Beiyang reactionaries

After all, Zhou Jun also has a headache now.

Chen Heng downsized the Sichuan army, and his first division was the most unlucky.Why?Because Zhou Jun's first division is the direct line of troops of the former governor of Sichuan, Hu Jingyi. When Hu Jingyi was the governor of Sichuan, it had the largest number of troops and the best weapons and equipment among all the troops of the Sichuan army. It was also one of the troops of the Sichuan army that Chen Heng feared the most.

Now that Hu Jingyi was driven away, Chen Heng's first to deal with was of course his First Division of the Sichuan Army.Not only was the troop downsized, Chen Heng also asked his fellow countryman and his staff, Xiong Xiangsheng, to serve as the brigade commander of the First Division of the Sichuan Army.

After the first division of the Sichuan Army was downsized, there was only one fucking brigade, and you let your people be brigade commanders, so you, the Chongqing town guard and commander of the Sichuan Army's first division, would become a polished commander.

Chen Heng is too deceitful.

Zhou Jun himself was full of anger.

Now Duan Xun, a bum, actually set up camp directly in the suburbs of Chongqing, and blocked the Yangtze River waterway and checkpoints on the road in Chongqing.Then he directly sent someone to tell himself that he would send food and drinks quickly, otherwise the troops would directly enter Chongqing to station.

damn it.

"Damn it."

Zhou Jun didn't even know how to describe Duan Xun.I never heard that Duan Xun is a rascal.Tried several ways, but to no avail.Although he is the guard envoy of Chongqing and the commander of the First Division of the Sichuan Army, he seems to have a high status, but he is a polished commander.Facing Duan Xun, who has a heavy army in his hand and is a direct descendant of the Beiyang Army, Zhou Jun is really helpless.But let Duan Xun occupy the Yangtze River waterway and the checkpoints around Chongqing in this way, how much money he would lose in a day, all of which will feed Duan Xun.

Chongqing is an important city in the Southwest.

Although the customs are in the hands of the British, the Sichuan army also has its own checkpoints in the Yangtze River waterway, and the land routes around Chongqing also have its own checkpoints, and the daily income is very high.But in this way, Duan Xun was directly controlled.

The Beiyang Army, the Beiyang Army really doesn't have a good guy.Chen Heng and Duan Xun are all jerks.Although he kept cursing Duan Xun, Zhou Jun really had no choice but to agree.

"Here, give them some rations. Then tell them to get out of here."

…………

Zhou Jun had a headache, and Chen Heng, who was far away in Chengdu, also had a headache.

Looking at Duan Xun's telegram, Chen Heng was also thinking about it.Duan Xun's unit is very special. It was a special unit that followed Chen Heng into Sichuan at a special time.It has only been two years since the rise of this force.

It relied on annihilating Bai Lang, and then on Duan Qirui's lap.Duan Xun has also become the strongest among the young officers of the Beiyang Army.And now is the time for Yuan Shikai to snub Duan Qirui.

Duan Xun is a person who cannot be near or far.

If Duan Xun is suppressed wantonly, then Duan Qirui's face will be very ugly.I just took a sick leave, and you people who suppress me really treat me as a sick cat.Yuan Shikai suppressed Duan Qirui, but Duan Qirui chose to retreat because he did not want to confront Yuan Shikai head-on.But if other people don't know what to do and want to suppress Duan Qirui, then that person is completely reckless.Duan Qirui can make concessions to Yuan Shikai, but it is more than enough to deal with ordinary people.Duan Qirui, the second-in-command of the Beiyang Army for many years, is not just a show, but a real and powerful Beiyang Army leader.Even if Yuan Shikai suppressed Duan Qirui, it took more than a year, but it still couldn't eliminate Duan Qirui's influence in the Beiyang Army.

Because of this, even Yuan Shikai will not do things to suppress Duan Xun now.Because now that Yuan Shikai is doing big things, how could he offend Duan Qirui and other Beiyang Army bosses.

And in order to appease Duan Qirui, he will be more tolerant to Duan Xun.

But again, Duan Xun is not close.

why?

Now who doesn't know that Yuan Shikai is reducing Duan Qirui's power.If he gets too close to Duan Xun at this time, who knows if the future will be a crime.It was precisely because of this that Chen Heng felt a headache for Duan Xun.

Suppression, not too much.But win over, really can't win over.

When Chen Heng went south, he originally wanted to take Feng Yuxiang's No.16 Mixed Brigade, but for some reason, it ended up being Duan Xun's No.20 Nine Mixed Brigade.

Duan Xun, who has just entered Sichuan, is playing rogue in Chongqing.

