Chapter 15 Chapter Sixteen

When Wu Peifu returned to Luoyang, he was still in a state of mind, so he was busy checking his team.He was disappointed. His headquarters and the disabled guards totaled less than a thousand people, and all the entourage sighed. Wu Peifu pretended to be optimistic and said to his entourage at his Zhiluyu patrol office: "Everyone should cheer up. I haven’t lost everything yet! Henan is still mine, and I firmly believe that: Xiao Yaonan from Hubei, Zhao Hengti from Hunan, Liu Zhenhua from Shaanxi, and Lu Hongtao from Gansu, they will support me, and I will make a comeback!” Wu Peifu estimated the situation too optimistically.In fact, before he had a firm foothold in Luoyang, Hu Jingyi led the Second Nationalist Army back to northern Henan, preparing to cross the Yellow River, wipe out Wu Peifu's remaining forces, and then unify Henan.A brigade of the national army also entered Kaifeng from Hebei to cooperate with the second army.What was particularly serious was that Liu Zhenhua, the governor and governor of Shaanxi Province, sent his 35th division commander Han Yukun to lead his troops out of Tongguan to attack western Henan in an attempt to seize the Central Plains and unify Henan and Shaanxi under his own control.When Wu Peifu learned of these situations, he cursed: "Why did you Liu Zhensong (Liu Zhenhua's army was called Zhensong Army) suppress Song at the beginning? I won't drag you, where did you come from?" He just got angry, how did he know that when he was When Shanhaiguan was defeated, Duan Qirui had already done Liu Zhenhua's work. As soon as Feng Yuxiang entered Beijing, Liu Zhenhua sent a telegram to "support the coup".Not only did Liu Zhenhua send a telegram, but Xiao Yaonan from Hubei also turned to Beijing at the same time, but Wu Peifu, who was wandering around, didn't get the news.

After being annoyed for a long time, he ordered someone to "send a telegram to Liu Zhenhua immediately, asking him why he sent the army to my yard? He asked him to return quickly!" The telegram was sent quickly, and it returned quickly. An hour later, Liu Zhenhua replied to him with a nine-character telegram, saying: "To help the general stabilize Henan." Wu Peifu felt that the situation was serious, so he took the telegram from Shaanxi and just sat there panting. For many years, Wu Peifu has been in the torrent of competition, and he is used to the tricks of overturning clouds and rain. He is also a master in this field. Of course, he quickly understood Liu Zhenhua's plot.Seeing things through is knowing things through, but when you are defeated, you are poor, and you have no strength to block cards, and empty shouts are useless.At this time, Wu Peifu really felt that his life was at an end. "I can't just sit here and die. Liu Zhenhua will catch me and give me to Feng Yuxiang as a gift." Wu Peifu thought so, packed up the remnants of the defeated soldiers, hurriedly boarded the train, and left Luoyang.

Han Yukun followed into Luoyang, and then chased to Zhengzhou.Liu Zhenhua believed that the task of chasing Wu had been completed and Zhongzhou was at hand, so he ordered Han not to chase after him. Wu Peifu was in a hurry: came to Zhengzhou in a hurry, originally wanted to stay for a while, and meet his beloved general Zhang Fulai.Today, Zhang Fulai is the governor of Henan, how can he not treat his "mentor" favorably.However, Zhang Fulai was ordered to follow him into Shanhaiguan, and it is still unknown where the soldiers are. Only the governor of Zhengzhou, Li Jichen, served as the left-behind commander.Wu Peifu knew that Commander Li Liushou was not Han Yukun's opponent, and his stay in Zhengzhou would bring them trouble; besides, Li Jichen was not Wu's cronies, and he was afraid that he would make trouble for him in times of trouble.Therefore, he only had a brief contact with Li Bingzhi, the chief of staff of the Henan Supervision Office and the left-behind deputy director, and took Li Bingzhi to Hankou.At this time, Wu Peifu was not only a bereaved dog, but also a frightened bird! Going to Hankou, is Xiao Yaonan cold or hot? He can't tell.He wanted Li Bingzhi to act as a lobbyist to lobby Xiao.Because before the Qing imperial family was destroyed, Li had served as the chief of the military counselor's office, while Xiao was a member of the staff, and they had a good relationship with each other, which might be useful.

