When Bai Chongxi unified Guangxi, he injured his left foot and became lame.

Bai Chongxi’s narration: During the unification of Guangxi, he injured his left foot and became lame. At the end of the 10th year of the Republic of China, Marshal Sun established a base camp in Guangzhou and appointed Zhu Peide as the commander-in-chief of the Yunnan Army, Gu Zhenglun as the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou Army, and Shen Hongying as the commander-in-chief of the Guizhou Army. Commander-in-Chief, Peng Chengwan was the commander-in-chief of the Gan Army, Xu Chongzhi was the commander of the Second Army of the Guangdong Army, Li Liejun was the chief of staff, and Hu Zhantang was the chief civil officer. Today's "President" Jiang Gong was the chief of staff of the Second Army of the Guangdong Army in preparation for the Northern Expedition. On November 15, the Prime Minister, Mr. Hu and others moved to Guilin, intending to leave Wuhan via Hunan. Because Zhao Hengti advocated provincial autonomy and opposed the revolutionary army passing through Hunan, the base camp was moved to Shaoguan. Li Liejun, commander of the First Army, commanded Yunnan. , Guizhou, Jiangxi, Guangxi and other armies attacked Jiangxi and captured eastern Hubei. Xu Chongzhi's Second Army led the Cantonese army out of Yuezhou to attack Wuhan. This was the revolutionary situation at that time. When the base camp moved to Guilin, Chen Jiongming did not dare to meet the Prime Minister because of his dissatisfaction, so he fled to Nanning and drove away the forces of Lu Rongting and Tan Haoming. The base camp then appointed Mr. Ma Junwu as the governor of Guangxi Province, and Mr. Ma Xiaojun's model regiment was changed to Tiannan Security Command. At that time, I had been promoted to the commander of the first battalion of the Model Regiment, Huang Shao was the commander of the second battalion, and Xia Wei was the commander of the third battalion. The base camp was diverted to the Northern Expedition, and the Cantonese army was transferred back to Guangdong. The territory of Guangxi became a vacuum, and the provincial council re-elected Lu Rongting to supervise the aftermath and Tan Haoming to supervise the border defense. Autonomous armies have been organized in various places to maintain law and order. Mr. Ma Junwu was originally a powerless provincial governor, and now his position is in jeopardy. Among the autonomous armies, Liu Rifu and Lu Yungui near Baise were the most powerful. At that time, I was still stationed at Lufeng, while Huang and Xia's troops were stationed at the main roads of Yunnan and Guangxi. Therefore, the strength of Tiannan Garrison Headquarters was very weak, and the autonomous army was in danger of intruding from time to time. One day, the autonomous army surrounded the headquarters at dawn. I was also at the headquarters on official business. Although everyone was alert in advance, they lacked experience. As a result, Liu, Lu and others surrendered the firearms of the troops stationed in Baise, and then Surround the headquarters. Commander Ma Xiaojun was arrested. Seeing that the situation was critical, I fell down the city wall and escaped. I summoned Xia Wei's battalion and my troops stationed in Lufeng (Huang Shao's battalion had all been eliminated by the autonomous army), and crossed the Red River from Luoli Jiuzhou and Pojiao to Guizhou. Nanlong asked for help from Liu Xinyuan, Lu Yinji and others of the Guizhou Army. Liu and Lu were classmates in Baoding. We got along very well with Lu Rongting when they came to Guangxi. Later, when they returned to Guizhou, the troops were suffering from falciparum malaria, so we sent troops to escort them. Because of this relationship, we dare to follow the example of Shen Baoxu and cry to Qin Ting. When we arrived at Nanlong, Liu and Lu treated us kindly, selling us tobacco and soil to help us, and sent troops to patrol the Red River to prevent autonomous troops from crossing the river to pursue us. We not only received food and wages, but also the support of Liu and Lu Zhi. After taking a short rest, we crossed the river from Pojiao to attack Shillong. When we were facing a confrontation with the autonomous army across the river, I inspected the front line at night and walked to a hillside, about ten feet high, to the north of the foot of the slope. Because there was an enemy machine gun position on the other side, it was raining and dark that night. When we reached the hillside, we lit a flashlight, which triggered strafing fire from the enemy on the opposite side. Because we extinguished the flashlight, the road was slippery and we fell to the bottom of the hillside. We broke the tibia of our left leg and was unconscious for about ten minutes. , woke up unable to move. I felt that the troops could not stop the attack because I was injured, so I handed over the entire army to the