Chapter 184 183. Obstacles to Sun Yat-sen's Northern Expedition

After Sun Yat-sen dispatched the Cantonese army to defeat the Guangxi faction and occupied Guangxi, he planned to reorganize the divisions and brigades from Guangxi to carry out the Northern Expedition.Because the extraordinary government is within Chen Jiongming's sphere of influence, Chen Jiongming not only has no revolutionary ambitions, but is also constrained everywhere. Therefore, Sun decided to lead his troops to the Northern Expedition instead of returning to Guangzhou to be a figurehead president.Then he ordered Li Liejun's Yunnan-Guizhou-Jiangxi Allied Army and Xu Chongzhi's Guangdong Army to gather in Guilin and prepare for the Northern Expedition via Hunan.At this time, Chen Jiongming led the Cantonese army in Nanning, and Sun was still in Guangzhou, so Sun sent a telegram asking Chen to return to Guangdong to discuss the issue of the Northern Expedition.His reason was: "The Northern Expedition will prompt the warlords of the Zhifeng and Feng Dynasties to unite and unite against the South. At the same time, the beginning of the Northern Expedition may cause a split in the South. If you insist on the Northern Expedition, the first to encounter obstacles is not the enemy in the north, but the friendly army in the south. Therefore, it is better to wait for the outbreak of the war between the Zhifeng and Fengzhou clans before mobilizing."

On the surface, Chen Jiongming's opinion was not without reason, but in fact he was completely unwilling to Sun Yat-sen to transfer the Cantonese army away in order to reduce his own strength.And at this time, he had been secretly in contact with Wu Peifu.So he once sent troops to disband the recruiting agency set up by Sun, and sent his confidant Wei Bangping to lead his troops to Wuzhou to monitor the Northern Expedition.He also sent a telegram to respond to Lu Yongxiang's proposal to hold a joint meeting of all provinces.These actions of Chen Jiongming aroused great resentment from the Kuomintang comrades. Congressman Ling Yue denounced Chen as "the leader of the chaos" in the parliament. "Please call to order the crusade.

Sun Yat-sen affirmed that Chen Jiongming was an obstacle to the revolution, so he sent Wu Tingfang, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to act as president on the pretext of visiting Guangxi. On October 15, 2010, he set off on the Baobi ship and arrived in Wuzhou on the 17th.Sun Yat-sen was stationed in Wuzhou, and ordered the formation of the Northern Expedition Army into three armies, with Li Liejun as the first army commander, Xu Chongzhi as the second army commander, and Li Fulin as the third army commander.At the same time, Chen Jiongming was called to Wuzhou to discuss the issue of the Northern Expedition. He planned to transfer the 40th Battalion of the Guangdong Army to join the Northern Expedition. The military expenses for the Northern Expedition should be provided by Guangdong.Chen Jiongming ignored Sun's call.

On the 25th, Sun Yat-sen went to Nanning from Wuzhou to seek advice and met with Chen Jiongming.Sun told Chen Jiongming that he led the Northern Expedition and handed over both Guangdong and Guangxi to Chen. Of course he would not return to Guangdong and Guangxi if he won the Northern Expedition.But Chen Jiongming didn't make it clear. Sun Zhong returned to Wuzhou on the 29th. On November 5th, Chen Jiongming returned to Guangdong from Nanning, passing through Wuzhou, and visited Sun Yat-sen, but he still did not have a specific answer to the question of the Northern Expedition, which made Sun completely unable to get Chen Jiongming's support on the question of the Northern Expedition.

