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While the situation in the north of the Feng faction is gradually stabilizing, Shaanxi, which is located in the hinterland of the northwest, is gathering forces from all sides at this time. Both the Zhi and Feng factions want to use this as a demarcation of the actual spheres of influence of the two sides.For a long time, the main troops stationed in Shaanxi were: the Yasukuni Army, the Shaanxi General Command headed by Feng Faction Xu Lanzhou, the Shaanxi National Defense Army headed by the Anhui Faction Governor Chen Shufan, and the Henan Zhensong Army headed by Governor Liu Zhenhua.

Among these forces, although the Yasukuni Army might not be the strongest, it has a strong background.Also in September 1917, when Sun Yat-sen established the Dharma-protecting military government in Guangzhou and took office as the Grand Marshal of the Navy and Army, he launched the Dharma-protecting war against Duan Qirui.Cao Shiying and Gao Jun in Weibei, and honesty in Xi'an, responded to Sun Yat-sen's uprising one after another and raised the banner of defeating Chen Faduan.After that, Hu Jingyi and Cao Shiying also rushed to Sanyuan, and the two armies joined forces to form the Shanxi Jingguo Army.

The Yasukuni Army destroyed Chen Jun's defense line in the western suburbs of Xi'an with a fierce offensive, and surrounded Xi'an from the west and south.Under the attack of the Yasukuni Army's east and west armies, Chen Shufan panicked. On the one hand, he asked the Beiyang government for reinforcements;Liu Zhenhua was originally an ambitious man with both ends of his head, and he had long been dissatisfied with being entrenched in a corner in the west of Henan.Chen Shufan's request for help was to beat a dog with a full body, which just matched Liu Zhenhua's ambition.Therefore, Liu Zhenhua personally led 5000 troops, known as the "Henan Zhensong Army", and marched into Tongguan.Liu Zhenhua's entry into the customs was very detrimental to the Yasukuni Army, but Liu Zhenhua also stayed in Shaanxi from then on.

Hu Jingyi judged the situation and ordered the Yasukuni Army to withdraw from Xi'an.The West Route Army retreated to Sanyuan, Jingyang, and Fuping, taking the Jinghe River as the line of defense.The East Route Army returned to its original station in Weibei to rest.

Although the Yasukuni Army fought bravely, it lacked a unified command, which was a taboo for military families.Hu Jingyi, Cao Shiying, Liu Yuncheng and others discussed and decided to invite Mr. Yu Youren who was in Shanghai to return to the main army of Shaanxi. In August 1918, Yu Youren returned to Weibei from Shanghai and served as the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army. Zhang Peng, who had returned from Beijing, served as the deputy commander-in-chief. The entire army implemented a unified organization.Set up the headquarters of the Yasukuni Army in Sanyuan to expel Chen Shufan, the governor of Anhui Province.

The divided Yasukuni Army now has a unified command, but the Yasukuni Army is still surrounded by Chen Shufan, and the situation is still very dangerous.Hu Jingyi decided to develop towards the east, which was weakly surrounded by Chen Jun.Hu Jingyi went to Gushi, Weinan to find his old friend Jiang Hongmo.Jiang Hongmo suggested peace talks between Hu Jingyi and Chen Shufan.Hu Jingyi accepted Jiang Hongmo's suggestion.But unexpectedly, Chen Shufan had no sincerity for peace talks at all.Taking advantage of the peace talks, Hu Jingyi was hijacked back to Xi'an and detained.

In November of that year, the Beijing government took Xu Lanzhou, the division commander of the Feng Faction, as the commander-in-chief of the aid to Shaanxi, and commanded the Gan Army, Sichuan Army, and Jin Army to enter Shaanxi to "encircle and suppress" the Shaanxi Jingguo Army.Zhang Zuolin was not yet full-fledged at the time, so he naturally obeyed Duan Qirui's government.The Feng army is well-equipped and well-trained. Guo Jian and Ye Quan, the Eighth Army of the Yasukuni Army in Yunnan, joined forces to resist Xu Lanzhou in Xinglin Town between Wugong and Fufeng. After a stalemate for more than two months, they were defeated and retreated to Fengxiang; In the first month, the traffic was blocked, the ammunition and food in the city were exhausted, and the army and the people were in trouble.Guo Yi fought bloody battles for many years, many strong generals perished, exhausted, so he negotiated with Zhang Fang and Fan Zhongxiu, and decided to "join Xu and defeat Chen", and negotiated peace with Xu Lanzhou's department. In the 11th brigade, Xu Lanzhou obtained a large area north of the Weihe River, and was appointed by the central government as the guardian envoy of northern Shaanxi.Afterwards, the rest of the Yasukuni Army retreated to northern Shaanxi.

