Chapter 53 May 2. Zhang Zongchang went south in a big way, and Sun Chuanfang's five-provincial coalition forces

The first Fengjun to enter the pass was Zhang Zongchang's Department of the Second Army, which was in charge of attacking Rehebei Road.Speaking of Zhang Zongchang, it has been mentioned many times in the article, and I took this opportunity to explain his ins and outs clearly.Zhang Zongchang, courtesy name Xiaokun, was born in Ye County, Shandong Province in 1882. His father was a drummer (an indispensable atmosphere maker in rural wedding and funeral ceremonies). Harbin has panned for gold, built railways, and also worked as a bodyguard in the bodyguard bureau.Later, Zhang Zongchang came to the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Vladivostok and worked as a police officer. Because he often dealt with the Russian police, Zhang Zongchang learned a little simple Russian, but don't underestimate this detail. Helped him a lot.

Because Zhang Zongchang was tall and burly (comparable to Feng Yuxiang), he was a chivalrous man, and because of the nature of his work, he quickly emerged in the underworld in Vladivostok, and many of the Revolutionary Party of 1911 were gangsters, so Zhang Zongchang made more or less friends like this.After the Wuchang Uprising, Chen Qimei sent people to Vladivostok to recruit revolutionary righteous men. Zhang Zongchang also wanted to take a chance, so he recruited a group of bandits on behalf of the revolutionary party, and then took a Russian cruise ship to Shanghai to start a revolution.

According to the previous agreement, after this group of people arrived in Shanghai, the leader of this group of bandits should be the head of the group, but I don’t know how Zhang Zongchang messed up, and finally became the head of the group himself, while the head of the bandit was just a fool. The battalion commander, I don’t know if he dedicated his life to the revolution or what. In short, he was unknown and unrecorded, but Zhang Zongchang succeeded in speculation. From this, he went smoothly, met nobles many times, and finally became a legend in the Republic of China. During the "Second Revolution", Zhang Zongchang's cavalry regiment fought fiercely with Feng Guozhang, Zhang Xun and other troops in Xuzhou, but their team was not professional after all, and they collapsed in the first battle.Feng Guozhang saw that Zhang Zongchang's appearance and physique were extraordinary, so he included him and ordered him to recover the old ministry.As a result, Zhang Zongchang worshiped Feng Guozhang's disciples, and later became the head of the Jiangsu Military Officer Teaching Corps.At the end of Yuan Shikai's proclaiming emperor, it is said that Zhang Zongchang received 200,000 oceans from relevant parties, and sent several of his subordinates Chen Guorui to Shanghai to kill the former leader Chen Qimei (in the underworld, Zhang Zongchang and Chen Qimei were still from the same sect) .

After Feng Guozhang acted as the president, Zhang Zongchang also served as the military attache of the presidential palace.Every time during the military parade, Zhang Zongchang wore a straight school uniform and rode a horse to guide him in front, which also attracted the attention of Prime Minister Duan Qirui.Before the Battle of Hunan and Hubei, Zhang Zongchang was ordered to return to Jiangsu to form the Sixth Mixed Brigade, and was later sent to the battlefield. After Wu Peifu led the army to withdraw to the north in 1920, when Zhang Zongchang's troops retreated into Jiangxi, they were disarmed by Jiangxi Governor Chen Guangyuan, and Zhang Zongchang only escaped with his own body.After returning to Beijing, Zhang Zongchang got acquainted with Xu Kun, an instructor of Cao Kun's officer training group, so he wanted to use his relationship to follow Cao Kun's way (the old leader Feng Guozhang was dead at this time).At this time, he got the 200,000 military salary settled with the Ministry of the Army, so he gave Cao Kun eight golden birthday stars as a birthday gift, which was an amazing move at the time.

Cao Kun has an easy-going personality. He was very satisfied after accepting Jinshouxing, and Xu Kun said good things next to him, so he agreed to allocate a batch of ordnance seized in the Zhiwan War to Zhang Zongchang and let him organize a group of troops.However, Zhang Zongchang had a gun and no one was there at the time, and Wu Peifu resolutely opposed it after learning about the incident, which made Zhang Zongchang's wish to take the opportunity to recover fell through. When Xu Kun learned about it, he said to Zhang Zongchang angrily: "I don't keep my master here, I have a place to raise my master. Let's go!" So Zhang Zongchang and Xu Kun went to Guandong to join Zhang Zuolin.At the very beginning, Zhang Zongchang was not taken seriously, and one or two hundred people from his old department also went to Shenyang to join him one after another, so Zhang Zongchang was very embarrassed for a while.Until later, Zhang Zongchang accepted a mission to suppress bandits. Zhang Zuolin gave him some simple weapons. Zhang Zongchang took his old troops but seized this opportunity and took down the bandit den with nearly a thousand people in one fell swoop. Only then did Zhang Zongchang look at him with admiration, and he wanted to train him.