The news of the collusion between Chen Jiongming and Wu Peifu spread across the North and South in October 2010. The foreign language newspapers in Shanghai and Reuters all reported this. On October 23, Chen sent a telegram to defend himself, declaring that it was purely a rumor, please do not believe it. According to Chen Jiongming's history of treason, the collusion between Chen and Wu is as follows: "The Chen family actually surrendered to the North because of the result of contacting Wu Peifu, and also because of the impulsiveness of the delusion of surrendering to the North, so they surrendered to Wu Peifu first as the chief of the army of the official government (Guide Fang's Dharma-protecting government). But what is its effect? ​​I envy the president One of the positions is poor. First, Wu Peifu wanted to deal with Fengtian with all his strength, but he was afraid of the official government’s attack. Xiao Yaonan, governor of Hubei, recommended Huang Shenxiang, a Hubei native, as Hamichi who sold wax pills in the southwest. ...... Huang Zhishan, Wen Ma Yuhangshang In Shantou, I went to pay homage to him... Huang Zhima was Chen Jiongming's confidant, so he used his time to discuss state affairs day by day, and said that in his view of the world, only Chen and Wu are outstanding, just like Wu and Chen join hands, unifying China is like playing chess ... Ma was bewitched by Huang, because he was praised by Yu Jiongming, and introduced him to talk with him. Huang did his best to shake Chen's heart. Chen has never been willing to be under others. Sun Gong has already shown his attitude of strife. Now Huang took the opportunity to say that Chen was the move. Therefore, all kinds of constraints after the Northern Expeditionary Army was stationed in Guilin were partly out of Wu Peifu's plan on behalf of Huang Shenxiang, but Chen was ordered to listen. Wu Peifu Seeing that the Chen family was ready for use, the Chen family sent Ma Yuhang and Chen Juemin to Luo to discuss the conditions. Wu Peifu then expelled Xu Shichang, and Chen Ze expelled Sun President... Ma Wenyan sent an urgent telegram to Chen and Ye from Baoding. However, Wu was worried about Chen Shang's hesitation, so he sent Bao Lanzhi to Guangdong again, and brought a letter to Chen, saying that to solve the current situation in China, only the Southern Chen and Northern Wu join hands, and everything can be solved easily. In addition, Wu is the president and Chen is the president. Vice President's expectations. . . . "

This period of political secrets is very possible.Because Wu Peifu wanted to deal with the Feng faction after defeating the Anhui faction, and was afraid of Sun Yat-sen's Northern Expedition, contacting Chen Jiongming to contain the Northern Expeditionary Army, reducing the situation of being attacked by the enemy and fighting on both sides, is naturally an excellent strategy.Since Chen Jiongming had the heart to betray Sun Yat-sen, he also needed to contact the forces in the north, so Wu and Chen joined hands as expected. In order to deal with Cao and Wu, Sun Yat-sen also needed to contact the north, so the so-called Sun, Duan and Zhang triangle alliance was brewing.

Before the Zhifeng War, Zhang Zuolin sent Li Menggeng to Guangdong to negotiate and jointly send troops to crusade against Zhili.The Anhui faction also sent Xu Shuzheng to Guilin, planning to send troops from the Feng-Anhui two factions in the north and Sun Yat-sen's Northern Expedition Army to encircle the Zhili. In March 2011, in Shangdian, Sun Yat-sen sent Wu Chaoshu to Fengtian to "apply for employment", and was warmly welcomed by Zhang Zuolin.Feng Zhang said that the triangular alliance was established to overthrow the Zhili lineage together, convene the North-South Unification Conference, restore the old parliament, elect Sun Yat-sen as president, and Duan Qirui as vice president.It turned out that on February 13, Duan Qirui, who was trapped in Beijing, escaped from Beijing in disguise under the protection of four Japanese in a car. When passing through Tongzhou, he was taken care of by the local Fengjun and arrived in Tianjin that day.This was the eve of the outbreak of the Zhifeng War.Sun Yat-sen appointed Zhu Peide as the commander-in-chief of the Yunnan army in the northern expedition, Gu Zhenglun as the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou army, Peng Chengwan as the commander-in-chief of the Jiangxi army, Li Liejun as the chief of staff of the base camp, and Hu Hanmin as the chief of staff. Wu Peifu.

