Chapter 231 230. Guo Songling was defeated and killed

When Guo Songling returned to the outside of the pass, Zhang Zuolin was caught off guard at the beginning, so news of defeat frequently spread.However, Guo Bu failed to seize the enemy's opportunity first, and attacked Shenyang in one fell swoop with lightning-fast means, so that General Zhang had time to deploy calmly. On November 30, Wu Junsheng dispatched two infantry brigades, four cavalry regiments, and one artillery regiment from Heilongjiang to help Fengtian. Since the authorities on the Middle East Road refused to transport troops, Wu's troops left Siping Street from Taoqi Railway to the front.Kan Chaoxi was ordered by Zhang Zuolin to lead his troops back to Jinzhou to participate in the attack on Guo; at the same time, Xing Shilian transported 20,000 people from Haikou to Yingkou, and then transported them by sea to Lianshan Bay to attack Guo Jun's back.

On December 3, Guo Jun occupied Xingcheng and attacked Lianshan and Jinxi respectively. One brigade of Guo Jun surrendered to Fengjun.Jinxi garrison Ji Jinchun Department resisted Guo Jun. The battle was fierce. Zhang Xueliang's general headquarters moved from Lianshan to Jinzhou. Trenches, as the second line of defense positions. On the 4th, Wan Fulin's cavalry brigade threatened Guo Jun's back from Jinzhou, so Guo Jun who attacked Lianshan retreated. On the left wing of the Feng army, those deployed near Lianshan were the Jijin Chunjun Army, in the center were the Zhang Zuoxiang and Wan Fulin Army, and the right wing was deployed on the Jinxi side as Zhang Jiuqing's cavalry brigade. Before dawn on the 5th, Guo's army made a general attack, approaching the two teams of elite soldiers in front of Lianshan, feigning surrender to the Feng army, and when the Feng army transported them back, they suddenly surrounded a regiment of Jijin Chunjun, disarmed them, and disturbed them from behind. Feng Jun's left wing.Hearing of the change, Zhang Xueliang immediately launched the general reserve team and ordered the entire line to turn into a counterattack.However, due to the insufficient contact with the Feng army from the left wing from the center, and the fierce attack by the Guo Jun artillery team led by Wei Yisan, all the armies turned into a general collapse and retreated by train one after another.To the Daling River, the railway bridge will be destroyed.Guo Jun entered and occupied Jinzhou that day.Then the Feng army retreated, and Goubangzi was also occupied by Guo Jun.Guo arrived in Jinzhou on the evening of the 8th. Zhang Zuoxiang failed in the war and returned to Fengtian on the 6th. It was rumored that Zhang Zuoxiang persuaded the veteran to retire cleanly, so Zhang Xiaye said that it was rumored for a while.It was also said that Uchiyamadai, the Japanese Consul General of Fengtian, went to Xinmintun to discuss peace with peace terms, but it disappeared within two days.Because of the Fengtian military officer meeting on December 8, it was decided to regroup and fight for the final decisive battle.Concentrated use of front-line troops can still turn defeat into victory. The total number of troops is 28,000 from Zhang Zuoxiang's army, 8,000 from Jijin Chun's army, 4,000 from Tang Yulin's army, and 10,000 from Zhang Xueliang's general reserve team.As far as the combat strategy is concerned, the Liaohe River is to be firmly guarded, waiting for the outcome between Li Jinglin and the national army to be determined. On the left bank of the Liaohe River, a solid trench about one mile long will be built, and another railway will be built behind it. Armored trains and wagons are deployed on the road.At this time, the Liaohe River was frozen over, and people and horses could come and go without hindrance.Zhang Xueliang placed his headquarters in the train.

