Beiyang reactionaries

In terms of combat effectiveness, Li Jishen is even more confident.

"Let's go on like this. Tell the troops below that we can send some small troops to explore the attack route from now on. Or we can also send some vanguard troops to enter Guangdong. But no big disturbances are allowed."

"it is good."

288 Gansu

"Pei Township Envoy, my lord Deng Hanxiang."

How could these small warlords in Gansu imagine that Duan Xun's large army would enter Gansu. In 1914, Zhang Guangjian's mixed brigade entered Gansu, which surprised many powerful factions in Gansu.

Because a mixed brigade of the Beiyang Army is far superior to those warlord troops in Gansu in terms of weapons and equipment and troop training.Brand new rifles, heavy machine guns carried by several people, and cannons pulled by mules.Everything shocked the Gansu warlords with backward weapons and equipment.

Not to mention Duan Xun.

Duan Xun's vanguard, the Wu Chuanxin Brigade, has arrived in the Anding area after ten days of marching.All the small warlords in Gansu up, down, left, right, and left are trembling with fear.Because Duan Xun has more than 4000 people in one brigade.

Look at the equipment of Wu Chuanxin's troops.

Although many heavy weapons, especially artillery units followed, they did not come in with the vanguard.But the troops are still equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and even a small amount of mortars.

Those small warlords in Gansu have never seen so many of these weapons.

It was the relatively powerful troops of Lu Hongtao and Ma Fuxiang. The combined light and heavy machine guns of these two troops were not as many as Wu Chuanxin's brigade.This is a deterrent.

In China at present, only Duan Xun's troops can be equipped with so many light and heavy machine guns, as well as cannons and mortars.Even if other troops are capable of being equipped with these things, they don't have enough ammunition.

Duan Xun is able to equip these weapons and provide enough ammunition because he controls the three largest arsenals in China.Therefore, although no cannons followed, these weapons alone have already let the warlords in Gansu know Duan Xun's strength.

Moreover, Duan Xun's troops currently entering Gansu are not just a brigade.

Peng Hanzhang's brigade has also reached the Longxi area.

And behind them, there are more troops.The third division, including Sun Zhen, has all entered Gansu and passed Tianshui.

Shake Gansu.

When have these small warlords in Gansu seen such a well-armed and large-scale army.

"Hmph. Did Duan Degong (Duan Xun) come to Gansu to show off his might?"

Pei Jianzhun, the guardian of Hezhou.

Although he graduated from a military academy and then joined the army, he is currently leading the army along the way and serving as the guardian of Hezhou.But Pei Jianzhun has a literati temper in his bones.Pei Jianzhun claims to be a descendant of the wealthy Pei family, so he has read poetry and books since he was a child, and his writing and painting are all at the master level.

Now Peng Hanzhang's brigade has entered Longxi, coercing Hezhou, which makes Pei Jianzhun very dissatisfied.Peng Hanzhang's brigade also has more than 4000 people, which is more than all of Pei Jianzhun's troops in Hezhou combined.

Although Peng Hanzhang did not attack Hezhou, 4000 troops were stationed in Longxi, giving Hezhou all the time and putting tremendous pressure on Pei Jianzhun.

Pei Jianzhun and Duan Xun used to be classmates.

The relationship can't be said to be very good, and we haven't seen each other for more than ten years, but we are still classmates.So calling Duan Xun's name directly made me very dissatisfied with Duan Xun.After all, this is an internal matter in Gansu. What do you want to do when you send tens of thousands of troops into Gansu?

It is to use force to suppress the opposition in Gansu, and to use force to support Zhang Guangjian.

"Guardian Pei, why get angry."

Deng Hanxiang smiled slightly.

Going out from the position of Duan Xun's staff, Deng Hanxiang has been serving as the governor of Henan recently.If it weren't for the complicated situation in Gansu, there are too many small forces here, and Deng Hanxiang would not be directly mobilized into Gansu.

Deng Hanxiang was once a very important staff member of Duan Xun. Later, he fought with the army and served as the governor of Henan Province.After experiencing so much, Deng Hanxiang is still so smart and good at negotiating, but he is less sharp than when he was young, and more stable.

Seeing Pei Jianzhun get angry, he smiled slightly.

"Tell me. What does Duan Degong want to do with so many troops?"

"Guardian Pei, don't you think this question is funny? Our general said Guardian Envoy Pei is a smart person. Could it be that Guardian Envoy Pei has been in Gansu for too long and can no longer see things clearly? Or the Guardian Pei only pays attention to One province and one place in Gansu?"

