Chapter 12 Chapter Thirteen Feng Yuxiang Returns to Beijing

In the "Battle of Qilu" in the south, Lu Yongxiang was defeated because Sun Chuanfang's tribe who had been defeated in Fujian attacked Hangzhou.There is no war in the south, and Wu Peifu's original backup troops can go north without worry to join the battle of Shanhaiguan. On the evening of October 10, Wu Peifu set off from Beijing by car and went to the front line to command in person. The commander-in-chief went to the front line in person, and this trip was very spectacular: all the departments of the headquarters accompanied him, dozens of Chinese and foreign journalists accompanied him, and several translators who could speak English, French, Japanese, and Russian were called in, and there were also a group of politicians who followed suit, There are many tourists and retired old warlords.Obviously, they wanted to share the joy of victory together.Wu Peifu wore a general's uniform, wore a command knife, held his chest high, with a happy face, and frequently talked with his fellow travelers in the attitude of a victor.

The person picked up from Gubeikou Town was a tall, fair-skinned man, wearing a square hat and a long gown, with the appearance of a real businessman.As soon as he jumped out of the car, he yelled, "Brother Huanzhang, it's been a long time!" Feng Yuxiang stood outside the tent door, looked carefully for a while, walked over in a hurry, took the man's hand, and said, "Oh, what kind of wind blows you to Gubeikou? Please sit in the tent!" The visitor called Jia Deyao, who was a colleague of Feng in the Seventh Division, was also the brigade commander.Jia Deyao took Feng Yuxiang's hand and smiled. "Brother, the soldiers are out of the Great Wall, how can I not come to help you!" After the two sat down, Feng Yuxiang held a cup of fragrant tea and said, "Don't you have important business with Hefei (that is, Duan Qirui), why don't you?" Did you come to Gubeikou?"

Jia Deyao smiled. "Follow your orders! I haven't seen you in Hefei for a long time, and I miss you very much. I'll send my younger brother to greet you." "But I don't believe it!" "I have the letter with me!" As he said, Jia Deyao took out Duan Qirui's personal letter. --After the Zhiwan War, Duan Qirui lived in seclusion in Tianjin, but he never had a day of peace of mind.How can an ambitious person be willing to be lonely? He is always watching the situation, waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback.When he knew the situation in Beijing and Shanhaiguan, he hurriedly sent Jia Deyao to follow them.

Feng Yuxiang opened the letter and saw that it was indeed written by Duan Qirui.The general idea is that he, Duan, absolutely does not agree with another civil war, but I hope he will not believe in bribery to elect the government. Cao and Wu are unpopular. "Do you have any other plans? If you can tell the truth, Zhiquan (Duan Qirui's name Zhiquan) will definitely help you" and other words. When Feng Yuxiang was hesitating, he was overjoyed when he saw Duan Qirui's letter, and he should have a secret talk with Jia Deyao. "Huanzhang's mood, you should understand, civil war - I have always hated it. But, what makes people sad is. Press the gourd and scoop it up, and the factors of civil war can't destroy it!"

"If the general can hold up the girder, Hefei will definitely help. By then, the overall situation will naturally be in the hands of the old man." "Please tell Hefei. As expected, the overall situation belongs to me. I will definitely ask Hefei and other respectable people to come out to maintain the overall situation." "I will definitely pass on my good intentions to you, and there will be good news within a few days." When Feng Yuxiang thought about it, he said: "Well, you can't stay here for a long time. My right-hand assistant, brother Tian Xiongfei, will accompany you back to Tianjin and meet with Hefei. I hope Hefei can make a big plan early." "It's an honor!"

