The decline and fall of the Qing government was inevitable, followed by the swarming of major warlords, and soon after the beiyang warlords began the chaotic period, which has always been known as the dark era, but if you really study carefully, you will find that in fact, the beiyang warlords' melee may be very different from what you think.
Most of these warlords are acquaintances, some classmates have former colleagues, and some are good brothers who have played together, basically have a little relationship, and the main purpose of the warlord melee is to occupy the territory, there is no need to really fight you and die, after all, at this time to save strength is the most important.
The purpose of the warlord melee is only to occupy the territory, not to annex anyone, so the warlord melee at that time was actually like a joke, fighting a war to amuse it is not OKAY, of course, dry to say that there may be no feelings, let's take a warlord war at that time - Henan Weihui scramble, to talk about how the warlords fought each other.
In this battle, the side that besieged the city was Feng Zhi'an, who belonged to Feng Yuxiang of the Northwest Army, and the side that defended the city was Ren Zengqi, who was under Zhang Zongchang's department. In order to reduce casualties as much as possible, Feng Zhi'an decided to use the method of besieging the city, and the army inside the siege fell without a fight, which was indeed a good way, after all, there was always a day when the ammunition ran out of food.
But the result? The two sides did not have the intention of fighting at all, but the soldiers on the city wall and the besieged soldiers chatted about the day, and even the attacking and defending sides also started a "business", the attacking party sold vegetables, meat, cigarettes and so on to the defending party, and then the soldiers who guarded the city hung the money from the basket.
The two sides have always maintained a relationship of mutual communication, but it is not a matter of glue like this, and Feng Yuxiang has also issued a death order over there, and must break the city in the shortest possible time, it is obvious that this transaction cannot be done, feng Zhi'an is also helpless, can only send a large amount of fresh meat to Ren Zengqi first, and send emissaries to persuade him to surrender.
Ren Zengqi was also decisive, but the words he said made people cry and laugh: "After going back, let your marshal attack the city, if I survive eight hours, let me withdraw smoothly", Feng Zhi'an heard what he was waiting for, and immediately ordered the siege to begin, but this siege method is also different.
After Feng Zhi'an ordered the siege of the city, not a single soldier rushed to the city, but put an empty cannon outside the city for 8 hours, that is, staying up for a long time, and when the time came, Ren Zengqi immediately began to retreat, Feng Zhi'an did not block, the two sides ended the war in such a friendly way, Ren Zengqi did not receive punishment from his superiors after he returned, and the warlords in the form of a family were in a scuffle.