Fan Ha'er Kuimen went crazy and collapsed the two divisions of Hubei and Henan, and Xiong Kewu, the overseer of Sichuan, took the opportunity to be reinstated
Excerpt from "Joking about the Sichuan Army", the historical background is real, the plot is purely fictional, please do not sit in the opposite seat.
This chapter is very informative, you read it slowly, and the historical background is original.
At the turn of the spring and summer of 1920, Li Tiancai, commander of the Hubei Army, endured for a long time the officers and men of the Hubei Army and the Henan Army, who had been hunted down and robbed by Fan Harer. Wang Tianzong has passed away due to illness, and now, Li Tiancai is temporarily in command of two divisions. He had long wanted to take revenge on Van Haal. Now's your chance. The various factions in Kawauchi were busy with the civil war. Yang Ximin's detachment belonged to the Tian Zhonggu Ladder Regiment. Tang Jiyao sent a telegram to Chongqing. The Yang detachment was ordered to drive away. In order to concentrate his troops, Yu Jitang also ordered the infantry of the two marine police districts of Kuimen and Wanxian to be transferred to Chongqing Jiangbei to assemble, leaving only one battalion of artillery soldiers. Now, only Fan Haer's 26th Regiment is left in Yunyang and Kuimen.
At that time, Wang Tianzong had already died of illness. Li Tiancai temporarily commanded the two divisions. Li Tiancai thought that the opportunity had come. The original establishment of the Wang and Li divisions was the strength of one division in this province. In the Protectorate War, they raised troops to protect the country, were driven out of the province, and retreated into Sichuan. Due to the losses of the war, plus the desertion, it has not been replenished, and the establishment is at all levels, but the shortage is large. Wang Tian's longitudinal department, there are about 7,000 guns left, and Li Tiancai's department has more than 8,000 guns. A regiment of Van Har was only about 2,000 people. This battle was fought, of course, one-sided, and Fan Har's troops were defeated and retreated at Kuimen. Retreat to about twenty miles outside Yunyang City.
The Fan Har division also has a battalion outside Yunyang City. Fan Har gathered the remnants of the army outside Yunyang City. Fortunately, they retreated quickly, and the bandits' ability to escape for their lives was incomparable! The brothers all escaped. Ha'er is not stupid, the strong enemy is current, only to run quickly, his regiment, has not hurt his bones. But I couldn't swallow it. He decided to get revenge and come back. At this time, Fan Ha'er forgot that he was the commander of the 26th Regiment of the Sichuan Army, and he should report to Yan Deji and ask for instructions. But Fan Ha'er understands that Yan Deji, the commander of the weak division, can't come up with any ideas. Brigade Commander Chen Fengshi didn't dare to have any big ideas. I have to make up for it myself!
Fan Ha'er was not ambiguous, outside Yunyang City, organized a base camp, sent his subordinates to his right-hand men, and posted heroic posts in Wanxian, Quxian, Daxian and other places. "Fan Ha'er is in trouble, brothers and brothers come to Yunyang to help. His brothers rushed to the post. Fan Ha'er was already very famous in Xiachuandong, first, he was righteous and squandered money, and he did things beautifully. For the sake of his brothers, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his life and wealth. Because he garrisoned Kuimen, it was a land and water wharf out of Sichuan, escorting the opium tobacco business of all the brothers and brothers. He became the head of the regiment, his face was even bigger, and Yan Ran became the leading boss of the bandits in the east of Xiachuan. His post in Shimokawa East is all-you-can-eat. Even at the wharf in Chongqing, the Pao Brother Gang also knew that there was a beautiful Brother in Wanxian County.
didn't say it, Brother Ha is in trouble, of course he has to help. Hago's business is his own business. In a few days, more than 3,000 guns came to the bandit teams of various robes in the east of Xiachuan. Hal invited the cook, held a running water banquet in the camp, and entertained the brothers from all walks of life.
Together with their own ranks, there were more than five thousand guns. Harr divided his regiment into four parts, and the more than 3,000 people who came from him were also divided into four parts to form four detachments. By his three battalion commanders, plus him each led a way. Van Harr was bold enough to decide to do it that night.
