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During the Republic of China, the Northwest National Army was an armed force led by Feng Yuxiang, with 400,000 troops at its peak, controlling Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, and was one of the strongest armed factions at that time.
In the Northwest National Army, Feng Yuxiang is the absolute leader, followed by the highest status of the "Five Tiger Generals" and the "Thirteen Taibao", they are all Feng Yuxiang's henchmen and generals. Among the "Thirteen Taibao" are Han Fuyu, Shi Yousan, Liu Ruming, Sun Lianzhong, Sun Liangcheng and others, some of whom eventually betrayed Feng Yuxiang, some became traitors during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and some left the military with Feng Yuxiang.
Soldiers of the Northwest National Army
Although Guo Zhigang is not famous in the "Thirteen Taibao", he is the big brother of the Taibao, he joined the Qing army of the Qing government in the late Qing Dynasty, and served as a soldier under Lu Jianzhang, Feng Yuxiang is his direct boss, so Guo Zhigang has deep qualifications in the Northwest National Army. After the founding of the Republic of China, Guo Zhigang followed Feng Yuxiang to participate in military operations such as the "Protectorate War", "Crusade against Zhang Xun", and "Beijing Mutiny", so he became one of the "Thirteen Taibao" under Feng Yuxiang.
After the outbreak of the Northern Expedition, Guo Zhigang was promoted to army commander, led the troops to fight against the Feng army, and was later sent to the troops of the Ma Jiajun in the northwest as a supervisor, because Ma Hongkui wanted to defect to Chiang Kai-shek, Guo Zhigang was almost killed. After the end of the "Central Plains War", after Feng Yuxiang was defeated and went into the wilderness, the Northwest National Army was disbanded, Guo Zhigang and Song Zheyuan led the remnants to retreat to Shanxi, and after the establishment of the 29th Army, because Song Zheyuan did not arrange an official position for Zhigang, he left the military circle in a fit of anger.
Outline
In 1890, Guo Zhigang was born in Mengcheng, Anhui Province, his ancestors were from a scholarly family, his grandfather was a Xiucai in the Xianfeng period, served as a county Cheng, and his father Guo Junyi was also a Xiucai in the Guangxu period, and his mother died in his childhood. Guo Zhigang also has two cousins, Guo Zhihan and Guo Zhizhuang, both of whom serve in the Northwest National Army, Guo Zhihan is his cousin, mainly responsible for financial logistics, and Guo Zhizhuang is his cousin, who served as a brigade commander under Shi Yousan, and Zhangjiakou Police Chief and other official positions.
In 1907, the seventeenth Guo Zhigang left his hometown and went to Caozhou to serve as a soldier.
In 1908, Guo Zhigang went to Baoding and worked as a patrol officer in the police station.
In 1910, Guo Zhigang was admitted to the Beiyang Army Academy with excellent results, so he was also the only one who graduated from a regular military academy in the "Thirteen Taibao".
In 1912, Guo Zhigang served as a soldier in Lu Jianzhang's left reserve army, and Feng Yuxiang served as the pipe band (battalion commander) at that time, and was the direct leader of Guo Zhigang, and Feng Yuxiang was very optimistic about him.
Lu Jianzhang
In September 1913, Lu Jianzhang's reserve army was reorganized into the Beijing Guard Army, Feng Yuxiang was promoted to the commander of the 14th Brigade of the Seventh Division of the Beijing Guard Army, and Guo Zhigang was promoted to deputy company commander. At the end of the year, in order to train outstanding soldiers, Feng Yuxiang selected 130 people from the whole brigade and formed a model company, with Guo Zhigang as the platoon commander.
In 1914, the 14th Brigade was reorganized into the 16th Mixed Brigade, with Feng Yuxiang as the brigade commander and Guo Zhigang as the company commander in the 1st Battalion.
In December 1915, Yuan Shikai was proclaimed emperor, Cai Yi, Tang Jiyao and others formed the Protector Army in Yunnan, and the "Protectorate War" broke out, when Feng Yuxiang's 16th Mixed Brigade was stationed in Sichuan, and the first army led by Cai Yi fought against the First Army of the Protectorate, and after the battle in Syria, Guo Zhigang was awarded the rank of captain of the army.
In 1917, Zhang Xun was restored in Beijing, and Pu Yi was re-put on the throne, under the call of Duan Qirui, Feng Yuxiang led his troops into Beijing to attack Zhang Xun's "pigtail army", Guo Zhigang participated in the battle, and after Zhang Xun's restoration failed, Guo Zhigang was promoted to army major. In December, Guo Zhigang served as the captain of the supplementary team.
Feng Yuxiang
In April 1918, Feng Yuxiang led the troops into Changde, Hunan, as the Changde town guard, Guo Zhigang was also promoted to the battalion commander, when the troops were trained in Changde, Feng Yuxiang's "Thirteen Taibao" began to circulate, and the outline was the eldest brother in the "Thirteen Taibao".
In April 1919, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel.
