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Under the cracks between the two major forces, Anhui Warlord Zhang Wensheng, Shandong Warlord Tian Zhongyu, and Henan Zhao Ti are all miscellaneous names.

Zhang Wensheng was originally the guardian envoy of Xuzhou. When Chen Shufan of the Anhui Department fell from power, due to the occasional meeting, he "accidentally" led the Xin'an Army with 2 people to become the governor of Anhui. In 1917, Ni Sichong founded the Anwu Army, which consisted of 40 battalions.Zhang Xun's restoration failed, and Ni took over Zhang Wensheng's 50 battalions of about 2 Dingwu troops left in Xuzhou and reorganized them into Xin'an Wujun.After Duan Qirui was re-elected as Prime Minister and Chief of the Army, in order to unify the army system, the designation was canceled and changed to the Army Department, but it is still called Xinanwu Army by habit.

Zhang Wensheng supervised Anhui, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Ma Lianjia, the leader of the "Old Anwu Army" in the same city.Ma Lianjia has 5 mixed brigades, more than twice the number of Zhang.Zhang Wensheng wanted to convey his sincerity to Wu Peifu, but also had to beware of Wu getting involved in Anhui, and he was always under the pressure of Ma Lianjia.

Tian Zhongyu is also a small warlord who only governs the 5th Division of the Army. His strength is not enough to protect the environment, so that the situation in Shandong is chaotic. Many bandits also took advantage of the fire to loot and occupy the mountain as king.Among them, Sun Meiyao, the leader of the Shandong bandit, occupied the Lincheng area of ​​Shandong and became the local emperor. Later in history, on Jinpu Road, his subordinates intercepted a passenger train on Jinpu Road, took hundreds of passengers as hostages, and wanted to take the opportunity to extort huge sums of money. This is the modern Chinese The famous "Lincheng carjacking case" in history was once a sensation.

Therefore, Zhang and Tian proposed to invite Zhao to form a three-province alliance in order to help each other in a timely manner.Zhao Ti's self-trial situation is the same as that of Zhang and Tian, ​​so he joined this alliance.In fact, this alliance has no real power.

Although Qi Xieyuan, the warlord of Jiangsu, belonged to the direct lineage, he was the single descendant of Feng Guozhang and Li Chun. He had a relatively close relationship with Cao and Wu, and was sometimes oppressed by Zhejiang Lu Yongxiang. Therefore, he later asked to join this alliance. For the four provinces alliance.

At this time, Zhao Hengti, the governor of Hunan, was caught between the forces of the north and the south. In order to deal with the pressure from the north and the south, he came up with a method similar to that used by his mentor Tan Yankai during the Xinhai period: he sent to all provinces across the country The call for "Federal Provincial Self-Government" has been issued!The so-called "inter-provincial self-government" means that each province is under the control of each province, but everyone is united and united, imitating the story of Fengjun.

The slogan of "inter-provincial self-government" stirred up waves with one stone.He said in the telegram: "... Hunan Province is located in an important place, and has suffered many changes. Today, the military and the civilians are divided into two parts, the governor is elected by the people, and the provincial autonomy law is rushed to establish the provincial self-government law. Each locality has its own ability to develop, and if the provinces are united, the whole country will have a way to advance together..." Zhao Hengti is actually calling for China to become the originator of federalism, but Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Hanqing and others have used this topic to make better use of it.After this call was issued, Liu Xiang from Sichuan was the first to respond, and then [-] provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fengtian, and Shaanxi responded by calling back!It can be seen how strong the call for this kind of federalism was at that time.Old Zhao couldn't help feeling overwhelmed by so many people's response, so he sent people to lobby the provinces, especially to bring Hubei into the circle of self-government.

Zhang Hanqing was familiar with the reason for this, because Wu Peifu's main force was in Henan, and he was unwilling to fight with him face to face, and he didn't want to cause a direct influence on the future political situation, so he deliberately muddied the water.On the one hand, he replied on behalf of Shaanxi to agree to "inter-provincial self-government", and on the other hand, he advocated that "Henan people rule Henan" (because Zhao Ti is from Henan), so as to drive Wu Peifu's forces out of Henan.

