Chapter 193 In 192, Wu Peifu transferred Feng Yuxiang to leave Henan

It is a practice in Beijing that on October 10 every year, a batch of promotion orders are issued as usual. The 10/10/11 command is: Wu Peifu and Qi Xieyuan were appointed generals of the Jin Dynasty. Wu Jinglian, Yinchang and Li Liejun were honored one by Jin. Wu Peifu, Gu Weijun, Gao Lingyu, Gao Enhong, Cen Chunxuan and Tang Jiyao were awarded the first-class Grand Ribbon Precious Light Jiahe Medal. Zhang Huaizhi, Yan Xishan, Li Houji, Lu Yongxiang, and Yang Zengxin all gave the Nine Lions Saber. Wang Shizhen, Cheng Qian and Kong Geng gave first-class Wenhu badges. Sun Liechen, Tan Yankai, Zhao Hengti, Tan Haoming and Xiong Kewujin were awarded two honors.

Yuan Zuming awarded four honors. Yu Youren was awarded the title of General Ren Wei. Tang Jiyao and Lu Rongting specially gave the plaque a special achievement. Cao Kun has already won the highest honors and medals in the awards over the years, so he can't add more, so "a special decree is issued, Jiaer Yuangong".For the deceased Wu Tingfang, he was given 10,000 yuan in funeral expenses, and his life story was announced to the History Museum for biography. This is the favor of Li Yuanhong after he came to power. Not only did he reward the civil and military personnel of the direct lineage, but he also generally took care of the Southwest and the Feng and Anhui lines.In order to whitewash the national unity.

As early as October 28, the Beijing government appointed Zhang Zaiyang as the governor of Zhejiang.This is a tactic used to divide Zhejiang. Lu Yongxiang announced on June 20 that he will not accept orders from any party to change the status quo of Zhejiang before the establishment of a legal government.However, Zhang Zaiyang was the leader of the local army in Zhejiang. Lu could ignore Beijing's order, but he had to accommodate the local forces. Therefore, Lu had to acquiesce to this order.The deadline for Zhejiang's military affairs to deal with the aftermath was originally set at 6 months. In order to extend Lu's term of office, various groups in Zhejiang sent telegrams to ask Lu to continue to deal with the aftermath, and no longer set a rigid deadline.

On October 30, the Beijing government announced the abolition of the Henan Warlord Army. Feng Yuxiang, the former warlord, was transferred to the army inspector, and Zhang Fulai was sent to supervise the aftermath of Henan's military affairs.Feng's internal investigation showed that there was a problem within the direct line.It turned out that during the Fengzhi War, Feng Yuxiang made "the first meritorious service in seeking Fengzhi".After Feng received Wu Peifu's mobilization telegram, he concentrated the largest force and rushed to Luoyang within 8 days to stabilize the immediate rear.When the direct line expelled Zhao Ti from Henan Province, Wu Peifu once wooed Bao Dequan, the first division commander of the Henan Army, and ordered him to stay in Kaifeng to maintain order. No charges against Bao were announced.Feng Yuxiang's army was the most disciplined and united in the Beiyang army at that time. Among the Beiyang heroes, he was a rising figure, so Wu was quite wary of Feng.

Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang served as commanders of the new army at the same time in the late Qing Dynasty and were stationed in the Northeast at the same time. At that time, Wu was in the third town and Feng was in the twentieth town.When Yuan Shikai became emperor, the two were both brigade commanders. Wu was the commander of the sixth brigade of the third division, and Feng was the commander of the sixteenth mixed brigade. They were both in the Sichuan battlefield.In the 7th year of the Republic of China, the two fought together in Hunan against the south, but at this time, their status was slightly different. Wu had been promoted to the commander-in-chief of the direct army, while Feng was still a brigade commander.Since then, Wu has taken the lead every step of the way, and has become popular in Hengyang, attracting attention from the north and the south. Feng Ze is still stationed in Changde as a brigade commander. Compared with Wu, he is simply far behind.After Wu Hengyang withdrew his troops, the war between Anhui and Anhui was imminent. From then on, Wu Peifu rose to the top, defeated the Anhui faction in one fell swoop, and then defeated the Feng faction. At that time, he became Wu's direct subordinate.Wu pays attention to the traditional Chinese military demeanor. Taking Guan Yue as his own example, Feng's approach is neither new nor old, like new and western, which runs counter to Wu's pure Chinese style.

