Chapter 215 214. Wu Peifu's four-zhao hall point general

On September 15, 2013, the Feng army advanced towards Chaoyang. In late September, there was an air battle in Shanhaiguan, and contact occurred on the front line. The Beijing side learned that Feng's army entered the customs and the military situation was urgent, so it called Wu Peifu, a direct tycoon, to rush to Beijing. Since Wu Peifu returned to Luoyang from Beijing Trent in July 2011, he devoted himself to military training and was unique, unwilling to join forces with Cao Kun.He built Jiguang Building in Luoyang to receive the soldiers from the world, and wrote a couplet upstairs:

Success is like rain in the sky; Talking about communication must have the style of the ancients. At that time, famous people from all over the world were running on Luoyang Road, and Zhang Jian, Zhang Binglin, and Kang Youwei were all their guests. On April 22, 2012 (the seventh day of the third month in the lunar calendar), Wu Peifu's 50th birthday, seven or eight hundred people from various dignitaries came to Luoyang to celebrate. The famous birthday couplet written by Kang Youwei is: Makino Yingyang, a hundred years old and only half a century of fame; Luoyang Hushi, wind and rain in all directions will meet Zhongzhou.

This was the time when Wu was in his prime. Before Cao Kun bribed the election, Cao Zhiyan was fortunate that Deputy Chief Li Yanqing had come to Luoyang to lobby Wu.Wu Pingsu despised Li the most. When he saw Li, he scolded him and said, "The old man needs your care. Why are you here? Go back quickly. A vehicle has been arranged for you. Go back quickly." After Cao Kun became president, the relationship between Wu and Cao became worse and worse. They decided to bury their heads in Luoyang for military training. All officers and soldiers. At this time, the troops directly under Wu consisted of five divisions and one mixed brigade. The commander of the third division was stationed in Luoyang, the commander of the eighth division Wang Ruqin was stationed in Yichang, the commander of the 20th division Yan Zhitang was stationed in Tongguan, and the commander of the fourteenth division Jin Yun'e was stationed in Xinyang. , Yang Qingchen, the commander of the 24th Division, was stationed in Kaifeng, Hu Jingyi, the commander of the First Division of the Shaanxi Army, was stationed in Shunde, and Tian Weiqin, the commander of the 26th Division, was stationed in Henan.In addition, there are several independent regiments with a total force of more than 100,000 people and more than 30 aircraft. There is also the Bohai Fleet commanded by Wen Shude, which has two cruisers Haiqi and Haichen, two destroyers Zhaohe and Yuzhang, and three gunboats Yong Xiang, Tong'an, and Chuyu, with a total tonnage of more than 13,000 tons.

Wu Peifu was known for being strict with his subordinates. On Wu Xun's birthday, he once prohibited his subordinates from entering Luoyang, and published "Thank you for entering Luo, guest of honor" in various newspapers and periodicals.Wu's subordinates were very afraid of this handsome scholar, so they wanted to come to celebrate his birthday, but they dared not come.Zhang Fu, the warlord of Henan Province, was very close to him, and he had a good relationship with Wu Jinlan, so he felt that there was no reason why he would come. When Wu saw Zhang, he immediately said sharply, "Why are you here?" Zhang replied respectfully, "Congratulations to the commander-in-chief." "Wu said: "What? You didn't see my telegram? If you have time to pray for your birthday, why don't you restrain your brother, your brother is not much better than Zhao Qiandu's brother." Representatives from all walks of life in Henan, Zhang Fulai felt ashamed and sweated profusely.Wu also proposed to chase the four evils and eliminate the eight monsters.The so-called four villains and eight monsters are all popular under Zhang's subordinates, including Zhang's brother, the chief of staff, the secretary-general, and the director of military supplies.

Zhang Fulai was so ashamed after being reprimanded by this. After returning to Kaifeng, he was full of grievances on those people, dismissed them all, and reported by telegram: "In the future, people will be employed in administration, and everything will be done according to orders." The governor of Henan was originally the "king of Henan", but since Wu Peifu was stationed in Luoyang, the king of Henan has become a little daughter-in-law under a low house. When Zhao Ti was the governor, he was afraid of Wu Ruhu. Wu's direct subordinates, Wu was even more rude to Zhang, and he was not respectful. He often said to people: "Ziheng (Zhang Fulai) is honest, I have to supervise him well."

Wu Su used Guan Yu as a self-proclaimed figure, and at that time naturally attracted the attention of both China and foreign countries. Unexpectedly, this "Master Guan" aroused the attachment of foreign ladies.There was a German lady, Luna, who traveled from Beijing to Luoyang. With a spirit of worshiping heroes, her relative, a German diplomat, wrote a letter and traveled thousands of miles to meet Wu.Wu Zheng received her in a tight seat. After returning to Beijing, Miss Luna actually sent a letter of marriage proposal. At the beginning, she said very simply: "General Wu: I love you, do you love me too?" The staff were very troubled and did not dare to translate to the commander, so they asked Secretary-General Guo (Guo was not dead at the time), Guo smiled and said: "Translation is always needed, you have no right to detain the love letter from the commander." The interpreter had no choice but to Bite the bullet and presented it up, seeing that Wu was not angry and had a smile on his face, he was relieved.However, Wu did not reply. Miss Luna did not give up. She sent several letters in a row, and she continued to send letters after returning to Germany.Been entangled for two years.

