Beiyang reactionaries

"Of course. Minister Pan, I hope to continue to maintain the current friendship with your country. The small matter of tungsten mines is nothing. I just hope that Mr. Minister can understand my difficulties. As long as I am concerned about the three provinces of Hunan, Jiangxi and Guangdong After the tungsten ore is rectified, we can discuss cooperation in tungsten ore export.”

"I believe, I believe that General Duan is a friend of the empire."

Little Pan Youji laughed immediately, and was very satisfied with the results of today's visit to Duan Xun.

Duan Xun has given up a lot of benefits over the years.The export of Sichuan specialties such as tung oil and pig bristles, the use of large sums of Japanese loans, and the supply of steel to Japan at low prices have done very well in all aspects.Even Duan Xun gave up huge benefits along the Yangtze River, allowing Japanese military forces to enter several provinces along the Yangtze River.

Now Duan Xun is also willing to lower the price and give priority to Japan, which is a very good thing.

well.

At least for now, Duan Xun is still a friendly friend of Japan.Thinking about it this way, little Pan Youji is still satisfied with his achievements in coming to Wuchang from Beijing.He left Duan Xun's command room very satisfied.

But after sending off little Pan Youji, Duan Xun returned to his command room, couldn't help but "bah", and said sternly: "Damn little Japan, let's wait and see."

303 Entering Beijing

With Japan in the middle, things settled down quickly.

On June 1920, 6, the Beijing government severely reprimanded Zhang Zuolin for declaring independence in the Northeast, demanding that Zhang Zuolin must cancel the independence, otherwise the Beijing government would send troops to attack Zhang Zuolin.In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Zuolin issued a telegram, expressing the abolition of independence, admitting that he was too reckless before and admitting his mistakes.Said that he was still willing to obey the orders of the Beijing government.

On June 1920, 6, the Beijing government re-energized and dismissed Zhang Zuolin from his position as the tour envoy to the Northeast, and appointed Zhang Zuolin as the Fengtian Governor.In the afternoon of that day, Zhang Zuolin announced in Fengtian that he had accepted the Beijing government's appointment as the military governor of Fengtian.

However, although Zhang Zuolin accepted the appointment, the troops in Harbin, Changchun, and Jilin did not withdraw.On the contrary, as the situation began to stabilize, more troops were sent to Changchun instead.Because Zhang Zuolin was not reconciled.

Zhang Zuolin was originally very ambitious in this direct Anhui war.

But not only lost [-] troops, but also lost Heilongjiang and half of Jilin one after another.Now he even lost his position as a tour envoy to the Northeast, and became a Fengtian warlord.How could Zhang Zuolin be reconciled.

Therefore, he is not willing to give up several important cities in Jilin, including Harbin, Changchun, and Jilin.

But Duan Xun didn't care about that at this time.

Because with Cao Kun and other direct lineage bosses announcing their resignation, after Duan Xun's troops took control of the situation in Beijing, Duan Xun's going north has been put on the agenda.After all, Duan Xun and Dai Kan have been appointed as deputy prime ministers of the cabinet, and some others have been appointed as cabinet chiefs. They must enter Beijing to exercise power.

Duan Xun's command organization will follow Duan Xun into Beijing.

On June 1920, 6, the former Beijing Garrison, the No.27 Mixed Brigade of the Central Army left Beijing and stationed in Tongzhou, under the command of the Garrison Division (Division Commander Hu Jingyi), and at the same time received the order of Liu Xiang, the commander of the Gyeonggi Garrison.The troops of the Fourth Brigade (Dong Songyan) of the original garrison division entered Beijing and were appointed by Duan Xun as the Beijing garrison.The fourth brigade was transferred from the security division, expanded into a division, and was based in Beijing.Dong Songyan served as the division commander of this force, and He Yaozu, the former chief of staff of the garrison division, was appointed commander of the Beijing garrison.

Immediately afterwards, Duan Xun appointed Deng Hanxiang as the mayor of Beijing, and Tang Shizun, who is currently the deputy governor of Henan Province and also the director of the police department, went north as the chief of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.

After all, the north is not Duan Xun's control center.

Beijing is also a place where various forces are mixed.Therefore, Duan Xun was very cautious when he entered Beijing this time.Before entering Beijing with the senior officials of the border supervision agency, we must take all precautionary measures.Those who mobilized were his confidants, who held the real power in Beijing.Deng Hanxiang, the mayor of Beijing, was from Duan Xun's staff, and Tang Shizun, who was the chief of the Beijing Police Department, was from Duan Xun's adjutant, both of whom were direct descendants of Duan Xun.

As for the Beijing garrison, the fourth brigade of Dong Songyan's garrison division was adapted from Duan Xun's garrison regiment in Sichuan.Regardless of whether it is Dong Songyan who is the division commander or He Yaozu who is the commander of the Beijing Garrison, Duan Xun trusts him very much.

