young marshal spring and autumn

The front line of the immediate troops was bumpy, and Wu Peifu was not easy.Rumors are flying in the city of Beijing, and the front battle reports are not conducive to the direct army. There are rumors that the commander of the First Army Peng Shouxin was killed in battle, and there are rumors that a certain army mutinied, which made Wu Peifu three times a day.

The military situation in the front was not conducive to the direct army, and Cao Kun was lucky to be left and right. He felt a thorn in his back for Wu Peifu in Beijing, so he urged Cao Kun to urge Wu to go to the front to command the military.Cao's left and right said: "If you are the commander-in-chief in Beijing, anyone can do it!"

At 10 a.m. on October 26, Wu Peifu took the special car of the Commander-in-Chief of the Rebel Army, starting from Zhengyangmen, Beijing, and heading straight to Langfang.The main reason why Wu Peifu went to the front line was not the anti-Wu faction under Cao Kun, but the unfavorable battle situation on the front line, and the naval raid plan was hindered.This battle was accompanied by personnel from the headquarters of the Rebel Army, and more than 9 foreign military attachés and journalists who were watching the battle.

At 1:[-] p.m. that day, Wu Peifu's special car arrived in Langfang and stopped directly next to the station. Wu Peifu led his staff and guards to the front line to inspect the battle situation.At this time, the two armies of Zhi and Feng fought fiercely on the edge of Yongqing County, rumbling cannons shook the earth, and gunpowder smoke rose slowly.

The news of Wu Peifu's going to the front spread throughout the direct army, which greatly encouraged the morale of the army. Feng Yurong, who was informed, heard that Wu had arrived at the front, and committed suicide in fear of crime.Wu Sui directly dispatched the Thirteenth Mixed Brigade, and built another position to stabilize his position.

After Wu personally went to the front, the headquarters of the rebel army was set up in Wu's special car.The troops directly under the Wu headquarters set up tents in the station.Wu got up early every day and went out for inspections with his staff below the chief of staff, so he changed the battle plan and devoted all his efforts to deal with the right wing of the Fengjun Zhang Hanqing.Zhang Huaizhi, chief of staff, led a division to advance along the Yongding River mouth to Beichen, and then advanced to Tianjin.After a fierce battle, Zhang Huaizhi's army captured Beichen the next day, making the battle situation more and more favorable.Sun Liechen ordered Jijin Chunshi to come out and confront him at the mouth of the Haihe River.

自10月27起，吴佩孚以直系全部8个师及一个混成旅约15万人轮番攻击奉军据守战线。至10月30日，双方各有万人伤亡。战局僵持不下，双方均焦虑万分。

Zhang Hanqing repeatedly sent secret telegrams, asking Feng Yuxiang to mutiny immediately behind the Zhijun Army, so as to cut off its retreat, resulting in a double attack, speeding up the defeat of the Zhijun Army and reducing the casualties of the Fengjun Army.Feng himself stood still in Langfang, tending to sit back and watch success or failure.He used the excuse that the direct army in Beijing was still strong and Wu Peifu was not far from the city, so he postponed the coup d'état.

In fact, although Feng Yuxiang was dissatisfied with Cao Kun's election bribery, he did not have a good impression of Fengjun: although Zhang Zuolin always supported Sun Yat-sen, he still colluded with Duan Qirui of the Anhui Department.According to Japanese military adviser Masujiro Okano, who received information from Japanese spies, when Zhang Hanqing met Duan Qirui in the Japanese Concession, he personally promised to use Duan Qirui as the candidate for organizing the government after defeating the Zhili.

Lu Jianzhang, Feng Yuxiang's wife's uncle and enlightenment mentor, had conspired and shot Duan Qirui's important counselor Xu Shuzheng and Zhang Zuolin's chief counselor Yang Yuting five years ago. and volunteered to be transferred to Fujian to fight Guangdong in order to avoid disaster.This hatred is buried deep in my heart, and has been waiting for an opportunity to unleash.He didn't like the Anhui Clique, and he couldn't tolerate Duan Qirui being in power again.If Sun Yat-sen was not in power after the Fengjun war, he would resolutely fight Fengjun to the death.Rather than then, it is better to let the two sides fight to the death now.Feng Jun's victorious division can't gain an advantage no matter what.

