Beiyang reactionaries

These main combat factions have just scolded the three governors of the Yangtze River bloody, and then forced Feng Guozhang to order a crusade against the French defenders. What kind of thing are you, Feng Yuxiang?Compared with Jiangsu Governor Li Chun, Hubei Governor Wang Zhanyuan, and Jiangxi Governor Chen Guangyuan, you, the commander of the [-]th Mixed Brigade, are nothing.Now even the three governors of the Yangtze River dare not speak, what are you doing, what are you doing.

Therefore, for a while, all the big men of the Beiyang Army were scolding Feng Yuxiang.

Actually?

Although Feng Yuxiang is a rising star in the Beiyang Army, he can also be regarded as audacious.But now that the Beiyang army was screaming and shouting, Feng Yuxiang really didn't have the guts.He dared to do this because he had the support of his immediate boss Lu Jianzhang behind him.Lu Jianzhang originally thought that if he asked Feng Yuxiang to take the lead, then the three governors of the Yangtze River would respond.However, during this period of time, the three governors of the Yangtze River were beaten and killed by the main combat faction of the Beiyang Army, and everyone was terrified.Therefore, after Feng Yuxiang energized, none of the three governors of the Yangtze River dared to respond.

Instead, it angered the main combat faction of the Beiyang Army.

A bunch of people wanted to take Feng Yuxiang's flag to sacrifice. On January 1918, 1, the Beijing government withdrew Feng Yuxiang's position as the commander of the No.25 mixed brigade and handed it over to Cao Kun for investigation, and appointed Dong Shilu of the brigade as the temporary brigade commander.

It looks like Feng Yuxiang is in dire straits.

But this time reflects Feng Yuxiang's ability.After Feng Yuxiang was dismissed and investigated, the officers and soldiers of the No.16 Mixed Brigade actually jointly sent a telegram to the Beijing government, demanding that the Beijing government withdraw its order.

Of course, if it was just that, Feng Yuxiang wouldn't be so arrogant.

These people wrote at the end of the telegram: We would rather die with the brigade commander than let him go alone. If we are not invited, please shoot all 13 officers and soldiers of mine to thank the world.

This is typical coercion.

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For the Beiyang Army, it is definitely the only one.Over the years, not one or two big men from the Beiyang Army have been dismissed.Beginning with Yuan Shikai, the following Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang all had such things.Of course, there is no shortage of those Beiyang Army division commanders, brigade commanders and the like.

But after being dismissed, Feng Yuxiang was definitely the first in the army to support his commander so much.Because these people really took great risks to support Feng Yuxiang.At present, in order to attack Hunan, the Beiyang Army troops are gathered in the provinces of Hubei, Anhui, and Jiangxi. There are nearly ten brigades around Feng Yuxiang alone.If the Beijing government is really angry and wants to encircle and suppress Feng Yuxiang's No.16 Mixed Brigade, this unit will have no place to run.

But they dared to persecute the Beijing government in this way, which surprised many people.Even many bigwigs in the Beiyang Army have re-examined Feng Yuxiang.This person is well-known in the Beiyang Army, mainly because Feng Yuxiang's troops have very good military discipline, very strong combat effectiveness, and a high level of education.

Don't look at Feng Yuxiang's military background, but few of his soldiers are completely illiterate.On the contrary, most of the soldiers who entered Feng Yuxiang's army had to learn literacy in the army.This is the only unit in the Beiyang Army, except Duan Xun's unit.

Looking at it now, Feng Yuxiang is really good at running the army.

There are few people who can make their own troops work so hard for the commander.And after all, Feng Yuxiang has Lu Jianzhang behind him, so everyone has to save face.So Cao Kun made peace in front of Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, asked Feng Yuxiang to admit his mistake, and then continued to use Feng Yuxiang.

After all, Feng Yuxiang's No.16 mixed brigade has a strong combat effectiveness, and Cao Kun needs such combat effectiveness for his southern expedition.

