Although Zhang Zuolin, who was possessed by Li Yuxuan, became the overseer of Fengtian, he did not really control all the military and political power in Fengtian. The main obstacle came from his original collaborator, Feng Delin. Zhang Zuolin adopted a strategy of beating and pulling against Feng Delin, and finally made Feng Delin submit. The relationship between Zhang Zuolin and Feng Delin was still harmonious before Zhang Zuolin was appointed as the overseer of Fengtian.

Feng Delin, the word Ge Chen, also known as Lin Ge. Born in 1866 (1868). A native of Haicheng, Fengtian Province. At the age of 17, he became a beard, wandered all over the world, and gradually became famous. In July 1900, in the name of suppressing the Boxer Rebellion, country E dispatched 100,000 troops to invade the northeast in seven ways. Burning, killing, looting, and doing all kinds of evil. The Qing government was incompetent, the people protected themselves, and the township regiments rose. In 1900, Feng Delin formed a large group in Liaoyang, which was approved by Fengtian and became a legitimized force. Because Feng Delin insisted on resisting Russia and protecting the people, he gradually won the hearts of the people, and many people returned. Soon, Feng's team expanded to several hundred, and the leaders of each gang claimed to be one hundred and eight generals.

They alerted the invading army of country E, who launched a surprise attack on Feng Delin, captured him, and exiled him to Sakhalin. Two years later, he narrowly escaped back. During the war between country R and country E, he naturally sided with country R and helped the invading army of country R to fight the invading army of country E. After the Japanese victory, under the sponsorship of the Japanese Major General Fukushima, Zhao Erxun, the governor of the three eastern provinces, considered the safety of the place and appeased Feng Bu. As a result, Feng Delin gradually rose to the left commander (brigade commander) of the patrol battalion, stationed in Beizhen.

At that time, Zhang Zuolin served as the commander of the front and middle roads of the patrol battalion, stationed in Fengtian. At this time, they have some suspicions, but there is not much contradiction. 1912 year. The patrol battalion was reorganized into the army. On September 1, the Central Committee appointed Zhang Zuolin as the commander of the 27th Division. Lieutenant General of the Army, stationed in Mukden; Feng Delin was appointed commander of the 28th Division. Lieutenant General of the Army, still stationed in North Town. Although the two of them are equal, due to the different locations and the difference in strength. Feng Delin, who relied on his predecessors, was very unhappy, and the rift deepened. However, their interests are the same on the issue of driving the section, so there is a temporary tacit cooperation.

The resourceful Zhang Zuolin knows. For this senior who thinks very highly of himself, he can't be hard, he must make soft moves. Because Feng still has the strength of a division, he can't be offended. So, he personally visited the door, talked to Feng Delin in a low way, and asked Feng Delin to take office. Feng Delin put on the posture of his predecessors and put forward a condition for his inauguration, that the military assistant should set up a separate office in Mukden. Its establishment is the same as that of the General's Office. That is to say, we must fight against Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin naturally couldn't accept this condition.

Zhang Zuolin pushed this problem to Yuan Shikai and asked Yuan Shikai to solve it for him. Yuan Shikai called back and did not agree to the establishment of the Military Affairs Helper Office. But he can give 150,000 assistant office fees every month in an attempt to buy Feng Delin. But Feng Delin refused to accept and led his troops back to the Beizhen garrison. Yuan Shikai sent their old superior, Zhang Xiluan, to mediate. Feng Delin does not give face. Zhang Zuolin had no choice but to send Sun Liechen, commander of the 54th Brigade, to Beizhen with large gifts and a huge sum of 300,000 yuan to comfort Feng Jun. Feng Delin was further invited to take up a post in the provincial capital.

On May 20, Feng Delin suddenly led five battalions of infantry, horse, and artillery into Shenyang. And set up the 28th Division in Shenyang Office in Fengyutan. Zhang Zuolin hurriedly set up a banquet for him that night to wash the dust, and Feng Delin neither returned nor went to the banquet. Zhang Zuolin couldn't, so he had to move the banquet to Feng Delin's office, and invited a kabuki to accompany the wine, but Feng Delin was still not satisfied. Feng Delin proposed that the Provincial Department of Finance allocate 500,000 yuan to him to purchase airplanes, and called Yuan Shikai to request that the strength of seven battalions be increased, and at the same time, the Fengtian Military Affairs Office was set up in Beizhen. Feng Delin only stayed in Mukden for one day before returning to Beizhen.

After Yuan Shikai's death, Feng Delin further threatened, and all the officers and men of the 28th Division resigned to Duan Qirui's cabinet. Duan Qirui once sent Zhao Erxun to Shen to solve the problem, but it was also in vain. In March 1917, Feng Delin returned to the Beizhen station, waiting for the move. During this period, Tang Yulin, commander of the 53rd Brigade of Zhang Zuolin's subordinate, colluded with Feng Delin in an attempt to overthrow Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin, with the support of Premier Duan Qirui, removed Tang Yulin from his post as brigade commander and replaced him with Zhang Jinghui. Duan Qirui also claimed to send two divisions to help Zhang Zuolin crusade against Feng Delin, Feng Delin felt that the situation was not good, so he returned to Beizhen, temporarily silent, and waited for an opportunity to rise.

