After the Second Zhifeng War, the Feng army entered the pass in a large scale, and once captured the five provinces of Rehe, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu, plus the original three eastern provinces, expanded its territory to 8 provinces, and incorporated many direct troops, and greatly increased its strength. However, under the attack of Sun Chuanfang, the Feng clan lost the territory of Anhui and Jiangsu provinces. Therefore, when the Fengjun was at its peak, it should be before the war with Sun Chuanfang. Its total strength and deployment are as follows:
The Fengtian garrison consisted of 3 divisions, 1 infantry brigade, 1 cavalry brigade, and two cavalry guerrillas, totaling 28,000 men.
The Jilin garrison consisted of two divisions and 5 brigades, as well as 3 battalions of infantry and 3 battalions of cavalry of the Shanlin Brigade, totaling 44,000 people.
Heilongjiang has two divisions, two infantry brigades, one cavalry brigade, and one supplementary brigade, totaling 24,000 people.
Hebei Li Jinglin's two divisions, five mixed brigades, and three supplementary brigades, totaling more than 60,000 people.
The Shandong army was divided into two parts, one was Zhang Zongchang's Feng army, which had a total of 65,000 people in the 2nd Division of the Northeast Army, and the other was that Shi Congbin and other shandong original units had 1 division, 6 mixed brigades, and two independent regiments totaling 28,000 people.
Rehedu commanded 1 division, 2 cavalry brigades, and 2 guerrilla units, totaling 13,000 men.
Jiangsu had two divisions and one brigade of the Feng army, plus three regiments of Xuhai Zhen's envoy Sun Baochuan, for a total of 33,000.
Although Anhui was under the control of the Feng clan, jiang Dengxuan, the former overseer of Anhui, did not bring troops forward, so there was no Feng army stationed. The original troops in Anhui soon defected and submitted to Sun Chuanfang, so they were not counted.
The main force of the Feng army was the Jingyu Garrison Headquarters, commanded by Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling, with 7 divisions, two artillery brigades, and 1 engineer regiment under the Feng army, totaling 75,000 people. This was the most elite unit of the Feng Army, and it was also the main mobile force, so after Guo Songling started his army, Zhang Zuolin, who fought with more than 70,000 people, was very embarrassed.
The total strength of the above troops is about 380,000 people.
Just enumerating the numbers may not be conceptual, we can make a comparison, in the north Zhang Zuolin's biggest enemy is Feng Yuxiang. Feng Yuxiang controlled Beijing and Suiyuan and Chahar provinces, and belonged to the Nationalist Army with 4 divisions, 5 mixed brigades, 1 guard brigade, 2 cavalry brigades, 1 artillery brigade, 1 officer teaching regiment, 1 artillery teaching regiment, and 1 machine artillery regiment, totaling 80,000 people, less than 1/4 of the Feng army.
At this time, the strength of the Feng army can be seen.