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Chapter 254 Zhang Zuolin’s transition from prosperity to decline
After the Zhi-Feng War, although Zhang Zuolin won the victory, he officially reached the peak.

But this does not mean that Zhang Zuolin can sit back and relax, because he still needs to turn his gun against Feng Yuxiang.

Although Feng Yuxiang is not as strong as Zhang Zuolin, he will not sit still and wait for death.

In order to deal with Zhang Zuolin, Feng Yuxiang roped in many allies, hoping to defeat the Feng clique army in one fell swoop.

It was only at this time that Zhang Zuolin seemed to understand the reason for his final failure.

He had already realized that something was wrong when the anchor said that after the Beiyang era would be the period of the Nanjing National Government.

After the Zhi-Feng War, Zhang Zuolin was much stronger than other warlords.

But it still failed to continue, and instead allowed the Nanjing National Government to take advantage of the loophole, which showed that big changes occurred later.

Now that he learned from the anchor that Feng Yuxiang had colluded with Feng Faction generals Guo Songling and Li Jinglin, he realized that it was these two traitors who ruined his great career.

Guo Songling and Li Jinglin were his trusted military commanders, but they betrayed him in the future, which made him very angry.

Fortunately, he knew this information in advance. As long as he captured these two people, he was sure to unify the country.

"After the reorganization of the Fengjun Army in 1925, there were six legions and a total of twenty divisions."

"Plus seven infantry brigades, two cavalry brigades, and two artillery brigades."

"The leaders of the six legions are Jiang Dengxuan of the first legion, Li Jinglin of the second legion, Zhang Xueliang of the third legion, Zhang Zuoxiang of the fourth legion, Wu Junsheng of the fifth legion and Xu Lanzhou of the sixth legion."

"The total strength of these six corps is about 20. These 20 are the elite of the Feng Clan, which is the foundation of the Feng Clan."

"Later, Feng's army entered the Pass, swept across North China, and recruited more than 20 troops from other factions."

"But the 20 recruited are incomparable to the 20 elite troops of Fengjun. They are both vulnerable. The grass-head army will fall wherever the wind is strong."

"For example, Sun Dianying's 14th Army of the Zhilu Allied Forces, which later robbed the Dongling Tomb, cannot be called an army at all."

"If you are not good at fighting, you are not good at military discipline, and you are not good at character, you will fall to whichever side the wind is strong. It is totally unreliable."

"And among the 20 elite soldiers, the Third Army Corps led by Zhang Xueliang is even more elite among the elite."

"In terms of military strength, the Third Army Corps accounts for about 30% of the elite of the Feng family."

"In terms of equipment, the Third Army has more than a thousand light and heavy machine guns of various types. This ratio is not only higher than that of the warlords of the Republic of China in the same period, but also higher than that of the Japanese army."

"On Chinese territory at that time, the only one that could rival it was the Japanese Kwantung Army."

"Zhang Zuolin can be said to have handed over all the old assets of Fengjun to Zhang Xueliang, and is obviously training Zhang Xueliang to take over in the future."

"And Zhang Xueliang regarded Guo Songling as his teacher and trusted him so much that he made Guo Songling the deputy commander of the Third Army."

"But Zhang Xueliang doesn't take care of things at ordinary times, so the Third Army is actually controlled by Guo Songling."

Zhang Zuolin: Guo Songling not only betrayed my trust, but also betrayed the trust of my son. He is truly an ungrateful villain.

If it weren't for the fact that Guo Songling was his son's teacher, he would never have let Guo Songling take on this important responsibility.

He originally looked down upon Guo Songling. Although he was capable, he was too small and was not an excellent candidate to serve as a general.

But there was no other way. His son trusted Guo Songling and always tried to keep it.

In desperation, he had no choice but to accept his son's choice and let Guo Songling serve as his son's deputy.

However, in order for Guo Songling to be loyal to his son wholeheartedly in the future, he would suppress him from time to time.

Between them, father and son, one is a good person and the other is a bad person, so that Guo Songling can be grateful to his son.

But he never expected that Guo Songling would eventually choose to betray.

Thinking of this, he seemed to understand why Guo Songling betrayed him.

It is very likely that he has been suppressing Guo Songling, which made the petite Guo Songling hate him.

