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    Tang Shengzhi was a person who was never content with the status quo. In later generations, he would be a good entrepreneur, but in the Republic of China, he was a warlord who did not overestimate his capabilities.  When he was a division commander in Hunan, he provoked the provincial governor Zhao Hengxi. After he became the provincial governor, he provoked the great warlord Wu Peifu. After the Northern Expedition, he provoked Jiang Xiashi. He had conflicts with Feng Yuxiang and colluded with Wang Jingwei. He was a very ignorant and capable person.  .  During the Northern Expedition, the overall situation was more important, and Jiang Xiashi could still tolerate Tang Shengzhi.  But after the Northern Expedition was victorious, Jiang Xiashi would never tolerate it.  He needed someone to establish his prestige, but at this time Tang Shengzhi jumped out again and opposed Jiang Xiashi's disarmament policy.  Jiang Xiashi quickly expressed his opinions on how to deal with Tang Shengzhi, first revoking Tang Shengzhi's confidant Zhou Lan from the position of governor of Hubei Province.  This position was originally vacant. All large and small cities in Hubei were controlled by the federal provincial army. The federal provincial army was also stationed in Wuhan. What use could an empty governor be? But Tang Shengzhi was unwilling to give up this governor. In the past, he used  Wang Jingwei stabilized Zhou Lan's position. After Wang Jingwei left, Zhou Lan was still allowed to stay here.  Maybe Tang Shengzhi is looking forward to one day being able to fight back to Hubei. In this regard, he is very similar to Zhao Zeyong. He can tolerate it until he eats it, but once it is in his mouth, he is unwilling to spit it out.  Tang Shengzhi was very dissatisfied with Jiang Jieshi's dismissal of Zhou Lan's position, and openly withheld the finance and taxes that should have been turned over to the central government.  Now throughout China, except for three places that do not have to remit taxes to the central government, one is Northeast, one is the United Provinces, and one is Shanxi. Other regions, including Shandong and Henan under the control of the Northwest Army, need to submit part of their taxes to the central government.  Tang Shengzhi's move was undoubtedly a provocation.  Jiang Xiashi directly used this as an excuse to announce the dismissal of Tang Shengzhi as the governor of Anhui Province and the dismissal of the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army.  Tang Shengzhi simply jumped over the wall.  Announced that Chiang Kai-shek's false name was President of the Republic of China.  In fact, he was a dictator and a traitor to the country. He declared to revolt against Zheng Zheng and respected Wang Jingwei to return to power.  The war between Jiang and Tang began immediately, and it was Tang Shengzhi who took the lead and launched the attack.  This is courting death not soon enough.  As a result, Tang Shengzhi's troops did not deploy at all, but were blitzed by Jiang Xiashi.  Jiang Xiashi's troops invaded Anhui in three routes from northern Jiangsu, but Tang Shengzhi's troops were deployed too chaotically.  There are some in Anhui and some in Henan.  As a result, as soon as Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army entered Anhui and won several victorious battles, the other warlords immediately couldn't sit still and pounced on him like hungry wolves who smelled blood.  Feng Yuxiang launched an attack on Tang Shengzhi's troops in Henan and took back the southeastern Henan area under his control, and at this time added the southwestern Henan area that Zhao Zeyong had abandoned.  Feng Yuxiang has occupied the entire territory of Henan, integrating his northwest territory with Henan, Hebei and Shandong, becoming the largest force in China.  Jiang Xiashi launched the annexation of Tang Shengzhi, but Zhao Zeyong did not participate.  Because his focus is on facing the sun.  But it annoyed Zhao Zeyong. History was still going according to its trajectory. Jiang Xiashi wanted to deal with the warlords one by one.  The first one in history was Tang Shengzhi.  They united with the Gui Clan to defeat Tang Shengzhi, then supported Tang Shengzhi to destroy the Gui Clan, then the Northwest Army, and finally Yan Xishan. After a great war in the Central Plains, the Central Army's dominant position was completely established.  Now we have dealt with Tang Shengzhi.  According to the trajectory, the Gui clique should be next, but the Gui clique in this era was replaced by Zhao Zeyong's federal provincial forces.  Will Jiang Xiashi set his next target on the United Provinces? Zhao Zeyong did not dare to gamble on luck.  Therefore, he immediately started a public opinion offensive, not because he was afraid that Jiang Xiashi would hit him, but because he was worried that Jiang Xiashi would sabotage his attack on Japan.  