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As expected by Liu Mingzhao and others, Zhang Woquan still had some thoughts about the position of governor of Guangdong and was completely dismissive of persuading surrender. But I don¡¯t know whether the threat worked, or whether Zhang Woquan was deliberately trying to make a fool of himself. In short, he fully agreed to the condition of not destroying the Guangshao Railway, claiming: "It took six or seven years to build this section of the railway and exhausted the entire province's gentry. Hard work. Zhang is not talented and cannot be kind to the people of the province; but as a Cantonese, he would never dare to demolish the railway for his own selfish purposes and become the target of thousands of people!"
After receiving Zhang Woquan¡¯s sworn guarantee, everyone then mobilized their troops and waited for the situation on Zhaoqing¡¯s Xijiang defense line to change.
When talking about the Xijiang Defense Line, we have to talk about Long Jiguang and his "Ji Army".
Long Jiguang was born in a chieftain family in Mengzi County, Yunnan Province. Because he was the third among the brothers, there was basically no hope of inheriting the position of chieftain. When he became an adult, he had to go to Kunming, the provincial capital, to look for opportunities to get ahead. After working hard, he actually got in touch with a big shot, Cen Chunxuan, the third son of Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou at the time. The relationship between the two quickly heated up and soon became very close. Although Cen Yuying later died in office, Cen Chunxuan left Yunnan with his coffin, and Long Jiguang also returned to his hometown to handle team training. However, his acquaintance with Cen Chunxuan became a stepping stone for him to successfully enter his official career, and also made him a glorious but ignominious life.
Zeng Guofan trained his local soldiers in his hometown, and eventually led Hunan to quell the Taiping Rebellion, winning wealth and honor during his lifetime and death. This vivid example inspired countless careerists in the late Qing Dynasty, including Yuan Shikai and perhaps Long Jiguang. With the help of his status as chieftain and family wealth, he also organized and trained two battalions of rural soldiers in his hometown, and patiently waited for the opportunity to come. After a long wait, he finally had his spring.
In the 29th year of Guangxu (1903), a tin miner riot broke out in Gejiu, not far from Mengzi, and then spread to Lin'an, Shiping and other places. Long Jiguang took advantage of the situation, led his troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression, and stationed the Mengzi Counselor's military aircraft. After the riot was put down, he was promoted to a registered prefect for his defensive work, and was given the title of Salt Transport Envoy. He rose from a rankless leader of rural soldiers to a department-level cadre. This also gave him his first taste of the sweetness of "pacifying thieves and suppressing bandits".
Soon thereafter, Cen Chunxuan, an old friend from that time, was appointed by the imperial court as acting governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and he was strictly ordered to quickly quell the civil unrest in Guangxi to prevent it from spreading. ¡ª¡ªAfter all, there are lessons learned from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Cen Chunxuan felt that the Guangxi official army was a family of soldiers and bandits, neither reliable nor effective. Therefore, with the consent of the Qing court, he sent troops from Yunnan, Guangdong and other provinces to Guangxi to suppress the army, with the Yunnan Army as the main force and the Guangdong Army as the main force. auxiliary.
Having said that, the combat power of the Yunnan Army was indeed well-known from the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, which gave Cai E, Tang Jiyao, Gu Pinzhen, Long Yun, Lu Han and other Yunnan warlords the confidence and strength to challenge the central government. Moreover, Sichuan has been in a state of civil strife, and the Sichuan army has no time to look south. At the same time, the divided Sichuan can serve as a barrier for Yunnan to resist the central government's control of the southwest, and also allows the Yunnan warlords to blatantly disobey Wang Hua.
Among the Yunnan troops mobilized by Cen Chunxuan, his former friend Long Jiguang was naturally indispensable, and Long Jiguang was allowed to recruit 10 battalions of 5,000 people in Yunnan to enter Guangxi to participate in the encirclement and suppression. Long Jiguang was overjoyed. After trying his best to expand his army, he led his troops to Guangxi and began to suppress bandits. In just a few years, he suppressed riots such as the Huidang Uprising, the Zhennanguan Uprising, and the Hekou Uprising in Guangxi. His title was eventually promoted from a registered prefect to Acting Governor of Guangxi, Governor of Guangdong Land Road, and the 25th New Army Commander. Town control system. The "Ji Army" under his command expanded from the original 10 battalions to 30 battalions, with a strength of more than 15,000, becoming a well-known force in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.
After the Revolution of 1911 broke out, Guangdong was ready to take action, but Long Jiguang resisted with all his strength. He claimed that he had been favored by the emperor and would do his best to repay the Holy Lord. He attempted to kill all the revolutionaries with the aid of the Ji Army and the 25th Town of the New Army. . In the end, the national situation took a turn for the worse and the Republic of China was established, so Long Jiguang had no choice but to express his support for the revolution.
Although the revolutionaries have taken power in Guangdong, they hate the Ji army for their bloody suppression of the revolutionary uprising and want to get rid of them as soon as possible. However, the troops in the hands of the Democratic Party are simply not enough to compete with the Ji army. In desperation, they have to turn around and try their best to defeat the Ji army. Win over Long Jiguang and continue to allocate generous food and salary to Jijun to prevent conflict between the two. Long Jiguang also knew that the feud between the two was deep and difficult to settle down for a long time, and would inevitably change over time, so he took the initiative to leave Guangzhou with Ji Jun and stationed in what is now Wuzhou, Guangxi.
Long Jiguang's Ji army was mainly composed of local chieftain soldiers brought from Yunnan. These native soldiers did not undergo strict modern military training, did not have much culture, and were even illiterate. Everyone who climbed out of the cave had three or five lives in their hands. They were not afraid of death when fighting, and they were even more ruthless when killing people. Their combat power should not be underestimated. The older ones of these people have been following Long Jiguang for a year or two.??The same is true for this battle in Deqing! "
Li Yaohan and Liang Mai looked at each other again, and then replied: "Yes, I obey your orders!"
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