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The People's Army attacked Sichuan and Guizhou with a total strength of about 20 troops, strategically encircling them.The Guangzhou Military Region also followed orders, with the main force of Liu Ruming's 13th Army as the forerunner and Li Zhentang's 11th Army as the rear.As a backup from Hunan to Guizhou.Fu Zuoyi, who was good at defense in history, led the main division of the 18th Army into Guangxi, and confronted the soldiers and horses of the Xingui faction in Wuzhou.

The Minqi of the new Guangxi faction only started in recent years: in the tenth year of the Republic of China, Sun Yat-sen ordered the Guangdong Army Chen Jiongming to attack Guangxi, and the old Guangxi faction was crumbling.Li Zongren (Delin), Bai Chongxi (Jiansheng), and Huang Shaohong (Ji Kuan), the battalion commanders and company commanders, relied on their judgment and response to the current situation, and they became the leaders in charge of military and political power in Guangxi in a few years. The important officials immediately fought with Lu Rongting and Shen Hongying.At that time, Lu Rongting and Shen Hongying were at odds, Li Zongren took the opportunity to join Shen Hongying to send troops to attack Lu Rongting, and wiped out Lu Rongting's forces.Subsequently, Li Zongren and Shen Hongying competed for the control of Guangxi, and then Li Bu responded to Sun Yat-sen's realization of Guangxi's unification and joined the Guangdong Nationalist Government.In the 14th year of the Republic of China, Li Zongren wiped out Shen Hongying's forces, Guilin recovered and unified Guangxi.Shen Hongying lamented: "For more than ten years, I, Shen Hongying, have led tens of thousands of troops to march across Guangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, and Jiangxi. I didn't expect that I would be defeated by a few boys who were born as platoon leaders." Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi The Guangxi faction represented by Guangxi controlled the whole territory of Guangxi.Then repelled Tang Jiyao's Department of the Dian Army who attempted to enter Guangxi.

As an important military and political senior general in modern Chinese history, Li Zongren's life experience was full of ups and downs.First, he served in Lu Rongting's old department, and participated in the war of fighting against dragons (Jiguang) in his early years.In the ninth year of the Republic of China, when the remnants of the old Guangxi clique and the Cantonese army were fighting fiercely, Li Zongren, then battalion commander, refused to go to Guangdong to accept integration, so he led his troops into the Liuwanda Mountain.However, due to the lack of salaries, selling guns for salaries (in Bai Chongxi's account, selling guns to buy clothes) has become a good story, and everyone praises it.This is in stark contrast to the old-style warlords. Li Zongren won the rare reputation in the early days, which won the hearts of the people for him to open up his own power.So in response to the current situation, the control area was expanded to seven counties in Yulin.Li Delin respected Confucius and Mencius, believed in Confucianism, and attached great importance to benevolence and justice.And he has a big heart.This is obviously different from Jiang, who likes to play tricks and tricks.This has also become a heartbreak between the two that is difficult to integrate.Huang Shaohong, who is domineering in talent, and Bai Chongxi and Huang Xuchu, who are resourceful and shrewd, can be regarded as their own subordinates. If they don't have the ability to kill and make decisions and have a magnanimous heart, they will definitely not be able to sit on the top of the Guangxi Clan.At the beginning of his early years, he extended a helping hand to the impoverished Huang Jikuan, regardless of Huang Jikuan poaching corners and taking away his two main camps (Yu Zuobai and Wu Tingyang).When the rebellious Yu Zuobai attacked Ma Junwu (the governor at the time) and even killed Ma's concubine, Li Zongren also showed a rare calmness.Li Zongren often said: "Hong Yang's failure was not due to Zeng Zuo's work, but Hong Yang's internal strife destroyed his career."

Bai Chongxi and Huang Shaohong belonged to the same subordinates of the Ma Xiaojun Model Battalion. The two later moved to Li Zongren's side and jointly organized the "Dinggui Fighting Thieves Army". Li was the commander-in-chief, Huang was the deputy commander-in-chief, and Bai was the chief of staff.The post of staff officer showed Bai Chongxi's identity as an elite military strategist. In the famous Longtan Battle in official history, Bai Chongxi's warlord fought hard and defeated Sun Chuanfang in one fell swoop.Tan Yankai, who was the head of the National Government at the time, wrote a couplet for Bai Chongxi: "If the commander is sure, he can really do it, and children who learn to speak will know their names." For a time, it was praised all over the world.Bai Chongxi, who was born as a "little Zhuge", was by no means in vain, during the Anti-Japanese War.When he governed Guangxi in the 30s, he advertised the "Guangxiization of the Three Principles of the People" and created the "Three-Self" (self-defense, self-government, self-sufficiency) and "Three Apartments" (army in the regiment, education in general, and recruitment in recruitment). Grass-roots organizations, the establishment of militias, the promotion of "all soldiers in the province", and contributions to the "war of resistance".

