Beiyang reactionaries

"I accept this task."

Xiang Chu nodded.

Duan Xun was very happy, so he said: "Mr. Xian Qiao, your public activities this time are mainly responsible for young students. They are the future of China, and also the future of our People's Party. Whoever controls these students controls the future. Therefore, Xian Mr. Qiao, you can be a director of the People’s Party Sichuan in public, but within the People’s Party, you are the head of the People’s Party’s student department.”

"it is good."

"However, Mr. Xian Qiao, your public activities and the work of the student department will involve a lot of energy. Then your work in the asset management department will be more difficult. Do you have some outstanding talents to recommend to help you share the burden?"

Xiang Chu thought for a while and said, "There is a good guy. His name is Yang Boqian. He was my student when I was teaching in Yongning Middle School ten years ago. Later, he studied in the United States and studied at the University of Michigan in the United States. He has already obtained a Ph.D. in economics. However, I received a letter from him saying that his contact with domestic work is not very smooth. I think that if the general can support it, he can be allowed to work in our Assets Management Bureau. After all, a PhD in economics from an American university is very rare at present. of."

"PhD in economics from the University of Michigan?"

Duan Xun was stunned for a moment, and then said: "With such an education, I can't even find a good job."

"He should have been able to teach in some universities. But now that the whole country is thinking about how to fight the war, who would think about such issues. So he couldn't find a place to teach for a while."

"What's the point of this? Cao Cao wrote that the Duke of Zhou vomited and nourished the world to return to his heart. My attitude towards talents here is that the more the better, the more you have. Since you have a Ph. He wrote a letter telling him that he must return to Sichuan."

"Yes."

Xiang Chu nodded, very happy.

Yang Boqian is a student of Xiang Chu and a Ph.D. in economics studying in the United States.Duan Xun's attitude made Xiang Chu very satisfied.Now that Duan Xun is confirmed to be the leader of the People's Party, Xiang Chu certainly hopes to recruit more talents for the People's Party.

"Mr. Xian Qiao, how to get the People's Party to surface so that it can make a good voice, and at the same time not put too much pressure on me from above, is up to Mr. Xian Qiao. By the way, brother Xinye (Yang Wei) is I am the Secretary-General of the People's Party, you should discuss this matter with him."

133 Control Guizhou 4

While Duan Xun continued to consolidate his strength in Guizhou, the war in Hunan became more and more fierce, and the number of armies on both sides was also increasing.Tens of thousands of Hunan Army, Guangxi Army, and Guangdong Army led by Cheng Qian gathered in Hengyang to confront the Beiyang Army.

Cheng Qian discussed with the generals of the Guijun and Guangdong armies, defended frontally, and then attacked Baoqing in a roundabout way.

Baoqing was originally stationed by Song Hegeng, head of the third regiment of the first division of the Hunan Army.After the outbreak of the Law Protection War, Song Hegeng and Zhou Wei, the garrison commander of Hunan Second District, announced their response to the Law Protection in Baoqing.Song Hegeng immediately led his troops eastward in order to preemptively strike.The offensive is also the Hunan Army, but it is under the command of Fu Liangzuo's second division of the Hunan Army, Zhu Zehuang Brigade.

Originally, Zhu Zehuang thought to himself that everyone is from the Hunan Army, and meaning is enough.Life and death will be handed over to the Beiyang Army and other troops.But Song Hegeng didn't think so, his troops fought very bravely, and all the important places around Baoqing were captured by Song Hegeng.Zhu Zehuang was very anxious, if he was defeated by Song Hegeng, how would he explain to Fu Liangzuo.So immediately put all the troops on top.After all, Zhu Zehuang had a brigade of troops and was supported by Fu Liangzuo, so his weapons and equipment were quite good.Song Hegeng was beaten down in a few blows, and even Baoqing was taken down by Zhu Zehuang.

At that time, Song Hegeng's situation was very bad, so he asked Cheng Qian for help several times.But when Baoqing was fighting, the situation in Cheng Qian's side was not good either.Because Cheng Qian was in a stalemate with the Beiyang Army at Hejiashan at that time, whether he could keep Hejiashan was a problem, and there was no reinforcements sent to Song Hegeng.

When the battle situation on Hejiashan was stable and reinforcements from the Guangxi Army and the Guangdong Army arrived, Cheng Qian wanted to support Song Hegeng, but it was a pity that Baoqing had already fallen.Moreover, Zhu Zehuang became more and more proud of his victory, and even led his troops to continue southward, preparing to attack Hengyang from the west.At this time, Cheng Qian thought that Baoqing's side was easier to fight than head-on.Attack Baoqing in a detour, and after taking Baoqing, you can also attack Changsha northward.

