For Sichuan, Li Jiansheng is too familiar. For no other reason, because in later generations, he once participated in the earth-shattering Wenchuan earthquake rescue activities. At this time, Li Jiansheng, who was familiar with history books, also knew the current situation of warlord rule in Sichuan.

At present, there are a number of provinces in the country that are ruled by warlords, and on the whole, these warlords can be divided into roughly three categories. The first type is that a certain province is relatively unified. For example, Shanxi, which is the world of Yan Xishan; Another example is Guangdong, which is Chen Jitang's world; Another example is Guangxi, which is the world of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi; Another example is Hunan, where He Jian has the final say. The second type is that a province is unified externally and actually fragmented internally. In this category, the most representative is Guizhou. On the surface, Wang Jialie unified Guizhou, but in fact, he couldn't command the deputy army commander Hou Zhi's department that divided Chishui, Renhuai, Xishui, Suiyang and other counties in northern Guizhou, nor could he control the eight genera of Judah who were entrenched in Panjiang in southwest Guizhou; He couldn't control the division of the separatist forces entrenched in Qijiang and Dongxi, and the deputy commander Jiang Zaizhen's department. In fact, Guizhou is a place that looks relatively bright on the outside and is not good in substance. As for the third category, it is entirely a province where warlords are fighting. The first example is Sichuan!

To be honest, warlord rule is a major feature of modern China, and Sichuan, known as the "land of abundance", is the hardest hit area of warlord rule. Some people have calculated that in the more than 20 years after the Xinhai Revolution, there were hundreds of wars between Sichuan warlords, and the Battle of Erliu was the climax of the Sichuan warlord melee!

The Sichuan warlords are very distinctive. First, there are a large number of warlords. Because of the shape of these warlords, the local people summarized with songs: the water has Peng Shuixuan, the god has Liu Shenxian, and the spirit official comes to the town hall; Ha'er went to guard the border, built roads for Tang Zijin, and Wei Feng Guo Daman; Zhang Sike and Yu Anmin are both ministers of Anbangding; There is also the commander Lantian Yu, who bends over and hunchs over to play ball. The bearded man Pan Wenhua, the bald guy Wang Zan Xu, and the planes and warships are all in order. Li Luo Yangsen, like Liu Xianggan's son-in-law. Here, more than a dozen warlord names are written. Second, there are many warlord factions, including several factions, such as the armament department, the Baoding faction, the military officer faction, the express faction, and the Kuomintang industrial regiment faction. Most of these factions are based on the birth of these officers. For example, the Department of Armament mainly refers to the fact that most of these officers have studied in the Armament Academy. Others, such as the Baoding Department, mostly refer to the group of officers who studied in the Baoding Military Academy; Another example is the accelerated course, which refers to the group of officers who have studied in the Army's accelerated learning class. As for the industrial regiment system, it refers to the group of officers who have been trained by the Central Army of the Kuomintang Party to pay attention to industrial development. Third, there are many jokes. For example, in the era of warlord secession in Zhengzhong, the Sichuan army was everywhere, and its numbers were varied, but this number and the troops were not the same as the horse's mouth: for example, the "border guards" of a certain commander Lai should be stationed on the Sichuan side according to the name, but they have been stationed in the counties of central Sichuan for a long time, never next to each other; Another example is the "River Defense Army" of a certain Huang Army Commander, which should be stationed along the river, but has been stationed in the Chengdu Basin for a long time; Another example is the "Qingxiang Army" of Commander Peng, which refers to the "Qingxiang Army in the area to which Chengdu Prefecture belongs", but the army is not only not in Chengdu, but is stationed far away in the area of Zizhong in southern Sichuan, and has never been in Qingxiang; As for the "Lei Ma Pingtun Colonization Army" of a certain Commander Mu, it is even more ridiculous, because its troops only have one company, and they are not stationed in Leibo, Mabian, and Pingshan, but they are idle in Xufu (now Yibin) to sit and eat food and pay until liberation; Another example is the name of "mixed brigade", which sounds like a cluster of troops composed of infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineering, and baggage, but in fact it is all infantry, not mixed at all; Another example is a regiment of the third division of a certain Chen division commander, known as a "cavalry regiment", but not only has no horses, but also does not even have a cow; For example, some "artillery regiments" do not even have a single earthen cannon; The most exaggerated thing is that there is an "engineer battalion", which does not have a shovel or a pickaxe, and to dig trenches to borrow hoes from the common people! Fourth, there are many stories. For example, Liu Shiliang, who was the head of the Chengdu Bathing Gang at that time, felt very deeply about the warlords' expropriation and extortion at that time, so he made a couplet, and the horizontal criticism turned out to be "Ten Thousand Taxes of the Republic of China"! Another example is that Yang Sen, who is indeed a big warlord, a murderer, and a ** who specializes in mutilating girls. But this man is very famous for making women. You see, his ** brother Yang Sen is in power, and the newspaper he runs vigorously boasts that Lao Yang is a hero, and everything he does is for the country and the people, and he is really a great man. As a result, in such a package, Comrade Lao Yang became the idol of Sichuan girls at that time, and reversed a lot of talented girls, and many people wrote to him to court, one of which read: "I am willing to be a heroic concubine, not a mediocre **." ”。 As a result, there are countless wives and concubines of this "chivalrous man", and they are all talented and beautiful.

