After the civil war broke out in Chengdu, Sichuan Army brigade commanders Liu Xiang, Liu Chengxun, Dan Maoxin, regimental commanders Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, Lai Xinhui, Xiang Chuanyi, Lu Chao and others issued a joint letter denounced Luo: "Hao Hao is addicted to pornographic gambling after several months in office.
, the tax bill exceeded 7 million, and the province’s military pay has not been paid for several months.” Tang Jiyao also issued a telegram blaming the Sichuan Army: “Sichuan Army
The province implemented troop reductions, and it was originally the main office, but Commander Liu actually ordered his troops to besiege the supervising office. This is really disrespectful of justice. We should ask for justice and solve it quickly." Sichuan and Yunnan provincial councils and members of the two provincial parliaments issued statements one after another.
, or they used electricity to attack each other. Yunnan said that the Sichuan army was "fighting for power and rebelling", and Sichuan said that the Yunnan army was "invading neighboring countries".
The Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou armies divided three major areas in Chengdu. The first part is the neutral area, where the Guizhou army is stationed. It starts from the east gate and passes through Fanshi Street, Shuyuan West Street, Huguang Street, and Huaxing Street to Huifu and Shuncheng.
Street, Yanshikou, Sanqiao South Street to the South Gate, these areas are all garrisoned by the Guizhou Army, and the stone slabs on the ground are built as cover to intercept the rebels.
The second part starts from the south gate and goes west to the city from Mengjia Lane. It starts from the north gate to the west of Laoguan Temple and to the north of Zhengfu Street and Qinglong Street. They are all the areas where the Sichuan Army is stationed. The third part starts from the east gate and goes to Yuku.
The lane passes through Zhantian Temple, Academy North Street, Zitong Bridge, Cihuitang, Chunyang Temple, Mawang Temple, Tongsi Street, Lama Temple and the vicinity of the Imperial City, which is the area where the Yunnan Army was stationed.
When the Yunnan and Sichuan armies fought, the Yunnan army used the imperial city as its base camp and the eastern Jiaochang as the auxiliary army. The Sichuan army used the northern Jiaochang as its base camp and the western Jiaochang as the auxiliary army. The imperial city was in the center of Chengdu, and the Yunnan army started from the imperial city.
The artillery bombarded the two battlefields in the northwest, and at the same time received counterattacks from these two places. The areas where the Chengdu people suffered the most were near Huangchengba and Beijiaochang, followed by the east and west battlegrounds.
On April 20, the Beijing government had received news of the outbreak of the Sichuan Civil War, so Duan Qirui ordered Luo Peijin to be General Chaowei, Liu Cunhou to be General Chongwei, and the post of Sichuan Governor Dai Kan to be temporarily filled by Governor Dai Kan, and Liu Yunfeng to be the Sichuan Army General.
Second Division Commander. There is no right or wrong in these personnel orders, but Duan has a selfish motive.
, that is, he ordered his brother-in-law Wu Guangxin to lead troops from Yichang to Sichuan to quell the rebellion, paving the way for Wu Guangxin to supervise Sichuan. As for the leader of the Progressive Party, Liang Qichao, he hoped that Dai Kan would be a concurrent professor because Dai belonged to the Progressive Party. Another group of people and political science
The Department supported Cen Chunxuan to supervise Sichuan. Duan told Congress: "I will never work with Cen as long as I stay in office!"
The battle between the Sichuan and Yunnan armies was not limited to Chengdu, but also fought outside Chengdu and within the Yangtze River. On April 21, Luo received a transfer order from the Beijing government and sent the military governor's seal to Dai Kan, expressing his compliance with the government's order. On the 22nd, Chengdu Gentleman
Shang and foreign consuls invited Luo Peijin and Liu Cunhou to hold a mediation meeting at the provincial governor's office. Luo sent Han Fenglou on behalf of Han Fenglou and Liu sent on behalf of Xu.
