Chapter 4 Public Opinion Movement
Ding Ning's meaning was to take this opportunity to wipe out the bandits' headquarters that threatened southern Shandong in the Yimeng Mountains in Shandong to ensure the safety of southern Shandong for a considerable period of time. However, the forces required for this operation were not something that Ding Ning's cavalry regiment and Sima Kan's infantry battalion could bear, and the troops must be increased.
Wang Ziqi turned a blind eye to Ding Ning's cross-border attack. After all, it can be said that he was in the wrong. Besides, Wang Ziqi's troops stationed in the Yimeng Mountains only had two mixed brigades, and they did not have an advantage in their troops. Neither side had a plan to start a war.
However, if you want to launch such a big action and go deep into Wang Ziqi's controlled area for dozens of miles, it is absolutely impossible for Wang Ziqi to not rebound. Once the war begins, this situation will not be controlled by him.
As for the reactions of Chen Yunjie after the telegram, there was a lot of applause in the south. People sent telegrams to express their approval every day. There were even news that in Hengyang, Chen Yunjie even publicly invited officers and representatives of the Hunan Army to attend the banquet. The reaction in the north was different. The most powerful person scolding Chen Yunjie was Zhang Buyun, who was quite a bit like Chen Lin's demeanor to attack Cao Mengde for Yuan Shao, and scolded all the ancestors all over the three generations. Although the reactions of the northern soldiers were not as fierce as Zhang Buyun, they were mostly opposed. For example, Zhang Ke did not dare to oppose Chen Yunjie, and said that "the division commander has no right to speak for the overall situation." However, no one can suppress Chen Yunjie's lion roar.
As for Cao Ming, another big boss in the direct line, he just said a few words lightly about Chen Yunjie's telegram: "The division commander's telegram is not clear about the truth!"
"Unclear about the truth", when these four words are expressed, of course, the effect of turning big things into small things and small things into nothing is needed. However, Duan Tiemin's reaction was very fierce. He called and said, "Soldiers are not allowed to interfere in politics, why did the division commander make this big mistake?"
Of course, soldiers are not allowed to interfere in politics. This is a famous saying that the military has spoken since the Republic. It is only that only soldiers interfere in politics, and have never seen soldiers interfere in politics. Seeing this situation, Cao Ming had to augment a little bit of his tone. He sent a telegram to Chen Yunjie and said, "Don't believe rumors easily. The southern expedition is the top priority!"
It's just that you sent you, I sent me, Chen Yunjie sent a telegram every day to discuss current affairs, and always kept criticizing the Northern Government. Duan Tiemin was so angry that he sent another big article, "The division commander and soldier should fulfill his duties of obedience, otherwise, how can you control it? The relationship between the cabinet is responsible to consolidate the center of the country, and the government orders are derived. Those who seek personal gain cannot object, dare not object, and secretly make people oppose it. This is to destroy the country and cause people to violate discipline. It is not a coincidence, but the people will never do it. Besides, how can you escape the axe for thousands of years of punishment? Why are you bullied? I have been for many years, and I have been educated for a long time, so I should blame myself, and don't talk about politics again in the future."
Then Zhang Buyun and Zhang Ke both sent a telegram to respond, strongly criticizing Chen Yunjie, scolding him as a spy from the southern sect in the north, and demanding that the southern expedition continue to sweep the southwest in one fell swoop. Zhang Ke even put forward a slogan that was so loud that it could not be louder: "The master is a traitor!"
Okay! This is really powerful in referring to the deer as a horse. Any illegal person who hinders the reunification of the motherland is a traitor, or colludes with outsiders to harm the country. However, Chen Yunjie is now in harmony with the Southern Army, and the envoys from both sides are constantly in contact, so he is so famous.
As for the highest leader of the Direct Department, President Feng, the White House owner, saw Duan Tiemin, had such a big trouble, and secretly laughed at him. Duan Tiemin sent Ding Han to find him to reconcile the relationship between Zhi and Hubei, but Feng Li was very careless and pushed the problem back: "The relationship between the responsible cabinet consolidates the center of the country and is based on the government orders, so let's go to the Prime Minister for this matter!"
This telegram battle was so exciting and enthusiastic that Liu Jingxiao could not be clanned to command the front line, but there was a fatal problem. Liu Jingxiao was the only northern soldier who publicly expressed Chen Yunjie. Although Wang Ziqi repeatedly persuaded Chen Yunjie to continue the southern expedition with the overall situation, it was still a support for the unification of force. But who can know his intentions? If he had a blow to the bandits this time, wouldn’t he just give a tribute to others?
Now Liu Jingxiao's troops are only around 20,000 people. The 17th Division, which is only one thousand people, is truly reliable. How can it fight against Wang Ziqi's army? Besides, Lu Nan has decided to rest the most and need time to rest. Once this war begins, Liu Jingxiao's painstaking efforts will be in vain.
Liu Jingxiao was in such a dilemma, but she asked Meng Dingguo to lead a company of twelve pounds of mountain howitzers to support her, and sent Hu Bo camp to support her, but ordered both troops to be allowed to cross the county. Without Liu Jingxiao's order, there was no action. After delaying for a long time, Liu Jingxiao finally made up her mind because of a telegram.
