Chapter 8 Chapter Eight

The Zhili warlords fought against Wan and defeated Wan, and against Feng and Feng, and their strength grew stronger and stronger.In the north, after Li Yuanhong was dragged out as the puppet president, the forces gradually invaded the south in an attempt to achieve unification of the world.China, after all, is in a period when warlords dominate each other. The defeated Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin are unwilling to fail, let alone submit to Cao Wu; Zhang Zuolin and Sun Yat-sen formed an anti-Zhizal triangular alliance, set up their base in Fujian, and established the "Fujian Provincial Military and Political System Establishment" to prepare for and direct the decisive battle.

Wu Peifu panicked. After all, the "triangular alliance" of Duan, Zhang, and Sun was more terrifying than the "inter-provincial autonomy" in the southwest. He had to turn his energy around and focus on the southeast.At this time, the Premier of the Beijing Government was Zhang Shaozeng.Of course, he is also a person who is influenced by Zhicao.Wu Peifu made a suggestion to Zhang Shaozeng to appoint a powerful person as the supervisor of Fujian military affairs, preferably Sun Chuanfang.Of course Zhang Shaozeng didn't dare to say anything, he went to ask Cao Kun, Cao Kun just smiled but didn't nod, so he put the matter aside for the time being.

Sun Chuanfang, who fought against the rebels in Sichuan, came to Sichuan and realized that "inter-provincial autonomy" was just a public opinion. There was no alliance or military action, and the battle could not be fought, so he returned to the Yangtze River.At this moment, a message spread to Yichang, saying, "Wu Yushuai suggested that Sun Chuanfang supervise Fujian. The Prime Minister has already agreed, and only the old commander Cao Kun nodded." Sun Chuanfang was shocked—he knew that he had no close relationship with Cao Kun; In front of Cao, he is not a celebrity. "I have to find a way to dedicate and dedicate in front of the old man."

In the big direct family, Cao Kun is a man who is greedy for money, and he has to pay a price to ask for some "favours" in front of him.Sun Chuanfang had to prepare for "investment".Although Sun Chuanfang's official career has been prosperous in recent years and he has been promoted repeatedly, he has military power but no territory. He also dreams of looking for opportunities to dominate one side.Now, the opportunity came, and he couldn't let it go. "I'm going to put in a lot of effort and strive to occupy Fujian!" Sun Chuanfang didn't pay much attention to money in the past, and he didn't have many opportunities to catch it; he didn't want to deduct military pay.When he was studying at the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy, the instructors and the textbooks all emphasized that officers should love soldiers, and he could not take advantage of his subordinates.He is Wang Zhanyuan's confidant, and he obeys Wang Zhanyuan everywhere, but he does not approve of Wang Zhanyuan's embezzlement of military pay.So, up to now, Sun Chuanfang doesn't have much savings in his hands except that he bought two houses in Tianjin for his own benefit.It was a bit difficult for Sun Chuanfang to give gifts to Cao Kun.

Sun Chuanfang has never played with big money, so he doesn't know how to play it safe.He was still a little afraid of playing with money - it was not easy to get to this position today, if he fell down on money, it wouldn't be worth it.However, there is a fat vacancy, and if you don't have money, you can't get it.Feeling uneasy! After hesitating for a long time, he still decided to "get money".His eyes suddenly lit up: "It's the middle of the month now, and the army's salary will be available this month, so why not embezzle it first. The monthly salary of a division is also 200,000, and we'll talk about it later."

After making up his mind, Sun Chuanfang went to the quartermaster who was in charge of the military pay, and said that he needed to prepare for the war, and first used the salary to buy armaments.So, he took 200,000 ocean tickets and entered Beijing—he knew Cao Kun's home in Beijing, so he went straight to meet him, greeted him first, and then put the bank notes in front of Cao Kun. "Old handsome," Sun Chuanfang said with a smile. "Xin Yuanjiu has the heart to show filial piety to your old man, but his hands are poor. In the past few years, he has cut down on food and clothing, quit smoking, and finally accumulated a little. It is only a show of filial piety to your old man. It is too light a courtesy. Anyway, please You always laugh."

