Chapter 165 164. Wu Peifu Withdrew from Hengyang

Wu Peifu's withdrawal from Hengyang was an astonishing move to change the situation between the North and the South.This is also the beginning of Wu becoming a man of the Beiyang era. The disarming of the Wu division began on May 20, 9.Wu had telegraphed and asked Zhang Jingyao to send personnel to Hengzhou to discuss the issue of defense.Zhang Jingyao sent Wu Xintian, commander of the Second Division of the Temporary Hunan Division (Northern Army) as the "commander in charge of southern Hunan defense" to Hengzhou on the 21st, and signed a treaty with Wu Peifu and representatives of the Hunan Army. The armistice agreement between the two armies remains in force.It was not until the eve of the automatic withdrawal of the Wu division that the Beijing government sent a telegram approving the withdrawal of the direct army.When the Wu division set off, it was arranged in a circular formation, with the main third division in the center, cover teams on both sides of the Xiangjiang River, a reconnaissance line in the front, and palace soldiers in the back. "Deng Penglai Pavilion Song".

Wu You's poem "Hui Fang Tu Ci" said: Walk and walk again, and return to return.The grass and trees in the south of the Yangtze River are long, and the birds are flying.Reminiscing about the past when I went to the military plane, the long journey was rainy and snowy.The whole brigade comes to Xiangpu, thousands of miles to shake up Tianwei.What is your intention? Under the chariot hub, the evildoers messed up the capital.The snake wants to swallow the elephant, and throws the whip to break Fei.I am scheduled to return today, and the world is in uniform.The boats are connected for thousands of miles, and the surroundings are covered by flags.Xiaoxiang Road is full of spring, and willows are Yiyi.The gentle wind sends the birds home, and the green grass reflects the sunshine.The youth cherishes Chunhua, wins the day and fights Fangfei.The way back is the way back, but the scenery is still vague.Zhou Gong went to Dongshan, worrying and fearing ridicule.A famous general in the army is an old man, but Jiang Shang used to be a different person.The achievements must be made in a timely manner, and the movement and movement should be seen.When will the mad captives be destroyed, and the country's prestige will be displayed.Don't ask about individual thinness, but expect the world to be fat.The husband is both expensive and economical, and his merits and virtues are towering.On the river to send the boat back home, the wind is rushing non-stop.If you have to hit Jizhi, you will have a glorious history.In spring, geese go north, and the emblem moves thousands of miles away.Hung-chien made a rock-solid wish, Yan Yan will not cry hunger.Stop fighting and think of martial arts, and smoke and smoke think of suburbs.The same revenge, the same revenge, the return wish should not be violated.

The Wu division began to disarm and return to the north on May 20, and passed through Changsha by water on the 27th.Zhang Jingyao was afraid that he would land on his boat and fight Changsha to win the seal of command.Therefore, a strong force was deployed on the right flank of the Xiangjiang River, but only for defensive preparations.And Master Wu had no plan to go ashore at all, although he was on emergency alert, it was just because he was afraid of Zhang Jun's attack.Neither side provoked the flames of war, so Wu Shinai sailed away. Wu Division passed through Yuezhou on May 29 without stopping. On May 31, it concentrated in Hankou. Due to the lack of vehicles, it did not start moving north until June 5.

Although Wu Peifu asked Zhang Jingyao to send troops to take over the defense, he actually decided to hand over Hengyang to the Hunan Army.Zhao Hengti, a heroic general of the Hunan Army, is his favorite character, and the two cherish each other dearly.Therefore, when the Wu division is ready to go, it is the time when the Hunan Army is ready to move.However, the situation at that time was very unfavorable to the Hunan Army.Zhang Jingyao is a brave general of Beiyang. His army has expanded to 70,000 people. He is also the commander of the 7th Division of the Northern Army, but the troops he is directly under include the first and second divisions of Hunan Provisional Division and the first mixed brigade.Under his command are the 11th Division (commander Li Kuiyuan) assisting Changsha's defense, the 20th Division (commander Fan Guozhang) stationed in Xiangtan, the 16th Mixed Brigade stationed in Changde (commander Feng Yuxiang), and the temporary brigade stationed in eastern Hunan. Compose the first division (division commander Zhang Zongchang) and part of the Anwu Army.