Mrs. Li, Wu's wife, died when the Hunan Army was aiding Hubei. Wu never wanted to remarry, and his wife, Zhang Peilan, did not help her.Ever since there was an uproar about Miss Germany's marriage proposal, Mrs. Zhang has been arguing to correct the situation. For this matter, Wu went to Penglai, Shandong, and invited the patriarchs of the Wu family and the Li family to Luoyang for a joint meeting. It was very unpleasant.In the end, Mrs. Zhang was finally righted. On January 28, 2013, Sun Baoqi, the Prime Minister of the Beijing Cabinet, moved his bottle to ask for advice, and came to Luoyang to visit Wu in person, and Wu Zhi's disciples were very respectful.

When Wu Jisheng was in power, there were many enemies within the direct lineage, not only around Cao Kun, but also the generals of the direct lineage were in harmony with Wu Maung.Before and after Cao Kun bribed the election, the anti-straight faction in the country once organized a triangular alliance, as mentioned earlier, it was Sun, Duan, and Zhang.There are also small triangular alliances against Wu Peifu within the Zhili lineage. Observers say this: "There are triangular alliances outside the Zhili lineage, and there are small triangular alliances within the Zhili lineage. The small triangular alliance uses strikes by the alliance as a means to force Cao to go to Wu."

Wu Zhi is using force to unify China. In order to conduct military operations, he must first seek the unity of command in wartime. He formulated the division as a unit, and those who are patrol envoys and military supervisors who also serve as division commanders should be relieved of the division commander.In the early years of the Republic of China, the warlords never gave up their military power, no matter how big their officials were. At that time, the division was the largest army establishment, and the big warlords always served as division commanders.Wu Peifu and Qi Xieyuan are both division commanders and patrol envoys, and most of the others are division commanders and military governors.The warlords were very conflicted. On the one hand, they desperately climbed up, and on the other hand, they insisted on holding on to the position of division commander. Everyone knows that if there are no soldiers, whether it is patrol envoys or warlords, they are all empty, and the higher they climb , will fall harder.

Wu Peifu wanted to unify the military power, so he wanted to cut down the vassal.He himself advocated first and petitioned to resign from the part-time position of the commander of the third division; Cao Kun refused. Cao said: "The third division is orthodox in Beiyang, and it must be the younger brother." Wu is still very respectful to Cao. No longer insist on resignation; but the 23rd Division of the Zhili Governor Wang Chengbin, the 24th Division of the Henan Governor Zhang Fulai, and the 25th Division of the Hubei Governor Xiao Yaonan were all sent away.He also wanted to go to Qi Xieyuan's Sixth Division Commander, Wang Huaiqing's Thirteenth Division Commander, and Zheng Shiqi's Fifth Division Commander. Fifth division commander.