In February 1922, Feng Yuxiang served as the overseer of Shaanxi, and Guo Zhigang served as the head of the guard regiment of the Overseer's Office. In June, due to the outbreak of the "First Zhifeng War", Feng Yuxiang led his troops into Henan and defeated Zhao Qi, the overseer of Henan.
In November, because Feng Yuxiang was not Wu Peifu's descendant, Wu Peifu asked Feng Yuxiang to go to Beijing to serve as an army patrol envoy in the form of a bright ascension and secret surrender.
In 1923, the area of Yongdingmen and Fuchengmen in Beijing was flooded, and Guo Zhigang led the troops to rescue and relieve the disaster, so he was awarded the third-class Wenhu Medal by the Beiyang government.
Wu Peifu
In 1924, the "Second Zhifeng War" broke out, Wu Peifu led the main force of the Zhifu army to fight with the Feng army in Shanhaiguan, Feng Yuxiang, Hu Jingyi, and Sun Yue took the opportunity to launch a mutiny in Beijing and put Beiyang President Cao Kun under house arrest, resulting in Wu Peifu's defeat at the front. In November, through the success of the "Beijing Mutiny", Feng Yuxiang formed the First National Army, and also served as the Northwest Frontier Supervisor, expanding the army into six divisions, Guo Zhigang became the commander of the Third Brigade under Zhang Zhijiang, and led the troops to garrison in Xuanhua.
In January 1926, under the suppression of Wu Peifu and Zhang Zuolin, Feng Yuxiang was forced to go to the Soviet Union, Zhang Zhijiang acted as the commander of the National Army, and Guo Zhigang led troops to garrison Tianshui, Gansu, and formed a local militia to maintain law and order. In September, Feng Yuxiang returned to China from the Soviet Union, swore an oath in Wuyuan, announced that he would join the Nationalist Government, and set up the Northwest National Army to participate in the Northern Expedition.
In December, the Northwest Nationalist Army defeated Liu Zhenhua's Zhensong army in Xi'an, rescued Yang Hucheng and Li Huchen, and Shaanxi became the territory of the Northwest Nationalist Army.
Yang Hucheng
In May 1927, the Nationalist Government reorganized the Northwest Nationalist Army into the Second Group Army, with Feng Yuxiang as the commander-in-chief, and led his troops to Henan to fight against the Feng army led by Zhang Xueliang. In June, the Northern Expeditionary Army met in Zhengzhou, and Guo Zhigang made great contributions in the battle. In July, the Northwest National Army was expanded into 16 armies, and Guo Zhigang served as the commander of the 15th Army.
In June 1928, the Feng army was defeated and retreated to the northeast, and the Northern Expedition was victorious.
At the beginning of 1929, after graduating from the Army University, Guo Zhigang was sent to Ma Hongkui's army as a supervisor. At that time, Feng Yuxiang and Chiang Kai-shek broke out the "Chiang Feng War" because of the issue of disarmament, Feng Yuxiang bought Ma Hongkui, and Guo Zhigang resolutely opposed Ma Hongkui's defection to Chiang Kai-shek, and was almost killed by Ma Hongkui.
Soon Ma Hongkui led his troops to defect to Chiang Kai-shek, and after Guo Zhigang escaped, he served as the commander of the first army of Henan's new formation.
Ma Hongkui
In 1930, Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren and others joined forces to oppose Chiang, and the "Central Plains War" broke out. After the end of the "Central Plains War", Guo Zhigang still had 18,000 remnants in his hands at that time, and withdrew to Shanxi with Song Zheyuan, Liu Ruming, Zhang Zizhong and others.
In 1931, with the support of Zhang Xueliang, the 29th Army was established, and Song Zheyuan served as the commander, and Guo Zhigang, who had the largest number of troops, did not even get the position of division commander, which made Guo Zhigang very angry and ran to Beijing in a fit of anger. According to other people's descriptions, when the 29th Army was established, Feng Yuxiang himself was also in Shanxi, and Feng Yuxiang had long distrusted Guo Zhigang, otherwise he would not have removed Guo Zhigang from the post of commander of the 15th Army.
Song Zheyuan
Guo Zhigang and Han Fuyu have a good relationship, and Han Fuyu's general Sun Tongxuan is Guo Zhigang's old department, so after Han Fuyu became the "King of Shandong", he invited Guo Zhigang and Ge Jinzhang to serve as advisers to the Shandong Provincial Government.
In July 1936, the Nationalist Government awarded the Medal for the 10th Anniversary of the Victory of the Northern Expedition.
In 1937, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Guo Zhigang and his family hid in the French Concession in Tianjin.
In 1939, Guo Zhigang returned to live in his old house in Beijing, when Liu Yufen, Sun Liangcheng and other old departments of the Northwest National Army had already surrendered to the Japanese and became traitors.
In 1945, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Sun Lianzhong served as the commander of the 11th Theater of Operations.
In 1950, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Guo Zhigang actively participated in the study and supported the people's government.
In 1957, Guo Zhigang died in Beijing and was buried in Babaoshan Cemetery in Beijing.
Disclaimer: Historical public information, if there is any similarity, is purely coincidental.