The serpent must be different. Several drainage ditches in the city wall of Yunyang are clear. That night, several teams entered Yunyang City through the drainage ditch. Wang Tianzong and Li Tiancai each had a regiment stationed in the city. The gates were captured, and a large force entered, encircling the various garrisons of the two regiments. The earth bombs exploded indiscriminately, rushed in, and were slashed and shot with knives and guns. Pity the officers and men of these two battalions, they were sent on the road before they could wake up. The equipment of two regiments was seized. The things of these two Beiyang Army units are all fast guns made in Hanyang, as well as machine guns and small cannons. Fan Har ordered to rush to Kuimen immediately, attack Kuimen at night, and catch his turtle son off guard.
Yunyang had an accident, dozens of miles away, of course Li Tiancai of Kuimen didn't know, Ha'er was not stupid, he understood that once the other party knew, he would fight back, and he would not be able to bear the strength of the two divisions. "Let's go, touch his turtle son's night screw!"
Ha'er gave an order, and led the team to rush to Kuimen, which was close to dawn. The team split into four ways, stole open the city gates, and killed them. It was raining heavily, and it was all over the camp. Wang and Li were too late to fight. This is not a war, but a massacre, Ha'er's team, the team of the habitual bandits, these people are ruthless, and they are never soft when they kill people, the various units of these two divisions are scattered, and they are attacked in their sleep, and it is raining heavily, they can't catch their guns, so they are sent to the west with a random gun. Van Harr's team killed nearly 10,000 people. Wang and Li fled thousands of people, and Har pursued and killed. The deserters passed by the forts along the river, and the sky was already bright, and a battalion of the Jiang Defense Army left behind saw that it was the troops of Wang Tianzong and Li Tiancai, and the people chasing after them looked like the Sichuan army and people in civilian clothes. The Sichuan army hated the guest army, and the battalion commander ordered that four machine guns sweep at the deserters, and four small cannons also send shells into the crowd. As soon as Ha'er saw it, the Jiang Defense Army came to take care of it, and ordered to kill all these dog soldiers.
The deserters escaped from the range of machine guns and small cannons. The battalion commander still did not let go, and the Jiangfang artillery turned in a different direction, and this new-style artillery tried two shots, and he enjoyed it today! The flowering shells continued to explode on the mountain road leading from Kuimen to Yichang until they exceeded the range of the Jiangfang artillery.
In this battle, Van Harr defeated two dissatisfied divisions. It should be said that it was almost completely annihilated. Many of those who escaped were killed by the local mountain people and bandits, and the bandits and mountain people killed the defeated soldiers, which is nothing unusual in Sichuan; once the troops are defeated, the defeated soldiers who cross the border will be killed by the local mountain people and bandits, which is called "enlightenment," that is, they will make a fortune! In addition, Ha'er's team pursued closely and pursued them all the way to Hubei. Fan Harr understood that only by killing the two divisions of the guest army could they not turn over. In the end, less than 1,000 people escaped from Sichuan and arrived in Yichang. Tang Jiyao's six-province coalition army, Fan Har'er's battle, gave him two provinces.
Wang Tianzong, known as the bandit in Zhongzhou, was appointed by Mr. Sun as the commander-in-chief of the Henan army during the Protectorate War. Li Tiancai was originally a division commander of the Hubei army, and he was also the commander-in-chief of the Hubei army appointed by Mr. Sun, and he picked up a life. When he arrived in Yichang, he was disarmed by the Hubei army, and he had no choice but to go into the wilderness.
The battalion commander of the left-behind battalion of the Jiang Defense Army immediately sent a telegram to Yu Jitang through the Kuimen Post and Telecommunications Bureau, reporting this major incident in the Yunyang and Kuimen areas. After Yu Jitang received the report, he immediately forwarded it to Sichuan Governor Xiong Kewu. Xiong Kewu saw that this was really luck to "climb", and he couldn't stop it, these two guest divisions, living in Kuimen, at the entrance of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, were like two fish bones stuck in the throat, and they were pulled out so easily, good luck!