On the 15th, Guo Jun captured Xinmintun, and Zhang Xueliang retreated to Liaohe. Although Guo Songling has mastered Fengjun's elite troops, his exit did not go as smoothly as he expected. First: Li Jinglin has changed.The armies of Feng Yuxiang and Li Jinglin were fighting fiercely in Zhili; Guo could not rely on the support of Feng's army, and had to allocate part of his troops (Wei Yisan's troops were organized into the Fifth Army) to stay behind to prevent Li Jinglin.Second: The weather is extremely cold, the northern country is frozen, and Guo Jun hastily left the customs. The winter equipment is not enough, so he can only hide in the train and move forward along the railway.Third: It is reasonable to move forward by train, but in fact it is not, because Fengzhang has destroyed the track. Fortunately, the Guojun Zhonggong Corps is intact, so the road is repaired and advanced.That didn't matter, Young Marshal Zhang accepted his British advisor's suggestion to destroy the water tanks along the railway line. No water at the locomotive means no coal, and he couldn't move. It would take a lot of time to hire civilians to carry water.Fourth: Guo Songling carried the banner of Zhang Xueliang against Zhang Zuolin, but it was Zhang Xueliang who blocked Guo Jun from the front. Guo's subordinates knew that the young commander was in front, and their fighting spirit and morale were greatly reduced. Many generals secretly sent a song to the young teacher. .Fifth: The cavalry from Jilin and Heilongjiang came to help in time, which was a fatal blow to Guo Jun.

In late December, Guo Jun had advanced to the Liaohe River, and the two sides faced each other on both sides of the Liaohe River. Guo Jun's headquarters was located in Xinmintun, while Zhang Xueliang's headquarters was located in Xinglongdian. The Liaohe River was only ten miles away from Shenyang. The sound was clearly audible in Shenyang. The young marshal's soldiers were still pitifully small, and even the officers raised their machine guns to the front line, but because of the Liaohe River, they could stop Guo Jun.At that time, it was very cold, and the Liaohe River was frozen every night, so the army could walk across the ice, so the young marshal used soldiers to pierce the ice with shovels on the bank every night. It was to prevent it from condensing, so Guo Jun could not cross the Liaohe River on ice.

In Xinglongdian, the Young Marshal often talked on the phone with Guo Jun’s generals. Some of the calls passed through the Japanese military telephone lines. At the beginning of the internal change in the Fengtian Army, the Japanese government feared that the war would extend to Manchuria and Mongolia and affect Japanese interests. Therefore, the Army authorities sent Commander Shirakawa Kanto to Fengtian to negotiate with Zhang Zuolin. The area is absolutely not allowed to fight.At that time, Japan had eight battalions in the Northeast, and planned to send an additional regiment to guard the south of Changchun.And sent the destroyer "Xiang" to Qinhuangdao. On November 26, the tour group was ordered to station in Tieling, ready to go to Feng, so it was widely rumored that Japan planned to increase its troops to the Northeast.

However, the Japanese public opinion circles think that it is not necessary, because the current Japanese military strength in the Northeast is enough to protect the lives and properties of Japanese overseas Chinese, and if necessary, it will be increased. On November 27, Xu Shuzheng visited the former foreign minister of Japan in Japan to exchange views and asked Japan to provide special assistance to Duan's administration.Yuan Yuan's reply was all in a diplomat's tone. He said: "For the sake of improving the happiness of the Chinese people, we should provide assistance, but on the premise of non-interference in internal affairs." The next day Xu visited Prime Minister Kato again, and the answer was roughly the same. On the 28th, the Japanese cabinet decided that the Fengtian War would not be a crisis to the lives and properties of Japanese overseas Chinese, and there would be no increase in troops. On December 1, a cabinet meeting was held to discuss China's civil strife policy. It was believed that the protection of the life and property of Japanese overseas Chinese in Manchuria and Mongolia could be undertaken by part of the garrison stationed in Manchuria, and there was no need for Japan to send troops.

Guo Songling was most worried about the Japanese side helping Zhang Zuolin, so he repeatedly asked the Japanese side to strictly observe neutrality.He also sent Yin Rugeng to Dalian to communicate with the Japanese. On December 4, the Japanese cabinet meeting was silent on Guo and Feng's request for neutrality.Lu Xiangyuyuan expressed his opinion to others, saying that the rise and fall of Feng Zhang is not an important issue, and the acquired rights of life and property of Japanese expatriates must be protected. Guo Jun was fighting hard in the ice and snow, and Li Jinglin's refusal made Guo Jun go to a situation where there was no way out. Therefore, from late December, Guo Jun's fighting spirit collapsed and his morale was extremely low.

