Feng Guozhang, who is over sixty-one years old, is now a dying old man, and Wang Shizhen, the prime minister of the empire, and Duan Qirui, the commander-in-chief of the artillery, are known as the three heroes of Beiyang. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After taking refuge in Wang Sirui, the three heroes of Beiyang have also been reused, but from an internal point of view, there are still some differences between the three.

For example, Wang Shizhen was already the prime minister of the empire a few years ago, which is a position above 10,000 people under one person, and he has not been promoted for several years, because he really has not been promoted, and he will have to give way if he is promoted to the emperor again.

Duan Qirui is now also the commander-in-chief of the artillery, although the scale of the artillery is not as good as Feng Guozhang's Fourth Group Army, but at least he is also the commander-in-chief of the arms, and on the side of the military department, the five major departments of the army, navy, air force, artillery, and logistics equipment are the main constituent departments of the military department.

Although there is still a military minister above his head, in fact, Duan Qirui's current position is also a first-class class in the empire, and he is only one step away from the horizon.

On the other hand, Feng Guozhang is the oldest of the three heroes of Beiyang, three years older than Wang Shizhen and six years older than Duan Qirui. He is now the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army, with more than 400,000 heavy troops in his hands, and he can be regarded as a big man.

It stands to reason that Feng Guozhang has been able to get to this point, and he should be very happy in his heart. In fact, it is precisely because of this that Feng Guozhang has always been diligent and conscientious during his tenure as commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army, and he has always been strict in training soldiers.

Feng Guozhang's efforts were also well reflected on the battlefield in Taiwan, occupying most of the Taiwan region in half a month, and basically purging all the Japanese troops in Taiwan in one month.

But today's telegram made Feng Guozhang feel disappointed and helpless.

The main force attacking Taiwan was the Fourth Army, with three divisions of marines and four divisions of reserve units. In addition to the three divisions of the Marine Corps, Feng Guozhang, the reserve troops of the four divisions, did not dare to let them fight tough battles, but he also appropriately assigned them some tasks to let them go to the battlefield to experience a little training.

A soldier is a brick on the Great Wall, where it needs to be moved, Feng Guozhang also knows this deeply, but the current practice of the empire has made Feng Guozhang a little disappointed, and he always feels empty in his heart.

The Fourth Army had to send one corps, that is, five divisions, with nearly 130,000 troops, to land directly on the Japanese mainland. The Marines, who had previously been temporarily assigned to the three divisions of the Fourth Army, were still to be in the vanguard this time and were responsible for opening up landing grounds. The navy would rendezvous with them at the outskirts of Shanghai to provide protection for the fleet.

Feng Guozhang did not have any opinion on attacking the Japanese mainland, but hated to send the entire Fourth Army to the Japanese mainland.

But what left Feng Guozhang speechless was that the Fourth Division was dismantled.

Yes, it was demolished. The Twentieth Army was left in Taiwan, separated from the Fourth Army, and renamed the Imperial Chinese Army in Taiwan.

The army stationed in Taiwan has a fixed establishment, but the troops within the establishment can be deployed at will, but until new units are transferred, the task of the 20 th Army is to hold on to Taiwan.

The rest of the 19th, 21st, and 24th armies were to appear on the Japanese mainland in the next two months, but in order to ensure that the frequency of troops landing in Japan would not be affected, the old method could only be adopted.

That is, one army followed the fleet here in the Taiwan Strait directly north, and the other two armies crossed the strait by civilian fishing boats, returned to the mainland, and then went to Guangzhou on foot, from Guangzhou to board a train heading north, and finally arrived in Mukden, and then trekked from Mukden to Dandong, where they finally boarded and set off.

If time permits, perhaps they will have to go to the southern part of Korea to board the ship, which depends on the actual situation.

In short, the four armies of the Fourth Army had now become three, and the Fourth Army had likewise been assigned to the operational sequence of the Japanese garrison headquarters.

Cao Kun, as a younger generation, has developed rapidly in recent years, and even surpassed those old ministers who followed the emperor early on, since even those old ministers have not spoken out against it, Feng Guozhang is naturally not easy to oppose, not to mention that Cao Kun was also born in Beiyang, and he can be regarded as Feng Guozhang's younger generation.

Feng Guozhang didn't have any meaning in this, and was even happy to see the rise of young people, at least this proves that there are successors to the empire, and they old guys can retire with peace of mind when they can't move.

If, just say if.

