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Turning around and returning to Feng, Zhang Zuolin reached out to Jilin again.As long as Meng Enyuan is still in Jilin, Zhang Zuolin's military order will not be able to flow smoothly in Jilin, which makes Zhang Zuolin feel like a stick in his throat.How can you allow others to sleep soundly on the side of the couch!If you want to completely control the three eastern provinces in your own hands, you must expel Meng Enyuan from Jilin.So Zhang Zuolin started his second attempt.

Now he has the designation of 5 divisions, and there are 7 brigades adapted from the robbery (2 brigades have been incorporated into Zhang Jinghui's 16 divisions, and 3 brigades have been incorporated into the Fengtian Security Command with Zhang Zuoxiang as the commander---- After Yang Yuting was dismissed, Zhang Zuoxiang took over the position of Chief of Staff of the Fengjun Army and the head of the Fengtian Lecture Hall. Naturally, Zhang Hanqing’s guard brigade will not be counted in the official army establishment) and Xu and Yang’s newly recruited 4 brigades, totaling A huge army of 5 divisions and 9 brigades.

Veteran Meng Enyuan would not willingly support Zhang Zuolin as the tour envoy of the three eastern provinces. He saw Zhang Zuolin's power extending to the three provinces year by year, and his heart was full of tension and fear.In particular, Zhang Zuolin ascended to the high position of patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces and took over the military power of the three provinces. In name only, he could already eat him to death, and he felt an imminent threat even more.In a panic, he made a foolish move to deal with Zhang Zuolin by issuing banknotes indiscriminately and expanding his army to prepare for war.As a result, Jilin's money law was disordered and people panicked.Let Zhang Zuolin hold his braid in the palm of his hand again.

Zhang Zuolin took the opportunity to send a telegram to Xu Shichang, President of the Beijing government, in the name of the patrol envoy of the three eastern provinces, accusing Meng Enyuan of mishandling Jilin's finances, abusing military expenditures, and watching the gangsters harass him, and requesting that Meng Enyuan be dealt with.At the same time, he also mobilized social forces to instigate anti-Meng Enyuan forces in Jilin to accuse Meng Enyuan of causing war and harming the people, and sent representatives to Beijing to petition, demanding that Meng Enyuan be dismissed from office and investigated.

Meng Enyuan also argued to the Beijing government, pointing out that this was a conspiracy by Zhang Zuolin.Zhang Zuolin confessed to the Beijing government: "I, Zhang, have no personal grievances against Meng Enyuan, but just conveyed the opinions of Jilin citizens to the central government." At the same time, he once again expressed his determination to get rid of Meng Enyuan.

At that time, Zhang Zuolin's influence in the Northeast was growing, and the Beijing government had no choice but to dismiss Meng Enyuan in order to win over Zhang Zuolin.But the counselors of the Anhui faction are worried that once this giant completely occupies the three eastern provinces, there will be no force in the north that can contain its growth, and it will be a huge threat to the Anhui faction.So in the name of President Xu Shichang, he told Zhang Zuolin that if he appointed his confidant Sun Liechen as the governor of Jilin according to his request, he would be strongly resented by the army and people of Jilin, or it would cause new troubles.Therefore, the Beijing government "had no choice but" to make a compromise, and transferred Bao Guiqing, who had a relatively weak Feng Clan, to Jilin, and arranged Sun Liechen to Jiang Province.To separate the connection between Feng and Hei provinces, to cultivate new local forces to split the Feng family, and to use Bao's power to contain the development of the Feng family.

However, after Meng Enyuan received the dismissal order, he was very angry and determined to refuse the order of the Beijing government.He had heard some rumors before, and sent his secretary Dai Yijiao to Beijing President Feng Guozhang to find out the truth. Feng said there was no such thing and advised Meng not to listen to the rumors.But soon the rumors became facts. Could Meng Enyuan not be very annoyed after receiving the order?He sent a telegram to question the reasons for the transfer of the cabinet, and he had to reply within three days, otherwise Jilin would declare itself independent.

Meng Enyuan was from Zhili, and his in-laws, Lu Jianzhang, were also directly related. Most of Meng's troops belonged to soldiers from Zhili.Due to the death of Lu Jianzhang, the Zhili was quite vigilant and dissatisfied with the Anhui faction. As a result, the transfer of the Jilin warden involved the struggle between the Zhili and Anhui factions, and the scale of the incident became much larger.In order to show his toughness, Meng Enyuan sent Pei Qixun, the commander of the Jilin Mixed Brigade, as the commander-in-chief of the Independence Army, and instructed various groups in Jilin to call the Beijing government to withdraw Yi Du's order.

Under such circumstances, the Beijing government sent Xue Songnian to Changchun to persuade Meng Enyuan not to resist, and promised to appoint another post after he returned to Beijing.Zhang Zuolin also sent someone to win over Meng Enyuan's capable officer, Gao Shibing, and expressed his willingness to accept him as a student, so Gao Shibing drove him out in the future.