When Wu Peifu went south to Zhengzhou, it was mid-winter, the wilderness was desolate, the trees were withered, and even a green leaf could not be seen in the boundless yellow land; a few crows were flying in the empty blue sky, and they seemed weak! The train was galloping, and Wu Peifu's thoughts Stirring, he thought stubbornly: "Could it be that I, Wu Ziyu, have also reached the middle of winter? I have become a dead tree, a jackdaw, a desert where no green leaves can grow?" He was not convinced, he shook his head, shook his head, Very exciting. "No, I have the potential, I will make a comeback! When the spring breeze blows green again, I will still line up the apricot orchard full of flowers and branches, and all kinds of red and purple are fighting against each other!" Thinking of this, Wu Peifu seemed to be refreshed. I have locked my eyebrows for many days, straightened my chest, stood up, and looked out the window, as if the desolation that I had just been flying away from just now had all disappeared, and all I saw were "smoke in the city and spring hitting the shore", "willows All the way to the west"! He called Li Bingzhi's nickname and said: "Biaochen, come, let's fight hard!"

Li Bingzhi saw Wu Peifu swept away the gloom on his face, and he was shocked: "Does he have a trick up his sleeve?" Li Bingzhi knew Wu Peifu well, and in any difficult situation, he would confidently say: "Others say there is no way, but I prefer to do it." Say Wu has a solution!" Li thought, "Could it be that Wu Ziyu really has a way to turn a corner into a life-saving solution?" He smiled slightly and said, "Okay, let's fight hard. It can be considered a joy in hardship." "What are you talking about?" Wu Peifu said a little disappointedly: "Why do you want to seek pleasure while suffering? After all, winter is not eternal. Is it morning when you wake up from a nightmare! How can one defeat be a total defeat? Come on, fight!"

Li Bingzhi smiled, "Okay, let's see how I can eat the handsome!" "It's too early to say that, we will see who wins." As they spoke, the two laid down the chessboard and opened the battle. However, after all, Wu Peifu was not at the time when "the wind and rain in all directions will meet Zhongzhou". While fighting hastily, he thought of Xiao Yaonan: "This Xiao Yaonan" It should be said that Xiao Yaonan was single-handedly promoted by Wu Peifu.Five years ago, Wu Peifu sent Xiao into Hubei in the name of assisting Hubei Governor Wang Zhanyuan to fight against the Hunan Army. Xiao relied on the suppression of the Hubei Autonomous Army, and drove the Hunan Army back to Hunan, regaining the title of Hubei Governor from Wang Zhanyuan.Wu Peifu is the tour envoy of the two lakes. Xiao is not only his direct subordinate, but also kind to him. When Wu is in trouble, Xiao will not take advantage of it.Wu Peifu and his disabled generals thought so.However, the current Wu Peifu, is Xiao going to be the same as before when he was wearing the hat of the patrol envoy to the two lakes? Wu Peifu's chess game is messed up, losing his rooks and cannons again and again, and the general situation is gone.He sighed, changed his tone and said, "Biaochen, are you going to Xinyang?"

Li Bingzhi nodded. "It's Xinyang." "I'm not leaving!" "Not leaving?" "Yes. I will rest here for two days. I would like to ask you to go to Hankou first. I will wait for you here." "Going to Hankou?" Li Bingzhi knew that Wu wanted him to find out the news and see if Xiao was "never forgetting the past", otherwise, he also asked him to clear it up.Then he immediately changed his words and said: "Alright, I'll go see Xiao Yaonan." The car stopped in Xinyang, and Wu Peifu lived in Jigong Mountain. Li Bingzhi hurried to Hankou.The situation in Hankou was chaotic, and before he went to see Xiao Yaonan, he got a shocking message: Xiao Yaonan had already sent a telegram to support Duan Qirui to come to power, not only did he not welcome Wu to Wuhan, he was not even willing to lend him a road.Li Bingzhi was surprised: "Territory and military power will swallow up people's conscience. Cruel!"