After Jia Deyao left.Feng Yuxiang felt very relaxed.He ordered the chief of staff and the two brigade commanders Zhang Zhijiang and Song Zheyuan to be called.All the invited people came, but there was no major military affairs. He simply filled his stomach and issued an order to evict the guests: "Everyone, eat enough! Okay, everyone returns to their posts and waits for orders!" This back and forth not only made the generals dizzy, but even his "Second Chief of Staff" Sun Fei couldn't figure it out: "What is the commander-in-chief doing? This expedition is full of strange things: when Nanyuan set off, he shouted for strength. Insufficient, but on the one hand, the three brigades of Sun Liangcheng, Zhang Weixi, and Jiang Hongyu were left in Beijing for training; the headquarters left Beijing, and an infantry battalion was left to live in Zhantan Temple; What on earth is it to serve as the depot director?"

It was because Sun Fei was restless that Feng Yuxiang wanted him to "notify Zhang Shusheng immediately and ask him to come see me with General Feng Bingnan." He had no choice but to do it without stopping. Zhang Shusheng was a battalion commander under Feng Yuxiang, who stayed in Beijing to "recuperate" due to "poor health"; Ma Bingnan was the head of Zhang Zuolin's Beijing office.Zhang and Ma had a close relationship. After receiving Feng Yuxiang's notice, they secretly came to Gubeikou in a car that night.Ma Bingnan, a typical rough and simple Northeasterner, is in his early forties, with a broad face and big eyebrows, and he talks and laughs loudly.As soon as Zhang Shusheng asked him to go to Gubeikou, he knew Ersan.When I saw Feng Yuxiang, I stated my attitude straight to the point: "General Feng, you and I are both soldiers, and we can't tolerate gentleness. I am angry that I take the liberty to express my heart on behalf of Marshal Zhang (Zuolin): We are the only one who enters the customs. The purpose is to overthrow Cao and Wu. If the purpose is achieved, no more troops will be sent into the pass."

Feng Yuxiang is also a straightforward person, he likes Ma Bingnan's straightforwardness.So, he also said frankly: "I have already talked with several generals in Beijing. As long as you don't enter the customs, we will cooperate satisfactorily. In fact, your purpose is the same as mine, so , the action will be consistent." "I don't know what general Feng's plan will be in the future?" "It's not mature yet." Feng Yuxiang said: "I plan to invite Mr. Sun Yat-sen to preside over the overall situation. What do you think?" "It coincides with Dashuai Zhang!"

"It's better this way." Feng Yuxiang said, "I would like to ask you to inform Marshal Zhang about these two matters. My place has been properly arranged, and soon there will be a telegram for reconciliation." "The general's arrangements are excellent." Ma Bingnan said: "At present, one of the urgent matters is to ask General Feng to slow down the military operations in Rehe so that we can spare our troops to strengthen the main attack on Shanhaiguan." After Feng Yuxiang agreed, Ma Bingnan left Gubeikou overnight. As the Zhifeng War was raging, two women in Beijing were also having "intimate" contacts—

One day, a state-of-the-art luxuriously decorated mule-horse sedan came out of the Yamen of Sun Yue, the newly appointed Deputy Commander of the Beijing Police, and went straight to the back door of the Presidential Palace.Sitting in the carriage was a middle-aged woman, wearing a black satin autumn dress, with a not-so-luxury emerald head covered, her hair was round in a bun, her face was fair, and the two thick eyebrows that were newly painted made her apparently small eyes look mysterious. surprisingly.Her hands are intertwined in front of her chest, holding a sky blue handkerchief, and the green jade bracelet rolls with the slight bumps of the carriage; on the middle finger, the shining golden ring appears faintly in the seam of the handkerchief from time to time—this is Everything points to the dignity of this woman.

