Back to the Republic of China as a commander

It must be said that Zhang Zongchang is a good player at mobilizing soldiers. Let him encourage the 10,000+ soldiers below the stage to surge up with enthusiasm (Wang Zhenyu would be very upset if he saw it. The largest military parade he held was only 6000 people. Zhang Zongchang This dog day is actually bigger than myself, hateful), raised the weapons in their hands, and shouted at Zhang Zongchang on the stage: "Grab money, grab food, grab territory!"

If Dai Jitao could be here and see this scene, he would probably sigh helplessly: "This is much more effective than my political and ideological education."

Indeed, this is the fundamental reason why Zhang Zongchang was able to rise suddenly in the late Beiyang period. Although he could not read, he succeeded in arousing the evil in his subordinates, using the most primitive human desire to drive them to kill and conquer.This is probably the last breakthrough in the Beiyang system. Although the fate of failure is still inevitable in the end, the dog-meat general Zhang Zongchang has indisputably left a strong mark in the history of the Republic of China.

And in this time and space, although a big butterfly like Wang Zhenyu came, Zhang Zongchang still rose tenaciously, and it was several years earlier than the original history.This is something Wang Zhenyu didn't expect, but it doesn't matter. For Wang Zhenyu who is determined to change the destiny of the country and the nation, a scum like Zhang Zongchang is destined to be wiped out by him. There is nothing to discuss about this.

For a while, Xuzhou became the focus of attention of all parties from the north and the south.

In the teahouses in Beijing, many old and young people even discussed the world's major issues: "Tell me, tell me, what's so good about the Republic of China? Ah? After half a year of fighting, the grandsons of the Revolutionary Party were finally settled. You see, in the third year of the Republic of China, the white wolves in Henan rose again. President Yuan spent a lot of effort to pacify the white wolves, but this In the fourth year of the Republic of China, the Orientals went to Qingdao again and occupied Shandong. Our President Yuan signed even 21 articles, and just after sending the Japanese away, he himself thought about becoming the emperor. As a result, the fifth year of the Republic of China died for a while. Battle...following this year, Prime Minister Duan, Marshal Cao, and Marshal Zhang have been making noise for a while. Go outside Beijing and have a look. It's all scorched earth. Now that I think about it, the Republic of China has never stopped for a year. There is no one year without tossing. It is still the peace of our Qing Dynasty..."

"Come on, you are like the eighth master. The foreigners in the Qing Dynasty were not less noisy. If you want me to say, it is because Yuan Gongbao himself is not in the right place, otherwise he would not have been picked up by Cai Songpo and Wang Wenzheng in the end. . .” With just such a bowl of tea, these Eight Banners men started bragging to pass the time again.

"Second Master Wu, then tell me what will happen to this great country in the future? Is it because Marshal Zhang in the north is doing his best, or is Marshal Wang in the south doing his best?"

"Who can keep it all together? Now the battle is getting bigger and bigger. I think the Republic of China is really going to die..."

"Let me tell you my masters, don't hope for chaos. The popularity of my teahouse has not been as good as every year in the past few years. If the toss continues, the business of my three generations may have to be closed," said the speaker. It is none other than Wang Lifa, the shopkeeper of Yutai Teahouse.

"Come on, shopkeeper Wang, if you fool anyone, don't fool our brothers. As for the teahouse in Qianmenlouzi, in terms of business, no one is as prosperous as shopkeeper Wang. You can count on your fingers. This year, how many teahouses are left in Qianmenlouzi? Now that the Qing Dynasty is gone, we bannermen are no more farts, it’s great that you can still maintain the situation in front of you, you kind.”

"That's right, shopkeeper Wang, don't pretend that we don't know. Your business is booming now. Although there is still a tea shop in the front, there is that, that, or something in the back. By the way, the apartment. With your ingenuity, this The Republic of China is gone, and your business can still be maintained..."

Wang Lifa was the opponent of these Jing Youzi, and quickly waved his hands and said: "Yes, yes, I will ask the buddy to refill my glass of water, whether this Xuzhou is broken or not, this tea has to be drunk. . . ”

As soon as Wang Lifa walked away, several bannermen muttered again: "Have you heard that the emperor of our Qing Dynasty is going to be restored?"