At this time, a political murder occurred in Guangzhou, and Deng Keng, chief of staff of the Cantonese Army, was assassinated. Deng Keng, courtesy name Zhongyuan, was born in Huiyang, Guangdong. He followed Sun Yat-sen for a long time and was a capable military talent around Sun Yat-sen.In the Yuan Dynasty, Guangdong was restored, and Deng served as the director of the army of the Dudufu.After the failure of the second revolution, he joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party and was appointed by Sun Yat-sen as the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Revolutionary Army in Guangdong.When Sun Yat-sen formed the government in Guangzhou, Deng Keng spared no effort to bridge the gap between Chen Jiongming and the Kuomintang.Sun Yat-sen went to Guangxi, accompanied by Xu Chongzhi of the Cantonese Army. On the one hand, Deng Keng presided over the military affairs of the Cantonese Army, planning to provide ammunition, weapons, salaries and rice paddies;Some of Chen Jiongming's cronies broke the law, and they were often scolded by Deng Keng. Chen's followers had a deep grudge against Deng Keng.He thought that Deng Keng was Sun Yat-sen's confidant in the Cantonese army, and regarded Deng Keng as a thorn in his eyes.

When Sun Yat-sen left the army, Deng Keng specially appointed a regiment under his jurisdiction as Sun's guard regiment, led by Deng's deputy chief Chen Keyu.To protect Sun's safety.The military salary of the Northern Expedition was raised by Deng Keng. In mid-March, Sun Yat-sen's representative Wu Chaoshu and Duan Qirui's secret envoy Zhou Shanpei arrived in Hong Kong from the north, and Deng Keng and Xie Chi made a special trip to Hong Kong from Guangzhou to welcome them.This time, no outsiders knew of his whereabouts except for the important figures of the General Command of the Guangdong Army.When Deng Qicheng was on his way, Chen Jiongming personally sent him to the stairs, and he was very polite, and his level of politeness was unprecedented.

On March 21, Deng returned to Guangdong from Hong Kong. He got off at the Dashatou Station of the Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway. Outside the station, he was suddenly attacked by mobs. , Run straight to the headquarters of the Guangdong Army.The military doctor came to give first aid, and Deng panted and said to his left and right: "I know the position of the chief of staff is dangerous, but I think why should my own people kill my own people?" Some people asked Deng if he knew who the murderer was?Deng sighed and said, "I recognize it, but I really didn't expect him to kill me."So everyone asked the murderer's name, but Deng shook his head and did not answer.Due to the seriousness of his injuries, he was transferred from the headquarters to Taomei Hospital for diagnosis and treatment.Deng Keng himself felt seriously injured and it was impossible to get better, but he was very calm and said to his family: "My talent and learning are not as good as Zhu Zhixin. Zhixin died before me. As a revolutionary, it is worth sacrificing for the country. The world Don’t tolerate good people, just pay them a sigh.”