In the newspapers, the Union Province lashed out at Chiang Kai-shek for being militaristic and launching a civil war just after the country was at peace.  Now the United Province is a star power in China, and every move it makes attracts attention from all over the country. The attitude of the United Province was quickly broadcast across the country, and Jiang Jieshi immediately responded tit for tat.  The various deeds of the United Provinces in disobedience to the central government have been listed. First, they were unwilling to submit taxes to the central government, and then they separated several provinces in the name of the United Provinces. This is simply the style of a warlord.  Jiang Jieshi's speech actually won the support of many democrats. In their opinion, what the United Provinces did was indeed hindering the unification of the country, but they did not receive support from Feng Yuxiang and others. It was very simple to criticize the United Provinces.  The same applies to putting things on them. If the provinces are separated, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan will not be separated. Let them support Jiang Jieshi's remarks, isn't it a slap in the face?  Jiang Xiashi not only talked, he also dared to take action, but it was only on a small scale.  Perhaps Jiang Jieshi believed that he represented the central government. As long as he did not launch a large-scale war, other warlords would not dare to escalate the situation. Otherwise, no one would be able to bear the label of being a rebel against the central government.  So Jiang Xishi first tentatively launched some small-scale frictions in Anqing. As a result, the Anqing defenders attacked them thousands of miles away and defeated and captured all the Central Army defenders in more than a dozen nearby counties.  Obviously Jiang Price?Wrong idea. If he tests other warlords on a small scale, nothing big will happen.  But Zhao Zeyong is not an ordinary warlord. In terms of political power, Zhao Zeyong is not very good, but in terms of strength, he is quite powerful.  And he is definitely not a good-natured person. He will stick his right cheek against me when someone slaps him on the left cheek. If you hit me on the other cheek, I will cut off your head. I will never suffer a loss.  Zhao Zeyong is not used to the shortcomings of the British and Italians, let alone you, an old Chiang Kai-shek.  Therefore, Zhao Zeyong directly gave orders to the front line, and he dared to fight back boldly and without fear of making things worse.  The troops in Anqing at this time were precisely the Mengzi Division and other troops. In the previous wars, they had hardly won any battles worth mentioning. When fighting the Italians, they watched from the other side and became spectators, and they had no business fighting the British.  , even a useless war like the Northern Expedition, I didn't win anything, and I was very resentful. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek came, and it would be weird if I didn't beat you up.  Jiang Zishi, who was frustrated, could only express his condemnation, condemning the Union Provincial Army's wanton attack on the Central Army as tantamount to treason, and announced the expulsion of Zhao Zeyong from the party.  However, the expulsion of Zhao Zeyong from the party had just been announced here, and other organizations immediately came to visit over there. Taizu continued to express his willingness to be Zhao Zeyong's introducer.  Zhao Zeyong continued to decline.  "Without a party, you are light-hearted."  The reason why I joined the Kuomintang was to be able to work with all armies in the Northern Expedition and reduce friction and suspicion.  However, I found that it had no effect at all. At that time, I joined the party for the purpose of obtaining a KMT status for protection.  Save others from hitting you, only to find that it has no effect. Fundamentally, interests come first and strength is respected. When the interests of others are violated, no protection can be used. When you are weak, no one will dare to hit you.  .  After firing Zhao Zeyong.  Jiang Pricestone began to continue to test or retaliate against the United Provincial Army, but he found that the United Provincial Army in Anhui did have two brushes and his own troops could not defeat them. What about the troops in Jiujiang? He asked Zhu Peide to lead people to attack Jiujiang. Jiang Pricestone  I don't believe that every unit of the United Provincial Army is so powerful.  But Zhu Peide's troops mutinied all of a sudden. The main force of Zhu Peide's troops was originally the Yunnan Army.  After another Nanchang Uprising, its strength was greatly reduced.  Let them attack the powerful Federal Provincial Army, but no one will fight at all.  The two main divisions of Zhu Peide's troops, Gu Pinzhen (actually commanded by Jin Handing) and Fan Shisheng (actually commanded by Yang Zhen), simply surrendered. After discussing with Zhao Zeyong, they led their troops into Jiujiang and then began to disband.  The old Yunnan army led by Gu Pinzhen and the others were really tired.  