Just two days before Zhou Hexuan was shot, Feng Yuxiang swore in the army at Wuyuan, announced his appointment as the commander-in-chief of the National Army Coalition, and officially joined the ranks of the National Revolutionary Army.
In fact, when the Nationalist Army was able to hold back the allied forces for two or three months, Feng Yuxiang was not at the frontline commanding at all. He had already announced his resignation and went to the Soviet Union for study and inspection. This time he returned to China just in time to clean up the remaining troops and make a comeback with great ambitions.
Compared with the powerful National Revolutionary Army, the Beiyang Warlords appear to be powerful, but in fact they are suffering from serious internal strife and are like a sick giant.
Let's start with a few months ago. Zhang Zuolin's subordinates Li Jinglin, Wu Peifu's subordinates Jin Yun'ou and Tian Weiqin had conspired with Feng Yuxiang and Sun Chuanfang to form an alliance. They discussed that Sun Chuanfang would march into Shandong to expel Zhang Zongchang, and Li Jinglin would occupy Tianjin to prevent Feng's army from moving south.
, Jin Yun'e marched into Shanxi and Feng Yuxiang attacked Yan Xishan, Tian Weiqin sent troops to Nanyuan, and Tongzhou teamed up with Feng Yuxiang to drive Zhang Zuolin back to the northeast.
After a series of actions, Zhang Zuolin successfully eliminated Li Jinglin, Wu Peifu also dismissed Jin Yunyu, and each of them cleaned up the traitors within the company before finally gaining a firm foothold.
However, in the face of the Northern Expeditionary Army's successive victories, the internal fighting among the Beiyang warlords continued——
When the Northern Expeditionary Army attacked Hubei, Sun Chuanfang did not go to help. His wishful thinking was to let the Northern Expeditionary Army and Wu Peifu fight dogs, and then pick up the pieces after both sides were hurt. In the name of "aiding Wu", he took advantage of the opportunity to occupy Wu Peifu's Hunan and Hubei territories.
, then his five-province coalition can be expanded to seven provinces.
As for Zhang Zuolin, he said he was sending troops south to support Wu Peifu, but in fact he wanted to seize the territory of Zhihe and Henan provinces from Wu Peifu, and then spy on Hunan and Hubei, and expand the Fengjun's power to the south of the Yangtze River.
Zhang Zuolin's strategy was to take advantage of the opportunity when Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang were severely damaged by the Northern Expeditionary Army, to destroy Wu in the name of "aiding Wu", to destroy Sun in the name of "aiding Sun", and finally to defeat the Northern Expeditionary Army, thereby seizing the entire world.
Well, the ideas are all good.
After Wu Peifu's main force was defeated by the Northern Expeditionary Army, Zhang Zuolin felt that the time had come, and immediately appointed Zhang Zongchang as the commander-in-chief of aid to Wu, and actively went south to support Wu Peifu.
Wu Peifu was not a fool either. He repeatedly declined Zhang Zuolin's kindness, saying that he still had an army of more than 100,000 troops on the Beijing-Hankong line and could kill the rebels in the south in a matter of minutes, so he wouldn't have to trouble his Northeastern brothers.
Zhang Zuolin was a warm-hearted person and insisted on helping.
Because Peiping was jointly managed by the Zhili and Fengtian cliques, Zhang Zuolin first forced away Wu Peifu's general, Peking garrison commander Wang Huaiqing, and replaced him with Yu Zhen, a general from the Fengcian clique. Then he used the "Sao Xiang" threat to overthrow Du Xigui's cabinet. Du Xigui, the agent
The Prime Minister gave up his seat to Gu Weijun before his butt was even warm.
Zhang Zuolin thus took sole control of Peiping and became the true master of the Beiyang government.
At the same time, Zhang Zuolin ordered Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu to go south along the Beijing-Hankou Railway and occupy the Baoding and Daming areas controlled by Wu Peifu.
When Zhou Hexuan was assassinated, Chu Yupu was "supporting" Baoding. Unfortunately, Wu Peifu's defenders did not accept "support".