At 5 o'clock in the morning on March 23, the revolutionary soldier Sun Yat-sen relied on finally died.He was only 38 years old when he died, and he was a promising young man. Unfortunately, he died of state affairs, which is extremely sad. After the Deng case, Gu Yingfen, the Minister of State Affairs, suspected that the murderer was hiding in Hong Kong, and sent Xia Zhongmin to Hong Kong to arrest him. He learned that the mastermind was Chen Yuansheng, a brother of Chen Jiongming's family, who had arranged for Huang to bribe the murderer for the assassination, and had secretly reported to the Hong Kong government. The news of Deng Keng's martyrdom spread to Guilin. Hu Hanmin, Xu Chongzhi, and Jiang Zhongzheng all mourned and cried. , The recovery is immeasurable! The prime of life is dying, not only Yuezhong cherishes this talent." Liao Zhongkai wrote to Jiang Zhongzheng: "Zhongyuan suffered a tragic death, and the strong one in our party is weaker. We have been with Zhongyuan for more than ten years. How many friends of morality and righteousness are there in the country? Chasing after a good friend, he often burst into tears. He loved Ganyuan very much during his lifetime, and he also remembered his faith at the end of his life. Ganyuan is suitable for the tomb of Zhixin, so he planned to be buried here. The main Xiehe (Li Liejun) borrowed the land." Five days after Deng Keng was assassinated, on March 26, Sun Yat-sen held an emergency meeting in the base camp in Guilin to discuss the current trend. He believed that without reliable support and assistance from the rear, it was impossible to advance the battle.So whether the Northern Expedition?You must first ask Chen Jiongming's attitude.Just like Zhuge Wuhou, before the Northern Expedition, the Southern Man had to be pacified first.Therefore, it was decided at the meeting that one submerged division of the Northern Expedition would go to Wuzhou first, and then return to Guangzhou from Xijiang; the other submerged division would first go to Shaoguan, and then oppress Guangzhou from Beijiang. The most important thing about Guilin's decision is to keep it secret, but after this secret order was issued, Xie Wenbing (Xu Chongzhi's brigade commander), the advance commander of the Northern Expedition Army, had already arrived in Quanzhou. After receiving this secret order, he immediately forwarded it to Chen Jiongming. Immediate action was taken, secretly transferred back to the more than 50 battalions of the Cantonese Army stationed above Xunzhou, including Ye Ju and Yang Kunru, and drove back to Wuzhou.And ordered the first and second divisions of the Cantonese Army stationed in Guangzhou to strengthen their guard.Prepare to use force to prevent the Northern Expedition from returning to Sui.At the same time, he telegraphed Hu Hanmin, asking if Sun Yat-sen was the class teacher?Hu replied that he couldn't make progress in the current situation, so he had to make up his mind. On April 9th, Sun Yat-sen left Guilin with Xu Chongzhi, Zhu Peide and others. When they arrived in Mengjiang, they encountered Chen Jiongming's troops deploying defense there.Sun ordered these defensive troops not to stop the Northern Expeditionary Army, or they would be dealt with by force. When Sun Yat-sen arrived in Wuzhou on April 16, he convened a military meeting. Sun said: "We had no rear when we were in Guilin, and now we have no rear when we come to Wuzhou. We can only use Guangzhou as the rear and start from Shaoguan." The participants unanimously agreed, and Sun It was decided to return to Guangzhou to deal with Chen Jiongming to stabilize the rear.At this time, Chen Shaobai and Cao Yabo both came to Wuzhou from Guangzhou to serve as Chen Xujiao.Sun was very angry and said: "He can't stop my revolution!" Sun Yat-sen summoned Chen Jiongming twice in Wuzhou and Zhaoqing to discuss everything, but Chen refused to answer the call, so he decided to remove Chen from the positions of Minister of Army, Minister of Interior, Commander-in-Chief of the Guangdong Army, and Governor of Guangdong.Hu Hanmin believes that if you act too hastily and fear of changes, you don't need to be punished too severely.Huang Dawei and Wei Bangping also persuaded Sun to appease his anger, so they sent Wang Zhaoming to see Chen to convey Sun's intentions: (1) The governor and commander-in-chief gave up their positions. (2) The Northern Expedition needed