Everyone knows that Marshal Liu Bocheng is a well-known military figure in China, who has made many achievements in the agrarian revolution, the War of Resistance Against Japan, and the War of Liberation. However, many people do not know that Liu Shuai was already a famous general in the Sichuan army when he was young, and even the warlord Yang Sen of Sichuan, who was known for his bravery and good fighting, suffered an unprecedented defeat at his hands.
Marshal Liu Bocheng, whose original name was Liu Mingzhao, was born in an ordinary peasant family in Kaixian County, and grew up in a private school, and was later forced to drop out of school and return home to farm because of his father's unfortunate illness. In 1911, the Baolu Movement broke out in Sichuan, and The Chongqing revolutionary Zhang Peijue and others also took the opportunity to respond and established a Shu military government in Chongqing, and Liu Bocheng also joined the ranks of the revolutionary army at this time. In 1912, the Shu military government established the Chongqing Army General Ben School in Chongqing, and Liu Bocheng was also admitted to it to learn military theoretical knowledge. Soon after, Liu Bocheng graduated from the Chongqing Army General Ben Academy. At that time, the Fifth Division formed by Xiong Kewu, a member of the Alliance, was stationed in Chongqing, and Liu Bocheng was assigned to the Fifth Division.
Liu Bocheng
It was also from the Fifth Division of the Sichuan Army that Marshal Liu Bocheng began his brilliant military career. Unfortunately, the beginning of this military career was not so beautiful. In 1913, the second revolution broke out, and Xiong Kewu also stood up and raised the banner of revenge against Yuan Shikai. However, Xiong Kewu had only one division of troops, while Hu Jingyi, the overseer of Sichuan, had four divisions of Sichuan troops. Coupled with other Beiyang Army, Gan Army and other troops who came to help, the strength of the Yuan Army was far above that of the Yuan Army, and soon Xiong Kewu was defeated and forced to flee to Japan, and Marshal Liu Bocheng was forced to leave Sichuan for refuge in Shanghai.
In 1915, after the outbreak of the Patriotic Movement, Liu Bocheng once again followed Xiong Kewu and others back to Sichuan and joined the ranks of the Patriotic Army. It was also at this time that the Fifth Division was rebuilt, and Liu Bocheng gradually became the backbone of it. After the end of the Patriotic Movement, the Sichuan Army began to compete with the Dian Army and the Qian Army. In 1917, the Jingguo Army, composed of Xiong Kewu and Tang Jiyao, defeated Liu Cunhou, the Sichuan overseer supported by Duan Qirui, and regained control of Sichuan. Soon after, Xiong Kewu was appointed as the overseer of Sichuan by the southern protector junta.
After many years of battlefield career, Xiong Kewu also had the heart to reorganize the troops, so he selected the elite of the Fifth Division and formed his own Guard Regiment of the Overseer's Bureau, with Zhang Chong as the regimental commander and Liu Bo as the deputy regimental commander. Because Zhang Chong himself did not study the army before, and did not take care of things at all on weekdays, the guard regiment was actually in charge of Liu Bocheng. After the two roads drove to Yunnan, Xiong Kewu expanded his basic cadre troops into the 1st Army, and the Overseer Guard Regiment was also expanded into a mixed 2nd Brigade, with Zhang Chong as the brigade commander and Liu Bo as the commander of the 1st Regiment.
As Liu Cunhou ran away again, Sichuan gradually became a situation in which the 1st and 2nd Armies competed for supremacy. The commander of the 2nd Army was Liu Xiang, a representative of the Chuanzhong Rapid Formation Department, who also made his fortune in several major wars in Sichuan. Just as the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, there will inevitably be a war between Xiong Kewu and Liu Xiang. Originally, Xiong Kewu also hoped to alleviate internal contradictions by joining forces with Zhao Hengti, the overseer of Hunan, but failed because of Wu Peifu's obstruction. Without the opportunity for external expansion, the contradiction can only be resolved internally.
