The Tao Te Chronology of the Beiyang Dynasty (329): Dung worms are so dirty that they become cicadas and drink in the autumn wind; rotting grass has no light, turns into fireflies and shines in the summer moon.
In the history of Beiyang, there have been three fights between the warlords directly under the "Zhejiang-Feng War" and the warlords of the Feng clan, of which "Jade Marshal" Wu Peifu is a key figure. However, in the Second Zhifeng War, Wu Peifu was defeated and fled to the two lakes. After that, Feng Yuxiang of the Northwest Army and Zhang Zuolin, the commander of the Feng army, took charge of the center. However, Wu Tao also took Zhang Zuolin's order and traveled between Tianjin and Yueyang, because at this time there were already rumors that Feng Yuxiang had returned to the warlords directly under his direct lineage, and Zhang Zuolin was very suspicious of this matter, so he repeatedly asked wu Peifu to "abandon his previous suspicions and save the country with one heart", and even "tears of words" to Wu's emissaries. In November of the fourteenth year of the Republic of China, at Feng Feng's Zhangjiakou Conference, it was Feng's representative who strongly opposed joining forces with Wu Peifu and was only willing to cooperate with Sun Chuanfang and Xiao Yaonan. In fact, this is also a bottom line of Feng Yuxiang from beginning to end: "Lianzhi is not connected to Wu".
At the same time, Zhang Zuolin, who was scheming and calculating, sent a "big gift" that made it difficult for Wu to refuse. This generous gift was zhang Zuolin, who had just returned from the Guo Songling incident, and immediately sent envoys to reach an agreement with Wu Peifu, the main content of which was that the sword guide Fang and the Feng warlords, as well as the Fengjun out of the customs after the incident was completed, the guanwai was presided over by Zhang Zuolin, Wu did not ask questions, and returned to Wu with zhi and Lu territory, Zhang Zongchang and Li Jinglin also had their own territories, and after the center and shaanxi, Gansu, and Yu territories, listening to Wu Peifu's presidency, Feng Zhang would never ask questions. This was tantamount to returning to the pre-Second Zhifeng War, according to which Wu Peifu could easily enter Gyeonggi and once again threaten the "center" to order the princes. It was for this purpose that Wu Peifu, after reaching a compromise with the Feng clan, immediately ended the war with Zhang Zongchang in Shandong, used the local forces in Henan to eliminate Yue Weijun's subordinate to Feng Yuxiang, and joined forces with the Feng clan to drive Feng Yuxiang's northwest army out of Hebei.
This was the "honeymoon period" between the warlords directly under his and Feng's lineage, and Feng had to telegraph the wilderness to avoid the front, and on the other hand, he asked his subordinates to send electricity to Zhang Zuolin, alienating Zhang Wu, believing that Wu and Zhang "sought revenge three times, and the resentment they harbored, or even worse, was definitely not a one-two man who made false remarks and made a pass, and could be relieved", and said: "The two armies of Feng and Feng are dependent on each other, and if Yi gains power, it is not conducive to our army or to The Feng side." However, given that Feng had conspired with Guo Songling to rebel, Zhang Zuolin did not believe in the "good intentions" of Feng and his subordinates and continued to support Wu Peifu. By the turn of the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, Wu Peifu's direct army had broken through Baoding and was approaching Gyeonggi, and the chair covered with tiger skin seemed to be waving to him. However, suspicions from both sides were evident from the outset. Interestingly, whether it is Zhi Wu or Feng Zhang, they all play the "Xinyi" sign when explaining the reasons for cooperation.
For example, in the face of the Northwest Army's repeated begging and begging requests, most of the front-line officers of the Feng Army, including the fengzhi warlord young marshal, were moved by it, but Zhang Zuolin insisted on his own opinion, and his explanation was: "For the sake of Gu Quanxinyi, I have cooperated with Wu, Wu has entered the army, and our luanzhou move has to give way in the situation." And Wu Peifu also said to Wei Yisan in the fifteenth year of the Republic of China: "How much time can a person live for a lifetime?" Faith and righteousness should always be taken as the most important, and the stakes should be taken lightly. Since I promised to cooperate with Zhang Yuting, how could I renege on my word and repent? "Therefore, in the face of eternal interests, there is also the iron sign of Xinyi between the giants and the giants.