Zhang Zongchang was then appointed as the guardian envoy of Suining and the commander of the third mixed brigade of the Jilin Defense Army. At this time, his good luck came again. In the desperate situation, if you are willing to hand over the weapon to Zhang Zongchang, you only need to convert a little severance pay.From this, Zhang Zongchang obtained a large number of Russian ordnance, and organized a 500-man White Russian Army, which later became the Iron Armored Corps. Due to his excellent performance in the joint autumn exercises of the Feng army, Zhang Zongchang's unit was reorganized into the third mixed brigade of the Feng army and became a regular army of the Feng army, and then participated in the second Zhifeng war as the main force.Before the battle, Zhang Zongchang said to his subordinates: "If we win this time, there will be no problem and we will have everything... If we come back from the defeat, Fengtian will not support the idlers, and then we will find a mountain nest to settle down!" "

Zhang Zongchang's 3rd Mixed Brigade, as the forward of Fengjun's 2nd Army, attacked the northern part of Rehe. The first thing they encountered was Dong Zhengguo's direct troops. After a bloody battle, Zhang Zongchang forced them to retreat, conquered Lengkou, and attacked Luanzhou .At this time, Feng Yuxiang turned against him, and the Zhijun was in chaos. Zhang Zongchang took the opportunity to chase after him and recruited the disbanded Zhijun. Li Jinglin, the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, has been hiding behind Zhang Zongchang. After they heard that Zhang Zongchang had captured Luanzhou and the Zhijun was defeated, they rushed to snatch the spoils and traveled 400 miles a day and a night.In the end, Li Jinglin became the latecomer and became the military affairs supervisor of Zhili himself.Li Jinglin had followed Zhang Zuolin for many years, so it was no problem for him to be the supervisor of Zhili, but the other person was not happy.

It turned out that before defecting, Feng Yuxiang reached an agreement with the Zhili General Wang Chengbin that Wang Chengbin would take over some of the Zhili troops and reorganize the 23rd Division, with Wang Chengbin serving as the Zhili Governor.The reason why Wang Chengbin supported Feng Yuxiang's defection was that Wu Peifu took over his position as the division commander of the 23rd Division. Unexpectedly, the development of the situation was far beyond his imagination. Disarmed, Wang Chengbin also tasted the bitter fruit, and he has never recovered in the military and political circles since then.

Wang Chengbin was originally a talent. He was tall, handsome, and imposing. He was educated by his cousin Wu Jinglian when he was young, and then he studied at Baoding Military Academy. Soon after graduation, he entered Beiyang Third Town. He followed Cao Kun for many years. General Yu Wu Peifu.In terms of intelligence, strategy, and bravery, Wang Chengbin is not under Wu Peifu, but it is a pity that "Ji Shengyu, He Shengliang", Wu and Wang did not add up to each other after all, and there was a rift between them.Originally, Wang Chengbin contributed a lot in bribery elections, but Cao Kun was not paid equally, so the Wang family stood by during the defection. As a result, he not only ruined his future, but also ruined the direct forces that Cao Kun and Wu Peifu had built over the years.

Due to the new victorious prestige of the Feng Faction and the recruitment of a large number of direct troops, Feng Yuxiang knew that the national army was not as strong as others, so he retreated and declared that he was mentally ill, and then hid in Tiantai Mountain in the western suburbs of Beijing to temporarily avoid conflicts .Seeing Feng Yuxiang's resignation, Zhang Zuolin also announced his resignation from the Northeast Tour Envoy in a high-profile manner, and explained himself as "General Zhenwei". The pretentious gestures of Feng and Zhang made Duan Qirui, who was in charge temporarily, very anxious.This fool knows that without the nods of these two big bosses in the current situation, it doesn't matter whoever says it, so why bother to bluff and waste everyone's time.Therefore, Duan Qirui gave Feng Yuxiang the title of "Northwest Frontier Defense and Reclamation Supervision", and gave Zhang Zuolin the title of "Northeast Frontier Reclamation Supervision".