Tang Jiyao, the king of Yunnan, had a big deal with Yunyang and Kuimen, these two guest divisions, Lao Tang still wanted to use them to control the east of Sichuan, but now it was over, and the two divisions disappeared. And the one who caused the accident was actually Yan Guoji's 26th Regiment. Lao Tang was furious, and asked Sichuan Provincial Governor Yang Cangbai, who is Yan Guoji in your group? Yang Cangbai was also in a rage, and now that the attitude of the three division commanders in his group had changed, didn't he roast him on the fire? He said good things, but he changed his hexagram! This Yan Deji also made such a ruthless move, it was really unpredictable! Of course, he had to send a message to question.
Yan Deji is also very aggrieved. Yunyang, Kuimen, what happened, he didn't know at all. Chen Fenghe, the commander of the 13th Brigade, didn't know either. asked Fan Shaozeng, Fan Shaozeng once said that it was the Henan and Hubei armies that made the first move and beat him out of Kuimen. Kuimen is his defensive ground, and of course he will regain his defensive ground. They all know that Fan Shaozeng is the leading master of the robes and bandits in the east of Xiachuan, and he is also the most capable regiment of Yan Deji's division. Yan Deji and Chen Fengshi usually have to give him three points! After straightening his hair and gathering the robes and bandits in the east of Sichuan, it is strange that the east of the country is not in chaos. His regiment was originally the regiment with the strongest combat effectiveness of Yan Deji's Seventh Division, but now that he has more than 5,000 troops in his hands and has received equipment from two divisions, it is better not to provoke him.
The commander of the battery battalion of the Jiangfang Army took Xiong Kewu's telegram and went to find Fan Haer. Fan Ha'er was illiterate, so he asked Luo Juntong, the deputy head of the regiment, to see it. Luo Juntong took a look, it's a good thing.
"Brother Ha, Xiong Du said in the telegram that we are temporarily incorporated into the Jiang Defense Army, guarding Yunyang and Kuimen, and taking responsibility for Jiang defense. Ha Ge is the commander of the 26th Regiment and the commander of the Kui Mun Marine District. The 26th Regiment was expanded into a mixed regiment, and the Overseer's Office temporarily provided military weapons and ammunition according to the actual amount of the expansion. 100,000 silver dollars were remitted to Yunyang Bank. And 100,000 rounds of ammunition were transported from Hanyang to Kuimen. Brother Ha, it's a good thing, we are merged into the Jiang Defense Army, we are Xiong Kewu's descendants!"
"To Lao Tzu, is there such a good thing? Brother, your fort is under my control?"
"Yes, Zheng Shihe, the commander of the Kuimen Fort Battalion, obeyed the commander's dispatch. ”
"Okay, good, good, call all the brothers and brothers, I have something important to say. ”
The leader of the bandit robe brother gathered at the regimental headquarters. Van Harr saw that everyone had arrived. "Brothers, this time the brothers helped to drive away the guest army, and they were angry for me. Now, Governor Xiong wants me to be the commander of the Kuimen Marine Police District, in charge of Yunyang and Kuimen. If you are willing to stay, follow me to Van Har, and all of them will be made official and reported to the Overseer's Palace, and you will be official officers. If there are those who are unwilling to do it, the guns, bullets, and money that they have snatched will be taken away by each person. I left the cannon and machine gun, and you can't afford to use them. ”
"Brother Ha, beautifully! There is such a good thing this time for the second time, don't forget my brother Ha!"
"Also, the brothers who died in the war will be given twenty yuan of blood money, and they will be buried thickly, and the wounded will be carried back, and they will be responsible for healing, and they will ask me for money!"
These robed bandits thought that Fan Ha'er was going to take the gun off, but they didn't expect that Brother Ha was so refreshing. Willing to stay are a few bandit teams. The robes have all returned to various places. Fanhal's regiment has really become a mixed regiment, that is, it is equivalent to a strengthened regiment. The guns were all replaced by Hanyang-made by the Beiyang Army, dozens of machine guns, dozens of small cannons, and more than 20 mountain guns, but there were not many shells and bullets. These two guest armies have not been replenished for more than two years, where are the bullets and shells?