"What kind of position is restored? Seeing that Zhang Zuolin's northeast beard is about to go south to calm the chaos and follow the country, how will our emperor regain his position?"

"You don't know that, I have a cousin who works as a third-class shrimp in the palace. It is said that recently this Oriental is interested in restoring our Manchus to the country..."

What these bannermen didn't notice was that not far from them, there were two inconspicuous-looking young men who were drinking tea silently while listening to them with their ears upright. . .

In the direction of Xuzhou, Zhang Zongchang is already sharpening his sword and attacking pigs and sheep.The Zhilu Allied Forces took out all their resources, a Russian mercenary brigade, four elite Fengjun cavalry brigades, plus eighteen elite infantry brigades, and three heavy artillery brigades trained and armed by Japan, all along the Jinpu line Concentrate towards Zaozhuang.These brigades were all organized according to the standard of 5000 people. Zhang Zongchang mobilized almost 13 elites, plus twelve supplementary brigades totaling 19 horses.And Xu Kun was appointed by Zhang Zongchang as the commander of Shandong security, commanding 6 horses alone to be responsible for the stability of the province.Zhang Zongchang organized his 38 brigades with a total of 19 horses into three armies. Shi Congbin, commander of the first army, Cheng Guorui, commander of the second army, and Chu Yupu, commander of the third army, are all good brothers of Zhang Zongchang. They are all gearing up to compete with the youth army in the south.

And in Beijing, Huairentang, Zhang Zuolin is holding a meeting of senior generals of the Feng Faction. Zhang Zongchang, the deputy commander of the Anhui Army and the commander-in-chief of the Zhilu Allied Forces, is naturally also present. After the meeting, he will go south to command Zhilu The Allied Forces' attack on Xuzhou.

"Xiao Kun, the man in the south is not a fuel-efficient lamp. This time you are going south to Xuzhou, you have to know what to do."

"Don't worry, Commander, this is the day we fought all the way from the northeast to Shandong from our brothers. No matter what, I, Zhang Zongchang, will bring two 10,000+ brothers from the Zhilu coalition army to fight for you, Commander. The youth army has been cleaned up, and I will push you, Commander, to the throne of the emperor." The tall Zhang Zongchang bluffed and shouted that Zhang Zuolin didn't seem to appreciate it: "Damn it, what are you talking about, there is still the emperor now Do you still dare to have an emperor now? To be honest, our entry into the customs is really smooth this time, and I can’t believe it. But don’t think that those troops in the south are just paper. It's very likely that we will suffer a big loss. You Zhang Xiaokun is full of confidence, I don't believe you are a big man, you have shown me the truth, why do you believe that you can win?"

"Marshal, why do you want others to destroy your own prestige? Even if this stupid youth army defeated President Yuan's army last year, wouldn't President Yuan's army be wiped out like a rabbit this year? Even if they can defeat the big powers in Europe, so what? I don’t believe it. I have 30 tigers and wolves under my hand, plus the weapons and equipment given by the Japanese. I can’t beat them. Commander, don’t you I know, the heavy artillery of the Orientals is really not bragging. The 150 caliber is much better than the 75mm one. Not to mention how good their youth army is at building fortifications. Now I am afraid that he will not play positional warfare. As long as he plays , once my heavy cannon fires, they won't even think about playing with me. Marshal, don't hesitate, you old man. If we don't take advantage of the time of his expedition to clean up people now, when they all come back, But we are the only ones to be dealt with. Commander!?"

Chapter 394 The Battle of Xuzhou ([-])

In the sixth year of the Republic of China, on September 1917, 9, the Battle of Xuzhou, which attracted the attention of the whole country, finally started.

Before the start, Zhang Zuolin slapped the table at the meeting of senior generals within the Feng Faction and made up his mind: "The victory or defeat of this battle depends on who owns the country. I hope that all ministries will unite and work together, otherwise we will have a way to escape back to the outside of the pass. . .”

It's a pity that Zhang Zuolin is not a traveler, otherwise he wouldn't have mentioned the four words "sincere and united" first, and secondly, he shouldn't have mentioned the way of fleeing back to the outside of the customs.In history, those who shouted for sincere unity ended up tossing themselves to death first, and those who left a way out would eventually find that they had no way out.