new guns. (3) The military expenses of the Northern Expedition must be raised within six months.On the other hand, Sun ordered Jiang Zhongzheng to march into Zhaoqing. At this time, Chen Jiongming's troops in Guangzhou were weak, and his subordinate Ye Ju and other troops were still in Nanning, so he dared not clearly oppose Sun Yat-sen.Nai Dian, please resign from the positions of the Chief of the Interior, the Chief of the Army, the Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong, and the Governor of Guangdong. On April 21, Sun Yat-sen ordered the dismissal of Chen Jiongming as Chief of Internal Affairs, Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong, and Governor of Guangdong Province, and made him full-time Chief of the Army. The post of Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong was immediately abolished. The governor, Wei Bangping, is the commander-in-chief of the garrison. Wei Bangpingyuan was on the side of Chen Jiongming, but now he is on the side of Sun Yat-sen.Three divisions of his troops had been transferred back to Guangzhou, so Sun appointed Wei as the commander of the garrison.He has the power to control the situation. After Chen Jiongming received Sun Yat-sen's transfer order in Guangzhou, he held an emergency meeting. Because Chen Jiongming's direct troops in Guangxi failed to return in time, Hong Zhaolin, the commander of the second division, asked for leave and did not return in Shanghai, and Wei Bangping's attitude changed. At the same time, he supported Sun Yat-sen's The Fuzi Army of Li Fulin's Department of the Guangdong Army marched southward from Shaoguan, and the Second Army of Xu Chongzhi's Department marched eastward from Zhaoqing. Guangzhou was unable to defend, so he announced that he would "obey the order and resign." He left Guangzhou on April 21 and returned to his hometown. Huizhou.At the same time, he ordered his direct troops to withdraw from Guangzhou and deploy defenses in Shilong and Humen.On the one hand, he ordered Ye Ju and others to abandon Guangxi, lead his troops back to Guangdong, and prepare to rebel. On the 21st, Xu Chongzhi's Second Army landed at the river mouth at the end of Guangsan Road by boat from Zhaoqing, and on the 20th they took a train to Guangzhou.Sun Yat-sen also arrived in Guangzhou from Sanshui. At this time, the first and second divisions of the Chen army still remained in Guangzhou, and the Chen army in the upper reaches of the Xijiang River was also very strong.At that time, Jiang Zhongzheng, Chief of Staff of the Second Army, advocated that the Northern Expeditionary Army should start slowly, first clear the internal troubles, and then attack Shilong and Huizhou to wipe out the Chen troops, and then return to the army to sweep Ye Ju's troops.Sun Yat-sen was magnanimous. He followed Chen's family for many years without revealing his rebellion. He did not want to give up his road to self-rehabilitation, so he sent Wu Chaoshu to Huizhou to welcome Chen Jiongming back to the province. The commander-in-chief led the Northern Expedition in name.The tone of Chen Jiongming's reply was very submissive, but he also showed his unwillingness to obey orders. There was a sentence like "put a sword and become a Buddha, sell a sword and buy a cow". On April 28, Sun Yat-sen ordered Wen Shude, Chen Ce and others to incorporate the entire Guangdong Beiyang Fleet in Guangzhou, completely reorganized it, and assigned special personnel to preside over it.Chen Jiongming's department had scruples about the firepower of the navy's heavy artillery and dared not resist.Sun saw that Chen Jiongming had no fact of rebellion, so he continued to use it.Order Chen to take over the authority of the commander-in-chief of Guangdong in the name of the chief of the army, designate Zhao, Yang, Luo, Gao, Lei, Qin, Lian, and Wuzhou as Chen's defense areas, and assign Ye Ju to command them in the name of the Guangdong-Guangxi border defense supervisor.Guangzhou was garrisoned by the 3rd Division.And sent Gu Yingfen to Huizhou to welcome Chen Jiongming back to the province to take over the power of the headquarters.Chen Youdian asked Sun for leave, and no longer declined the post of Army Chief. Under this new situation, Sun Yat-sen ordered the Northern Expedition to concentrate in Shaoguan, Nanxiong, and Renhua.Diverted to Jiangxi Northwest Expedition.The armies of the Northern Expedition took a detour