Lu Xingbang and Lu Xingrong were the largest local warlords in Fujian before the 19th Route Army entered Fujian, and they held more than 20 counties in central Fujian.

After the 19th Route Army entered Fujian, it had vigorously rectified the military and political affairs of Fujian, and Zhang Zhen, Chen Guohui and others were successively politicalized. But Cai Tingkai was afraid of Lu Xingbang's strength and never dared to touch him. even repeatedly courted him and wooed the two brothers. Although in the previous battles with the Red Army, the Lu brothers suffered heavy losses, but their strength still exists.

After the Min Mutiny, in order to win over the Lu brothers, Cai Tingkai gave Lu Xingbang the number of the 14th Army, although Lu Xingbang did not accept it publicly, but he did not refuse. And in order to win them over, Lao Jiang also gave them the official name of the 52nd Division. However, the Lu brothers have always stood still, neither supporting the central government's rebellion, nor supporting the 19th Route Army to resist the central army. Completely holding a mentality, you are fighting, Lao Tzu watching the excitement, honestly hiding in his own territory.

After Jin Zhao launched a counteroffensive, he also thought of the Lu brothers. As early as the Battle of Xianyou, Lin Huiyuan was sent to carry a batch of guns and ammunition to buy the Lu brothers. But what made Jin Zhao extremely depressed was that this Lu family brother was even more shameless than himself. All the money and gifts sent will be accepted! But when it came to asking them to send troops to support the Nineteenth Route Army, they talked about him left and right. Since he could not persuade the two to send troops, Jin Zhao also decided to retreat, hoping that the Lu brothers would issue a telegram openly supporting the 19th Route Army, supporting the autonomy of Fujian, and urging the Central Army to withdraw from Fujian. But these two guys still refused to agree, and let Lin Huiyuan wear out the skin of his mouth, but they refused to let go.

In the end, Jin Zhao slowly forgot about these two brothers, and just let Lin Huiyuan continue to stay in Youxi, on the one hand, to monitor the movements of the Lu family brothers, and on the other hand, to stabilize the Lu family brothers. But now that the Battle of Shuikou has reached the most critical moment, Jin Zhao can't help but think of these two brothers who have always sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight.

"Send a telegram to Lin Huiyuan immediately, and let him probe the bottom of the Lu family brothers! You must stabilize these two old foxes, and don't fucking make trouble for Lao Tzu at a critical moment! After Lao Tzu defeated the Central Army, he will go back and clean them up! Jin Zhao said hatefully.

In the headquarters of the 52nd Division in Youxi, the Central Army had won successive battles before, and the Lu brothers had accepted the number of the 52nd Division given by Lao Jiang. Lu Xingrong frowned and said to Lu Xingbang, "Big brother! We can't wait any longer! If we remain unmoved, no matter who wins in the future, we will never be able to spare our brothers, and it is time to make a decision! ”

Lu Xingbang lowered his head, smoked a cigarette, and was silent. The Lu brothers are different from Liu Heding, Liu Heding was born in the Baoding Military Academy, while the Lu brothers were born in the green forest, which is a nice thing to say, but if it is ugly, they are bandits.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Lu Xingbang ransomed the bamboo forest from the rich man Huang Mingyang and was refused, and scolded angrily: "You black-hearted rich man, only bandits can deal with you!" Soon, Huang Jiaguo was plundered by Dehua bandits, and Huang Jishang County falsely accused Lu Tong of bandits, and Lu had to flee to Dehua Chen Zhuo Paper Factory to work. Later, Chen Zhuo, the owner of the factory, led the paper mill workers to Tianhua Village to join the Suyi armed gang, and Lu Xingbang was the gangster. In the 4th year of the Republic of China (1915), Su Yi's armed forces were dispersed, and Lu Xingbang brought back a Mauser gun and personally killed Huang Mingyang, a rich man who had falsely accused him of gangsters, and invited Su Longguang, a native of Nanshan, Nanping County, to organize the "Shixing Alliance", and he was promoted as the "head brother". In 1915, Shuangli Village, Ikeda Township, Shenkeng. Lu Xingbang and 9 accomplices who robbed houses and houses killed a big rooster in the ancient way, made an alliance with blood, and became brothers. To take the meaning of prosperity, 10 people took the word "Xing" as their generation and changed their names again. Lu Wenliang changed his name to Lu Xingbang, Lu Wenchun changed his name to Lu Xingming, Lu Wencai changed his name to Lu Xingrong, Zhan Rongce changed his name to Zhan Xinggong, Lu Wenzao changed his name to Lu Xingfang, Zhang Weiba changed his name to Zhang Xinglong, Ye Qishizai changed his name to Ye Xingjin, Wang Niudao changed his name to Wang Xingping, Zhang Guangqing changed his name to Zhang Xingxiang, and Su Longguang changed his name to Su Xingwen. It is known in history as the "Shixing Alliance". The League of Ten Stars is the core backbone of Lu Xingbang's forces.

Since then, Lu Xingbang has made a living by plundering, and in two years, more than 300 bandits have been developed to run rampant in the Youxi Mountains, distributing money and grain to various villages, and if they do not pay, they will be allowed to arrest people, kill people and set fires, and many villages will suffer greatly.

In the spring of the 7th year of the Republic of China, Lu Xingbang's department was incorporated into the 9th Regiment of the 5th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the 1st Army of the Guangdong Army by the political axe of the Guangdong Protector Army. In the later Northern Expedition, Lu Xingbang was promoted to division commander. gradually took control of the middle of Fujian.