But what kind of person is Zhang Zuolin? It is not a fuel-efficient lamp to be able to stand out in the Northeast beard and finally get the highest throne in the Republic of China.So this side has made up its mind to fight, and the other side has not forgotten to send people to negotiate with the Nanjing National Government for peaceful reunification. According to Zhang Laojiang's own intention, it is to take the opportunity to confuse the idiots in the south, and to take over for Zhang Zongchang and Sun Liechen. Down the offensive as a cover.

It can be said that such peace talks were insincere from the very beginning, but within the Nanjing Nationalist Government, the Guangfu Society represented by Zhang Taiyan thought they saw a hope.

On September 9, at the meeting of the two houses in Nanjing, Zhang Taiyan delivered a famous speech "How to Seek Unity in Checks and Balances" as the vice chairman of the National Government and the head of the Overwatch Council: "Our National Government has been the Republic of China until today. It is a very corrupt government. The decision-making and implementation of our two houses fully reflect our democratic will. But why do we still feel that this government is not democratic? What is the problem? We have always been puzzled, knowing that Wang Jingwei After the incident, we realized why we felt that our government was not independent. In the final analysis, there was only one reason. The military has too much power and has already surpassed the government. I have no opinion on the military committee in Wuhan here, but it is full of Worried. From the current point of view, the military committee led by Wang Zhenyu is still working hard to maintain the authority of the national government. There is nothing wrong with it. But if one day, Wang Zhenyu’s personal thinking changes, or the top decision-maker of the military committee changes, our Whether the government can continue, whether our national government can still be a government, this is what I am most worried about. Therefore, we should take the initiative in the next peaceful reunification negotiations between the North and the South, and combine the northern army with the southern Unite the armed forces to form a balanced ecological environment in our military system. Only in this way can the army and military groups be unable to override the government. At this time, our national government can complete the reunification of the motherland under the premise of Only by successfully upgrading to the central government can China become more independent and prosperous..."

After Sun Wen was forced to take medical leave, the political situation within the National Socialist Party, which was called a political party but was actually an alliance, changed a lot.First of all, the Tongmeng faction, which was originally the leader, split. The faction headed by Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi chose to stand firmly on Sun Wen's side, known as the "Sun Wen faction".However, Xiong Kewu, Cheng Qian and others who originally belonged to Huang Xing's family chose to join Wang Longzhong. This family was called "Huang Xing's family" according to its origin.The most direct result of the split of the Tongmeng faction was the strong rise of Zhang Taiyan's Guangfu faction and Xiong Xiling's and Liang Qichao's Progressive Party factions within the National Government. These two factions originally fought against the enemy together under the strong suppression of the Tongmeng faction, but After Wang Zhenyu took action to attack and divide the alliance, they split for power instead. This was not expected when Wang Zhenyu decided to drive Sun Wen away.

Well now, Zhang Taiyan, who holds the power of civil affairs and government supervision, publicly put forward the political slogan of forming a coalition government in Nanjing, with the idea of ​​merging the Fengjun and the Youth Army to form the national army.Not to mention, once such an idea comes out, there is really a big market in all walks of life in Nanjing. After all, in everyone's opinion, it is better not to fight the civil war.

In Wuhan, on almost the same day, Wang Zhenyu, who had become accustomed to being a hands-off shopkeeper, was bringing his four sons, 12-year-old Shen Quan, five-year-old Wang Jingye, and Wang Jingwen and Wang Jingwu, who were just able to trot.In fact, Wang Zhenyu has another child, the daughter Wang Siyun who was born at the end of May, and he will be satisfied with drinking milk and sleeping every day.

Wang Zhenyu is busy with many things on weekdays and rarely has time for parent-child interaction with his children. Finally, he arranged such a day to take his four children to visit the newly completed Wuhan National Zoo. Opposition voices appeared in Nanjing again.

Wang Zhenyu was very upset about this. In fact, there is nothing wrong with opposing him. As a political figure, Wang Zhenyu still has a bit of guts.But Zhang Taiyan should never have disgusted Wang Zhenyu when he was with the child, he was really upset.