command of Xia Wei. Unfortunately, the troops advanced to Shillong and were frustrated on a mountain top along the Red River. Seeing that the situation was very unfavorable, I had no choice but to lie on a stretcher the next day and direct the troops to attack. I told the officers and soldiers in advance that returning to Guangxi this time is a matter of victory or defeat, and I hope that everyone will work together as one. I'm sleeping on a stretcher. If the attack fails, I will fight to the death with him. The officers and soldiers were deeply moved and worked together to defeat the autonomous army of Liu Rifu, Lu Yungao and others, and took advantage of the victory to pursue them to Baise. Commander Ma was released at this point. Since I urgently needed to go to Guangzhou for medical treatment, I handed over the military power to Commander Ma, who led the troops to Nanning by land. At that time, due to lack of support, Mr. Ma Junwu obtained the consent of General Li Zongren (Li was the brigade commander of the Dinggui Army at the time) and sailed with me to Nanning to transfer to Guangzhou. When approaching Guiping, Li Zhi's battalion commander Yu Zuobai wanted to rob the ship of firearms and property, but a gunfight broke out with the soldiers guarding the ship. Mr. Ma Junwu's concubine was also hit by a stray bullet and died. When we arrived in Guiping, the battalion commander Diao Zhaozhu, commander of Ma Xiaojun, saw me walking with Ma Junwu. He thought I was colluding with the Guangdong side and put me under house arrest for one night. Later he found out that I had gone to Guangzhou for medical treatment. He released me without harming me. After arriving in Guangzhou, I was hospitalized and took X-rays. I found out that the tibia of my left leg was broken. Over time, a false bone had grown, and no more surgery could be performed. After a year of recuperation, although his left foot is slightly shorter, he can still move around easily throughout his life. Commander Ma Xiaojun led the troops from Baise to Qinzhou and Lianzhou in Guangdong via Nanning in order to contact the Guangzhou Revolutionary Army. Seeing that the march was difficult and the situation was complicated, he handed over the troops to Huang Shao. After that, Shen Hongying returned to Guilin and settled in Pingle, Fuhe, and Wuzhou areas, areas rich in minerals and materials.

Huang Yi'an, Shen's secretary, was Huang Jikuan's cousin. Because of this relationship, Huang was appointed brigade commander by Shen and stationed in Wuzhou. Feng Baochu, the commander of Shen Zhi's army, also stationed himself in Wuzhou with a group of travelers. Wuzhou is the commercial and military center of Guangxi, so Shen stationed two travelers there. Li Jichen's troops of the First Division of the Guangdong Army were stationed in the lower reaches of Wuzhou, Fengchuan, Deqing, Zhaoqing and other places in Guangdong. Because Huang Shao was close to the Guangzhou revolutionary *** in Wuzhou, he secretly sent Chen Xiong (also known as Jeff, who graduated from the sixth phase of Baoding Military Academy) as a representative in Guangzhou. Because Huang's troops were originally under my command, he often asked Chen Xiong to discuss with me the future development of Guangxi. When we assess the domestic situation, there are only three options for Guangxi: one is to ally with the Beiyang warlords; one is to support the interprovincial autonomy advocated by Zhao Hengti and others; the other is to surrender to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary revolution in Guangzhou. The Beiyang warlords are what we hate, and inter-provincial autonomy is not a good way to unify the country. After repeated research, I finally decided to join the Guangzhou Revolutionary Communist Party called for the founding of the country based on the Three People's Principles. Having decided, as a plenipotentiary, I went to the Henan Shimin Earthen Factory in Guangzhou to meet with Marshal Sun, expressing Guangxi's sincere request to join the revolutionary ranks and stating the importance of Guangxi's unification to the revolution. Sun Gong also believed that he should first unify the two provinces and Guangxi and then unify the whole country. He immediately appointed Huang Shao as the commander-in-chief of the First Army of the Guangxi Anti-Japanese Army, and I was the chief of staff. When bidding farewell, Sun Gong said to me with a sincere attitude: "I have no guns, no food, no pay, only the Three People's Principles." I said: "The reunification of Guangxi does not need material support from Sun Gong, all it needs is revolutionary belief. That's all." I sneaked back to Wuzhou with Sun Gong's letter of appointment and told Huang Shao what happened. The direction of the revolution is set, and the first step is to deal with Feng Baochu's troops. Feng Zhi is very powerful and well-equipped, so we dare