But no matter what, since Guo Songling chose to betray, he couldn't stay.

He immediately ordered people to arrest Guo Songling and put him in jail to await trial.

"Logically speaking, Guo Songling is equivalent to the prince's teacher in the Feng family."

"In the future, when Zhang Zuolin goes to Hexi, Guo Songling will naturally become the Taishan Beidou in the Fengxian."

"But even though the Feng Clan gave Guo Songling such generous treatment, and Guo Songling held such a pivotal position in the Feng Clan, in the end Guo Songling still chose to rebel against Feng."

"This anti-Fengtian turmoil once pushed Zhang Zuolin into a desperate situation, and Zhang Zuolin even made plans to step down."

"Although Zhang Zuolin turned defeat into victory in a desperate situation, Guo Songling's anti-Fengtian incident directly led to the decline of the Fengtian clique."

"In August 1925, Zhang Zuolin appointed Li Jinglin as the Supervisor of Military Affairs of Zhili, Jiang Deng as the Supervisor of Military Affairs of Anhui, and Yang Yuting as the Supervisor of Jiangsu Military Affairs."

"Zhang Zuolin originally wanted Guo Songling to be the Military Supervisor of Anhui and Jiang Deng to be the Military Supervisor of Jiangsu."

"But it just happened that Yang Yuting came out at this time, shamelessly insisting on taking charge of Jiangsu."

"In order to balance the power, Zhang Zuolin had to let Yang Yuting go to Jiangsu and Jiang Deng chose to go to Anhui, leaving Guo Songling out in the cold."

"Zhang Zuolin naturally has his reasons for making such arrangements."

"Guo Songling is the loyal minister he left to Zhang Xueliang. The more he suppresses Guo Songling now, the more space Zhang Xueliang will have to control in the future, so that Guo Songling will be grateful to Zhang Xueliang."

"But Zhang Zuolin forgot one thing, that is, although Guo Songling is capable."

"But he has a strong self-esteem and is still small-minded. He has conflicts with Jiang Dengxuan and Yang Yuting."

"Especially the conflict with Yang Yuting, which is well known to everyone in the entire Fengcheng family."

"If the position is taken by someone else, Guo Songling may not care."

"But it happened that this person was his mortal enemy Yang Yuting, and Guo Songling's heart suddenly became unbalanced."

"The reason for the rift between the two is simply because they have different backings, unfair distribution, and many conflicts."

Guo Songling calmly looked at the words scolding him on the barrage without any fear, and her face showed no emotion at all.

The reason why he chose to betray Zhang Zuolin also had his own considerations.

He was admitted to the Chinese Army University with excellent results, and after professional military studies, he became a serious military student.

Zhang Zuolin was a bandit, and in order to obtain the maximum benefit for himself, he did not hesitate to fight fiercely with the Japanese.

As a patriotic young man with ideals and ambitions, he naturally looked down upon reckless heroes like Zhang Zuolin.

Moreover, in the two Zhili-Fengtian wars, he made great achievements with his extraordinary command ability.

However, he, who had the most merit, was not included in the list of awards.

And those who have not made great achievements are promoted and rewarded, which makes him feel balanced.

Also, after the victory of the Zhili-Fengtian War, Zhang Zuolin, who was inflated, decided to take advantage of the victory and continue to attack the National Army in the south to complete the great cause of unifying the world.

He is firmly opposed to this, believing that the current focus is to develop the Northeast, accumulate strength, and resist foreign enemies.

Since he had a political disagreement with Zhang Zuolin, the officers who were jealous of him took the opportunity to slander him and ostracized him everywhere.

It was precisely because of this series of reasons that he made up his mind to rebel.

But it was a pity that the plan was exposed, which would inevitably make Zhang Zuolin furious.

For today's plan, it is better to escape first and make plans later.

"Although the Beiyang warlords are known as the three major factions of Zhili, Anhui and Feng, there is a big difference between the Feng clique and the Zhili and Anhui cliques."

"The Zhili and Anhui cliques are basically the foundation of the Beiyang Army or the New Army in the late Qing Dynasty, and have certain characteristics of modern armies."

"The predecessors of the Feng Clan were basically the security forces from all over the Northeast. Almost all of them were rough people who were illiterate."

"These old members of the army are represented by Zhang Zuoxiang, Zhang Jinghui, Wu Junsheng and others, and are called the old school."

