During the Republic of China period, the Sichuan army enjoyed a high reputation among various warlords, but the Sichuan army was too competitive and competitive, and the discipline of the troops was always a problem. However, the Sichuan army led by Liu Xiang was a united army, they were bent on resisting the war and made important contributions.
After Lao Jiang came to power, he was very dissatisfied with the division of warlords in various places, and always wanted to weaken their strength, especially the Sichuan army, which was brave and good at war, Liu Xiang's troops were like an iron plate, and Lao Jiang felt a huge threat.
In order to attack the Sichuan army and eliminate the Red Army troops at the same time, the old Chiang Sent the Sichuan Army to pursue and suppress the Red Army that was about to march. Liu Xiang knew Old Chiang's calculations—to destroy the Red Army while attacking the Sichuan Army, but Old Chiang was in a position of high authority, and he could not put forward a law pair on the surface.
In January 1935, Lao Jiang gathered various warlord forces to carry out the operation of encircling and suppressing the Red Army, and specially instructed Liu Xiang to send elite troops to assist the encirclement and suppression operations of the large troops.
Liu Xiang understood that his main forces were all going to encircle and suppress the Red Army, and old Jiang would send his henchmen to seize control of the Sichuan Army, Liu Xiang could not easily hand over the control of the Sichuan Army, he let his confidant Guo Xunqi carry out the encirclement and suppression task with 3 brigades.
Before leaving, Liu Xiang analyzed the form for Guo Xunqi, saying that Lao Jiang had always regarded the Sichuan army as a "thorn in the eye", but his biggest enemy was still the Red Army, and if the Red Army was completely defeated, Lao Jiang would have the energy to go out to the Sichuan Army.
Although Guo Xunqi was a little reckless, he understood Liu Xiang's meaning, if the Sichuan army really eliminated the Red Army, then the Sichuan army would become the target of annihilation. Liu Xiang instructed him to leave a way for the Red Army to live, which was to leave a way for the Sichuan Army itself.
Guo Xunqi led three brigades of troops to begin passive encirclement and suppression. During this period, Old Chiang repeatedly warned him to speed up the march, and Guo Xunqi explicitly agreed, but did not do so, and kept a three-day marching distance from the Red Army. At that time, the sichuan army's weapons and equipment had a complete advantage over the Red Army, if it really encircled and suppressed the Red Army, the control of the Sichuan Army in the later period was difficult to guarantee, and if the encirclement and suppression failed, the Red Army would also liquidate the Sichuan Army after gaining power.
The Red Army retreated and began the Long March, and Guo Xunqi thus "escorted" the Red Army out of Sichuan to return to Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang was quite satisfied, and did not take into account the objections of the old Jiang to promote Guo Xunqi to a higher rank and promoted him to model mayor.
Liu Xiang
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, although Liu Xiang was seriously ill, he insisted on resisting the War of Resistance, and on his deathbed he specially instructed: "The War of Resistance to the End has always been unswerving, and if the Japanese army does not withdraw from the border for a day, the Sichuan army will swear not to return to its hometown for one day." Such an inspiring word became the driving force for the stubborn resistance of the Sichuan army, and they fulfilled their last wishes for Liu Xiang.