not act rashly. First, he contacted Li Jichen of the Guangdong Army. Li also accepted the support instructions from the Guangzhou Revolutionary *** and promised to send troops to help after the incident. Because Li's troops were close to Wuzhou and arrived in the morning and evening, we received foreign aid and our momentum became stronger. One night, Huang Shao invited Feng to a banquet on the Wuzhou River. Feng, not knowing that there was a deceit, happily went to the appointment. After three rounds of drinking, Huang Tuo pulled out a pistol and pointed at Feng. Due to the haste of the situation, Feng had to surrender and was arrested. Feng's department sent troops to monitor Huang in advance, and without any resistance, they surrendered their firearms one by one. This time, we obtained more than 2,000 guns. Shen Hongying was stationed in the Eight Steps Army. He originally wanted to come to Wuzhou after hearing the change, but he did not dare to move because he was restrained by the Cantonese army. After Feng's troops were dealt with, we sent a telegram to Guangxi to ask for military posts from the thieves, and at the same time we called for support from the Guangdong army. Li Jichen sent the Deng Yanda infantry regiment of Xu Jingtang's brigade to station in Wuzhou, and Lu Yungao, who was entrenched in Pingnan County at the mouth of the Mengjiang River, was also eliminated by us one after another. Just as we were advancing into the interior of Guangxi, Chen Tiantai, commander of the Independent Division of the Guangxi Army stationed in Guangzhou, returned to Guangxi along the Xijiang River in the name of assisting us in unifying Guangxi. There are four to five thousand men in his army. Although they are capable of fighting, they are not learned or skilled. Although we know that when they return, they will definitely find a place where they can get rich and healthy, but their troops are so huge that we cannot resist them with our strength. Therefore, we were very welcoming on the outside and actively prepared on the inside. Chen did not know our plan and sent his chief of staff Li Lanzhu to Wuzhou to negotiate. I entertained him on a flower boat on the Wuzhou River, and invited relatives and friends who knew Li from Wuzhou to accompany him. They also played mahjong to delay the delay. In the middle of the meal, I deliberately said that I was temporarily leaving the table because I had a business meeting elsewhere. In fact, after I left the table, I took a motorboat to Rongwei and then took a bus to the capital to command the troops to fight against Chen. Our deployment at that time: the main force was led by Huang Shao to defend the middle, Yu Zuobai was on the right, and I was on the left. In addition, the Cantonese army from Zhaoqing was asked to attack Chen Zhi's side, hoping to attack his front with a pincer-like force, and the Cantonese army to sneak behind and annihilate him in one fell swoop. I went down the Xijiang River, and Yu Zuobai on the left took a circuitous route to the enemy's rear. In the middle, Xia Wei's troops came into contact with Chen's troops first, but were defeated by Chen's troops. The battle line was maintained only by the strength of Huang Shao's battalion, and the battle situation was extremely critical. Yu Zuobai was unable to arrive in time due to the long circuitous route. When I led the expedition against Lu Yungao, Cai Shaoping and Huang Chao's military troops arrived at the same time. Since the enemy and our armies were very close to each other, the frontline officers and soldiers had already charged in hand-to-hand combat. Chen Tiantai held a rifle to supervise the battle. He was less than a hundred steps away from me, and the pimples on his face were clearly visible. I stood with Cai in Cai Shaoping's position. Both of us fired at Chen and supervised the advance of the division. The battle was fierce. In the last five minutes of the battle, Chen's troops began to collapse. Taking advantage of the victory, we drove north, met with the Left Route Army, and besieged Chen's troops. Chen Tiantai was captured and thousands of his guns were confiscated. Because this battle lasted only one day, Chen's troops were about to disarm, and the Cantonese army failed to participate in the battle. When Chen met me after he was captured, I comforted him in many ways, gave him clothes and travel expenses, and let him take a boat from the capital back to Hong Kong and then to Guangzhou. Chen Tiantai was released to Hong Kong because of my suggestion of imprisonment. Soon he returned to Guangzhou and filed a complaint against us with the Generalissimo's Office, but the Generalissimo's Office refused to accept the case. Later, Huang Shao went to Guangzhou and stayed at the East Asia Hotel. Chen Zhong and his old troops surrounded the East Asia Hotel. Huang Shao escaped across the roof of the building and escaped.