Cao Kun looked sideways at Dayang's 200,000 yuan, and his heart moved: "This Sun Chuanfang, the price is 200,000 yuan, which is hard enough for him!" However, he still said: "Xin Yuan, this is not good! What is our relationship 9 The death of Niu is different from those in l County, but now Fengdou County is dead, so it can't be close to you! I even dream all day long that I want to seek more benefits for you who are working hard on the front line. I can't seek Come on, I feel uneasy, uneasy!" "You always have this kind of heart, you know everything up and down." Sun Chuanfang climbed along the pole. "Such a big stall, you don't have to worry about it! My team, even the soldiers know it. They said: 'We are the sons of Mr. Cao. Without Mr. Cao, we would not be where we are today. If you take Our lives are for the old man to protect the country!'”

"It's rare that you have such a heart." Cao Kun said, "Go back and tell them that I will treat them with my father's heart." Sun Chuanfang felt that what should be done was done and what should be said was said, so she got up and said goodbye. "Old man, there are a lot of things ahead, I'm going back. I'll come visit you later." "Okay, okay, let's go back." Cao Kun said: "When I'm free some other day, I might go and see you." "The old man is full of opportunities every day, so there is no need to come to our place. Just say hello if you have something to do, and I will come over." Sun Chuanfang said as he stepped back slowly.

Cao Kun also got up to deliver.After walking two steps, as if thinking of something, he hurriedly said, "Xin Yuan, take a step." "Old man..." Sun Chuanfang stopped. du8.com copyright "When you get old, you forget things." Cao Kun said, "I was thinking about something I wanted to tell you, but I forgot it when we met." "Ask the old man to advise." "It's not any advice." Cao Kun said, "It's for you to change places. In the past few years, you have been running around all the time, without a stable place to stay. It's hard work. The seat of Fujian Military Superintendent is vacant." , you go. Originally, I wanted to discuss with you again and ask for your opinion. But, I know you well, and you are the person who can obey orders best, so I decided on my own. What about you, So don’t say anything more, go back and make arrangements, and the official appointment will be issued in a few days, and you can go to Fujian.” He took a few steps on the spot, and said: “The Yangtze River and western Hubei, let you manage them smoothly. , you can leave with peace of mind. Go to Fujian and continue to work hard to get things done there.”

"Old handsome..." Sun Chuanfang didn't expect money to be so effective, he thought Cao Kun should at least play around.Who knows that "money leads to success". "Cash in cash", this made him not know what to say for a while. "Don't say anything more." Cao Kun said: "I know you are in love with the Yangtze River and the west of Hubei. No need, Wu Ziyu will make arrangements. After returning to Hubei, first go to see Ziyu and ask him if there is anything else. ?” Sun Chuanfang left Beijing contentedly. On March 20, 1923 (that is, the 4th day after Sun Chuanfang left Beijing), the Beijing government officially issued an order, appointing Sun Chuanfang to "supervise Fujian's military affairs", and also explained the task as follows: For "Fujian Province's founding of the military system and the establishment of the government" camera Invasion.

