Back to the Republic of China as a commander

But this is not a tragedy, because Ma Jizeng led the No.11 Brigade, the main force of the Sixth Division, to set off first, and threw the entire supplementary brigade of more than 6000 people to Ma Baochen to organize a stop.

According to Ma Baochen's military common sense, with such a strong force, it should not be a big problem to escape.But who would have thought that in just half an hour, the Zhujiaqiao position that replenished the first regiment of guards would change hands.The 401 Infantry Regiment of the Youth Army, which had achieved a breakthrough, didn't even look at the Beiyang soldiers kneeling on the ground and raised their hands above their heads. The whole regiment, led by regiment leader Liu Xuyi, rushed towards Wenjiaping fiercely.

Since the third batch of ships will arrive in two hours, although Ma Baochen heard the sound of rumbling guns from the direction of Zhujiaqiao, he estimated it for two hours according to the usual practice, that is to say, wait for the youth army to break through and replenish a defense line It will be at least four hours before we get here again.In this case, there is no need for him to build any fortifications. After releasing the two companies to serve as guards, Ma Baochen was busy organizing the retreat. Ma Jizeng left in a hurry, and most of the divisional documents were destroyed before they arrived. .

Numbness kills people. As soon as Ma Baochen burned a small part of the telegrams, he heard gunshots not far away. Before he could ask what was going on, the door was knocked open with a bang.The head of the supplementary second regiment ran in out of breath and said incoherently: "Chief of Staff, it's not good, let's go, the youth army is coming."

"What?" Ma Baochen was really flustered at this moment. Although he had been in the army for many years, this was the first time he was in a dangerous situation. He was stunned for a long time before he said: "Then why don't you organize a team to resist!"

The head of the regiment suddenly went black: "The enemy's penetration was too sudden and violent, and the two companies in charge of security outside had no time to warn. Our team was scattered in the village and prepared to board the ship, and there was no way to organize resistance. Chief of Staff , I don’t care about so much, let’s go, put on plain clothes and escape. The enemy is less than 100 meters away, and my guard platoon is resisting.”

Ma Baochen nodded and went to look for plain clothes, only to find that the suitcases had already left with the previous boat, and he was supposed to make that trip, but he took the initiative to leave late because he wanted to show his courage. trip, the result. . .

Regretting that it was too late for this meeting, before Ma Baochen and others came out of the division headquarters, a scene that terrified them appeared. Pairs of soldiers in blue military uniforms ran past the division department at an extremely fast speed. The yellow military coat on his body clearly revealed his identity and position.

I'm sorry, two youth soldiers immediately pointed their black guns at Ma Baochen. Ma Baochen had more than 20 people accompanying him, and they also pulled out their guns reflexively. The two sides immediately entered a tense confrontation.The two youth soldiers who were only in charge of guarding the door were now sweating in fright. When they broke the door, they didn't expect that there were more than 20 enemies with guns here.If they dare not call for support, they will turn around and run away, which is a dead end. They will either sell their backs and be shot, or be punished by military law.The only thing that could cheer them up was the comrades who kept running on the street less than three meters behind them. Unfortunately, they didn't notice anything abnormal here, and sweat flowed down their cheeks.

The confrontation was only for a short while, and seeing more and more young soldiers running past the door, Ma Baochen sighed resignedly and said, "Ma Baochen, the chief of staff of the Sixth Division of the Central Army, is willing to surrender to the youth army, we lay down our weapons. "

So far, Ma Baochen became the first senior general of the Beiyang Army to be captured since the outbreak of the War to Protect the Country.When the news reached Beijing, Yuan Shikai was so angry that he tore up the telegram: "Why didn't he commit suicide! Why didn't he commit suicide?"

Liu Xuyi didn't expect that the result of his reckless behavior was to catch such a big fish, so he immediately gathered his team and escorted more than 3000 prisoners to wait for the division commander Liao Lei to bring the follow-up troops up. . .

Dai Yue, the deputy commander of the second army of the Tiger Youth Army and the commander of the second division, is on the way of pursuit at the moment. He may be the most relaxed of the entire second army's pursuit force. They set off from Changde and traveled by water. The heavy artillery regiment took them with them, and chased Ma Jizeng all the way along the Yuanjiang River. According to Wan Yaohuang's plan, the next battle to attack Yiyang, an important town on the Xiangjiang Road, was also placed on the Second Division. Dai Yue's great contribution is just around the corner.