Otherwise, if I don't kill Boren, Boren will die because of me, and it would be really difficult to judge the right and wrong of being imprisoned. By defeating Chen Tiantai, our strength has been greatly enhanced, and our responsibility to unify Guangxi has also become heavier. Lu from Danzhu, Chen Xianjue from Jiangkou, and Zhang Chunru from Penghua were successively recruited or disarmed. Among them, it was the most difficult to deal with Zhang Chunru, because the terrain of Penghua was difficult and Zhang's bunker position was solidly built, and the infantry could not enter, and bullets were fired* **. After I used mountain artillery, Zhang's position was finally breached. So far, the remaining major enemies are Lu Rongting and Shen Hongying. Our strength is insufficient to compete with Lu and Shen. He wanted to unite with Brigadier Li Zongren who was stationed in Xunzhou (Guiping). Li was originally the battalion commander of Lin Hu of the Guangdong Army. Later Lin Hu returned to Guangdong and his unit was organized into the First Brigade by Li. Huang Shao sent me as a representative to persuade him to join the rebel army and wanted to make him its leader, but Li was unwilling at first. I discussed with Li Zhi's chief of staff, Huang Xuchu, that if Li led his troops to cooperate with the bandits-defeating army and shouted from the top, the four parties would surely submit. His contribution would not only lie in Guangxi. Huang also thought so, and after his tactful persuasion, Li neither agreed nor objected. Li was a subordinate of Lu Rongting. I went there alone to persuade him to rebel against the Lu. Now that I think about it, it was like entering a tiger's den to retrieve tiger cubs. Li thought for a long time and finally cooperated with us, but in the name of Dinggui Army, I immediately discussed with him whether Lu Rongting or Shen Hongying should be attacked first. He advocated attacking Shen first, because Shen's subordinates were brutal and had obvious crimes; Lu had a good reputation, and it was difficult to win over the people while abandoning evil to attack good. I advocate attacking the mainland first, because the first mainland was stationed in Guilin at the time, and Nanning was the political center of Guangxi. It was empty of defenses and easy to attack; the second mainland was connected to Hunan, and Hunan received Wu Peifu's assistance. It should be taken by surprise before its support arrived and attacked unprepared; The third is to attack Shen Hongying. If he wins, the power of the mainland will still exist, and Guangxi still cannot be unified; if he loses, he will not be able to attack the mainland. At that time, our situation was like that of Han Xin when Chu and Han were fighting. If we united with the mainland, we would be defeated, and if we united with each other, we would be defeated. Therefore, I insisted on uniting with the weak to attack the strong, avoiding the real and attacking the weak. After three days of discussion, there was no result. I thought that speed is the most important thing, so I said to Huang Xuchu: "Whether Brigadier Li agrees or not, if we want to challenge the rebel army to advance to Nanning, we must make a false route to Guiping." Seeing that Li could not refuse, he cooperated with us and decided on a name. In order to defeat the rebels in Dinggui, they attacked Nanning. At that time, Lu Rongting and Shen Hongying were locked in a stalemate in Guilin City, while Nanning City's defenses were empty and could not be conquered without attacking. Lu was besieged in Guilin and lost its base in Nanning. The situation