In fact, Yang Sen is also a hero, and he is relatively quick to accept new ideas, for example, when he was managing Sichuan, he liked to use new-style characters, and all students who came back from Beijing and Shanghai, which were more foreign, would be worshiped as secretaries when they saw it. However, he had a good idea, but because he didn't have enough means, he ended up with a problem. For example, if there are many secretaries, after a long time, they will become a "secretary group". As soon as there are many people, Lao Yang will not pay his salary. These secretaries also have a way, because each of them has a soldier and a lantern, and the idea came to him: so he went to the superintendent's office every three or five to receive foreign oil. As a result, there is a strange situation: there are hundreds of secretaries who go to the superintendent office every day to receive foreign oil! As a result, after a long time, these secretaries became known as "foreign oil secretaries". Another story refers to Luo Yanash, the commander of a certain army in Sichuan. After announcing the revolution, this guy said to the officers and soldiers: "Everyone is a fake revolution, and now I have spent more than 20,000 yuan on changing the signboard of the National Revolutionary Army and making other flags, division collar badges, armbands, and other things. Dare to say that Lao Tzu is not revolutionary, do you have to spend some money stupidly to be considered a revolution? "You see, people are revolutionaries like this, and they speak eloquently! The other story refers to Liu Xiang's. At that time, Liu Xiang set up a navy, which was actually an ordinary small steamer, welded with some iron plates for armor, and then installed two small steel cannons for the army. Because the tonnage of the ship is small and the horsepower is not large, as long as the hull of the ship is taken back a large section after a shot, and if you want to fire the next shot, you have to anchor, adjust the position, and then fire the next shot, which is purely a decoration and has no actual combat effectiveness. Moreover, because the ship was old and had mechanical problems, it could not travel. As a result, some good deeds posted notices along the river, saying that many civilian boats on the Sichuan River should be careful, "If it is not for the beach to retreat, it will almost overshadow the cypress boats; Tell the boatman along the river, Lang will lose money in the sinking ship"! Of course, this has become a folk joke for a while, and the humor of Sichuan people can also be seen!

Li Jiansheng saw all these things from many posts on the Internet in later generations, and at present, he knows the situation between the warlords of various ministries in Sichuan by combining the knowledge of later generations, profound historical knowledge, and current intelligence in all aspects.

