XXXI. Divide Hunan equally
Hunan's mother-in-law war turned out to be as Bai Chongxi expected, Zhao Hengti, who was suddenly seized Changsha, hurriedly asked Wu Peifu for help, and Wu Peifu, who got the news, sent Xiao Yaonan from Hubei to aid Hunan. Before the northern soldiers arrived, the two neutral divisions watching the play here in Hunan felt tremendous pressure, and these duplicitous factions neither wanted Hunan to be controlled by the Kuomintang, nor did they want Wu Peifu to get involved, but only wanted to keep their position as the emperor of the soil. Therefore, Lu Diping, commander of the Second Division of the Hunan Army, sent a telegram to Zhang Huizan and Zhu Yaohua shortly after they captured Changsha, asking them to evacuate Changsha for 30 miles.
At the same time, Zhang Huizan, Zhu Yaohua, who entered Changsha, and Fang Dingying, chief of staff of the First Division of the Hunan Army, who fell to Tan Yanhong, were difficult to convince the public, and the people sent to appease He Yaozu and Tang Shengzhi drove the family back, and He and Tang not only refused to accept the appeasement, but also brought troops to counterattack Changsha! And Zhao Hengti, who was defeated by the army loyal to Granny Tan on the Hengyang front, also retreated to Zhuzhou and joined the division of Ye Kaixin's 1st Brigade loyal to him. What caught Zhang Zan Hui and others in Changsha City even more off guard was that Liu Quan, a brigade commander of the Second Division of Lu Diping's Hunan Army, actually led his own army to attack, and this lone army in Changsha City suddenly fell into the predicament of being attacked by the enemy.
Zhang Huizan and Fang Dingying faced this situation and decided to concentrate their forces to first break Liu Quan's troops and then turn back to deal with Tang and He, but these two careless warlords actually forgot that there was also a Ye Kaixin, as a result, Zhang Huizan and Zhu Yaohua in Changsha City led their troops to attack Liu Quan, and just halfway through, they received an urgent report that Changsha City was attacked by Ye Kaixin's two regiments of elite soldiers! This Changsha actually returned to Zhao Hengti's hands intact! Uh, this Zhang Huizan's military talent is really suspicious, no wonder he was caught by Mao ZD in another time and space and cut off his skull!
Zhang Huizan, who had lost Changsha, did not dare to fight Liu Cheng anymore and retreated to Ningxiang in the west of Changsha. At the same time, because Ye Kaixin's main force went to seize Changsha, only the Hubei army Xia Douyin was left to fight against the Tan army that came from Hengyang, Xia Douyin was the opponent of the Hunan army, and was naturally defeated, and Granny Tan's army took advantage of the victory to pursue, Liankeyou County, Liling, and forced Liuyang. Unexpectedly, after Ye Kaixin's troops got Changsha, they handed over the defense of Changsha to the He and Tang brigades, and then turned back to Liuyang to fight, and soon defeated the Tan army and recaptured Liling. The Tan army had to retreat to Zhuzhou, and was about to counterattack, but the two divisions of the Hunan army who watched the play finally couldn't help but come out to persuade peace.
Liu Xuan and Lu Diping sent a letter saying: Hunan Province is fighting since itself, and it is easy to open up foreign insults, and it has recently been heard that the Northern Army will enter Hunan Province, and the clam and sandpiper are competing with each other, and there are many people who are fishermen. My father-in-law loves Sangzi, don't you understand? Diping and the same people's hardships, can't bear to sit idly by, steal the wish of the two princes to bow down, turn the war into jade silk, and echo the seven specific measures of the peace discussion, which must be adopted. As for all the details, a representative has been sent to meet in detail, and I will not repeat it.
1. One week from the afternoon of 22 September to the 29th of September shall be the period of armistice.
2. During the armistice period, the armies of the two sides shall defend their original defenses, and it is determined that the Xiangjiang River and the Lujiang River shall be the boundary, and each other shall not move forward.
3. During the armistice, the commanders of the armies of Xie, Wu, Ye, and He will appoint plenipotentiaries to exchange views in advance.
4. Jiang She of Xiangtan County is designated as the place for the exchange of views between the representatives of the two sides, that is, the local defense forces will serve as the protection, and all representatives and their entourage shall not carry weapons.
5. After exchanging views, if the representatives of the two sides believe that it is not far from the facts, the two sides will then send a letter and telegram to convene a peace conference and continue the armistice for a certain period of time.
6. The method and place of the peace conference shall be determined by the representatives of the two sides.
7. The validity of the provisions of Article 1 and Article 2 shall be borne by Wu, Xie, Ye and He, and any violator shall be regarded as a breach of peace. The approach is also quite practical.