His name is Cui Xueqin, he is Sun Yue's wife, and he is sworn sister with Cao Kun's wife Sun Juxian.Today, she went to the presidential palace to meet her god-sister. The carriage entered the backyard of the Presidential Palace and stopped in front of a quiet house.Cui Xueqin was helped down and was about to move when Sun Juxian had already walked up quickly and said hurriedly: "Sister Xue, I have been thinking about you for a few days, and I finally hoped for you. Your arrival proves that we Sisterhood is not shallow." Sun Juxian led Cui Xueqin to the small living room, and the waiter brought tea, and the two chatted about homework. Cui Xueqin said: "Your brother was transferred to Beijing. I didn't want to follow him, but he said: This is what the third brother meant, it was what your elder sister meant. I must come to Beijing. Who knows that once I arrive in Beijing, I will not be able to compete with the climate." Cui Xueqin described her husband Sun Yue as Sun Juxian's "your brother" completely in the tone of "my family"; the president does not call him the president, but he personally calls him "third brother".Talk about a chrysanthemum fairy whose whole body is covered with peach hair, I can't tell where it's itchy.She couldn't bear it anymore, she opened her mouth and said, "Why don't you come? To be honest, it was my idea to transfer my brother to be the deputy commander of Beijing's security. Apart from feeling close, most likely I want to move you in, day and night Xi chatted with me so that I would not be lonely sitting in the deep palace compound. Otherwise, Marshal Wu has a lot of people under his command, who can't be the deputy commander, and why did he choose Sun Yue? Don't you think so?" Cui Xueqin had already learned about Sun Juxian's showing off, so she just smiled lightly.Today is different, she has a mission, and Jiang Hongyu, the left-behind commander, asked her to inquire about the news. She was afraid that Sun Juxian would be "dumb"! So, she twisted her temper and smiled and said: "Sister, who are we and who are we?" .As the saying goes, it’s a three-way relationship! The third brother became the president, and the eldest sister is not a real official who is in charge of the sky for a long time! Forget about me too, and I will no longer recognize you as a big sister!" Sun Juxian raised her face, laughed "hehehehe" for a while, and then said: "Look at you girl, the sky used to say that you are a gourd without a mouth, but now this is not the case, I have also become your defeated quail Fortunately, I thought carefully and moved you to Beijing, otherwise, I would have become Chen Shimei who is not ungrateful!" Cui Xueqin is a cultured person, and she wanted to sneer at her for a long time, but she still said: "Since the elder sister has not forgotten me, I will never forget the elder sister. From now on, I will burn incense for the eldest sister three times a day. It's just" "What's the matter? Just talk. Don't be stuffy." "It's just that if something happens to your brother in the future, the elder sister will have to take care of him and take care of him." "Don't worry about that," Sun Juxian said generously, "Although I don't want to listen to the government behind the curtain and be an old Buddha, the old man still dares not to listen to my words. Don't say anything else, it's a military matter. Tell me one thing; hide one thing from me, and I will not spare him." "Sister, you can be regarded as a hero of the female school!" Cui Xueqin said: "You have lived a life worth living! Look at me, what am I? My guy doesn't talk about military affairs, he even has to talk about making friends, dressing and eating Forget it, I lived my whole life in vain!" Cui Xueqin was entrusted by someone to inquire about the military situation.So, you can say anything good. Sun Juxian likes to be told that she "can!" When she wears a high hat, her mouth becomes more "hardworking"." She unbuttoned her neck, cleared her throat, and said "Ding Ding Whistle Whistle" until her lips were frothing about the war. : "Feng Yuxiang went to Gubeikou, and the old man didn't care about victory or defeat; General Feng knew how to fight, and he couldn't lose. Peng Shouxin couldn't do it, he was beaten to death by Zhang Zuolin, and he lost Jiumenkou on October 7, even Shanhaiguan. Wang Huaiqing The Second Route Army is even more stupid, and every day is not going well. It's still the old man of Lao Cao's patrol battalion, a bunch of cowards, who have eaten so many empty names. Fighting, beat the ****! If