The troops stopped in Chongqing and asked Chongqing to provide food and drink for his troops.He also had to pay his troops, ammunition, and travel expenses, and asked him to hand over the downsized Sichuan Army troops to his command.

Otherwise, he will stay in Chongqing forever.

How does this work.

"Biaochen, what do you think?"

Finally, Chen Heng asked Li Bingzhi who was familiar with him.When Li Bingzhi was in the Ministry of War, he used to be Chen Heng's subordinate, and his relationship was not bad.

Li Bingzhi smiled and said, "General, Duan Xun didn't want to enter Sichuan. It would be nice to be a local tyrant in Western Henan. Before leaving Western Henan, he even bargained with Yuan Xiangcheng (Yuan Shikai). The position of envoy, I hope to end the affairs in Sichuan as soon as possible, and return to my own western Henan to be the tyrant. Now that he has just entered Sichuan, let him guard Luzhou and deter the Sichuan army. Of course he is angry. So I just want to use this opportunity to bargain with you .”

Li Bingzhi and Duan Xun used to be classmates in Baoding Military Academy, so Li Bingzhi smiled when he mentioned Duan Xun.

"I understand. But how to get rid of him."

"Didn't he want money? Just give him some military pay, and give him some weapons and ammunition. As for the Sichuan Army units that want to be downsized, you can also give him. Now Zhou Jun's Sichuan Army First Division and Liu Cunhou's Sichuan Army Second Division are here. In southern Sichuan, if there is something in the south and he betrays the truth, the situation in Sichuan will deteriorate. Although Duan Xun is disobedient, at least he will not betray the truth."

Chen Heng nodded.

That's the point.Chen Heng and Li Bingzhi were both worried about the Sichuan army. Compared with Duan Xun, who was born in the direct line of the Beiyang army, he was much safer.And precisely because of his direct lineage from the Beiyang Army, Duan Xun is much more arrogant than them.

Even myself, the governor of Sichuan, and my immediate superior dared to blackmail.

However, arrogance also shows that this person does not have a city, but is easy to use.This was Chen Heng's conclusion to Duan Xun in his heart.

"Send a telegram to Zhou Jun: I will give him two options. Either raise military pay, weapons and ammunition for Duan Xun's 29th Mixed Brigade, and let Duan Xun leave Chongqing with satisfaction. Or follow my opinion and continue to abolish the No. 29 Sichuan Army The third regiment of the division is directly assigned to the command of the Army's [-]th Mixed Brigade."

"Yes."

"Our side is also ready. Take out a thousand rifles from the warehouse of the arsenal, and equip them with ten Cantonese-style machine guns (Matson light machine guns) produced by the arsenal, plus [-] bullets."

"General, is it too much?"

"If there are not many, how can you make him work hard. Luzhou is a battleground in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan. Once it is fought, it will be the forefront. If you don't give him these things, what if he runs to Chongqing when something happens."

"Yes."

44 Stationed in Luzhou

Duan Xun stayed in Chongqing for seven or eight days and finally got what he wanted.Chen Heng gave Duan Xun his military salary, as well as weapons and ammunition, and more importantly, he also allocated the troops that were to be withdrawn from the Third Regiment of the First Division of the Sichuan Army directly to Duan Xun's command.

But Zhou Jun almost knelt in front of Duan Xun, asking Duan Xun to give him a way out.

After all, Duan Xun was stationed outside Chongqing, and every day he ate and drank, he had to spend Zhou Jun's money.And blackmailing Zhou Jun every day, asking Zhou Jun to give him food is not enough, and he even asks Zhou Jun for weapons and ammunition.

Zhou Jun really couldn't bear it.

In the end, Duan Xun left Chongqing, and Zhou Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief.Duan Xun didn't have time to think about Zhou Jun's thoughts, Duan Xun now put all his energy on the place he was going to guard next.

Luzhou.

This is a great place.Luzhou is the junction of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and is located at the intersection of the Yangtze River, Tuojiang River, Chishui River and other main and tributaries.Luzhou connects Xuzhou (Yibin) to the west, Zigong and Neijiang to the north, and Chongqing to the northeast.

Absolutely top notch for location.

But Duan Xun's first thought after entering Luzhou was money.Luzhou has a unique geographical location.Luzhou is connected to Zigong in the north, and Zigong is the most important salt-producing area in Sichuan.Zigong salt can even provide more than 20.00% of the national edible salt when the output is the highest.

Very strong.

The most important channel for Zigong salt to leave Sichuan is Luzhou.Zigong salt started from Zigong, came to Luzhou, and then entered Yunnan and Guizhou from Luzhou.Of course, if you go from Luzhou to Chongqing along the Yangtze River, you will be affected if you enter Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangsu.

salt.