Back to the Republic of China as a commander

Just as the situation in Hunan was deteriorating day by day, the life of Long Jiguang, the governor of Guangdong, was not very easy.

Long Jiguang, courtesy name Zicheng (Zichen), was born in Mengzi, Yunnan, of the Yi nationality, and was born as a chieftain.His father, Long Rulin, was 32 years old when he died. His concubine Ma's eldest son, Jinguang, and his concubine Li's second son, Yuguang, and third son, Jiguang.According to feudal laws and regulations, the second son Yuguang inherited the post of chieftain of Gaowu.After the death of Chieftain Nageng, there was a strife among the chieftains, killing each other, so the tribe supported Long Jinguang to act as Chieftain Nageng on his behalf.The three Long brothers have different personalities. Jin Guang likes astronomy, geography and poetry;Seeing that his two elder brothers had jobs but he was unemployed, Ji Guang had the idea of ​​usurping the position of Nageng Chieftain, and attempted to murder his elder brother twice.Jin Guang didn't want brothers to kill each other, so he left home for Kunming to take part in the general examination, and then conveyed to Beijing to find another backer.Jiguang then obtained the position of Nageng Chieftain.At that time, during the reign of Emperor Guangxu, regiment training was held in various places, and Long Jiguang also organized regiment training in his hometown. He led his troops to participate in the suppression of the anti-Qing struggle of the people in southern Yunnan, and made great contributions to assisting the Qing army in suppressing the "Yi chaos" in Yunnan.Appointed as the head of the regiment of Guangnan County, he was able to recruit troops in Wenshan, Mengzi, Jianshui, Jinping, Pingbian and Gejiu at the same time, and his power expanded rapidly.

In 1903, the political situation in Guangxi was in turmoil, and the rebellion of lone warriors was surging.Long Jiguang led 1907 soldiers to join Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. He was appointed as Youjiang Daoyin of Guangxi for his meritorious service in suppressing the party. In December 12, Sun Yat-sen led the Zhennanguan Uprising, and Long Jiguang led his troops together with Lu Rongting's troops to suppress it. He dyed the flower feathers on his head with the blood of revolutionaries, and was promoted to Admiral of Guangxi for his meritorious service.In the following year, troops were sent to help suppress the Hekou Uprising, and soon the Longbu expanded into 30 patrol battalions with more than 6000 troops, known as the "Ji Army". In 1911, he was transferred to be the admiral of the Guangdong land route and the deputy commander of the guard force.From then on, Long Jiguang began to develop his power in Guangdong, and his team continued to grow, becoming a dominant and prominent warlord during the period of warlord separatism.

After the outbreak of the Revolution of 5000, Long Jiguang was forced to declare the independence of Guangdong, but it didn't matter. After the second revolution, this great warlord drove into Guangzhou City with his [-] troops and directly killed the revolutionary Hu Hanmin. They drove out together with Chen Jiongming.Naturally, Yuan Shikai also entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, actually entrusting the Governor of Guangdong, but the jurisdiction of this governor is only half of the territory of Guangdong today. Going east to Huizhou, and beyond that is the territory of Chen Jiongming and his Guangdong Army.But Long Jiguang didn't care about this, because the most lucrative territory in Guangdong was the provincial capital of Guangzhou at the moment. As for those poor places, the revolutionaries could just take them if they wanted, and they didn't have to pay for them anyway.

Guangdong can be said to be the stronghold and money bag of Sun Yat-sen's Chinese Revolutionary Party. Long Jiguang squatted there so ignorantly, isn't this a way of life?The most terrible thing is that this Long Jiguang is still a master of plucking wild geese. In 1913, Yuan Shikai removed Chen Jiongming's Guangdong governor and army lieutenant general and general, and made Long Jiguang the envoy of Guangdong Xuanfu, leading troops to attack Chen Jiongming .Long led his army straight to Guangdong, dissolved the Guangdong parliament, and was able to rule in Guangdong for about three years.During this period, he massacred revolutionaries, gambled, and harassed the common people. He was appreciated by Yuan Shikai and appointed General Zhenwu to supervise the military affairs of Guangdong.It can be said that as a native of Yunnan, Long Jiguang has become a key button for the spontaneous unity of the Cantonese.

No matter what past festivals any Cantonese had, they were absolutely unanimous in expulsing Long Jiguang.This is probably also a characteristic of human beings. As long as you are not in your own family, you will not be principled when you are a human being. When you get the Tao, you will take destruction as your responsibility. It is no wonder that the officials of the local governments of the United States in later generations are not appointed by the superiors but selected by the local governments. It makes sense.

After Yuan proclaimed himself emperor, Long Jiguang immediately supported him by telegram and was awarded the title of first-class Gongjia County King.His eldest brother, Jinguang, was awarded the general of Linwu, and his second brother, Yuguang, was the envoy of Guanghui.

If such people are included in the history textbooks of later generations, they will not learn well when they were young, and they will be reactionary every day when they grow up, and they are the enemies of the people.

Now Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi have come to eliminate Long Jiguang, the current counter-revolutionary, under the orders of Marshal Wang Zhenyu, chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission of the National Socialist Party of the Supreme Command of the Youth Army.

However, the order was issued at the end of December, and Li Zongren's third army remained in Wuzhou for a long time. Bai Chongxi, who was highly nervous before, had opinions on his sworn brother.

However, Li Zongren has his own difficulties. This difficulty is Chen Shao, the senior councilor who is accompanied by Wang Zhenyu, the head of the National Socialist Party Organization Department.

