Chapter 4 The changing situation
Liu Jingxiao's telegram was both beneficial and threatening. The troops who arrived in Wanxian would be given double pay from the time they set off. If they did not reinforce Wanxian quickly, then Commander Liu would show him the color.
Since that's the case, what else can several regiment commanders say? Each regiment has drawn two infantry companies, and even the cavalry regiment that has already drawn half of its troops has transferred two companies. A total of eight infantry companies barely put together a combat detachment, and commander Li Heyi led the reinforcement of Wanxian.
The Dingbian Army left behind Wuhan by Bai Siwen and Wang Lie, who were also considered figures of the small group Liu Jingxiao. The responsibility of staying in Wuhan can be said to be on holidays, but even if it is easy, Liu Jingxiao did not forget to promote them. When he arrived in Yichang, he would send a telegram to let them work with peace of mind. Commander Liu naturally would not treat them unfairly, and his position was reserved for them. Wang Lie was still the deputy commander of Li He's regiment, and Bai Siwen was temporarily the commander of Xiao Rulang's independent company.
At this time, Liu Jingxiao desperately urged them, sending a telegram almost every half hour to ask them to immediately find out the situation in Wuhan City, especially what unit was the Hubei army coming to aid.
That night, Bai Siwen and Wang Lie finally called to report that the Eighth Division and the 20th Division of the Hubei Division were entering the city, and the First Mixed Brigade in Hubei was guiding the Hubei Division into the city, with a total force of about 40,000.
When Liu Jingxiao heard about the number of Hubei's No. 1 Mixed Brigade, he admired Xu Youzheng for his complete plan and was really a powerful figure.
Ding Changlong's Hubei First Mixed Brigade was originally a local army in Hubei, and in history it was Duan Tiemin's direct troops. This Hubei First Mixed Brigade did not participate in this mutiny in Hubei. Instead, he followed Wang Zichun's mobilization and ambushed the train on the transsport and shot hundreds of transsporters in the middle of the journey.
After the Hunan Army aided Hubei, the first mixed brigade in Hubei was considered the only unit under Wang Zichun who could fight except Zhou Zaizhi's regiment. However, Ding Changlong simply declared independence and neither joined the Hubei army nor the Hubei army. In this way, Wang Zichun had no troops available, and Liu Jingxiao's Dingbian Army rushed to Wuhan.
Wang Zichun grabbed his life-saving straw and immediately sent it to the front line of Yanglou Division. Since then, the direct army aided Hubei, the first mixed brigade in Hubei, was still unclear and was never moved by all parties. He just claimed to be "neutral". Only when the war was at its most intense, the brigade assured Chen Yunjie: "You can go to fight the Hunan Army, we are responsible for the rear..."
But when the Zhi army finally repelled the Hunan Army, the Hubei No. 1 Mixed Brigade made a blow, which suddenly led the Hubei army into Wuhan, cutting off the Zhi army's return.
This is also a strange story in the history of civil war. On September 5, the Zhi army conquered Wanxian (Liu Jingxiao's troops were also part of the Zhi army), but on September 6, Wuhan was lost.
The 8th Division and the 20th Division are both basic units of the Hubei Division. They can fight and fight, have good equipment, and have not suffered too much damage. In addition, the First Mixed Brigade of the Hubei Army, which has not suffered damage, would be half of the battle if they failed.
Although the Zhi army claimed to be 70,000, there were only more than 30,000 old troops brought out from Zhili. They fought hard with the Hunan Army on the front line for half a month, and it was consumed a lot. At this time, it is still possible to deal with the new Zhi army.
The remaining 30,000 people were Xu Yingjie's second division of Hubei Army and the fourth regiment of the 2nd Brigade and Regiment, which was known as 20,000, but there were only 10,000 soldiers. Moreover, the troops were newly formed. Although the combat effectiveness was not weak, they were not much stronger.
Another unit was an independent brigade of Xizhenyi. This unit was originally the railway guards of the Hunan Army. It was temporarily organized into an independent brigade before the war. It suddenly turned against the enemy during the battle and threw itself into the Zhi army. Its combat effectiveness was not strong. The soldiers were said to be 8,000, but in fact there were only more than 3,000 people.
Only Liu Jingxiao's Hubei Army's First Division has the strongest troops, claiming to be 15,000. This unit fought hard in the Xiang army in Yanglou, and defeated more than 100,000 Sichuan thieves in Yichang (Liu Jingxiao's telegram said: More than 300,000 Sichuan thieves attacked me... Our army won a great victory, and captured endlessly... The entire Sichuan thieves were completely out of reach... Everyone estimated that more than 300,000 was impossible, and there were always 100,000 people). Now entering Sichuan is even more powerful. After Fengjie and defeating Wanxian, everyone has a high estimate of the combat effectiveness of this unit and believes that it is a battle-hardened army.
Now that he is in a state of danger, Chen Yunjie attaches great importance to this army and calls every half an hour to urge him. Later, he simply understands that Liu Jingxiao has been staying in Wanxian and issued a formal withdrawal order. In addition to promising to expand Liu Jingxiao's troops, the message also said: "...Teacher Liu immediately withdraws along the river when receiving the phone. No mistakes are allowed, otherwise military law will be carried out..."
