In the northwestern land during the Republic of China period, there was once a powerful force, no matter how the government of the Central Plains north China changed, in the northwest of this acre and three points of land was always the world of the Ma family army, the old Chiang's hand never dared to reach here, when the Red Army went west, it can be said that it suffered a big loss.
Of course, the "Northwest Three Horses" are all known as Ma Jiajun to the outside world, but they do not belong to the same faction in essence, although they are all surnamed Ma and are from Hezhou, but there is also a chain of contempt within the Northwest Three Horses, which can be seen at the time of the Liberation War.
At that time, if the Northwest Three Horses could really have one heart, then our army would really need to make some effort to liberate the Great Northwest, but unfortunately, the Northwest Three Horses, like most of the warlords in the state government at that time, had many internal factions.
Ma Bufang in Qinghai and Ma Hongkui in Ningxia hoped that the other side would be annihilated by the People's Liberation Army, and then took advantage of the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to go northwest alone.
So what is the contradiction between the "Northwest Three Horses"? Why is there such a chain of contempt?
The origin of Ma Jiajun can be traced back to the time when Zuo Zongtang recovered Xinjiang more than a hundred years ago, when due to the oppression of the great powers and heavy taxes, the people complained, and finally a large-scale uprising broke out during the Xianfeng years, which is the famous "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement" in history, unfortunately, "the house leaked overnight rain", when the Qing Dynasty suppressed the rebel army, large and small rebellions broke out all over the country, twisting the army, small knife society and so on.
At this time, a large-scale rebellion also broke out in the northwest, but the rebellion here was somewhat different from the Central Plains and other places, because the religious forces in the northwest were somewhat stronger than those in the Central Plains and other places, and if they were forcibly suppressed, they would undoubtedly be self-inflicted.
Zuo Zongtang, on the other hand, took a compromise approach, "dividing and disintegrating, with Mu Zhimu", although it belongs to the same rebel forces, but not everyone in the rebel army believes in religion, and some people are completely hot-headed, and this is where Zuo Zongtang can use.
At that time, Ma Zhan'ao, who was born in Hezhou, did not have a strong belief in religion, but this person's military talent was very outstanding, and the Qing army sent troops to encircle and suppress several times and was defeated by this person, and this person was Zuo Zongtang's breakthrough.
So after this, Zuo Zongtang appointed Ma Zhan'ao as the agent of the imperial court in the northwest, and at once pulled Ma Zhan'ao down to the side of the imperial court, so the rebels suddenly became a regular army, and Ma Zhan'ao became the ancestor of the "Northwest Three Horses", and Ma Bufang's father Ma Qi was Ma Zhan'ao's confidant and favorite general.
Unlike Ma Bufang's ancestors, Ma Hongkui's ancestors were not born by "conspiracy", Ma Hongkui's ancestor Ma Qianling was a local wealthy merchant in Hezhou before this, and when Ma Jiajun was in the northwest, Ma Qianling was also Ma Zhan'ao's adviser.
However, this person was very far-sighted, knowing that Ma Zhan'ao's strength was simply not enough to divide the northwest, so when Ma Jiajun won consecutive battles in the northwest, only Ma Qianling made Ma Zhan'ao surrender to Zuo Zongtang.
Because the land in the northwest is barren, the people here are fierce, which is very difficult for the imperial court to govern, and the religious forces here are extremely strong, so how to govern has become a problem.
On the one hand, Zuo Zongtang adopted the method of Mu Zhimu, on the other hand, he also implemented the way of persuading students to revitalize religion in the northwest to try to curb religious forces, which is what we often call the imperial examination system, in order to eliminate the local rebellion in the northwest as soon as possible, Zuo Zongtang won an additional quota for Gansu.
And we also said before that Ma Qianling himself was a landlord and a rich merchant before this, and since the Tang Dynasty, the entry of Keju into Shi has always been a correct way, so the difference between Ma Qianling and Ma Zhan'ao is that after the stability of the northwest, he tried every means to let his two sons enter the career path from Keju.
The second son Ma Fulu and the private Ma Fuxiang were both from Wuju, when Guangxu was twenty-one years old, there was a rebellion in the northwest again, and this rebellion was a great opportunity for the Ningma family, Ma Fulu, who was born in Wuju, quickly quelled the rebellion with the official army, and Ma Fulu thus obtained the title of a general soldier, and his troops were also organized into the "Anning Army" from then on, so the Ningma family officially became a "regular army".
However, the rise of the Ningma family made Ma Zhan'ao feel threatened, and after Ma Zhan'ao's death, his son Ma Anliang succeeded him, and under his management, the northwest became Ma Anliang's world.
However, the problem is that the Ma Fulu brothers are not under his father Ma Zhan'ao at all, so he is very suspicious of Ma Fulu and the Ma Fuxiang brothers, and after that, in order to curb the power of the Ma Fulu brothers.
Under the operation of Ma Anliang, Ma Fuxiang, who was supposed to be the commander-in-chief of Xining, was replaced by Ma Bufang's father Ma Qi, which also became the source of the two families' feud, and Ma Fuxiang had to take up the Ningxia headquarters, which was the predecessor of the Qinghai Majiajun and the Ningxia Majiajun.
Under the management of three generations of descendants, the Majia Army in Qinghai and the Majia Army in Ningxia gradually became a local hegemon, and by the time of the victory of the War of Resistance, they had become a force that could not be ignored within the state government, and after the three major battles, the old Chiang Kai-shek was lost, and the remnants retreated to Baodao, and the only ones who could rely on it were Ma Jiajun and Hu Zongnan in the northwest.
However, due to the feuds of the previous generation, the two horses are not on the same front at all, and even want to see each other ugly.
Moreover, Ma Hongkui's ancestor was born in Keju, which can be described as "Root Zheng Miao Hong", while Ma Bufang's ancestor was "plotting rebellion" in being "recruited", in ancient parlance, he was a traitor, which is why Ma Hongkui looked down on Ma Bufang, and has always claimed to be after Zhongliang.