At present, the warlords in Sichuan are the most "Er Liu". "Erliu" refers to Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui. Liu Wenhui is the younger brother of Liu Wencai, a big landlord in Sichuan! A warlord melee broke out between the two, known as the "Battle of Erliu" in history. In fact, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui are both from Dayi County, Sichuan, and they are still cousins and nephews. Liu Wenhui is Liu Xiang's uncle, but Liu Xiang is six years older than Liu Wenhui. Liu Xiang graduated from the Sichuan Army Crash Course and belonged to the "Crash Line" among the Sichuan warlords. Liu Wenhui graduated from the Baoding Military Academy and belonged to the "Baoding Department" among the Sichuan warlords. When Liu Wenhui joined the military force, Liu Xiang was already a major general and brigade commander, although Liu Wenhui did not serve in Liu Xiang's system, his development and growth were inseparable from Liu Xiang's support. Liu Wenhui also helped Liu Xiang a lot, such as military support, economic aid, and political cover. For a long period of time, Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui have been relying on each other in the warlord melee in Sichuan, and they are called "Sichuan Army Second Liu" at the time. In the early 30s, after a long period of scuffle, some old and powerful factions in Sichuan, such as Xiong Kewu, Liu Cunhou, Yang Sen and others, either failed to go into the field or were seriously weakened, and they all lost the strength to compete for hegemony in Sichuan, and Er Liu became the two most powerful forces. Liu Wenhui was even more backward, concurrently serving as chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Government, commander-in-chief of the Sichuan-Kang border defense, and commander of the 24 th Army, and his defense area included 81 counties in the Sichuan-Kang area, accounting for almost half of the total area of Sichuan, and the territory was large and rich, with a force of 120,000 troops, which was second to none among all factions in Sichuan. At this time, Liu Xiang was the supervisor of the aftermath of Sichuan and the commander of the 21 st Army, and his defense area included a total of 46 counties in southeastern Sichuan and western Hubei, especially Chongqing, which controlled the hub of Sichuan's water and land transportation and the key point of import and export, and its location was extremely important, with a strength of about 110,000 troops. Although it is slightly inferior to Liu Wenhui in terms of territory, it is comparable in terms of military strength. When Er Liu became the two major forces in Sichuan, the contradictions between the two gradually appeared. Liu Xiang has long had the ambition of unifying Sichuan, and he often openly declares: "After I unify Sichuan, what will happen." Liu Wenhui is also very ambitious, and he often asks others: "How do you think Sichuan will be reunified?" It seems that it is our responsibility to unify Sichuan. At the same time, Liu Wenhui also supported the Yunnan army Hu Ruoyu to fight back to Yunnan and supported Wang Jialie to occupy Guizhou exclusively. This shows that Liu Wenhui's ambition is not only to dominate Sichuan, but also to try to control the southwest. Both uncle and nephew want to dominate Sichuan, and they must regard each other as enemies. Second, it is inevitable that Liu will weaken and engage in open and secret battles across the other party. In 1931, Liu Wenhui purchased a batch of arms from foreign countries for a huge sum of 2 million yuan and shipped them from Shanghai to Chengdu. Liu Wenhui also secretly bribed Fan Shaozeng, the division commander of Liu Xiang's department, and Lan Wenbin, the brigade commander, with a huge amount of money, and ordered the headquarters stationed in Jiangjin to cut off the grain route in Chongqing. Liu Wenhui's brother Liu Wencai also bribed the assassins in an attempt to assassinate Liu Xiang. These conflicts show that the contradictions between the two have reached an irreconcilable level.

At that time, the two Liu each supported more than 100,000 troops, and their strength was comparable. Other warlords in Sichuan, such as Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, Luo Zezhou, Liu Cunhou, and others, each had a strength of 40,000 or 50,000 troops, or 1 or 20,000, and they were unable to compete with either of the two Lius alone, but their combined strength of nearly 150,000 men undoubtedly became a weight that played a role in the balance of power between the two Lius. Among these people, the most important ones are Deng and Tian. Deng Xihou, nicknamed the "Crystal Monkey", was known for his old scheming and calculation, with more than 40,000 troops and stationed in Chengdu. Tian Songyao, nicknamed "Winter Melon", has more than 50,000 soldiers, and his headquarters is located in Santai. Deng, Tian and Liu Wenhui both belonged to the "Baoding Department", and after 1925, the three of them were stationed in Chengdu together, singing "Baoding Department Unity" to self-respect. Later, with the growth of Liu Wenhui's strength, he gradually surpassed Deng and Tian. In order to further expand his power, Liu dug into the wall of his allies and tried to annex the Deng and Tian tribes. This made Deng and Tian feel that they were in danger and hated Liu Wenhui, so they relied on each other to protect themselves and unite with Liu Xiang. Of course, Liu Xiang couldn't ask for it. Finally, an anti-Liu Wenhui alliance was formed.

Liu Xiang also received support from Chiang Kai-shek as he prepared for an attack on Liu Wenhui. In several melee battles with the new warlords of the Kuomintang, Liu Xiang always sided with Chiang and sent troops to help. This was not the case with Liu Wenhui, who had formed several alliances with the anti-Chiang faction against Chiang. Chiang Kai-shek's love and hatred for Er Liu can also be imagined. In the summer of 1932, Liu Xiang handed over the plan to Chiang Kai-shek to settle Liu Wenhui, and Chiang, who was suppressing the Communists in Jiangxi, personally replied to Liu Xiangbei, encouraging him and approving him to act cheaply. Liu Xiang had allies inside and backers outside, and finally made up his mind to attack Liu Wenhui. On October 1, 1932, Liu Xiang instructed Luo Zezhou, who was stationed in Wusheng, to attack first and fired the first shot at Liu Wenhui's troops stationed in Nanchong, thus opening the prelude to the Second Liu War. As soon as the war broke out, Liu Xiang immediately sent Tang Shizun as the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army, Pan Wenhua as the commander-in-chief of the South Road, and Wang Zan Xu as the commander-in-chief of the North Road, and attacked Liu Wenhui in three ways. Liu Wenhui also divided the defense and arranged a five-layer defense line in the defense area. In the early days of the war, because Liu Wenhui's defense line was too long, stretching for hundreds of miles from north to south, and the troops were scattered and difficult to support, Liu Wenhui took the initiative to retreat and retreat to the Tuojiang defense line within a few days of fighting. On November 18, Liu Xiang's army crossed the Tuojiang River and besieged Luzhou in several ways. Luzhou is located at the confluence of the Tuojiang River and the Yangtze River, and is an important military town in southern Sichuan, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Liu Xiang's army failed to succeed in several attacks, so he used force and money to buy both hands against the two brigade commanders of Liu Wenhui's division who were defending the city. Seeing that the rescuers did not arrive, the defenders were lonely and held on to the difficulties, and expressed their willingness to accept the adaptation. At the end of November, Liu Xiang was stationed in Luzhou. In the end, the "Battle of Erliu" ended with Liu Xiang's victory and Liu Wenhui's retreat to Xikang! As a result, the two of them won and lost, but the good days never stopped, but what they brought to ordinary people was unspeakably bitter!