"Because they were old buddies who conquered the world together with Zhang Zuolin, and they were Zhang Zuolin's trusted brothers."

"So after Zhang Zuolin dominated the three eastern provinces, they all followed Zhang Zuolin and became the leaders of the Feng clique."

"The advantage of these people is that they are very united and extremely loyal to Zhang Zuolin."

"Under their control, the Northeast is basically incapable of inserting a needle or pouring water."

"But at the same time, the shortcomings of the old-school people are also very obvious, that is, they generally have backward thinking and do not understand modern warfare."

"It's okay to let them lead hundreds of people to fight guerrillas, but it's not okay to command large corps to fight."

"It is impossible for Zhang Zuolin to expect these people to compete with the Zhili clique and Anhui clique for the world. The old school cannot count on it."

"Zhang Zuolin could only appoint a group of college students with military school background to help him train a new style of military officers. This new group of officers activated by Zhang Zuolin were called new factions."

"The characteristics of the new faction people are that they know how to fight, build, and train troops."

"But they have no foundation in the Northeast and must rely on the old school to use their skills."

"So, this group of new officers from the Feng faction were divided into two factions, namely the non-commissioned officer faction and the mainland faction."

"The non-commissioned officers faction is also known as the overseas faction. Most of them have the experience of studying in Japanese military schools. The leader of this faction is Yang Yuting."

"Because Yang Yuting was appreciated by Zhang Zuolin, his schoolmate Jiang Dengxuan and others also benefited from the honor. They were entrusted with important tasks by Zhang Zuolin and gained some real power in Fengjun."

"The mainland faction is also called the local faction. Most of them graduated from Army University and Baoding Military Academy. The representative of this faction is Guo Songling."

"Because Guo Songling was appreciated by Zhang Xueliang, the mainland faction was also reused and gained some real power in the Fengjun."

Zhang Xueliang: If my father had not adopted the strategy of letting Guo Songling and Yang Yuting fight, maybe they would not be at the point where they are drawing swords against each other now.

There are many hidden contradictions within the Feng clique itself, such as the disputes between the sergeant faction and the mainland faction, the old faction and the old faction, and the civilian faction and the general faction.

His father paid more attention to the struggle between the old and the new and the civil and military struggle, but he did not care about the sergeant faction and the mainland faction.

And he had a vague feeling that regarding the dispute between the sergeant faction and the mainland faction, his father was suspected of dividing and conquering, sitting on the mountain and watching the fight between tigers and tigers.

Yang Yuting, the boss of the sergeant faction, and Guo Songling, the boss of the mainland faction, are incompatible with each other, and Yang Yuting uses his father's support to always suppress the mainland faction.

Not only Guo Songling, but even him was very angry, but there was nothing he could do.

Guo Songling's rebellion was largely related to Yang Yuting, who was forced step by step.

But no matter what, it is an indisputable fact that Guo Songling rebelled, and he cannot forgive it.

While teaching in the martial arts hall of the three eastern provinces, he met Guo Songling and realized Guo Songling's talent.

His third brigade and Guo Songling's eighth brigade can become the main force with the strongest combat effectiveness in the Fengjun Army. This is inseparable from Guo Songling's training and employment.

He and Guo Songling worked together for seven years, and everyone in the Fengjun army said that Guo Songling was his soul Zhang Xueliang.

He trusted Guo Songling so much, but now that Guo Songling had betrayed Feng Jun and him, how could he accept it.

"The old faction doesn't want to retreat, and the new faction wants to take power."

"But the cake is so big, how can there be so many real power positions for the new generals?"

"As a result, there will inevitably be a struggle for power among the new factions."

"Seeing that Guo Songling was dissatisfied with Zhang Zuolin, Feng Yuxiang quickly got in touch with him."

"However, although Guo Songling is dissatisfied with Zhang Zuolin, he still has Zhang Xueliang to rely on."

"As long as he can survive Zhang Zuolin, he can still display his ambitions, so Guo Songling does not have to rush to cooperate with Feng Yuxiang at this time."

"But it was such a coincidence that a series of events solidified Guo Songling's idea of ​​opposing Zhang Zuolin."

