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Chapter 544 Poaching Feng Yuxiang¡¯s corner

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    There are different opinions on how the "Thirteen Taibao" came to be called "Thirteen Taibao" in the Northwest Army, but it is generally believed that it was around 1917 when Feng Yuxiang was appointed as the commander of the 16th Mixed Brigade of the Army and was stationed in Changde, Hunan Province as the garrison envoy of western Hunan.

    At that time, Feng's department had four infantry regiments, one artillery regiment, and one cavalry and engineer battalion.  Li Mingzhong is the commander of the first infantry regiment, Zhang Zhijiang is the commander of the second regiment, Zhang Shusheng is the commander of the third regiment, Zhang Weixi is the commander of the fourth regiment, Lu Zhonglin is the commander of the artillery regiment, and Liu Yufen is the chief of staff.  All the officers of the 16th Mixed Brigade were Feng Yuxiang's cronies. This was the beginning of the formation of Feng Yuxiang's military group.

    The so-called "Five Tiger Generals" are the five original regimental leaders including Song Zheyuan, Lu Zhonglin, Zhang Zhijiang, Liu Yufen, and Li Mingzhong.  They have been with Feng Yuxiang for a long time and have great prestige in Feng's department.  Because of his diligence and hard work, he gradually distinguished himself and served successively as a commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander, and his military talents were fully utilized.

    During his tenure as the garrison envoy to western Hunan, while recruiting soldiers and recruiting cadres, he gradually squeezed out the people Lu Jianzhang had placed in the 16th Mixed Brigade.  Most of the recruits he recruited according to the standards he set himself were tall, strong, simple in style, able to endure hardships and stand hard work, and were easy to accept organization and training.

    He broke the old-fashioned habits of the general army at that time, created a unique training method, and trained a group of young officers who were good at fighting.  Namely: Machine Gun Battalion Commander Han Duofeng, 1st Regiment 2nd Battalion Commander Sun Liangcheng, 3rd Regiment 1st Battalion Commander Han Fuju, 3rd Regiment 2nd Battalion Commander Shi Yousan, 3rd Regiment 3rd Battalion Commander Zhao Xipin, 4th Regiment 1st Battalion Commander.  Liu Ruming, Tong Linge, commander of the second battalion of the fourth regiment, and Sun Lianzhong, commander of the artillery battalion, and the rest are also battalion-level officers.

    These battalion-level officers are especially trusted and relied upon by Feng.  The officers and soldiers of the Feng Department were envious, so they adapted the story of Li Keyong doting on the Thirteen Taibao in the Peking Opera "Pearl Curtain Village", and included Sun Liangcheng, Sun Lianzhong, Han Fuju, Han Duofeng, Tong Linge, Liu Ruming, Shi Yousan, Zhang Weixi, Cheng Xixian,  Thirteen officers including Guo Zhigang, Wen Chenglie, Ge Jinzhang, and Zhao Xipin are also called the "Thirteen Taibao".  The connotation of this name is both playful and ironic.

    "Taibao" is originally the name of an official position in ancient my country, and it is an official who assists the prince.  The so-called Taibao in the Northwest Army is obviously a metaphor.

    In terms of age, most of Feng Yuxiang's 13 " Taibao " were born around 1890 and were younger than Feng Yuxiang.  In terms of place of origin, they are all from the north (north of the Huaihe River). For example, Shi Yousan is from Jilin Province, Guo Zhigang is from Mengcheng, Anhui Province, Han Fuju is from Hebei, and Han Duofeng is from Shandong. I call them all.  For northerners.  In fact, most of the members of Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army were also from the north.

    The reason why the "Thirteen Taibao" of the Northwest Army gained Feng's trust and reliance was that, in addition to the fact that these people inherited the tradition of the Northwest Army and could endure hardships, there were two main reasons. One was that they were brave and good at fighting;  a certain cultural level.  Frankly speaking, in official history, Feng Yuxiang's "Northwestern Army" has the strongest combat effectiveness among the armies of various warlords.

    But the truly large-scale "Northwestern Army" was gradually formed after the "Beijing Coup" and Feng became the commander of the National Revolutionary Army and monopolized the northwest. At this time, the Feng faction's forces had no room for development and were far from reaching that scale.