But the military law is engaged in, who should I coax? The First Division of the Hubei Army was a unit led by Liu Jingxiao himself. Liu Jingxiao had the final say in the affairs of the division, so he ignored the telegram at all.
On the morning of August 7, Wang Lie came to report again that Xu Youzheng had found them and informed them that Liu Jingxiao could just hold on to the army. They didn't need to bother with Wuhan. After taking office, the Governor received a heavy reward to Liu Jingxiao.
After learning that the Hubei army had controlled Wuhan, the Sichuan Army quickly sent envoys to threaten Liu Jingxiao to withdraw from Wanxian immediately, otherwise the Sichuan Army would launch a general attack.
One reason why the Sichuan Army was afraid of Liu Jingxiao was that he had the support of the Zhi army, and he might be able to repel Liu Jingxiao on the front line, but the Zhi army, the most capable of fighting in the world, followed Liu Jingxiao's butt and drove into Sichuan continuously. The Sichuan Army was a very dangerous situation.
Now that I heard that the Hubei regime had regained control of Wuhan, the Sichuan Army became bolder and wanted to scare Liu Jingxiao back.
Liu Jingxiao had just arrived in Yichang because his second detachment had greatly increased and immediately beaten the Sichuan Army's envoy out.
Now Liu Jingxiao has more than 4,000 troops in Wanxian County, most of whom are veterans of the Dingbian Army. It is absolutely no problem to guard for one or two days. Now he still spreads thousands of troops from Badong to Yichang, and he can provide reinforcements at any time.
As soon as the Sichuan Army envoy left, Liu Jingxiao published two big articles, which immediately surging and attracted the attention of the world.
The previous telegram was a telegram to the Sichuan Army. Liu Jingxiao said: "Since Jingxiao was given a hair and received education, it has never heard that the group of disabled people can last for a long time. Sichuan was called Tianfu, and it lived in half of the southwest every year. In the past, the four provinces were paid in the Jin Dynasty. In the past, the four provinces were in the heart of the southwest. However, in the past ten years, the soldiers in Sichuan were divided into four groups, with a total of 100,000, and the poor people were beaten to accumulate military salaries. After years of civil war, it is truly a poisonous whole Sichuan! As a military soldier of the Republic, Jingxiao cannot share a day with this army! Now, he is 8,000 troops, and the Central Committee has issued a clear order. He should rush his army to Yu Wan to eliminate the ugly people and return the peace of our elders in Sichuan. Jingxiao can be exempted from being innocent and will be able to travel under the forest and spring from now on................"
This arrogance really made the Sichuan army restless. "Sweeping away the ugly people" and "waiting for the dawn" can prevent them from terrifying. As for "Jing Xiaosi can be exempted from being innocent and will be able to travel under the forest from now on", it is an empty saying. If Liu Jingxiao pacified the Sichuan River, there would be no reason to retreat to the mountains and forests. Naturally, we should take another step and taste the taste of the Sichuan governor.
Whenever a person says he doesn’t have a reputation or a territory, he means asking people for a larger territory and a higher status.
The next telegram was directed to the Zhi army. Liu Jingxiao said: "It's difficult for the mirror to dawn! It's difficult for the mirror to dawn! It's dangerous for the mirror to dawn! It's eight thousand children, who follow each other in times of hardships, and have no choice but to encourage themselves. However, they can defeat the rebels in Linxi, reject Hunan Army in Dingsi, and defeat Sichuan thieves in Yichang. It can be said that they can be lower than Yu Wan. The upper part comforted the central government's unification of the north and south for years, and the lower part of the common people are thinking about the suffering of the Central Plains King's Army! Unexpectedly, Yunshuai's clear order was issued, and the story of Wu Mu's gold medal was seen at this time. Jingxiao was wandering around the room all day long, and loyalty and righteousness were difficult to achieve both loyalty and righteousness. Only the central government asked the central government to dismiss 428 officers below Jingxiao, and 14220 soldiers were dismissed. Jingxiao could not be a traitor who misled Sichuan and a thief who missed the country......"
This telegram is even more wonderful, it is an obvious expression of his great achievements of "defeating the rebels in Linxi, rejecting the Hunan Army in Dingsi, and defeating the Sichuan thieves in Yichang". Yue Wumu even regarded himself as a person who wanted to take back Sichuan for the central government, but in fact it was Chen Yunjie who scolded: "You old guy, I have sold a lot of strength for you, but now I want to make me withdraw from Wanxian without gaining anything and work hard for your direct army, there is absolutely no way..."
When Chen Yunjie received this telegram, he was so angry that he smoked his orifices, but he had no choice but to send a telegram to comfort Liu Jingxiao.
However, the troops of Zhi and Hubei are still in a state of disagreement. The two sides are only in a confrontation on the front line. The Zhi army is a strengthening battalion to maintain public order in Wuhan. The Hubei army did not disarm it, but just sent troops to surround him.
