270 fought on two fronts
Let European and American countries choose to be silent, in addition to the banner of "reconquista", there is also a sea of armies under the banner.
In 1923, the situation in China was relatively better than that of war-torn Russia. At least the large-scale civil war has stopped, and domestic energy has begun to move closer to people's livelihood. However, the great famine in Russia did not affect China, but the weather factors still affected most of Asia, and Japan and Korea both had a great reduction in grain production, and there were signs of a great famine in both countries. Although China has a vast territory, the domestic grain production situation is only relatively better than that of Japan and Korea, and it is not a very good situation, or it should be said that it is very bad. There were reports of water shortages and little rain all over the country, and by the beginning of April, there was already a widespread drought in Sichuan, Guizhou and other places. Faced with such a situation, Zhao Yun took out the food in the camp, and while ordering the Jixian County Government to organize the construction of water conservancy in various places, a large number of people were gathered in various sections of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal to prepare for the dredging of this important river.
However, the population of China was too large, and the area of the drought was too extensive, and more than a dozen provinces north and south of the Yangtze River were affected by drought. On the one hand, it relieves the pressure on the food supply in various parts of the country, and saves these young people from going up to the mountains to become bandits when they are not full; On the other hand, Western Xinjiang and other places do need someone to garrison the border, and after the Kyrgyz land is recovered, a large army also needs to be stationed, otherwise Zhao Yun is really worried that once the army leaves, Soviet Russia will make trouble in the local area. And Huaxia has had an example of Tunbian since ancient times, so this decree was not subjected to domestic pressure, and it was very smooth to be implemented. In just one and a half months, the number of recruits reported from all over the country exceeded one million, and although many of them were old and weak, this was a conscription based on a million bases. Such a speed also frightened the Japanese.
When Zhao Yun ordered Zhang Peiyuan to rush to Kyrgyzstan with the Chinese contingent in the Western Expeditionary Army, he also ordered Wu Peifu to draw 20,000 veterans from the ranks in the northwest and lead 200,000 new soldiers directly into Kyrgyzstan. At the same time, the Hui cavalry from Qinghai and Ningxia were also transferred to this Tunbian army, and the Kyrgyz dragons and snakes were mixed, and with the fierce Huihui, although there would be more things, it was undoubtedly a good thing for the Kyrgyzstan who needed to re-establish order. Han people sometimes have too many worries and too soft hearts, but they don't have so many worries when they go back.
I don't know who spread the news about the formation of a large army in Kyrgyzstan in China, and it caused a sensation in an instant, and it spread almost all over most of China within a few days.
Originally, various forces in China only knew that there might be a major drought in China this year, so they recruited more soldiers and horses on the basis of the original 2 million troops to use them as engineering troops to prepare for drought fighting.
But how many more soldiers and horses have been recruited? Due to different regions and different forces, although various domestic forces have some speculations, none of them are accurate.
But after the news of the formation of a large army in Kyrgyzstan this time, the number of people with these multiple tricks was poked out, which was a million troops. Most of the sources of soldiers are Yunnan, Guichuan, Henan, and Hebei, which are short of food. On the surface, it seems that the north and the south, and the Jixian and Nanjing governments competed to recruit more soldiers. However, in the eyes of Japan and Soviet Russia, the two neighboring countries of China, this extra million troops is a time bomb that may be used in foreign wars at any time.
But for the worries of Japan and Soviet Russia, the forces in China were more surprised after hearing this news.
Although Kyrgyzstan is a barren land, its geographical location is very important, and it was the territory of China during the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, as long as it is stationed here, it will definitely be taken militarily, and then the military power under the jurisdiction of the supreme governor of the place will not be small, and there will definitely be a lot of soldiers and horses. In addition, the country is now a turnip and a pit, which has long been filled up by various forces, and in an environment where there can be no civil war, it is undoubtedly the best for these new areas to expand their forces.
