young marshal spring and autumn

Due to the rapid entry of Feng's army into the pass, Feng Yuxiang's "Surprise Plan" to attack Anhui could not be realized.The Beijing government previously withdrew the order to replace the brigade commander Feng Yuxiang. At that time, Feng Yuxiang had threatened that all officers and soldiers would advance and retreat with the brigade commander. At this time, the situation forced him to bow his head.Ni Sichong asked the Beijing government to send a quick telegram to Cao Kun to send troops to attack Feng's brigade in order to alleviate the great disaster in the Yangtze River. He also accused Feng Kang of not explaining himself, and added troops to block up Wuxue upstream and downstream. His ambition is not exhausted, and he is instigated by others.But Cao Kun refused to send troops, so Ni Sichong did not dare to attack alone.

Feng Yuxiang was already in the limelight at this time.Zhang Huaizhi suggested that Feng's brigade be transferred to Heilongjiang for garrison. Of course, Feng Yuxiang refused to serve in the army and "sent to the frontier to serve".Of course Zhang Zuolin did not welcome this army either.Until March 3, the Beijing government adopted Cao Kun's opinion and gave Feng Yuxiang the punishment of "dismissal and retention".

After Feng's army entered the customs, Zhang Zuolin put forward two demands: the dismissal of Li Chun and the crusade against Feng Yuxiang. He said that this was to "support the head of state".But the head of state supported by him was frightened and flustered. On February 2, Feng Guozhang convened an emergency meeting at the Presidential Palace to discuss the countermeasures for Feng Jun's entry into the customs.He asked Duan Qirui with resentful eyes: "This time the Fengjun sent troops to enter the customs and neither received an order nor reported it before. What is the intention?" Duan Qirui replied that he did not know.Feng asked loudly again: "Why did Xu Shuzheng, the former deputy chief of the army, collude with Fengtian?" Duan was even more coy and unable to explain.

Of course the meeting was fruitless.Feng wanted Duan to ask Zhang Zuolin to withdraw from the army. Duan was the primitive man who summoned Fengjun to enter the pass. How could he want Fengjun to withdraw again?What's more, it is easy to summon a tiger and difficult to retreat a tiger. Even if he wanted to call Zhang Tuibing, in fact he couldn't do it.If you retreat, you can become a king on your own, and if you advance, you will get all the benefits. Zhang Hanqing, who is well versed in this period of history, can easily give up the fat he got, and Duan Qirui doesn't know that Zhang Zuolin, the king outside the pass, is not easy to provoke. It's easy to invite out, but since drinking poison to quench thirst, there is no choice but to "do it hard"!

Feng Guozhang knew that it would be impossible to call Duan to retreat from Fengjun, so he had no choice but to ask Zhao Erxun, who had been the governor of the three eastern provinces in the late Qing Dynasty and personally recruited Zhang Zuolin, to come to Fengtian to persuade Zhang Zuolin to withdraw from the army. Zhao Erxun was in vain because of his old boss's account.

Since the Fengjun entered the customs, its momentum has been aggressive. On March 3, the first Fengjun drove from Tianjin to Langfang and inspected the passengers at the station, which surprised the Chinese and foreign people. It is not allowed to check passengers, Feng Jun still continues to perform duties and ignores them.However, Zhang Zuolin’s telegrams talked about him from left to right. He said: “Sending troops and withdrawing weapons is the heart of the head of state’s main battle. He designated a barracks in the area of ​​the Temple of Heaven for the troops to enter, but did not wait for an answer. His subordinates had already looked for barracks in the area of ​​the Temple of Heaven and Nancheng.

In order to unify the command of the Fengjun in the pass, Zhang Zuolin took himself as the commander and commanded remotely; Zhang Zuoxiang became the commander in chief of the rear, stationed at Shanhaiguan, and could advance or retreat; with Yang Yuting as the chief of staff, he controlled all the Fengjun in the pass.Zhang Hanqing returned to Fengtian to supervise the country like a prince, and contemplated land reform, one of his first and most important plans since crossing.

As if to explain the reason why Fengjun entered Beijing, on March 3 Fengtian published the correspondence between Zhang Zuolin, Cao Kun and Zhang Huaizhi.Zhang Zuolin’s song telegram on March 7 stated his purpose of “supporting the central government, maintaining the overall situation, always being united, suppressing civil strife, contacting comrades, and saving the peril.” On the second route, he expressed his sympathy, and now he has organized six mixed brigades. If he does not set out, he will "be distrustful to comrades and unjust to my brother. Take command."

Zhang Zuolin tried his best to explain in this telegram, "I have no personal ambitions, and I have exceeded my wealth, wealth, fame, and position. I still have no hope. I only focus on the current situation. My brother is expanding his strength and is dedicated to counseling me. For the sake of brother, there is no selfish intention other than that, if there are false words, ghosts and gods will watch." His ardent feelings almost swore to the sky.