Lao Duan has no military power himself, so naturally he doesn't want either side between Feng and Zhang to become bigger.In fact, this time he came out of the mountain, he also planned to restore the power of the Anhui faction, but how to make a profit from the dispute between Feng and Zhang was obviously not an easy task.Feng Yuxiang's original plan was to prevent Feng's army from entering the customs, while Zhang Zuolin's plan was to station heavy troops in North China to suppress Feng Yuxiang's national army, and then Feng's army went south to eliminate the direct forces in the Yangtze River provinces, so as to expand Feng's forces as much as possible. Zhang Zuolin's plan was to go south along Jinpu Road and capture Shandong, Anhui, and Jiangsu, so that this battle was not in vain.At this time, Duan Qirui proposed to let Lu Yongxiang be the supervisor of Jiangsu. The reason was that the Zhifeng War started because of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War. Besides, Lu Yongxiang also joined Zhang Zuolin's sect, just to reward him for his meritorious service. While arranging Lu Yongxiang, Duan Qirui ordered Wang Yitang, an Anhui politician, to serve as the supervisor of Anhui. Zhang Zuolin did not agree at first, but after thinking about it, Lu Yongxiang and Wang Yitang did not have the strength to go to the south to take up the post. Why not use the name of "escort" Send Fengjun southward and take the opportunity to take Anhui and Jiangsu? With his idea set, Zhang Zuolin immediately actively expressed his willingness to send troops to help expel Qi Xieyuan, the governor of Jiangsu.Since Zhang Zuolin pretended to be a friend, Duan Qirui, Lu Yongxiang and others couldn't refuse, not to mention Qi Xieyuan refused to step down at all, and wanted to use force to fight against the central government! In mid-December 1924, Zhang Zongchang was ordered to lead his army south to drive away Qi Xieyuan and escort Lu Yongxiang to take office.Although Lu Yongxiang also gathered some remnants and defeated generals and called himself the "Recovery Army", but in fact he had no combat effectiveness.On the contrary, Zhang Zongchang had 70,000 to 80,000 horses crowded in Tianjin, and he just wanted to go south to seize some territory, so he readily accepted the order and raised his army to go south. If you go south along Jinpu Road from Tianjin, you have to go through Shandong. At that time, the supervisor of Shandong was Zheng Shiqi.After leaving Shandong, the first important military town was Xuzhou, and the guard at that time was the Chen Tiaoyuan Department of the Fourth Division of Jiangsu Province, but this was not a big problem. Chen Tiaoyuan graduated from the first batch of Army University. He worked as an instructor in the Army No. 3 Middle School in Hubei (Tang Shengzhi, He Yingqin, and Bai Chongxi graduated here), and later joined Feng Guozhang's school.Coincidentally, when Zhang Zongchang defected to Feng Guozhang, Chen Tiaoyuan was the commander of the Nanjing military police. At that time, he and Zhang Zongchang became friends with Jinlan. , let Xuzhou out of the way, and led his troops to withdraw to Dangshan and Dafeng. As a result, Zhang Zongchang entered Xuzhou without firing a single shot, and then the gate of Jiangsu was opened, and Zhang Zongchang's troops were all transported by train, and they arrived at the north bank of the Yangtze River overnight, and immediately grabbed the ferry after getting off at Pukou Or sailing, attacking Nanjing.Qi Xieyuan didn't expect Feng's army to come so quickly. Due to lack of preparation, Feng's army soon approached the city. Qi Xieyuan's troops threw away their helmets and armor in a panic, and hurriedly retreated from the Shanghai-Nanjing line. The pursuit speed of Zhang Zongchang's troops was also amazing, and they immediately followed behind to occupy Zhenjiang. Qi Xieyuan's army was defeated again, and it was no longer an army.Subsequently, the Feng army successively occupied Jiangyin, Wuxi, and Suzhou, and advanced to Songjiang.Zhang Zongchang stayed in Jiangsu with Feng Guozhang for several years, so he knew the place well, and his marching speed was worthy of the title of "General with Long Legs". Although Zhang Zongchang's escort mission was successfully completed, the unarmed Wang Yitang and Lu Yongxiang couldn't control the situation at all. Within a few months, they couldn't do it anymore and had to retire automatically, and this was Zhang Zuolin's ingenious plan.According to Zhang Zuolin's plan, Jiang Dengxuan was going to take over the supervision of Jiangsu and Guo Songling took over the supervision of Anhui. Unexpectedly, after Guo Songling sent a brigade to Bengbu, Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared on the way... Yang Yuting, relying on his hard