Beiyang reactionaries

"Where's the Jiangsu army?"

"They are also working very hard. Their weapons and equipment are not as good as Duan Xun's troops, but they fight harder than Duan Xun's troops. The pressure on the defense line is not small."

"I want to show my new master my strength, how can I not work hard."

Lu Yongxiang sneered.

What is the most hateful in this world, traitors are the most hateful.In Lu Yongxiang's mind, Gong Bangduo and Xiong Bingqi are "big traitors".The damned traitor is now more active than anyone else for the sake of performance.

But although he despises them, Lu Yongxiang will not underestimate them.Because Gong Bangduo and Xiong Bingqi are very good at fighting, and they are also very good at leading soldiers.

"How is the situation in Xuzhou and Anqing?"

"Their situation is worse than ours. Their outer positions have all been breached, and Duan Xun's air force has frequently dropped leaflets in those cities and hovered in the sky, which has dealt a great blow to the morale of the troops. The troops have already begun There have been some defections."

That's the speed of war.

It's only a few days.

On Duan Xun's side, the three armies of the sea, land and air appeared together. Although there has not been any major battle, the psychological warfare has already won enough victories.So many troops turned against each other, and so many planes flew in the sky, it was a great shock to Lu Yongxiang's troops.

It is normal for troops to defect.

"Junyan, tell me, can we persevere? Do we still have a chance?"

Lu Yongxiang was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked Zheng Junyan.Zheng Junyan wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it.Seeing Zheng Junyan's hesitation, Lu Yongxiang said directly: "Speak, I want to hear what you mean."

"Jia Shuai, then I will tell the truth."

"kindness."

"Jia Shuai, the current situation is very unfavorable to us. At present, Duan Xun's restraint is not because of insufficient strength, but because he does not want to fight in the cities. Because Nanjing, Xuzhou, and Anqing are all important cities with very developed economies. Once Fight, use planes, use artillery, use machine guns, and the whole city will be destroyed at that time. But he will not continue to procrastinate. This time he uses so many troops, the daily cost is an astronomical figure. So wait a few days After a few days, if there is no result, he will definitely attack the city. In fact, we don't have much strength here to resist his attack."

Zheng Junyan expressed his thoughts while looking at Lu Yongxiang's expression.

relatively straightforward.

Lu Yongxiang just sighed, not angry.Because Zheng Junyan is the biggest descendant of Lu Yongxiang, he has been in his [-]th Division of the Central Army and served as the chief of staff for many years, and now he is the commander of the [-]th Division of his closest descendant.Much closer than the relationship between Chen Leshan and He Fenglin.

"Ha ha."

Lu Yongxiang smiled bitterly and said: "I knew that we were not Duan Xun's opponents, but I was not reconciled. I think that when I fought with Yuan Gongbao and Duan Hefei, he was Duan Degong (Duan Xun) and he was still in school. He It is only the tenth year since I left school, and I have been in the army for more than 30 years. Why is he now the prime minister of the cabinet, and why can he dismiss me from the post of patrol envoy to the Yangtze River at will. And in the ninth year of the Republic of China (1920 ), if I hadn’t held Li Chun in check, would Duan Degong have defeated Cao Kun and Zhang Zuolin? But now he wants to dismiss me? Hmph, I just don’t want to be reconciled, what is Duan Degong worth?”

Yes.

This is what Lu Yongxiang thinks.

It's not that Lu Yongxiang doesn't know the gap between himself and Duan Xun.But he was unwilling to be ridden on the head by a junior like Duan Xun, so he chose to resist.

It's a pity that the gap in strength cannot be made up.Within a few days, Duan Xun's huge advantage has been undoubtedly manifested, and there are too few cards on his side.

"Junyan, you send telegrams to Xuzhou and Anqing. Let them choose to negotiate with Beijing."

"Jia Shuai—"

Zheng Junyan was very surprised.

Lu Yongxiang shook his head, stopped what Zheng Junyan wanted to say, and continued: "The defeat is set, and struggling is useless. They have done everything they can, and I am very satisfied. I can't let them be buried with me. I just feel sorry for you , because you followed me, so you don't have the opportunity like them."

"Jia Shuai, don't say such things. Without you, I wouldn't be where I am now. But Jia Shuai, do you want it?"

"En. Talk to Duan Degong while you still have Nanjing in your hands. Even if this war continues to drag on, as you said, we have no chance of winning. If Duan Degong's planes and artillery attack the city, I will not even have a step No. Now the opportunity is not bad. Let them contact the Beijing government first, let them successfully negotiate with Beijing first. Then I will negotiate with Duan Degong."