was extremely bad. Fortunately, with the help of Ye Qi and Liao Lei of the Hunan Army, they were able to break through and escape into Hunan. After we occupied Nanning, we hosted a banquet for all military generals at the Haoming Mansion in Tan, and publicly recommended Li Zongren as the commander-in-chief of the Dinggui Army against the Bandits, Huang Shao as deputy commander-in-chief, and me as the former enemy's commander-in-chief and chief of staff. This arrangement had been approved by Li and Huang in advance, and Li said that if I did not serve as chief of staff, he would not serve as commander-in-chief. Therefore, the recommendation during the banquet is just a formality. Afterwards, it was filed with the Generalissimo's Office in Guangzhou and was recognized by the Generalissimo's Office. class=’page’> Previous page 1 The personnel arrangements were established, and Yu Zuobai encouraged Huang Shao to use force to solve Li Zongren’s troops and replace them. Huang told me that I thought it was ridiculous. I said to Huang: "The failure of Hong Yang was not due to Zeng Zuo's fault. Hong Yang ruined his career due to internal strife. If the occupation of Nanning would lead to internal strife, I don't want to see the day of failure. I originally resigned and left him." "Fortunately, Huang has a clear understanding of justice and will not be interfered with by villains. Otherwise, the cause of unifying Guangxi will be destroyed in Yu's hands." After the coalition was established, General Li Zongren and I led troops to attack brothers Han Caifeng and Han Cailong of Lu Rongting's tribe in Liuzhou and Qingyuan. Han Caifeng is known as Zhao Zilong. Its main defense position is in Shanglei Town, Liucheng County, while Han Cailong is in Qingyuan (Yishan). Shen Yuan had a division stationed in Liuzhou. When the division commander Yang Zude heard that the coalition forces had arrived, he ordered his troops to withdraw from Liuzhou to Luorong. He simply wanted to maintain a wait-and-see attitude. We understood its intention, and Li would monitor Yang while I attacked Han. I met Han Caifeng's troops at Lei Town in Liuzhou City. Han saw that I was only twenty-eight years old and boasted that the Boy Scouts were vulnerable (because my troops all wore Boy Scout hats). His attitude was very proud and he underestimated the enemy, but he didn't know that they were fighting. Later, our army had strong combat power and fought fiercely for many days without a winner. I saw that the Korean army was too tough to win with force, so I resorted to outsmarting them. One day, I falsely had a phone call with Yang Zude, who was stationed in Luoyong, hoping that he would cooperate with the coalition forces to attack South Korea on a certain day and at a certain time. I used the telegraph line as a long-distance phone line and deliberately allowed South Korea to receive the call. Han therefore assigned Shang Lei's troops to monitor the Yang tribe. The strength of the Korean front line was reduced, so I commanded the troops to attack suddenly, and the Korean army was defeated. When our army conquered Qianshui Town, we obtained a commander's flag with Korean characters. Taking advantage of the victory, I attacked Han Cailong's tribe in Qingyuan, but the Han tribe was defeated without a fierce battle. Han Cailong was unable to move due to foot disease and committed suicide by swallowing opium. After obtaining a gray-white horse and more than 2,000 guns, the remaining troops fled towards Guilin. Han Cailong's subordinates were specially allowed to escort Han's coffin back to his hometown for burial.