Relatively speaking, Zhou Zhengming of the Eighth Division was the one who suffered the most. Although they started early, they hid behind the Beiyang Sixth Division very early.But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes, and the whole plan was seen through by the timid and cautious Ma Jizeng, and this old boy even played a good show of a strong man cutting off his wrist and a gecko's tail, and ran away with his No.11 brigade and division headquarters up.

The Eighth Division also reacted quickly. When Liu Xing arrived with the guard company of the military headquarters, the Chen Quzhen Division of the 801 Regiment under Zhou Zhengming had already rushed towards Yuanjiang.It stands to reason that Ma Jizeng could not escape this time, but another accident happened. Before Ma Jizeng attacked Changde, he left an engineer battalion on the east bank of the Yuanjiang River.Although this unit had only one battalion, it managed to reach a pontoon bridge on the Yuanjiang River. As a result, Ma Jizeng escaped from the Yuanjiang River except for a battalion of thousands of blocking troops, and then blew up the pontoon bridge. The 801 regiment was so angry Chen Quzhen, the leader of the regiment, threw the whip into the Yuan River.

Ma Jizeng ran to Yiyang where the Xiangjiang Road is located, only to learn that Ma Baochen had been captured. Needless to say, the entire supplementary brigade was finished.Moreover, Ma Jizeng's relationship with Lao Yuan also sent a secret message to Lao Ma, telling Lao Ma that Lao Yuan was very angry at the failure of the Changde battle, but he did not send it because of the needs of the overall situation. If he lost Hunan Province again, the consequences would be disastrous.

As a last resort, Ma Jizeng could only gather the remaining more than 9000 people to stand firm in Yiyang. At the same time, in the name of the commander of the First Route Army, he strictly ordered Ni Sichong, who was stationed in Hengyang, to defeat the place in front of him as soon as possible, and then sent his troops to Yiyang to join him.

This is an ideal state, because Ma Jizeng got even more terrifying news a day later.

Tao Zhiyue, who replaced Zhao Dongsheng before the battle, was transferred from the fifth division to the first division as the division commander, and turned the whole Baoqing mansion upside down. In just two days, he made an emergency landing on the local government and garrison in Baoqing (mainly the local garrison itself also There are not many people with guns), and then commanded 5000 people, known as 6, to join Cheng Qian in the Yongzhou area of ​​Chenzhou, and Lin Xiumei's army of more than [-] people, a total of [-] people wanted to capture Hengyang.But Ni Sichong, a bastard, is not very good at fighting, but judging from the situation, he is one-on-one. Looking at the situation, he knows that Wang Zhenyu's strength is far superior to his own, so why fight this kind of battle!

At this time, Ma Jizeng's telegram came again, and Ni Sichong thought about it.He immediately called back, saying that the battle in Yiyang was related to the safety of Hubei, and the safety of Hubei was related to His Majesty's great emperor.Therefore, Hengyang was handed over to Hunan local management immediately, and the [-]th Battalion of the Dingwu Army under the command of the Ministry of Staff went to Yiyang, under the command of Ma Jizeng, the commander of the First Route Army, to reconnaissance and pacify the bandits in western Hunan.

It would be great if Ni Sichong really went to Yiyang, but this guy is not kind, he evacuated from Hengyang area without waiting for Tang Xiangming's army to take over the defense, and he didn't go to Hengyang to support our Commander Ma as stated in the telegram.They burned, killed and looted all the way, went directly to Yuezhou along the Xiangjiang River, and then headed towards Anhui. Ma Jizeng was so angry that he scolded him for being shameless, but these are all later. . .

Ma Jizeng didn't dare to run away anymore, and defending Yiyang to the death was the only way out.But this also has to ask whether Dai Yue, the deputy commander of the Second Army of the Youth Army and the commander of the Second Division, agrees or disagrees.

On January 1, when Ma Jizeng ran to Yiyang, Dai Yue arrived on the back. The vanguard of the Second Division easily defeated the Beiyang Army security forces that were already frightened.By noon, the heavy artillery regiment of the Second Division of the Youth Army was in place and bombarded Yiyang fiercely.

How could the Yiyang City Wall, which had been standing for thousands of years, withstand such a blow from such a modern industry, and it collapsed in dozens of places.