"Jia Shuai, wouldn't it be better to talk now? We still have at least a few important cities in our hands, and [-] to [-] troops, so we have enough bargaining chips. There is only Nanjing, and the negotiating chips are lost."

Zheng Junyan advised Lu Yongxiang.

Taking advantage of the strength now, negotiating with Duan Xun can still get a good deal.If the negotiations between Xuzhou and Anqing are completed, Lu Yongxiang will have a lot less bargaining chips.

"No matter how you talk about it, I will go to the field. Duan Degong will not give me a job. Therefore, I can't drag everyone into the water and let them go to the field with me. When they all find their own way out, I will With Nanjing in hand, nothing will happen. You just listen to me and send telegrams to Xuzhou and Anqing to let them negotiate with Beijing without reporting to me."

"Yes."

357 Pingding

On the fifth day of the war, Lu Yongxiang conceded.

Duan Xun's naval warships and marine police forces fired thousands of shells in Nanjing, which not only deterred the troops on the front line, but also deterred Lu Yongxiang.

Thousands of rounds were fired in a small battle, which is definitely the first time in Chinese history.Since the Revolution of 10,000, China has never stopped wars, and there have been countless wars, large and small.From a battle scale of thousands of people at the beginning, it turned into a melee of tens of thousands of people, and finally a war of 70+ people.During the second Zhiwan War, the Anhui faction led by Duan Xun and Lu Yongxiang and the Zhifeng coalition forces of Cao Kun, Li Chun, and Zhang Zuolin mobilized [-] million troops.

But there has never been a battle where thousands of shells were fired.

Even before, the artillery shells of a division of many troops only added up to two or three hundred rounds, and even the logistics bases of some large troops only had about one thousand rounds of shells.But Duan Xun fired thousands of shells within a few hours, just to bomb his own forward positions.This waste of shells made Lu Yongxiang understand that he was no match for Duan Xun at all.

So Lu Yongxiang conceded.

Send a telegram to the troops on the front line so that they can negotiate directly with Beijing.After receiving Lu Yongxiang's support, they scrambled to negotiate with the Beijing government one by one.The selection of these troops made Duan Xun breathe a sigh of relief, because in this case, there would be no need to attack the city.

Important cities like Xuzhou and Anqing can be completely preserved.

Duan Xun is actually ready.Once the negotiations do not go well, the air force will be used directly and heavy artillery will be used to attack the city.Although the war is cruel, it is possible to wreak havoc on the city and cause many civilian casualties.But in order to end the war quickly, Duan Xun had no other way.Because Duan Xun can't afford the current delay.

Using so many troops will cost tens of millions to tens of millions of military expenditures within a few days.Especially those artillery shells, the aerial bombs dropped by the air force, and the ammunition used when fighting in the outer positions, all of which cost a huge amount of money.Duan Xun couldn't afford it, even if it really destroyed the city and caused civilian casualties, Duan Xun would attack the city.

Fortunately, they chose to negotiate.

The result of the negotiation was also very smooth.

The first to reach an agreement was He Fenglin in Xuzhou.

Although He Fenglin chanted the slogan "Live and die with Xuzhou" earlier, in fact He Fenglin did not want to fight.After all, the cabinet has long appointed He Fenglin as the governor of Jiangsu, and also promised not to change He Fenglin's position as the governor of Jiangsu.He Fenglin is quite satisfied with the position of Jiangsu Governor.

After all, this is Jiangsu, a place as developed as Guangdong in China.

He Fenglin is already very happy to be a military governor in Jiangsu.

But the appearance is still to be done.

After all, He Fenglin is Lu Yongxiang's direct descendant for many years. If he rebelled just after the war, how would everyone think of him in the future, and who would trust him.And Duan Xun and Lu Yongxiang don't think they are fighting now, but they are also from the Anhui family after all.If he betrayed Lu Yongxiang soon, Duan Xun would not trust him, let alone reuse him.That's why he shouted slogans to defend Xuzhou.

Now that Lu Yongxiang has decided to negotiate with Duan Xun, of course He Fenglin immediately contacted Duan Xun.His request was very simple, that is, the cabinet could not pursue the fact that he fought with Lu Yongxiang this time, and he had to guarantee his position as the governor of Jiangsu.

Conditions are normal, not excessive.

Duan Xun immediately approved.

On May 1922, 5, the cabinet reached an agreement with the governor of Jiangsu, He Fenglin, the deputy commander-in-chief of Lu Yongxiang's rebellion.He Fenglin publicly announced his resignation as the deputy commander-in-chief of the rebel army, and concurrently served as the commander of the Jiangsu front army, and would no longer follow Lu Yongxiang to fight with the cabinet.It also stated that the Jiangsu Warlord has since accepted the command of the Ministry of War.