Zhang Hanqing ordered Han Linchun to conquer Zhengzhou in the shortest possible time at any cost, so as to advance into the empty Zhili Hebei lair.Zhang Fulai and Xiao Yaonan, the commanders of the two divisions defending Zhengzhou and Kaifeng, also knew that now is the critical moment for the success or failure of the two sides. They used the method of combining horizontal and vertical, and took 3 troops from the three divisions in the central and northwest military regions. People refuse to be south of the Yellow River.Although the situation is urgent, it is not easy for the People's Army to open up the situation in a short period of time.

Zhang Hanqing also understands that he is too wishful thinking: the development of history is indeed carried out according to his previous ideas, but through his efforts, the history that was carried out in advance has gradually deviated from the track it should be carried out.Things that were easy to do in the past, are not the case now.He had to hold another meeting with Sun Liechen, Ji Jinchun, Guo Songling and others to discuss the development of the situation.

Under Wu Peifu's forced order, Wang Huaiqing's troops on the northern front finally made progress. Following the capture of Xuanhua on November 11, the troops divided into two groups to outflank Zhang Yuan on November 1.Zhang Jinghui called for an emergency, and immediately had the idea of ​​abandoning Zhang Yuan and retreating to Zhangbei to wait for action.

The Bohai Fleet, which has been working without effort, is also anchored.According to the news from the "Fengqing Bureau", the fleet commander Wen Shude has loaded about a brigade of direct troops, and under the escort of the main fleet, he is preparing to land in Beidaihe and attack the Fengjun's rear.

On the one hand, Zhang Hanqing believed that the situation was too difficult to ride, and there was no other way but to carry it hard.Otherwise, once the Feng army retreats, Feng Yuxiang would not dare to do such self-defeating things when the Zhi army is in full swing. On the contrary, it may force the Feng army to withdraw from the customs and miss a good political opportunity.On the other hand, he was a little hesitant, worried that Feng Yuxiang would eventually give up his plan to fight back, and the army would go out this time without success.

Zhang Hanqing pondered for a long time. He judged that although Feng Yuxiang had a speculative mentality, the premise was that the two sides were evenly matched. He would never sit back and watch Fengjun fail, which would be detrimental to him.If the Feng army shows signs of taking the initiative to retreat, it may break Feng's idea of ​​sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.Otherwise, as Feng Zhinian thought, how could the Feng army, with its exhausted division, gain a greater initiative in the subsequent battle for interests with Feng's family after suffering heavy losses?

Guo Songling was full of respect for Sun Yat-sen, hoping and foreseeing that after this battle, Sun Yat-sen was very likely to take over Beijing and realize the ideal of "Three People's Principles" taking root in the north.Of course he didn't want the Feng army to retreat, but as a senior general of the Feng family, he couldn't just sit back and watch the soldiers in front of him bleed.He relied on Zhang Hanqing's words and used false actions to suppress Feng Yuxiang's real actions.

So Zhang Hanqing sent a secret telegram to Feng Yuxiang, saying that Feng's army was in a critical situation. If Feng's Ministry did not make a final decision, Feng's army would have to withdraw from Tianjin tomorrow, and would return to the outside of the pass together with the Jixian army.Feng Yuxiang was taken aback when he received the call, and hurriedly called back to say that the deployment of the Ministry had been completed and a coup d'état would be launched immediately.

At this time, Wu Peifu ordered Zhang Fangyan, the chief of staff, to send a telegram to urge all the troops to go to the front line. Zhang sent a telegram to Feng Yuxiang. In order to strengthen the tone, he added a sentence at the end of the telegram: "The overall situation is turned into one action." At subtle times, this phrase becomes problematic.

Although Feng Yuxiang had secretly communicated with Feng Zhang, he did intend to sit back and watch the success or failure, he would only dare to act when the Zhijun had a sign of defeat.After Wu went to the front line, Feng was hesitant. He was afraid that Wu would win the battle at the front line. Once he started, Wu led his troops back to Beijing to quell the chaos, and he would be finished.So he was waiting for the opportunity to move, and the information he got came from the headquarters of the Zhijun, which meant that victory was in sight; from the Japanese side, it was said that the Zhijun was at a disadvantage and the front line was in danger.When he received a call from Wu's chief of staff to urge the army to advance, he believed that the possibility of the direct army's failure had increased, so he made up his mind to "turn over."