it weren't for Hu Jingyi to help him , I lost the Great Wall a long time ago." Sun Juxian said everything about the military situation he heard from Cao Kun.Finally, he said: "What I said is all true, my sister, I will not hide it from you. You know, even Wu Ziyu went to the front line yesterday, so you can't do it if you don't go! The front is tight, and you can let others Are you calling from Beijing?" Cui Xueqin got her wish and ate another meal of "god sister" before turning back. Every move in Beijing was transmitted to Gubei Feng Yuxiang in time through this "Sun Juxian-Cui Xueqin-Sun Yue-Jiang Hongyu" hotline.Feng Yuxiang used Gubeikou as his old camp, advancing three to forty miles every day, and then retreating another three to forty miles. Feng Yuxiang did not reach Luanping until Wu Peifu set off from Beijing for his own expedition.But, no longer move forward. When Feng Yuxiang arrived in Luanping, he did not make any military offensive or defensive deployments, but only made some "rest and recuperation" arrangements, as if this army had just arrived from a distant place to take over the defense - there was no need to make deployments, Feng Yuxiang had already made arrangements with Zhang Zuolin An agreement was reached, and most of Chifeng's Feng army was also transferred to the Shanhaiguan battlefield.Whether to attack or defend, let him arrange it with Peng Shouxin and Wang Huaiqing.Feng Yuxiang has only one thing on his mind, and that is dealing with Wang Chengbin. Wang Chengbin, the deputy commander of the rebellious army, was also responsible for the task of preparing food and fodder for the whole army. He did not do his "righteous work", but he followed Feng Yuxiang's army to Gubeikou. "Surveillance or supervision?" Both Feng Yuxiang and Wang Chengbin understood.Therefore, when Feng Yuxiang was advancing from Gubeikou, he decided to "drive him away!" Feng Yuxiang hurried to Wang Chengbin's residence, and said apologetically, "The deputy commander-in-chief is with the army, and Huanzhang is very grateful. The two armies are confronting each other, and the war is about to break out. I need the deputy commander-in-chief to declare to Yushuai in time about the situation here: I didn't delay it." Military aircraft, it is too difficult to move forward. You have seen it with your own eyes." "I know, I know." Wang Chengbin said, "I have the false name of deputy commander-in-chief, and I follow Yushuai's arrangements for everything I do. As for General Feng's situation, I will report it truthfully." "Deputy commander-in-chief," said Feng Yuxiang : "It's not good for the flag to go out this time! Long-distance marching and eagerness to fight are already things that military strategists don't do. It is a good strategy for soldiers to travel on dangerous roads, but the dangerous road is long and there is no supply, but it is also taboo for military strategists. ; and "Feng Yuxiang sighed and said: "Cough--, I always feel that the current situation is similar to the eve of your leaving the 23rd Division. Don't you think so?" When Feng Yuxiang mentioned the 23rd Division, Wang Chengbin immediately blushed—the 23rd Division is a leader in the army, and Wang Chengbin, a division, has great hope of success.However, Wu Peifu is tolerant of others, fearing that others will be promoted and he will not be able to restrain himself.So he hastily issued an order to dismiss Wang Chengbin's teacher.Wang Chengbin sat on the bench for six or seven years. It was not until the first Zhifeng war that Wu Peifu used him again.Wang Chengbin has been brooding over this matter.Today Feng Yuxiang poked at this "scar" again, and Wang Chengbin immediately became upset and angry. "To tell the truth, Brother Huanzhang, Wu Ziyu is a person who cannot be worked with. I have already understood in my heart. Good birds still choose habitats, not to mention." Treat people with sincerity, be open and aboveboard, let me tell you bluntly, I'm going to take action against them!" Wang Chengbin immediately understood and expressed his approval. "Brother Huanzhang, the night is long and dreams are many, there is no time to delay!" Feng Yuxiang was very excited, stepped forward, held Wang Chengbin's hand tightly, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, brother, and hope to join hands with you." Wang Chengbin blinked his tired eyes and smiled coldly. "Brother Huanzhang, the reason why I depend on others is because I am unarmed. I am very sympathetic to your determination, but I am powerless to help you. Since you