Feng Guozhang is also the commander of the Fourth Army, even if the Fourth Army is assigned to the Japanese army, it is an inevitable outcome, but according to the general theory, in order to have better coordination between the troops in the future, Feng Guozhang must at least enter the headquarters of the Japanese army and serve as a deputy commander-in-chief.

This is not alarmist, nor is it that Feng Guozhang wants to be on the throne, but how many facts have proven this throughout the ages.

However, the telegram about Feng Guozhang's appointment was to return to Zhongjing to report on his work.

Feng Guozhang, as a general who commands troops abroad, has not never done such a thing as returning to Beijing to report on his work, but under normal circumstances, the time for the commanders of each unit to return to Beijing to report on their work is relatively fixed.

Moreover, the meaning of the word debriefing is also very different, if it is just an ordinary debriefing, then in front of the telegram, it will definitely be announced that Feng Guozhang has been appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, and then he will return to Beijing to report on his work first, but on the telegram, he will only return to Beijing to report on his work, but he will not be appointed.

I am afraid that this will not be very good news for any officer to receive such a telegram during the non-debriefing period. Of course, this situation is not absolute, it may also be that the above wants to conduct a new evaluation of Feng Guozhang through this debriefing, and judge whether he can continue to hold this position through this debriefing, if so, then it is not too late to appoint, if not, then you can only make another plan.

But in this case, the person who has been prepared to take over has already been prepared, but it has not yet been announced.

"Commander, it's too bullying to do this, isn't it?" 廕 (yin four sounds) Chang was full of anger and hugged Feng Guozhang unfairly.

Miao Chang and Feng Guozhang are the same year, the two can be said to be teachers and friends, when Yuan Shikai asked Yuan Chang to recommend talents, Yuan Chang has a good eye, for Yuan Shikai to recommend Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, Liang Huadian and others, although Miao Chang is Manchurian, but also has a warm blood, and is more upright, and in the early years was a restorationist, but later after seeing Wang Sirui's ruling methods and the strength of the Chinese Empire, and associated with the inevitability of the decline of the Qing Dynasty, so he gradually broke off this idea.

Now the three heroes of Beiyang are all in high positions, and Mi Chang also has a better understanding of military affairs, so he has been following Feng Guozhang as a staff member, of course, Mi Chang's current identity is the chief of staff of the lieutenant general of the Fourth Group Army.

"That's it, Commander, we have worked hard to defeat Taiwan, and it is also a helpless move to separate us, and we have no objection, but what does it mean to transfer the troops and let you go to Zhongjing to report on your work?" The other man echoed suit.

Everyone knows that Feng Guozhang's return to Beijing this time may not end very well.

Of course, this won't be too good, it doesn't mean that the above wants to find trouble with him, in fact, Feng Guozhang has been innocent all these years, and he has done so much for the empire, and the empire has no reason to trouble him. This is not good, which means that Feng Guozhang may have to leave the Fourth Army.

"We are soldiers, we have to obey the orders of our superiors, besides, we are just going back to Beijing to report on our work, and we are not going to the guillotine, what are you worrying about? Before I come back, you have to obey the command of the Japanese army headquarters, if you dare to do those things that are contrary to the yang and the yin, I, Feng someone, will come back and kill you even if I desperately disobey the order. Although Feng Guozhang was also unwilling in his heart, he finally chose to obey the orders of his superiors.

"Ladies and gentlemen, will you listen to me?" Jiang Baili frowned tightly at first, but soon figured out the deep meaning, looking at the indignant generals, although they were just angry from the bottom of their hearts, but if it continued for a long time, it would affect the morale of the troops, which was extremely unfavorable for the subsequent battle to the sun.

Jiang Baili has been by Feng Guozhang's side for a long time, and there are some deep feelings between the two, especially Feng Guozhang's patience and care for him over the years, just like a teacher.

But after all, they are only soldiers, and they cannot disobey the orders of their superiors because of some personal feelings.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the commander is also sixty and two this year (Feng was born in January 1859, 62 years old), Premier Wang is three years younger than the commander, according to the regulations of the empire, Premier Wang has been re-elected for one term, and now there are two years left in his term, that is to say, Premier Wang will retire at the age of sixty.

Sixty two, in his hometown, he is already a sixtieth year, it is the age to enjoy the joy of family, to put it mildly, the commander's body looks quite tough now, but who can guarantee that the commander will be so tough in the future? This person is old, and there will always be all kinds of problems.

And fighting a war is not a playhouse, perhaps it is because of the physical condition of the commander that the above will make this decision. Although this decision seems to be very unfair to the commander, on another level, it may be the best explanation for the hundreds of thousands of officers and men of our Fourth Army. ”