Shen Hongying saw that the coalition forces were in turmoil and knew that sooner or later he would be the target of attack. He sent Commander Deng Youwen, the nephew of his commander-in-chief Deng Ruicheng, to Xunzhou (Guiping) to hold a meeting under the pretext of holding a meeting to attack the remnants of Lu Rongting's troops to spy on our true and false position. Deng's troops were stationed in Luzhai and Liujiang. He went down the Liujiang River and saw that our strength was distributed in the Wuzhou and Qingyuan areas, and Wuxuan did not have much strength. Based on the intelligence reports, I gained insight into Deng's mission during this trip. After he returned, I expected that he would advise Shen Hongying to attack Wuxuan. Because Wuxuan is the gateway to Guiping, and Guiping is the main transportation road between Yongwu and Wuzhou. Therefore, it is a battleground between our enemies and ourselves. General Huang Shao transferred his troops stationed in Wuzhou, led by Lu Huanyan, to set off from Jiangkou and pass through Gailing to Wuyi. I led Zhong Zupei's troops to take a battalion of steamers and tugs and rushed to Wuxuan after a day and night. On the second day after I arrived in Wuxuan, Deng Youwen led his troops and swarmed over. I only have one battalion and dare not engage in field battles. I close the city to resist the enemy and wait for reinforcements to counterattack. The enemy's artillery fire was very fierce, and the Confucian Temple where I lived was also hit. During the day, I can still rely on Wuxuan's strong walls to resist the enemy. At night, the enemy is in danger of attacking over the wall. Every night I mobilized the regiment and the county people to bring various oils, cotton fabrics, etc. to the top of the city. They installed many oil lamps with bamboo poles and stretched them out of the city to shine in all directions. Seeing that there was no gap to take advantage of, the enemy did not dare to climb the city. If the enemy approaches the city during the day, we will launch a counterattack and force the enemy to retreat. In short, my tactics prevent the enemy from getting close to the city. This was maintained for two days and nights, until Lu Huanyan's troops arrived and attacked from inside and outside the city. Deng Ruicheng was defeated and fled Huangmian, Liujiang and Luzhai. At this time, General Huang Shao launched Xu Jingtang and Xia Wei's troops to attack Babu, Hexian, and Pingle Shen Hongying's lair. In order to cooperate with Huang Zhi's offensive, I commanded the troops stationed in Liuzhou to attack Guilin. The road from Liuzhou to Guilin is dangerous from Lanma to Liding. I expected that Shen would have a heavy garrison, so I chose the small road from Yongfu to Liangfeng. As expected, Shen Jun didn't know. When we arrived at Liangfeng, Shen's troops were still gambling. When Shen's troops discovered that I had bypassed Liangfeng, Shen's troops retreated hastily. Our army arrived at Jiangjun Bridge outside Guilin City. I personally scouted the position and arranged artillery positions. In front of Shen's and our positions, machine gun positions were also set up, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. Our Chen Yizu was shot in the leg bone by the enemy's machine gun. Our army was covered by artillery and gradually approached Guilin City. I concentrated my forces to attack the south gate and west gate. Deliberately loosening the north gate, Shen Hongying's troops soon retreated from the north gate to Yongzhou (Lingling) and Wugang in Hunan, and I occupied Guilin City. In the 14th year of the Republic of China, it was during this period that I married my late wife, Ms. Ma Peizhang. Shortly after the marriage, Liuzhou was in danger due to Tang Jiyu's siege. I sent Hou Rensong to stay in Guilin and led the troops to help Liuzhou. It is necessary to add more details about why Tang Jiyu besieged Liuzhou. After the death of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, Tang Jiyao suddenly assumed the position of deputy marshal of the base camp and sent Long Yun to lead three armies out of Guangxi and march to Guangdong. His younger brother Tang Jiyao led three armies to Wuhan via Guizhou and western Hunan. Before he sent out troops, we specially sent colonel and staff officer Sun Huafo to Kunming to report to Tang that the people of Guangxi had gone through war and lived a difficult life, and asked his troops not to pass through Guangxi. The Tang