"In September 1925, Yang Yuting went to Nanjing to inspect, and also sent the 9th Division of the Fengjun Army to garrison Shanghai in the name of martial law, secretly targeting Zhejiang."

"Sun Chuanfang saw that the Feng clan was arrogant and wanted to annex him, so he secretly recruited Chen Tiaoyuan, Jiangsu's assistant military affairs officer, and decided to fight back."

"In October, Sun Chuanfang claimed to be the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces of the five provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangsu, Anhui, and Jiangxi. He sent a telegram to attack the Feng clique, and the Zhejiang-Fenghuang War broke out."

"After the fighting started, Sun Chuanfang mobilized 4 divisions of the Zhejiang Army and another 6 brigades to launch a surprise attack on Shanghai."

"At that time, Fengjun had a total of 11 divisions in the pass, which did not include the troops of Zhang Zongchang and Li Jinglin."

"In terms of numbers, Fengjun has quite a few troops."

"But because the territory is so large, more than 10 divisions are dispersed and stationed, which leads to insufficient troops in each province."

"In order to shrink his troops, Yang Yuting ordered the troops stationed in Shanghai to retreat. As a result, this withdrawal immediately triggered a rout."

Feng Yuxiang: As long as Guo Songling and Yang Yuting have conflicts, Guo Songling will cooperate with me sooner or later to rebel.

After the Zhi-Feng war, Zhang Zuolin would turn the gun against him.

He knew that he was not as powerful as Zhang Zuolin, so he could only win over allies everywhere.

When he learned that Guo Songling was dissatisfied with Zhang Zuolin, he immediately realized that the opportunity had come.

As long as he cooperates with Guo Songling inside and outside, Zhang Zuolin will definitely be eliminated in one fell swoop.

Although he was declined when he first contacted Guo Songling to instigate rebellion, he knew that as long as Yang Yuting kept making trouble for Guo Songling, sooner or later Guo Songling would side with him to deal with Zhang Zuolin.

"Yang Yuting is a typical dog-headed strategist. There is no problem at all in letting him serve as a staff officer, engaged in construction and diplomacy."

"But to put him in charge of one side of the country and in charge of the military would be a disaster."

"Faced with a critical situation, Yang Yuting actually abandoned his troops and ran away."

"When he ran away, he was leaderless, and the two main divisions of Fengjun were completely wiped out."

"And what's even worse is that when Sunan is lost, the door to neighboring Anhui suddenly opens up."

"The local warlords in Anhui believed that the Feng clique was gone, and they immediately switched sides."

"Jiang Dengxuan saw that something was not going well and ran away alone." "As a result, a main Fengjun division stationed in Anhui was also disarmed."

"In the two battles in southern Jiangsu and Anhui, Sun Chuanfang was devastating and easily annihilated the three main divisions of Fengjun."

"Zhang Zuolin was furious when he learned that the front line was defeated."

"Although Zhang Zuolin did not express his dissatisfaction to Yang Yuting and Jiang Dengxuan in person, he still cursed them in private."

"Only Liu Yifei and Sun Chuanfang fought for eight hours in the south of the Yangtze River. The others, his parents, didn't try to show their courage. They all surrendered without firing a single shot."

"In order to reverse the situation of the war, Zhang Zuolin called Guo Songling, who was observing the military in Japan, to return home immediately."

"Guo Songling received the telegram and believed that Zhang Zuolin just used him as a tool, coming and leaving as soon as he was summoned."

"Whenever I have a good time, I always think about Yang Yuting's group of sergeants."

"It's really boring to always have to wipe your own butt when something goes wrong. What do you think of him?"

"So after Guo Songling returned to China, she was admitted to the French Hospital in Tianjin on the grounds of illness."

"Seeing that Guo Songling was deliberately pretending to be ill, Zhang Zuolin was inconvenient to ask the question, so he had to find another candidate."

Guo Songling: Zhang Zuolin betrayed the interests of the country for personal power. No wonder I betrayed Zhang Zuolin.

As a representative of Fengjun, he went to Japan to observe the military, and then he understood the whole story.

He thought Zhang Zuolin sent him to Japan just to observe the exercises, but it turned out not to be the case.

During his observation in Japan, an important official from the Japanese General Staff Headquarters came to visit him and asked him if he still had the task of signing a secret agreement with Japan on behalf of Zhang Zuolin.