Guo Songling felt that he would face the fate of failure. He held a military meeting at a grain station in Xinmintun on December 22. The senior generals attending the meeting showed signs of exhaustion. The generals all bowed their heads and remained silent, as if rejecting Guo's proposal.Seeing this situation, Guo knew that the situation was over, he let out a long sigh, and announced the adjournment of the meeting.It was already 12 midnight. After the meeting was over, Guo arranged for him to escape. Guo and his wife left Xinmin by car at 2 o'clock in the morning on the 23rd. He was unlucky and went to Laodafang Village, Liaozhong County (more than 40 miles away from Xinmin). The cavalry raided, and Guo's guards were all children, who couldn't stand the charge of the cavalry. Lin Changmin, who was traveling with Guo, was killed by stray bullets. Guo and his wife got out of the car and walked, and they were searched by the army. Both were captured.

The sensational Guo Songling defection incident came to an end. After Guo Songling and his wife were captured, the army immediately asked Zhang Zuolin in Shenyang for instructions on how to deal with it. After Shenyang got the news, Zhang Zuolin said, "Bring him here. I want to ask him why he rebelled?" Shoot to avoid future troubles.Yang and Guo were rivals. Yang was afraid that Guo would say a lot of unpleasant things when he saw the veteran, so he strongly advocated shooting on the spot. After Guo was captured, he also wrote a letter to Zhang Xueliang, asking Zhang to take care of his mother.

Zhang Xueliang crossed the Liaohe River on the 23rd and entered Xinmin Village. He summoned the senior generals of Guo Jun to comfort the casualties. Thunderous cheers, glad to see the old master. In Shenyang, some people advocated strict treatment of Guo Jun, and all leaders should be executed. General Zhang asked for Zhang Zuoxiang's opinion, but Zhang Zuoxiang disagreed: He said: "There is a reason for Guo Guizi to make such a big mess. Let's reflect on ourselves first. I have made mistakes. Now that Guizi Guo has been executed, other people don't need to make too much trouble. If they are all from the Northeast, how many enemies will we make? Leave the aftermath to Xiao Niuzi and let him Let's deal with it leniently!" Zhang Zuolin accepted all his brother's opinions, so Guo Songling's defection only killed his wife and his wife.

Zhang Xueliang was only 25 years old this year, and he experienced such an earth-shaking event.He had his great strengths, but those strengths were later overshadowed. Zhang Xueliang knows people well, and he can let go and hand them over to those he trusts, so he can win the hearts of the army and be loved by his subordinates.It is said that when his father reprimanded his subordinates, he often hid in the neighboring room and eavesdropped, and then cordially consoled those who were reprimanded.The subordinates he continued to use took good care of their lives and gave them ample living expenses.He reuses and trusts Guo Songling, and Guo Songling can use his seal to issue orders.Guo was often harsh or unforgiving to his subordinates. Zhang said to Guo: "I trust you so much, why can't you trust your subordinates like I trust you?" It was precisely because he trusted Guo too much that Guo caused this big disturbance, but it was also because of his good reputation in the army that he was able to put an end to Guo's chaos—because Guo's subordinates heard that the young commander came to crusade, No one wants to fight seriously. Poor Rao Hanxiang, after Guo Songling escaped, Qi Shiying sent an orderly to escort him to flee, but he was caught by Feng Jun on the road, ask who is Rao?He replied: "It's a writer." The service agent replied that it was the master. Since he was skinny and dirty, there was nothing surprising about it, so Feng Jun thought he was an ordinary master, so he asked them to do some copying work with the army. After half a month like this, he fled back to the pass. The direct consequence of Guo Songling's mutiny was that Fengjun's vitality was seriously injured, and Zhang Zuolin's internal reform of Fengjun was also stopped.The decline of Fengjun sounded the death knell of the Beiyang era.