With the resolution of Feng Yuxiang's matter, on January 1918, 1, Wu Peifu, who was eager to make contributions, had already begun to deploy troops to attack Yuezhou.After the war to protect the law began, the Beiyang Army's second attack on Hunan began.

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"Mr. Chen, Brigadier Wang."

Lizhou.

Wu Peifu led the main force of the Southern Expedition to attack Yuezhou head-on, and Zhang Jingyao led an army of [-] people to attack Pingjiang from the west side of Jiangxi, preparing to attack the troops in Yueyang from north to south.In addition to these two troops, Zhang Huaizhi's troops were also in Jiangxi. They were going to attack Lizhou, aiming at Xiangtan, and cutting off the retreat of the French defenders.

Because there are 8 or [-] Beiyang troops gathered on this side, the main force of the French Guardian Army is also on this side.

But the Beiyang Army is more than just this army.In this Dharma protection war, the Hunan army was also divided, some supported the Dharma protection army, and some supported the Beiyang army.The main force supporting the Beiyang Army was Chen Fuchu, the former boss of the Hunan Army, the former commander of the First Division of the Hunan Army, and Chen Fuchu, whose seniority and status in the Hunan Army surpassed that of Zhao Hengti.Chen Fuchu, as an early Japanese non-commissioned officer graduate, also contributed a lot to the Hunan Revolution in [-].He even led the Hunan Army to the north and fought with the Beiyang Army in Wuchang for a full month, and he himself was injured.Therefore, when the Hunan Army was reorganized, he was the commander of the First Division of the Hunan Army.It's just that Chen Fuchu later fell out with Tan Yankai, the governor of Hunan, and was suppressed by the junior Zhao Hengti.Therefore, in this Dharma protection war, Chen Fuchu took refuge in the Beiyang Army and expelled Tan Yankai's troops.In addition to Chen Fuchu, the troops of Wang Zhengya, the guardian of Changli (Changde and Lizhou), were also stationed in Lizhou.And Wang Zhengya's troops have been reorganized by Wu Peifu into the Sixth Mixed Brigade.

This side is mainly their two troops.

Their task is very simple, that is to capture Changde and besiege Changsha from the west.As for the troops currently stationed in Changde, they are mainly the troops of Daoyin Chenyuan of Hunan Province and Zhang Xueji, who is also the garrison commander, as well as the troops of Tian Yingzhao, the guardian envoy of Xiangxi, and Zhou Zefan, the deputy envoy.

And when they fought Chen Fuchu for the first time, Chen Fuchu's troops mutinied.Two regiments of Chen Fuchu mutinied and joined Zhang Xueji's troops.They are currently guarding Changde.

And Changde also has a foreign army.

That is the troops of Wang Wenhua, the former commander of the first division of the Qianjun Army, who left Guizhou to respond to the Dharma protectors.Wang Wenhua took his troops to join the French Guardian Army, but he didn't get much attention from Lu Rongting.It can only be to protect Changsha West Road with Zhang Xueji and the others.

As Wu Peifu began to really attack Yuezhou, Duan Xun's troops finally started to move.

The first to move was the troops stationed in Yibin.Wan Xuancai took Liu Mingzhao's (Liu Bocheng) Seventh Brigade and Tang Shengzhi's Gendarmerie Brigade to Lizhou to prepare for the next attack on Changde.

As for Yibin, Wang Tianzhen took control of the follow-up troops.Anyway, Duan Xun holds the title of commander-in-chief of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, so Yibin and Yueyang must be stationed.No one can stop this.

After entering Lizhou, Wan Xuan brought Liu Mingzhao and Tang Shengzhi to visit the owners of this place, Chen Fuchu and Wang Zhengya.

"Mr. Wan."