In May 2013, Wang Chengbin resigned from the direct governor due to the loss of the division commander (Wu sent Wang Weicheng to succeed him). At that time, Feng Yuxiang and Qi Xieyuan echoed Wang. This is the small triangle alliance within the direct line. Their arrows point to Wu Peifu. When Wang Chengbin went to see Cao Kun, he resigned face to face. Cao asked Wang why?Wang didn't want to say clearly that it was because the teacher was captured, but only said that he was in a bad mood. Cao said frankly: "If you don't do it, don't do it together at home." Feng Yuxiang rebelled against Wu because the governor of Henan was dismissed. At that time, Wu wanted to investigate Feng, and Feng entrusted Zhang Shaozeng and Zhang Ting'e to plead with Cao Kun. Cao sent a telegram to Wu saying that he would transfer Feng to Beijing to investigate face to face; In order to save face, Feng was allowed to go to Beijing. When Feng arrived in Beijing, Cao Sui announced that Feng was the army inspector, and Wu had no choice but to agree, so Feng was able to continue to maintain his military power and army. On the one hand, Qi Xieyuan joined the anti-Wu alliance because Wu asked him to give up his post as division commander, and on the other hand, Wu did not enthusiastically support Qi for the dispute between Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Before the second Fengzhi War, the Zhili was torn apart. On September 15, 2013, after Zhang Zuolin led the Feng army to enter the customs, Cao Kun in Beijing called Wu Peifu to Beijing with urgent telegrams of 100,000 and 100,000 urgent calls.Wu Peifu, who was in Luoyang, knew very well that the generals of the direct line were dissociated from virtue, the old generals were not available, and the recruits had not yet been trained. Quite painful.However, he could not ignore Cao Kun's telegram and the fact that the enemy was at hand, so he took a special car to Beijing on September 17. Beijing welcomed Wu with grand etiquette. From the station to the presidential palace, there is a post every five steps and a post every ten steps.Direct generals Feng Yuxiang, Wang Chengbin, Wang Huaiqing and others all lined up to welcome him. This was Wu's first visit to Beijing since Li left Cao Ji, and it was also the most powerful and illustrious time in his life. Cao Kun was full of joy, as if he had swallowed a reassurance, and greeted Wu with a smile on his face. Wu saluted him, and he said repeatedly: "Ziyu, thank you for your hard work; I am old, and I will ask you to decide everything." The generals of the direct lineage expressed extreme respect to Wu Du, and Wu's doubts about internal disunity were swept away. He believed in the principle that brothers fought against him outside the wall. On the day Wu entered Beijing, Cao Kun ordered the crusade against Zhang Zuolin. He specially appointed Wu Peifu as the commander-in-chief of the rebel army, Wang Chengbin as the deputy commander, and Sizhaotang as the general headquarters. On September 17th, Commander-in-Chief Wu of the Rebellion Army took office as usual in Sisi, and personally appointed the general. The next day when Gu asked to resign, Cao Nai sent Yan as his agent) to come, Bai Jianwu actually sat upright, only nodded his head slightly, and was so full of energy that he didn't care about the dignified Prime Minister. Wu Peifu was born in a surveying school. He served in the army in Jilin for many years. He has a good understanding of the mountains and rivers in the Northeast and the strategic locations of each army. His general is a complete battle plan: Commander-in-Chief of the First Army and Commander of the First Route Peng Shouxin (Commander of the Fifteenth Division) Feng Yurong, Deputy Commander of the First Route Deputy Commander of the Army and Commander of the Second Route Wang Weicheng (Commander of the 23rd Division) Ge Shuping, Deputy Commander of the Second Route Dong Zhengguo, Deputy Commander of the Army and Commander of the Third Route (Commander of the Ninth Division) Commander-in-Chief of the Second Army Wang Huaiqing (Commander of the Thirteenth Division) Mi Zhenbiao Liu Fu, former commander-in-chief of the enemy Deputy Commander Gong Hanzhi Feng Yuxiang, Commander-in-Chief of the Third Army (Commander of the Eleventh Division) Zhang Zhijiang, Commander of the First Route Li Mingzhong, Commander of the Second Route The first army has three divisions, and it confronts Fengjun's third army Zhang Xueliang in Shanhaiguan. The number is about 40,000, and it is the main force; the second army has one division and two brigades. The Second Army's Li Jinglin Division's attack; the Third Army's strength is one division and three brigades, which leave Chengde and Chifeng from Gubeikou to deal with Wu Junsheng's and Xu Lanzhou's military operations. The number of people is no less than 25,000. The commander-in-chief of the backup army is Zhang Fulai, Cao Kai, Hu Jingyi, Zhang Xizhen, Yang Qingchen, Jin Yune, Yan Zhitang, Zhang Zhigong, Li Zhiyun, Pan Hongjun, and Tan Qinglin are the commanders of the tenth reinforcement army, and Cao Shijie, Lin Qipeng, Tian Weiqin, Ma Canlin, Wu Changzhi, and Zhang Jinbiao are the commanders The second, fourth, fifth, eighth, ninth, and tenth road reinforcements are the deputy commanders.In addition, the commanders-in-chief of the preparations for the rear of the provinces were assigned: Li Jichen and Li Bingzhi from Henan, Xiong Bingqi from Shandong, Liu Menggeng from Jingzhao, etc.The total force is no less than 200,000. Commander-in-Chief Du Xigui, Deputy Commander Wen Shude, and Commander-in-Chief Chi Yunpeng.The navy was composed of Du Xigui's Yangtze River Fleet and Wen Shude's Bohai Sea Fleet. At that time, the Shanghai Independent Fleet disappeared due to the surrender of Du Xigui. Therefore, the Zhijun Army devoted all its strength to the Liaodong Bay, with Dagukou as the base and Qinhuangdao as the theater of operations. , Huludao is the front line.It is also planned to use the navy to recruit merchant ships, transport the Marine Corps and other reinforcements to Andong and Yingkou, and enter Shenyang from the South Manchuria Railway. As for the air force, it is organized into four teams.The first team was stationed in Beidaihe, the second team was stationed in Luan County, the third team was stationed in Chaoyang, and the fourth team was stationed in the Aviation Department.A total of more than 70 aircraft were stored in Nanyuan, Luoyang, Baoding, Qinghe, and the Beijing-Daiwan and Beijing-Tianjin airlines.The aviation commander is Ao Jingwen. Wu Peifu’s order this time, from 2:00 p.m. to 12:00 p.m., finally wrote the words of Commander-in-Chief Wu Peifu, and all the lights in the Presidential Palace suddenly went out. This was a routine change of electricity every night at 12:00 p.m. At the last moment of Wu Dianjiang, when he clicked on his own name, his eyes were completely dark, which made people think that this was an ominous omen.