Therefore, the army was organized to make a detour, and wanted to attack from Baoqing.

On September 1917, 9, the Li Zhonglin and Xie Guoguang Departments of the Hunan Army, and the Wei Rongchang Department of the Guangxi Army supporting the Hunan Army encountered Zhu Zehuang's Brigade heading south on the way to attack Baoqing in a roundabout way.The two sides fought for several days, but in the end the Dharma Protectors were stronger. Zhu Zehuang couldn't stand it anymore and retreated to Baoqing.

General Lin Xiumei of the Hunan Army came to the front line, organized these Hunan Army troops, and with the cooperation of Lu Yuguang's Department of the Guangxi Army, began to counterattack Baoqing.Zhu Zehuang was a little frightened by being beaten by the French guards a few days ago, and retreated all the way, not daring to stay in Baoqing.At this time, Kong Fanwei led Yan Xishan's first mixed brigade of the Jin Army to Baoqing.The first mixed brigade of the Jin Army is Yan Xishan's elite unit. Yan Xishan worked so hard this time because he hoped to get benefits from Duan Qirui.

Originally with the support of the Jin Army's First Mixed Brigade, Zhu Zehuang was still very strong in Baoqing.But Zhu Zehuang and Kong Fanwei were not familiar with each other, one was from the Hunan Army and the other was from the Jin Army, so the cooperation was very poor.In addition, Zhu Zehuang was really afraid of being beaten, and wanted to run before the fight started.

On October 1917, 10, after only a few blows, Baoqing was beaten down by Lin Xiumei.All of a sudden, Lin Xiumei's reputation increased greatly, and everyone knew that Lin Xiumei was a general of the Hunan Army.Lin Xiumei also became a famous Dharma protector.But this is still the beginning, and Lin Xiumei led the troops to continue northward.

At this time, Zhu Zehuang's Brigade of the Hunan Army, Kong Fanwei's Brigade of the Jin Army, and the 32nd Regiment of the Eighth Division of the Beiyang Army totaled nearly [-] people.Much more than the people led by Lin Xiumei.But Zhu Zehuang didn't want to fight at all, so he slipped away again.It was the first time for Kong Fanwei to lead troops out of Shanxi, and he was even more unfamiliar with Hunan.More importantly, the three troops have different attributes, and there is no commander.Therefore, the three armies fought independently and could not cooperate at all.

Lin Xiumei is a very good general, and she immediately seized this opportunity.He didn't feel afraid because the opponent had more numbers, but instead stormed the Northern Army.Under the leadership of Lin Xiumei, the Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong troops conquered Jieling on October 1917, 10, and then went down to Qingshuping.Moreover, the law-protecting army became more and more courageous as they fought, and soon took Yongfeng again.The three armies of the Beiyang Army all collapsed.

Zhu Zehuang fled to Xiangxi with his troops, while Kong Fanwei and the 32nd Regiment of the Eighth Division of the Beiyang Army fled to Xiangxiang.

At this time, another big event happened in Hunan. On October 1917, 10, Wang Wenhua, who had just entered Xiangxi, proclaimed himself Commander-in-Chief of the Guizhou Army in Zhijiang, expressing his response to the Dharma Protection Movement.Then, with his Guizhou army, he suddenly attacked Zhu Zehuang's brigade who had fled into western Hunan, almost wiped out Zhu Zehuang's brigade, and shocked the southwest.

After Wang Wenhua defeated Zhu Zehuang's brigade, he replenished weapons and ammunition.Then he took the troops to Baoqing.With the fall of Baoqing and Wang Wenhua's response to the Northern Expedition, the situation of the Beiyang Army in Hunan became very unfavorable.

"Governor Dai."

"Governor Jiang."

The fight in Hunan was in full swing, and Jiang Hongyu, the deputy governor sent by Duan Xun to Guizhou, also arrived in Guiyang.Jiang Hongyu was very cautious in entering Guizhou this time, because he knew that the task of entering Guizhou was arduous.This is one of the most important steps for Duan Xun to control Guizhou, and it is also the most important step for Duan Xun to control the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.

Of course Jiang Hongyu didn't dare to be careless.

As for Dai Kan, Jiang Hongyu had only heard of his name, but never met him.The last time Dai Kan entered Sichuan, although he passed through Chongqing, Jiang Hongyu did not see him.Although Jiang Hongyu and Duan Xun are classmates, and they can be regarded as starting a business together, Jiang Hongyu knows that there are some things he wants to avoid suspicion.