I don't know whether it is the heroes who see the same thing or the father and son are connected, Zhang Zuolin also initiated contact with important people in Henan and Anhui provinces.At the same time, Zhang Zuolin also contacted Zhang Wensheng in Anhui through Zhang Xun, and used the two provinces of Henan and Anhui as two pawns pre-positioned behind the Zhijun Army.

At the beginning, Zhao Ti was still hesitant about abandoning Zhilian Feng, but Zhao Jie advocated the most. Because Zhao Jie's military discipline was bad, Wu Peifu had repeatedly reprimanded him and made trouble for him. This is a big bet. If Feng Sheng loses straight, he also dreams of being promoted to the governor of a certain province.Under Zhao Jie's teasing, Zhao Ti secretly took the wrong path.

In the official history, when the first Zhifeng war broke out, Zhao Ti contacted Zhang Wensheng, the governor of Anhui, and planned to attack Wu Peifu in the rear, but he did not dare to launch it prematurely because he was under the surveillance of Feng Yuxiang and Hu Jingyi who came out of Tongguan.When Zhao finally made up his mind to launch, Feng's army had already lost power and was finally defeated.However, the Northwest People's Army originally had as many as 5 divisions. At this time, it was supplemented by Hu Jingyi, the new 6th division. The situation was very different from the official history, and its strength was no longer inferior to that of Wu Peifu.

Of course, Wu Peifu is not the oil that saves lamps. On the one hand, he sent Zhang Fulai, the 24th Division, to Zhengzhou; Control Yu Province and firmly control the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway.Squeeze Zhao Ti into the narrow territory centered on Kaifeng in eastern Henan.

This intensified Zhao Ti's centripetal force towards the Feng family, and he completely fell to the Feng family soon after.Zhang Hanqing has made a strategic decision to go south to Huguang at this time, and Wu Peifu on the flank has always been a serious worry.If a military action against Hubei is launched rashly, as long as Wu Peifu counterattacks, the good situation in the Northwest, which has been hard-won, will be in vain.And Zhao Ti's role in Wu's heart is limited, but at certain times, it can still be used as an important restraint.Therefore, Zhang Hanqing decisively continued to increase his wooing, not only promised to supplement Zhao with 3000 guns and a large amount of ammunition, but also promised to let him replace Wu Peifu's deputy envoy of Zhiluyu after the defeat of the Anhui Clique.

Zhang Hanqing's national integration policy made the vast area backed by the Northwest People's Army a solid rear: the far northwestern Xinjiang is still under the control of Yang Xinxin, who is administratively under the jurisdiction of Zhang Zuolin's Mengjiang Economic Strategy Envoy. Yang Zengxin promoted Lao Tzu's "government by doing nothing", and believed in "the people of the ancient times who have no intention of doing anything".Although disarmament in the military has maintained a long period of stability and peace, it is not enough to do other actions except self-protection.

In the east, the People's Army has reached a mutual non-aggression understanding with Yan Xishan of Shanxi; However, Maoxin, Deng Xihou, Qiu Huayu, Chen Guodong, Yu Jitang, and Chen Nengfang were appointed as guards in various places in Sichuan. Marching, supply and transportation are extremely inconvenient, and neither party can pose a threat to the Northwest Army in the short term.

It is estimated that the time of the "Hunan-Hubei War" in history is not far away, so Xu Lanzhou's 5th Division and the newly reorganized Yasukuni Army's Hu Jingyi's 6th Division formed the East Route Army to guard Tongguan. Rear commander.The South Route Army was composed of the 4th Division of the Northwest People's Army and the 3rd Cavalry Division. The troops were stationed in Ankang, Shangnan and other cities on the border between Shaanxi and Hubei, led by Zhang Hanqing and Han Linchun.

At this time, due to the deepening of the economic crisis, both China and foreign countries began to demand a large-scale disarmament, and the voice for peace became louder.Han Linchun had deep doubts about the young marshal's idea of ​​"waiting for the opportunity and going south to Hubei", but Zhang Hanqing expressed confidence that the opportunity would come soon.