In implementing his "three-self and three-apartment" policy, although Bai Chongxi was domineering and vigorous, he was able to lead by example.He advocates the spirit of honesty and hard work. He usually wears a coarse gray military uniform with a belt around his waist, a gray cloth military cap, and blue cloth shoes on his feet, with herringbone bound feet like a soldier.It is only because he wears a pair of infinity glasses that he looks like a staff officer, otherwise he would be a full-fledged Guangxi soldier.He works more than ten hours a day and never gets tired.Not only the clothes are simple, but the meals are also very simple, and no guests are entertained, and no banquets are held.Bai Chongxi was shrewd and capable, worked hard, and was tough. Under his leadership, Guangxi worked hard from top to bottom, and it became a common practice. There were very few gambling and corruption, and the social atmosphere changed.After several years of gathering together, both financial, military and civilian power have been greatly restored and increased.In the chaotic and dilapidated situation of the whole country, Guangxi has become a model province!Li Tun, head of the Far East Investigation Team of the League of Nations, praised: "If two provinces in China do this, Japan will not dare to invade Manchuria." "From what I saw along the way from Wu to Qi, I feel that Guangxi is in good order, and various constructions have made significant progress." Japanese reporter Wada Tsui sighed: "Guangxi has a steep terrain, a powerful army, famous generals, and The spirit of Great Guangxiism, whoever wants to trample it, I dare say it is futile fantasy.” Hu Shi, dean of the School of Liberal Arts, National Peking University, commented: “The first good impression Guangxi gave me was that there is no superstition in the province. The reactionary atmosphere of Guangxi; the second good impression Guangxi gave me was the frugal atmosphere. Once I entered Guangxi, the so-called "grey cloth" was everywhere; the third good impression Guangxi gave me was security. There are only [-] regiments in the province, and there are [-] officers and soldiers in the company, which can be regarded as a reduction in troops, but there are no bandits in the province, and the people can enjoy the happiness of law and order."

Guangxi set up a militia group, carried out military training, and became a soldier in the whole province. This also encouraged many people who later advocated resistance to Japan and national salvation.More importantly, during the eight-year war of resistance, Guangxi sent the largest number of troops, second only to Sichuan, and Guilin and Liuzhou also played the role of bases during the war. "Bai Chongxi deserves to be a strong general who commands the army and governs the world. During the Three Kingdoms era, Zhuge Liang was given a peaceful situation for decades; however, during the Republic of China, he was quite stingy with Xiao Zhuge and only gave him a few years.

But in terms of political strategy, he is not as good as his superior Chiang Kai-shek (Premier Zhou also said that Bai is self-willed and does not understand politics).The latter is far inferior to the former militarily.However, he is an excellent soldier. It is said that during the peace talks, even Mao Zedong once commented: "Bai Chongxi, little Zhuge, likes to lead troops. Let him be the Minister of Defense in the future. If he likes to lead troops, let him bring 20 troops." alright."

Huang Shaohong gives people an image of an iron man who is thick but thin. When he was defeated in his early years, he led the soldiers with strict discipline even when they were hungry. This is very similar to new soldiers such as Li Zongren.At the same time, Huang Shaohong is also a talented soldier and politician, who is deeply admired by Zhang Hanqing.

The People's Army entered Guizhou to attack Guizhou. Will the Guangxi Army unite with the Sichuan Army and Guizhou Army to resist the Central Army, or sit back and watch the success or failure?Once the Sichuan and Guizhou armies are defeated, will it be my turn next?Then how to choose?Surrender?There is a saying that it is better to be a chicken head than a queen; do you resist?Stopping the torrent of historical development will be condemned by God. It is one thing to waste people and money, but it is not good to be ruined.For this reason, the three giants Li, Bai, and Huang fell into deep thought.