The beacon of youth

Chapter 233 The Battle of Xifu: Three Horses in the Northwest

After the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China for more than 200 years, collapsed, the whole country was in a state of anarchy. Just like Hu Quangui, the commander of the Zhongyi Rescue Army in the model play "Shajiabin", said, heroes in troubled times rise up. In all directions, if you have a gun, you are the grass head king, hook up three parties to sweep up, Lao Jiang, the devils, and the Qinghong gang.

In old China, there were as many warlords, big and small, fighting each other and vying for territory. With a dozen guns, you can pull up a team of about [-] people, and with a team of [-] people, you can occupy an area. It's not a small place, and with a piece of land, you can eat well, drink hot and play with women.

The discipline of the warlord's team is uneven. If you meet a better commoner, you can survive a bit, but if you encounter a bad one, it will be terrible. There is a small warlord in the Central Plains named Sun Dianying. There is a famous man in this guy's army It is called "ring bell noodles".

Sun Dianying, who is commonly known as Sun Laodian by the common people, has corrupted the military discipline. Everywhere the troops go, they will arrest the beautiful women of the local chief, take off their clothes, tie small bells on their breasts, and let the officers and soldiers eat noodles. Let's sit and enjoy, this is the famous "ringing noodles"

However, this guy didn't get any good rewards. He became a traitor after joining the Kuomintang group, but he was too greedy. He opened up the tomb of Lafayette, Empress Dowager Cixi in private. Chairman Chiang was shot.

After more than ten or twenty years of melee, several major warlord groups gradually formed in China, the relatively large ones were the Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang groups in the Northeast, the Wu Peifu group in Zhili, and the Bai Chongxi and Warlords in Guangxi. The Li Zongren Group, the Wangjialie Group in Guizhou, Yan Xishan in Shanxi, Liu Wenhui (the older brother of the famous landlord Liu Wencai) and Liu Xiang in Sichuan, Feng Yuxiang in the Northwest, and so on.

And in the northwest of China, there are warlords known as the Three Horses, namely Ma Bufang of Qinghai, Ma Hongkui of Ningxia, and Ma Hongbin of Gansu. Among the three horses, Ma Bufang of Qinghai is the most powerful and powerful, commonly known as Qingma.

The Qingma Group, the most powerful, is the most hostile to the Communists, followed by Ma Hongkui from Ningxia, and Ma Hongbin from Gansu is more tolerant towards the Communists. I have cooperated with ** people.

From the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty until 1949, the "Sanma" family that controlled Qinghai, Ningxia, and Gansu were all born in a remote and closed area in southern Gansu.

Specifically speaking, he was born in two poor valleys, Monigou and Yangwashan, Xixiang, Linxia (Hezhou). Everyone knows that Ma Bufang, Ma Hongkui and Ma Hongbin, who later controlled the lifelines of Qinghai, Ningxia and Gansu provinces, were actually The ancestors of the Sanma family were once famous.

Ma Fulu, General Zhenwei of the Qing Dynasty, was killed in battle with the Eight-Power Allied Forces.

Ma Haiyan, born as an Orion, was the guardian of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and his son Ma Lin was the first King of Qinghai. He once wisely prevented the British army and Tibetan separatists from trying to cede Tibet. From this point of view, this Ma Lin is still very important to the country meritorious.

Ma Zhanao, served as the three-banner supervisor of Zuo Zongtang's cavalry in the 11th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. Because of his meritorious service, he was later promoted to the commander-in-chief of the army and was given the title of "Leer Zimbatulu". "Batulu" means "warrior" in Manchu.

Here the author would like to say a few more words. Nowadays, there are a lot of dramas on TV screens, but some things are wrong. For example, the army of the Manchu Qing Dynasty called them Eight Banners, Four Zheng, and Four Vices, but they are not called TV dramas. For example, "Zheng" in Zhenghuangqi is called "Zhenghuangqi" in writing, but it is not "zheng" in pronunciation. The correct name should be "Zhenghuangqi".

There is a lot to talk about, let’s go back to the book, Hu Zongnan directly called his principal, and after thinking about it, Generalissimo Jiang also thought that this method was feasible, so he called Ma Bufang himself and asked him to send troops to attack the Northwest Communist Army .

The Sanma family has always been at odds with the Central Army of the Kuomintang, and there have been conflicts between them in order to fight for power and profit, but generally the most powerful Qingma Group has the upper hand every time.

Chiang Kai-shek was also suspicious of the Ma family army. Although he was on the surface, he had always been on guard, and had strictly controlled the power of the Sanma family within the three provinces for many years.

Don't look at Ma Bufang from Qinghai who doesn't like to see Hu Zongnan very much, but he dare not refuse to give the face of the chairman. In order to show his loyalty to Chairman Jiang, Ma Bufang said in public that his army is the army of the country, and he obeys the army. The army commanded by the leader is himself the general of the country, not a warlord.