However, despite being extremely shameful about these warlords, Li Jiansheng, who is well versed in history, is full of respect for the people of Sichuan!

Coming from later generations, he has watched "Blood Battle Taierzhuang" more than once. Among them, General Wang of the 122nd Division was martyred the most tragic and impressive to him. The 122nd Division of the Sichuan Army, under the leadership of Division Commander Wang Mingzhang, died in Tengxian County. Although the sacrifice of 3,000 people was only exchanged for 66 casualties of the Japanese army, which should be a defeat in a strict military sense, in the eyes of various public opinions, the Sichuan army won respect. Considering the inferior equipment and low level of training of the Sichuan army, no one thinks that it is a shame! On the contrary, it is famous! Since then, there has been a beautiful talk of "no Sichuan without soldiers"! And "no Sichuan does not lead troops, no Hunan does not form an army", these two sentences have become a famous proverb for leading troops! Wang Mingzhang's name went down in history, and among the 10 generals posthumously recognized by the Republic of China government, Wang Mingzhang was second only to Zhang Zizhong, ranking second!

In fact, another document that Li Jiansheng has read shows that during the 8-year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Sichuan sent nearly 3 million troops, and one-tenth of them were killed or missing! During the entire War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Sichuan people smashed pots and sold iron, and one province undertook 30% of the country's supply and one-tenth of the soldiers! What is even more touching is that during the Anti-Japanese War, Sichuan made donations again and again, and many people who asked for food threw money into their families! As for the first trump card army of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, that is, the 74th Army, the first trump card of the Kuomintang, and the 27th Army, the first trump card of the Kuomintang, it seems that they were all formed mainly by the Sichuan people. Both armies have experienced countless bloody battles, and they have won and lost, but they have never been ashamed, and they are praised everywhere they go! Therefore, the feeling that the Sichuan people give Li Jiansheng is that when the country is in trouble, he will definitely be able to stand up, and the little family in the past is not seen, and everyone is a good man! Nothing else, because Sichuan people are the first to be able to bear hardships and stand hard work, and that kind of spirit can be said to be unique in China!

Before Li Jiansheng entered Sichuan with a total strength of about two and a half divisions of five combat divisions and other troops, he had already made up his mind that he must recruit troops well in Sichuan. In Guizhou, he didn't want to be a soldier, because he really didn't look down on the double-spear soldiers in Guizhou, but the Sichuan soldiers gave him a different impression, and he had the intention to recruit a group. At present, Li Jiansheng's soldiers are roughly divided into four parts, one-third of the Hunan soldiers. Hunan soldiers look at the whole country, that is a first-class soldier, since ancient times there is a saying that "no Hunan can not be an army". Li Jiansheng himself is also a native of Hunan, and his army also started in Hunan, so it is certain that there are many Hunan soldiers in the army. One-third were Cantonese soldiers. Guangdong was the base area of the Great Revolution, and the basic quality of the soldiers was high. The starting unit of the Red Army came from Ye Ting's independent regiment, and this unit was mainly composed of Guangdong soldiers, and it was called the "Iron Army". The combat effectiveness of the Guangdong soldiers is also among the highest in the country. One-sixth of them were Jiangxi soldiers. Jiangxi was a base area for the revolutionary cause, and the quality of the soldiers was also very high, and part of Li Jiansheng's base area at that time was in Jiangxi, and recruiting soldiers from this place was a matter of course. One-sixth is Guangxi soldiers. The combat effectiveness of the Guangxi soldiers was ranked first at that time, and Li Jiansheng's base included a section of Guangxi at that time, so it was normal for his subordinates to have such soldiers. At the moment, Li Jiansheng made up his mind to pay attention, and as soon as his troops occupied Chongqing, he immediately recruited troops in Sichuan. What he means is that his own unit can be expanded by one more division! And the source of troops for this division is mainly Sichuan soldiers!