Li Yuxuan could only put Feng Delin, a reckless hero, on the shelf, and after clearing Tang Yulin, a guy who was anti-minded and ate inside and out, he made his secret deployment more secretive, but fortunately, this Feng Delin jumped out to die, which also gave Li Yuxuan the opportunity to personally subdue this reckless hero as Zhang Zuolin. At this moment, Li Yuxuan deeply felt the helplessness of Liao Hua, a general in Shuzhong, as a pioneer!

During this period, in mid-June 1917, Zhang Xun summoned Feng Delin to Beijing. Feng Delin didn't think about it, thinking that after the deed was completed, he would become the overseer of Fengtian, so he sent an advance team of 200 people to gallop into Beijing, and he led 30 guards to Beijing on the 20th. After arriving in Beijing, he immediately met with Zhang Xun, expressed full support for Zhang Xun's restoration action, and ordered his 28th Division to rush into Beijing to "praise the restoration of Xiang and defend the imperial family". He couldn't wait to be promoted to Pu Yi, and Pu Yi rewarded him with wearing a yellow coat, riding a horse in the Forbidden City, and the title of Minister of Imperial Guards. Feng Delin was very proud.

But this scandal only lasted 12 days. On July 12, the battle of the Temple of Heaven for the Braided Soldiers, the whole army was defeated, and this ugly drama ended in a national opposition. Zhang Xun fled to the Dutch legation. Feng Delin felt that something was wrong in advance, and on July 10, he led a team of 200 people to return to Shen by train in civilian clothes. He was detained while passing through Tianjin and taken back to Beijing. On the 14th, Duan Qirui entered Beijing. On August 15, it was announced that Feng Delin had been deprived of all official positions and honors for betraying the republic, and was handed over to the court for severe punishment according to law. Duan Qirui originally had no good impression of Feng Delin, how could he spare him at this time. Feng Delin's commander of the 28th Division, lieutenant general and other official positions and honors were deprived of all official positions and honors, and became an out-and-out prisoner.

Regarding Zhang Xun's restoration, Li Yuxuan was very cautious. For Li Yuxuan, it doesn't matter whether the republic is a royalist or a royalist, just see if this matter is beneficial to his later deployment, and Li Yuxuan clearly remembers that Zhang Xun's farce ended in a fiasco! Originally, Zhang Xun and Zhang Zuolin had an extraordinary relationship, and they came to seek Zhang Zuolin's support, because they were sons and daughters. But Zhang Zuolin did not act rashly, but sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight. Before Duan Qirui organized the rebel army, when Zhang Zuolin saw that there were very few people in favor of restoration, he determined that he had to stand on Duan Qirui's side. He immediately made a declaration opposing the restoration.

Feng Delin was imprisoned in Beijing and urgently called Zhang Zuolin for help. Zhang Zuolin immediately called Duan Qirui and asked for Feng Delin's release. In addition, in the name of the brigades, regiments, and battalion commanders of the 27th, 28th, and 29th Divisions, he telegraphed Duan Qirui to release Feng Delin. In the name of the gentry of 16 counties in western Liaoning, he also petitioned Duan Qirui, hoping to deal with Feng Delin leniently. After Duan Qirui found out Zhang Zuolin's true intentions, he released Feng Delin on October 15 and sentenced him to a fine of 800 yuan for the crime of smoking opium because of insufficient evidence to participate in the restoration. This is a symbolic minor punishment. After that, Zhang Zuolin telegraphed Duan Qirui to return Feng Delin's medal and title, and Duan Qirui complied. In order to encircle Feng Delin's subordinates, Duan Qirui awarded Feng Delin the title of Senior Attendant Military Attache of the Presidential Palace.

Soon after, Duan Qirui appointed Feng Delin as the guardian of the mountains, and Feng returned to Shenyang. The mountain mausoleum refers to the mausoleum of the three generations before the Changbai Mountain and the Qing Dynasty. Changbai Mountain is the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty. Three tombs, one is Yongling, in Fushun Xinbin, is the cemetery of the great-grandfathers of Emperor Shunzhi; The second is Fuling, 25 miles east of Shenyang, is the burial place of Nurhachi, the ancestor of Emperor Shunzhi; The third is Zhaoling, in the north of Shenyang, is the cemetery of Emperor Taiji, the father of Emperor Shunzhi.

Feng Delin was grateful to Zhang Zuolin for his help, so he did a favor and let his 28th Division submit to Zhang Zuolin, so that Zhang Zuolin won the support of the soldiers of the 28th Division without resistance, and stabilized his military and political control of Fengtian Province. (To be continued.) )