Dynasty said that this trip was a national matter and that the troops were about to leave and could not be changed. He appointed Huang Shao and Li Zongren as brigade commanders and sent a hundred loads of smoke and soil as military pay. According to Sun Huihui's report, the Tang Dynasty's Deputy Marshal's Mansion in Wuhuashan, Kunming, was extremely gorgeous. The hall was decorated with yellow damask and satin, just like a royal palace. The guards were all worshiped as major generals. Everything was based on Tang's preference and there was no system at all. We analyzed Sun Zhi's report and knew that the Tang Dynasty would inevitably send troops to fulfill its ambitions, so we decided to resist the Tang Dynasty on the border of Yunnan and Guangxi. At that time, the remnants of Shen Hongying and Han Caifeng were watching at the borders of Hunan and Guizhou and Guizhou and Guizhou respectively. We knew that we did not have enough strength to resist the Tang troops, so we took advantage of the fact that Tang had killed Fan Shisheng's father and sent people to Guangzhou to contact Fan and agreed to help Fan return to Yunnan as a condition. Fan and the Guangzhou Revolutionary Committee both agreed with this suggestion. The Fan Division had not yet reached Guangxi, but Long Yun had already gone to Nanning, and General Li Delin retreated to Kunlun Pass in Binyang. Huifan's troops came, and Li joined them to attack Nanning. Long Yun was good at defending and held a stalemate for a long time. Long asked Tang Jiyao for help. Since Tang's troops left Guangxi and Xiangxi, Yunnan had no more troops to use, so he ordered Tang Jiyao to return from Xiangxi to help Long. Tang Jiyu invaded Liuzhou from Sanjiang and Liucheng in an attempt to disperse our troops from besieging Nanning. Among the three armies of the Tang Dynasty, Wu Xuexian's army was relatively disorganized, while the other two armies of Wang Jiexiu and Zhang Ruji were experienced warriors. In addition to Huang Shao's active defense work, Chi Dian asked me to send troops to assist. Under the circumstances at that time, Fan's army was unable to assist Liu, and the siege of Nanning could not be relieved unless Tang Jiyu's army was defeated first. This is how I reinforced Liuzhou. Not long after I left Guilin, Shen Hongying's son Shen Rongguang led his father's remnant troops to attack Guilin again. Hou Rensong lost the city due to carelessness, and Shen's troops entered the city and looted everything. My family and my father-in-law's family were all harmed by them.

Most of Bai's relatives think that they have not benefited from me, but have suffered because of me. The first wife, Ms. Ma Peizhang, hid in the German Hospital in Guilin to escape the brutal behavior of Shen Bu. Although I heard on the way that Guilin had been lost, I could not return to rescue Liuzhou because of the critical situation. The fighting in Liuzhou was fierce, and Li Shiyu died defending the city. I led my troops to the outside of Liuzhou City, took a short rest, and then went to the nearby mountains to observe the position. I saw that the enemy's main transportation was Shabu's pontoon bridge. If we wanted to cut off the enemy's supplies, we must first destroy the pontoon bridge. I ordered the artillery to fire on the pontoon bridge. Artillery company commander Luo Chuanying reported to me that there were only five artillery shells left in the unit. Fortunately, the second shot hit the pontoon bridge. When the city defenders heard that the reinforcements had arrived, they attacked us from both inside and outside. The three armies of Tang Ji and Yu were defeated. Because the pontoon bridge was destroyed, there was no way to escape. Many people were captured. I took 56 Thousands of people fought against the three armies of the Tang Dynasty, but they were resolved within half a day. After the siege of Liuzhou was resolved, Huang Shao returned his troops to my command. After I entered the city, Lu Huanyan told me that the day before I arrived, due to the emergency situation in the city, someone who inquired about the war received two words: I advise you not to use it. Worried about the strong captives, General White Horse will destroy them with one arrow. Everyone looked at it and didn't understand its meaning. The next day they saw me arriving on a white horse, and they were all very happy. I firmly believe that the Tang army will be defeated. I laughed when I heard this and thought it was