However, before the two sides could fight, Liu Xiang was kicked off the stage first. In the plan of the 1st Army and the 2nd Army to jointly eliminate other warlords in Sichuan, Liu Xiang was put together by Xiong Kewu's classmate and commander of the 1st Army, But Maoxin, and became the target of accusations from various warlords in Sichuan, and had to be electrified and handed over the command of the 2nd Army to Yang Sen, a general of the Accelerated Formation Department. Although Yang Sen was also born in the Sichuan Army in his early years, he had already thrown himself into the door of Zhao Youxin, a famous general of the Yunnan Army, as early as the Patriotic Movement. In the battle of the two roads to drive away The Dian, Yang Sen returned to the Sichuan army again, and led his army to continuously capture Luzhou and other important towns, so that the Dian army fled in a daze. It is precisely because Yang Sen is too brave and good at fighting, so in a short period of time, he has changed from a demotion general to the second person in the accelerated system after Liu Xiang.
Liu Xiang suffered a dumb loss at the hands of Dan Maoxin, which had long made the soldiers of the 2nd Army extremely dissatisfied and always wanted revenge. If Liu Xiang was still there, he would not have easily started a war with his old cheng, but now the commander of the 2nd Army, Yang Sen, who was known for his bravery, would certainly not be willing to suffer losses and immediately declared war on the 1st Army. Because at this time, Xiong Kewu had already claimed to have resigned from the post of Sichuan overseer and become the commander behind the scenes, and the front-line battlefield became a contest between Dan Maoxin and Yang Sen.
However, Mao Xin knew that Yang Sen was brave and good at fighting, and his frontal resistance would certainly not be good, so he constantly abandoned the city along the way and retreated from the beginning, hoping to drag Down Yang Sen. It's just a pity, but Mao Xin still misestimated Janssen's ability. As a representative of the brave warrior faction, once Janssen was defeated, it was almost invincible, and under his pursuit, the 1st Army gradually had some difficulty in stopping the retreat. Coupled with the fact that Dan Maoxin had continued to retreat, the soldiers of the 1st Army also felt a little impatient, and the decisive battle became Dan Maoxin's only choice.
After some consideration, Mao Xin chose the location of the decisive battle at Dujiayan. This is an ancient battlefield, once the place where the Qing army and the White Lotus Sect fought, the terrain is open, condescending, backed by the Jialing River, which is a suitable place for combat. At that time, the 1st Army had only two divisions and one brigade, and the 2nd Army had two divisions and two brigades. The number of people is at a disadvantage, and there is a Janssen who can play on the other side, and it is necessary to choose a good player to be competent. However, Mao Xin also knew that Zhang Chong had no ability, so he simply put Liu Bocheng in charge of temporarily commanding the entire army and led the army to resist Yang Sen on the front line.
Xiong Kewu
When ordered, Liu Bochengzheng led his army to build a pontoon bridge over the Jialing River as a way for the whole army to retreat. However, because it had just rained at that time, the river suddenly swelled, and the pontoon bridge was not successfully erected. After arriving at the Dujiayan front, Liu Bocheng first told the whole army: "I was responsible for erecting the pontoon bridge before, and I can clearly tell you that the pontoon bridge was not successfully erected, and we can only fight a battle against the water now." Behind is the Jialing River, if we do not fight desperately, there is no way back. There is so much water in the Jialing River, we can't drink it. As soon as everyone heard this, they also felt that there was no way back, so they all firmly committed themselves to Du Jiayan's position.
Yang Sen had been pursuing for so long, in fact, the army was already tired, coupled with the high terrain of Dujiayan, the upward attack would have suffered losses. For a while, Yang Sen not only failed to capture Du Jiayan, but suffered several small losses on the front line, and had to retreat backwards to the front line of Zhongtan Bridge to wait for follow-up reinforcements. Of course, Liu Bocheng could not let Yang Sen go like this, he immediately led his army to pursue, and also rushed to the Zhongtan Bridge to confront Yang Sen across the river. At this point, both sides are actually very tired, depending on who can withstand it at the critical moment.