Hankou Lusai, Wu Peifu did not dare to stay in Jigong Mountain for a long time, so he hurried around the trail to Huangzhou with his entourage, and hid in a ship - he wanted to wait and see the situation, see if the pursuers were tight, and wait for Xiao Yaonan Is there any more "eyes" for him? Huangzhou is located in the low mountains and hills in the northeast of Hubei Province. It is the eastward extension of the Qinling Mountains. It is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River and surrounded by water on three sides.Wu Peifu has no elegant interest in traveling in mountains and rivers, nor in watching bamboos. He was bored in the cabin, flipping through the book he didn't want to read in the past -- in his impression, it was a film that only talked about romance and the moon. Qingqing's tender novels, "That kind of book cannot govern the country in peace, manage the military and govern politics, and cannot be in the officialdom."I don't know when, the decline of the Jia family gave him inspiration.Aren't the Rong and Ning mansions also in the middle of the capital, but they were in ruins in the end! He felt that this was not a novel, but the most vivid and vivid history of a family's rise and fall.He took it with him and flipped through it when he had nothing to do.As everyone knows, once you send it, you can't take it back. Apart from philosophy, Wu Peifu admires Cao Xueqin's literary talent.After tea and dinner, he also softly recited clever words such as "Flowers wither and flowers fly all over the sky", "Peach blossoms are clean and the east wind is soft".

It was when Wu Peifu was bored reading that Li Bingzhi came back from Hankou.As soon as he saw Wu Peifu, he yelled with deep remorse: "Yu Shuai!" Wu Peifu put down the book in his hand, bowed to say "welcome" to him, and said, "Needless to say, I understand everything about the situation there. It's just thanks to you." "I didn't expect Shaw" "Stop talking," Wu Peifu shook his hand. "There will be unexpected things. We can only blame our own lack of foresight and lack of understanding of people, resulting in improper employment." After a pause, he said: "Today is the Lantern Festival, and someone sent a very delicious dish." Let’s watch the lanterns and the moon together!”

Only then did Li Bingzhi remember that when he came back from Hankou, he bought a thousand Lantern Festivals to entertain the wandering marshal. "If you don't tell me, I'd forget, I brought a good Lantern Festival." As he said, he ordered someone to fetch the Lantern Festival. When Wu Peifu saw the white and velvety Lantern Festival, his mood suddenly brightened. "Biaochen, Su Huzi once had a famous saying about appreciating the autumn moon, saying: I must know that the jade rabbit is very round, and it has become frosty and cold in September. I sent a message to the heavy door to rest on the key, and the night tide stays in the middle of the moon. We are appreciating the spring moon, but we should It's a work full of spring. What do you think?"

"A handsome poet, of course there will be good poems!" "Beard has exhausted all the good poems." Wu Peifu shook his head in disappointment again: "I don't know why, but I have also arrived in Huangzhou today?" Li Bingzhi was taken aback for a moment—Su Huzi refers to Su Shi, a great writer in the Song Dynasty.In March of the second year of Yuanfeng, Lixing He Zhengchen, the supervising censor, impeached him for "fooling the court and arrogating himself".Those were the most embarrassing years for Su Shi.Today, Wu Ziyu felt a sense of sadness when he touched the scene.Therefore, Li Bingzhi immediately changed the subject to relieve Wu Peifu's worries. "Yushuai, although Su Shi was unjustly demoted to Huangzhou back then, Huangzhou was very affectionate to him, so that after he said goodbye to Huangzhou, when he heard the sound of drums and horns, he still cherished Huangzhou's deep gratitude, saying that he came back to the river every year, and even played this song." Let’s greet each other with music!” “Okay, if poetry is not enough, use wine to make up for it. Come, bring some good wine!” At this time, the new moon is rising, bright as a silver plate, shining on the surface of the river, and the waves are sparkling; It patted the bulkhead and made a soft whistle.In the cabin by the window, bright candles were shining brightly, and the host and guest drank together, and the haze of the past few days was