young marshal spring and autumn

The Sichuan and Guizhou factions changed from coalition to separation, and the Yunnan faction fought again, which surprised the big officials of the Guangxi faction who were sitting on the sidelines.Originally, the three giants of the Guangxi Clique, Li, Bai, and Huang, wanted to ask for prices when the People's Army's offensive slowed down, but seeing that these three cliques had fallen into the vortex of civil war and couldn't extricate themselves, it was a joke to resist the central government at this time.

Yang Sen and Liu Xiang separated and reunited, and after several times of infighting, both sides lost a lot of strength.It just gave the People's Army an opportunity to take advantage of.Zhang Weixi led troops into Chengdu first, Song Jiuling occupied Guang'an, and northern Sichuan was under the control of the People's Army.

Facing the imminent entry of the People's Army into Chongqing, Liu Xiang had nothing to do.The upper and lower northern and eastern Sichuan were completely lost, and Chongqing was surrounded by the People's Army on three sides.After Chengdu was captured by the People's Army, the only feasible strategy was to flee to the west of Sichuan, join forces with cousin Liu Wenhui, and retreat to Xikang.However, it is still uncertain how long the barren land of Xikang can survive.But in this way, he, Liu Xiang, will be another warlord in the Republic of China, who will be an enemy of the central government.Although he is full of hope to recast the former aura, but the situation is stronger than others, so he can't let him not think too much.

However, the People's Army is not forgiving. In the early morning of the 28th, the forward regiment of Sun Liangcheng's People's Army, known as the "Iron Army", officially approached the Dadu at the southern foot of Chongqing. The defenders still did not understand the password. The main road, let the People's Army pass.When Liu Xiang heard the news, the People's Army had already approached the city, waiting for its final decision.

In desperation, Liu Xiang sent a telegram, expressing his willingness to submit to the central government, hand over the entire army to the People's Army for reorganization, and be a citizen with peace of mind.Zhang Hanqing was overjoyed when he learned of Chongqing's peaceful surrender. He sent a telegram to praise Liu Xiang for "knowing the general situation, loving the country, and not caring about personal honor and disgrace." Commander, under the jurisdiction of the soon-to-be-established Chengdu Military Region." Seeing that the most powerful Liu Xiang had surrendered, the other princes put down their weapons and followed suit.So Chuanzhong was subdued, and only Liu Wenhui was entrenched in southern Sichuan, swaying from side to side, and gradually transferred the main force to western Sichuan.

Now that the confidant's serious illness has calmed down, it is no longer a problem for Liu Wenhui's mange and other minor illnesses. On October 10, Zhang Hanqing arrived in Chongqing from Hankou on a warship and began to arrange wars against Yunnan and Guizhou.The generals Liu Xiang and Yang Sen of the Sichuan Army were all apprehensive and apprehensive, and greeted them with great fanfare to show their solemnity.Zhang Hanqing, on the other hand, showed his demeanor as a young marshal, showing great honor to the surrendered generals of the Sichuan army, and praised Liu and Yang as the heroes of Pingchuan. Put down Guizhou.

千帆竞过，百舸争流。人民军第11、13、3、6、7、8、14、19、34、35共10个军22个师30万人以摧枯拉朽之势强渡乌江、三岔河、鸭池河等地，只用了3天便分别攻破滇军北、西、东三条防线。袁祖铭败兵如蚁穴溃堤，一发不可收拾，不得已通电下野，拱手让出贵州全境。

Seeing that there are two evils, Hu Ruoyu made peace with Long Yun at Dabanqiao in the eastern suburbs of Kunming on the 31st, agreeing to use peace as the keynote, and still let Long Yun return to Kunming to preside over the provincial government and prepare to release Long.Zhang Hanqing had such a rare opportunity, how could he bring the tiger Long Yun back to life?On the one hand, he directly pointed out that Hu Ruoyu's troops were rebels, and sent troops to seize the important area of ​​Panzhihua in southern Sichuan, and to "encircle and suppress" them, so that they would not dare to release Long Yun easily.

In Kunming, Zhang Hanqing took advantage of the gratitude of the Yunnan people for Tang Jiyao's contribution to protecting the country, and moved out the banner of Tang Jiyao again to offset Long Yun's influence.He reported to the central government, ordered to praise him, cast a bronze statue of Tang Dynasty in Kunming Daguanlou, and held a state funeral.

At the same time, he pleaded for the people to build Tang Jiyao's tomb.

The Tang tomb is in the shape of a stone mound, 6 meters high, 16 meters in diameter, and covers an area of ​​1500 square meters. It is the largest mausoleum in China.In front of the tomb, there is a pillar-style stone archway with a width of 16 meters, inlaid with 70 steles. These 8 steles are engraved with the words of Li Yuanhong, the great president who was elected as the commander of the Military Council of the National Defense War in 8. Order of Honor; and Zhou Zhongyue's long tomb list for Tang Jiyao.Putting these contents together, it is the most exciting and glorious life years of Tang Jiyao's life.In the middle of the Tang tomb is engraved "Huize Tang Gongming Tomb", and the couplet on both sides is: "The achievements must last forever, and the wind and clouds are always for the protection of Chu Xu." Many stone carvings are magnificent!This tomb integrates Greek, Venetian, Gothic and Chinese traditions in architecture.In addition, Latin-style inscriptions are also used, and the top of the tomb is lush with trees, forming a green crown.