Xiaogang participated. The Yunnan Army requested an advance payment of 600,000 yuan for the expedition, and was guaranteed by the consuls of Britain, France, and Japan to safely exit the provincial capital. Both sides signed an armistice agreement. However, at night, they each fired artillery in a showy manner.
Both sides accused the other of breaking the treaty. The war did not stop until midnight. That night, the Beijing government sent a telegram to Luo, and Liu and Liu quickly relinquished their duties and went to Beijing.
On the 23rd, the Beijing government sent Wang Renwen as the Sichuan investigation envoy and strictly ordered the Sichuan and Yunnan armies to cease fighting. On the 24th, Duan Qirui received a secret message from Dai Kan, reporting that Luo Yuan had resigned according to the order, but the Sichuan army still attacked the Supervisory Office with artillery on the 23rd.
, the Yunnan army did not fight back. Duan was furious and ordered General Chongwei to be dismissed from Liu Cunhou's position and ordered to wait for investigation.
On the 24th, Luo Peijin led the Yunnan army to withdraw from the east gate of Chengdu, and Liu Cunhou led the Sichuan army to withdraw from the west gate of Chengdu. When Luo Lin left, he sent a respectful telegram saying: "Peijin handed over according to the order, but Liu Cunhou still fired artillery and ordered his troops to search for the Yunnan people.
How many families are there?...
Liu Cunhou claimed to be the temporary governor of Sichuan, issued notices widely, and transferred the troops of the First Division, Zhou Daogang, from the east road to the west, and the troops of the Third Division, Zhong Tidao, from northern Sichuan to the province. The Yunnan troops currently stationed in Jianyang, Xindu and other places were all captured.
The siege is urgent... Do the soldiers and civilians in Sichuan and Yunnan Province just let them be massacred with bare hands?
Luo also sent a telegram accusing the Beijing government of instigating the Chengdu Incident, which led to the Chengdu Incident. The State Council in Beijing issued a telegram denying the incident. Tang Jiyao also sent a telegram accusing the Beijing government of unfair handling of the Sichuan issue. He said that he, Luo Peijin and Liu Cunhou were both veteran non-commissioned officers.
classmate
, and have worked together for many years, but "we should not be partial to one another because of friendship." He believed that the Beijing government's handling of this situation meant, "Where are the national laws and regulations? Where is the government's prestige? If you have a fighting style, you will start to advance." Therefore, he was ready to send troops.
Zhaotong served as the backup for the Yunnan Army in Sichuan.
After the Yunnan Army withdrew from Chengdu, it was still stationed in several of the richest counties in Sichuan, such as Zizhong, Jianyang, Rongwei, Fushun, Ziliujing, Luzhou, Yibin and other places.
On May 1, 1917, Dai Kan announced his appointment as the Acting Governor of Sichuan. At the same time, Zhang Chengli, chief of staff of the Military Affairs Office of the General Assembly Office, was appointed deputy chief, Jiang Fangzhen was the chief of staff, and Du Buyun was the chief of the munitions section. Dai was born in Zuoer and served in the army for 6 years.
Sichuan Warlord
, can handle military affairs, and has the triple responsibility of provincial governor. He is only 40 years old, and it is a good time. However, he is well aware of the seriousness of the situation in Sichuan. Compared with the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army, the Guizhou Army is the weakest.
, so it feels like walking on ice in the abyss with trepidation.
Luo Peijin left, and Dai Kan acted as governor of Sichuan. For Sichuan, the Sichuan people's goal of governing Sichuan was still not achieved, so they used the same methods to deal with Luo to deal with Dai, and his hatred of the Yunnan army turned into hatred of the Guizhou army. On April 30, the Sichuan Provincial Congress
The telegram accused Dai Kan of "faking neutrality and conspiring to gain profits." At this time, the Sichuan Provincial Council actually advocated that Cen Chunxuan should be succeeded as the governor of Sichuan.
On May 9, the Yunnan Army withdrew from Jianyang, the Sichuan Army completely withdrew from the city, Dai Kan officially took office as the acting governor, the police in the city resumed their duties, and the Guizhou Army cleared military facilities in Chengdu, and the citizens' mood became stable.