Just like paying for a meal, one person said: "I'll pay for this meal!" The other said: "I'll pay for it. I'll deal with whoever pays."
Then the two sides started fighting...
Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu supported Wu Peifu's Baoding garrison with enthusiastic artillery fire, bringing spring-like warmth to their allies, and supported Baoding in a few days.
Then Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu quarreled again.
The reason is the uneven distribution of the spoils.
One characteristic of warlord melee is that the casualty rate on the battlefield is very low. After a big battle, the mountains and plains are full of defeated troops. For the victor, this is a good opportunity to expand the army. Zhang Zongchang and Chu Yupu both relied on gathering
A man who made his fortune out of defeat.
In the coalition command room.
Zhang Zongchang slapped the table and said: "I am the commander-in-chief who aided Wu. I aided Baoding. It stands to reason that I should get the lion's share!"
Chu Yupu was also unambiguous: "I am the commander-in-chief of the aid to Wu. I am the commander of the battle to aid Baoding. I should get 60% of it no matter what!"
When the two were quarreling fiercely, Chu Nanxiang suddenly came in and reported: "Commander, the urgent message from Tianjin is from Chang Zhiying."
Chu Yupu grabbed the telegraph newspaper and read it. He suddenly became furious, kicked off the chair and said: "Nonsense!"
"What's the big deal?" Zhang Zongchang grabbed the telegram out of curiosity and burst into laughter after reading it. "Hahahaha, Chu Chaizi, your brother is such a damn talent! I'm convinced."
Chu Yupu laughed in anger and said: "This is not my brother, he is obviously a stupid pig!"
Chu Yupu had no reason not to be angry, because his brother was such a fool.
If he had been replaced by Chu Yupu, he would not have cared about the foreigners at all, and directly sent troops in plain clothes with short guns, rushed into Zhou Hexuan's house, arrested them, and then shot them secretly on the charge of being a red element. Why would there be any need to carry out assassinations? He just took off his pants and farted.
What a waste!
Even if the incident is exposed and the British are hurt, Chu Yupu will not be scared to leave Tianjin. Pushing Du Xiaoshan out as a scapegoat, biting himself to death has nothing to do with the assassination. Do the British really dare to send troops to arrest people? In the end, it will definitely not happen.
Let it go.
What made Chu Yupu the most angry was that Chu Yufeng actually mobilized the Tianjin garrison privately, saying that he would lead the troops to the front line to fight. This is ridiculous, mobilizing the army privately is a serious crime. Compared with assassinating someone and disobeying military orders, even
It doesn't even count.
Fortunately, now is the time to employ people. If it had been normal, if Chu Yufeng had led the defenders away, Zhang Xueliang would have taken over Tianjin. Tianjin was Chu Yupu's foundation, and he gave the responsibility of guarding his home to his brothers. Unexpectedly, Chu Yufeng
He is as stupid as a pig.
From the beginning to the end of the incident, Chu Yufeng did not do anything right. It was impossible to hold up the wall.
Chu Yupu helplessly raised his forehead and said: "Nanxiang, you go back to Tianjin immediately and help my brother to communicate with the young marshal and the British. By the way, I told Zhou Hexuan that this matter should be forgotten. I don't want to pursue it anymore and let him do it."
Stop causing trouble. Otherwise, even if he flies into the sky, I will break his wings!"
"Yes, Marshal! I'll take care of my humble duty now." Chu Nanxiang raised his hand in a military salute and bowed to retreat.
Chu Yupu called Jia He again: "Send a telegram to my brother right away and ask that bastard to lead troops back to Tianjin immediately! Tell him to be more honest with me. If he dares to cause trouble again, I will go back and skin him!"
After Jia He left, Zhang Zongchang was still laughing: "Hahaha, people always say that I, Zhang Zongchang, am as stupid as a pig. Compared with your brother, I am really no match."
"Have you laughed enough?" Chu Yupu said angrily, "Have you laughed enough? Let's continue to discuss how to divide the defeated troops."
"Let me slow down a little longer, hahahaha, I'm almost going to lose my temper from laughing." Zhang Zongchang laughed and patted the table.