Jagged Warlord

The First World War is finally over. In stark contrast to the enthusiasm when the war just broke out, when the news that the war is really over is confirmed, Europeans who are already very disgusted with the war begin to reflect on the chaos that has brought Europe. In the war against hunger, the politicians of the victorious countries believe that if they want to make this war meaningful, the best way is to use the advantages of the victors to sign a contract that can curb their war ambitions and warn those war madmen. An agreement to end the war, in other words, an agreement that severely punishes the defeated countries must be signed

Germany, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria, as the defeated countries, decided to impose severe sanctions on these defeated countries as punishment for launching the war, including the cession of territory and the payment of war reparations. In this way, China is trying to show the world their determination to maintain world peace. At the same time, they also intend to use these ceded territories and war reparations to quickly restore their country's economy that has been hit hard by the war.For the latest free chapters of this book, please visit www.In addition to a necessary peace agreement, the governments of the victorious countries also reached an important international political belief, that is, to form an international organization that can stop the war and maintain world peace, and use this international organization to sanction those who try to Countries that have launched wars or have already waged wars should ensure collective security. To achieve this goal, the victorious countries decided to hold an international conference in Paris. This is a peaceful conference, but it is also a conference that decides to punish the defeated countries. In Paris At the peace conference, the victorious country will ultimately decide the fate of the defeated country.

Those attending the peace conference were all the victorious countries that participated in the First World War, including China of course.As in history, Li Mohan sent a Chinese delegation headed by Gu Weijun.Before leaving, Li Mohan said to these passionate young people: "The main task of our participation in the Paris Peace Conference this time is to fight for China's rights and interests. As for the others, we can be more grandiose. Now, although Germany has been defeated, but I don't need to add insult to injury. Since the U.S. government advocates lenient treatment of the defeated countries, we firmly support the U.S. government's position. When you speak, you must remember to show the Chinese people's desire for peace as much as possible. We support the U.S. If we treat the defeated countries leniently, then we sell the benefits of both the Americans and the Germans."

Gu Weijun nodded and Li Mohan continued: "Everyone is going to Europe. Apart from participating in the Paris Peace Conference, the most important task for you is to collect talents and technologies from the defeated countries. According to the current news from the embassy, ​​Berlin and Vienna are still There is chaos, demonstrations and small-scale armed demonstrations are still going on one after another. Due to the very high unemployment rate, many Germans and Austrians with excellent skills cannot find jobs. Well, this is our chance, we can completely send these people Please go back to China, Chu Caijin uses these lost foreign talents to contribute to China's industrial technology progress, and strive to make China's industrial technology comparable to the world level in the shortest possible time. I hope you will take it seriously and not let go of any Real talent."

After finishing speaking, Li Mohan asked someone to take out a thick stack of manuscripts, and said: "The main points of this trip are all in it, you can read it carefully on the way, but remember, keep it in your heart, and destroy it immediately after reading it."

Li Mohan also asked Jiang Fangzhen, Cai E and others, saying that the Red Russian Army was very powerful and beat the White Russian Army to the ground.I am afraid that sooner or later they will come to the Far East, and Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Northeast China must make early plans.The White Russian Army can be accepted, but they must be disarmed before they can enter, and they must live in a centralized manner and manage them centrally, so as to prevent the White Russian Army from fleeing into our country and causing harm.

Gu Weijun and others began to prepare to participate in the Paris Peace Conference, while Li Mohan started to clean up the warlord forces in the northwest and southwest.

It is said that the southwest warlords are mainly the Dian Army and the Guangxi Army. Among them, the Dian Army expanded its power to Sichuan by virtue of the War to Protect the Country.After Yuan Shikai died of illness and the War to Protect the Nation ended, the Yunnan Warlords headed by Tang Jiyao also formally formed.After the War to Protect the Nation, the Progressive Party members headed by Liang Qichao hoped to establish their own base in the southwest, so Liang Qichao tried his best to contact Duan Qirui of the Beijing government to find a job for his student Cai E in Sichuan.The Beijing government under Duan Qirui's control also appointed Cai E as governor and governor of Sichuan.

However, Tang Jiyao was not very happy about Cai E's entry into Sichuan.As early as the beginning of the War to Protect the Nation, when Cai E led his army into Sichuan to fight, Tang Jiyao feared that Cai E's troops would grow stronger in the battle with the Beiyang Army, which would be detrimental to himself, so he constrained Cai E's First Army of the National Guard in many ways. There was no necessary assistance in terms of funds, troops, and weapons.Cai E was appointed as the governor of Sichuan. Given Cai E's reputation, it was difficult for Tang Jiyao to object.For the Yunnan army entering Sichuan, he can't even remotely control it. [

But then Cai E went to the United States for medical treatment. Before leaving, Cai E recommended Luo Peijin, the chief of staff of the Sichuan-Yunnan Army, as the temporary governor of Sichuan, and Dai Kan, the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan-Guizhou Army, as the governor of Sichuan and the military affairs committee.Because Luo Peijin had already leaned towards Tang Jiyao, Tang Jiyao was able to remotely control the Yunnan army that entered Sichuan.

At that time, the troops entering Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou occupied a large area of ​​Sichuan Province and important towns such as Chengdu and Chongqing.Luo Peijin completely abandoned Cai E's "reconstruction of Sichuan" plan, adhering to Tang Jiyao's will, trying his best to search for Sichuan's wealth, plunder the salt tax, and force the people of Sichuan to pay the military salaries for the troops in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. deep.Luo Peijin also pursued the policy of "strengthening Yunnan and weakening Sichuan", expanding into the Sichuan-Yunnan Army and suppressing the Sichuan Army.

