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Zhang Hanqing's entry into Hubei was quite a shock to all parties.

As the first Chinese to appear on the cover of Time Magazine in the United States, Wu Peifu was once known as "the biggest man in China". He was an agent found by the British and American imperialists in China. "The Great Hero of New China" is better than Zhang Zuolin.They spared no effort to support Wu Peifu, giving guns and money, even sending consultants, organizing and training the aircraft fleet.

Hubei has always been the direct sphere of influence, and Wu Peifu has always regarded it as his backyard. The successive loss of Hankou and Wuchang made the warlords of all parties doubt Wu's strength, and Britain, the United States and other countries also expressed deep concern.Under the mediation of Zhang Zuolin, the Beijing government appointed Zhang Hanqing as the patrol envoy to Shaanxi, Gansu and Hubei, making it legally justifiable to interfere in the situation in Hubei.

At this time, the situation in Hubei was complicated: the Northwest People's Army controlled various cities along the Han River Basin in Northwest Hubei: Xiangfan, Yicheng, Zhongxiang, Jingshan, Yingcheng and Xiaogan.After the 4th Cavalry Division entered Hankou and Wuchang, the 3rd Division took over Jingmen with little effort, and Zhao Minggao's brigade was ordered to transfer to Yichang to join forces with the Hubei 3rd Mixed Brigade Wang Jinshan Division and the 18th Mixed Brigade Zhao Ronghua Division. Yuchuan Army.

After Wang Zhanyuan resigned, Zhao Hengti had no excuses to enter the army. Zhang Hanqing, the inspection envoy of Shaanxi, Gansu and Hubei, and Xia Shoukang, the governor of the province, ordered Sun Chuanfang of the 18th Division of Hubei and Wang Ruqin of the 8th Division to defend Puqi, and sent representatives to negotiate peace with Hunan. He personally led a brigade of cavalry divisions to set off from Hanshui to supervise the battle.Han Linchun was stationed in the provincial capital to reorganize the Hubei 2nd Division and arrange defense matters.

When Zhang Hanqing arrived in Yichang, the Sichuan army had already been defeated.Originally, Lu Jinshan and Zhao Ronghua sent reinforcements, but they were defeated by the Sichuan Army.Zhang Hanqing personally went to Yichang to inspect the front line and found that only Yu Xuezhong's battalion was still confronting the Sichuan army.When Zhao Ronghua heard that Zhang Hanqing had arrived at the front line, he hurriedly packed up the rout and returned to the front line, finally turning the situation into safety.

What Zhang Hanqing was happy about was not winning the battle, but finding Yu Xuezhong, an excellent general who was favored by Wu Peifu, Zhang Xueliang, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong back then.

Zhao Ronghua, commander of the 18th Mixed Brigade, lost his father when he was young, and Yu Xuezhong's parents brought him up.After Zhao Ronghua was promoted to brigade commander, he invited Yu Xuezhong to the brigade as the commander of the artillery battalion.Originally, it was Wu Peifu who took a fancy to Yu Xuezhong this time in the official history, but in the end Yu Xuezhong still defected to the Feng family.Zhang Zuolin and his son had great trust in him. After the "9amp; #8226; 18" incident, Zhang Xueliang was charged with "non-resistance" and resigned.Before going to Europe and America for inspection, Zhang Xueliang handed over all the Northeast Army to Yu Xuezhong to command.When Zhang Xueliang was preparing to launch the "Xi'an Incident", Yu Xuezhong once asked Zhang Xueliang: "Why do you do this?" Zhang replied: "Just do it, why worry so much?" Yu said: "If you want to do it, you have to do it Do it to the end, and never give up halfway." Later, Zhang Xueliang, who "did not give up halfway", was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek.Before accompanying Jiang on the plane, Zhang Xueliang once again handed over most of the Northeast Army and his property to Yu Xuezhong.From then on, Yu Xuezhong put the kindness of knowledge and encounter first, and always used Zhang Xueliang's interests as the standard for his choice, and even went against the trend for this.For this reason, he took the risk of "offending Longyan" and went to Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek four times to ask for the release of Zhang Xueliang, but he was unsuccessful. , but he rejected this great honor because he felt that "by keeping a low profile in everything, Zhang Xueliang's life will be easier." He once said to his subordinates: "Deputy Commander Zhang told me to take care of the refugees in the Northeast, guard North China, and resolutely resist I have done all the attacks of the Japanese invaders. I will wait for him to be free and return the Northeast Army to him." On Zhang Xueliang's 4th birthday, he was overwhelmed with emotion after hearing these words, saying: "I will never forget Yu Xueliang. Zhong, he is my right and left hand."

After liberation, Yu Xuezhong asked Zhou Enlai for instructions on how to deal with the property left by Zhang Xueliang.Zhou Enlai, it's up to you to decide.Through the court, Yu Xuezhong properly distributed the property to Zhang Xueliang's relatives in mainland China, without taking any money himself.

Chiang Kai-shek also admired Xuezhong.Jiang had a habit of writing down comments on generals in the small notebook he carried with him.He admired Xuezhong quite a lot, saying that he "has piercing eyes, is loyal to others, and is a general." one of the reasons.