Hengzhou and Baoqing are the two key points in front of Changsha. Zhang Jingyao sent two generals under him, Tian Shuxun, the commander of the first temporary division of Hunan, to guard Baoqing, who is also the guardian of Changbao, and Wu Xintian, the commander of the second division, to guard Hengzhou. Zhang Jingyao is a native of Huoqiu County, Anhui Province. He was born as a bandit in Xu Huaijian, and later joined the army as a soldier.During the second revolution of Gui Chou, he followed Li Chun into Jiangxi as the head of the Sixth Division, and was promoted to the seventh division commander.Before Lao Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, he threatened people in Tongxing Restaurant in Beijing: "The president will become the emperor, and the next edict will be done. Why do you need to study and petition?" Someone reported these words to Yuan, and Yuan said angrily : Tell this old man not to talk nonsense.But in my heart I like his honesty.Yuan sent him to Sichuan when the National Defense Army rose. After Yuan died, he handed Zhang Xun a post as a disciple.After the restoration failed, he turned to the Anhui faction and became the backbone of the main combat faction against the south.He is the head of the main figures against the three governors of the Zhili lineage of the Yangtze River. Since he started with Li Chun, he called Li Chun the most powerful, and he called Mr. Xiushuai (Li Chun's name Xiushan) when he was on the phone, in order to please Yu Zhi. Admiral Master (Duan Qirui word Zhiquan).Duan appreciated his simple mind, so he gave him the throne of Hunan Governor.

It is said that when Zhang was in the governor's office, Zeng Wenzheng's great-granddaughter Zeng Baosun founded Yifang Women's School in Changsha.Baosun went to England to study with the British priestess Miss Ba since he was a child.Zhang Jing moved his thoughts to this lady, and sent someone to invite Zeng Hanlin to the supervisor's office for a talk.When Zeng Guangjun saw Zhang at the governor's office, he called him the old governor. Jingyao was stunned and didn't know what to say. Facing Wen Zhenggong's eldest grandson, he was flattered and his evil thoughts were greatly reduced when he called him that.After Zeng resigned, he said to others: "I heard that Dujun Zhang's ancestor was always stupid. My ancestors once recommended him. In this way, Dujun Zhang is naturally my father." Seniority increased.So that he can't move the idea of ​​​​the younger generation.No one knows whether Zhang Zongyu is Zhang Jingyao's father or not. Zhang Zongyu is the leader of the Nian Army and was recruited later.

The passage of the Wu division's withdrawal and return to the north, as well as the arrangement of its arrival in Henan, is hereby transcribed a section of "The Secret History of Zhiwan" compiled by Zhang Yilin, which is described in detail. Zhang Wenyun: "Wu Peifu made proper arrangements for the withdrawal of troops from southern Hunan. After the troops moved out by water and land, they set off from Hengyang by boat on the 25th. People from all walks of life went to Hegan to see them off. Passing through Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, they were welcomed by all walks of life. By the morning of the 28th, the front team of the Zhijun Army had arrived at the provincial capital, and the people were standing and watching, and they seemed to be holding hands together. The Wu soldiers were all sitting bare-handed facing each other, looking very elegant, and they sang military songs with their hands on their sides. At a glance, it is clear that he is a well-trained and well-disciplined teacher, who came one after another, with a total of 21 classes. Then the red flag fluttered, the air whistle blew, and Wu's "Xin Hongyun" steamer arrived. So the military music was played on the shore, and the military and police saluted with their guns. Wu's boat also blew horns frequently to answer the salute. Xiang Governor Zhang Jingyao went out to meet him in person. Because Wu's refusal to go ashore, he led the military and political dignitaries to take a steamer and approached. 'Xin Hongyun', then passed the boat, talked with Wu for ten minutes, and then returned to the boat.

The Wu family set off from Changsha and arrived in Yuezhou on the morning of the 29th. With only 24 cavalry guards, they landed and entered the city, using the town office as a platform.After lunch, we walked to the Yueyang Tower with the local officials to visit the scenic spots, and then took a detour to visit the city wall, and arrived at the Ximen Xinxiu (the place where hundreds of people were killed and killed by bombardment artillery when the Zhijun army attacked Yue in the previous year). Surprised, after returning to Xingtai, I ordered the Military Supplies Department to prepare sacrifices. On the 30th, a memorial service was held at Yueyang Tower to pay homage to the dead soldiers of the Zhijun Army. When Yue arrived in Hubei, there was a crowd of people all over the river, and they all landed at Liujiamiao, while the Wu family led the army and marched backward.At 1:00 in the afternoon, the Wu family arrived in Han. In the evening, the governor Wang welcomed the provincial banquet, and the troops he led temporarily stayed at Liujiamiao Station.