    Among these generals, the ones Zhang Hanqing is most familiar with are Song Zheyuan, Tong Linge, Zhang Weixi, and Han Fuju.  At this time of sudden change, Zhang Hanqing decided to start with Zhang Weixi.  At this time, he was stationed in Lu'an and was catching up with the leading troops of the People's Army.

    Zhang Weixi had studied for several years when he was a child. After joining the army, he was diligent and studious, and he was well-read in military literature. He was known as the "Confucian General" in the Northwest Army.

    Not only is he eager to learn, he also organizes reading groups for his officers at any time and personally urges them to study culture and study martial arts books.  When Zhang Weixi was the battalion commander, Feng Yuxiang commissioned him to compile a "Sergeant's Service Book" as a standard guideline for the responsibilities and tasks of the squad leader in peacetime and war.

    This is because Zhang Weixi was a student soldier and had rich practical experience in sergeant service. Therefore, this book was well written and was highly praised by Feng Yuxiang. He printed and distributed this book to every sergeant in the army and regarded it as a guide.  Zhang Weixi worked too hard to write this book, which affected his eyesight and became myopic.

    At that time, in the 16th Mixed Brigade under Mr. Feng¡¯s command, from the brigade commander down to the cooks, not a single person in the entire brigade wore glasses.  When Zhang Weixi asked Feng Yuxiang for instructions on how to make glasses, Feng once asked him how far he could see without wearing glasses.  He replied that he could see five or six meters.  From then on, the army gave him two nicknames: "Liu Mi Da" and "Blind Zhang".

    Zhang Weixi is good at military training. He is unique in military training. Among his colleagues in the Northwest Army, there are few who can surpass him.  During each year-end review, Zhang Weixi ranks among the best in all disciplines, skills, playgrounds, outdoor areas, internal affairs, health, military discipline, and social discipline.

      Such a talented person was not tolerated by Feng Yuxiang.  According to information from the "Fengqi Bureau", the reasons are as follows:

    In the spring of 1921, Feng Yuxiang learned that Wang Zhanyuan, the governor of Hubei Province with whom he had a long-standing feud, would take the Jinghan Road train from Wuhan to Beijing for a business trip. He convened a secret discussion with military officers above the battalion commander level, detained Wang Zhanyuan when he passed by Xinyang Station, and threatened him.  He paid off half a year's arrears of food and wages for the entire brigade.

    Since Zhang Weixi and Wang Zhanyuan were both from the same hometown in Guantao County, Zhang Weixi secretly revealed this secret plan to Wang Zhanyuan.  Wang Zhanyuan then changed his route and took a boat to Nanjing, then took the Jinpu Road train heading north.  Regarding Wang Zhanyuan's sudden change of course, Feng Yuxiang concluded that someone had leaked the secret. After various investigations, he found out that it was Zhang Weixi who had done it.

    "But because it was inconvenient to publicize the matter, and because the army was about to leave, Zhang Weixi was the commander of the regiment, and he was a brave and knowledgeable general. At that time, Feng Yuxiang held back.  When Xiao Yaonan seized the train to transport troops from Xinyang to Hubei Province, Zhang Weixi knew that Feng Yuxiang did not dare to openly oppose Wu Peifu, so he ordered not to stop him while stationed at the station.

    So Feng calculated his old and new accounts together, and used this reason to remove Zhang Weixi from his position as regimental commander and transfer him to the director of the division's repair department. This was a kind of demotion.  Zhang Hanqing took advantage of this and sent Yu Xuezhong to meet Zhang Weixi at night to persuade him to surrender.

    Yu Xuezhong had an acquaintance with Zhang Weixi in Wuhan. At that time, he was just a battalion commander. In less than two years, he became regimental commander and brigade commander. Now he is the acting commander of the 8th Division with 15,000 people.  Now that he is a major general, it is estimated that the third star will make his star shine even brighter before long.  The two had cherished each other many years ago, and when they met now, they felt deeply sad.

