From 1915 to 1916, in the southwest, south China, and east China, a patriotic war was launched, and the two sides participated in the defense of the country, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army, and the reason for the outbreak of the war was mainly a war caused by the then president Yuan Shikai's public restoration of the imperial system.
Although this was a war against Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne, but the number of people who dared to oppose Yuan Shikai was not many, most of the forces from all sides held a wait-and-see attitude, and when the situation was clear, they were choosing who to turn to, at that time, only Cai Yi, the governor of the Dian Army, dared to take the lead in opposing Yuan Shikai, and launched a war to force Yuan Shikai to abolish the imperial system, therefore, everyone called this war a patriotic war, and called the team that dared to oppose Yuan Shikai the patriotic army, at that time, the patriotic army was divided into three large armies, the first road army attacked Sichuan, and the second road army attacked Guangdong and Guizhou. The Third Route Army, on the other hand, guarded the old home and provided timely support to the front, including raising military food.
So, who are the commanders-in-chief of the three roads of the Patriotic Army? Why did the first die young, while the third became a generation of Yunnan kings.
The commander-in-chief of the First Road Army is the famous patriotic hero General Cai Yi, who is a native of Shaoyang, Hunan, graduated from the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officers, and graduated with excellent results, it is worth mentioning that the top three graduates in the same period are Chinese students, namely: Cai Yi, Jiang Baili, Zhang Xiaozhun and others.
Cai Yi, who returned to China after completing his studies, successively trained new troops for the Qing army in Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces, but when he studied in Japan, he was influenced by Zhongshan Shengxian, so after the success of the Wuchang Uprising, Cai Yi in Yunnan also responded to the uprising of No. Shao, and after the success of the uprising, he served as the governor of Yunnan. Driven by Cai Yi's great influence, Yuan Shikai was very uneasy about him, so he transferred him to his side to monitor and take care of him.
However, when Lai Shikai was proclaimed emperor, Cai Yi secretly sneaked back to Yunnan to launch a war against mourning, and personally commanded the army, serving as the commander-in-chief of the First Road Army, capturing Sichuan and engaging the Yuan army, making great contributions to the victory of the patriotic war.
Unfortunately, shortly after the victory of the Patriotic War, Cai Yi died of illness at the age of 34. In order to show the merits of Yang Cai, a state funeral was held for him in The Yuelu Mountain of Changsha, so Cai Yi also became the "first person to be buried in the history of the Republic of China". It is a pity that he died young, but there will be greater achievements.
The commander-in-chief of the Second Road Army was General Li Liejun, a native of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, who also graduated from the sixth phase of the Artillery Department of the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School, and after returning to China, he served as an instructor in the Yunnan DaowuTang, and then was ordered to go north to the capital to serve, but who knew that he happened to encounter the Wuchang Uprising on the road, so Li Liejun joined the rebel army to overthrow the Qing Dynasty together, and when the uprising became the chief of staff of the Jiujiang New Army, and later served as the overseer of The Anwei Army. At the same time, Li Liejun was also a patriotic general. When Yuan Shikai openly counter-revolutionary, he sent a telegram to mourn, but was suppressed by mourning, and the defeated Li Liejun went into exile.
Until the beginning of 1915, Yuan Shikai announced the restoration of the imperial system, Li Liejun returned to China to join the Defending Army, and served as the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army to fight in Guangdong, Guizhou and other places, Li Liejun commanded a large army into Guangxi, the Protectorate Army was like a bamboo, and then went north along the Guangdong River to capture Shaoguan, who knew that the two Guangdong patrols made Longji Guangbu flee in panic when he heard the sound of cannons. On June 6, Yuan Shikai, who had been emperor for 63 days, was forced to abolish the imperial system and died in despair, and the Patriotic War ended smoothly.
After the establishment of the Republic of China, he was appointed by Mr. Zhongshan as the governor of Jiangxi, and after the "918 Incident", Li Liejun called Chiang Kai-shek to fight the war to the end, but at this time, Li Liejun was old, and he had been recuperating from illness. Finally, on February 20, 1946, he died of illness, and Chiang Kai-shek gave him a state funeral.
The commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army was Tang Jiyao, a native of Yunnan, who attended zhenwu school, the Japanese army non-commissioned officer school, and was also one of the founders of the Dian army, and later launched the Chongjiu Uprising with Cai Yi, and after success, he and Cai Yi jointly managed Yunnan.
During the Period of the Patriotic War, Tang Jiyao served as the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army, but he did not go out on the expedition, but looked at the homeland of the Guardian Nationalist Army, Yunnan, and was responsible for the grain and grass problems on the front line. However, it is known that after the victory of the Patriotic War, Cai Yi went abroad to treat his illness, and Yunnan was handed over to Tang Jiyao, so Tang Jiyao became the governor of Yunnan and controlled Yunnan for 18 years, so he was known as the first generation of Yunnan kings.