord's confrontation with the governor appointed by the central government, and it was the Hui armed forces who were instigated by others to rebel.It did not directly target the Beijing government.

On April 1920, 4, under tremendous pressure, including the counterattack by his subordinates, Anhui Governor Ni Sichong finally gave the Beijing government a resignation report.

Nothing can be done.

Ni Sichong is not an indecisive person, let alone a person with a bodhisattva heart.Public opinion among the people is of no use to Ni Sichong. For so many years, so many people have scolded Ni Sichong every day, and Ni Sichong's position is also very secure.

He doesn't care about false things like public opinion.

I have an army, and I am still afraid of you.When Ni Sichong served as the guardian envoy of Northern Anhui, the northern Anhui was the territory of the Revolutionary Party, and it was the place where the Anhui Revolutionary Party had the most frequent activities in Anhui.During the Revolution of [-], northern Anhui was separated from the Manchu Qing government, which was the credit of the Anhui Revolutionary Party.However, after Ni Sichong came to northern Anhui to serve as the guardian envoy of northern Anhui, in order to control the northern Anhui area, he slaughtered these revolutionary parties, killing a lot of heads.Moreover, Ni Sichong was in northern Anhui, and in the name of killing the rebellious party, he also caused great harm to the local landlords.If it wasn't for the fact that Ni Sichong made such a fuss later on, the higher authorities would have to interfere, otherwise Ni Sichong would really want to kill all the people in northern Anhui.At that time, Yuan Shikai had already taken over the position of the President of the Republic of China, and the Beiyang Army and the Revolutionary Party in other places had basically completed peace negotiations.But Ni Sichong didn't care about that at all, he killed when he had to.

The same is true after arriving in Anqing.

Anhui itself is not a very powerful province, but there are many high-ranking officials from Anhui.But Ni Sichong didn't care about that, and actually ran around Anqing.When Ni Sichong died in history, some people counted that Ni Sichong's property was more than 8000 million, which was the most among the generals of the Beiyang Army.Although this is not a completely accurate wanted list, it can also imagine Ni Sichong's ability to accumulate wealth.

This is Ni Sichong.

People who never take reputation or public opinion seriously.

But this time it was completely different.

Because Ni Sichong's most important general was rebellious, Ma Lianjia was the commander of the Anqing garrison, and the commander of the First Division of the Anhui Army, holding a heavy army.This dealt the biggest blow to Ni Sichong, so Ni Sichong could only choose to go to the field, which is also a decent way.