work, insisted on snatching it. The post of supervisor in Jiangsu, it turned out that he also wanted to have a taste of what it was like to be a local emperor who was "the only one who respected me". Zhang Zuolin couldn't hold him back, so he had to rank Yang Yuting as the supervisor of Jiangsu, while Jiang Deng was selected as the supervisor of Anhui.As soon as this arrangement came out, two people were immediately angered. One was Guo Songling, who was supposed to supervise Anhui, and the other was Zhang Zongchang, who supported Jiangnan.In a fit of anger, Zhang Zongchang withdrew most of his troops back to Xuzhou, leaving only one brigade in charge of transporting and guarding drug trafficking in Shanghai. At the very beginning, Zhang Zuolin thought that the Feng army was powerful and it would not be difficult to control Jiangsu and Anhui, so Yang Yuting and Jiang Dengxuan did not bring troops to follow, so as not to arouse the resentment of the southerners.Yang Yuting is talented and quick-witted, but he always thinks highly of himself, and he also has the bad habit of arrogance, arrogance and arrogance.After he came to Jiangsu, Chen Tiaoyuan, Deputy Military Affairs Officer of Jiangsu Province, and Zheng Junyan, Commander of the 10th Division of the Soviet Army went to greet him, but Yang Yuting deliberately put on airs, trying to give them a bad impression. According to Chen Tiaoyuan's recollection, after Yang Yuting arrived in Jiangsu, he said to them domineeringly: "You Jiangsu is doing too badly. The army is not like the army, and the government is not like the government. It is not as good as Fengtian. I didn't want to come, Yuting (Zhang Zuolin) You must let me come!" At the inauguration ceremony, Yang Yuting not only opened and shut up "Yuting" and "Yuting", but also deliberately imitated Zhang Zuolin's speech: "You guys do it well!" Chen Tiaoyuan and others listened. When I went out, I scolded: "What!" When Yang Yuting was proud in Jiangsu, Zhang Zongchang, who held a heavy army, was unhappy. He didn't want to help Yang Yuting and Jiang Deng choose as watchdogs.After Zhang Zongchang withdrew his troops back to Xuzhou, Zhang Zuolin also knew that he was dissatisfied, so he had to quickly find a piece of land for him, otherwise it would be difficult for the 70,000 to 80,000 people to rebel.After much deliberation, Lao Zhang realized that only Shandong could arrange for it at that time, but Shandong was the only private plot of Anhui Province reserved by Duan Qirui. If Zhang Zongchang took it again, Duan Qirui would really have nothing to gain when he came out of the mountain this time. . In the age of the barrel of a gun, after all, the barrel of the gun has the final say.In the end, Duan Qirui had no choice but to let Zheng Shiqi abdicate to Zhang Zongchang, and Zhang Zongchang returned home in good clothes and became the supervisor of Shandong.Zhang Zongchang is brave in leading troops and fighting, but he is a gambler, lustful, and disregarding human life. He has been in charge of Lu for three years, and he has done a lot of bad things but not many good things. He was nicknamed "General Dog Meat" and "Three Ignorances" . "Dog meat" is not because Zhang Zongchang likes to eat dog meat, but because he likes to promote Pai Gow and likes to gamble (Pai Gow is commonly known as "dog meat"); "Three Ignorances" means that this dog meat general never knows how many soldiers he has. , how much aunt, how much money" is also. As a result, Yang Yuting was selected as the governor of Su and Jiang Deng was selected as the governor of Anhui, and Zhang Zongchang was the governor of Lu. As a result, the Feng faction reached its peak, not only dominating the three eastern provinces, but also including the five provinces of Rehe, Zhili, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Anhui. Probably Zhang Zuolin, an old man with a beard, didn't think of it himself. After the Feng faction had grown up to drink horses from the Yangtze River, Sun Chuanfang, the newly-emerging governor of Zhejiang Province, secretly convened a military meeting in Hangzhou, inviting representatives from the four provinces of Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Anhui to attend the meeting to discuss ways to deal with the Feng faction.At the meeting, the representatives decided to form an alliance of the five provinces to organize the "Allied Forces of the Five Provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Anhui". The commander of the Jiangxi army, Ma Lianjia as the commander of the Anhui army, and Sun Chuanfang himself as the commander of the Zhejiang army, are going to crusade together and drive the Feng faction out of Jiangnan. But at this time, Wu Peifu, who was once cornered, had his luck. After he sneaked back from Hubei to Yuezhou, Hunan, some