completely swept away. Wu Peifu raised his glass and drank happily, then pointed to the newly placed fish plate on the table and said, "Everyone, guess what kind of fish this is? If you can even tell its characteristics, I will admit defeat and drink a big glass." ." Everyone looked at the fish in front of them, and naturally there was no lack of knowledge.However, in order to make Wu Peifu more happy at this rare moment of peace, he did not want to pretend to be smart, saying: "It has a strange shape and is rarely seen. Please come and teach me!" Wu Peifu smiled. "This kind of fish is called bream, and it is only produced in Huangzhou. It can't live down the water, and it can't live against the water. How strange do you think!" "Odd! Odd!" "There is also a strange thing. This fish has no spines, is fatty, and has a very delicious taste. It is one of the delicacies of the Yangtze River." Only then did everyone nod their heads in agreement. "We are lucky, thank you, Commander-in-Chief." After drinking for three rounds, the moon has risen, Li Bingzhi felt that there was something important to tell Wu Peifu.So, he whispered in his ear: "Yu Shuai, I heard that you have come to Huangzhou this time, and the road is difficult!" "There are rumors in Hankou that Duan Qirui has ordered Du Xilian to follow and arrest you." Li Bingzhi said: "The rumors are very tight, should we transfer it early?" Wu Peifu began to drink, and his interest gradually increased, so he said nonchalantly: "I have my own plans, so don't worry about him for the time being. "Hefei is vicious, you must guard against it!" "I know Du Xilian well, I don't think he will." Li Bingzhi suddenly understood that Wu and Du had a deep friendship.Only then did he smile lightly.But he said again: "Yu Shuai, there is a Japanese named Yoshiro Xingjin, do you know him?" "Isn't it the little clerk at the Japanese Consulate in Hankou?" "It's him." "What does he do?" "He said that there is an important person in Japan who admires Wu Yushuai very much. He called the Hankou Consulate and asked him to inquire if you have any intention of traveling to Japan. If you can go to Japan, this important person is ready to welcome you." Wu Peifu shook his head fiercely and said : "Going to Japan? Strange talk! I don't even enter the concession, how can I go to Japan." Huangzhou is not a place to stop for a long time. Wu Peifu secretly crossed Hankou by boat in Xiao Yaonan's guard along the river, and hurriedly arrived in Yuezhou, where he lived in Ge Hao's home in Jiubu. After World War II, Feng Yuxiang realized that he had been fooled by Zhang Zuolin, so he sent a consultant named Duan Qishu to Hankou to join forces with Xiao Yaonan to open a way to reconcile with Wu Peifu.This Duan Qishu was Li Bingzhi's classmate, so he met Li first, and Li invited Xiao Yaonan's retired chief of staff, Zhang Liangao, to discuss with him.Li and Zhang believed that "Wu Peifu's latent power is still there in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River from Hunan to Jiangsu. It is better to directly contact Wu." Hankou, but all of them are negative and decadent, like loose sand, looking forward to a turnaround.Hearing that Feng intends to reconcile with Wu Chong, he is naturally welcome.Therefore, they contacted frequently, and Duan Qishu reported to Feng frequently.In the end, Feng agreed to send Zhang Zhijiang as his representative, and the generals in the direct lineage also discussed and urged Wu to send Jin Yun'e as a representative to contact each other, with Hankou as the contact point.As soon as Xiao Yaonan saw that Wu Peifu was coming out of the mountains, he immediately expressed his closeness to the generals of the direct lineage and held a banquet in Hankou to invite the frustrated generals of the direct lineage.He knew that Li Bingzhi was a figure highly valued by Wu, so he specially sent a small boat to invite Li Bingzhi and appointed him as a consultant.At the banquet, Xiao Yaonan said to Li Bingzhi: "Brother Biaochen, you should know me best. I have served as the chief of staff with Cao Sanye for many years, and I know Ziyu well. If you sincerely refuse him to enter Hubei, you are shameless! But, Ziyu didn't understand my difficulties in protecting my colleagues in Hankou. When I was juggling Beijing, Ziyu came to Hubei, which is like opening my treasure box." Then, in order to show his sincerity, he got up and poured tea for Li. He also said: "I