without passing through Guangzhou, turned boats from Sanshui, went straight up the Beijiang River, and passed through Qingyuan to Shaoguan.All the troops of the Northern Expedition gathered in Shaoguan within two weeks after receiving the order. On April 28, the Northern Zhifeng War broke out.For the South, this is a good opportunity, if the Northern Expedition can reap the benefits of fishermen. On May 4th, Sun Yat-sen, Hu Hanming, Xu Chongzhi and others traveled from Guangzhou to Shaoguan, and issued a general attack order for the Northern Expedition. On the 8th, the Northern Expeditionary Army started contact with Yue Zhaolin's troops in Nanxiong, the guardian envoy of southern Jiangxi. At this time, they received news of the defeat of the Feng army. After Sun Yat-sen swore in Shaoguan for the Northern Expedition, the formation of the Northern Expedition Army was: Li Liejun was in charge of the middle, Xu Chongzhi was in charge of the right wing, and Huang Dawei was in charge of the left wing.From mid-May to late May, the Northern Expedition army successively occupied Nan'an, Xincheng, Chongyi, Xinfeng, Qiannan, Longnan and other counties. On May 7th, Sun Yat-sen appointed Yu Youren as the commander-in-chief of the Northwest First Route of the Bandit Hunting Army, and Chen Shufan as the commander-in-chief of the Second Route. Just when Sun Yat-sen was concentrating on the Northern Expedition, Chen Jiongming took the opportunity to rebel regardless of the overall situation. It turned out that when the Northern Expeditionary Army made great progress, Guangzhou fell into the hands of Chen's army (so Sun Yat-sen called Chen Jiongming's direct army at the time). Chen's confidant Ye Ju and others refused to obey the order, and led the army back to Zhaoqing on May 8. On the 10th, Sun Dian ordered Wei Bangping, commander of the Guangzhou garrison, to order all troops not to enter Guangzhou unless there was a base camp. However, the "Chen Jiajun" ignored Sun's order. On May 18, the "Chen Jiajun" poured into Guangzhou, and put forward slogans such as "Qingjun side" and "Xiaoxiaoxiao", targeting Hu Hanmin, Liao Zhongkai, Xu Chongzhi and others. On the 20th, Ye Ju and others jointly called Sun Yat-sen, requesting that Chen Jiongming be reinstated as Commander-in-Chief of Guangdong, and Wei Bangping was also listed in the telegram.At that time, Ye Ju's army had more than 50 battalions of Chen's army, Wei Bangping's troops could not resist, and it was Chen's old army, so he had to add his name. After Ye Ju and others sent the telegram, Wang Zhaoming and Ma Junwu, members of the Kuomintang who were in Guangzhou at that time, rushed to Huizhou to seek Chen Jiongming's opinion.Chen said to Wang and Ma: "For the sake of party friendship and personality, I will never oppose Mr. Zhongshan, and I will take full responsibility for the actions of my subordinates. If anyone disobeys orders and opposes Mr. Zhongshan, I have to commit suicide to thank him." countrymen." Wang and Ma returned to Guangzhou from Huizhou. Yang Kunru of the Chen Department sent troops to try to occupy the arsenal. Ma Junwu went to Yeju's headquarters in Baiyun Mountain to visit Ye and appealed to Ye to stop sending troops. Ye Yun ordered to maintain and said to Ma: "The president is our father. , we sons of course obey our father, and now the president wants us to lead our troops back to the defense, we must obey the order and return to the defense within two or three days." Sun Yat-sen was extremely indignant when he heard about Chen Bu's various affairs in Shaoguan.Chiang Kai-shek was in Shanghai at the time, and on May 25 he sent a telegram to Hu Hanmin, Liao Zhongkai, Xu Chongzhi, etc.: Angry at the Chen Party's occupation of Guangzhou, rebelling against orders, and insisting that the Guangdong Bureau should be established first, and then the Northern Expedition be planned after consolidating the rear. The Chen Department gathered near Guangzhou, and because of their high-spirited hearts, Guangzhou was shocked overnight. Ye Ju’s Department made a fuss with the Ministry of Finance on a daily basis to demand wages. Finance Minister Liao Zhongkai asked Sun Yat-sen to return to Guangzhou to deter him temporarily, and Hu Hanmin dissuaded him, thinking that There are three harms in returning to Guangzhou: one is that the province will be surrounded; the other is that the news will be interrupted if it