Kyrgyzstan's territory is not much smaller than that of Western Xinjiang, and when China recovers its status in Central Asia, it will certainly not stop in Kyrgyzstan, so the Kyrgyz supreme governor will undoubtedly have more power.
Some of the previous news about the Qing court's loss of Central Asia, and even things such as Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Western Xinjiang, were once again pulled out of the ashes of history after many years of silence, and returned to the present from the gradually circulating "stories", which became one of the topics of heated discussion in teahouses around the world.
In the secret room of a large-scale mansion in Jixian County, an old man held a pale yellow telegraph newspaper in his hand, and a faint smile passed over his face.
After a flash of light that did not match his age in his eyes, the old man closed his eyes again and sat up in peace. "It's coming, it's coming after all!" The tone of the conversation is as if talking to oneself.
At the same time, it was in a seemingly ordinary mansion in the nearby Tianjin Concession.
"Master, there is another big move in Western Xinjiang." Outside the bedroom door, a young man in a suit was respectfully pleading.
"Ping'er, the teacher is not suing you, the teacher is in Qing cultivation, during the meditation period, there is nothing important to come and disturb the teacher." In the bedroom, a muffled voice could be heard.
"It's the fault of the apprentices, it's disturbing the master's cultivation." When the young man in the suit heard this, he was resigned, and he was about to leave after turning around.
"Wait, who's tossing in the West this time? It's only half a year since the retreat of the teacher, is it Wu Peifu in the south or Chechen Khan in the north? The deep voice in the chamber sounded again. At present, the two sides of the north and the south have changed from being on the battlefield to grabbing political territory, and from fighting with arms to fighting with culture. Wu Peifu's family in the south is dominant, and among the "three kings" in the north, in addition to Chechen Khan, he also has time to expedition to the western frontier, and the other two, one is busy rectifying the children of the Eight Banners in various parts of Beijing and Tianjin, and the other is "the oldest division commander in Beiyang" who is busy learning how to manage more soldiers and horses, and completing the military theory study from commanding less than 10,000 people to commanding hundreds of thousands of people.
"Hui Shizun, it is Jixian County to increase the number of troops in Western Xinjiang by 200,000, and order Yang Zengxin in Western Xinjiang to be the commander, set foot in Central Asia, and recover Kyrgyzstan." Hearing this, the young man in the suit hurriedly turned around and replied again.
"What?" The voice in the bedroom finally changed from unhurried to panicked.
"Bang"!
The door of the white European-style bedroom opened instantly, and a middle-aged man with a gloomy face rushed away
out, this person is Duan Qirui, the leader of the Anhui system.
"Did the Russians agree with us to regain the lands of Central Asia?" The middle-aged man asked with a look of surprise.
"This is the latest agreement between Jixian and Belarus, and the Belarusians of Ulan-Ude agree that we will regain the lost territory, but we must eliminate the local Soviet and Russian forces." The young man in the suit was shocked by Duan Qirui's powerful momentum, and took a step back before he barely stood up and said the information he knew.
"The Japanese in the east have not yet cleaned up, so they are going to provoke Soviet Russia in the west, is this the rhythm of wanting to start a war on both sides? However, the opportunity must not be lost, and the fact that White Russia is now unable to free up its hands to clean up Soviet Russia in Central Asia is a good time for us to regain lost territory in China. Since Jixian County has been prepared for a long time, and Wu Peifu in the south is also a well-informed figure, and he seems to support this, the situation is naturally different. But do you know what the Japanese are doing right now? After hearing this, the middle-aged man muttered a few words thoughtfully, and then asked the young man in a suit in front of him.
War is not child's play, nor is it imminent, and it takes a long time to prepare. In particular, areas like Western Xinjiang, which require long logistical supply lines, require even longer preparation time.
