Qu Tongfeng's way of arresting people's parents and threatening opponents made many people disdainful, especially Zhang Zuolin said angrily in the northwest: "it, if you can't beat it, you will arrest other people's parents, I knew that I would send a team of guards to Anhui now, and arrest all the parents in your Anhui hometown, am I the president?" ”

Although the whole ** lord supported the Anhui crusade against the Northeast Army, he hated the Anhui officers' arrest of their parents and threatened the enemy generals. Who doesn't have parents and parents, who doesn't have relatives and friends, if they can win the war by relying on such indiscriminate means, what is the use of soldiers? Besides, if you arrest my parents, next time I arrest your parents, is there any ethical Taoism in this world? Is there a moral bottom line? Especially Qu Tongfeng, Gong Xiaoqi originally let him have the grace to release his life, but he bit back and grabbed his father and mother to coerce, and his character was extremely despicable. Moreover, he was within the Anhui department, and various officers also condemned him, saying that he had lost the face of the Anhui department.

In the end, Qu Tongfeng still released Gong Xiaoqi's parents, he didn't dare to make a fuss about Gong Xiaoqi's father and mother, and the battle between the Beiyang warlords should be solved in the way of warlords, otherwise he will be stinking for 10,000 years. Qu Tongfeng didn't dare to break the rules, so he had to admit that he was unlucky. But he didn't treat Gong Xiaoqi's parents harshly, and invited him to the house to eat and drink well, and when he sent the second elder away, the second elder thought that this person was Gong Xiaoqi's friend who was responsible for protecting them, and thanked him again and again, saying: "If you have any difficulties in the future, just find Xiaoqi, he has a friend like you, it's really worth it." Qu Tongfeng was embarrassed.

Although Qu Tongfeng lost the battle, he was Duan Qirui's confidant, and Xu Shuzheng was not jealous of Qu Tongfeng at all, so he immediately reappointed him as the commander of the newly organized brigade to defend Tianjin.

Duan Qirui frequently mobilized troops, and he ordered Xu Shuzheng that he must eliminate the Northeast Frontier Army and defeat the five northeastern provinces before Wang Maoru returned home with seven elite divisions, and the first thing was to attack Rehe and take the Rehe sacrifice flag.

Xu Shuzheng served as the chief of staff of the Northeast Army in this crusade, and went to various departments of the Anhui Department to lobby to jointly deal with the Northeast Army, and Yang Shande, the overseer of Zhejiang, expressed his willingness to support the central government. Lu Yongxiang, the envoy of the Songhu Protectorate, Zhang Shuyuan, the overseer of Shandong, Tian Zhongyu, the commander of Chahar, Ni Sichong, the overseer of Anhui, and Zhang Jingyao, the overseer of Hunan. Fujian overseer Li Houji. Henan overseer Zhao Qi, Jiangsu overseer Li Chun, Jiangxi overseer Chen Guangyuan, Hubei overseer Wang Zhanyuan and others all expressed their support for the crusade against the Northeast Army. Of course, many of them are not afraid of big things. For example, Li Chun, Chen Guangyuan and Wang Zhanyuan are known as the three governors of the Yangtze River, and the three of them are the descendants of Feng Guozhang and belong to the same line as Feng Zhi, they just want to muddy the waters, so as to fish in troubled waters.

So at the instigation of Duan Qirui. The Fifth Division of the Beiyang Army in Shandong, the Seventh Division of the Beiyang Army under Wu Xintian, the Tenth Division of Lu Yongxiang, the Fifth Division of Yang Shande, the Three Governors of the Yangtze River sent a mixed brigade, Ni Sichong also sent three mixed brigades, four elite mixed brigades under Xu Shuzheng, and twelve other mixed brigades of the Beiyang Army, totaling 400,000 troops. Prepare for a big battle and a crusade.