is surrounded; However, because Sun Yat-sen received reports from Wang Zhaoming and Ma Junwu, he did not doubt that Chen dared to rebel. He believed that his return to Guangzhou would not only deter him, but also make the soldiers of the Northern Expedition think that there was no change in the rear, so they could feel at ease in the Northern Expedition.He ordered Hu Hanmin to stay at the base camp in Shaoguan, and then returned to Guangzhou with his own guards on June 1. Before Sun Yat-sen returned to Guangzhou from Shaoguan, he ordered on May 27 that "Chen Jiongming, as the chief of the army, will handle the military affairs of Guangdong and Guangxi, and all the troops of Guangdong and Guangxi will be dispatched in moderation."Chen Jiongming was noncommittal after receiving this order, but a telegram replied: Ye Ju and others have been ordered to return to defense, and Ye Ju will not take any extra-track actions with his personal life. After Sun Yat-sen returned to Guangzhou, he was very angry when he learned that the "Chen Jiajun" was doing nothing in Guangzhou, sending donations and robbing openly and secretly.But Ye Ju didn't dare to see Sun, so he left Guangzhou for Shilong one day earlier. Sun's anger became even more furious, and he once secretly ordered Chen Ce, the commander of the coastal defense, to bombard the "Chen Jiajun", but was dissuaded by the left and right. On June 12, Sun Yat-sen called reporters from various newspapers in Guangzhou to hold a talk meeting to express his attitude towards the "Chen Jiajun". Sun said: "The purpose of my Northern Expedition was to break the tyranny of the northern warriors. Unexpectedly, the soldiers in Guangdong defended each other with armed forces and opposed the Northern Expedition. Chen Jingcun (Jionming) himself was born a scholar. In order to support force. I did not make any progress when I sent troops in August. The problem was that the tyranny of the warriors restricted me in the rear. I diverted the Jiangxi Northward Expedition because Xiangzhao (referring to Zhao Hengti) expressed obedience and became our friendly army. You have to go to Yuezhou to meet the enemy. If you send troops to Jiangxi, you can meet the enemy one step outside of Guangdong. Unexpectedly, Chen Jing suspected that the diversion was to deal with them. After I returned to Guangzhou from Guangxi, the Northern Expeditionary Army set off for Beijiang by car. Chen Jingcun Only then did I know that I had no intention of harming him. However, the Chen family’s army returned from Nanning and held a secret meeting in Xunzhou. They must restore the powers of Commander-in-Chief Chen, otherwise they will not give up. They passed through Zhaoqing, Sanshui, Hekou opened to Guangzhou, with a total of 60 battalions. At this time, the Northern Expeditionary Army begged me to return to the division to quell the chaos. I advised them to continue the Northern Expedition according to the original plan, and I was responsible for handling the rear issues. I have been back to Guangzhou for ten years. For several days, none of Chen Jingcun and his subordinates came to see me, but they threatened me with military force and demanded my military salary. They kept saying that I should not dismiss their commander-in-chief. The general policy set out in Guangdong, the commander-in-chief is a military governor in disguise. Chen Jingcun has no reason to object to the abolition of the commander-in-chief. Besides, the president has the power of human administration, and no one should object. Doing military affairs in Guangdong and Guangxi is a matter of benevolence and righteousness. However, the soldiers of the Chen family continued to bark their claws. If I was not sure when I returned to Guangzhou, I would never be thrown into the siege of the 60th Battalion of the Chen family. In order to preserve order in Guangzhou, I specially invited the public opinion circles to come today. To be reasonable, I hope that you will expose the illegal behavior of the soldiers of the Chen family as much as possible within ten days, and tell them to move to 30 miles outside the city of Guangzhou and wait for lenient punishment. Otherwise, I will obey the public opinion and expel them. Someone called me Sun Dapao, I Mo Rongxin was beaten with cannons before, and today we will use the same cannons to beat these Chen family generals who do not obey orders and are lawless!"