Meng Enyuan had planned to leave Jilin for Beijing, but Gao Shibin and others disagreed, and encouraged Meng Enyuan to issue a declaration of independence and confront Zhang Zuolin with force.Meng Enyuan was already very nostalgic for the position of Jilin Governor, but under the instigation of Gao Shibang, he wavered again.He mistakenly believed that the resignation was due to Zhang Zuolin's mischief rather than the original intention of the Beijing government. If troops were sent to confront the Feng army, the situation would be tense and explosive, and the government might not be able to bear the loss of life. Like last time, it would revoke the dismissal order again.

Meng Enyuan deployed all Jilin troops in various strategic locations at the junction of Jilin and Fengzhou provinces, and announced that Jilin would become independent.But they didn't know that in this way, Zhang Zuolin just created an opportunity to intervene with force.On the one hand, Zhang Zuolin asked the Beijing government to issue an order to crusade against Jilin. On the other hand, he mobilized a large army, divided into five groups, and prepared to wipe out the Jilin army in one fell swoop.

Zhang Jinghui led the 16th Division to approach the mouth of Meihe via Qingyuan.

After the reorganization of Ji Jinchunling, Feng Delin's original 28th division left Rehe and passed through Sanhekou, and the soldiers pointed directly at Shuangliao.

Wu Junsheng led the 29th division from Xifeng and approached Liaoyuan.

Another confidant of Zhang Zuolin, Jiang Deng, led the elite 27 divisions from Changtu to approach Siping.

In addition, Bao Guiqing, the governor of Heilongjiang, led the Jiangjun Han Linchun's 1st Division to threaten Jilin's back from east to west.

Soldiers are under pressure!

President Xu Shichang did not want a war between Feng and Jilin, so he sent someone to Jilin with a letter to persuade Meng Enyuan to leave office as soon as possible.At the same time, he asked Zhang Xun to write to Meng Enyuan in his own name, urging him to resign and go to Beijing.But Meng Enyuan could not listen to any advice at this time, and insisted on fighting Zhang Zuolin to the death!

When the two armies of Jilin and Fengzhou were at a stalemate, the "Pear Tree Incident" occurred in Changchun, the capital of Jilin Province, and the Japanese unintentionally did Zhang Zuolin a big favor.But how did this incident happen, and why did it occur at the critical moment of the confrontation between the two armies that it was obviously unfavorable to Zhang Zuolin's opponent?The later history of the Republic of China is ambiguous.

However, when those interested looked through the archives of the "Fengtian Special Warfare Brigade", they unexpectedly discovered that there was a fierce battle against Japan during that time. As we all know, the Special Warfare Brigade has been busy with training since its establishment, and the earliest combat was also in 2 years back.

Lishu is located in the northeast of what is now Changchun City.At that time, a regiment of the Jilin army was stationed in the north of Lishu, and pedestrians were not allowed to pass through.

At that time, the South-Manchuria Railway was controlled by the Japanese. A Japanese employee named Funatsu at Changchun Station usually relied on his identity as a Japanese to run amok in the local area, as if he had entered the land of no one. This is also a portrayal of the weak China at that time.

One day, a Chinese friend of Funatsu entrusted him to deliver a batch of items that were urgently needed for people's livelihood, and needed to pass through the camp of Meng Enyuan's troops.In the past, of course, it's not a problem. Funatsu has done it many times and made a lot of money from it, but when Feng Jun suppressed the border, he was a little sensitive.

His friend also felt that it seemed a little difficult to handle, so he said with some embarrassment: "Funatsu-kun, if this is difficult, I will find another way. If there is a conflict with the local garrison, it will be difficult to explain it to the higher-ups."

If it was just the previous sentence, Funatsu might just take advantage of the situation. After all, he is just a small employee and doesn't want to cause trouble.As for friends, they are just a springboard for him to make money, and the Chinese who ask for him will go to sea.But the last sentence hurt the face of the imperial army of the Japanese Empire. How dare the Chinese army challenge the imperial army?Funatsu patted his chest arrogantly and said: "No problem, the Nanman line is the lifeline of the empire in the northeast, let's see who dares to block the way of our imperial army." However, he didn't see the cunning that flashed in this friend's eyes .

Someone really was blocking his way.

The enemy is now, and the Jilin Army's troops in Lishu are under martial law. Of course, Chuanjin and his party acted according to the order.Funatsu was so angry that he ignored the blocking of the sentry and wanted to force his way through the camp of the Jilin garrison.

Of course, the sentinel disagreed with the responsibility.Seeing that the conversation between the two sides was getting more and more tense, at some point, Funatsu's friend pushed the sentry.The sentries are also fierce, and they are afraid of the Japanese soldiers, but it is another matter if an unarmed Japanese employee dares to be so aggressive.Naturally, there was a verbal disagreement between the two sides and a fight broke out, and Funatsu, who was alone and alone, was beaten black and blue.

After being beaten, of course, Funatsu couldn't let it go, and ran back to the Japanese barracks at Lishu Station with his bowed legs to fetch reinforcements.In the Northeast, there are people who bully the citizens of the Japanese Empire, which is not bad!A large number of Japanese troops rushed to the scene immediately.