Zhang Xun was restored to power, and Dai Kan responded to Liang Qichao in Sichuan and sent out a telegram to protest against rebellion.
However, Liu Cunhou remained silent at Duan Qirui's suggestion. After Zhang Xun's restoration, he appointed Liu Cunhou as governor of Sichuan. Dai Kan thought he had a handle, so he joined forces with Luo Peijin to attack Liu Cunhou, and war broke out in Sichuan again.
Dai Kan made a good plan. He used the Yunnan Army's Gu Pinzhen and Zhao Youxin's two divisions to attack the main force of the Sichuan Army's Second Division outside Chengdu, while he led the Guizhou Army to sweep away the second battalion of the Sichuan Army inside the city. Unexpectedly, the war started, but the Yunnan Army sat on the sidelines and watched.
The army rebelled and was counterattacked by Liu Cunhou, so he had to retreat into the imperial city and defend it.
It turns out that Luo Peijin hated Dai Kan deeply and deliberately led him into a trap.
Dai Kan was besieged in the imperial city, and the situation was critical. He could only send a report to his teacher in Beijing, asking for mediation.
Liang Qichao went to the Presidential Palace overnight to find Lin Shuo.
Lin Shuo had received a telegram from Sichuan at that time, and he still hated Dai Kan for provoking a civil war for no reason: "Isn't Dai Kan very capable? He didn't weigh his own weight, and he used a scholar like Jiang Baili as a military adviser. It was clearly
Seeking death."
Liang Qichao said: "No matter how you save him, Songpo has passed away, and I am just a proud disciple."
Lin Shuo sighed, because he still had some use for Lao Liang, so he said: "I have no choice if Dai Kan wants to stay in Chengdu this time. People in Sichuan are red-eyed. If they want to save him, they can only transfer him out."
Sichuan.”
Liang Qichao had no choice but to agree and sent a telegram asking Dai Kan to comply with the central government's orders.
Lin Shuo sent an order to Sichuan. In view of the chaos in Sichuan, Dai Kan was removed from the post of governor and governor and transferred to Beijing. At the same time, his brigade Xiong Qixun was transferred to Hanzhong, and Liu Cunhou temporarily assumed the post of governor.
At the same time, he telegraphed to Liu Cunhou that if Dai Kan and the Xiong Brigade were attacked again during their deployment, they would question him. At that time, the Central Army would march into Sichuan to investigate and deal with the perpetrators severely.
Liu Cunhou received the telegram. Although he wanted to kill Dai Kan, he still followed the order and let Dai Kan and Xiong Qixun leave Chengdu. However, he kept sending troops to monitor them entering Shaanxi, lest he turn around and go south to join Luo Peijin.
After Liu Cunhou got Chengdu, he teamed up with Liu Chengxun and the remnants of the Fourth Division to counterattack the Yunnan Army. Due to the internal instability of the Yunnan Army, the entire front was defeated. Liu Cunhou took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack and regained Meishan, Xufu and other places. The Yunnan Army suffered consecutive defeats.
, Luo Peijin had no choice but to hand over military power to Gu Pinzhen and returned to Yunnan in frustration.
Since the Chongjiu Uprising, Tang Jiyao suffered a defeat for the first time. For him, who had just assumed the post of Field Marshal of the Guangzhou Military Government, this was more than a slap in the face.
Tang Jiyao organized the "Jingguo Yunnan and Guizhou Allied Forces" under the banner of protecting the law and marched into Sichuan in a mighty manner. In addition, the Guizhou Army Wang Wenhua also marched to the Sichuan-Guizhou border and approached Chongqing.
Liu Cunhou and Zhong Tidao, commander of the Third Division of the Sichuan Army, resisted the Yunnan Army while asking for help from the central government.