Feng believed that he had given up Shaanxi and made great contributions, and he deserved to get Henan.However, since Wu founded Luoyang, he has always regarded the Henan governor as his little daughter-in-law.Of course Feng is no exception. Zhang Fulai, who was newly appointed to oversee the aftermath of Henan's military affairs, was the commander of the 24th Division of Wu Peifu's troops directly under him.He and Wu have the deepest relationship. In the first four years of the Republic of China, when Wu was serving as an officer in the first battalion of the third artillery of Cao Kun's third town, Zhang began to follow Wu.In December of the 3rd year of the Republic of China, Wu Feng sent 16 people to lead a surveying and mapping team to the northeast China-Russia border near Xingkai Lake to survey and map in the snow, and Zhang was also around Wu.In the first two years of the Republic of China, Wu Feng was sent to various parts of Changchun to exterminate horse thieves. Wu was called Xiao Zhuge because of his amazing military skills, and Zhang Fulai guarded Wu and never left him.The deep relationship between Wu and Zhang can be seen here.

Although Zhang Fulai had a deep relationship with Wu, his official career was not prosperous. Yan Xiangwen, Xiao Yaonan, and Wang Chengbin, who were division commanders at the same time as him, all became military governors or governors, but he was still a division commander, so his father scolded him. He doesn't make progress, and he also feels lonely. Wu Peifu felt very sorry for this old subordinate, so he wanted him to be the governor of Henan Province first. Of course, Feng Yuxiang couldn't object publicly, so he tried his best not to change the governor Zhang Fengtai in order to resist.

Feng Yuxiang was in a bad situation at this time. He had been at odds with Jin Yune, the new commander of the 14th Division, and Hu Jingyi, the commander of the First Division of the Shaanxi Army, because of the distribution of military pay. Therefore, there was also a "small triangle alliance" in Henan, namely Zhang Fulai, According to the rumors that Jin Yun'e and Hu Jingyi jointly defeated Feng, Wu Peifu determined to transfer Feng based on these circumstances, and gave Zhang Fulai the post of Henan Governor.Wu's original intention was to transfer Feng to be the governor of Anhui or the patrol envoy of Re, Cha and Sui, but this plan was not approved by Cao Kun.In the end, it was decided to transfer Feng to be the Army Review Envoy.He was ordered to lead his troops to move to Beiyuan, Beijing.

When Wu was dissatisfied with Feng, Feng Yiwei heard about it and turned to Zhang Shaozeng and Zhang Ting'e for help. Both of them had influence between Cao and Wu, so he talked to Cao Kun about it, and the army patrol envoy was appointed. Army tour envoy is a vain position based on people. This official position did not exist, but because Jiang Guiti, the former governor of Rehe, was squeezed out by the Feng Clan. That's why the Beijing government specially designated this official title for Jiang Gui, and transferred him to Beijing to take care of him all the year round. Jiang Gui was a veteran of Beiyang, and he died of illness not long after serving as an army tour envoy.After Jiang's death, this position was vacant. Now, in order to get Feng Yuxiang to step down, he was transferred to this high position without real power.

After Feng's new order was announced, everyone knew that he was going up and down. Of course, Feng himself was very dissatisfied, so he expressed his willingness to study abroad for three years, or to go to Shanghai to recuperate on leave, or to be a full-time teacher of the 11th Division instead of anything else. name. Feng complained to others that he worked for others in vain and sacrificed himself in the end. He declared angrily: "In the future, except for foreign wars, I don't want to participate in any civil wars." At this time, Feng's force had expanded to one division and three mixed brigades, with more than 20,000 people. Wu Peifu asked him to take only one division to Beijing, but of course he refused to accept it.It was Cao Kun who comforted him in every possible way and persuaded him to come to Beijing, so he accepted the transfer order extremely reluctantly.From then on, Feng Yuxiang fell on the side of the Baoding faction in the direct lineage, and he and Wu Peifu seemed to be at odds with each other.