In the past, with this kind of momentum alone, there was no need to do anything in China, and the opponent would naturally take advantage of it, and the Japanese soldiers thought so too.Some of their military uniforms were not buttoned up, and their rifles were still on their shoulders, trying to make a show of finding fault.According to experience, as long as there is a big trouble, the other party will naturally grovel and say good things, and will obediently hand over the person involved.

But this time it was wrong.

Before they had time to question, the other party didn't even give them a chance to speak, and just shot them all at the vitals.These Japanese soldiers did not expect such a thing at all. Some of them were unloaded and killed for no apparent reason.

Although the incident happened suddenly, the well-trained characteristics of the Japanese soldiers immediately appeared. With the sergeant's yell of "quack", the Japanese soldiers immediately fought back.The two sides fought back and forth, and a fierce battle began in an instant.

To say that the tactical literacy of the Lishu garrison and the Japanese soldiers is really not the same level, but the Japanese soldiers are only looking for a place, and they do not carry heavy weapons.Besides, after the gun battle started, the garrison quickly reinforced. In the hands of the garrison with a large number of people and a first-mover advantage, the Japanese soldiers did not have much advantage.In the melee, the Japanese army killed 18 people and injured 17 others, while the Jilin Army killed 15 people and injured 14 others.

How did this inexplicable battle start?There have been different opinions.According to the memories of General He Zhuguo, who was later incorporated into the highest position of the Fengjun Army as the commander of the military region, he was the head of the Lishu garrison regiment in Jilin at that time. A stranger in the same military uniform as his own side fired several shots at the Japanese side and killed several Japanese soldiers, causing the Japanese army to confront. After the Japanese army retaliated, he ordered self-defense out of anger.Because the Japanese army was outnumbered, they retreated at that time.But when looking for this group of strange "friendly troops" again, they came and went like ghosts without knowing where they came from.

The battle log of Japanese Shao Zuoji Tian Takeo also confirmed that it was not the Jilin defenders on the opposite side who fired the first shot, but another enemy army that seemed to be reinforcements (mistakenly believed at the time) preempted the attack-this was the case in the Northeast under Japanese rule. Even China is absolutely not allowed!This is a blatant provocation to the Great Japanese Empire, which is tolerable or unbearable!

After the "Pear Tree Incident", Japan dispatched a large number of troops from Gongzhuling and other places to exert military pressure on China.The Jilin garrison in Changchun is required to withdraw all [-] kilometers away.At that time, Changchun was an important stronghold and strategic location for the Jilin army to fight against Zhang Zuolin, which destroyed the original military arrangement of the Jilin army and broke the military check and balance between Jilin and Fengjian.

After the Beijing government got the news of the "Pear Tree Incident", it was terrified.For the officials of the Chinese court who are devoted to troubled times, it is a consistent policy to prefer to offend domestic slaves rather than offend "friends".In order not to escalate the incident into a large-scale military conflict, Nai issued an order to severely reprimand Meng Enyuan and ordered the dismissal of Gao Shibang.

Seeing that the general situation was over, the Jilin army had no choice but to strike for peace. Seven days later, Meng Enyuan called Zhang Zuolin and expressed his willingness to step down.Because of the fire, his throat was so swollen that it was difficult for him to speak, so he had to find someone to speak for him.Zhang Zuolin said to the messenger on the phone: "I personally have no objection. Everything is an order from Beijing. I can't do anything about it. Please tell Meng that it is impossible for him not to retreat."

In the early morning of the 16th, Meng Enyuan handed over the seal of the Jilin Warden to Bao Guiqing with tears in his eyes.So far, with Sun Liechen in control of Heilongjiang Province, Bao Guiqing in control of Jilin Province, and Fengtian Province, which has already been personally in charge, Zhang Zuolin finally completed the unification of the three eastern provinces and became the veritable "King of the Northeast".

Power grows out of the barrel of a gun, especially in troubled times.Of course, Bao Guiqing, who parachuted to Jilin with bare hands, could not restrain Zhang Zuolin in any way.However, Zhang Hanqing was happy to have Bao Guiqing, the "Jiang Gan", on the other side, and often reminded Naifu to "respect" this important minister of the emperor on the scene, so as to give Duan Qirui an illusion: in the Northeast, Bao Guiqing is useful and If Zhang Zuolin's actions can be restrained, then the political and economic reforms in Northeast China that he will carry out soon will be less pressured and tabooed by the central government.

As for the "Pear Tree Incident", only Zhang Hanqing and a few others knew about it. It was a drama directed and acted by Zhang Hanqing himself.However, using the Japanese to attack political opponents is not a glorious thing after all.The protagonists of the incident chose to be silent about this, making this incident like many stories lost in the long river of history.

In any case, the "pear tree incident" came suddenly like a night of spring breeze, making the subsequent situation "thousands of pear trees bloom", allowing Fengjun to capture Jilin almost without bloodshed, and also making Zhang Zuolin's "special warfare brigade" The effect is impressive.As the captain most appreciated by Zhang Hanqing, Ji Yiqiao entered Zhang Zuolin's field of vision.