At the beginning of Wu's departure from Hunan, he originally planned to arrange roughly the deployment of vehicles and other vehicles as soon as his troops arrived in Qi after arriving in Han Dynasty. Cao Kun decides where to go...The government sent a phone call to urge them to go north on the same day, but the Wu family still stationed in Hankou because they had no money to develop the ship price and the Ministry of Communications did not allocate vehicles.Gai Jing's observation of changes has a special meaning. Wu Jun stayed in Hankou for a long time and did not speak out, so rumors arose.The government assigned the Wu family to Wuhan.It completely aroused the suspicion of all parties, and directly promoted the return to be invalid, that is, the telegram was transferred from Cao Kun to hurry.The Wu family had no choice but to send its chief of staff to Bian to conduct secret business with Zhao Ti, planning to temporarily station the Wu troops in Xinyang, Xuzhou, Zhengzhou, etc. In the preparation, the army must be distributed in the territory of Henan, so that the north will pass through the capital, and the south will cover Wuhan.After discussing with Zhao Ti about the plan of Wu Jun's stationing in Yujing, they set off from Wuhan on the evening of June 7th.Arrived in Zhengzhou on the 8th, a total of 5 trains arrived, and all the three divisions were stationed in Zhengzhou. The first brigade was stationed in Xuchang, the second brigade was stationed in Madian, the third brigade was stationed in Shunde and Cizhou, and the cavalry regiment was stationed in Huangheqiao. The Eighth Infantry Regiment was stationed in Xinxiang County. Along the way, there were many banners and banners, and the tents faced each other. The army was very prosperous. "

When Wu Peifu was arguing to withdraw his troops in Hengyang, Duan Qirui certainly recognized the seriousness of this problem. This was not just a matter of withdrawing defenses, but a matter of the two factions of the Zhi and Anhui fighting close to each other.So Duan also has his arrangements and plans. As early as late April 9, the Xu Lanzhou Department of Fengjun stationed in Shaanxi suddenly moved to Huayin, Tongguan, and Guanyintang.This action made Duan suspect that Feng's army was trying to move to the Henan Plain in order to cope with the northward advance of the direct army, so he ordered Shaanxi Governor Liu Zhenhua to send troops to attack Feng's army.Liu Zhenhua's army is the Zhensong Army. After receiving Duan's order, he immediately provoked the Feng Army. The conflict did not expand because the Zhensong Army was not strong.