Cao Kun’s positive report on March 3 was to welcome Feng’s army to enter the customs, and praised Zhang Zuolin as “upright and upright, a friendship of flesh and blood, life and death together. Please gather Feng’s army in Xuzhou and join the second route; please also send one or two more A mixed brigade drove to Hankou and joined the first road".Zhang Huaizhi's Yangdian praised Fengjun's entry into the pass as "strengthening my morale and strengthening my backup", and said that Hanzhuang had been designated as the first stop for Fengjun's southward journey.

The Beiyang government received a joint telegram from the warlords on March 3. This telegram was headed by Cao Kun, including the three governors of the Yangtze River, and there were a total of Beiyang warlords in 19 provinces and three special zones. They asked Duan Qirui to form a cabinet again. : "Kun and others agreed with each other that if my lord is reinstated as Kui Xi, I will swear to be consistent with others and help the crisis together. Otherwise, I will just follow the lord's lead and ignore world affairs. The safety of the whole country and the separation and reunion of my lord belong to my lord."

When Feng Guozhang received this telegram, it was as if he had received a sad letter from Medon. He had no choice but to ask Duan Mian to accept the order of the people, with the Beiyang Group as the most important thing, and accept the order to form a cabinet.Duan still said that he "has no intention of doing this"; Feng said that he vowed to share life and death with Duan and share weal and woe.And automatically recognize five conditions: ([-]) Shenlu office still moves back to the State Council, with Jin Yunpeng as the director and Jing Yun as the teacher. ([-]) In the resolution of the State Council, the president promises not to alter a single word without authorization. ([-]) The cabinet members are chosen by the prime minister without the consent of the president. ([-]) The secretary-general of the government office shall be recommended by the prime minister. ([-]) Telegrams from the central government (referring to the president) to the provinces must be approved and issued by the hospital.

On March 3, the President approved the resignation of Prime Minister Wang Shizhen, and appointed Duan Qirui as Premier. On the 23th, Zhang Zhitan was appointed Secretary-General of the State Council. On the 24th, the Shenlu Office moved back to the State Council. On the 25th, Zhang Jingyao was ordered to be the governor of Hunan and the governor of the province. On the 27th, the commander-in-chief of the navy was changed to a special appointment, with Lan Jianshu as the commander-in-chief. On the 28th, Lu Zhengxiang was reinstated as Chief of Foreign Affairs, Qian Nengxun as Chief of Internal Affairs, Duan Zhigui as Chief of Army, Liu Guanxiong as Chief of Navy, Fu Zengxiang as Chief of Education, Zhu Shen as Chief of Justice, Tian Wenlie as Chief of Agriculture and Commerce, Cao Rulin as Chief of Transportation and Finance The chief minister, Wu Dingchang, is the deputy finance minister.These are all important figures in the Anhui Clan.

As an incentive, on April 4, Cao Kunxun was awarded the first prize, the first-class Baoguang Jiahe Medal.Zhang Jingyao was awarded the first-class Wenhu Medal and the second-class Dashou Baoguang Jiahe Medal.Awarded three honors to Wu Peifu and the second-class Grand Ribbon Baoguang Jiahe Medal.

Duan Qirui re-elected as Prime Minister for the third time, Feng Guozhang completely bowed his head.At this time, the most popular person in the political situation was Xu Shuzheng, Li Chun also tried his best to win over Xu, and Chen Guangyuan, the governor of Jiangxi, publicly expressed his acceptance of the third phase of the battle plan.By this time, the Zhili had completely succumbed to the Anhui.At this time, Duan Qirui explained the importance of uniting the Beiyang faction and the decision to implement the policy of combating the south at the military conference in Hankou, and then proposed the fourth phase of the combat plan, which was sent to the relevant provinces for implementation according to the plan.Regarding the issue of the president, Duan Qirui advocated the rapid convening of a new congress in order to conduct the presidential election as scheduled.

Before Duan Qirui formed the cabinet for the third time, all favorable situations were in favor of him, but after he came to power, the situation was different: the warlords of the Anhui faction and the main combat faction had their own plans to support him, and hoped that they could be divided because of the battle. Loans and arms to Japan, and at the same time, because of the war, each can withhold national taxes and buy horses to recruit troops.For example, when the Fengjun entered the customs, they "dropped in" and robbed a batch of arms. Not long after Duan came to power, the second batch of 30000 firearms shipped from Japan was seized by the Fengjun in Tanggu!The collusion between Duan Qirui's government and Japan did not get any benefits, because the supply of arms only made Fengjun cheaper, and Japanese arms were robbed by Fengjun twice.Although there are many loans, far water cannot put out a near fire.

After intercepting the arms twice, Zhang Zuolin equipped a total of 7 brigades with these arms, and his strength increased greatly.But after this, Duan Qirui was terrified of Zhang Zuolin.It is imperative for Feng and Wan to turn their backs.At this time, there is Jilin choking on Fengtian's back, and Feng Guozhang is no longer able to fight Duan Qirui openly or secretly.On the surface, Fengjun's first entry into the customs was very beautiful, but once Duan Qirui slowed down, under the haste, the Feng faction was not comparable to the flourishing Anhui faction.If the knot between the Feng faction and the Anhui faction cannot be resolved as soon as possible, it can be said that there will be endless troubles for the Feng army.