Speaking of Feng Yuxiang, it is very interesting that he has a nickname, that is, "General Defection", because Feng Yuxiang's power has gradually developed and grown in the course of repeated defections, and his army has a maximum of 400,000 people. And why can such a "defective general" who is better than Lü Bu be loved by the people?
Feng Yuxiang entered the military camp at the age of 14, he originally belonged to the Qing Dynasty army, but after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911, he also directly participated in the Luanzhou Uprising, originally a junior officer of the Qing Dynasty, after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, he became the brigade commander of the 14th Brigade of the 7th Division of Yuan Shikai's army. In 1915, Feng Yuxiang also led his troops to fight against Hu Guojun and won the battle, and was commended by Yuan Shikai and made a 3rd class baron.
Subsequently, Yuan Shikai restored the imperial system, which was strongly opposed by various places, and from a distance, Yuan Shikai became the target of various warlords, and Feng Yuxiang immediately secretly contacted Cai Yi, and then turned against Yuan Shikai.
Feng Yuxiang, who already belonged to Duan Qirui's subordinates, was sent by Duan Qirui to engage the Protector Army when Sun Yat-sen launched the Dharma Protection Movement, and it was at this time that in November 1917, Duan Qirui judged that Sun Yat-sen's decision was in line with the situation of the times, so he stopped his troops at Wuxue, contacted Sun Yat-sen, and defected duan Qirui.
In 1921, Feng Yuxiang was subordinate to Cao Kun's direct government, and in 1922 he was awarded the rank of general by Cao Kun for defeating the Henan overseer Zhao Qianbu, who was a true general in Cao Kun's direct government. However, in the Second Zhifeng War, he was originally the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, but because of the 500,000 silver dollar bribe sent by Zhang Xueliang, he brazenly launched a coup d'état in Beijing, directly arrested Cao Kun and put him under house arrest, overthrowing Cao's direct government.
After overthrowing the Cao Kun government, Feng Yuxiang directly declared that he was no longer part of the Beiyang Military Department, and reorganized the troops into the "National Army", followed Sun Yat-sen, and called to invite Sun Yat-sen to go north. Sun Zhong immediately set off after receiving the news, but Rao was chased by Sun Yat-sen and did not go faster than Feng Yuxiang's reversal. During the period when Sun Yat-sen was moving north at full speed, Feng Yuxiang once again weighed the pros and cons and thought that it seemed that it would be good not to join Sun Yat-sen's camp for the time being. Therefore, he compromised with the anti-direct warlord leaders and joined the Beiyang government. I don't know how Sun Yat-sen felt about this change halfway through.
At the beginning of the Northern Expedition in 1926, Feng Yuxiang was originally a subordinate of the Beiyang Army, and he was still a general, and when the war broke out, he immediately led his troops to participate in the Northern Expedition, but he aimed his gun at the Beiyang government.
Such a continuous defection should be very despised under the traditional cultural teachings of our nation, but Feng Yuxiang is diametrically opposed. The reason for this may lie in four words: love the people like a son.
Feng Yuxiang is very loved by the people, because he always stands on the side of the people and makes decisions for them. When the country was in frequent wars, there were bandits in many areas, and Feng Yuxiang would lead the army to personally suppress the bandits in order to protect the people. People who encountered difficulties would also pay for relief, which saved the lives of many ordinary people at that time. Later, when the 918 Incident occurred, Feng Yuxiang put forward 13 proposals for the anti-Japanese resistance, and then established the Chahar Anti-Japanese Allied Army to carry out anti-Japanese activities. After the outbreak of the July 7 Incident, Feng Yuxiang fought in the War of Resistance Against Japan under Chiang Kai-shek, and although he was not less than a little shoe worn by Chiang Kai-shek, he still concentrated conscientiously on the War of Resistance Against Japan. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Feng Yuxiang wanted to join the Communist Party, but after being discovered by Jiang, he "expelled" him from the sea in the name of going abroad to investigate water conservancy.
In 1948, Feng Yuxiang was invited by our party to return to China to participate in the work related to the new CPPCC meeting, and on July 31, Feng Yuxiang was originally happy to return to China, but on the way, an accident suddenly occurred, and the ship caught fire and could not be saved, resulting in his death in the Black Sea. The "defecting general" defected several times, but he chose to stick to it before the national righteousness, and devoted 100% of his efforts to the people and the country he loved, but in the end he did not die on the land of the motherland, which should be the biggest regret before his death.