It has been many years since I left Yunnan, and the army is aging seriously. Many soldiers are in their thirties, but they are not married yet and have close thoughts.  Especially knowing that Yunnan has developed very well in recent years, and it goes without saying that families have land.  People who had no land could actually have enough to eat, and everyone wanted to go home.  In addition to the recent uprising, Gu Pinzhen and his troops were also affected. The troops were divided into two and were ordered to suppress it. After fighting a battle with his former brothers, Gu Pinzhen was even more disheartened and wanted to quit.  Jia has returned to the field.  This time, they received another order from Jiang Xiashi to fight against the Allied Provincial Army. Gu Pinzhen, who considered herself a family, simply gave up her job.  Just hand over your troops to the United Provincial Army for disbandment and recovery, and take the officers back to Yunnan to accept Zhao Zeyong's arrangements.  As for your own territory, let the United Provincial Army accept it.  There are many Yunnan troops in Jiangxi. In addition to the troops of Gu Pinzhen and Fan Shisheng, there are also miscellaneous troops led by Yang Ximin, Hu Ruoyu and others. These troops have been beaten by Zhao Zeyong. They know that they can't defeat the rising United Provincial Army, so they surrender one after another.  The United Provinces simply accepted the establishment of Jiangxi and began to take action, approaching Nanchang and demanding Zhu Peide's surrender.  When Zhu Peide saw that the battle could not be fought, as soon as his troops were separated from the Allied Provincial Army, they would either be defeated or surrender.  He simply asked Jiang Xiashi to resign, and then ran to Nanjing to accept the punishment.  The Allied Provincial Army quickly captured the entire Jiangxi with almost no effort.  While Jiang Xiashi was shocked, he began to respond actively.  Invite Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan to form an anti-Zhao alliance.  Zhao Zeyong also lost patience at this time and was thinking about whether to use force to deal with Jiang Xiashi before attacking the Japanese.  After thinking about it, Zhao Zeyong felt that now was not the time to break up with Jiang Xiashi, because once the federal provinces showed strength and dared to attack even the central government, the other warlords would be in danger, and it would be easy for Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan to follow him.  Jiang Jieshi united. Although the combat effectiveness of their army was not strong, it was still stronger than that of the Beiyang warlords. Moreover, there were too many of them, adding up to more than one million, so it was still very troublesome to fight.  It is simply a preview of the Great War in the Central Plains, but the protagonist has changed from Jiang Xiashi to Zhao Zeyong. I just don¡¯t know whether Jacky Cheung will enter the customs in the future, and whether he will help Jiang Xiashi after entering the customs.  Before the war against Japan, there really shouldn¡¯t be a battle, so Zhao Zeyong decided to negotiate with Jiang Xiashi.  And convened other warlords and various democratic parties to hold a democratic meetingThe meeting was held in Wuhan.  Zhao Zeyong made many suggestions at the meeting. Each military group is temporarily stable in its own area and is not allowed to attack others at will. All problems should be solved through peaceful negotiations until the actual reunification of the country is finally completed.  This move was approved by Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan. For them, occupying these current territories is indeed very satisfying, but they also need to digest it firmly.  Feng Yuxiang occupied Gansu, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei and Shandong in the northwest. He had a vast territory and a large number of troops. He was unable to expand and felt that he should harvest.  As for Yan Xishan, he occupies Suiyuan, Shanxi, Rehe, Chahar, Beijing and Tianjin, two important places. He also plans to harvest, and he will be fine as long as others do not attack him.  For these two people, whether it is Jiang Xiashi or Zhao Zeyong, they are actually a threat to them.  But Jiang Price Shi didn¡¯t approve of this meeting at all because he didn¡¯t send anyone to attend.  If Jiang Xiashi participated, Zhao Zeyong planned to return Jiangxi to him, but this guy was so ignorant that he would not give face to anyone who didn't give him face.  Jiang Xiashi also criticized Zhao Zeyong for convening such a meeting with ulterior motives and to connect local forces in an attempt to fight against the central government.  Zhao Zeyong is outraged. Jiang Xiashi is really awesome in the name of the central government. He scolds others everywhere and refuses to listen to himself, which is to fight against the central government. Damn it, the banner of the central government has been smashed by Jiang Xiashi.  