It is said that when Chen Shao took refuge in Wang Zhenyu back then, he had an ideal, that is to command the three armies and march on the battlefield.But because Wang Zhenyu was not in urgent need of military cadres at the time, he was lacking in political cadres.So Chen Shao accidentally became a civil servant. He first became the director of the construction committee in Kenshankou Town, Zhili County, Jingzhou, and was actually the mayor of the town.Later, he was transferred to An Giang Model City as the first mayor and commander-in-chief of the construction headquarters.Afterwards, I got involved with the army, but went to the military academy to study, and took the opportunity to organize a national revival society at the Xiangxi Army Academy at that time.To say that a capable person is capable wherever he goes, Chen Shao, a member of Wang Xuemen, did the above-mentioned tasks well.

In the end, when the National Socialist Party was formed, Chen Shao also became the head of the organization department and was still a civil servant.

Originally, military operations had nothing to do with this organization department, but this time the situation was a bit special.Guangdong is not only a military issue, but also a very complicated political issue. In Wang Zhenyu's view, he cannot solve it with the two generals Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi alone.Therefore, a senior councilor had to be appointed. The original plan was that the best candidate was Yang Yongtai, but Tao Zhiyue's march into Hengyang was related to the overall situation, and Yang Yongtai's good steel was put to good use.Chen Shao's sublime quality is naturally used in Guangdong.

Chen Shaoke didn't consider any quality issues. He was one of the Standing Committee members of the National Socialist Party, and his status in the party was much higher than that of Li Zongren, so he was not polite after taking office.The first requirement was a well-fitting military uniform. As for the military rank, he also thought about it, and personally wrote to the chief of the general staff, Yang Wangui.Yang Wangui, who couldn't laugh or cry, was naturally awarded the rank of major general according to the standards of military-level cadres. It seems that the current youth army is only a major general except for Wang Zhenyu.

It doesn't matter, as long as Chen Shao is satisfied, he shows up at the Third Army headquarters every day in full dress. Although he basically doesn't interfere with military affairs, it makes Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi feel very weird.

On January 1, when Li Zongren was about to send troops, Chen Shao suddenly said: "Mr. Li, I suggest that you better hold back your troops. There may be major changes in Guangdong recently."

Li Zongren knew what it means to be polite, even though Chen Shao is just a counselor, he is representing Marshal Wang Zhenyu here.

Therefore, although Bai Chongxi was aggrieved by this, Li Zongren still decided to stand still.

Chen Shao was not aimless. The latest information sent by the Guangzhou Station of the Military Intelligence Bureau showed that Mr. Sun Yat-sen, who apparently promised Wang Zhenyu to control Guangzhou, was going to renege on his promise and lose weight.

Since November last year, the Chinese Revolutionary Party has been linking up with the armed forces of political parties, militia groups, and business groups in various parts of Guangzhou, preparing to expel Long Jiguang by force after the outbreak of the War to Protect the Nation.

Courage is commendable, but it must be said that the revolutionaries at this time are really not ready to do things.Before they finished their contact work, even the ants of Long Jiguang's family knew that they were going to make trouble, and Long Jiguang was very angry and funny.

Around January 1th, Chen Jiongming and Zhu Zhixin launched uprisings in Guangzhou and Huizhou respectively. Sorry, Long Jiguang had already prepared, but the uprising was brutally suppressed and ended in failure.

But it's not all fruitless, at least in areas outside of Guangzhou, the revolutionary party's armed forces set up roadblocks, making Long Jiguang, the Guangdong warlord, completely in nameless, and the decree should not exceed the actual control range of the Ji army by half a meter.

Long Jiguang is not a fuel-efficient lamp. On January 1, he first invited representatives from all walks of life at the Haizhu Island Water Police Station in Guangzhou to hold a conference on the aftermath of Guangdong in order to paralyze the revolutionaries and exchange for a temporary ceasefire between the two sides.And when his military deployment was completed, Yan Qihan, the commander of Long's guards, suddenly opened fire during the meeting, killing Tang Juedun and Tan Xuekui, representatives of the guards, on the spot, which was called the "Haizhu tragedy".Afterwards, Long Jiguang distorted the cause of the incident as "verbal conflicts and shooting each other" between the two sides.

However, Chen Shao didn't care about this tragedy. What he cared about was Long Jiguang's military actions. Sure enough, Long Jiguang's army quickly armed Guangdong with a thunderbolt.Due to the wrong decision-making on the side of the Chinese Revolutionary Party, the so-called [-] militia they have always been proud of eventually lost.And this result was what Chen Shao wanted. He was not interested in giving Sun Yat-sen a chance to coexist with Dashuai Wang. The territory in Guangdong could only belong to Dashuai Wang.

Waiting for Long Jiguang to clear the place, Chen Shao ran over and said to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi: "Hurry up and do it, otherwise the wild fire will not burn out, and the spring breeze will blow again and it will be our turn to have a headache. "

It is worth mentioning that, besides Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi's Third Army, Chen Shao personally led another huge team in this battle in Guangdong. More than 40 work teams organized by the Ministry, with a total of more than 8000 people.Their task is to follow behind the army and take over the local civil affairs and defense of each county every time they win. This is also an invention that Wang Zhenyu stole from later generations.As for why Guangxi was selected, regional issues were considered in order to alleviate the resistance of the local people.But now it seems that this worry is a bit unnecessary. Look at the high degree of enthusiasm of the local people for the youth army, and you will know how great a good thing Long Jiguang has done. . .