After they were in place and took control of Beijing, Duan Xun continued to send people into Beijing.

On June 1920, 6, Dai Kan took the lead in entering Beijing on behalf of Duan Xun.

Dai Kan, as the second-in-command of Duan Xun's Border Defense Supervision Department, had a final conversation with Xu Shichang and Wang Chonghui to finalize more matters.Of course, he also made final preparations for Duan Xun's entry into Beijing. On July 1920, 7, Wang Chonghui appointed Yang Yongtai as the Secretary-General of the State Council as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

So far, Duan Xun's arrangement in Beijing is completely over.

On July 1920, 7, Duan Xun and a group of senior officials from the former Frontier Defense Supervision Office left Wuchang and entered Beijing by train.However, Duan Xun did not go directly to Beijing, but after walking a certain distance, he got out of the car to condolences to his troops.

Along the train, the surrounding cities were filled with Duan Xun's troops.

a lot of.

It took a full five days to slowly enter Beijing all the way.It was not until noon on July 1920, 7 that Duan Xun came to Tongzhou.

"General."

"teacher."

The army generals here are all waiting for Duan Xun here.

Although Xu Shichang and Wang Chonghui sent telegrams several times, inviting Duan Xun to come to Beijing quickly, Duan Xun was still not in a hurry.The reason for Xu Shichang and Wang Chonghui is that without the arrival of a powerful faction like Duan Xun, the Beijing government would not be able to function at all.But for Duan Xun, before entering Beijing, it is more important to finish his affairs outside.Therefore, Duan Xun was not too anxious. After arriving in Tongzhou, he got out of the car again to look at his troops. After all, the battle between Zhili and Shandong was the fiercest.

Condolences should be.

Do some layout too.

"Fucheng (Liu Xiang), how is the situation of the troops? Are the wounded officers and soldiers settled properly?"

"Teacher, don't worry. Our injured officers and soldiers have been resettled. However, Cao Kun's officers and soldiers were injured a lot, so it is not so easy to resettle them. The current situation is that there are few hospitals, doctors and medicines are also in short supply."

Liu Xiang and Duan Xun almost walked side by side.

Behind them were senior military officials such as Xiong Kewu, Xu Yongchang, Yang Jie, You Min, Gu Pinzhen, Jing Wumu, Han Linchun, and Han Jianduo, and behind them were Hu Jingyi, Duan Kan, Hu Ruoyu, Li Jiayu, He Guoguang, Yue Weijun, Jiang Shijie, Dong Zhenwu, these front-line officers.

"It doesn't matter who they are, they are treated equally. If it is really impossible to arrange, then use the railway to arrange these wounded people to various other cities. Zhili can't do it, just Shandong. Shandong can't do it, so go to cities in Hubei and Henan."

"Yes."

"Also, you are fully responsible for the military affairs of Zhili and Shandong. Immediately issue an order to all counties in Zhili and Shandong, so that all the defeated soldiers that occurred during this war will come to the nearest army to report within one month. If Those who don’t come to the army to report within a month will be caught and dealt with as bandits. From now on, your main task is to restore peace to Zhili and Shandong as soon as possible. Don’t let those rioting soldiers harm the place.”

"Yes."

Liu Xiang accepted the order calmly.

But I'm in a good mood.

Because of this battle between Zhiwan and Anhui, despite the four-pronged attack, there were results.Just like Li Jishen controlled half of Guangdong, and said that he surrendered the troops stationed in Guangdong and Yunnan.Wan Xuancai took Jiangxi, and Shang Zhen took Suiyuan, Chahar, and Rehe one after another, defeating the main force of the Feng army.

But the real credit is still in Liu Xiang's hands.

Because Liu Xiang defeated Cao Kun's main force.Now that Duan Xun puts Liu Xiang in charge of Zhili and Shandong, the status is completely different.Due to geographical reasons, Zhili and Shandong have always been the most trusted by the "emperor", or the person with the highest status is in charge.

The governor of Zhili, in charge of Zhili, Shandong, Henan and other places, has always been the head of the border officials in the Qing Dynasty.

"Sit all."

Liu Xiang's headquarters.

Duan Xun sat on it and looked at the generals under his hands, feeling very excited.Since I left Baoding Military Academy in the second year of the Republic of China, I have come to the present step by step, and Beijing is within easy reach.

The Beijing government will soon be in control.

How can we not be excited.

But Duan Xun knew that he still had a lot of things to do now, and a lot of things to solve.That's why I haven't been overjoyed all this time, but tried my best to suppress my excitement.

Because Duan Xun knows that once he is too happy, he will also drive the people under him.

The current self and his team have not reached the point where Ma Fang Nanshan.