Jiang Hongyu, as a political tycoon based in Chongqing, could not casually meet a provincial tycoon like Dai Kan.Therefore, the last time Dai Kan passed through Chongqing, the military sent troops to escort Dai Kan all the way.However, even though he had never met Dai Kan, the name Dai Kan was indeed impressive. After all, he was Liang Qichao's student and a famous general who protected the country.And before entering Guizhou, Duan Xun also told Jiang Hongyu about the importance of this incident.

"Now Guizhou is full of troops, and I have no relationship with these troops. It can even be said that I have fought with them. Therefore, it is very difficult to deal with them, so I asked Governor Jiang to go to Guizhou."

"I will actively cooperate with Governor Dai."

Jiang Hongyu replied immediately.

After drinking a cup of tea, he said slowly: "Governor Dai, before I came, our general told me that the order of our general's border defense supervisory office in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet will come down soon. But our general said that he is still young. I have no experience and need someone to help. Especially the establishment of the four provincial frontier supervision agencies requires the help of capable people. The first roll call of our general is Governor Dai. Our general very much hopes that Governor Dai can come to help establish the frontier defense of the four provinces Supervision department, and also serves as the office of the border defense committee of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet.”

This is what Dai Kan has been waiting for.

Duan Xun is still very face-saving.After he shot himself, Duan Xun's reaction was also very fast.Immediately, Xiong Qixun was appointed as the commander of the newly established Fourth Infantry Division of the Armed Police Force, and Xiong Qixun was asked to go to Chongqing to participate in the formation of this force.It also agreed to transfer forty students from the Guizhou Lecture Hall to join the newly formed Fourth Division of the Armed Police Force.Then it was suggested that Hu Zhongxiang be the deputy director of the Guizhou Police Department.

In fact, Duan Xun suggested that Hu Zhongxiang be the deputy director of the Guizhou Police Department, just as Dai Kan invited Duan Xun to send someone to serve as the deputy governor of Guizhou.Dai Kan gave Duan Xun the post of Governor of Guizhou, and Duan Xun gave Dai Kan's direct line officer Hu Zhongxiang the post of Director of the Guizhou Police Department.

But this is all his subordinates, Dai Kan has been waiting for Duan Xun to give him a position.

Finally Jiang Hongyu brought him Duan Xun's answer.Duan Xun gave Dai Kan the position of the Frontier Defense Council of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet.This position can be said to be a high position and weight, and it is the second in command in the frontier supervision department of the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet, second only to the post of border supervision.But how much power this position can have depends on Duan Xun's thoughts.

If Duan Xun empties Dai Kan, then this position is nothing.

It's just a nice name.

So Dai Kan didn't speak, and continued to look at Jiang Hongyu.He believed that it was impossible for Duan Xun to just give himself such a name.

"Furthermore, our general, after serving as the supervisory office of border defense in the four provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Tibet, is planning to step down as the supervisory office of the Southwest Smoking Ban, and recommended Governor Dai to take up this position. At the same time, the Sichuan-Yunnan Tobacco Banning Supervisory Office and the Sichuan-Guizhou Tobacco Banning Supervisory Office were merged into the Southwest Smoking Banning Office. Supervision Department. Our General hopes that after Governor Dai can take charge of the Southwest Anti-Smoking Supervision Department, we will establish a smoking ban bureau under the Southwest Anti-Smoking Supervision Department as soon as possible in our three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Of course, if we can also establish in Hunan and Guangxi provinces Even better is the Smoking Control Bureau, which is part of the Southwest Smoking Control Department."

Dai Kan listened quietly.

Listening to the mood is very good.Because this time is considered an offense, I use my cooperation to demand Duan Xun's return.For now, Dai Kan is still very satisfied with what Duan Xun gave.

The establishment of a four-province border defense conference depends on Duan Xun's intentions.If Duan Xun is unwilling, then this position can easily become nothing.However, the Southwest Anti-smoking Supervision Office that Duan Xun gave to Dai Kan immediately afterward was different.

This is very rich.

Not to mention the three provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, in the future, Duan Xun will also need an excuse to extend his hand to the two provinces of Hunan and Guangxi.And opium is always the best excuse.In other words, in the next few years, the power of this department will not be too small.

Not bad.

Your choice is very good.Duan Xun is a person who does great things.

Therefore, Dai Kan said: "Governor Jiang, thank General Duan for being so respectful of me. Since General Duan wants me to participate in the establishment of the four provincial border supervision agencies, I can't refuse. In this case, Governor Jiang needs to get familiar with the work as soon as possible. Only then can it be."

Jiang Hongyu also smiled slightly.

I revealed Duan Xun's meaning to Dai Kan. If Dai Kan is not satisfied, then everyone can continue to discuss the terms.But judging from the current situation, Dai Kan is still very satisfied with the conditions offered by Duan Xun.