Because Long Yun is still in prison, his promise to the chairman and army commander of Yunnan Province cannot be fulfilled.While "negotiating" with Hu Ruoyu, Zhang Hanqing dismantled, transferred, exchanged, and retreated the 38th Army of the Yunnan Army under the command of Hu Ying, and reorganized it into the 33rd Army of the People's Army.

When Long Yun returned to Kunming on October 10 to take over as the commander of the so-called No. 6 Eighth Army and acting chairman of the Yunnan Provincial Government, all his subordinates were replaced by all generals of the People's Army.Long Yun is also a hero of the generation, capable of bending and stretching, so he resigned from the post of army commander on the grounds that he was not popular with the crowd.Zhang Hanqing's "firm request" was invalid, so he had to re-appoint Fengjun veteran Zhang Dianjiu as the army commander, but Long Yun was still the chairman of Yunnan Province.Under the command of Hu Ying, Long Yun's old troops defeated Hu Ruoyu and Zhang Ruji. On the 30th, they drove Hu Ruoyu back to southern Sichuan and attached themselves to Liu Wenhui.

Liu Wenhui, courtesy name Zigan and Bingyu, is the younger brother of the landlord Liu Wencai, and graduated from Baoding Military Academy.In the warlord melee in the early Republic of China, he gradually grew in power, and later became the two most powerful warlords in Sichuan together with his cousin Liu Xiang. Liu Wenhui occupied the west of Sichuan with Chengdu as the center, and Liu Xiang occupied the east of Sichuan with Chongqing as the center.In the official history, this person is a celebrity in the history of the Anti-Japanese War.At that time, Liu Xiang was sick and led tens of thousands of children of the Sichuan Army, walked thousands of miles, went out of Sichuan to fight against Japan, and served as the commander-in-chief of the Seventh Theater and the commander-in-chief of the 23rd Army. On January 1938, 1, Liu Xiang died in Hankou due to stomach problems, and left a will that "the war of resistance will remain unswerving until the end, that is, if the enemy army does not withdraw from the border, the Sichuan army will never return home."Later, the national government awarded him the posthumous rank of first-class general of the army, which can be regarded as a successful conclusion to life with magnificent vigor.Zhang Hanqing actually respects such a soldier who understands the righteousness of the nation very much.In his opinion, even the warlords deserve attention and respect far more than the so-called "Hari" and "Han" people in modern times: people like Zhang Zuolin, Wu Peifu, Cao Kun, etc., some of them may have done a lot Bad things, even unreasonable things, but once they are related to national justice, they are absolutely unambiguous.

There is not much time left for China, there is not much time left for the Chinese nation to stay away from the catastrophe, there is not much time left for Zhang Hanqing, and the country's vitality can no longer be wasted for the Chinese civil war!On the eve of the National Day, Zhang Hanqing held a massive military parade in Kunming, and then sent a "Double Ten" telegram to Liu Wenhui and key officials of the Guangxi faction, calling for peaceful reunification and the construction of a new China.

After Zhang Hanqing issued a call for unity, the Central Committee of the Kuomintang headed by Sun Yat-sen also issued an appeal, demanding that Guangxi seek peace with the Central Committee on the basis of unified military orders and government orders, and achieve national unity in mainland China.China's strong public opinion is the decisive force that eventually led to the peaceful unification of the Guangxi clique and the central government. Under heavy pressure, Liu Wenhui and Li Zongren successively expressed their willingness to accept the central government's adaptation.

With the pacification of the Southwest, except for the concessions, the Republic of China finally achieved reunification on the mainland.Zhang Hanqing tried his best to abolish the Guizhou soldiers known as "two-gun generals". Except for selecting the best and keeping a division of Longyun, they were incorporated into the construction corps or reserve forces.For the Guangxi soldiers known as "as fierce as a tiger", it was expanded to 4 divisions.The Dian Army retained 3 divisions, and the Sichuan Army retained 7 divisions in a disrupted formation.

In order to make full use of Chengdu's favorable geography in control of the Southwest, Zhang Hanqing reported to the Central Military Commission for approval to set up the Chengdu Military Region in Chengdu, with jurisdiction including Tibet, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces.Because of its important geographical location, Zhang Hanqing dispatched Wan Fulin, a veteran of the Feng Dynasty, to sit here and have 6 armies under his jurisdiction.

The appointment of the surrendered general of the Guangxi line was unexpected: Huang Shaohong served as Zhang Hanqing's chief of staff; Bai Chongxi entered the National Defense Commission and served as the director of the General Mobilization Bureau established later; Li Zongren was successfully promoted to a member of the State Administrative Commission and became an important member of the Central Committee.