After reading it, Tan Yanmin asked the deputies the details of the Northern Army's entry into Hunan Province. The representative replied: "When Zhao Hengti lost Changsha, he begged for help from Wu Peifu in Luoyang, and now Wu Peifu has decided to send troops to Yuezhou to set up the Lianghu Garrison Command, with himself as the commander-in-chief, Xiao Yaonan as the deputy commander, and Ge Yinglong, a native of Hunan, as the director and the director of the military affairs department. Although there is no name for aiding Hunan Province, in fact, it is the camera that moves, hoping to get a glimpse of the whole of Hunan Province, so Xiao Yao's 49th Brigade in the south has been driven to Taolin Huangsha Street, the 50th Brigade will also be stationed in Yunhan, Liu Zuolong's Brigade will be driven to Yanglou Division, and Hu Nianxian's Brigade has gone to Gong'an and Shishou, and will enter Chang and Li. Jiangxi Xiao'an National Brigade was ready to march to Zhu and Li, and the situation was already very critical, so it had to negotiate peace in an attempt to save itself. ”
Wu Peifu actually served as the commander of the two lakes garrison! Granny Tan was shocked and hurriedly reported the news to the Generalissimo's Mansion in Guangzhou and the General Headquarters of the Hunan Army in Shaoguan.
After receiving the news, He Yingqin, the commander-in-chief of the Hunan Army, immediately found Luo Yaoguo, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and others to discuss the matter.
When Luo Yaoguo heard the news, he secretly pondered to himself. "Well, is that ever in history? It can't be because of your big butterfly, right? It's 1923 now, well, Sun Yat-sen's development seems to be better than in history, if Luowu, Fengzhang, and Zhelu are still like in history, on October 23, 24, Feng Christ should sell Luowu, and then Sun Yat-sen will have at least Guangdong, Guizhou, and Fujian provinces, and it is estimated that there will be half of Hunan. If the direct line collapses, Sun Yat-sen will go on another northern expedition, and it is estimated that by the beginning of 25 years, he will be able to "
"Let's let Tan Gong and Zhao Hengti divide Hunan equally, right?" spoke with a strong Guangxi accent, which was the suggestion of Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongxi. "In my opinion, Luo Wu and Feng Zhang will fight sooner or later, so we might as well attack Hunan and Jiangxi when the time comes, so that the chances of winning should be greater, and maybe we can capture Hubei in one fell swoop." Now let's not provoke Luo Wu, he is now, Makino Yingyang, a hundred years old meritorious service is only half a year; Luoyang tiger vision, the wind and rain in all directions will be in Zhongzhou. ”
"Hehe, Brother Jiansheng will still be right?" Luo Yaoguo listened to this, a bit like Shoulian.
"Hahaha, Fuwen, you are lonely and unheard, this longevity union was sent by Kang Nanhai, two days ago it was Wu Peifu's fiftieth birthday, Luoyang is full of crowns, and even our prime minister has sent a representative to congratulate Wu Ziyu on his birthday." He Yingqin is really well-informed, and even Sun Yat-sen knows everything about sending someone to congratulate Wu Ziyu on his birthday.
Luo Yaoguo snorted and said, "Wu Ziyu looks beautiful on the surface now, but the actual pain is indescribable!" The situation in China is like a game of chess. Our prime minister, Anhui is from Zhejiang and Lu, Feng Zhang occupies three corners, Wu Peifu and Cao Kun are crowded in the middle, and they are attacked on three sides, which must be very difficult. Moreover, in addition to Tianjin and Jiangsu, the territory they directly occupy is richer, Hubei and Anhui are okay, and the other territories may not be very rich. I don't think Wu Ziyu's paper tiger is running out, so let's not mess with him now, and it's not too late to fight him when he becomes a dead tiger. Brother Jing, why don't we jointly send a telegram to the prime minister suggesting that we negotiate peace with Zhao Hengti? ”
"I second." Li Zongren raised his hand in support. "Now the two divisions of the Hunan army are clearly not allowing outsiders to enter Hunan, if Tan Gong and Zhao Hengti negotiate peace, they will definitely fully agree, in case Wu Peifu insists on entering Hunan Province, they will also stand on our side, so we have two more divisions, otherwise they are likely to lead to Zhao Hengti."
He Yingqin saw that the three of them all suggested peace, and he naturally didn't want to fight with Wu Dahu, who was like Zhongtian, even if he wanted to fight, he would let Feng Zhang make a big effort, and the Kuomintang would follow suit. "Since everyone agrees with this, let's make a joint proposal to the prime minister."
When he received the suggestion from the General Headquarters of the Hunan Army, Sun Yat-sen was also discussing the matter with Chiang Kai-shek and the new deputy chief of the General Staff, Zhu Peide. At Chiang Kai-shek's suggestion, the Generalissimo had two deputy chiefs of general staff, one of whom was Zhu Peide of the Yunnan Army, and another would appoint Luo Yaoguo.
