The Republic of Heroes

The situation in Shandong tended to be stable, but there was an undercurrent surging in Shanxi, Henan, Hebei, Guangxi and other provinces, and Wu Xiaoliang was keenly aware of this trend.He knew that this was the prelude to the Central Plains War a year later, and the tragedy must not be allowed to repeat itself. In the Central Plains War, the four major warlords Jiang, Feng, Yan, and Li fought in a melee. The major warlords invested more than 140 million troops and suffered more than [-] casualties. People are the largest and most tragic war since the founding of the Republic of China after the fall of the Qing Dynasty.After this battle, Henan became the hardest-hit area, and millions of people in the Central Plains were homeless. The country further declined in the melee, and the covetous Japan even smelled an opportunity to take advantage of it.

An important condition for the outbreak of the Central Plains War was the alliance between Feng and Yan. Before that, Yan Xishan successfully separated Jiang and Feng by disarming the army. Now he wants to draw Feng to fight Jiang.Wu Xiaoliang believes that as long as the possibility of the two forming an anti-Chiang alliance is destroyed, the tragedy of a million-man war in the Central Plains and bloodshed will be avoided.But what he didn't know was that according to the original history, Feng Yuxiang first proposed to pull Yan to beat Chiang, and ventured to Shanxi to persuade Yan Xishan, but Yan Xishan was placed under house arrest in Jian'an Village instead.

But there was a little deviation in this life. Feng Yuxiang, who was supposed to go to Shanxi, got a piece of news that gave him a headache, so he postponed his trip to Shanxi.It turned out that Han Fuju, who was driven to Henan by Wu Xiaoliang from Shandong, collected the remnants and even defeated the security forces of Henan Provincial Chairman Sun Liangcheng in one fell swoop, and took control of Kaifeng.There was internal strife between the two subordinates, Feng Yuxiang naturally couldn't stand idly by, so he took someone to Kaifeng to mediate the conflict between the two.

Han Fuju had long harbored resentment towards Sun Liangcheng for stabbing him in the back at a critical moment, so he beat up Sun Bu and showed no mercy, wiped them all out in Zheng County, and captured Sun Liangcheng himself in Zheng County on the same day.When Feng Yuxiang arrived in Kaifeng, the Han Ministry had already controlled most of Henan in fact, and Han Fuju was very dissatisfied with Feng Yuxiang's previous reduction of his military power, and rejected Feng's plan to order him to go east to Shandong and grant Shandong to him.

Feng Yuxiang felt that his generals were out of control, so he decided to teach Han Fuju a lesson by force.After returning to Shaanxi, he immediately ordered Song Zheyuan's department, and Sun Lianzhong's department to leave Tongguan eastward and enter Henan to expel Han Fuju.Seeing that a civil strife in the Northwest Army was imminent, and although Han Fuju controlled Henan, he was no longer as strong as he was half a year ago. In fact, he was very weak. Everyone expected that he would not last a month.

However, Wu Xiaoliang saw a chance to divide Feng Yuxiang from it, so that he could not care about pulling Yan to beat Jiang.So the 2 Han tribes who had been captured before and could not be dismissed in the future were sent back to Henan. With the addition of this new force, Han Fuju barely withstood the attacks of the Song and Sun tribes and temporarily stabilized the situation. The situation in Henan was broken.

Han Fuju felt the crisis, so he sent someone to beg Feng Yuxiang for mercy, saying that he was too stupid to do such a foolish thing against Jun Zuo, and hoped that Feng would give him a chance, and then he would definitely change his mind and start a new life.

Feng Yuxiang was extremely disdainful of this at first, but it happened that Li Zongren, the warlord of the Guangxi clique, saw the breakdown in the relationship between Jiang and Feng, so he couldn't wait to act first and occupied the land of the two lakes.Jiang Zhongzheng hoped to join Feng Kangli in desperation.

Jiang Zhongzheng's move was actually not superfluous, even though Feng's internal strife did not contact him, the Central Army could still evaluate the Guangxi faction alone.But if Feng is pushed to the Guangxi side because of this, the future will be full of variables.

He Yaozu, the former No. 40 Army commander who was cast idle due to the Jinan tragedy, brought Jiang's generous conditions to Huashan, Shaanxi to meet Feng Yuxiang.

"Greetings to Minister Feng on behalf of Commander-in-Chief Chiang!" At that time, Feng Yuxiang was the Minister of Military and Political Affairs of the Nationalist Government, so He Yaozu called him Minister Feng.Feng Yuxiang is the most impatient with this red tape, and likes to get straight to the point.

"Brother Guiyan is so polite, just tell me what conditions Jiang has."

Although Feng Yuxiang and Jiang Zhongzheng changed from using each other to being suspicious and fighting each other, he had a good impression of this direct descendant of Jiang Jun, and the two had a pleasant relationship several times, so they spoke more frankly.

This is also one of the reasons why Jiang Zhongzheng sent He Yaozu to persuade Feng Yuxiang.

He Yaozu cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Huanzhang is still quick to speak. The Guangxi Li Rebellion rebelled, and Commander-in-Chief Chiang agreed that as long as Brother Huanzhang attacked Hunan along the Beijing-Han line in Hubei to fight against the rebels, after success, the chairman of the two lakes and the administration The post of dean belongs to you!"

It has to be said that Chiang Kai-shek paid a lot of money. Not only did he hand over the affluent Huguang provinces to Feng Yuxiang, but he also promised the post of executive director. Not too big.

Who can refuse such a generous offer?Feng Yuxiang immediately laughed and agreed to send troops.

"Brother Guiyan, please tell Commander-in-Chief Jiang that I, Feng Yuxiang, will send troops to help the Central Committee suppress the rebellion tomorrow!"

Li Zongren's anti-Chiang brought Han Fuju a respite. Feng Yuxiang immediately accepted Han Fuju's plea, ordered the Han Ministry to go south to attack Wuhan, and promised to be the chairman of Hubei Province.After receiving the order, Han Fuju secretly rejoiced that God really helped me.

So Han Fuju immediately took the order, and at the same time reorganized the original subordinates, and incorporated Sun Liangcheng's subordinates, and forcibly recruited strong men in Henan, and the army size rapidly expanded to nearly 10.Attacked Wuhan, Hubei in March.

Wu Xiaoliang was surprised after receiving the news, and secretly helping Han to contain Feng Yuxiang had an unexpected effect. He believed that since Jiang and Feng cooperated again, the possibility of the outbreak of the Central Plains War would be greatly reduced.Therefore, ignore their small-scale melee, but devote themselves to the development of Shandong's education and industry, and the two carriages go hand in hand.

The members of the reappointed Shandong Provincial Government saw that the new chairman was different from other warlords who took office to make money to expand the army. Instead, they invested a large amount of money in industry and education. A feudal official who does something practical.

Among them, Leng Xun and He Siyuan, who first came into contact with Wu Xiaoliang, held this view.In just half a year, Shandong, a land with almost no heavy industry, erected towering chimneys, black smoke billowed over the city, and the railway freight was busy and crowded. It was a booming scene.

In addition to investment in industry and education, Wu Xiaoliang organized the original troops in Shandong and newly recruited soldiers into two divisions and one brigade. Served as secretary-general and was appointed commander of the Independent Brigade.

These two divisions and one brigade, of which the No.17 Division led by Wu Xiaoliang was stationed in Jinan, controlling the junction of Jinpu Road and Jiaoji Railway.The Seventh Division moved to Ziyang to control along the Jinpu Road in southern Shandong.However, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Soon Wu Xiaoliang received an order from Chairman Jiang of the Nanjing Central Government.