Time flies, the sun and the moon fly by, and it has been almost half a year since the Zhifeng War ended.
In this nearly half a year, Han Baihang not only trained his soldiers, but also reorganized his troops. In just six months, Han Baihang's team has basically restored its previous combat effectiveness, which has to be said to be a miracle.
You must know that Han Baihang's original team was trained hard by himself, and those soldiers were rich in battlefield experience. Han Baihang was able to train his newly-organized soldiers into their original appearance within half a year, which was already a thing in the eyes of others.
It's an incredible thing.
In the past six months, Han Baihang has witnessed with his own eyes the expansion of Zhang Zuolin's power.
The power of Fengjun has gradually penetrated from the Northeast to North China, and now it has gradually extended to the southeast. The Fengjun is like a behemoth, casting its shadow over the land of the Republic of China.
But for Duan Qirui, this is not good news. Due to the rise of Zhang Zuolin, the balance of the major forces has gradually been broken. Duan Qirui's role in ruling Zhang Zuolin has gradually become less and less effective. Zhang Zuolin has already
Unwilling to be satisfied with his own expansion under Duan Qirui's orders, his ambitions were increasingly exposed, and the control of Zhang Zuolin at the last Tianjin Conference had become weaker and weaker.
In order to solve this problem well and to give his orders more say, Duan Qirui had to order Feng Yuxiang to serve as the Superintendent of the Northwest Frontier Defense in the spring of 1925. Duan Qirui's order indirectly allowed
Feng Yuxiang obtained the territory of Chahar, Suiyuan area, Henan, Gansu, Shaanxi and most of the northern section of the Beijing-Hankou Railway including Beijing. Feng Yuxiang's strength has been greatly improved.
Duan Qirui's purpose is very simple. If he wants to control Zhang Zuolin and Feng Yuxiang, he must give them considerable strength. Now it is obvious that Feng Yuxiang's strength is gradually inferior to Zhang Zuolin's. Once this balance point is broken, Zhang Zuolin can
Do your own thing unscrupulously, expand to the south, and go south if you want. Then no one will be able to pose a threat to him, so Duan Qirui can only continue to give Feng Yuxiang strength, hoping that Feng Yuxiang can blackmail Zhang Zuolin to a certain extent.
But this matter is not necessarily a bad thing for Zhang Zuolin. The harsh natural conditions in the northwest, coupled with its deviation from the political center of the Republic of China, the vast territory but the lack of materials, allowed Feng Yuxiang to go to the northwest and still objectively clear up the problem.
Zhang Zuolin was happy to do this, so he naturally turned a blind eye and didn't care about anything.
In addition, in order to balance the territory and position issues between Feng Yuxiang and Zhang Zuolin, Duan Qirui later appointed Zhang Zuolin as the Northeast Frontier Defense Supervisor, thus directly satisfying Zhang Zuolin's desire to expand from the Jinpu line to the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.
After that, Duan Qirui ordered Wang Yitang of the Anhui clique to be the governor of Anhui, and Lu Yongxiang was the envoy of Xuanfu and Jiangsu in Jiangsu and Anhui. Later, Zhang Zuolin stopped the Xuanfu army from going south and appointed Han Chunlin and Jiang Deng as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu army.
At that time, because of Lu Yongxiang, Wang Yitang had no strength. After taking office, he had to rely on Zhang Zuolin's strength. Therefore, the Jiangsu and Anhui areas had basically fallen into the hands of the Feng clique.
After that, Duan Qirui appointed Xing Shilian from the Feng clan as the commander of the Shanghai Police Station. This appointment directly brought Feng Jun directly into the southeastern wealth center of the Republic of China. Later, Yang Yuting was appointed as the Supervisor of Jiangsu Military Affairs, and Jiang Deng was selected as the Supervisor of Anhui Military Affairs.
In fact, the rights of Wang Yitang and Lu Yongxiang were directly eliminated.
At this point, Zhang Zuolin, on the basis of occupying the three eastern provinces, Zhili, Shandong, Rehe and other places, successively occupied Jiangsu, Anhui, Ningxia, Shanghai and other places, basically holding one-third of China.
At this time, Zhang Zuolin and the entire Fengtian faction were very motivated and had great ambitions to unify the entire Republic of China. However, Han Baihang was the only one who was not optimistic about the carnival of the entire Fengtian faction.
Han Baihang knew that Feng Xi and Zhang Zuolin were almost overwhelmed by the joy after the victory.
Although the Feng Faction now occupies one-third of the entire China, these areas are not completely under the control of Zhang Zuolin like the Northeast. Like the Jiangsu and Anhui areas, although they can now be regarded as military strength
It is under the control of Fengjun, Han Chunlin and Jiang Dengxuan, but as for the local people, do they really love and support Fengjun? I'm afraid it is not possible.
Let’s talk about the Shanghai area. Although it has gradually come under the control of Fengjun from a military perspective, can the local chamber of commerce, local people, and local foreign leases really support Fengjun like the Fengtian area? No.
possible.
Shanghai was really a special place for China at that time. It could accept people from all over the Republic of China, but it would never treat people from other places as one of its own, even if you were in the army, even if you were
It's Zhang Zuolin's army.
Force can make Shanghai surrender, and it can also make Jiangsu and Anhui surrender, but force does not necessarily win the hearts and minds of the people.
For a war, the army is crucial, and weapons and equipment are also crucial. However, there is an old saying in China, "He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world." The reason why Zhang Zuolin was able to become the king of the Northeast was because he was in the Northeast
He can win the hearts and minds of the people in the region. He can shoot his brother-in-law for disturbing the people by shooting, and he can also send his soldiers to military courts for buying and selling by force. However, in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Anhui, Fengjun is still far away.
Far from this awareness.
Another problem is that the territory currently occupied by the Feng Faction is too large. However, the size of the territory is not necessarily a good thing for a local armed force.
The larger the territory, the more troops will be dispersed and the strength will be weakened. The larger the territory, the greater the threat from enemies from all directions. Once attacked, the larger the area of trauma will be, and the more blood will be shed.
Big, so this is not a very good thing.
But Han Baihang also knew deeply that at this time, Zhang Zuolin and the entire Fengjun army had already seen the hope of unifying the country. Once this hope burst out in their eyes, they would act like fanatical religious believers.
, fight and even sacrifice for your own hopes, fighting for it regardless of everything. If you want to calm them down at this time, you have to give them a blow in the head.