After Sun Chuanfang received the appointment, he led his second division and part of the main force of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River Garrison Headquarters to Fujian Province without stopping. In the melee of Chinese warlords, Fujian is also a small battlefield. l920 In 1999, Fujian was attacked by Chen Jiongming and Xu Chongzhi of the Cantonese army.Li Houji, the governor of Fujian, asked the Beiyang government for help. Duan Qirui sent Wang Yongquan to lead his troops to Fujian and stationed troops in Yanping.Two years later, Xu Shuzheng (Duan Qirui's secretary-general) came to Fujian and planned with Wang Yongquan to expel Li Houji.After successfully expelling Li, they established the "Fujian Province Jianguo Military and Governmental Government" in Fujian, and appointed Wang Yongquan as the governor to govern both military and civilian affairs.Due to opposition from all sides, Wang Yongquan only served as the commander-in-chief of Fujian in the end.It's the right time for Sun Chuanfang to come to Fujian. Together with Sun Chuanfang, Zhou Yinren, the commander of the 12th Division of the Direct Line Department stationed in Jiangxi, also entered Fujian. Wang Yongquan is the backbone of the Anhui Clan, and Sun Chuanfang and Zhou Yinren are the backbone of the direct line.These two hostile factions actually "coexisted peacefully" in Fujian - Wang Yongquan was afraid of the immediate forces, and declared that he would break away from the Anhui section and make peace with Sun and Zhou.As a result, Sun Chuanfang supervised the military affairs of Fujian, and Wang Yongquan competed to become the deputy. Wang Yongquan was one of the main forces in the Anhui section, a mixed brigade armed by Duan Qirui with the ordnance purchased from Japan—the 24th mixed brigade.More than two years before Sun Chuanfang arrived in Fujian, Wang had already lived in Fujian and held full military and political power in Fujian.Now, although he wishes to be subordinate to Sun Chuanfang, his heart still belongs to Anhui. Sun Chuanfang is a clever man and a person with a strong desire for power. He is already dissatisfied with Wang Yongquan as his military assistant, not to mention that both military and political power are in the hands of the king. Get out!" One day, Sun Chuanfang solemnly approached Wang Yongquan, and said to him: "Associate Wang, I received a secret order immediately, and I have to lead the army into Jiangxi, and I have to rely on the assistant to handle the Fujian affairs. Now, tell me what I should tell you. Hand it over to the assistant." Wang Yongquan believed it was true, and received military and political procedures without any other precautions.Sun Chuanfang led the army to set off. When the army arrived at Hongshan Bridge in the west of Fuzhou, it quickly adjusted its direction and attacked Fuzhou.Wang Yongquan lived in Fuzhou with very few troops and was not prepared for the battle. At the beginning of the battle, he was forced to flee to Quanzhou.Sun Chuanfang and Zhou Yinren joined forces and attacked south again. Wang Yongquan ran away, and Sun Chuanfang and Zhou Yinren each drew part of the main force to form a conscription army, about 4 regiments, led by Zhou Yinren to attack Quanzhou.Although the fierce battle lasted for a long time, Zhou Yinren finally drove Wang Yongquan and his remnants into Jiangxi.So far, the military and political power in Fujian fell behind Sun Chuanfang.This was in the spring of 1924. 1924.When Sun Chuanfang dominated Fujian, the Zhili warlords reached their peak. Cao Kun overthrew the president Li Yuanhong they had raised up a few months ago, bought members of Congress with a lot of money, and finally sat on the throne of the president. Cao Kun, who became the president, was afraid that his throne would not be stable, and even more afraid that the triangular alliance of Sun (Zhongshan), Duan (Qirui), and Zhang (Zuolin) that had already been formed would raise troops simultaneously in the north and south, so he ordered Sun Chuanfang to "hold on to Fujian, Control Jiangxi and Guangdong, and keep the peace in the south."With this upper sword, Sun Chuanfang had great expansion ambitions, intending to expand his power to neighboring provinces.The warlords have different faces and status, but their desire for power is the same.As many soldiers as you have, you want to occupy as much territory as you want; if you have more soldiers, you want to expand.When it expands, regardless of relatives and friends, regardless of life and death alliances, they are all included in the encroachment. Zhou Yinren, the commander of the 12th Division who entered Fujian