In the official history, it will be five years before Yu Xuezhong followed Zhang Hanqing. Since Wu Peifu "give up" this opportunity, of course he will "plunder the beauty".He greatly praised Yu Xuezhong as the patrol envoy of Shaanxi, Gansu and Hubei, saying: "Let Battalion Commander Yu follow me to be the regiment leader".In order to express his goodwill to him, he also used Zhao Ronghua highly, turned a deaf ear to his defeat, and instead expressed that he would petition the central government to promote him as division commander.

In order to resolve the dispute in western Hubei as soon as possible, Zhang Hanqing is going to stabilize Liu Xiang first, and return to clean up the Hubei bureau first.So Liu Xiang sent a telegram and said: "Mr. Liu is the military envoy of Chongqing, and he is busy with his duties. Since Wang Zhanyuan was expelled, the people of Hubei Province should complete the self-government matters. The Sichuan army entered Hubei, which is inconsistent with reason. Protect the autonomy of Hubei Province from interference. If the Sichuan Army decides to fight again, it should send a telegram to the central government to order a crusade." Privately, a representative was sent to contact Liu Xiang: "The autonomy of Hubei Province is a foregone conclusion. If the Liu Department withdraws from Hubei according to the agreement, Please send a telegram to the Beijing government to ask Brother Yun to serve as the governor of Sichuan."

Liu Xiangyuan wanted to take advantage of the chaos to expand his territory when the Hunan-Hubei War broke out.At this time, Zhao Hengti in Hunan stopped his troops, and the political situation in Hubei had been settled. He had attacked Yichang for a long time and would not go down.Moreover, the Feng faction has already controlled the central government and has strong strength. If he lives in Dongchuan, he must have no strength to resist, and his name is not justified.It's better to stop the army at this point, which not only sells the face of the young commander, but also withdraws from the remote and useless places in western Hubei with dignity.So he led his troops out of Zigui and returned to Badong one after another on the grounds that "the province of Hubei is safe, so we should withdraw our troops according to the agreement and live up to the original intention of aiding Hubei".

At this time, the 25th Division directly under Xiao Yao's southern division stationed troops in Yunmeng, Anlu, Xiaochang and other places. , Huangpi area.The Northwest Army is backed by the Han River, fastened to Zhongxiang in the west, along Jingshan-Yingcheng-Xiaogan-Huangpi River West, and relies on Huanggang, an important town in the north of the Yangtze River in the east.

On the southern front, the main force of the 1st Division of the People's Army joined forces with the 2st Division, 8th Division, and 18th Division of the Hubei Army's 1nd Division on the front line. Led by Han Linchun, they deployed defenses along the south of the Yangtze River and defended heavily in Puqi. The Hunan Army formed a stalemate.A mixed brigade of Jin Yun'e, a direct lineage, left the battlefield and stationed troops in Jiangxia.

At the beginning of the Republic of China, a division consisted of 2 brigades and 4 regiments. The division also governed a cavalry regiment and an artillery regiment, with about 1 people.Due to the lack of equipment, there are many artillery regiments without guns and cavalry regiments without horses.The People's Army inherited the establishment of the Fengjun adapted by Zhang Hanqing, with 1 brigades and 1 regiments, 8 cavalry regiment, and 3 artillery regiment, with about 9 people.Except for some newly-made divisions that are only equipped to artillery battalions, the artillery regiments and cavalry regiments of the Fengtian army are all genuine goods at a fair price.Prior to this, due to the lack of generals in the Northwest People's Army and the fact that Soviet Russia had stabilized the situation in Siberia, the Belarusian and Mongol rebellions were completely suppressed and were unable to stir up trouble in the short term.At the beginning of July, Ji Yiqiao, the commander of the "Anmeng Army" stationed in Mongolia, was specially appointed to lead his special warfare brigade into Shaanxi as a backup for entering Hubei and defending against Wu.Shortly after Zhang Hanqing entered Hubei, the Ji tribe had arrived in Xi'an.Because the military situation in Hubei was not conducive to the People's Army, the main force of the Ji Department was ordered to enter Hubei, and soon joined forces with the 1th Division, forming more than 1 people in the north of the Yangtze River (the cavalry division has only 3 people according to the establishment, There are 7 special warfare brigades, and a brigade of the 4st Division has about 4 people), and 2 people are stationed in Wuchang City south of the Yangtze River.

这些兵马控制鄂军3个师（5。4万人）、3个混成旅（约3万人）及虎视眈眈的直军2个师（萧耀南25师，冯玉祥11师）、1个混成旅（靳云鹗）共4。5万人，数量是居于下风。因为鄂军大敌目前为湘军，人民军部队辖有2个炮兵团的优势火力，所以正面压力还小些。

What Zhang Hanqing focused on was the trend of Hubei after autonomy.According to the agreement, Zhang Hanqing's People's Army could only station one division in Hubei. Wu Peifu also used this as an excuse to keep the direct troops in Hubei. If this situation is not broken, the People's Army will be extremely passive.