"Secretary Chen, send a telegram to my uncle. Recently, our national government's corruption has become more and more serious, and we need to be punished. Let's set up an Independent Commission Against Corruption, appoint Chen Jiongming as the director, and divide the picketing power of the Civil Affairs Committee. Just give it to this department. In addition, arrange for our representatives to initiate a proposal against Nationalist government officials holding positions under the National Assembly. I think the director of the Overwatch Council can give it to Xie Chi or Zou Lu from Sun Wen’s department, and send someone else Go to Shanghai to meet Sun Wen, and let him rest in peace for a year."

"Dad, why didn't that tiger stand up?" Wang Jingye's immature childish voice quickly pulled Wang Zhenyu back to his father's role.

"Silly boy, because the tiger also takes a nap." Wang Zhenyu said to his son very lovingly. . .

Wang Zhenyu's easy few words immediately dealt a heavy blow to the Guangfu Society, which had just made a splash in Nanjing, and had to hand over the personnel and supervision rights of the Nationalist Government.And the "Sun Wen Department" that had been silent for more than a month also unexpectedly gained two important positions. At this time, even Hu Hanmin couldn't understand what Wang Zhenyu was up to.

It seems that heroes cherish each other, or it may be because of a mutual understanding. Just when Zhang Taiyan was feeling very uncomfortable, Zhang Zuolin stepped forward unceremoniously. On September 9, after almost a week of tepid negotiations on the peaceful reunification of the North and the South held in Shanghai, a major change suddenly occurred.Yang Yuting, the representative of the North, suddenly pointed out that the Beijing government is the only legal central government of the Republic of China.In order to promote the peaceful reunification of the North and the South, the local government of the Nanjing Nationalist Government should be abolished.At the same time, the youth army, an illegal armed force, was disbanded, and the southern provinces waited for the central government to accept it.The representatives from the South headed by Wang Zhengting were immediately dumbfounded. What's going on? Wasn't it fine yesterday?Why did it suddenly change today?Wang Zhengting had no choice but to report the matter to Nanjing and Wuhan after continuous questioning to no avail.

Zhang Taiyan, who was convening a meeting of colleagues from the Restoration Society in his official residence at that time, heard the news and angrily scolded Zhang Zuolin for being shameless and hopeless for China's revolution.I was so excited that my heart almost stopped beating.

After Wang Zhenyu learned the news, he smiled very lightly and said: "Send a telegram and tell the whole country that Zhang Zuolin is the one who broke the peace. Let the boys on the front line prepare to fight, and let the brothers fight harder. Don't let Feng Jun always think that only people from the Northeast are men, and people who only talk harshly and love to play with their personalities are generally bad, so they should be cleaned up."

On September 9, in Beijing, Zhang Zuolin announced that because the Southern Nationalist Government refused peace and reunification, under the order of President Xu Shichang, the status of the regional government of the Southern Nationalist Government will be revoked from now on, and it will be regarded as a rebellion from now on. , the youth army is a rebel army.

However, the day before, Wang Zhenyu sent a telegram: "Who is Zhang Zuolin? There are a dozen people who robbed houses in the Northeast and stole the vital resources of the residents of the country. The people are like grass, and they want to steal the country. If such a scourge is allowed to spread, our country will surely die." Death. Therefore, Wen Zheng is now responsible for the rise and fall of the world with the body of a man, and raises his troops to fight for the people and the country."

Zhang Zuolin saw Wang Zhenyu's telegram, although he was exposed to others, he was not angry. He just followed Yuan Shikai's tone and replied to Wang Zhenyu alone after issuing the crusade order: Since the beginning of the year, the left is rebellion, and the right is making trouble. Since the beginning of the Republic of China, there has never been a day of peace and peace with the country. Yuting is now located in the center, and it is the livelihood of the people of the world. It is absolutely forbidden for this generation to continue to make trouble. Wait for our army to break the bandits. On this day, set Xiao Xiao as the leader of this thief to thank the world."

After Wang Zhenyu saw this call, he didn't need Chen Bulei anymore, and he wrote in person and replied: "Zhang Zuolin, male, Han nationality, aged 42, is an old man from Xixiaowatun, Majiafang Village, Jiazhangsi Township, Haicheng County, Fengtian Province. Geda. Standing four feet eight inches (1 meters), he has been a disaster in the Northeast for many years. Recently, he fled to the Zhilu area to continue committing crimes. Those who are arrested will be rewarded with a million yuan. Today..."