with Sun Chuanfang, after assisting Sun Chuanfang to drive away Wang Yongquan, although he got the title of military assistant, his strength did not increase.He consciously made great contributions to Sun, so he has high demands on Sun.If you are not satisfied, you will be dissatisfied. Sun Chuanfang has two confidantes, one is Yang Wenkai and the other is Lu Xiangting, both of whom he studied at the Japanese Non-commissioned Officer Academy. They became brothers of the opposite sex when they were in Japan, and they served as officers in the second town together after returning home.Since then, they have been inseparable.After arriving in Fujian, Sun Chuanfang became a military governor, and found that Zhou Yinren had both strength and objections to him, so he wanted to use soft methods to win him over.Therefore, Yang Wenkai came forward to pull Zhou Yinren into their "Jinlan" circle and became the "Four Brothers of Life and Death". Zhou Yinren was a rising star of the Zhili warlords. Long before Sun Chuanfang came to Fujian, he led the 12th division to set foot in Fujian, in the name of assisting Fujian Governor Li Houji to maintain the territory;As early as when Wang Yongquan expelled Li, Zhou Yinren sat on the mountain and watched the tiger; but when Sun Chuanfang expelled Wang, he went into battle shirtless.Sun Chuanfang gave him an empty assistant, and became brothers in life and death, but it was not worth the price he paid.People around often released "Our Twelfth Division has devoted our lives to Sun Chuanfang to conquer the world, and there is no reason for injustice in the world!" By the spring of 1924.Zhou Yinren's subordinates would no longer allow Sun Jun to stay in Fujian. They were caught off guard, and the two brigades of Zhou Yinxuan (Zhou Yinren's younger brother) and Lu Dianchen launched a movement to expel Sun Jun. Although Sun Chuanfang was reluctant to give up, but the strong enemy could not suppress the top snake, he had to play the "transfer position" Huangzi and left Fujian in a hurry. When Sun Jun left Fujian, he went south to Sun Yat-sen's territory and went east to the sea, so he hurried to the north of Zhejiang, thinking of finding a foothold in the Yangtze River Delta, the land of fish and rice.This year, the rainy season in the southeast coastal areas of China came very early. The sound of firecrackers in the Spring Festival had just died down, and the rain continued day after day, filling thousands of villages and hazy mountains.Drenching people's hearts into panic. Not long after Sun Jun left Fujian, he entered a vast and boundless swamp area.When he came out of Fujian, Sun Jun still had short shirts, shorts, straw hats and straw sandals; as soon as he arrived in Zhejiang, the soldiers were sluggish and embarrassed. Sun Chuanfang, who just turned 40 during the New Year, was still domineering a few days ago, but today, she is downcast.He was in an old courtyard in a small town and had closed his door to thank guests for 3 days.He was lying on a bamboo bed, and his cook had found all the best vegetables in the town for him except opium, and he didn't say much.In the past, he loved wine and tea, and there was his pocket food bank in the barracks, but today, everything is deserted and empty.Quartermasters asked him what he wanted to eat, and he shook his head at everything.As if he was going on a hunger strike against this turbid world.The majestic posture he had when he came to Fujian from western Hubei half a year ago disappeared, as did his usual arrogance in front of the army, and even his tall body seemed to have been drenched by the continuous spring rain.The warlord's broad face was thinner, and his forehead was wrinkled, and he rarely spoke a few words a day.Sun Chuanfang never imagined that he would ignore this embarrassing situation: Fujian came out too hastily. "I shouldn't be in such a hurry. No matter how bad Zhou Yin is, he won't eat me." Yes, to tell the truth, Sun Chuanfang wanted to occupy a place in Zhejiang and Shanghai. He could replace Lu Yongxiang, the Anhui warlord in Zhejiang.However, he never prepared his fodder, and he even ignored the cold weather in the north.Today, it has almost become a "rogue". The rain was still falling, and the dark clouds, like a huge gray curtain, obscured the whole world.In the drizzle, the army only used "paging" for meals, and even the sound of the horn was omitted-the army had been gruel for two days.In the morning, the quartermaster in charge of grain and fodder reported his "family property" to Sun Chuanfang, and then asked, "What should we do if this continues?" Sun Chuanfang beat the table loudly and scolded loudly