But then Lu Yongxiang somehow repented, and suddenly led the 10th Division of the Beiyang Army back to Shanghai, threatening to prevent the Southern Revolutionary Army from going north to swallow his territory, and only sent a newly built mixed brigade. The three governors of the Yangtze River in Beiyang also repented and only sent a pistol team to help. Because of Hunan's resistance to donations, the 7th Division of the Army stationed in Hunan said that it could only send a mixed brigade. Subsequently. Several mixed brigades continued to delay under various excuses, Duan Qirui was so angry that he choked up, and after Xu Shuzheng's analysis, he knew that it was Wu Peifu, who was directly in line, making small moves behind his back. Duan Qirui had no choice but to go to Wu Peifu's boss Cao Kun to discuss peace.

Cao Kun pretended to be stupid and was stunned, only saying that he didn't know about it. Duan Qirui returned with a feather.

There are many contradictions in Zhiwan, but it is not something that can be said in one sentence or two, and the soldiers in the direct line have always been more disciplined and rarely interfere in politics, while the people in Anhui are the political and military leaders, so they have offended many people. Now that the direct line is dragging his feet, he is just waiting to see the jokes of the Anhui family, how can he help him at this time. Cao Kun went back to his hometown to recuperate under the pretext of foot disease -- this is especially the same as Yuan Shikai, when the Qing court invited Yuan Shikai to go out of the mountain, Yuan Shikai also used foot disease as an excuse to use his appetite to blackmail the Qing court, and only after earning enough political capital did he leave the mountain. Now that Cao Kun is also learning such a hand, it is obvious that he is waiting for Duan Qirui to raise the price.

Who is Duan Qirui, can he look at Cao Kun? At the beginning, he was Yuan Shikai's second-in-command, and Cao Kun was just a small thug, but now Cao Kun is actually trembling, Duan Qirui is so angry that he ignores him, and sends his henchmen to find the Japanese ambassador Kohata Youkichi in the hope that the Japanese can support, and they hope that the Japanese can provide military pay and ammunition. Kohata Youji is now more anxious than Duan Qirui, because four Japanese army divisions were trapped in Berkrovsk by Soviet and Russian troops, four army divisions, 110,000 people.

The Japanese intervention army finally realized what it means to be a pig-like teammate, Tubanev, a lawyer-turned-politician who commanded the army, was saved by the Japanese, and his officers were either killed or captured, and the third army was defeated, and the Japanese intervention army was implicated.

Otani Kikuzo even resigned because of his impeachment, and what made the Japanese General Staff Headquarters even more sad was that no one dared to take over to rescue the Japanese intervention army.

The Japanese military department immediately impeached Prime Minister Masashi Terauchi, and in particular, the radical army was fully responsible for allowing Masayi Terauchi to allow the intervention army to advance westward. This is simply nonsense, and the entry of the Japanese intervention army into Russia is the envy of the Chinese intervention army, the main combat faction of the Japanese army, which forced Terauchi Masashi to agree. And now, Japan's 110,000 troops trapped in Russia need a scapegoat, and unfortunately, the moderate Terauchi Masayoshi has become the scapegoat.

The unrest in the country, the army trapped in Russia, the halt of government reform, and the death of Terauchi Masashi's think tank Nishihara Kamezo hit him very hard, and these series of failures made Terauchi Masashi a little mentally deranged. In addition, there was a white rainbow in Japan, and the Japanese cabinet veteran Yamaprefecture Aritomo was also dissatisfied with his actions, and Terauchi Masayi resigned. A month after Terauchi Masatake's resignation, the Japanese strategist, who had formulated a strategic policy of controlling China's finances with a soft knife, died of illness at home.

After the resignation of Masashi Terauchi, Takashi Hara became prime minister.