Pei Jianzhun stared straight at Deng Hanxiang.

And Deng Hanxiang also looked at Pei Jianzhun with a smile.How can Pei Jianzhun not understand Deng Hanxiang's meaning.Pei Jianzhun is not those Hui generals who only focus on Gansu and how to increase their strength.Several guardian envoys of the Hui nationality, especially Ma Qi, Ma Lin, and Ma Tingyu, are most concerned about increasing their own strength and controlling Gansu in the future.

They don't pay much attention to the national situation.

Or don't care.

Even if they cared, with their ability and vision, they couldn't see clearly what was going on outside.

But Pei Jianzhun was different.He pays close attention to the national situation, because everything in Gansu will also be affected by the national situation.Just like when Duan Qirui supported Zhang Guangjian back then, Zhang Guangjian was able to secure his position as the governor of Gansu.And with Duan Qirui's resignation, Zhang Guangjian's position is on the verge of collapse, which is the most typical thing.At present, the two lines of Zhi and Anhui are at war, and the two sides are about to fight.Duan Xun is now leading troops into Gan, the meaning is actually very obvious.

It's not that Pei Jianzhun doesn't know, but he is very angry.

Duan Xun and Zhang Guangjian are allies, both from Duan Qirui's Anhui clan.But people like Zhang Guangjian are outraged in Gansu, why do you, Duan Xun, support him.They also sent so many troops to coerce the Gansu people.

So Pei Jianzhun spoke very bluntly.

"The people of Gansu govern Gansu, and the affairs of Gansu should be decided by the people of Gansu. We think Zhang Guangjian, the governor of Gansu, is not suitable to be the governor of Gansu. This is our own business in Gansu, and the hearts of our people in Gansu. Claiming to represent public opinion, he has always used public opinion. How come he doesn't respect our public opinion in Gansu at this time?"

"Hehe, Guardian Pei, that's wrong."

"What's wrong."

"The people of Gan govern Gan, of course there are people from Sichuan governing Sichuan, people from Guangxi governing Guangxi, and people from Guangdong governing Guangdong. This kind of local self-government is just a gimmick created by some local warlords to fight against the central government. The former governor of Guangxi Lu Rongting used this slogan Xinhai In [-], he seized control of Guangxi. The former Shaanxi Governor Chen Shufan also used this slogan to become the Shaanxi Governor. Who else? They shouted this slogan really for the country and the people? Did they really think about it? Really for the sake of The local people? Pei Zhenshou, those Hui generals who shouted that the Gan people should rule Gansu, is it really for the good of Gansu, not an excuse for them to control Gansu? And if this is the case in the whole country, warlords all over the country are fighting for territory every day , Is this what Guardian Pei wants to see?"

"Every province is a democratically elected government and will be responsible for the affairs of the province. How can such a democratically elected government have warlords and wars."

"Hahaha."

After hearing Pei Jianzhun's words, Deng Hanxiang laughed out loud.

Then he pointed to Pei Jianzhun and said, "Guardian Pei, it's okay to tell those elementary school students this kind of words to coax children. Don't you believe it? Human ambition is uncontrollable. As long as they have strength, they will go to Shu. There is only one strong man." Only a strong government can end the existence of this kind of local division. Governor Pei, let me tell you the truth. Back then, Duan Hefei (Duan Qirui)’s goal was to unify the country by force, and our general’s goal was similar. Our general The goal is to complete the unification of the national government and military orders, and to gather the power of the whole country to do great things. Of course, this is not only the idea of ​​our general, Cao Kun, the inspector of Zhiluyu, also has the same idea. Or as long as it is Those who are interested in controlling the Beijing government and forming a new central government all consider this way. Gansu alone cannot resist the general trend.”

"Humph."

Pei Jianzhun was really angry.

At first Deng Hanxiang was talking nonsense with himself, but in the end he told Pei Jianzhun blatantly that he should not have this kind of dream.Now that the two factions of the Zhi and Anhui are fighting, no matter who wins, there will be no warlords in the region.

In other words, regardless of whether Duan Xun or Cao Kun won in the end, the first thing they must do is to destroy those local warlords.

This is what the central government must do.

It doesn't matter who controls the center.

"Guardian Pei, the general trend is like this. Gansu cannot stop the general trend. Even if it can stop the general trend, does the guardian Pei think that our [-] troops entering Gansu this time will return empty-handed?"

"Is Duan Degong going to fight in Gansu?"