At this point in the battle, it would be difficult for the Beiyang Army, which lacked heavy weapons, to continue. Ma Jizeng was about to shed tears. The Sixth Division didn't even fight a tough battle, so it collapsed, and he died unjustly. All.

On January 1, the battle in Guangdong was led by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi of the Third Army. On this day, the troops of the Eighth Division of the Second Army of the Youth Army also arrived in Yiyang.The most direct result of their arrival was that a large leaflet was fired at the defense line of the Beiyang Army in Yiyang with cannons. The content was a letter from the family members of the Sixth Division in Li County. Don't work for Yuan thief anymore.

In the afternoon, the fourth division was also in place.The 8000 youth army was surrounded by more than [-] Beiyang troops in Yiyang City, but they did not attack.

"What, there are 7 people outside our city alone. He Wang Zhenyu got the arms and salaries from there. How can he support so many troops in a small Xiangxi?" Ma Jizeng, who was holding the news of the capture of the Yue tribe, asked in a daze.

"It's absolutely true, Master, what kind of battle are we fighting here? We haven't figured out the enemy's strength until now. This battle is impossible to fight. Let's surrender, Master. We are fighting for the Great Emperor!" Your Majesty is loyal." Zhou Wenbing, the commander of the No.11 Brigade, had already convinced his old enemy Zhang Zhonghe before he came to see Ma Jizeng. Everyone's family members were in the hands of the youth army, and the army in his hand had lost all their belongings. , In this small city of Yiyang, they will not be able to get them together for a while.And after yesterday's fierce shelling, everyone's morale fell to the bottom, and no one wanted to fight anymore.

Ma Ji once looked at these subordinates who already had a slightly fierce look in their eyes, and knew that asking himself was just a sentimental gesture, he sighed and nodded in agreement.

On January [-]th of the fifth year of the Republic of China, the Sixth Division of the Beiyang Army was wiped out in Yiyang. Ma Jizeng, the commander of the First Route Army in charge of the Hunan War, committed suicide by taking poison.

Chapter 225 Warlord's Doomsday

Just as the situation in Hunan was deteriorating day by day, the life of Long Jiguang, the governor of Guangdong, was not very easy.

Long Jiguang, courtesy name Zicheng (Zichen), was born in Mengzi, Yunnan, of the Yi nationality, and was born as a chieftain.His father, Long Rulin, was 32 years old when he died. His concubine Ma's eldest son, Jinguang, and his concubine Li's second son, Yuguang, and third son, Jiguang.According to feudal laws and regulations, the second son Yuguang inherited the post of chieftain of Gaowu.After the death of Chieftain Nageng, there was a strife among the chieftains, killing each other, so the tribe supported Long Jinguang to act as Chieftain Nageng on his behalf.The three Long brothers have different personalities. Jin Guang likes astronomy, geography and poetry;Seeing that his two elder brothers had jobs but he was unemployed, Ji Guang had the idea of ​​usurping the position of Nageng Chieftain, and attempted to murder his elder brother twice.Jin Guang didn't want brothers to kill each other, so he left home for Kunming to take part in the general examination, and then conveyed to Beijing to find another backer.Jiguang then obtained the position of Nageng Chieftain.At that time, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu, regiment training was held in various places, and Long Jiguang also organized regiment training in his hometown. He led his troops to participate in the suppression of the anti-Qing struggle of the people in southern Yunnan, and made great contributions to assisting the Qing army in suppressing the "Yi chaos" in Yunnan.Appointed as the head of the regiment of Guangnan County, he was able to recruit troops in Wenshan, Mengzi, Jianshui, Jinping, Pingbian and Gejiu at the same time, and his power expanded rapidly.

In 1903, the political situation in Guangxi was broken, and the rebellion of the valiant was raging like a storm.Long Jiguang led 1907 soldiers to join Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He was appointed as Youjiang Daoyin of Guangxi for his meritorious service in suppressing the party. In December 12, Sun Yat-sen led the Zhennanguan Uprising, and Long Jiguang led his troops together with Lu Rongting's troops to suppress it. He dyed the flower feathers on his head with the blood of revolutionaries, and was promoted to Admiral of Guangxi for his meritorious service.In the following year, troops were sent to help suppress the Hekou Uprising, and soon the Longbu expanded into 30 patrol battalions with more than 6000 troops, known as the "Ji Army". In 1911, he was transferred to be the admiral of the Guangdong land route and the deputy commander of the guard force.From then on, Long Jiguang began to develop his power in Guangdong, and his team continued to grow, becoming a dominant and prominent warlord during the period of warlord separatism.