Only then did he know that Zhang Zuolin wanted to agree that Japan would provide arms to Fengjun and attack Feng Yuxiang's National Army on the condition of implementing the 'Twenty-One'.

Such traitorous behavior aroused strong indignation in him, which he could not accept.

The country has reached this dilapidated state, yet Zhang Zuolin betrayed the country for personal gain and chose to live with Japan.

He couldn't agree with Zhang Zuolin's approach at all costs.

He is a soldier of the country, not a private lackey.

From then on, he had an idea in his mind. If Zhang Zuolin used the traitorous arms to attack the National Army, he would attack Zhang Zuolin.

"Zhang Zuolin looked around. People like Jiang Dengxuan, Yang Yuting, and Han Linchun were either bare commanders or old, weak and disabled soldiers."

"In desperation, Zhang Zuolin could only place his hopes on Zhang Zongchang and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of Zhilu, Jiangsu and Anhui defense."

"After receiving the appointment, Zhang Zongchang was very active. He deployed 12 troops under his command in Pi County, Dangshan, and Suzhou, trying to rely on the Jinpu Railway and Longhai Railway to resist Sun Chuanfang."

"But Sun Chuanfang is from a serious academic background after all, and he still has two skills in fighting."

"Sun Chuanfang discovered that although Zhang Zongchang's frontal defense line was solid, the flanks were empty."

"So Sun Jun went around from the flank to behind the defense line and caught Zhang Zongchang by surprise."

"It's no joke to have your back blocked."

"In desperation, Zhang Zongchang ordered a retreat, commanded his troops to turn into Rufeng and flee to Shandong."

"When it comes to running away, Zhang Zongchang has always been professional."

"Zhang Zuolin was extremely anxious after learning of Zhang Zongchang's defeat, but he could not spare any troops for reinforcements."

"During the Zhejiang-Fenghuang War, the direct lineage of the Feng Army was on guard against Feng Yuxiang."

"Before the Zhejiang-Fenghuang War, Feng Yuxiang sent someone to reach a private cooperation agreement with Sun Chuanfang."

"As soon as Sun Chuanfang takes action in the south, the Nationalist Army will advance into North China."

"During the war, Feng Yuxiang commanded the Nationalist Army to sneak into the capital and threaten Zhang Zuolin's flanks."

"In order to solve the problem of elbow and brain, Zhang Zuolin used Baoding and Langfang as bargaining chips, saying that these places could be given away, as long as the National Army did not take advantage of others' danger."

"But Feng Yuxiang has a big appetite and doesn't care about Zhang Zuolin's bargaining chip at all. What he wants is the whole of North China."

"Feng Yuxiang was determined to take advantage of the situation, and Zhang Zuolin couldn't bear it anymore, so he decided to take action against Feng Yuxiang."

Li Shimin: From a tactical perspective, as long as Sun Chuanfang and Feng Yuxiang attack from both sides, Zhang Zuolin can be completely defeated.

From the information provided by the anchor, he found that the military talents of Fengjun generals were average and nothing particularly outstanding.

Sun Chuanfang beat the generals of Fengjun one after another until they threw off their armor and fled, which shows how weak the generals of Fengjun were.

Sun Chuanfang and Feng Yuxiang agreed that once Sun Chuanfang took action in Nanjing, Feng Yuxiang would immediately surround Zhang Zuolin.

There is no doubt about Sun Chuanfang's military ability, and there seems to be no problem in suppressing Zhang Zuolin's direct lineage of Fengjun.

Zhang Zuolin was worried that Feng Yuxiang would take advantage of the situation and wanted to use Baoding and Langfang as bargaining chips to Feng Yuxiang.

From this alone, it can be seen that Zhang Zuolin is afraid of fighting Feng Yuxiang.

With Sun Chuanfang and Feng Yuxiang's advantage, as long as both sides attack Zhang Zuolin, they can definitely eliminate Zhang Zuolin.

But the final result of this war was that Zhang Zuolin turned defeat into victory in a desperate situation, which made him somewhat incomprehensible.

There must be reasons that he didn't know, which caused Sun Chuanfang and Feng Yuxiang to lose despite their great advantage.

"At this time, after Sun Chuanfang captured Xuzhou, he announced a truce. He planned to digest the occupied area and had no intention of going further north."