trust me so much, I will repay you with sincerity: I will never reveal anything about this matter." .I wish you all the best and success!" After saying that, he set off for Chengde.Feng Yuxiang bid farewell to Wang Chengbin with kindness and gratitude. He was just calm when someone reported, "Hu Jingyi sent someone to see him!" Feng Yuxiang took the visitor into the secret room, and the visitor presented a letter. Feng read the letter while arranging for hospitality.Hu said to Feng in the letter.Wu Ziyu secretly ordered him to monitor Feng's department, and Hu told Feng to "be vigilant!" Feng was overjoyed at seeing Xin, and his determination became stronger. He immediately called Liu Ji, the chief of staff, and said to him: "Please: go to Tongzhou quickly, and Hu and Sun The representatives of the two generals met and told them that my squadron will return to Beijing today, and they will make preparations in the morning." Feng also sent a power call to Wu Peifu on the Shanhaiguan front line in time, saying, "My vanguard has arrived in Chengde, and it is very difficult to raise supplies along the way, and I am eager for help." Wu Peifu immediately replied with such a telegram: The situation here is urgent. If there is no unexpected victory, it may be difficult to restore the decline. Please move forward quickly.Otherwise, the overall situation will be difficult to imagine. At this time, Jiang Hongyu, the left-behind commander, sent an urgent telegram from Beijing, telling Feng good news: The battle ahead is urgent, and Wu has dispatched all the second armies stationed in Changxindian and Fengtai to the front for reinforcements. Don't miss this opportunity! Feng Yuxiang felt that the time was ripe, so he called Zhang Zhijiang, Lu Zhonglin, Li Mingzhong, Liu Yufen, Liu Ji and others, and said to them: "Everyone has been with me for so many years, and we have gone through hardships and hardships. I am really sorry that the country has become like this. I don't know where it will take you?" When he said this, he was in a very sad mood. Before that, Feng Yuxiang did not tell everyone about his plans.However, everyone guessed his mood and supported him.Therefore, as soon as his words fell, everyone was surprised, but their faces were filled with joy.Lu Zhonglin said: "We share weal and woe, and we share weal and woe. It was not for your own personal gain. The commander-in-chief is to save the country and the people. We will definitely do it with you. We will not hesitate to deal with any danger!" Everyone expressed: "We must follow the commander-in-chief and never change our minds!" Feng Yuxiang was very moved. "I thank you for your trust. Since everyone is willing to share weal and woe, now, I announce the decision: Lu Zhonglin's department returned to Beijing on a part-time basis, and entered Beiyuan together with Sun Liangcheng and Zhang Weixi's brigades, and then entered the city with Jiang Hongyu's brigade; Li Mingzhong led a brigade to Changxindian to cut off the communication line between Jinghan and Jingfeng; The two brigades of Zhang Zhijiang and Song Zheyuan who had already arrived in Chengde were dispatched immediately to return to Beijing within a time limit; Hu Jingyi led his troops to quickly withdraw from Xifengkou to Tongzhou to prevent Wu Peifu from fighting back; Inform Sun Yue to secretly monitor Cao Kun's guards and Wu Peifu's left-behind troops to prevent accidents" On March 21, Feng Yuxiang's troops quickly returned to Beijing along the original route of the march. Wu Peifu's special car had just arrived in Qinhuangdao when suddenly a policeman fired three shots at the train.Wu Peifu only smiled lightly, waved his hand, and the train continued on.Arriving at Shanhaiguan, you can hear the rumbling of cannons; as far as you can see, there are dead bodies on the pillow.Wu Peifu and Peng Shouxin inspected the front line, still pointing fingers with confidence, full of confidence to win.In the evening, they hurried back to the special car. Before they sat down, many enemy shells fell from the front of the car and behind the car.Wu Peifu was surprised: "How did Fengjun know that my special car was parked here?" He had no choice but to return the car to Qinhuangdao, where the base camp was located. The fighting in Shanhaiguan was very fierce. Inside Shimen, Fengjun was advancing steadily;Wu Peifu was even more frightened. The enemy was only ten miles away from him, and he could reach it with one attack. Accompanied by Chief of Staff Zhang Fangyan, Wu Peifu boarded the "Haiqi" ​​battleship