During the Republic of China period, the major warlords were unscrupulous for personal interests, and they did not obey the government's instructions. And Old Chiang, as the nominal commander, could not take down those warlords with tough means. It is precisely because of this that even during the period of the all-out War of Resistance, Lao Jiang still did not trust these warlords too much, never focused on promotion, did not give sufficient military salaries, and allowed them to fend for themselves, so that the gap between the weapons and equipment of the miscellaneous army and the central army was very large.
However, there is a warlord who is different, this person is named Chen Tiaoyuan, although he is not born in Huangpu, nor is he from Zhejiang, and there is no origin between him and Lao Jiang, but he is from the Beiyang family, but he can get the reuse and recognition of Lao Jiang, and he has been appointed as the provincial chairman three times, and he is also known as the "Elder of the Three Dynasties" because of his left and right Fengyuan, or the "tumbler" within the warlord!
In 1886, Chen Was born in a poor area of Anxin County, Hebei Province, and his father died of illness at an early age. Although the family life is more difficult, his mother firmly believes that reading can change his destiny, and he has worked hard to weave straw mats and send him to study in a private school, while Chen Tiaoyuan is also very hard and serious in his studies. In 1900, when the Gengzi National Disaster broke out, Chen Tiaoyuan chose to embark on the road of military service and studied at the Baoding Military Academy, where his classmates included Tang Shengzhi, He Yingqin and other senior generals of the Nationalist army.
After the xinhai revolution began in 1911, his classmates came to the ranks of the revolutionary army, but he joined the system of the Beiyang Army, and took the initiative to contact Feng Guozhang, and was valued by the other side, Chen Tiaoyuan was also good at left and right, always pestering Feng Guozhang, and soon was appointed as the commander of the Nanjing gendarmerie, and his size was relatively tall and mighty, but he was very thick in appearance, but he was always able to speak the tao, which impressed Feng Guozhang, let him hold a diplomatic position, and in 1916 he was awarded the rank of lieutenant general of the army.
In 1923, Sun Meiyao's bandit forces created the Lincheng Massacre, which shocked the world, and those powers attacked one after another, demanding the release of the imprisoned foreigners as soon as possible. However, these bandits did not listen to the official government's set, which caused a headache for the Beiyang government. However, Chen Tiaoyuan took the initiative to go to the bandits' den with a mouth that could speak the Tao, and called Sun Meiyao a brother and a brother, so that more than two hundred hostages were successfully released, avoiding a greater disaster.
In the Battle of Zhifeng in 1924, Chen Washiyuan was appointed as the defender of Xuzhou Town, controlling a strong force. In the face of the menacing force of the Feng army, Chen Chaoyuan was not nervous at all, and after the arrival of the Feng clan, he did not fire a shot and directly sent Xuzhou out, which made him also jump to the rank of division commander, which can be described as the only one in the Feng clan. However, then Yang Yuting, the overseer of Jiangsu, took the throne, and he was very arrogant in his style, and senior military and political figures needed to be greeted when he arrived. As Yang Yuting's deputy, Chen Tiaoyuan made the other party look down on him, after all, he came to power by surrendering, and he was more generous in appearance, Yang Yuting tried to eliminate him many times, but he never succeeded.
It seems that Chen Tiaoyuan is respectful and respectful, but in his heart, he conspires with Sun Chuanfang and decides to work together to drive Yang Yuting away. Soon these two men let the Feng army lose, and Chen Tiaoyuan also took the opportunity to collect Hundreds of Thousands of Yang's family wealth, and also confiscated the guns of a division, becoming the biggest winner, and the strength of his subordinates increased greatly. However, Sun Chuanfang became the joint marshal of the five provinces, Chen Tiaoyuan's analysis of human nature was in place, he immediately gave up Nanjing, Sun was very surprised, and named him the commander-in-chief of Anhui.
In the era of the Northern Expedition, in the face of the song of the Northern Expedition, Sun Chuanfang was unwilling to fight with Wu Peifu against the Northern Expeditionary Army, and when he fell, he sent troops again, and was soon defeated. However, Chen Tiaoyuan had already contacted the Nationalist army and was appointed commander of the 37th Army of the Revolutionary Army. In order to show his sincerity, he dedicated his elite weapons and equipment, especially the Krupp cannon, which was very rare, which made old Jiang excited.
During the April 12 Incident, Chen Qiaoyuan aided and abetted the abuse, killed many revolutionary comrades, and aroused the dissatisfaction of the "first killer" Wang Yaqiao, who tried his best to kill Chen Tiaoyuan to avenge his comrades. In August 1927, Lao Jiang was forced to resign, but Chen Tiaoyuan high-profile supported Lao Jiang and gave him 100,000 yuan, and when he continued to come to power, Chen was promoted to chairman of Anhui Province.
In the winter of 1928, Zhang Qiubai invited Chen Qiuyuan to a lunch, and Wang Yaqiao sent a group of people to assassinate him, but Chen did not come because of an incident, and Zhang Qiubai was killed instead. After hearing this, Chen was horrified and voluntarily resigned as provincial chairman. When the Central Plains War broke out, he was even more meritorious and was awarded the medal. After the old Chiang stepped down in 1931, he once again stood next to the old Chiang, and because of this, he was awarded the post of provincial chairman three times.
During the Xi'an Incident, his army was detained, and when he went to the military court, Zhang Xueliang angrily denounced him as a lustful and promiscuous person, flirting with the mother-in-law of his colleagues. In 1943, he rushed to the northwest to inspect, but after arriving in Lanzhou, he became seriously ill, could not eat food, had difficulty speaking, and in the winter his condition worsened and died, at the age of fifty-eight.
Reference: "The Speculative General of the Ten Great Warlords of the Republic of China——— Chen Tiaoyuan"