On May 17, Duan held a secret meeting in Tuanhe and made a series of military arrangements.While recalling Xu Shuzheng and transferring all the Northwest Frontier Guards back to Beijing, he decided to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan-Shanxi Bandit Suppression Army, leading the 1st, 32nd, and 2nd Divisions of the Frontier Guards to Shaanxi to attack the Southern Shaanxi People's Army and the Sichuan-Yunnan Jinguo Army.In order to guard against Jin Yunpeng's mischief in Beijing, he is going to be appointed as the deputy commander or chief of staff and ordered to set off with the army.This is a clever strategy of "striking from the east to attack the west". The real purpose is not to send troops to Shaanxi, but to prepare to set up a general headquarters in Zhengzhou, and first expel Zhao Ti, the governor of Henan.Then send troops to defend the southern section of Jinghan Road to block the return of the Zhijun.If the Zhijun intends to forcibly pass through, it will meet it in the Henan Plain.Duan Qirui believed that by fighting against the Zhijun on the Henan Plain, not only would the Beijing base area not be threatened by the flames of war, but also the Anhui troops in Shandong and Anhui provinces could flank the Zhijun.The factor that made this wishful thinking come to naught was that when the news of Duan's expedition to Shaanxi spread outside the pass, Zhang Zuolin immediately asked for permission to enter the pass to "defend the capital" on the pretext that the border guards were dispatched and Beijing's defenses were empty.If Beijing is really defended by Feng Jun, then the "main drama" in Beijing will be sung by Zhang Zuolin.Therefore, Duan's battle plan, which wanted to gain the initiative, was forced to give up because "mantises catch cicadas, and orioles follow". During Master Wu's stay in Wuhan, Wang Zhanyuan donated 600,000 yuan in military expenses, of which 400,000 yuan was drawn from Wang Zhanyuan's private pocket.Due to the lack of vehicles on Jinghan Road, it was not until June 5th that the road was driven northward in batches from Hankou. Arrived in Zhengzhou on the 8th, and sent an explosive telegram in Zhengzhou on the 13th to the warlords of the Eight Provinces Alliance against Anhui.This was Wu Peifu's first telegram publicly suggesting the convening of the National Assembly.The reason why this telegram was explosive was that this suggestion was not acceptable to any warlord. Not only Zhang Zuolin was very angry when he saw it, but even Wu's boss Cao Kun shook his head in disapproval.Therefore, it aroused great resentment in the anti-Anhui Eight-Provincial Alliance, who believed that Wu Peifu was a lowly official with an arrogant attitude. Although the soldiers in the northern rebellion were dissatisfied with Wu's arrogance, but because of the imminent explosion of the Zhiwan War, Wu was willing to fight tough battles, and his army was able to fight, so they had to bear with Wu's excessive words and deeds. Wu's telegram was warmly welcomed by the southern people's groups. Wu Peifu deployed his main force in Henan, and the situation in the north changed color.In order to support the Zhijun in secret, the Fengjun was also divided into three battalions and five battalions to enter the customs. On June 10, the fourth battalion of the Fengjun stationed in Duliu Town drove to Langfang via Tianjin. Cao Kun also sent troops to monitor the Dezhou arsenal on June 10, and used Dezhou as the outpost of the right wing of the direct army. On June 15, Wu Peifu and the commanders of the three mixed brigades arrived in Baoding. At the same time, representatives from Jiangsu, Fengtian and other provinces also came to Baoding to participate in the Baoding Military Conference convened by Cao Kun. This was a secret but extremely important military council. Naturally, Duan Qirui also made active arrangements. He secretly ordered Ma Liang, commander of the Second Division of the Frontier Defense Army stationed in Jinan, to prepare for mobilization, waiting for the opportunity to attack Dezhou northward, or flank Zhengzhou westward.In order to prepare for the war, the Anhui faction actively raised war expenses. Zeng Yujun, the traffic chief of the Anfu faction, borrowed 5 million yuan from Japan as a war expense on Jingsui Road. Japan is inclined to the Anhui faction. The famous pro-Japanese factions Cao Rulin, Zhang Zongxiang, and Lu Zongyu are all from the Anhui faction. Of course, Japan hopes that the Anhui faction will gain power.But at this time, Japan is no longer as convenient as it was during the European War. It can do whatever it wants in Asia, especially China, because the United States and Britain have joined forces to take a tough stance on the China issue and adopt a surveillance attitude towards Japan to prevent Japan from monopolizing China's interests.Therefore, every move of Japan is hindered by the United States and Britain.Therefore, the Anhui Department borrowed 5 million yuan from Japan on Jingsui Road, but because the United States and Britain intervened, they had to give up. At this time, the Anhui faction was at a very disadvantageous position no matter in terms of diplomacy, finance, or strategic position in combat.The two biggest factors became the fatal wound of the Anhui Clan. One was advocating civil war and launching the Civil War. When the people of the whole country yearn for peaceful reunification, civil war is unsympathetic.One is pro-Japanese. At that time, the people of the whole country hated Japanese aggression and made progress. Especially during the European War, they took advantage of fire and plundered to try to occupy Shandong. people's hearts. As for military deployment, the Anhui faction is also in a disadvantageous position. The Northwest Frontier Army stationed in Luoyang is located between Zhengzhou Zhijun and Tongguan Fengjun. In the middle of the situation, the northwest frontier guards in the corridor are also under the surveillance of Fengjun. In terms of generals, Xu Shuzheng of the Anhui faction became the target of criticism. It can be said that Duan Qirui trusted Xu Shuzheng alone, which led to the joint resistance of the two factions.Zhang Jingyao harmed Hunan, Ma Liang brutally killed the anti-Japanese patriots, Fu Liangzuo and Wu Guangxin were not generals, Ni Sichong was seriously ill, Duan Zhigui was just Yuan Shikai's favorite, he could not stand the test and could not go to the battlefield.The generals of the Anhui faction could hardly come up with a single character, and after counting, only Xu Shuzheng was decent, so Duan Qirui couldn't do without Xiao Xu at critical junctures. The situation is getting more tense every day. On June 16, Cao Kun sent a telegram to request the removal of the economic envoys of the four provinces of Sichuan, Guangdong, Hunan, and Jiangxi. On June 17, Xu Shuzheng returned to Beijing from Kulun and temporarily gave up his career as the "King of the Northwest".