Zhao Zeyong simply announced that Chiang Kai-shek was unfit to lead China and asked Chiang Kai-shek to step down.  It is required to reconvene the parliament and hold universal suffrage. Until a new central committee is elected and a new chairman is selected, the province will not recognize the so-called Nanjing Central Committee and the legitimacy of Chiang Kai-shek's chairmanship.  At the same time, he stated that the United Provinces is a peace-loving regime and has always adhered to the one-China principle. However, the military group headed by Chiang Kai-shek, in the name of the central government, has made things difficult for the United Provinces in every possible way and has no intention of building the country or taking back national rights.  They just know intrigues, calculating this today and calculating that tomorrow, but compromising step by step with the great powers, cloaked in the cloak of the Three People's Principles, but in fact they are traitors to Sun Yat-sen's doctrine.  The speech of the United Province is considered a big news, which means that Zhao Zeyong and Jiang Xiashi are on opposite sides.  The federal provinces have completely broken with the National Government. Will China be divided again?  At this time, there were more and more people supporting Jiang Jieshi. People are always sympathizing with the weak. Some people think that it is because the United Province is not satisfied with its current status, and it is Zhao Zeyong who is not satisfied with its current status. The United Province wants to replace him, and finally  Zhao Zeyong wants to be the head of state. In any case, Zhao Zeyong's attempt to replace Chiang Price-shih is the following criminal behavior, which is inconsistent with Chinese tradition. Unless one day Zhao Zeyong successfully defeats Chiang Price-shih and replaces him, starting a new dynasty, that is another story.  When Wang defeated the bandits, the literati would naturally kneel down and lick you, but now, everyone will still support Jiang Xiashi.  Of course, there are many people who support the federated provinces. First of all, the federally governed areas naturally support the federated provinces very much, especially Yunnan, which almost always supports Zhao Zeyong unconditionally.  In other areas, a large number of young people also support the United Provinces because they are too disappointed with the National Government of Chiang Kai-shek, and the United Provinces' tough attitude towards foreign powers can easily win the support of young people.  The two sides are basically tied in terms of public support.  However, in terms of other aspects of support, the United Provinces still have a slight advantage.  First of all, there are the various democratic parties. They recognize the concept of a coalition government in the federal provinces and do not want to see the Nationalist Party dominate and implement dictatorship.  Zhao Zeyong has been quite liberal in recent years, opening parliaments, supporting freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom of belief, especially political freedom. Many parties have political activities in the federal provinces.  Therefore, they absolutely hope that the actions of the joint provinces can be extended to the whole country. At least their space for activities will be much larger.  Although the slander of each other is very powerful in the political struggle, the real battle is no longer going on.  Zhao Zeyong did not attack Jiang Zishi, and Jiang Zishi did not dare to attack Zhao Zeyong. However, other warlords in China watched the two largest warlords fight and did not dare to act at will, or even easily stand in line, fearing that one unit would lead to  Destroy yourself.  ¡°Then again, Zhao Zeyong¡¯s Allied Provincial Army dared to challenge the Central Army like this, but no other warlord would dare to do so.  They neither dared to take the initiative to provoke the Central Army, nor did they dare to fight back so forcefully, without considering the outcome at all.  It still depends on strength. The British have a good saying, you can decide when to start a war, but I can only decide when to end the war.  This is said with great confidence, the confidence of an overlord.  However, Zhao Zeyong¡¯s counterattack also made other warlords feel in danger. Unless the federal provinces and the central government decided the winner, other warlords would not act rashly, and Jiang Jieshi¡¯s Central Army did not dare to take action against other warlords.  It can also be said that the United Provinces' resolute counterattack against the central government eliminated the warlord war to a certain extent.  (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest?strength.  Mobile phone users please go and read.  ) ps: Can anyone tell that this chapter has been changed? I¡¯m so depressed. I¡¯ve been warned.  We are good citizens, please do not come for express delivery.
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