The old Duan of the Beijing government quietly and secretly supported Xiong Kewu. Lao Duan also wanted to use the hands of Xiong Kewu, the governor of Sichuan, to overthrow Tang Jiyao, the king of the southwest, and remove this big trouble. Ordered the Hanyang Arsenal that the ammunition could be sold to the bear army. The arms purchased by the three divisions of the Xiong and Jiuchuan armies must not be intercepted on the Yangtze River. Fan Harr's weapon, he is the first to get the moon near the water. 100,000 rounds of seventy-nine bullets arrived, and Fan Haal still needed shells and bullets, and Xiong Kewu agreed. Guarding Kuimen, when the Yangtze River waterway is impassable, ammunition and material replenishment can be from the northeast of Sichuan to the west of Sichuan. Because Yan Guoji is no longer a bear, this transportation line should be safe.
Xiong Kewu saw that the situation was extremely favorable to him, and decided to reinstate as soon as possible. Read on:
Xiong Kewu, the overseer of Sichuan, was reinstated by telegram, and Wang Wenhua, commander-in-chief of the Guizhou army stationed in Sichuan, plotted to kill the arms
Xiong Kewu, the overseer of Sichuan, saw that the guest troops of the Henan and Hubei divisions had easily solved the problem, Yan Deji had turned against the water, and the passages between northeast Sichuan and eastern Sichuan and the east of Sichuan were barrier-free, and the conditions for all parties were ripe, and he decided to announce his reinstatement on May 4, 1920.
On May 4, 1,920, the Chinese year is May 4, the ninth year of the Republic of China, and it was the most unfortunate day for Tang Jiyao, the king of the southwest! On 3 May, he sent a secret telegram to Lu Chao and Liu Xiang that a telegram had been prepared to Lu Chao and Liu Xiang appointing the commander-in-chief and deputy commander of the Sichuan Army, and that they should immediately send separate telegrams to Xiong Kewu, urging them to step down peacefully. He really thought that a few telegrams could really force Xiong Kewu to step down, and from then on he would unify the southwest and become the veritable king of the southwest. When he was writing the telegram on the appointment of Lu Chao and Liu Xiang, he did not expect that the four division commanders Liu Chengxun, Chen Hongfan, Lu Chao, and Xiang Chuanyi sent a telegram stating that the telegram sent by Shunqing on 21 April was a theft of names and was not counted. Then, in the name of Dan Maoxin, Lu Chao, Liu Chengxun, Chen Hongfan, and Xiang Chuanyi, the commander of the Fifth Division, he sent a telegram asking Xiong Kewu to be reinstated immediately. Xiong Kewu was also not ambiguous, and was reinstated on the same day.
Tang Jiyao wanted to use telegraph warfare to force Xiong to step down. Unexpectedly, several division commanders of the Sichuan Army, plus Xiong Kewu, bombarded Tang Jiyao with a combined telegram, and Tang Jiyao was blown up to the point that he couldn't touch his soul! What kind of thing is this, and if you say that it will change, it will change? It's only been a few days? Yan Guoji made up another knife and sent a telegram, "The heart of the bear has never changed" Tang Jiyao was "surprised"!
Lao Tang found that none of these reversals were Liu Xiang, and Liu Xiang was still stable. Whether Liu Xiang is trustworthy or not, Old Tang can't guess. The current way is to entrap Lu Chao and Liu Xiang. Especially Liu Xiang, who has a heavy army, is very important in the Sichuan army. There is also Yang Sen, the captive soldier released by Zhao Youxin, who is said to be very closely hooked with Liu Xiang. Will Yang Sen follow Liu Xiang's rebellion against Yunnan? It is said that Pan Wenhua, who returned from southern Shaanxi, also said that he would listen to Liu Xiang! This is incredible, because Liu Xiang can control as many as eight brigades! Moreover, almost all of them are three-regiment brigades! If Liu Xiang changes his mind, the situation will be out of control!