    Zhang Weixi is still waiting for Feng Yuxiang to call him back again: the officers and soldiers trained by Feng, especially the officers, will not be allowed to go away easily.  If someone makes a mistake and is dismissed or demoted, he can still be restored to his original position and grade after a period of time, and his promotion will not be affected.

    But he was very moved when Yu Xuezhong brought Zhang Hanqing's praise for him.  Zhang Hanqing promised: As long as Zhang Weixi is willing to join the People's Army, he will immediately be promoted to the rank of major general and brigade commander.  With the example of Yu Xuezhong, Zhang Weixi couldn't help but feel moved.  Zhang Hanqing has a reputation for knowing people well and taking charge of them, and the current power of the People's Army has the potential to sweep the world. Needless to say, he is still a star.

    Feng Yuxiang was born a commoner, so he was able to get close to the lower class and share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, thus gaining the support of his subordinates.  However, Feng's method of leading troops was feudal and paternalistic. Even senior officers above division commanders were treated like children. Han Fuju was beaten in front of the soldiers after he became a division commander.  40 military sticks, no mercy.

    This method of leading troops, coupled with other factors, led to the betrayal of Feng's officers one after another.  Zhang Weixi was also slapped in public, and she was very dissatisfied with Feng Yuxiang's discipline deep in her memory.

    ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Instead of just being a defeated general under Feng Yuxiang's tent, how to start anew and open up a new world?  So on a dark night of a month high, Zhang Weixi defected to Zhang Hanqing.

    The arrival of Zhang Weixi made Zhang Hanqing very happy. He said excitedly to Zhang Weixi: "You are here, and there is an extra strong general in the People's Army." But in his heart, what interested him most was the unknown and ordinary man at this time.  Zhang Zizhong, who later became a famous anti-Japanese general and national hero in history, was also the highest general who sacrificed his life for the Allied Powers in World War II.

    Zhang Zizhong is resolute and taciturn, but has a high talent for leading troops.  Three months after he took office as company commander, his second company won first place in the military assessment of all companies in the brigade and became a "model company" of the 16th mixed brigade.

    The Model Company was Feng Yuxiang¡¯s model for running the army. Zhang Zizhong worked even harder after receiving this honor.  Almost all of the 126 soldiers in the company who he trained later became talented, including ten corps commanders and division commanders, and even more brigade commanders and regiment commanders.  From this time on, Zhang Zizhong's emphasis on military discipline and his strict style of running the army have become very prominent.  When he encountered those who violated military discipline, he first persuaded and educated them, then severely reprimanded them, and served them with military sticks.  As the soldiers sang in the song: "If you don't learn well, you will be hit with a duck-billed military stick."

    Later, because Zhang Zizhong often said a catchphrase to officers and soldiers who violated military discipline: "See, I can't skin you!" Therefore, he was nicknamed "Zhang Skin" by the officers and soldiers, and everyone in the army knew it.  A jingle goes: "Shi Yousan's whip, Han Fuju's rope, Liang Guanying's shoulder pole is like a dragon, Zhang Zizhong's skinning is so ruthless!"

    The nickname "Zhang Papi" makes people mistakenly think that this man is a ruthless, rough and arrogant warrior, but this is not the case.  Zhang Zizhong loved his soldiers as much as his son, and he was strict in his kindness. He knew the meaning of "governing the military first and governing the heart" and the wonderful use of "the combination of kindness and power".  Taking the use of military sticks as an example, Zhang Zizhong did not hit him as soon as he encountered it or use sticks and sticks indiscriminately, but implemented the "eight no beatings", that is: no beating when he is sick, no beating when he is angry, no beating in the summer, and no beating before meals.  Don't fight if you are not favored, don't fight if you are punished, don't fight if you have strengthened your troops, and don't fight if you don't know.

    It can be seen that Zhang Zizhong was very particular about how to use the military stick.

    How can we recruit such a talent?  Using money and reputation to seduce this upright young officer will undoubtedly not work.  If it is feasible, Zhang Hanqing might express doubts about his ability to read people.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)bsp; It can be seen that Zhang Zizhong is very particular about how to use military sticks.

    How can we recruit such a talent?  Using money and reputation to seduce this upright young officer will undoubtedly not work.  If it is feasible, Zhang Hanqing might express doubts about his ability to read people.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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