in a strong Luzhong accent: "Bastard! What if there is no food and fodder? I have to ask you. You ask me, why? Eat me? Let me tell you, I will let you go tomorrow." Everyone has enough to eat. If there is one person who can't eat, it's you; or, I'll cut off your head!" From then on, no one dared to say anything about the meal of the army. After all, Sun Chuanfang has studied military affairs, he will not just sit still, he sent a group of people to Zhejiang and Shanghai to investigate the situation, he is thinking about his next step... When night fell, Sun Chuanfang, who had been sluggish for several days, suddenly regained his spirits. He threw down his pipe, jumped off the bamboo bed, put on the general's uniform, and called an emergency military meeting. The emergency meeting was held in a small tiled house. The atmosphere of the meeting place was low, and people's hearts were as dizzy as the dim lights.Before everyone arrived, Wan Hongtu, Secretary-General of the Supervisory Office, nudged Liu Zongji, the Chief of Staff who was sitting next to him, and Liu Zongji understood, and said in a low voice, "Food and grass are the soul and blood of an army. The Overseer must be anxious!" The Secretary-General nodded and said: "The soldiers and horses don't move, but the food and grass go first. It has been like this since ancient times. There are thousands of troops and no supplies, how can we do it!" Sun Chuanfang heard all these words, but he was neither surprised nor surprised.After all the people arrived, he didn't use any form, so he got straight to the point and said first: "There is nothing important, please come here, just to discuss how to move the next move?" He looked sideways at everyone For a moment, everyone looked sad.He stood up and said: "We are trapped. God will not allow us to close our dead eyes and pour rain. But we have to move, we can't squat down and wait for death!" He sat down slowly again, relaxing He took a deep breath and said, "Everyone has an opinion. Even if you are a cobbler, a group of three has become Zhuge Liang. Let's talk about it." Although Sun Chuanfang's opening speech was simple, it surprised everyone present.Because he rarely did so in the past.There are not many meetings like this, and the meetings are full of orders, and the domineering look always makes the staff daunting.Now, he is probably in danger, and he has shown courtesy and corporal, with a heart like grain. Everyone looked at each other for a while, and Chief of Staff Liu Zongji spoke first. "Walking out of Fujian, unexpectedly, General Xinyuan is the justifiable governor of Fujian. What is Zhou Yinren? The assistant was given to him by us. If you want to get it back, it's easy to get back. In my opinion, let's go back to Fujian and fight against the rebels!" As soon as the chief of staff finished speaking, Yang Wenkai, the military adviser who was shaking the feather fan, spoke. It's because we were blind at the beginning and became 'life and death brothers' with people like Zhou Yinren.Now he was kicked out, homeless.I agree with the opinion of the chief of staff, and give him Zhou Yinren a carbine." After the two spoke, the tense and gloomy atmosphere at the venue immediately eased—perhaps everyone saw hope again.Yes, everyone thinks this way: go back to Ma Fujian.Driving away Zhou Yinren is justified and easy. After the meeting place calmed down for a while, Secretary-General Wan Hongtu spoke. "I really have another idea." He glanced at the participants, and then said with a smile: "As the saying goes, 'It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge'. Zhou Yinren forced me out of Fujian, it's really terrible We should retaliate and teach him a lesson. However, we cannot ignore our military spirit and morale. When we came out of Fujian, people were panicked, hungry, cold, and rainy. Returning to the army immediately may not have the expected effect..." "What's your opinion?" asked the chief of staff. "In my opinion, it's a strategy to delay the attack." The Secretary-General said. "How to slow down?" "Send an important person to Hangzhou, give Lu Yongxiang a look, lend him a piece of land, get some supplies from him, recharge his energy, and wait until he regains his vitality before planning the next step." The opinion of the Secretary-General was praised by the majority.People gave him admiring eyes and smiles.Wan Hongtu returned it to everyone with a gratified look, and everyone nodded to him firmly——Yes, returning to the teacher is not the best policy.Returning to the division, doesn't it mean that the commander-in-chief's decision to retreat is too childish, and how much prestige does