Tang Jiyao sent a telegram to Zhao Youxin and Gu Pinzhen, asking them to think of pulling Lu Chao and Liu Xiang. Lu Chao didn't do it, Liu Xiang must hold it. He also pointed out that as soon as these two people changed, the people's army would be miserable. In addition to Tian Zhonggu's regiment moving to Chongqing, he instructed Wang Wenhua, commander-in-chief of the Guizhou army, to secretly deploy troops against Liu Xiang, so that even if Liu Xiang's troops rebelled, they could not launch an offensive against Huang Fusheng, Lu Shidi, and Yan Deji.
Old Tang didn't know that Gu Pinzhen had no intention of developing in Sichuan, and agreed with Li Gengen that he was ready to return to Yunnan to oppose the Tang Dynasty. On the one hand, he forwarded Lao Tang's telegram to Xiong Kewu, and on the other hand, he pretended to send a telegram to Lu Chao and Liu Xiang, asking them why they changed their hexagrams?
Zhao Youxin also sent a telegram to Lu Chao and Liu Xiang, asking what was going on? He also sent a telegram to Yang Sen, asking him what he knew and reporting it to him truthfully.
Lu Chao was still honest, and replied with words such as "It was not his intention to embrace the bear, it turned out that he said good things, and the division commanders turned against him, and he had to follow the crowd" and so on. He is also telling the truth, the position of commander-in-chief of the Sichuan army and governor of Sichuan, who is willing to give up easily, is forced to have no choice, so he has to agree on the surface.
Liu Xiang's reply was also true: "The fourth division commander Deyang was electrified, and the fifth division commander Guanghan was electrified, which has nothing to do with Hunan." It really doesn't matter, he didn't go to the party, and there was no signature on the telegram!
When Old Tang saw it, he was just skeptical. These Sichuan rats are too slippery, who knows which sentence is true and which sentence is false?
Yang Sen called back, also pretending to be forced. "Dong Yuru of our department and Li Shuxun of Liu Department attended the Shunqing meeting, agreed to unanimously pour the bear, and signed. Liu Xiang did not give me any new instructions. I am stepping up the training of the army and waiting for Zhao Gong's dispatch." Janssen has both truths and lies. Only the last sentence is a saliva word, which is new from Meng Zhao. Zhao Youxin was still full of joy when he saw it, this Yang Sen is still my person! Yang Sen is a force, pretending to be a little too much, Zhao Youxin is so good to you, you shouldn't tell lies to coax him. But at that time, Yang Sen, he really only pretended! The more he pretended, the better.
Yang Sen knew that the upcoming battle between Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou was a vicious battle of life and death, and he must be fully prepared. He concentrated the training of the militia groups in the four counties and formed them. Not only to prepare for the expansion of the division, but in this vicious battle, he not only had to be well-armed, but also had sufficient reserves.
He expanded the four regiments into echelon regiments in the style of the Yunnan army. That is, four battalions per regiment, two detachments, plus a special science brigade. A total of eight detachments. According to Liu Xiang's instructions, the infantry of one detachment and two battalions were assigned machine guns and 60 small artillery to the company, and each battalion had an August 1 mortar company, and the detachment also had a mountain artillery company. During the Patriotic War, Yang Sen robbed and killed 54 mountain artillery pieces of the Beiyang Army, all of which were incorporated into various detachments and regiments. A detachment can fight alone. A brigade can attack or defend in multiple directions, and there is also ample formed reserves.
Yang Sen found that the Dian army was good at fighting, but it was short of troops. With this kind of capable detachment and small regimental formation, firepower is concentrated, the application is flexible, and it is suitable for both offense and defense. Yunnan, a poor province, also has a poor provincial method in the use of troops. Janssen has a thorough understanding of this kind of preparation.
Xiong Kewu announced his reinstatement, and preparations for war were necessary. However, he also did not want to fight this war in Sichuan, because once this war broke out, it would inevitably bring a huge military disaster to the people of Sichuan! He wanted to stabilize the situation in Sichuan by reinstating himself. Unite the old and new Sichuan armies and divide the people's army. Make the Yunnan and Tang Dynasty lose the basis for waging war, and then send Gu Pinzhen back to Yunnan, and you Yunnan people will fight by yourself. As soon as the Dian army left, the Guizhou army had no backing and had to go back. Besides, Wang Wenhua, the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou Army, also set his sights on his uncle Liu Xianshi's position as the overseer, gave him some money, let him go, and Sichuan would be too peaceful.