Hunan has just signed such a peace agreement, and such a big change has occurred in Hunan. Naturally, there are enthusiastic officers who demand to counterattack Yuezhou and defeat Zhijun in one fell swoop. But Yi Heng and Zhao Laozi made a scheming decision. He said: "Whoever wants to shoot first will be finished!"
This is the case with Lu Dangping, who advocated the most support for Hubei. He said: "When we take action, if the two armies of direct and Hubei merge and come like a flood... we will become the eternal sinners of Hunan!"
Since all the commanders advocated watching the tiger fight, the Hunan Army took this attitude and did not fight against the Zhi army, but there was a possibility of conflict at any time.
Moreover, in Yichang, in the afternoon of that day, the Sichuan Army sent representatives to ask Liu Jingxiao to withdraw his troops.
Supervisor Xiong Wuxiong, who came this time, was much more polite than the previous envoy. As soon as he saw Liu Jingxiao, he urged him: "It is a desperate situation for our Sichuan Army to send troops this time... It was in accordance with the wishes of the Commander Mo Di and Fu. Please forgive me for the Commander-in-Chief Liu..."
Liu Jingxiao's attitude was very arrogant. She just glanced at Xiong Wu and didn't say anything. Instead, she slowly tasted the tea. After tasting it for a while, she blamed Guo Junqing and said, "This tea is not good!"
Now Liu Jingxiao has three titles, one is the commander of the First Division of the Hubei Army, and the other is the commander of the western Hubei garrison, which is equivalent to the position of general in the former Jin Dynasty, and the highest-ranking position is the position of "Commander-in-Chief of the Upper Yangtze River".
Anyone who is above Liu Jingxiao is called "Teacher Liu", while those at the same level are called "Mr. Jingxiao, the commander Liu Zhenguan". As for the people who have requested him, everyone shouted "Commander General Liu!"
Now Liu Jingxiao's face is as frost as ice, Xiong Wuze is very embarrassed and dare not speak. Guo Junqing advised him: "Governor Xiong, you should ask for help... Our teacher will not support him in Sichuan..."
Chen Xianqiao also rushed to Wanxian with Li Heyi's second echelon, and at this time he said good things to Xiong Wu: "Jingxiao, you'd better withdraw your troops... In this fight, you only have a chance of winning at most 600%!"
Xiong Wu seemed to have forgotten that he treated the four beauties as a reward, and quickly said in a compliment: "Miss Slim... Everyone is a family, so it's so boring to fight..."
Now the Shen family is in full swing in Sichuan. Now the shipping in Wanxian area has been cut off by Liu Jingxiao's troops. Only Miss Shen can speak can the ship pass through Wanxian and go directly to Wuhan smoothly. Everyone is busy cursing the Shen family.
Liu Jingxiao didn't say anything for a long time, and finally said a few words: "Governor Xiong... Let's tell the truth, I've long wanted to do the feeling of governors in this province!"
Xiong Wu was afraid of this sentence. He could only say: "We are following the instructions of Commander Mo Fu this time. If you enter Sichuan, Commander Mo Fu will never sit idly by!"
Liu Jingxiao suddenly felt proud: "Just come, it's just some Yunnan-Guangdong... Guangdong is 108,000 miles away from me. When the troops arrive, I have already taken the position of Sichuan Governor..."
Guo Junqing said, "For both public and private, our teachers have reasons to enter Sichuan... Not to mention anything else, the four beauties in Sichuan, our teachers can admire them very much... But now we only see a beautiful girl Shen Xian, and the other three have not even seen the shadows..."
Liu Jingxiao finally made a decision: "This is it... you will compensate us for 10 million yuan in military expenses, and I will refund it to Fengjie..."
While he was speaking, a letter of appointment from the central government came, which made Liu Jingxiao's courageous.
This letter of appointment is all a set of things that Zhang Guan missed. First, it appointed Chen Yunjie as the "Deputy Envoy of the Supervision of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou" and Nan Yaoxiao was appointed as the "Envoy of the Propaganda and Guardians in Guangdong, Guangxi".
The position of "Tongyang, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou" has been established since the end of the Republic, so having a deputy envoy but no official envoy is a unique one. Chen Yunjie and Nan Yaoxiao's territory are both in the south. If Chen Yunjie and Nan Yaoxiao want to take office, they have to fight Hunan and pacify the southwest. To put it bluntly, this appointment is that they lead their troops to the southern expedition, in other words, they are the commander-in-chief and deputy commander of the Southern Expedition Army.
Since Nan Xiao Yao was not the governor of Hubei, someone naturally took over. The telegram said: "Wu Xinguang was the governor of Hubei..."
This Wu Xinguang is a brother-in-law of Duan Tiemin. Duan Xu married many times, so he has many brothers. He is currently the brigade commander of the Third Mixed Brigade of the Central Committee. Like Nan Yaoxiao, he has been promoted from the commander of the first brigade to the governor of Hubei. Duan Tiemin has a concept of being closest to his relatives, and Wu Xinguang took such a ride.
Chapter completed!