want to ask my brother to go to Yuezhou to explain me in front of Ziyu, and ask him to come out of the mountain to reverse the situation." Li Bingzhi hurried to Yuezhou, explained Xiao Yaonan's hard work, and then said: "Yushuai, Xiao may have his own difficulties, I think I can promise him, and go to Hankou first." Wu Peifu was annoyed by Xiao's refusal to enter Hubei. Hearing Li Bingzhi's opinion, he shook his head first. "I must go to Hankou. But I am not a guest at his invitation. I want to drive him out!" Li Bingzhi smiled. "Brothers fight against the wall, and defend against their humiliation! After all, Xiao Yaonan is one of us. For the sake of the great cause, we can unite with Feng, why can't we tolerate Xiao? I think it's fine to use family law against him in the future." Wu Peifu smiled and nodded again. Warlords all have one thing in common, they recognize power but not people.Wu Peifu is expected to make a comeback, and many vacillating people have come to him. Sun Chuan: Fang, who is far away in Zhejiang, sent representatives to Hankou, Ma Lianjia from Anhui, Liu Xiang from Sichuan, Zhao Hengti from Hunan, Yunnan, and Guizhou. Came to Hankou.After these people negotiated, they first jointly sent a telegram to Feng Yuxiang, hoping that Feng could send a telegram in support of Wu Peifu.After Feng's Wu Yong telegram arrived in Hankou, they led the merchants with Xiao Yaonan to ask for the thief to send a telegram. The telegram called Zhang Zuolin and Duan Qirui both thieves.After several studies, the word "thief" on Duan Qirui's head was deleted and replaced with "Hefei Maoyi", and only focused on attacking Zhang Zuolin. Everything was ready, Xiao Yaonan sent a ship to Yuezhou to welcome Wu Peifu to Hankou, and organized the General Headquarters of the Allied Forces in Liujia Garden. In addition to personnel arrangements, he made the following marching plan: First, Sun Chuanfang from Zhejiang Province would attack Jiangsu and Anhui, expel Yang Yuting and Jiang Dengxuan waited for Zhang Zongchang in Shandong to come to the south, and Yue Weijun commanded all the armies in Henan to attack the eastern Henan and southern Shandong, so as to caress his back, break Zhang's way back, and completely annihilate the Fengtian troops.In North China, Feng Yuxiang's First Nationalist Army and the troops heading north from Jinghan Road worked together to eliminate Li Jinglin, Zhang Xueliang and other troops in the pass. In October 1925, Sun Chuanfang took the lead in raising troops, and Wu Peifu was immediately appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces Against Thieves. On the land of China, a large-scale war ignited again! Sun Chuanfang's troops went out of Zhejiang, and even defeated Shanghai and Nanjing; crossed the river and went north, and defeated Bengbu.Jiangsu Governor Yang Yuting and An Bracelet Governor Jiang Deng were defeated and fled; the southern aid troops sent by Shandong Governor Zhang Zongchang were defeated by Sun Chuanfang in Renqiao and Guzhen, and then Sun Jun entered Xuzhou. Wu Peifu was sitting in Hankou, feeling very excited. He felt a colorful spring in front of him again, and even the sky looked clear and blue: "I, Wu Ziyu, am still Wu Ziyu!" However, Wu Peifu also faintly felt that something was not going his way.For example, when he learned that Fu Zongchang led his troops to the south to support Jiangsu Yang Yuting, he sent a telegram to Yue Weijun, the governor of Henan, to "quickly obscure Yanzhou, and Caozhou will march separately to support Sun Jun", but Yue Weijun did not move.Wu is very angry.Li sent Li Bingzhi to Henan for supervision. Henan Governor Yue Weijun is also a cunning rabbit. After electrifying and supporting Wu Peifu to seek the thief, he went to 1: secretly received 800,000 silver dollars and 2 million rounds of bullets from Duan Qirui, and went to Jin Yun'e. Three divisions were stationed near Hankou, and he was afraid of them Seizing the territory in Henan, so he is determined to play a double-faced role.Therefore, when Li Bingzhi came to Kaifeng, Yue only agreed to send Li Jicai's division to attack Yinzhou, and asked Wu Su to send Chen Wenzhao, Wang Weiwei, and Tian Weiqin from Jin Yun'e's department to live in Yan (zhou) and Xu (zhou). Wu quickly dialed his salary and a thousand bullet belts. Wu Peifu had no choice but to agree to Yue's request.Because they had their own ghosts, the three divisions of Chen, Wang, and Tian of