Xiong Kewu wants to extrapolate the disaster of war, this idea is to fight well, but it is difficult to become a reality!
It seems that the first step was done. Lu Chao hugged the bear. Although Liu Xiang did not send any telegrams, he had already sent Chief of Staff Hu Chuntian to defeat Chen, and he also saw the agreement of the "Liu, Liu, Chen" Chengdu meeting, which proved that Liu Xiang did not say anything openly, but secretly took refuge in Chen. But Liu Xiang is too slippery, is he speculating on both sides? Xiong Kewu is still beating the drum in his heart.
"Shu Gang, look at Liu Xiang, are you speculating on both sides?"
"It doesn't seem like that. He had informed Yu Ji's Jiangfang army in Tangjiang to assemble and prepare to attack Chongqing and attack the Guizhou army. Besides, he said that there was a batch of arms to be shipped from Hanyang. Liu Yaxiu (known as Guanglie, a representative of the Sichuan Provincial Peace Talks and one of the backbone members of the Nine-member Regiment) has gone to Hanyang to take over the arms matter. was often with Qiao Yifu, and he learned from Qiao Yifu that Liu Xiang did have a batch of ammunition to be shipped. For the safety of transportation on the Sichuan River, Liu Xiang had to postpone his statement. ”
"In this way, there is a real reason. In the People's Army, Yan Guoji retreated. It is that Lu Shidi, who has been sent to Shuangjiang Town, not far from Chengbu, this person is the earliest and most resolute against me. I'm not afraid of him, he commanded Yang Chunfang's column, and he can eat him with the third division! This person is not easy to convince!"
"Actually, Janssen has already straightened him up and crippled him. His three main detachments were already remnants, and several machine guns and small guns were all blown up by Yang Sen. He couldn't breathe for a while. Otherwise, it would have been from Shuangjiang Town to Chengdu a long time ago. ”
"It was really Janssen who did it, where did you know that?"
"Yes, it's Janssen, I'm the first to know. Deng Xihou did not move, and Liu Bin was originally the first rat at both ends, and he was timid. Besides, he didn't have those German submachine guns either. Wang Lingji belongs to the kind of person who has more things than less, and besides, he has to be governed by Liu Xiang. Liu Xiang didn't want to cause trouble at this time. Only Yang Sen, he can not listen to any of them. It is said that it belongs to Liu Xiang, but he is the third mixed brigade of the Sichuan Army, and he does not belong to any division. Another point is that this kind of shady and well-planned attack can only be detected by Janssen. During the Protectorate War, in Luzhou, the Beiyang Army suffered a lot from him. According to Zhang Xu, several attacks on the Beiyang Army's baggage fleet were planned by Yang Sen. ”
"Did you ask Janssen?"
"It's useless to ask, he won't tell the truth. According to Zhang Xu, the arms and silver dollars of the Beiyang Army that he looted were all secretly hidden by him, except for the part that was distributed to Zhang Xu. By the way, during the Protectorate War, according to Zhang Xu, Yang Sen had a capable private army, the backbone of which was Yang Sen's old subordinates in the Fifth Division, and this army was only loyal to Yang Sen and was used for cloud and soil smuggling. Later, Yang Sen used this private army to control Zhang Xu's volunteer army, and until the end of the Protectorate War, the leader of the private army was Li Shuxun, and Li Shuxun became Zhang Xu's chief of staff.