The telegram was sent by Xiong Xi to call a spy in southern Shandong. They reported that another security group recruited by Wang Ziqi had a mutiny, drove away the new regiment commander, and merged with some local armed forces, which was very powerful. The rebels and a battalion of the Wang Army had a fierce gun battle, but the Wang Army suffered great losses and was forced to flee.
It turned out that after the security group in Mengyin County mutiny, Wang Ziqi replaced the head of the security group and replaced it with his confidant.
When the new regiment commander took office, he naturally had to burn three fires. He had replaced three company commanders in just one day. There was news that he had replaced all the officers of the regiment. For a moment, people were panicked. In order to stabilize people's hearts, the new regiment commander paid a salary.
Unexpectedly, it would be fine if the salary was not paid, and it caused even more trouble after the salary was paid. In order to prevent the empty amount, he adopted a policy of issuing the salary after the name was called. As a result, many people did not return to the army outside. By the time they returned to the regiment, the military salary had already been paid, and these people were even more dissatisfied.
When he saw this situation, the new regiment commander was despairing. He sent someone to notify Wang Ziqi's nearby garrison and quickly sent troops to disarm the security regiment. As a result, he didn't know what happened to the news, so the security regiment knew about it, and a mutiny immediately occurred.
There are a few ink-like figures in the rebel army who claim to be "the king and thief are unkind, deducting military pay, and harming the village... Only now can we follow the public's wishes and fight against the king and thieves." Since ancient times, those who can succeed in killing officials and rebelling must have a layer of golden walls on their appearance and have a great reputation. Although these officials and bandits are in trouble with the village, they also understand this truth.
Therefore, when Wang Ziqi was defeated by Liu Jingxiao, a "famous" historian immediately called the "Lu Zhong People's Opinion Movement". Bai Siwen's memoir "Thirty Years of Military Career" completely rehabilitated the mutiny. "Meng Yin Soldiers and the Lu Zhong People's Opinion Movement, although not directly under the leadership of General Liu Jingxiao, it was a useful attempt by the vast number of people and local armed forces in Shandong to spontaneously resist Wang Ziqi's evil rule under the immortal personal charm of our commander Liu Jingxiao... Although...
The final failure was caused by the lack of the correct leadership of the division commander, but this movement severely hit Wang Ziqi's evil rule, creating conditions for the subsequent leader of our cavalry regiment to advance into Luzhong..." (Part Notice: Bai Siwen's memoir was jealous of Ding Ning's rapid promotion, and he hated Ding Ning so much that he would not mention Ding Ning's name. If he really had to mention it, he would vaguely call him "Cavalry regiment leader"), but most of the bandit leaders in Luzhong had long been cut off by Ding Ning.
Of course, the more you need to do the most shameless thing, you need to be righteous. After these mutiny, they shot and killed dozens of confidants brought by the new regiment commander. The new regiment commander ran faster and finally saved his life.
The warriors gathered some of the "local armed forces" mentioned in Bai Siwen's memoirs (but the locals said they were bandits on the mountain) and were preparing to loot several villages in Liu Jingxiao's defense zone. They happened to meet the battalion that came to assist the new regiment commander to disarm. As a result, they relied on the large number of people to severely damage the battalion and captured a lot of them, and their courage became stronger.
This is what it means to be a monkey and a crown. When these bandits heard that the old foreigners in southern Shandong once commanded 60,000 or 70,000 bandits, they almost opened Linfen City. They also wanted to learn from the old foreigners and take the opportunity to establish the Central Shandong Autonomy, so they summoned the bandit troops everywhere, with a total of no less than four or five thousand.
When they took the banner of "Lunnan Autonomous Army", Wang Ziqi and his two mixed brigades were rushing to Mengyin, preparing to quell the rebellion in Mengyin. The troops left behind were very few, but they suffered a great loss at once. Relying on the large number of people, they ate the six or seven squads left behind in an instant.
Before these two mixed brigades could reach Mengyin City, they had to hurry back when they heard the bad news. In this way, the defense was completely empty.
When Liu Jingxiao got the news, she felt it was a good opportunity. She immediately ordered Ding Ning to be the commander of the front enemy and lead her troops to sweep away the bandits that threatened southern Shandong. However, Wang Ziqi's troops tried to avoid conflicts, but once a conflict occurred, the commander-in-chief of the front enemy decided on the spot.
Since he had Liu Jingxiao's Shangfang Sword, Ding Ning was brave enough. He pieced all his troops together, including a cavalry regiment of 400 people, two infantry battalions of 700 people, and a mountain howitzer company led by Meng Dingguo himself. In order to strengthen his troops, she even pulled out the two security regiments, with a total force of more than 3,000 people.
Since there is such a powerful force, Ding Ning can be said to be unstoppable. The bandits on this border either surrendered or were annihilated. Just a few of them were more intelligent and quickly ran to the so-called "Lunnan Autonomous Army" to meet.
But they were not lucky. It was not easy for Wang Ziqi's two mixed brigades to sweep away some bandits. They sold their strength to do it with real guns. In the two "big" battles, more than 100 casualties in the autonomous army, and the division commanders below shouted: "It's all!"
Within two days, the autonomous army was completely annihilated. At this time, Wang Ziqi seemed to suddenly discover a group of uninvited guests.
Chapter completed!