That's what he said, but this guy does things very differently from others, why is it different?He made a few rules of his own.

First, the middle and senior commanders in the army must all be Muslims like him.

Second, it must be his hometown.

Third, they must be relatives of their family.

In this way, although the Ma family army is still a unit within the Kuomintang establishment, it is no different from its own private army.

The army created in this way is only named **, but in fact it is Ma Bufang's own army. The strange rules have created a very strange army, so the cohesion of this army is very high, but because the selection of middle and senior commanders is very small, Combat power has not been greatly improved.

The family army is very obedient. In this army, Ma Bufang is happy to fart, but because there are few clever commanders, his tactics are very mediocre.

At the combat meeting with his subordinates, Ma Bufang racked his brains to figure out what to do?The meeting lasted for a whole day, and all the generals said that the hatred between the Ma family army in Qinghai and the Communist Party is too deep. I think that the West Route Army of the Red Army was hit hard by their hands, and how many soldiers of the Red Army died under their sabers. Now, if we see the communist army grow bigger and stronger today, it will be very unfavorable to us, and if Hu Zongnan is eliminated, it will be our turn in the next step.

If it is said that the root cause of the conflict between the Central Army and the local army of the Kuomintang lies with Chiang Kai-shek, although these warlords have surrendered to the Nationalist government in name, they have always been wary of Chairman Chiang in their hearts, and Chairman Chiang's usual method is to urge tigers The means of swallowing wolves.

Use local miscellaneous brands to fight desperately with the ** army, while you take advantage of the murlocs yourself. It is best to fight both times, and then your own central army will take over. In this way, some warlords think that It is best not to be wiped out, so that there is room for oneself to survive and a place in the cracks.

Ma Bufang, who was thinking for a while, finally made up his mind. Although Hu Zongnan had conflicts with himself, he was still better than the Communists.

Ma Bufang, who made up his mind, sent his main elite troops to reorganize the 82nd Division and set off to help Baoji. The division commander was his son, Ma Jiyuan, a well-known young general in the Northwest.

The 82nd Division has the same three brigades and nine regiments as other reorganized divisions of the Kuomintang, but it is also different from other Kuomintang troops. The difference is that it has a large number of cavalry units.

The 82nd Division, commanded by Ma Bufang's son Ma Jiyuan, is an elite unit of Tsing Ma's direct line. It not only has infantry, but also has four main cavalry regiments. They are all old troops when Ma Bufang started. There are also more than 2000 people, so the 82nd Division is not counted as an infantry force, and the cavalry alone exceeds 1.

When Qingma's 82nd Division rushed to Baoji, the left side of the Northwest Field Army, the second column and the fourth column were also advancing rapidly.

Li Yong's independent regiment was still marching with the main force at the beginning, and problems arose not long after they left.

Because a large number of cars were seized in several battles, more than 3000 people in the current independent regiment have all motorized cars.

There is no way for cars to march with infantry. Commander Wang Zhen thought about it and ordered the independent regiment to be the forward of the two columns to open the way.

The independent regiment was ordered to move forward quickly, passing quickly by the soldiers of the two columns of the brigade. The cars were one after another, with rice and noodles in the car, and a large-caliber howitzer behind the car.

A total of more than 200 vehicles and the artillery team dragged out for a long distance. The officers and soldiers of the independent regiment on the vehicle wore steel helmets, submachine guns on their chests, their heads were so high, and they looked forward boldly.

The crazy behavior of the soldiers of the independent regiment, the soldiers of the other brigades of the second column are almost used to it, and they have experienced it many times, and they don’t think it’s surprising. The independent regiment, the commander’s baby bump, the cow should be .

The scene of passing quickly also shocked Commander Wang. F*ck, Li Yong really has some ideas. This car is really a good thing. If it is captured in the future, it must not be burned. It is best to put the whole column in the car On the ground, that's called beauty, but now I can only think about it, other troops don't even have soldiers who drive cars, let alone cars.

Looking at the independent regiment passing by, the soldiers of the fourth column opened their mouths so much that they couldn't close their mouths. Good guy, this is too awesome. The soldiers all asked whether it was the troops of the second column?Anyway, our four verticals do not have such a team.

Some who knew the situation said: "Don't make a fuss, it belongs to the second column, it is the independent regiment directly under the column, and it is the army guarding the fork in this battle."

The soldiers in the fourth column said, well, it’s a good thing to be able to hold the fork. It looks amazing like this. Look at this car, we don’t have so many cars in the whole column?There are also other people's weapons, there are very few rifles, most of them are machine guns and submachine guns, and look at us, only the squad leader is holding a submachine gun. It would be nice if others had a better [-] and Zhongguan, the gap is too big big.The old bus had to stop for a while.

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