After Li Shuxun entered the National Protector Volunteers, Zhang Xu could no longer control the National Protector Volunteers and became the nominal commander. Also, after Zhang Xu left, the militia of the four counties of Yongning was adapted by Zhang Xu's righteous army. These four county militia groups were Yang Sen's private army. That is, the current 3rd Mixed Brigade, the 2nd Regiment, the 3rd Regiment. The Third Regiment was originally separated from the Fifth Marine Police District of the former Jiang Defense Army, and now the officers of the Fifth Marine Police District are still the backbone of the Yongning People's Regiment. You don't believe it, a few of Zhang Xu's cronies, after Zhang Xu died of illness, Liu Chengxun incorporated Zhang Xu's troops, these people have no support at present, and are looking for something to do in Chengdu, you can ask them in person. ”
"Zhang Xu's people, you arrange it, Zhang Xu is a meritorious person. If it is really what you said, Yang Zihui is another tyrant who is no worse than Liu Pucheng! The appointment of Yang Zihui must be seriously considered. ”
"How to use him, that's a matter for the future. But now, it's time to employ people. We must use the strengths of people! Yang Zihui has rectified Lu Shidi to prove that he is anti-Yunnan and Guizhou. Coupled with his special relationship with Liu Xiang, his German-style submachine gun came from Liu Xiang, and Liu Xiang would not have known what he did, which also proved that Liu Xiang was indeed anti-Yunnan-Guizhou. ”
"You tell Zhang Xu's people, don't talk nonsense about Yang Sen's affairs in Yongning, and ask them to keep secrets, but you can arrange them in the first division, and you are responsible for controlling them. When this matter reaches the Dian army, Zhao Youxin will understand that Yang Sen is pulling the strings, and Liu Xiang and Zhao Youxin are cooperating, which is a big scam. ”
"I have warned Zhang Xu's subordinates about this, given them some money, and promised to arrange them in the army. According to Zhang Xu's subordinates, Zhang Xu was actually quite friendly with Yang Sen in private. Because Yang Sen is in Yongning, he has really helped Zhang Xu a lot. Zhang Xu went to Xichang to take up his post, and Yang Sen also sent 20,000 silver dollars, and replaced Zhang Xu's guards with new guns. ”
"Now there are still two shares left: Shi Qingyang and Huang Fusheng. It seems that these two people are not going to turn around?"
"Convince Shi Qingyang first. As for Huang Fusheng, of course it's good to be able to move. But he was attached to the Qianjun army, and it was difficult to move. His strength is not strong, and he can't make much waves. As for Wang Wenhua of the Qianjun Army, we ignore him a little, and if he also withdraws, it will be difficult for Lao Tang to start a war in Sichuan. ”
"We don't want to start a war, but we can't help but prepare for it. ”
"Regarding military preparations, you are responsible. In the face of the matter, I will come out and try to prevent the war from happening. ”
Also on May 4, 1920, Zhu Yimin, chief of staff of the Guizhou Army, declared martial law in Chongqing. Yuan Zuming, commander of the Qianjun Division, summoned the businessmen of the Chongqing Chamber of Commerce for a meeting. Commenting on the current situation, he said, "The Sichuan affairs are free and the Sichuan army is resolved, and of course Yunnan and Guizhou cannot be interrogated. If the Sichuan army can't solve the problem, of course Yunnan and Guizhou can't sit idly by."
Deng Taizhong, a representative of the old Tang Dynasty, said: "Yunnan people say that patriotism is a shell language, and the generals inevitably have opinions among themselves, but when it comes to fighting, they do not have the slightest opinion."
These two clearly threatened the Sichuan people with war. As soon as this incident was published in the newspapers, the generals of the Sichuan army were quite angry. "To Lao Tzu, if you want to fight, who is afraid of whom? I don't believe it, I can't win against you Yunnan barbarian, Guizhou second (the second is another name for bandits). ”
When the commander of the Fourth Division of the Sichuan Army headed by Liu Chengxun stated that the anti-Xiong telegram on 21 April was a name theft, Liu Xiang remained silent. What to do, what to do. It does take time to mobilize troops. It is also true that a large number of arms are to be shipped from Hanyang. For the sake of insurance, this time, taking advantage of Liu Wenhui's connections, Qiao Yifu hired three freighters from the British Merchant Steamship Company and hired gunboats to escort them. Stops along the way into the Chuan River. In advance, the river defense army controlled the wharf and set up a cordon. There was a reinforced company on the ship, and for safety, Qiao Yifu was also escorted with the ship.