After the outbreak of the Revolution of 5000, Long Jiguang was forced to declare the independence of Guangdong, but it didn't matter. After the second revolution, this great warlord drove into Guangzhou City with his [-] troops and directly killed the revolutionary Hu Hanmin. They drove out together with Chen Jiongming.Naturally, Yuan Shikai also entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, actually entrusting the Governor of Guangdong, but the jurisdiction of this governor is only half of the territory of Guangdong today. Going east to Huizhou, and beyond that is the territory of Chen Jiongming and his Guangdong Army.But Long Jiguang didn't care about this, because the most lucrative territory in Guangdong was the provincial capital of Guangzhou at the moment. As for those poor places, the revolutionaries could just take them if they wanted, and they didn't have to pay for them anyway.

Guangdong can be said to be the stronghold and money bag of Sun Yat-sen's Chinese Revolutionary Party. Long Jiguang squatted there so ignorantly, isn't this a way of life?The most terrible thing is that this Long Jiguang is still a master of plucking wild geese. In 1913, Yuan Shikai removed Chen Jiongming's Guangdong governor and army lieutenant general and general, and made Long Jiguang the envoy of Guangdong Xuanfu, leading troops to attack Chen Jiongming .Long led his army straight to Guangdong, dissolved the Guangdong parliament, and was able to exterminate Zhuanzhi in Guangdong for about three years.During this period, he massacred revolutionaries, gambled, and harassed the common people. He was appreciated by Yuan Shikai and appointed General Zhenwu to supervise the military affairs of Guangdong.It can be said that as a native of Yunnan, Long Jiguang has become a key button for the spontaneous unity of the Cantonese.

No matter what past festivals any Cantonese had, they were absolutely unanimous in expulsing Long Jiguang.This is probably also a characteristic of human beings. As long as you are not in your own family, you will not be principled when you are a human being. When you get the Tao, you will take destruction as your responsibility. It is no wonder that the officials of the local governments of the United States in later generations are not appointed by the superiors but selected by the local governments. It makes sense.

After Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, Long Jiguang immediately supported him by telegram and was awarded the title of first-class Gongjia County King.His eldest brother, Jinguang, was awarded the general of Linwu, and his second brother, Yuguang, was the envoy of Guanghui.

If such people are included in the history textbooks of later generations, they will not learn well when they were young, and they will be reactionary every day when they grow up, and they are the enemies of the people.

Now Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi came to eliminate Long Jiguang, the current leader, under the order of Marshal Wang Zhenyu, chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the National Socialist Party of the Supreme Command of the Youth Army.

However, the order was issued at the end of December, and Li Zongren's third army remained in Wuzhou for a long time. Bai Chongxi, who was highly nervous before, had opinions on his sworn brother.

However, Li Zongren has his own difficulties. This difficulty is Chen Shao, the senior councilor who is accompanied by Wang Zhenyu, the head of the National Socialist Party Organization Department.

It is said that when Chen Shao took refuge in Wang Zhenyu back then, he had an ideal, that is to command the three armies and march on the battlefield.But because Wang Zhenyu was not in urgent need of military cadres at the time, he was lacking in political cadres.So Chen Shao accidentally became a civil servant. He first became the director of the construction committee in Kenshankou Town, Zhili County, Jingzhou, and was actually the mayor of the town.Later, he was transferred to An Giang Model City as the first mayor and commander-in-chief of the construction headquarters.Afterwards, I got involved with the army, but went to the military academy to study, and took the opportunity to organize a national revival society at the Xiangxi Army Academy at that time.To say that a capable person is capable wherever he goes, Chen Shao, a member of Wang Xuemen, did the above-mentioned tasks well.

In the end, when the National Socialist Party was formed, Chen Shao also became the head of the organization department and was still a civil servant.