failed direct line generals Zhang Fulai, Peng Shouxin, Li Jichen, Jin Yune, etc. came to Wuhan one after another to discuss how to revive the direct lineage. power.Under the pressure of these people, Xiao Yaonan, the governor of Hubei, had no choice but to flatter him, and led the generals of Hubei to support Wu by telegram, and asked Wu Peifu to come out again to solve the national crisis together.And Sun Chuanfang sent Dongfeng in time, and their five-provincial coalition forces also planned to promote Wu Peifu as their leader, and they jointly asked for tribute to strengthen their momentum.In this way, Wu Peifu's coming out of the mountain will be smooth and smooth, and everything is ready. On October 21, Wu Peifu came to Wuhan on a warship from Yuezhou, and immediately hung up the big sign of the general headquarters of the "Fourteen Provinces Allied Forces Against Thieves", and appointed himself the commander-in-chief. Except for the five provinces of "Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and Anhui" in the "Fourteen Provinces", the rest are "Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Hunan, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, and Shanxi". Except for those that can be controlled, the other eight provinces are nothing but hypocrisy. The so-called "Allied Forces of Fourteen Provinces" is just a bluff. Since there was going to be a war, Wu Peifu first reorganized the army in Hubei. He appointed Xiao Yaonan as the commander-in-chief of the Hubei army and the rear preparation commander-in-chief, Kou Yingjie as the commander-in-chief of the First Route Army, Chen Jiamo as the commander-in-chief of the Second Route Army, Lu Jinshan was the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army, and other generals such as the Sichuan Army, the Gui Army, and the Qian Army were unable to command anyway, so they appointed a commander-in-chief casually. At this time, Sun Chuanfang made a battle plan, that is, Sun Chuanfang led the coalition forces of five provinces to attack Jiangsu and Anhui, and expelled Yang Yuting and Jiang Dengxuan; , to eliminate Zhang Zongchang; in the end, Feng Yuxiang's National First Army joined forces with the team going north, and finally eliminated Li Jinglin and Zhang Xueliang's Guannei Fengjun, cutting the weeds and eradicating the evil. Hey, this is simply a replica of the later Northern Expedition!Sun Chuanfang, what a talent! However, the greatest pain for a strategist is that the tactics cannot keep up with the strategy. No matter how well you plan, it is of no use if you cannot implement it in the end.Later facts proved that Sun Chuanfang's five-provincial coalition forces had completed their set tasks, but Wu Peifu and his national army inevitably mistrusted each other and intrigue, and ultimately failed to achieve major events. After Yang Yuting learned that Sun Chuanfang was about to launch an offensive, he decided to shorten the front line and preserve his strength. He first transferred the 20th Division of Fengjun from Shanghai to Suzhou and Changzhou, and announced that Shanghai would never garrison troops.Jiang Dengxuan established a classmate relationship with Sun Chuanfang: "Although there is a gap between the central government and the provinces, we are all classmates. Why bother to fight each other too quickly, and why fight for victory!" Yin Ren was an international student of the Japanese Military Academy in 1907, and Yang Yuting was also a junior two years later, so why fight? When it comes time to fight, Sun Chuanfang won't care what your classmates don't learn, you have to fight when you have to fight!Sun Chuanfang has always admired the importance and speed of soldiers when using soldiers. This was the case when he fought from Hubei to Fujian, and this time is of course no exception.In just four or five days, Sun Chuanfang organized five routes of the Zhejiang Army: the commander of the first route was Chen Yi, the commander of the first division, the commander of the second division was Xie Hongxun, the commander of the fourth division, the commander of the third division Sun Chuanfang himself, and the commander of the fourth division was the second commander. Lu Xiangting, the commander of the division, and Zhou Fengqi, the commander of the fifth division, were the commander of the third division.According to Sun Chuanfang's arrangement, the first and second routes attacked Shanghai from the Shanghai-Hangzhou line, the fourth and fifth routes attacked Suzhou from Changxing, and his own third route was in the middle to support. On October 15, Sun Chuanfang was electrified as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of the five provinces and ordered the crusade against the Feng army.As soon as Sun Dian came out, all the provinces of the original