Hara Kei, who was born in poverty, worked as a political journalist for a long time, was appreciated by Japanese Foreign Minister Inoue Shin, and entered the political arena as a secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Later, he successively served as Consul in Tianjin, Minister to France, Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Ito Hirobumi Cabinet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the DPRK, and Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. Hara Kei is the leader of the largest party in the House of Representatives, so his appointment as Japan's prime minister marks the realization of a truly meaningful party election in Japan.

The first thorny thing Hara faced as prime minister was to quell the rice riots, but his role as the only civilian prime minister was itself a relief from the people's grievances, and the Japanese people's desire for democracy led to his rise to power and Terauchi Masatsuki's original use of force to suppress them, a radish after a stick, and finally stopped the rice riots.

As for the Japanese intervention army into the Russian Civil War, Masahara Keito Xiàn showed a helpless side, and he had to turn to Yamayama Prefecture Youtomo. At the time of the outbreak of the March 1st Movement in Korea and the demand for independence, Hara Kei had to accept the mediation of the United States in order to solve the problem of Korea, Japan's most important colony in East Asia, and gradually return Shandong to the Beiyang government.

The return of Shandong, China, immediately aroused the extreme dissatisfaction of the radicals of the Japanese army, and compared with the moderate Terauchi Masayoshi in the army, Hara Kei's approach was undoubtedly weaker and made them more angry, so they conspired against Hara's cabinet.

After the withdrawal of the Chinese intervention forces, the Japanese intervention forces became independent and helpless in the Tatar steppes, and even some Russians were not friendly to the Japanese. The Japanese intervention forces encountered the same problem as the Chinese intervention forces, that is, the difficulty of supply, which left the Japanese intervention forces in a swamp. Prime Minister Hara Kei immediately thought of withdrawing troops, but the reality was that Japan could not withdraw its troops even if it wanted to. When he inquired with the War Office, he learned that the War Office was powerless now, and the only way was to send more soldiers into Russia to save the army. This is also the consistent practice of the Japanese military, the short-sighted military has always only considered the tactical aspect, and they have actually come up with a detailed set of operational plans for advancing into Russia to save friendly forces in the shortest possible time.

Yuan Jing was told to be moved in the War Department, so he took this top-secret left-gate plan to Yama Prefecture Aritomo for advice, and Japan's think tank Yama Prefecture Aritomo smashed the top-secret battle plan on the table and said angrily: "The War Department should be damned!" Did they want to bring the Great Japanese Empire into the abyss? ”

Hara stood respectfully aside.

Yamaguchi said: "After the end of the European war, Japan's economy will decline sharply, as the prime minister, you should know better than me, right?" If we send more troops, we will only increase the economic burden and make the national economy even worse. Is it possible to guarantee that there will be another rice riot, and if there is a second rice riot, can you stop it? Yuan Jingcheng knelt on the ground in fear, and Shan Youpeng said: "Now we need to find a commander of the intervention army with great courage to bring them out." ”

Although Hara Kei did not have a good impression of the Japanese military, he still found Yoshiichi Tanaka, the prime minister, and Tanaka Yoshiichi recommended General Shirakawa Yoshinori to Hara Kei. Shirakawa Yoshinori knew his mission, and he was responsible for rescuing the Japanese intervention forces that were trapped in Russia, but it was clear that military means alone could no longer save the Japanese intervention forces.

At this time, Shirakawa Yoshinori discussed with Yuan Kei that it was necessary to take a political offensive, and at the same time, he could not relax in military means, especially the withdrawal of the Chinese intervention army. The collapse of the Russian Civil War began not with the defeat of the Third Army of Tsarist Russia, but with the withdrawal of the Chinese intervention forces. So that Soviet Russia had enough confidence to attack Tsarist Russia with all its might. Youpeng of Shan County believes that Soviet Russia must have reached an unspeakable secret agreement with Wang Maoru, and that the Chinese have capriciously betrayed Tsarist Russia, and that the benefits that Soviet Russia has given to the Chinese must be something they cannot refuse -- that is, the land, the land of the Outer Northeast and Vladivostok.