Ke's division did not move forward after being ordered. Instead, they asked Li Jicai division sent by Yue Jun to be the vanguard and their backup.Yue Weijun was secretly surprised: "Jin Yun'e is the heart of Sima Zhao. He sued the forward of our army. They are the queen, don't they still want to take my land in Henan!" So he transferred Jiang Shi tea master to Xinyang in southern Henan to prevent the osprey army from attacking. Enter Henan. When Wu Peifu saw that Yue's army did not go east and went south, the old hatred and the new hatred arose spontaneously, so he angrily sent Kou Yingjie to attack Xinyang.Unexpectedly, Kou Yingjie is not Jiang Shijie's opponent. Only after fighting for half a month can he advance.Wu also sent two brigades of Liu Yuchun and Song Dapei to reinforce them.As a result, the two brigades were attacked instead.Defeated and retreated to Guangshui in Hubei Province.Wu Peifu became furious, and sent another army through Xiangfan and out of Nanyang to attack the Xinyang Que Department. The Battle of Fengfeng became tense day by day, and the internal strife in Hubei and Henan gradually escalated. The three divisions of Jin Ke, who were originally allies, suddenly turned their guns and attacked Yue Weijun's divisions of Li Jicai and Jiang Shijie. All belong to Wu Peifu. The first contribution to the pacification of Henan belongs to Jin Yun'e, the governor of Yu: Of course it is none other than Jin.However, Wu Peifu announced Kou Yingjie as the governor of Henan, and only gave Jin Yun'e a subordinate position as Governor of Henan. Wu Peifu had long forgotten the lessons of the fiasco in Shanhaiguan, and he was forgetting himself again and acting arbitrarily.In the successive victories of Feng Yuxiang, he remembered Feng Yuxiang's "attack" against him, and he hated him, hating him so much.In the past few days, he had secretly discussed with his right-hand men Zhang Qilian, Qi Xieyuan, Zhang Zhitan and others about forming a cabinet. One of the main trends was Lianfeng. "In today's China, the north is dominated by worship, and the south is my world. If Zhang and I join hands, the world will be settled!" Jin Yun'e regarded Feng Zhang as his great enemy.He thought Feng Yuxiang was right, "If we can unite with Feng Yongduan and make Wu Duan turn his grievances into friends, there will be a bright future!" Wu Jin had different opinions, so Wu Sui didn't use Jin.At this time, Feng Yuxiang, who had already been electrified and went to the field, went to the Soviet Union for inspection, and his department was in charge of Zhang Zhijiang, the governor of Chahar.Zhang Zuolin has already tore up the contract with Feng, and is pressing ahead with the national army.Zhang Zhijiang felt that it was difficult to be alone in the army, so he discussed with Lu Zhonglin who lived in Nankou, and felt that instead of using the national army to vote for Zhang Feng, it would be better to return to Zhifu Wu.So they sent someone to contact Wu about the ownership.At this time, Wu Peifu remembered the defeat at Shanhaiguan, and watched Zhang Zhijiang and Lu Zhonglin's letter for a long time in silence.In the end, he swiped his pen angrily and wrote the word "disarm" on the letter, rejecting Zhang Bu from the door. On June 28, 1926, Wu Peifu met with Zhang Zuolin in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, and became friends with Jinlan. Although the two sides had their own ghosts on the issues of "supporting the constitution" and "protecting the law", they had completely the same views on Feng Yongbing.As a result, the original battle of Lianfeng against Feng changed into Lianfeng against Feng.The next day, Wu Peifu issued a general attack order against the National Army. Jin Yun'e took the position of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces Against Thieves and Commander-in-Chief of the First Army to Chen Bing at the key points in Henan and Hebei, controlling the northern section of the Beijing-Han Railway from Zhangde to Changxindian.This is exactly the place Feng Zhang wanted to win, and many of Wu's generals were also coveted.Therefore, he often incited Gu in Wu's ears, and Wu finally relieved Jin Yun'e of his duties and took Liu Yuchun, Qi Xieyuan and others to the north to take over.At this time, Sun Chuanfang's attitude in the south also changed. He was determined to unite with Feng Chaofeng, but he was very dissatisfied when he saw that Wu Peifu changed his course