Originally, military operations had nothing to do with this organization department, but this time the situation was a bit special.Guangdong is not only a military issue, but also a very complicated political issue. In Wang Zhenyu's view, he cannot solve it with the two generals Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi alone.Therefore, a senior councilor had to be appointed. The original plan was that the best candidate was Yang Yongtai, but Tao Zhiyue's march into Hengyang was related to the overall situation, and Yang Yongtai's good steel was put to good use.Chen Shao's sublime quality is naturally used in Guangdong.

Chen Shaoke didn't consider any quality issues. He was one of the Standing Committee members of the National Socialist Party, and his status in the party was much higher than that of Li Zongren, so he was not polite after taking office.The first requirement was a well-fitting military uniform. As for the military rank, he also thought about it, and personally wrote to the chief of the general staff, Yang Wangui.Yang Wangui, who couldn't laugh or cry, was naturally awarded the rank of major general according to the standards of military-level cadres. It seems that the current youth army is only a major general except for Wang Zhenyu.

It doesn't matter, as long as Chen Shao is satisfied, he shows up at the Third Army headquarters every day in full dress. Although he basically doesn't interfere with military affairs, it makes Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi feel very weird.

On January 1, when Li Zongren was about to send troops, Chen Shao suddenly said: "Mr. Li, I suggest that you better hold back your troops. There may be major changes in Guangdong recently."

Li Zongren knew what it means to be polite, even though Chen Shao is just a counselor, he is representing Marshal Wang Zhenyu here.

Therefore, although Bai Chongxi was aggrieved by this, Li Zongren still decided to stand still.

Chen Shao was not aimless. The latest information sent by the Guangzhou Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau showed that Mr. Sun Yat-sen, who apparently promised Wang Zhenyu to control Guangzhou, was going to renege on his promise and lose weight.

Since November last year, the Chinese Revolutionary Party has been linking up with the armed forces of political parties, militia groups, and business groups in various parts of Guangzhou, preparing to expel Long Jiguang by force after the outbreak of the War to Protect the Nation.

Courage is commendable, but it must be said that the revolutionaries at this time are really not ready to do things.Before they finished their contact work, even the ants of Long Jiguang's family knew that they were going to make trouble, and Long Jiguang was very angry and funny.

Around January 1th, Chen Jiongming and Zhu Zhixin launched uprisings in Guangzhou and Huizhou respectively. Sorry, Long Jiguang had already prepared, but the uprising was brutally suppressed and ended in failure.

But it's not all fruitless, at least in areas outside of Guangzhou, the revolutionary party's armed forces set up roadblocks, making Long Jiguang, the Guangdong warlord, completely in nameless, and the decree should not exceed the actual control range of the Ji army by half a meter.

Long Jiguang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. On January 1, he first invited representatives from all walks of life at the Haizhu Island Water Police Station in Guangzhou to hold a conference on the aftermath of Guangdong in order to paralyze the revolutionaries and exchange for a temporary ceasefire between the two sides.And when his military deployment was completed, Yan Qihan, the commander of Long's guards, suddenly opened fire during the meeting, killing Tang Juedun and Tan Xuekui, representatives of the guards, on the spot, which was called the "Haizhu tragedy".Afterwards, Long Jiguang distorted the cause of the incident as "verbal conflicts and shooting each other" between the two sides.

However, Chen Shao didn't care about this tragedy. What he cared about was Long Jiguang's military actions. Sure enough, Long Jiguang's army quickly armed Guangdong with a thunderbolt.Due to the wrong decision-making on the side of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, the so-called [-] militia they have always been proud of eventually lost.And this result was what Chen Shao wanted. He was not interested in giving Sun Yat-sen a chance to coexist with Dashuai Wang. The territory in Guangdong could only belong to Dashuai Wang.

Waiting for Long Jiguang to clear the place, Chen Shao ran over and said to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi: "Hurry up and do it, otherwise the wild fire will not burn out, and the spring breeze will blow again and it will be our turn to have a headache. "

It is worth mentioning that, besides Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Third Army, Chen Shao personally led another huge team in this battle in Guangdong. More than 40 work teams organized by the Ministry, with a total of more than 8000 people.Their task is to follow behind the army and take over the local civil affairs and defense of each county every time they win. This is also an invention that Wang Zhenyu stole from later generations.As for why Guangxi was selected, regional issues were considered in order to alleviate the resistance of the local people.But now it seems that this worry is a bit unnecessary. Look at the high degree of enthusiasm of the local people for the youth army, and you will know how great a good thing Long Jiguang has done. . .