After the outbreak of the Zhiwan War, the camps of the enemy and ourselves were divided again.Because Chen Shufan, the former governor of Shaanxi, resisted and refused to hand over power, according to the agreement between Zhi and Feng, Xu Lanzhou led his troops south to the Weihe River, fought against Chen Shufan's troops of the governor of Anhui Province in Xianyang, and gradually occupied Baoji and Hanzhong.After resting and reorganizing, the Yasukuni Army came back as a whole and resumed the ground east of northern Shaanxi. In September, Yan Xiangwen was ordered to use Feng Yuxiang's No.9 Mixed Brigade (revolved into the Army's No.16 Division) stationed in Nanyang, Henan Province as the main force to attack Lintong and go straight to Xi'an, and Wu Xintian's Seventh Division stationed in Hubei to follow Wuguan and Zijingguan. Entering Shaanxi, flanking Xi'an; personally leading the No.11 Division to follow Feng Yuxiang's advance troops westward, ready to take over by force.

After Chen Shufan learned of Yan's westward march, on the one hand, he expressed to Cao Kun and Wu Peifu that he was willing to give up his position as governor of Shaanxi.And decided to make peace with the Yasukuni Army on the condition of releasing Hu Jingyi.In this way, Hu Jingyi ended his life in captivity for nearly three years, returned to Weibei, and served as the commander-in-chief of the Shaanxi Yasukuni Army.Liu Zhenhua, who was the governor of Shaanxi Province at the time, flattered both sides and flattered both sides, but in fact he secretly supported the Zhijun Army and demolished Chen Shufan's Taiwan; Objectively, it also helped Yan Jun's military operation to enter Shaanxi and drive Chen.

Chen Shufan's army quickly disintegrated, and Chen himself escaped from Xi'an on September 9th with a handful of guards. On September 15, Feng Yuxiang's No.9 Mixed Brigade, Wu Xintian's Seventh Division, and Yan Xiangwen's No.17 Division joined forces in Xi'an. Yan Xiangwen immediately became the governor of Shaanxi without waiting for the appointment of the central government.Because of his meritorious service in betraying Chen Shufan and helping Yan Xiangwen, Liu Zhenhua changed from the Anhui branch to the direct branch and kept the governorship.

The conflict between Zhi and Feng after the war was also reflected in Shaanxi.Regarding the allocation of territory, Yan Xiangwen insisted on taking the Wei River as the boundary as agreed before the war, so that the Feng army had to withdraw from the half of Baoji south of the Wei River, Hanzhong City, the northeast corner of Xi'an, and the small area south of Weinan that had been actually occupied.Of course, Zhang Hanqing would not give up this piece of fat. He instructed Xu Lanzhou: Never give up half of the actual occupied area. All matters concerning the division of Shaanxi should be formally arranged by the Fengjun headquarters.

At this time, there were more than 10 troops stationed in Shaanxi, and food, grass and military supplies had to be supplied locally. The people of Shaanxi were overwhelmed and complained.Yan Xiangwen was very dissatisfied since he ascended the throne of the military governor because the government order did not leave the three places (the direct line only actually occupied Xi'an, Shangluo, and Ankang in Weinan).According to Feng Yuxiang's suggestion, he prepared to divide the Shaanxi Jinguo Army by means of political and military threats or inducements. In addition, Guo's lax management of the army and his subordinates' plundering of people and other misdeeds occurred from time to time, which provided an excuse for Yan Xiangwen's suppression. On October 10, Feng Yuxiang hosted a banquet for Guo Jian at the Xiguan Military Academy in Xi'an according to Yan's order.Guo took a few entourages to the banquet, was arrested on the spot and shot dead.This reckless act of eager for quick success aroused the anger and dissatisfaction of the officers and men of the Yasukuni Army.

Zhang Hanqing, who was staring at him, immediately felt that this was an excellent opportunity: not only did he have every reason to suppress the troops of the Anhui Faction politically, but he also supported the disintegrated Yasukuni Army in the military. There are also benefits.He instructed Xu Lanzhou to issue a statement, strongly condemning Yan's actions.Zhang Zuolin also expressed "very shocked" by this, and he ordered Wu Peifu to thoroughly investigate Yan Xiangwen by telegram, and demanded that the central government not recognize Yan's position of military governor in strict terms, and telegraphed Cao Kun, the leader of the direct line, to demand that the direct army completely withdraw from Shaanxi.

On the same day, Zhang Hanqing telegraphed that Guo Jian's 10th Brigade and the Fengjun 5st Brigade of the "Aiding Shaanxi Army" were merged into the 4th Division of the Northwest People's Army, which was also controlled by Xu Lanzhou.At the same time, Han Linchun was ordered to dispatch the 3th Cavalry Division of the Northwest People's Army to dispatch immediately, Chen Bing in Hanzhong and Baoji, and Song Jiuling's [-]rd Division sent troops to Yanchi, Ningxia, to take over the border of northern Shaanxi.

This action made the situation in Shaanxi even more turbulent, which accommodated the armies of Zhi, Anhui, Feng, Jin, Henan and other places.

Because the direct clique does not yet have the strength to fight against the Feng clique in an all-round way, Yan Xiangwen was severely reprimanded by Wu Peifu. From then on, he smoked opium all day long and was lazy in military and political affairs. He entrusted Feng Yuxiang to do everything on his behalf. Yan Xiangwen is named Huanzhang).Coupled with the increasingly intensified internal conflicts in the Zhijun, Yan was unable to deal with it. On October 10 of the same year, he swallowed opium and committed suicide in the Shaanxi Governor's Office.