On January 6, the 19th year of the Republic of China, Lu Xingbang took advantage of the situation of Yan Xishan in the north to oppose Lao Chiang's attempt to reorganize the Nanjing National Political Axe, and together with Lin Zhong, commander of the Fujian Provincial Defense Army, and Sa Fuchou, commander of the Majiang Fortress of the Navy, kidnapped five members of the Provincial Political Axe Committee and the chief of the Water Public Security Bureau in Fuzhou; And on June 7, it announced that it would send troops to attack Fuzhou. The Nanjing Nationalist Axe ordered Liu Heding, the 56th Division of the Army stationed in Fujian, to crusade against Lu Xingbang. After the defeat of the Lu Army, he had no choice but to plead guilty to the Nanjing Nationalist Axe and return the hostages. Later, Lu was reduced to the Third Brigade of the Fujian Provincial Defense Army, and Lu Xingbang was demoted to brigade commander; Subsequently, Lu Xingbang led his troops to retreat to Youxi, Shaxian, Datian, and Yong'an.

In the autumn of the 20th year of the Republic of China, in order to encircle and suppress the Red Army, Lu Xingbang was promoted to the commander of the second division of the new army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the division headquarters was stationed in Youxi, and the Red Army was encircled and suppressed in Yong'an, Ninghua, Qingliu, Guihua and other counties. After the Min Mutiny, the division was reorganized into the 52nd Division.

"Big brother! You have something to say! Lu Xingrong saw that Lu Xingbang never spoke, and immediately became anxious.

Lu Xingbang sighed helplessly and said, "What do you want me to say?" You made me make up my mind, but now I can't see the situation clearly, how can you make me make this decision! ”

"Does the eldest brother really want to go to Nanchang to be that bullshit senator!" Lu Xingrong asked loudly. It turned out that Lao Jiang reorganized the new Second Division into the 52nd Division, but did not appoint Lu Xingbang as the division commander, but appointed Lu Xingrong as the division commander. However, Lu Xingbang was appointed chairman of the Military Committee, and Jiang was stationed in Nanchang to serve as a senator.

Lu Xingbang sighed helplessly and said, "What if you don't go?" Do you really think that kid Jin Zhao can beat the central million army? "Although the Lu family brothers are bandits who can't read a few words, they are naturally not fools who have been able to live until now after the ups and downs of the sea over the years. The so-called Senator looks noble, but it is a vase with no real power, and Lao Jiang Rang; When Lu Xingbang went to Nanchang, he also had the intention of taking Lu Xingbang hostage. The Lu brothers saw through this, and although they accepted Lao Jiang's appointment, they always stood still and waited for the changes. Lu Xingbang didn't believe that the 19th Route Army could defeat the Central Army at all, but Lu Xingbang also had a trace of luck in his heart, hoping that Lao Jiang would change his mind and not let himself go to Nanchang.

"Humph! The Central Army is so powerful, it hasn't been beaten by Jin Zhao, how long has it been! More than half of the 150,000 troops were lost! Didn't the one surnamed Lin say it? Now the central government has sent people to negotiate peace with the 19th Route Army! What does this mean? The central government is busy suppressing bandits, and it is impossible to deploy troops to support Fujian! As long as we work harder and eliminate Wei Lihuang, the central government will definitely agree to peace talks, and at that time, the eldest brother will not have to go to Nanchang, and he will be able to keep the rights in his hands, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds! Lu Xingrong then persuaded.

"Humph! You think Jin Zhao is a good thing! Have you forgotten how Zhang Zhen stepped down and how Chen Guohui died! Once the Central Army is driven out, do you think Jin Zhao will let us go? Lu Xingbang said with a frown......

"I still think Lao Jiang is unreliable, he yells at us every day to suppress bandits, but he never gives us a single bullet! The bandits were not exterminated, but the brothers fought less and less. Now we still have thousands of guns, Lao Jiang dares to do something to us, transfer you to Nanchang as a hostage, if one day in the future, the brothers are all exhausted, then the fate of you and my brother can be imagined! Lu Xingrong said indignantly.

Lu Xingbang's brows furrowed even deeper, and seeing that Lu Xingbang was shaken, Lu Xingbang continued to persuade, "Although Jin Zhao is not a good thing, he is much more upright than Lao Jiang. Mr. Lin has already made it clear that even if the central government agrees to Fujian's autonomy and reorganizes the political axe of Fujian Province in the future, at most only the civil power will be withdrawn, and the army will still be in our hands! Moreover, Jin Zhao will also give us supplementary equipment and expand the army. ”

"Humph! You also believe Jin Zhao's words! Lu Xingbang snorted and said.

"Lao Jiang's words are even more unbelievable! We were given the number of a class teacher, but they didn't even give us a single bullet to replenish! Look at Jin Zhao again, as soon as he shot, there are 2,000 brand-new rifles, as well as machine gun mortars! Stronger than the equipment of one of our brigades! Lu Xingrong then persuaded.

Lu Xingbang was silent, since the 19th year of the Republic of China began to fight against Chiang, it is impossible for the two of them to gain the trust of Lao Jiang, in this case, it is better to fight, lose, it is a big deal to go to Hong Kong to be a duke, if you win, you can also keep the rights in your hands. Thinking of this, Lu Xingbang gritted his teeth, "Damn! Done! Prosperity! You immediately ordered someone to issue a telegram to support the 19th Route Army and support the autonomy of Fujian! Urge the Central Army to get out of Fujian! ”

"Yes!" Lu Xingrong stood up excitedly and said.

"Also, immediately order the troops to rush north! If the Central Army enters our territory, it will be beaten hard! "Lu Xingbang has made up his mind, so he will naturally let it go!

"Huh!" Lu Xingrong said with a smile, "Don't worry, big brother, I will personally lead the troops to set off!" If Wei Lihuang dares to enter our territory, my brother will definitely not be polite to him. (To be continued.) )