The Guizhou army was stationed in Chongqing, and the Sichuan Provincial Government did allocate monthly maintenance expenses. The so-called maintenance fee, that is, the cost of food, part of the military salary. The lack of military pay is a matter of Guizhou Province. As for the replenishment of weapons and ammunition, it is also Guizhou's own business. Guizhou is a poor province, in addition to the five brigades and ten regiments in Sichuan, the province also has a provincial defense army, a total of five brigades. The Beiyang government absolutely did not allow Yunnan and Guizhou provinces to purchase ammunition from the Hanyang Arsenal, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, and the Henan Gongxian Arsenal. It can only be imported from the Yunnan border. But imports require real money. The Qing Dynasty only approved that Guizhou could only raise one brigade, and it was expanded tenfold at once, where is there so much money!
Fortunately, the people of Yunnan bought the surplus materials of France after the First World War, bought French weapons, and gave the Guizhou army old-fashioned firearms at a low price. The advantage is that the caliber of the gun is all seven or nine bullets, which is universal. In this way, the Qianjun army still has old weapons and insufficient ammunition, and bought some old-fashioned firearms from Japan, but there is still a big gap with the Sichuan army. When Wang Wenhua learned that Liu Xiang had a batch of arms entering the Sichuan River, of course he wanted to fight the cat's heart.
Wang Wenhua thought, is this Liu Xiang's surname Tang or Xiong's surname unclear now. If the surname is Xiong, he can't help me. If the surname is Tang, it will be difficult to eat. If because of this incident, Liu Xiang turned against him, and didn't ruin the major events of Yunnan, Guizhou and Tuchuan?
Chief of Staff Zhu Yimin meant that to cut Liu Xiangming, the Guizhou army is short of ammunition, everyone is one, and support the Guizhou army a little.
Yuan Zuming, commander of the Guizhou Army, advocated hard robbery. If Liu Xiang's surname is Tang, grab it and talk about it, keep part of it, and return part of it. Yuan Zuming suffered Wang Lingji's loss for the first time in order to grab the arms, and wanted to make up for it.
Wang Wenhua thought for a moment, "Yimin's idea may not work." Liu Xiang was originally a miser, not prostituting, gambling, smoking, or marrying his aunt's wife. You asked for his weapons for nothing, and didn't you dig up his ancestral grave?"
"If he is surnamed Tang, I'm afraid it's not good to rob him, it's a haircut, Liu Xiang will do it with us, and Old Tang will be looking for trouble with your uncle again. ”
"Rob, of course. It's a one-head, it's a misunderstanding. Half of it is returned, and half of it is kept. If you grasp it in your own hands, it is your own. Zu Ming, last time I went to grab it at the head of the river dam, I didn't have a whole pair, this time I changed my method. ”
"How can it change, just grab it at the overnight pier? I'm afraid it won't work. There are British warships escorting, provoking diplomacy, and things are even more troublesome. ”
"The starting dock must be Funiu Creek. Starting from Funiu Creek and entering Bishan, which way to go?"
"Take the white market, cross the horse bar, and then enter the green bar. I understand, we went straight down from Zhongliang Mountain, went straight down to Baishiyi, and robbed goods in Baishiyi. ”
"That's right. The Baishi post was robbed, and after turning over Zhongliang Mountain, the things were transported back. ”
"Yes, that's it. I transferred two regiments to Zhongliang Mountain and stationed them, so I said it was an exercise. ”
"No, transfer three regiments, and recruit people, in the name of building exercise fortifications on Zhongliang Mountain, of course they are the best transport team. ”
As a result, in Chongqing and the surrounding areas, the Qianjun army grabbed the people, and the surrounding areas of Chongqing were jumped.
In the early summer of 1920, Xiong Kewu, the overseer of Sichuan at that time, tried his best to delay the outbreak of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou War, and was planning to extrapolate the war disaster, but he did not expect that this war was actually triggered by the Guizhou army in order to seize arms.
The outbreak of this war came so quickly, no one in Sichuan expected it, even Tang Jiyao, the initiator of Yunnan, could not have imagined that this war would suddenly break out by accident!
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