Seeing the telegram written by Wang Zhenyu, Chen Bulei, who couldn't laugh or cry, wanted to persuade his commander-in-chief not to send such a telegram.

Wang Zhenyu waved his hand and said, "Just send it like this, this is God's reply..."

Sure enough, when Zhang Zuolin saw the power-up, he was taken aback for a moment, then thought about it, and cursed: "Damn it, this Wang Zhenyu is so worthless, is there such a thing as hurtful? Is he playing according to the rules? Damn, you dare to arrest me, Laozi, Laozi..." It took me a long time before Zhang Zuolin yelled loudly again: "Go, give me a reward of 30 yuan, I want this Wang Zhenyu's head... .”

This level of verbal war can be regarded as unprecedented, but everyone's minds are still focused on the entire battlefield, just kidding, this is really a decisive battle that will determine China's destiny and future. . .

Chapter 395 The Battle of Xuzhou ([-])

Although the beginning of autumn in Xuzhou in September, there are still autumn tigers. It is very hot at noon and very cool in the middle of the night.But no matter how cold it is, it can't hide the murderous aura all over the sky. Zhang Zongchang and his Zhilu allied forces are coming towards Xuzhou mightily with the murderous aura bursting out from time to time.The First Army of the Youth Army and the Frontier Defense Army received orders not to allow active attacks, and Jiang Fangzhen, the new chief of staff of the Xuzhou Front Enemy General Headquarters, came with this order.

"Brother Baili, it's good that you're here, it's good that you're here, with you here, our army will surely win!" Xu Shuzheng used to work in the Army Department, and had a certain friendship with Jiang Fangzhen, who was the principal of Baoding .

"Brother Youzheng, you are joking. With you as a wise man here, my trip here is actually unnecessary, but General Counselor Bai said that he wanted to teach Fengjun a profound lesson, so I had no choice but to come here with a thick skin." Jiang Fangzhen After these years The experience of speaking has become more and more appropriate.

"Brother Baili was joking, but I just don't know what the lesson is?" The little unhappiness in Xu Shuzheng's heart immediately dissipated after Jiang Fangzhen said this, and at the same time, he became very interested in the content of the lesson Jiang Fangzhen mentioned. .

Jiang Fangzhen nodded, and took a fortification map from the staff behind him: "Specifically, it is like this, like this..."

After listening to Jiang Fangzhen's explanation, Xu Shuzheng couldn't help sighing: "The German guy is indeed an expert in military affairs. He can think of this kind of gameplay. Now it's all right. Zhang Zongchang has nothing to fear even if he doubles his army." Commander Tao, you can follow the method suggested by Chief of Staff Chiang..."

On September 9, the Zhi-Shandong Allied Forces arrived at the front line of Xiaoliuquan and Qingshanquan Town. On this 11-kilometer-wide front, Tao Zhiyue's direct descendant, the First Division of the Youth Army, was ordered to fight the Zhi-Shandong Allied Forces here. The army can be regarded as a meritorious army in the civil war, and more importantly, a group of officers who have rotated back from Europe have just added to this army.As for the current division commander of this unit, Zhang Zizhong, the division commander of the 4.7th Division of the Expeditionary Army known for his good defense in the European battlefield, served as the division commander of Wang Zhenyu's starting unit, which can be regarded as the greatest praise and trust for Zhang Zizhong, a non-direct descendant.

Throwing a peach in return for a favor, Zhang Zizhong naturally unceremoniously took down the task of guarding the first line of defense.Strictly speaking, it is very dangerous to put only 4700 troops on the 5000-meter defense line, of which there are only 9000 combatants, and it is very dangerous to face the frontal attack of nearly 20 enemy troops.

So when the scouts of the Zhi-Shandong coalition reported the results of the investigation, Zhang Zongchang touched his bald head in disbelief, and then piled his head down. Shi Congbin and the army commanders said: "These southern barbarians are brave enough Still stupid enough? I don’t know how to fight anymore, and I won’t send only such a few people to fight, what is this not to do to death?”

After reading the report, Shi Congbin shook his head in puzzlement and said, "Brother, we don't understand the reasoning of this anymore. It stands to reason that their youth army wouldn't be so stupid, otherwise how did they take down such a large area in the south? Could it be a fraud?"