During the Beiyang Civil War, it was not difficult to organize an army of two or three hundred thousand, but this time it was in Central Asia, where people were not familiar with the place, and in the face of the territory that had been lost for sixty or seventy years, there were not many people in China who were familiar with Kyrgyzstan. Coupled with the defeat of the Western Xinjiang army in Kyrgyzstan before, the army formed for the second time is making serious and meticulous pre-war preparations in the face of the march into Kyrgyzstan, which will take time. So it seems that the scale of the upcoming Kyrgyz war is grand, but behind the scale is more preparation time. Even after the army is in place, it needs to rest and recuperate, and without a month or two, the war in Central Asia will definitely not be fought in China. Duan Qirui, who was proficient in military affairs, naturally knew these inside stories, so after knowing that Wu Peifu in the south did not seem to hinder the Chechen Khan's move to regain the lost territory, on the one hand, he was glad that Wu Peifu knew the general situation and put state affairs first, and on the other hand, he was also glad that the north was finally able to go all out to deal with the Japanese who had been cowering in the "Luda".
At present, the Japanese army has adopted a strategy of comprehensive contraction, and there are about 30,000 troops defending the "brigade". The army of Jixian County is besieging the "brigade", and the commander of our army is the "toilet general" Wang Huaiqing! The young man said respectfully.
"Is that him?! Well, this is expected, and among the "Three Kings", he knows the most about the Northeast. I also fought with the Japanese back then, and no one really could surpass him in terms of seniority. The middle-aged man couldn't help but smash his mouth when he heard the name of "Toilet General". Wang Huaiqing is a veteran of the Beiyang lineage, who was originally a Chinese army under Nie Shicheng, the commander of Zhili, who entered Goryeo with the army and fought with the Japanese. The qualifications are very old, and he is the same generation as the "Three Heroes of Beiyang", but this person is good at snuff, riding horses, greedy for officials, and has very low military and political talents. In addition, I like to be curious, a lacquered red bronzing toilet with the word "king" written on it is always left and right, so people are called "toilet generals".
As soon as he thought of letting him command the more than 200,000 troops of Jixian County who participated in the attack on the "Luda" in the northeast, the middle-aged man suddenly felt a toothache. Although Wang Huaiqing has been a division commander for a long time, because he has served as the head of the Jixian garrison for many years, he can be regarded as the "Admiral of the Nine Gates" in the Qing Dynasty, but his team is at best only worthy of taking care of the homes of dignitaries and nobles in Jixian County, and even the care homes are not optimistic, because the security of Jixian County at that time was not very good, so it can be seen that his military level is definitely low to a considerable level.
"Whether it is Yang Zengxin or Wang Huaiqing in Western Xinjiang, these two forces are unreliable! Yang Zengxin is old, and Central Asia is far away, so he will definitely not go to the army in person, but will only sit in the rear and command remotely. But no one is familiar with Central Asia, the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the leading figures will definitely grant a lot of power. Therefore, our people can move from this, strive to control one or two main regiments, and increase our voice in Kyrgyzstan in the future. "Luda" aspect? It's really hard to say this, Wang Huaiqing's ability to attack is almost zero, if it is a defense, it is estimated that the battle to conquer the "brigade" will take three and a half years in his hands. Speaking of this, the middle-aged man shook his head and smiled, "I hope the Japanese can also have the good interest of the toilet general, and they can drag it out as well, if they can't afford it, they will really lose in the hands of this unreliable general." ”
"The army that marched into Central Asia must still be resting in western Xinjiang, but it is expected that the dispatch of troops will only be a matter of the next two months." The young man in the suit thought about the materials transported to the west of Xinjiang from all over the place, and then replied.
"Very good, you go and send someone to contact our faction in the Tunbian army, and send more personnel to wait near the brigade, in case the "toilet general" rushes in and eats a defeat, quickly gather his rout and bring them to our side. The middle-aged man's face straightened and he commanded.
After the young man in the suit agreed, he immediately turned around and left the mansion, jumped into a car, and sped away towards the north.