Many people know that Wu Peifu lost to Zhang Zuolin in the Zhifeng War in 1924 because Feng Yuxiang set fire to the backyard of Beijing, but many people may not know that Wu Peifu defeated Zhang Zuolin in 1922 because Feng Yuxiang helped him look after the backyard of Henan.
Wu Peifucheng is also Feng Yuxiang, defeated also Feng Yuxiang, today to talk about the first half of the sentence.
Tomb of Feng Yuxiang
Wu Peifu's base camp was in Luoyang, Henan, and in order to deal with Zhang Zuolin, almost all the men and horses of laowo were transferred to the front line, and there were very few troops left in Luoyang and Zhengzhou to take care of the family. Zhao Qian, the overseer of Henan Province, saw the opportunity coming, and on May 5 marched to Zhengzhou, defeating the Zhi army and its reinforcements.
Seeing that the fire in Wu Peifu's backyard was getting bigger and bigger, the firefighters finally arrived in time to arrive - Feng Yuxiang. Before the war, Wu Peifu transferred feng Yuxiang, the overseer of Shaanxi, to Luoyang, which came in handy this time. Feng Yuxiang rushed to Luoyang on the 8th day, and personally led an army to rescue Zhengzhou and repel Zhao Qian's troops.
On May 10, Feng Yuxiang was appointed as the Overseer of Shaanxi, and the former Overseer Zhao Qian fled in a daze. Henan is the Central Plains, better than Shaanxi, and Feng Yuxiang is naturally willing to go to Henan as an overseer. Unfortunately, his ass was not hot enough, and he was reappointed as an army inspector 25 days later. In this regard, Feng Yuxiang was very unhappy.
What kind of officer is the Army Patrol Envoy?
Two words - virtual.
Jiang Gui question
The Army Parade Envoy is not a permanent organization, but a temporary institution set up according to people- Jiang Guiti, the elder of Beiyang. Old Jiang was originally the governor of Rehe, but this position was taken away by the Feng family, and Jiang Gui was not easy to arrange, so the Beiyang government simply set up a new "Army Patrol Envoy" for Old Master Jiang to retire. Not long after, Jiang Guiti fell ill and died, and Feng Yuxiang was ambitious, even willing to retire to this virtual post.
Feng Yuxiang and Wu Peifu have some similarities, both are good at fighting and can fight, and the discipline of the troops is very good. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, they were all under the command of the new army, and even the place where they were stationed was the same - the northeast; in the era of Yuan Shikai, the two were both brigade commanders, and coincidentally they fought in Sichuan at the same time. After 1918, the fate of the two began to diverge: Wu Peifu was the commander-in-chief of the direct army, and Feng Yuxiang was also a brigade commander. It is said that Wu Peifu should reuse and win over Feng Yuxiang, but Wu is very wary of Feng and prevents him from using it.
Feng Yuxiang received the new order from the Army Patrol envoy and expressed his dissent: Can you not go? I would like to study abroad for 3 years, or take a leave of absence to go to Shanghai to recuperate, but I really can't just be the commander of the 11th Division. Of course, Wu Peifu did not agree, and asked him to hurry to Beijing to take up a new post, and he could take a division of people and horses.
On the surface, Wu Peifu seems to be okay with Feng Yuxiang, but in fact, it is not. Feng Yuxiang's strength was 1 division plus 3 brigades, and Wu Peifu asked Feng Yuxiang to bring only 1 division into Beijing, which was equivalent to splitting Feng's troops. The lifeblood of the warlord is the army first, and the second is the territory. Feng Yuxiang's henan territory is gone, the army has lost at least half, you say he can be cool?
Tomb of Wu Peifu
Feng Yuxiang finally entered Beijing full of grievances, and then often complained to people, saying that he was used by Wu Peifu to cross the river and demolish the bridge. He also publicly declared: "In the future, he is unwilling to participate in any civil war except for foreign wars." ”