Sun Chuanfang have? When you leave Fujian, you have to follow the way of thinking.Of course, there is no solution to raising soldiers on the basis of conditions, not to mention that the relationship with Lu Yongxiang has not yet reached the point where fire and water are incompatible. There is a way to alleviate the current predicament, and everyone is naturally happy.So, all eyes turned to Sun Chuanfang, waiting for him to nod and make a decision. Sun Chuanfang smiled, put down the teacup, then raised his head, looked first at Wan Hongtu, then at Liu Zongji, noticing his crooked body, and then said, "The opinions of both of you are an emergency measure." He said an ambiguous sentence, which made the moment of calm in the meeting disappear. People were muttering: "Should I go back to the teacher or ask for help?" But Sun Chuanfang said slowly: "However, neither of your opinions is the best policy." One sentence negates the two opinions, and the atmosphere of astonishment in the venue greatly increased—people couldn't figure out what Sun Chuanfang was thinking. What other "strategies" are there besides these two strategies? What "strategies" are better? Sun Chuanfang stood up, left her seat, moved around on the spot, raised her left hand, and straightened her hair, which was not plentiful, her eyes twinkled slightly, and she walked and talked.Although the tone was slow and gentle, the meaning was clanging. "Returning to the teacher is obviously an internal strife. Zhou Yinren is always a member of the direct family. He just wants to occupy some territory, but the method is infuriating. I think he will be punished with the 'family law' in the future. As for Lu Yongxiang Do you want help?" He kept his eyes on the secretary-general. "Will Lu Yongxiang be so generous?" He said, shaking his head fiercely.After shaking his head, he stared at each other, starting from the Secretary-General, and looked at the faces of the people one by one, as if to look at their inner attitudes towards this issue from their complexions.However, what caught his eyes was nothing but surprise. It was hard to see what this surprise meant. Sun Chuanfang's staring eyes, like Duan Qirui's crooked nose, are well known among Beiyang warlords;Sun Chuanfang was just the opposite. Whenever his eyes were like eagle eyes, it showed that he was quite proud.However, today, everyone is very confused: leaving Fujian, suffering from hunger and cold, continuous rain, and a dilemma. Not only is the army defeated, but they don’t even know if they will have food for tomorrow? The commander’s excitement is really puzzling. Sun Chuanfang was very calm.After scanning all the people with his eyes, he actually smiled heartily. "Ha, hahaha! Have you all forgotten the common sense of 'putting it to death and reviving it'? No one figured it out?" Sun Chuanfang's smile made everyone a little creepy! No one can tell how "young people" are in this "dead land" in Zhejiang? Because everyone is confused: returning to Fujian and relying on Zhejiang are both blamed by him, Sun Chuanfang, as "not the best policy!" What is the best policy? The commander-in-chief didn't say anything, so everyone naturally didn't understand.However, Sun Chuanfang's laughter made everyone uneasy: Sun Chuanfang seldom laughed, let alone laughed wildly.A sullen face seems to show a kind of seriousness; sometimes a smile is also more cold.Some people say that watching Sun Chuanfang laugh is better than seeing him cry.Laughing does not seem to be good intentions.So, everyone bowed their heads in silence. After Sun Chuanfang laughed a few times, he finally became serious. He still looked at everyone and roared, "I want to attack Lu Yongxiang and swallow Hangzhou!" With a roar, it was as strict as an order to march! The people who lowered their heads because of confusion just now were stunned by the roar, and faces that were even more confused and terrified all looked up at the same time, looking at Sun Chuanfang's unpredictable face—— "Is he talking in his sleep?" "Is he crazy?" "Defeat probably made him lose his mind, and only those who lose their minds will say irrational things." "If you can't lift your footsteps, how can you talk about 'attacking' others, let alone Lu Yongxiang is a true leader in the southeast! In the past, Sun Chuanfang did not show his resourcefulness. Although he has led the army for many years, he has won several victories.However, apart from coincidences, almost all rely on strength to surpass the enemy.Now, he wants to attack Hangzhou and swallow Lu Yongxiang, even his senior assistants sneer. Sun Chuanfang calmly drank a cup of tea and revealed an amazing plan...