In the winter of 1916, Luo Peijin held a reorganization meeting to reduce the Sichuan Army, which aroused the five division commanders of the Sichuan Army to jointly call and complain. In March 1917, Luo Peijin disbanded the Fourth Division of the Sichuan Army by force again. In 3, Liu Cunhou led his troops to besiege the Luo Peijin Department stationed in the Imperial City of Chengdu, and the Battle of Liu Luo broke out.The Dian army sprayed the surrounding houses with kerosene, claiming to "brighten the city" to prevent the Sichuan army from ambush by relying on the houses.Liu Cunhou also attacked with cannons and mines, many of which landed in residential areas.The two sides fought in the streets for seven days and nights, causing heavy casualties.Because Zhao Youxin, the reinforcement of the Dian Army, was blocked by the Second Division of the Sichuan Army in Ziyang and Neijiang, Luo Peijin was isolated and forced to hand over the governor's seal, and led his troops to retreat from Chengdu to Jianyang, Zigong and other places.The Battle of Liu Luo was the first melee between warlords in the history of the Southwest Warlords.During the service, more than 1917 private houses in Chengdu were destroyed, more than [-] people were killed and injured, and property losses were numerous.

When Sun Yat-sen went south to Guangzhou to lead the law-protection movement against the Beiyang warlords, Tang Jiyao thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it and decided to use the law-protectors to drive the Yunnan forces back into Sichuan, so he responded by calling the law-protectors.However, Tang Jiyao did not stand under the banner of Sun Yat-sen's Dharma protection, but set a different style and declared "Jingguo" and organized the Eighth Army of Yunnan and Guizhou into Jingzhou, known as "Diangui Jinguo Allied Forces". Tang Jiyao himself served as the commander-in-chief , with Yang Zhen as the chief of staff, Gu Pinzhen, Zhao Youxin, Yu Enyang, Huang Yucheng, Zhang Kairu, Fang Shengtao, Zhang Xi, and Ye Quan as the commanders-in-chief of the eight armies, plus Wang Wenhua's first division of the Guizhou Army, a total of more than 70 battalions About 4 people.Tang Jiyao, in the name of Liu Cunhou of the Sichuan Army obstructing the Yunnan Army, led the Yunnan-Guizhou Allied Forces to set off and launched the Sichuan Jinguo War.

The Sichuan Yasukuni War ended when the Yunnan Army invaded Chengdu, and Liu Cunhou and other troops retreated to the Hanzhong area in southern Shaanxi.So far, Tang Jiyao's Yasukuni War with the goal of seizing and controlling Sichuan has basically come to an end.Tang Jiyao controlled the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, and his momentum was prominent and even more domineering.He appointed Xiong Kewu as the governor and governor of Sichuan.In the name of aiding Hubei and Shaanxi, he appointed eight commander-in-chiefs in succession, namely, Huang Fusheng, Ye Quan, Wang Wenhua, and Gu Pinzhen as the first, second, third, and fourth commanders-in-chief of aiding Hubei; Guoding and Ding Zexu were the commanders-in-chief of the first, second, third, and fourth aid routes to Shaanxi.In addition, he also installed Wang Wenhua as the guard envoy of Chongqing, Zhao Youxin as the governor of the Sichuan Military Affairs Council, Gu Pinzhen as the guard envoy of Xulu, and Ye Quan as the guard envoy of Kuiwan.

In order to firmly control Sichuan and further expand into Shaanxi and Hubei, Tang Jiyao, in the name of discussing the Northern Expedition, decided to hold a meeting of the five provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, and Henan in Chongqing in September 1918, and took office as the "Five Provinces". Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces".In addition to the main generals of the Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou armies at the meeting, there were Li Tianzong, commander-in-chief of the Hubei Jingtai Army, and Wang Tianzong, commander-in-chief of the Henan Jingtai Army.

At the Chongqing Allied Forces Conference, Tang Jiyao threw out a "Program for the Alliance of the Three Provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou" entitled "Preparation for the Northern Expedition".He and Liu Xianshi, the governor of Guizhou, had already signed, and now they are waiting for the signature of Xiong Kewu, the governor of Sichuan.The main content of this alliance plan is as follows: the Sichuan arsenal was supplemented with ordnance and medicine for the Northern Expedition, and it was under the jurisdiction of the coalition army, but in fact it was all owned by the Yunnan-Guizhou army; Combined tax, wine tax, etc., used as a supplement to the military pay of the Northern Expedition Army, was actually used as the military pay of the Yunnan and Guizhou Army; Zizhong, Ziyang, Jianyang, Xufu, Luzhou, Chongqing, Wanxian and Ziliujing, Rongxian, Weiyuan and Huili, Ningyuan, Youyang and Xiushan belong to each other, and Fanchuan's southeast rich area is all owned by the Yunnan-Guizhou Army; the above-mentioned items are managed by a special organization set up by the Allied Army Headquarters in Chongqing.Xiong Kewu refused to sign the alliance letter, which was actually a "dead river".

Tang Jiyao's ambition has seriously threatened Li Mohan's unification plan.

For this, Cai E has always blamed himself. He said: "If I didn't go abroad to see a doctor, as long as I was here, it would be a constraint on him. I forgive him for not acting rashly, but now the Yunnan Army has actually become Tang Jiyao to realize his personal ambition. If a soldier is brave in civil war but timid in national war, brave in fighting for power but timid in dedication and sacrifice, can he still be called a soldier?" Cai E was quite indignant in his words, "under the premise of unifying China, no one If you dare to obstruct it, you will have a dead end." Li Mohan said: "Although Tang Jiyao is already full-fledged in the southwest, in terms of seniority and popularity, he is no match for you, Songpo. Therefore, you have to let go of the Hunan matter for the time being. "