direct line responded one after another, such as Xiao Yaonan in Hubei, Fang Benren in Jiangxi, Zhou Yinren in Fujian, as well as division commanders and guardian envoys in Jiangsu such as Chen Tiaoyuan and Baijinshan, as well as brigade commander Ni Chaorong in Anhui, etc. They also sent telegrams to ask for envoys, and called on "comrade commanders, to attack the Hu's nest separately. If the big bandits are not eliminated, the country will be in trouble", thus forming a powerful wave of anti-feng. It is undeniable that the discipline of the Feng army was extremely bad after they went to the south of the Yangtze River. The southerners were very disgusted with these outsiders and wanted to leave quickly; There are not many, so the military preparations are obviously insufficient, which is one of the reasons why Sun Chuanfang dared to use troops against the Feng army. On the night when Sun Chuanfang announced the power-on, the forwards of the Zhejiang Army had already occupied Songjiang, and the First Division of the Jiangxi Army under the supervision of Fang Benren in Jiangxi also sent troops to Jiujiang to copy Anqing, Anhui.Afterwards, Sun Chuanfang's troops marched along the Shanghai-Hangzhou line, while the Feng army retreated steadily, all the way to Zhenjiang and Danyang. After Sun Jun's various armies joined forces in Changzhou, their morale was even higher, and then they marched on Danyang and exchanged fire with Feng Jun for the first time.When the enemy was outnumbered, the Feng army was beaten to the ground, and nearly a thousand people were captured. The remnants retreated to Zhenjiang after destroying the railway, and then retreated to Nanjing. Since Feng Jun won Jiangnan without a hard fight, he was caught off guard by Sun Jun's onslaught this time. As a result, he had to withdraw from Nanjing again and retreat to Bengbu. Sun Chuanfang went to Nanjing without a fight.Those teachers in Jiangsu were very dissatisfied with Yang Yuting for a long time. They secretly communicated with Sun Chuanfang and declared their independence as soon as Sun Jun arrived.The same is true for Anhui. Brigadier Ni Chaorong responded to Sun Chuanfang's telegram and led his troops to Bengbu, forcing Jiang Dengxuan to leave Anhui.After Yang Yuting and Jiang Deng withdrew from Jiangsu and Anhui, Fengjun's first southward march ended in failure. However, Zhang Zuolin did not give up. He believed that this time it was mainly because he was too careless and Fengjun's true strength had not been truly displayed, so he then ordered Zhang Zongchang to concentrate his troops in Xuzhou and prepare to fight Sun Chuanfang.Worried that Zhang Zongchang's army was not enough to deal with Sun Chuanfang's coalition of five provinces, Zhang Zuolin issued a general mobilization order outside the pass, planning to go south with 10 to 15 divisions to help Zhang Zongchang. Under this situation, the Fengjun in the Northeast continued to leave the customs along the Jingfeng Line, and concentrated in Luanzhou and Tianjin to prepare for collective deployment. Even the flying team was ready to fly to Jinan to fight at any time.With Zhang Zuolin's backing, Zhang Zongchang was also full of confidence, and he did not hesitate to put on a stance in Xuzhou, wanting to compete with Sun Chuanfang. On October 26, Zhang Zongchang ordered the Feng army to launch an offensive. The two sides fought fiercely in Suqian and Bengbu. down.Under the fierce attack of Sun Chuanfang's army, Zhang Zongchang's troops retreated step by step. At this time, the conflict between the national army and the Feng army was imminent. Zhang Zuolin decided to let Zhang Zongchang abandon Xuzhou and withdraw to Shandong.However, Sun Chuanfang fought from Hangzhou to Xuzhou in more than a month, and the coalition forces of the five provinces also urgently needed to be rectified, so they gave up their offensive when they captured Xuzhou, and the two sides formed a confrontation. On November 8, Sun Chuanfang held a celebration meeting in Xuzhou, and declared peace between North and South with Xuzhou as the boundary.Subsequently, Chen Tiaoyuan, the commander of the Soviet Army, and Zhou Yinren, the supervisor of Fujian Province, all supported Sun Chuanfang as the leader of the five provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Anhui, and Jiangxi. and Zhejiang Supervisor). It can be seen that the southward movement of the Feng family actually provided a valuable opportunity for Sun Chuanfang to rise in the south of the Yangtze River.From then on, Sun Chuanfang, who had just turned 40 years old, was proud of his spring breeze, and became the famous "Xin Shuai" (Sun Chuanfang's word Xinyuan) in one fell swoop, and also became a new direct force besides the Feng Faction, the National Army, and Wu Peifu at that time.