"Zhang Zuolin seized the opportunity and ordered Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Zongchang, and Li Jinglin to attack the National Army from a flank."

"The situation changed so quickly that Feng Yuxiang was caught off guard."

"I originally came to take advantage of the situation, but ended up becoming a target."

"How can the Nationalist Army with less than 30 people defeat the more than 40 Fengjun Army?"

"But at the critical moment, Feng Yuxiang was saved by stupid young man Guo Songling and veteran Li Jinglin."

"On November 1925, 11, Guo Songling secretly reached a secret agreement with Feng Yuxiang and Li Jinglin."

"When Fengjun attacked the National Army, Guo Songling's troops immediately turned against Fengjun and attacked Fengjun. Li Jinglin provided food and grass."

"After defeating the Feng clan, the Guo tribe immediately retreated outside the pass and concentrated on developing the Northeast. They no longer interfered with matters within the pass. Zhili and Rehe were placed under Li Jinglin's control."

"The reason why Li Jinglin stabbed Zhang Zuolin in the back was mainly due to the warlord mentality and his desire to establish his own business."

"The reasons why Guo Songling stabbed Zhang Zuolin in the back are complicated. Differences in ideas and being ostracized are the main reasons why Guo Songling decided to rebel."

"But when Guo Songling had the idea of ​​​​rebellion, Zhang Xueliang had actually discovered that something was wrong."

"Zhang Xueliang conveyed Zhang Zuolin's order to attack the National Army to Guo Songling, but Guo Songling was vague and just didn't want to start a fight."

"It stands to reason that Guo Songling is so abnormal, Zhang Xueliang should control him as soon as possible."

"But Marshal Zhang's brain circuit seemed to be abnormal at that time. He actually took the train back to Northeast China after he was aware of the abnormality."

"Once Zhang Xueliang leaves, the 70,000 troops stationed in Tianjin will be under the command of Guo Songling."

"These 70,000 people are the elite of the Fengjun Army. It is no exaggeration to say that Guo Songling's command of these 70,000 strong troops is enough to deal with the hundreds of thousands of Fengjun troops left behind outside the pass."

Zhang Xueliang: Although Guo Songling rebelled against my Zhang family, I know what Guo Songling was thinking, but it was because of the dilemma that the two sides took a hostile stance.

Before Guo Songling rebelled, he had already discovered the signs.

Guo Songling more or less expressed in front of him her intention to remove her father from office and push him to power.

After hearing this before, he was not too shocked. He just refused to say no, thinking that Guo Songling was just another complaint against his father.

He was very confident in his friendship with Guo Songling, and did not believe that Guo Songling would betray the Zhang family.

Guo Songling issued a notice asking his father to step down and allow him, Zhang Xueliang, to take charge.

Moreover, Guo Songling also wrote him a letter, in which he strongly persuaded him to plan a great cause together and thanked him for his kindness.

However, he refused verbally. He could not break his promise to his friends, so how could he dare to be accused of being unfilial to his father now.

Although he understood Guo Songling's ideals and propositions, he really couldn't go with him.

He agreed with Guo Songling's idea of ​​developing the Northeast, recuperating, and not blindly engaging in civil war, but he was really in a dilemma.

Finally, after careful consideration, he decided to side with his father Zhang Zuolin.

"On November 11, Guo Songling called in and rebelled, known as the Northeast National Army."

"With 70,000 elite troops attacking Shanhaiguan, and with the strength of Feng Yuxiang, Guo Songling, and Li Jinglin joining forces to attack Zhang Zuolin, we have a great chance of winning."

"However, when Guo Songling broke out of the Great Wall and started to fight with Zhang Zuolin's bayonet, an accident happened."

"It turns out that the National Army's Second Army and Third Army ignored the secret agreement between Feng Yuxiang and Li Jinglin and attacked Baoding without authorization."

"Although Feng Yuxiang is the commander-in-chief of the National Army, he has little control over Hu Jingyi's Second Army and Sun Yue's Third Army."

"Hu Jingyi and Sun Yue were determined to capture Zhili. In order to unite the internal forces, Feng Yuxiang had to acquiesce in their attack on Li Jinglin."

"As a result, Li Jinglin had no choice but to change his mind and jump back to support Zhang Zuolin."