and recognized the enemy as a friend;Wu Peifu's major event for this trip to the north was set, and when he heard that the National Revolutionary Army was about to go to the north, he appointed Li Jichen as the supervisor of the border defense of Hunan and Hubei, and ordered him to lead his troops into Hubei.Soon, he himself left Changxindian and went south. In July 1927, the National Revolutionary Army once again embarked on the Northern Expedition. At the beginning of the rise of the volunteer army, with the enthusiastic support of the workers and peasants of Hunan and Hubei, they drove straight in like a broken bamboo. They conquered Hengyang, Changsha, and Yuezhou one after another.Another Northern Expeditionary Army crossed the Yangtze River in the lower reaches of Chenglingji and drove directly to Hanyang. Wu Peifu saw the ferocious approach of the revolutionary army, so he withdrew his headquarters in Wuchang to Liujia Garden in Hankou, sent Hubei governor Chen Jiamou to guard Wuchang, and ordered Liu Yuchun's division to enter the city for reinforcements. Wu Peifu was too tired. Today he went to recruit others, and tomorrow he was recruited by others; yesterday he joined forces to attack Zhang, and today he joined forces to attack Zhang.With so many things, how could he not be tired? Wu Peifu was not afraid of being tired, but was most afraid of being idle. After the Shanhaiguan defeat, he was idle for several months, which almost suffocated him to death. "I, General Fuwei, want to gallop on the battlefield. What is it to be a residence?"A dream, a very beautiful dream! The revolutionary army marched north, and Wu Peifu's dream was shattered. Looking back on the past, he looked around at a loss; he suddenly thought of Sun Chuanfang: "Only he can conquer the southeast!" Sun Chuanfang had already stated that he would not cooperate with him.Therefore, Wu Peifu had no choice but to follow the rolling Yangtze River, look to the southeast, and sighed aloud. Later, he thought of Jiang Fangzhen, the representative of Sun Chuanfang who had just left from Hanri, and his spirit shook: "Why don't you invite him to Han = to discuss Reconcile with Sun Zhong." Thinking of this person, he immediately sent an urgent telegram, saying many "sentimental" words. Jiang's call back was also prompt.The message is to the effect: I am the Chief of Staff of the General Command of the Allied Forces Against Thieves. Now that you are cooperating with the "thieves", what use do you want me to be?Can't go back. Wu Peifu received the call and was deeply stimulated. He was depressed for several days.Later, it was about the end of the poor map, and Zhou Yujue, a representative sent by Zhang Qizheng, went to Nanjing to urge Sun to go out to help Hubei.Sun Chuanfang weighed it over and over again, and felt that Wu Peifu was uncertain, and he was a man who could not be handed over to him, and he was no longer able to prosper, so he would never help him again; seeing Zhou Yujue's arrogance and admonition, he was very unhappy, so he said : "Didn't your Marshal Wu unite with Zhang Zuolin? Why don't you ask Fengjun to help Hubei?" "Yu Shuai is far-sighted, he must be wise when he wants to do this." "So, you are here to implement a wise decision?" "Let's say so!" Seeing that he was so arrogant, Sun Chuanfang was furious.He leaned forward and stood up, and said in a tone of softness on the outside and strength on the inside: "I admire your Yushuai's foresight very much. You are going to the underworld, and you are still strong. You are also a hero. The coffin is placed in front of you." , and talked about his bravery. Admiration!" "What do you mean?" Zhou Yujue asked puzzled. "The meaning is very clear. I will give you, a warrior, a chance to make meritorious deeds. I will send you to find out how to find the way out for your commander-in-chief." He turned around and shouted, "Come on!" Two well-armed soldiers entered. Sun Chuanfang waved his hand and said, "Take him out and kill him!" "Sun Chuanfang Sun Chuanfang!" Zhou Yujue yelled and was dragged out.With a gunshot, he fell in the courtyard. Wu Peifu didn't know that his representative had been shot dead by Sun Chuanfang, so he sent Zhai Dianlin to Nanjing because he was anxious for help. Zhai and Sun Chuanfang were classmates and friends of the poor and humble, so they felt that there must be good news for this trip.However, he forgot that Sun Chuanfang is a person who recognizes