"Hefei has since the news of the defeat came, that is, the residence of the Hutong of Fuxue. Submit to self-impeachment, please revoke all official positions and honors, and wait for punishment, and one person is responsible for fulfilling the promise of being responsible for alone. This old man is stubborn and responsible, but he is admirable. But the Anhui army in the north has ended since then, and the Beiyang army has disintegrated since then. Duan Zhiquan looked at the printed copy of the newspaper, reading it in a low tone, with a weird smile on his face.

This is the newspaper at that time on Duan Qirui's series of actions after the defeat in the Battle of Zhiwan, Wu Chenxuan felt that it was normal for him to look at it as history, but it was a little discordant for the parties to look at their own stories with relish.

"It was a battle, and the commentators said that the battle plan drawn up by Youzheng was quite in line with military principles, but it still failed, thinking that it would not be carried out according to his plan. Yu didn't know about the military, and he didn't see the plan, so he didn't dare to say anything. However, it is an objective comment that is within the reach of humble opinion. Duan Xiangyan was originally called a general, and he was an old man, so he couldn't help but rely on the old and sell the old, conceited and underestimated the enemy, thinking that the Feng army was worthy of a blow, and the direct army didn't care. He was so obsessed with the battle of restoration that he did not notice the difference in the situation, and even played cards in the car, and made steamed buns from Beijing and sent them to the army. He expected that this military would be victorious in the near future, and he made an error in judgment. Qu Tongfeng, Chen Wenyun. Although he was born as a Japanese non-commissioned officer, Qu is a rough man in Shandong, brave and unscrupulous. Chen Ze has no military morale, only knows how to inherit, is cowardly before fighting, rarely stays in the barracks, has betrayed the principle of not leaving the army, and the soldier does not leave the officer, not to mention the principle of sharing the joys and hardships with the soldiers, how can he be the commander, this is the second. The frontier defense and the northwest armies were not long after they were formed, and their training was insufficient; although the corporal had been trained in the martial arts hall, they had not gone through the war, and their command was not satisfactory, and the soldiers could not fight on their own. The border guards were best trained by the first division of Ma Zizhen (Ma Liang), and they were transferred to Shandong, but they were not able to be transferred back, resulting in no reserve army to support, and fourth. Wu Guangxin was detained in Wuchang, which had a great impact on the morale of the army. This time, because of the importance of Feng and the lightness, Xu Youzheng was the east road. If the Northwest Army was the western route and defeated the direct army first, the Feng army would not have entered the pass to aid Cao first. Zheng East Road has entered Tianjin, and it is really burdened by West Road. Before the war, I asked Sakanishi Rihachiro as an adviser to the war. Based on the prediction of this war, he said that the border guards were not well trained, and the commanders and corporals had no experience in warfare, so it was too early to use them in combat. This army can only obey orders, and cannot fight on its own, it all depends on the commander. It's really a word. ”

Looking at this evaluation, Duan Qirui pondered for a while, raised his head and said with a wry smile: "The old man has calculated, what is said here, if it is really in that situation, I am afraid that there is a chance that it will be like this." Although the old man boasts that he is proficient in the use of soldiers, but he does have some tricks in this knowledge of people and materials, if it weren't for the fact that the general seat had an early insight and mentioned Xiao Xu's weakness, the old man never thought of his Achilles' heel. So it can be said that it is the luck of the old man, and maybe it can be regarded as Xiao Xu's luck. ”

"I'm afraid it may not be" Wu Chenxuan looked at the summary of internal security information handed to him by Du Niang, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Rigidity is easy to break, and our frustration with Xiao Xu at the meeting was a little too much."

"Huh?" Knowing that the general seat would not be untargeted, Duan Qirui looked at Wu Chenxuan's internal security information on the coffee table, which was impressively written on the general's dynamics, "M21, X02 and two Guangdong newspaper reporters talked at the Marco Polo Cafe on Jinger Road for 45 minutes, during which there were many military positions such as commander and army commander, and X02 did not make a clear statement. M23, the two sides meet at the X02 residence, audio recording. It is reported that X02 intends to serve as the commander of the Hubei New Army or the Jiangxi New Army, but the other party agrees to the position of Huang Kedi's deputy or the commander of the third mixed brigade of the Hubei New Army. ”

"Boss, can you give Xiao Xu a way out." Looking at the sweaty old Duan, I didn't expect Yu Jian, who seemed to be giggling, to have such a ability and monitor the generals of the National Defense Force so closely. Looking at the situation, the five tiger generals and their own families are afraid that these things are indispensable, this boss from the future, the strange things in his hands are not something he can imagine, it is estimated that these things Yu Jian has not arranged around his own people. Of course, Lao Duan also understands this, after all, every superior has his own set of methods for monitoring his subordinates, not to mention far away, it is the Jinyi Guard of the East Factory and the West Factory of the Ming Dynasty, the blood droplets at the sticky rod of the Qing Dynasty, and even Lao Yuan has a small department of the communication office that is engaged in the intelligence work of the people around the general, but his own boss is more advanced, relying on equipment beyond the times instead of undercover.

"Hehe, Lao Duan, you're too worried. At the very beginning of the founding of the army, I had a word in advance, so that we could gather and disperse, and as long as we did not threaten our common interests, kept secrets, and did not commit treason to the enemy, there would be no punishment. Wu Chenxuan looks at this openly, unlike many warlords in this era, who pay attention to the father and son of the monarch and the minister, and are loyal to the concept of the master's family. In the later life, job hopping is simply commonplace, the post-80s have not changed three or four units, and most of them are squid who take the initiative to fire the boss, if the subordinate jumps, the boss will take a group of younger brothers to cut people, then there will be street bloodbaths in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou every day, especially like the service industry and the insurance industry, I am afraid that everyone will have to be chopped into dumpling filling.