At this moment, a fresh force from the rear of the 1st Army arrived, and Liu Bocheng was overjoyed when he knew it, and immediately wanted to cross the river with this fresh force and take the position of the 2nd Army directly from the middle. This frightened the other generals, in their opinion, the entire army of the 1st Army could not break through the defense line of the 2nd Army, and what was the use of relying on a small fresh force. What's more, Liu Bocheng also had to directly attack the opponent's most tightly defended center, and there could be a fierce general like Yang Sen sitting on the opposite side. Liu Bocheng explained to the crowd: "We have fought with the 2nd Army for so long, both sides have only the last breath left, at this time only need the fresh force to attack the other side, and we will definitely be able to break the enemy army." What's more, we have a fresh force, and the other side also has a fresh force, depending on who uses it in the right place first. Just as the so-called narrow road meets the brave one wins, as long as we break through from the center of the other side, it is enough to defeat the other party. ”
After speaking, Liu Bocheng did not listen to the persuasion of others, and resolutely led his army across the river to launch a surprise attack from the center. The 2nd Army was already exhausted and demoralized, and although it looked like a lot of men, it was actually vulnerable. Under Liu Bocheng's onslaught, the central defense line of the 2nd Army immediately collapsed, and even Yang Sen was unable to prevent the defeat and was forced to retreat backwards. With the disastrous defeat of the 2nd Army, other warlords in Sichuan joined the great battle, and Yang Sen collapsed. Under the pursuit of all kinds of people and horses, the 2nd Army seemed to have become a lost dog, and could only flee to the east, and could not even rest. Liu Bocheng led the people and horses to pursue in front, and even created a miracle of dozens of people disarming the other side of tens of thousands of people. After this battle, Liu Bocheng became famous in Sichuan and became a well-known general in Sichuan.
Because the defeat was so miserable, Yang Sen could only run to Hubei alone to take refuge. When he arrived in Wuhan, he only had a seal left with him. The other generals of the 2nd Army were also very miserable, and Tang Shizun barely managed to walk along the river by leaning on a door panel to escape the disaster. Liu Xiang, who was sitting in the back, could only really go down into the wilderness and return to Dayi's hometown and did not dare to come out. Relying on the heroic performance of Marshal Liu Bocheng, Xiong Kewu finally realized his dream of dominating Chuanzhong. Unfortunately, Liu Shuai did not get any promotion because of this, he was formerly the regimental commander, and now he is still the regimental commander, and the position of brigade commander is still occupied by Zhang Chong. It was not that Xiong Kewu did not want to promote the people below, but because Zhang Chong was afraid that it would not be easy to control the troops after his promotion, he refused to take up the position of division commander. If Zhang Chong does not move upwards, the people below will naturally not be able to go up. Although Xiong Kewu was very appreciative of Liu Bocheng, who was already quite famous in Sichuan, he was unwilling to break through the rules and promote him, and things were so frozen.
Janssen
Soon after, Yang Sen, with the support of Wu Peifu, once again counterattacked Sichuan. Liu Bocheng also went to the front line with the army again to meet the Beiyang Army that entered Sichuan, as well as the Gansu Army, the Shaanxi Army and other troops. This time, it still ended in The defeat of Janssen, the provincial coalition forces were killed in a big defeat, and the most miserable Gan army was even collectively disarmed. Unfortunately, in this great war, Liu Bocheng was unfortunately wounded and had to leave the 2nd Mixed Brigade to go to Chengdu to recuperate.
With Liu Shuai's departure, Xiong Kewu's unit could no longer find its former glory. Soon after, Liu Xiang, Yang Sen and others, with the support of Wu Peifu, made a comeback again, and the 1st Army that lost Liu Shuai had no former combat strength, and was quickly defeated by Yang Sen, and Xiong Kewu had to leave Sichuan in disgrace.