his mother only when he sees his mother.As soon as Sun saw Zhai, he asked straight to the point, "What do you want me to do?" Zhai said, "Marshal Wu called me, please think of a way." Sun said: "Is it to arrange your duties?" "No." "why?" "Nature saves the troubles of the two lakes." "I don't care. You can return whatever you like." "Xinyuan, you don't have to lose your temper with me!" "When are you leaving?" "I can go any day." The hope of Nanjing was in vain, and Wuchang was soon trapped. Wu Peifu was hungry, so he sent his division commander Liu Zuolong to lead his troops to fight, and appointed Liu as the governor of Hubei Province.Seeing that the situation was critical, Liu refused to resign.At the same time, Liu said behind his back: "If Wu Shuai can reuse Jin Yun'e, we can still work together. I myself can't do it anymore." The two divisions of Yan Riren and Gao Rutong were transferred to the south to fight against the revolutionary army.It's just that these two divisions opened new stores, that is, they didn't advance any more, and they unanimously demanded "Please come down the mountain!" As a last resort, Wu Peifu ordered Jin Yun'e to be restored to the post of deputy commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the former enemy.The next day, Wu announced that Jin Yun'e would concurrently serve as the commander of the Hankou garrison, Yan Riren the commander of the Hanyang garrison, and Gao Rutong the commander of the Wuchang garrison. After all, Wu Peifu is not the time when "the wind and rain in all directions will meet Zhongzhou" four years ago; the army he can command is not the army that can fight well and go forward. On September 7, a fierce battle broke out in the suburbs of Hanyang. In the middle of the night, a staff officer hurriedly told Wu, "Jin Yun'e has changed, and he is fighting against the war with his army Liu Zuolong." On September 8, the Northern Expedition Army occupied Hanyang.Anmin notices were posted all over the streets of Hankou, and the Northern Expedition Army appointed Liu Zuolong as the commander-in-chief of the Hankou Public Security Bureau, and the chief of the Hankou Police Department was also Zhang Mukai, a member of his immediate family.In Wuhan, Wu Peifu no longer had a foothold, so he had to retreat northward in a hurry, arriving in Xinyang on September 10 and Zhengzhou on September 17. At this time, Feng Yuxiang had returned from the Soviet Union, sworn in Wuyuan, and appointed himself the commander-in-chief of the National Alliance Army. His first move was to leave Tongguan, take Luoyang, and force Wu to collapse; Zhang Zongchang also sent the Zhilu Allied Forces south to help Sun Chuanfang attacked the Northern Expedition Army; Jin Yun'e served as the commander-in-chief of the Henan Defense Army in southern Henan, and sent division commander Gao Rutong to counterattack Zhengzhou.Wu Peifu had no choice but to escape from Zhengzhou and sneak to Gong County, where he lived in the army. At this time, Wu Peifu's artistic conception was bleak, alone, and it was his fifty-fourth birthday, but the sky was not beautiful, the drizzle was falling, the cold wind and leaves fell, Wu Peifu faced these three or two entourages who prepared for him. At the birthday banquet, weeping and complaining, wrote the following verses: The soldiers of the Republic of China are all purple robes, why not share the labor with the people? The jade cup drank the blood of thousands of families, and the red candle burned the ointment of thousands of surnames.When the sky sheds tears, people shed tears, and when the singing is high, the crying is loud.Everyone knows that the people's livelihood is suffering, and it is Ercao who harms living beings.Wu decided to leave Gong County via Nanyang and go to the four villages when he was exhausted and had few soldiers and horses. Chuan, to seek refuge with Yu Xuezhong, Xu Shouchun and others who he thought were kind to him.At this time, Feng Yuxiang sent Fang Zhenwu's department and Zhang Liansheng's department of the 38th Army of the new committee to pursue, and Wu was not allowed to cross the Han River.Zhang Yi sent brigade commander Wang Zongquan to intercept Wu.Wu Peifu saw that he had nowhere to go! Fortunately, Zhang Liansheng and Wang Zongquan had a good impression of Wu Huai, and deliberately made a way out for him, so Wu had to rush out of the blockade with his family and guards, and went straight to Sichuan.