Chen Fuchu and Wang Zhengya came to greet Wan Xuancai in person.To be honest, the two of them didn't like Wan Xuancai's arrival.Because the two are currently under the leadership of Cao Kun, commander of the first route, and are currently following Wu Peifu's orders in the front.Wan Xuancai's troops, on the other hand, obeyed the orders of Duan Xun, commander of the third route, and the two troops currently belonged to different systems.

In addition, Wan Xuan just entered Lizhou this time, bringing nearly [-] troops, which is definitely a big burden for Lizhou.Although Wan Xuancai's troops are responsible for the weapons and ammunition, the food and drink in Lizhou must be settled by Lizhou.

If these problems are not resolved, these troops may immediately become bandits.So how could the two of them welcome Wan Xuancai's troops.

But it’s not enough if you don’t receive them.

Warlords are different from warlords, and armies are different from armies.In the Beiyang Army system, Duan Xun is the absolute direct line of Duan Qirui, and Duan Xun's troops are the direct line of the Beiyang Army.In comparison, the troops of Chen Fuchu and Wang Zhengya belonged to the Hunan Army, and even if they joined the Beiyang Army, they were only a motley crew of the Beiyang Army.More importantly, although Chen Fuchu and Wang Zhengya were big figures back then, Duan Xun is now the dominant figure in the Southwest Province, and they cannot afford to offend them.

So no matter how much you resist in your heart, you can only receive it.

"You two, I don't know what's going on at the front line?"

After everyone sat down, Wan Xuancai asked Chen Fuchu and Wang Zhengya directly.Because Wan Xuan accepted Duan Xun's order, when Wu Peifu and the others entered Changsha, Duan Xun's troops had to enter Changsha as well.

Because Wanxuan was more anxious.

Worried that Wu Peifu and Zhang Jingyao entered Changsha first.

"We have been waiting for the No.16 mixed brigade to arrive."

Chen Fuchu answered with some embarrassment.

In fact, Chen Fuchu and Wang Zhengya did not dare to attack alone.Because of the previous attack on Changde, the two regiments ran away without fighting, which made Chen Fuchu very angry.Now Zhang Xueji and Tian have called their troops more than 6000 people, plus Wang Wenhua's troops, Changde currently has about 4000 troops stationed.

How dare Chen Fuchu and Wang Zhengya attack Changde.

Fortunately, Cao Kun knew the situation here, so he transferred Feng Yuxiang's No. 16 mixed brigade from Jiujiang to Lizhou to help attack Changde.Feng Yuxiang's No.16 Mixed Brigade, like Duan Xun's No.20 Nine Mixed Brigade, is a very different kind of unit.At present, the No.16 mixed brigade led by Feng Yuxiang has nearly [-] people.

Cao Kun put all his hopes of winning Changde on Feng Yuxiang.

But Feng Yuxiang just caused trouble, and he was unhappy, so the marching speed was very slow.Starting from Jiujiang, it would take about ten days to come to Lizhou.Feng Yuxiang procrastinated again, so Feng Yuxiang has just left the scope of Jiujiang.It is estimated that in less than half a month or 20 days, it will be difficult for Feng Yuxiang's No.16 mixed brigade to come to Lizhou.

"Then let's wait."

"Master Wan, now that your troops are here, we can definitely attack."

Chen Fuchu was very anxious.

If you don't attack at such a good time, why are you here?Seeing that your troops are strong and strong, don't they come to fight?Although there are more than 1 troops on the opposite side, Tian Yingzhao's troops are currently in Chenzhou.The troops from the Beiyang Army will not suffer a disadvantage in attacking Changde.

Moreover, Chen Fuchu wanted to perform well and return to the top ranks of the Hunan Army.However, Wan Xuancai was not in a hurry, and said very relaxedly: "Mr. Chen, wait for a while. We still have troops in Yongshun and Zhijiang. I need to coordinate with them first. Let's prepare for battle first, and wait until the time comes." There is good news over there, let's move again."

147 Hunan War 2

"They need reinforcements, where can I find reinforcements for them?"