It turned out that after Chiang Kai-shek returned to the South China Sea, he tried to reorganize the three armies of the Yunnan Army into two armies, Zhu Peide was appointed commander and deputy chief of general staff of the First Army of the Yunnan Army directly under the central government, Fan Shisheng was appointed commander of the Second Army of the Yunnan Army directly under the Central Government, and Jiang Guangliang's troops were seized and given a senator. As a result of Chiang Kai-shek's efforts, the two armies of the Yunnan Army were also brought under the direct jurisdiction of the General Staff Headquarters and the Ministry of Military Affairs.
"Kai-shek, do you mean that we should make peace with Zhao Hengti? So what should we do if he still stands in the way of the Northern Expedition in the future? Sun Yat-sen was annoyed when he heard Zhao Hengti's name, and he was a little unwilling to be able to eliminate him this time.
Chiang Kai-shek took out the telegram he had just received and handed it to Sun Yat-sen. "Prime Minister, you see that this is a joint suggestion from He Yingqin and others, and they also feel that they are not sure of defeating Wu Peifu, especially if the two divisions of the Hunan Army will stand on Zhao Hengti's side. Prime Minister, Zhongzheng thinks that Luo Wu and Feng Zhang will have a big war next year at the latest, and we must prepare for this war now, and strive to take half of Jiangnan in one fell swoop! ”
"Well, this Granny Tan is too, she has already taken Changsha and lost it in such a daze, alas." Speaking of which, Sun Yat-sen couldn't laugh or cry.
"Prime Minister, the ministry thinks it's best not to provoke Luo Wu now, we should find a way to pacify Guangxi first." Zhu Peide put forward his own suggestion at this time, he said: "Now Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan in Guangxi have a deep contradiction, almost to the point of fighting each other, and Yang Ximin and Tang Jiyao hooked up, I don't know if something will happen in Guangxi, if we fight with Luowu at this time, what if Yang Ximin attracts Tang Jiyao?" ”
Yang Ximin and Liu Zhenhuan were embarrassed in the city of Guangzhou, but when they arrived in Guangxi, they became the same fire. It turned out that Liu Zhenhuan was a native of Guangxi, regarded Guangxi as his own territory, and was extremely dissatisfied with the fact that the commander-in-chief of Guangxi fell into the hands of Yang Ximin of the Yunnan army, so there seemed to be signs of uniting with Luowu. Yang Ximin was very grateful to Sun Yat-sen when he first became the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, but after a month, he always felt that the commander-in-chief of Guangxi had too little oil and water, especially after Sun Yat-sen took control of Guangdong, he suddenly remembered to ban smoking in Guangdong, and the specific way to ban smoking was to set the opium tobacco tax to 500%, so that Guangxi's opium business suddenly became depressed, and the amount of Yuntu trafficked from Guangxi to Guangdong was greatly reduced, and by the way, it also affected Yang Ximin's money bag. For this reason, Yang Ximin sent people to negotiate with Sun Yat-sen, wanting Sun to reduce the opium tax, and after being refused, Yang Ximin became resentful and began to collude with the Yunnan warlord Tang Jiyao, and the situation in Guangxi gradually got out of control.
"Well, it seems that this is all there is to it. Call back to Tan Zu'an and suggest that he and Zhao Hengti divide Hunan equally, and take the Hengshan-Baoqing line as the boundary. Thinking of Chen Jiongming's lesson, Sun Yat-sen immediately dispelled the idea of fighting with Wu Peifu and agreed to share Hunan with Zhao Hengti.
In another time and space, because Xu Chongzhi's tolerance of the Cantonese army did not eliminate Chen Jiongming's forces, Chen Jiongming launched a rebellion again in May 1923, causing Guangdong to fall into civil strife and unable to give Tan Yanmin strong support, so Zhao Hengti and Tan Yanmin's peace negotiation was ultimately unsuccessful. In this time and space, because of the effect of an ignorant big butterfly, Chiang Kai-shek was put on the horse in advance, and with Chiang's ruthlessness, Chen Jiongming's remnants had already been wiped out, so Guangdong was unified in advance. Tan Yanmin had tens of thousands of Cantonese troops and the three provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Guizhou as the backing, Zhao Hengti naturally did not dare to fight with Tan Yanmin again, so he had to honestly reach a peace agreement with Tan Yanmin, Tan Jun and Zhao Jun were bounded by Hengshan and Baoqing, and the distribution of forces in Xiangxi also maintained the status quo. According to this agreement, Zhao Hengti's territory is only Changsha, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan and other places, and the few soldiers can only completely rely on Wu Peifu. In addition, the neutral Hunan army also went north and south after the peace agreement, Tan Yanmin got about half of the Hunan army of about 20,000 people, and Zhao Hengti got another 20,000, and Hunan was divided into two.
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