After receiving Liu Cunhou's telegram, Lin Shuo immediately ordered Li Hanming's division to come from western Hubei, Luo Bingnan's division from southern Shaanxi, Jian's division from Zhou's mixed brigade from Yichang, and Li Yunlong's division from Changde to Sichuan. The geographical location of Sichuan makes it easy for warlords to separatize the situation.
, if we don’t enter Sichuan while these small warlords are still in their infancy, it will be even more difficult to deal with them later.
Yizhou is a land with thousands of miles of fertile land. The most important thing is that it has a population of more than 40 million, which can provide sufficient sources of troops.
At this time, Gu Pinzhen's troops of the First Army of the Yunnan Army had arrived at Jianyang and Zizhong, Zhao Youxin's troops of the Second Army were in Zigong, and Huang Yucheng's troops of the Fourth Army and Ye Quan's troops of the Eighth Army had occupied Luzhou.
The Second Division and the Third Division of the Sichuan Army attacked Gu Pinzhen's troops from the left and right, and the two sides started a fierce battle. Because the Sichuan Army was angry that the Yunnan Army had harmed Sichuan, and they also had the responsibility to defend their homeland, everyone fought bravely. Gu Pinzhen was caught off guard by the Sichuan Army and quickly retreated to Zigong.
, Fushun, joined the Second Army of the Yunnan Army.
Afterwards, the two sides went back and forth, forming a see-saw situation.
In November 1917, the Republican Army Jian first arrived in Chongqing from Yichang from the Zhou Division, and then Zhang Ting's auxiliary army entered Sichuan from Wanzhou. Lin Shuo ordered both sides to cease fighting, and Jiang Zuobin, the deputy minister of the Ministry of War, organized military affairs in Sichuan.
In early December, Jiang Zuobin rushed to Chengdu from Hunan and discussed with Liu Cunhou and the Yunnan Army generals to decide to reorganize the provincial armies stationed in Sichuan into the Central Army. The Sichuan Army was organized into three divisions, and the Yunnan Army was organized into two divisions.
In fact, due to the difficulty in food and salary supply, most small warlords really hope that their troops will be reorganized into the "Central Army", so that at least food and salary will be guaranteed. Due to the distrust of the Beiyang Army and the arbitrary disbandment and disbandment of the Southern Army, this
This led to wave after wave of armed confrontations.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Tang Jiyao ordered the Yunnan Army to shrink in southern Sichuan and refused to implement the central government's reorganization plan.
Tang Jiyao's move made Gu Pinzhen, Zhao Youxin, Ye Quan and others dissatisfied, and also laid the seeds for Gu Pinzhen and others to raise troops to drive out the Tang Dynasty in the future. This is a story for later, so I won't mention it for now.
Sichuan was temporarily peaceful, and Lin Shuo ordered Wu Peifu to lead the third division into Luoyang to organize Henan's military affairs.
In Wuchang, Wang Zhanyuan, the governor of Hubei Province, caused a mutiny due to the deduction of military pay. Li Hanjun's troops stationed in Hanyang entered Wuchang to maintain order. Under the pressure of Li Hanjun's troops, Wang Zhanyuan voluntarily handed over military power and resigned from Hubei Province after receiving a 1 million yuan appeasement payment from Lin Shuo.
As governor, Hubei came under the control of the Republican Army.
In May 1918, the Military Commission of the Chinese Baath Party and the National Defense Commission of the Republic issued the organization and personnel appointments of the reintegrated Republican Army:
Generalissimo of the Army and Navy of the Republic of China and Chairman of the National Defense Commission: Lin Shuo
Chief of General Staff: Lin Rong, Director of General Military Order: Li Xiushan, Director of General Equipment: Liu Qingen, Director of General Logistics: Li Chengen, Director of General Training: Liang Wenlie.
The Republican Army was organized into twelve group armies, thirty-six infantry divisions and six cavalry divisions.
So far, with the exception of Fengtian, Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan-Guizhou, which have not obeyed the unified military orders of the central government, the military and political power of the other provinces and special regions has returned to the leadership of the central government.
Lin Shuo temporarily stopped domestic military operations because the whole of Russia was in chaos.