"Later, under Zhang Zuolin's instruction, Li Jinglin retreated to Shandong and joined forces with Zhang Zongchang to form the Zhilu Allied Forces."

"Zhang Zongchang is appointed commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, and Li Jinglin is appointed deputy commander."

"Without Li Jinglin's logistical support, Guo Songling, who had already defeated Shanhaiguan, suddenly became a kite with its strings broken."

"And seeing the internal strife among Feng Yuxiang, Guo Songling, and Li Jinglin, Zhang Zuolin, who had originally planned to pack up and run away, suddenly became hopeful again."

"At this time, the Japanese Kwantung Army also personally went to hell in order to safeguard its own interests."

"On the one hand, we sent troops to blockade the South Manchuria Railway, and on the other hand, we sent military advisers to guide the Feng army in operations."

"Due to the Japanese intervention, Guo Songling's pre-war plan was disrupted."

"Zhang Zuolin got a chance to breathe, and Fengjun was able to calmly set up a defensive line on the east bank of the Juliu River."

Ying Zheng: It’s just a bunch of ragtag people. They all went to the battlefield and started fighting among themselves. It’s no wonder that the rebellion failed.

In his opinion, it was really incomprehensible to him that there was such a stupid person when there was internal strife on the battlefield.

The situation is obviously very good, and the opponent can be eliminated right before his eyes.

But I don’t know what’s wrong with them, so they can still start internal strife. It’s simply outrageous.

Even if the interests are to be divided, it must either be agreed upon before the war or divided after the war is won. There is no way of grabbing territory in the middle of the war.

He couldn't help feeling a little emotional, seeing that he could eliminate Zhang Zuolin, but he didn't want to think about the internal strife.

Between Zhang Zuolin and Guo Songling, he was naturally on Guo Songling's side.

One is colluding with Japan and betraying national interests, and the other is a passionate and patriotic young man with ideals and ambitions. It is naturally self-evident which side he is on.

"On December 1925, 12, Guo Songling, who had no basis to advance or retreat, decided to make a desperate move and issued an attack order, and the Battle of Juliuhe began."

"The process of this battle is very simple. Feng Jun and Guo Jun fight together."

"During the battle, Zhang Xueliang launched a powerful counterattack."

"Zhang Xueliang personally called the officers of the Guo Department to explain the situation and said that bygones were bygones."

"As a result, the entire Guo army was shaken and morale was low."

"On the night of the 23rd, Guo Songling held a military meeting to discuss strategies and hoped that everyone would unite as one."

"But the attitudes of the generals are very inconsistent. Many people advocate a truce and peace, but only a small number of people support Guo Songling's main battle."

"In this case, Guo Songling's best choice is to retreat."

"Even if retreat may cause a rout, it is better than the total annihilation of the entire army."

"But Guo Songling was unwilling to give in, so he decided to launch a final blow against Fengjun on the 24th."

"But on the night of preparations for the battle, the Japanese army attacked Guo Jun from the flank."

"In addition, Zhang Xueliang used a plane to drop leaflets saying 'Old Zhang's family will not fight against Lao Zhang's family' that night, which further affected Guo Jun's morale."

"So much so that before the battle even started, soldiers began to surrender to the city."

"At noon on the 24th, seeing that the situation was over, Guo Songling led his guards to break through."

"But before running very far, Guo Songling and his wife Han Shuxiu were captured by the Fengjun cavalry."

"With the capture of Guo Songling, the 32-day anti-Fengtian war came to an end."

"After this battle, Fengjun's vitality was severely damaged, and the situation changed from prosperity to decline."

Zhang Xueliang: I'm sorry for Guo Songling, for not saving him back then.

Even in his later years, he was still brooding about not saving Guo Songling.

After Guo Songling and his wife were captured, he immediately asked someone to contact them as soon as he learned the news.

He hoped to transfer Guo Songling to him, and then find a way to send him abroad so that he could still survive.

But unfortunately, before he could take action, news of Guo Songling's death came.

His father even asked people to print out a large number of photos of Guo Songling and his wife after their execution and distribute them to various departments as a warning.

When he saw it at that time, he felt cold all over and felt disheartened. After all, it was still a step too late.

Although Guo Songling took a hostile stance, his deep admiration and praise for Guo Songling never changed.

(End of this chapter)