and went out to patrol the sea, only to know that the sea was also attacked by the enemy.He wanted to mobilize troops to support him, but there was no one he could mobilize.He had to return angrily. When Wu Peifu came back from his sea patrol, he knew that the Japanese defense forces stationed in Shanhaiguan had secretly communicated with Feng Zhang, so the Feng army would bombard Wu's train again and again.He didn't dare to fix the base camp, so he had to use trains and chariots as his headquarters to move at any time. Wu Peifu has already fallen into confusion. The enemy at Shanhaiguan is Guo Songling.It is absolutely certain to defeat them with Peng Shouxin's troops. Why did they gradually lose? How did he know that the war on the western front had stopped under Feng and Zhang's "understanding". The strength of the troops gradually increased, and the more they fought, the braver they became.After the loss of Jiumenkou, the Feng army marched towards Liujiang, and Wu Peifu could not stand still.Although he mobilized Wang Weicheng, Zhang Zhigong, Jin Yun'e and Zhang Lu with a huge reward of 200,000 yuan, and tried his best to regain the lost ground, but it didn't work, and he was still retreating steadily.On the 23rd, Wu Peifu came to the front for two weeks, but the battle was defeated, and his brows were tightened day by day! Chief of Staff Zhang Fangyan naively thought of a way to "save" the battle situation, and called Feng Yuxiang, asking him to march quickly to contain the situation.I don't want this telegram to expose the real situation on the Eastern Front, and strengthen Feng's confidence in returning to Beijing to fight back On October 23, the city of Beijing was as quiet as usual. The sun was shining all over the ancient buildings, dead leaves were falling from the branches, pedestrians were floating in the streets and alleys, and flocks of pigeons were flying into the sky.Cao Kun seems to have been in a state of mind since he became the president. On the day he took the oath, the newspapers exposed the inside story of his bribery;He had a nightmare last night, dreaming that he was killed by his own guards. On that night, Lu Zhonglin held an emergency meeting with Jiang Hongyu in Beiyuan, a suburb of Beijing, and decided to immediately send a regiment to escort hundreds of carts into downtown Beijing under the pretext of picking up supplies.The car was full of weapons, and the weapons were concentrated in the detention center of Zhantan Temple.At midnight, the telegraph office, telephone office, and railway station were all occupied; Lu Zhonglin led his troops to Andingmen, and Sun Yue had ordered the gatekeepers to open the gate. Once the team entered the city, they set up defenses step by step until Tiananmen.Luba set up the headquarters in Taimiao, and Sun Yue sent a battalion of troops to guard the presidential palace. At dawn the next day, the city of Beijing woke up, and Cao Kun woke up. However, the thoroughfare of the city and Cao Kun's presidential palace were filled with soldiers everywhere. , Swear to die to save the country" patch, people understand what happened in Beijing.Cao Kun was imprisoned in Yanqing Building! Cao Kun spent tens of millions of oceans to buy the president, but it was not as powerful as Zhang Zuolin's 1.2 million oceans to pay Feng Yuxiang's army! The dream of being a president is shattered.When Feng Yuxiang sent someone to Tianjin to meet the fourth brother Cao Rui, the miser knew everything, and he secretly went to Beijing to hide. Feng Yuxiang discussed with Huang Yu in Beijing, and decided that Huang Yu would organize the Regency Cabinet, ask Duan Qirui to take power temporarily, and immediately telegraphed Mr. Sun Yat-sen to go north to take charge.Not long after, I received a reply from Sun Yat-sen, which read: The flag of righteousness is raised, and the great master is cleared.All the brothers have contributed to the country, and we are deeply grateful. We are about to decide on the big construction plan, and we plan to go north today to meet and discuss with you brothers. After Feng Yuxiang received the call, he sent another call to Sun Yat-sen.The telegram is: The Revolution of 1911 was not fully accomplished, so that Mr. Policies could not be implemented.Today, I am fortunate to conquer the capital together with our friendly army, and the battle will be over. All the strategies for building the country are still dependent on the command. On November 13, 1924, Mr. Sun Yat-sen set off from Guangzhou, a famous southern city, to go north.