Shaanxi and Shanxi are bounded by the Yellow River in the east, Hubei in the south, and Henan-Nanjing-Han Railway in the east are all directly behind the rear, and their strategic positions are very dangerous.Wu Peifu wanted to protect him, but he was powerless.Had to hastily announced the appointment of Feng Yuxiang as the commander of the 11th Division to succeed Yan Xiangwen and try to counter the Fengjun's expansion in the northwest.Zhang Zuolin threatened to overthrow the cabinet and signaled Jin Yunpeng to issue a notice to appoint Zhang Hanqing as the patrol envoy to Shaanxi and Gansu.On the immediate side, Cao Kun and his younger brother, Cao Rui, governor of Zhili, did not want to escalate the situation.Cao Kun repeatedly restrained Wu Peifu not to act emotionally, so as not to cause serious consequences.Cao Kun sent Wang Chengbin, commander of the No. 20 Third Division of the Zhijun Army and Fengtian native, to Shenyang three times to express his goodwill.

After Feng Yuxiang came to power, like Yan Xiangwen, he did not give up his attempt to eliminate the Yasukuni Army.However, he learned from Yan Xiangwen's lesson and adopted a tactful approach.He sent people to mediate in an attempt to incorporate the Yasukuni Army.In this way, Wu Peifu sat in Luoyang and watched covetously; Feng Yuxiang controlled most of Xi'an, Guanzhong, and southern Shaanxi.Cao Shiying, Gao Jun, Hu Jingyi, etc. who stood firm in Weibei had only 2 horses, and their equipment was outdated, and their food and wages were insufficient. The situation was very unfavorable for the Yasukuni Army.

In the official history, Liu Yuncheng and Xu Tongxi proposed to Hu Jingyi to accept the adaptation, temporarily change the flag, preserve the power, and go east out of Tongguan, which was agreed by Hu Jingyi.In order to stabilize the situation and ease the conflict between Feng and Hu, the Beiyang government sent He Sui to Shaanxi to mediate, and decided to change Hu's division into a division, with Hu as the division commander, directly under the control of Wu Peifu.

But this time there was a change - Zhang Hanqing was about to clean up the territory in Shaanxi, how could he easily succeed?Now Zhang Hanqing has Gansu behind him, and Shaanxi is a piece of fat on his lips. How can he let Zhili succeed?Although the high-level Yasukuni Army headed by Yu Youren followed Sun Yat-sen as the leader, this group has Yu Youren in literature and Hu Jingyi in military. They are all famous for a while. , The enhancement of Fengjun's strength is self-evident.Moreover, the people's party uses the "Three People's Principles" as its slogan, which is similar to Sun Yat-sen's Kuomintang. Presumably, between the Zhili and the people's party, Yu and Hu will be more inclined to the latter.He had already telegraphed Han Linchun stationed in Lanzhou to send a representative to contact Yu Youren, and also telegraphed Xu Lanzhou to jointly manage northern Shaanxi with the Yasukuni Army in the form of an alliance.

For the Yasukuni Army, if the Zhili clique replaced the Anhui clique in Shaanxi, it would be tantamount to driving out wolves at the front door and entering tigers at the back door.Sun Yat-sen was at another low ebb in Shanghai. In order to leave a spark of revolution, it would be a better choice to hand over the entire army to the Feng Faction.Moreover, Zhang Hanqing's various actions to benefit the country and the people of the Northwest People's Army are exactly what Hu Jingyi has been thinking for many years.So at the suggestion of Zhang Hanqing, the Yasukuni Army was reorganized into the 6th Division of the Northwest Army, which was controlled by Xu Lanzhou.

On October 10, Jin Yunpeng's government issued an appointment announcement: Han Linchun was the governor of Gansu, Zhang Hanqing was the patrol envoy of Shaanxi and Gansu and the governor of Shaanxi, and Xu Lanzhou was the envoy of the northern Shaanxi guard and the commander of the 25th Division.With Feng Yuxiang as the envoy of the Southern Shaanxi Army Guard, Liu Zhenhua, the commander of the Zhensong Army, the Governor, and all other troops of the Zhijun Army withdrew from Shaanxi, only then did the Shaanxi Change be resolved.

Different from the official history, Zhang Hanqing had already taken the initiative in Shaanxi, which caused Feng Yuxiang to occupy only 3 cities in southern Shaanxi.In the east, Zhao Ti, the warlord of Henan, was secretly affiliated with the Feng line, and his old boss Wu Peifu was training there. In the south, there was the traditional boundary of Wang Zhanyuan, the direct line of Hubei, which had always had old gaps. Feng Yuxiang's development was hindered.

After a lot of hard work, he made wedding clothes for others, which made Feng Yuxiang angry.He was not only angry at Feng's hand, but also disgusted and despised Wu Peifu's concession.The battle for Shaanxi objectively caused a gap between Feng and Wu, two main figures in the direct lineage.