Of course, being a man should also talk about professional ethics, and it is better not to do the things of eating whose food and smashing someone's pot, it is not a joke to have a bad reputation in the workplace.

Seeing that Wu Chenxuan did not pursue Xiao Xu's betrayal, Lao Duan breathed a sigh of relief, saying that this iron-blooded old man is a good hand in governing the army and government, and his wrists are also tough, but he can be a bodhisattva if he is soft-hearted in a few people close to him. As a result, it is inevitable to be cheated by these cronies.

Besides, Duan Zhigui was defeated one after another, but he didn't expect that his years of hard work were ruined, and after three days of testing, he knew that the army of the Anhui system was so "without a battle". Although he was not a strong soldier, he really wanted to kill himself at this time, but fortunately he was closely guarded by the left and right, and persuaded him not to look for a short-term view, because although the direct army had opened fire and become an enemy, it would not be too much to still have the friendship of comrades. So he brought Jin Yunpeng over, Jin saw his old friend at this time, and he didn't know what words to comfort him, Duan just said simply: "The matter has come to this, you can still talk to them, hurry up and discuss a truce with them, I have no opinion on the conditions, I just hope not to bring the war into this Xi'an city." ”

When Jin Yunpeng came out of the Duan Mansion under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, he went to Fu Liangzuo and asked him to go to Baoding to sue for peace with Cao Kun's direct army on behalf of Jin himself. When Fu arrived in Baoding, he went to the Zhili Governor's Office to ask Cao Rui, the acting governor of Zhili, but Cao Rui did not see him and did not allow him to leave, so he was imprisoned in the governor's office.

At this time, the city of Xi'an was extremely tense, and the front-line troops retreated in embarrassment. Duan Zhigui had no choice but to go to Zhang Fenghui, the governor of Shaanxi, in person and ask Zhang to issue an armistice order, lest Xi'an City be out of control. After Zhang Zhiduan resigned, he looked at his back and sneered: "I knew today, why bother in the first place?" "This Zhang Du Governor was the former Qing Dynasty co-unification, and was promoted as the governor after the Wuchang Uprising, but with thousands of guns under his hands, of course, he was not the opponent of the Anhui Army, the elite of Beiyang, but fortunately, Duan Zhigui did not have the idea of killing them all at that time, so nominally Zhang Fenghui was still the soil emperor on the ground in Shaanxi.

On the same day, Zhang Fenghui issued an armistice capital governor's order:

"In the past, due to misunderstandings between the various Israeli armies, there were incidents of flirting and endangering the security of the two provinces of Shaanxi and Shandong. According to recent reports, the war has not stopped, the people are afraid, and all industries are depressed. In the middle of the summer, the soldiers are bowing and fighting, which is particularly pitiful. I hope that the generals of all walks of life will quickly move forward, defend the defensive line, stop the attack, wait for the mediation to solve the problem, and do not look forward to the crossing of the army, this order! ”

On the 19th, Duan Zhigui telegraphed and resigned, and Dianyun:

"General Cao Shang * of Baoding, Governor Cao of Tianjin, Patrol Envoy of Shengjing Zhang, President Qiao of Nanjing, Chief Wu of Jinan, Naturalized Cai Dutong, and Envoy of Ma Hujun of Ningxia Tongjian: 'Recently, there have been warnings from internal and external groups, and the livelihood of the people in Shaanxi and Shanxi provinces is suffering, and life and property are extremely important. The two sides should be ordered to cease fighting on the same day, quickly defend the line in front, stop the attack, and wait for the clear order to solve the problem. Cha Zhigui prepared the Anhui army this time, protected the three Jin Dynasty, and covered it with Zhengang discipline, not a military poor soldier, but because of the thin virtue and ability, the measures were not appropriate, and he summoned outsiders to reprimand, and the idea of the main seat of labor. Calm the guilt, good and deep fear! On the day of the investigation, it was stated, and if there was any error, it was at your own risk. Now it is urgent to impeach Chen Chen, and to relieve his grievances, and he has submitted a petition to the Ministry of Defense of the Republic to supervise the affairs of the Northwest, to manage the affairs of the General's Palace, and to remove the generals; And the medals of honor that have been awarded will be revoked, and the name of the Anhui army will also be lifted on the same day to thank the people. I would like to hear first. ”

The defeat of the Anhui system was not only in the eastern and western battlefields, but also in their respective diplomatic aspects, the direct army had the Feng army as the horns of each other, while the Anhui army had a strong enemy outside and hidden worries inside.

As the boss of the Ministry of National Defense, Wu Chenxuan couldn't laugh or cry at Duan Zhigui's resignation, after all, these official titles are all products of the pre-Qing era, and as for supervising the affairs of the Northwest, it is simply Duan Zhigui's own official title that he puts gold on his face and no one recognizes. But pinching his nose, he had to admit this matter, so the Ministry of National Defense issued a telegram order to exempt several generals of the Anhui army, announcing that the Anhui army would be stationed in the same place, maintaining law and order, and waiting for the Ministry of Defense to send someone to make arrangements. At the same time, all units of the direct army were strictly forbidden to cross the Line of Actual Control and enter Tongguan.

At the same time, Wu Chenxuan issued an order of the Minister of National Defense, announcing the mobilization of a division of the Feng Department and a mixed division of the Hubei People's Army to form the 5th Infantry Division of the Seventh Group Army of the Concord National Defense Army from western Henan to Shaanxi through Tongguan and to pacify the chaotic areas. A battle between the open and the dark around the ownership of the land of Sanqin is about to be released.