superstitious, but something strange happened: the yellow horse I usually rode on had unfortunately broken its front leg while chasing Shen Hongying at Bashi Mountain in Quanzhou, so when I arrived in Liuzhou, I rode on the horse ridden by the captive Han Cailong instead. White horse, and the oracle contains the words "white horse general". After Tang Jiyu was defeated, I selected more than a hundred prisoners, led by an officer, and took my business card from Liuzhou to Nanning to see Long Yun. The business card roughly said: "Nanning has been fighting for many days, and the losses will be heavy. Wait for it." Send Yunnan disciples as a supplement." In order to weaken the morale of the Dragon Division. In addition, I secretly informed General Li Delin, hoping that he would break the dragon's way back and eliminate the dragon tribe so that Fan Shisheng could return to Yunnan smoothly. Li judged that the dragon would enter Yunnan via Funan, Tongzheng, Zuoxian, and Jingxi, and sent column leader Yu Zuobai to defend this route. Yu was selfish and profit-seeking. He knew that when Longbu entered Guangxi, he brought a lot of opium with him and stored it in Longzhou, so he took advantage of Longbu's return to Yunnan to go to Longzhou to grab the opium and gave up the interception mission. If Yu had followed the plan and cooperated with Fan Shisheng's pursuit , Longbu has little hope of survival. When Fan chased to the border of Yunnan and Guangxi, Tang Jiyao's reinforcements arrived in time. Long Yun and Hu Ruoyu joined forces with Tang to attack Fan Shisheng, and Fan's army was defeated. Guangxi was able to defeat the Yunnan Army of the Tang Dynasty with the support of Fan, but it was a pity that it could not help Fan return to Yunnan. At this point, although Guangxi has been relieved of the troubles in neighboring provinces, there are still remnants of Han Caifeng and Deng Youwen entrenched in the Si'en and Yibei areas. Wu Ting was ordered to lead Liang Chaoji, Su Zuxin (Fufu), and Xu Qiming to suppress the remnants of Han Caifeng and Deng Youwen. Wu Yin Yibei and Si'en were far away from each other and stationed in Yishan. He only sent Su, Xu and others there. When Han and Deng saw that Wu was not advancing, they attacked Yibei. Although Yibei was captured, Deng Youwen was also killed by Su Zuxin. Deng was a student in the first batch of Baoding Military Academy, and he and Xu Qiming were classmates and fellow villagers. It is said that Deng exchanged posts with Xu and also with General Li Delin. Because of this relationship, Deng's corpse had to be transported back to his hometown of Liujiang for burial. After Deng's troops were resolved, Xu Qiming pursued Han Caifeng toward Sanjiang, and Han retreated into Hunan. After the Tang Dynasty in Liuzhou was settled, I returned to Guilin to attack Shen Rongguang. Without contact, He Cisan and He Pinsan of the Shen Division retreated to Liangjiang and Yining; Shen retreated to Baishou (Guhua) to occupy Jinzhu'ao, Sandapao and other dangerous areas. I led the troops of Xu Qiming, Guo Fenggang and Xia Wei to cross the two rivers to attack. I saw bamboo forests all along the way, and the enemy's movements were elusive. So he decided to use his tactics to lure troops to the east and attack the west. I ordered Xu and Xia troops to deploy secretly in Liangjiang, and I threatened to return to Guilin. In fact, I marched urgently to attack Yining. Shen Rongguang heard that I had returned to Guilin and returned to Liangjiang to plunder. Xu and Xia were waiting for the Shen tribe to be surrounded as soon as they entered Liangjiang. I also rushed back to Liangjiang and worked together to eliminate the Shen tribe. After the remnants of Lu Rongting and Shen Hongying were completely wiped out, the military and political period in Guangxi came to an end. The Dinggui rebel army was changed to the supervisory office, with General Li Delin as the supervisor. I remained the chief of staff, and General Huang Shao was the chief administrator, responsible for the administration of the entire province. , this happened in the 14th year of the Republic of China. After that, the main task was to reorganize the team. The first army established nine brigades, which were headed by Xia Wei, Hu Zongduo, Huang Xuchu, Yu Zuobai, Zhong Zupei, Wu Ting, Lu Huanyan, Liu Rifu, etc. Each brigade had two regiments. Although Guangxi was unified, Guangdong was still divided because Shen Baofan occupied Qin and Lian, and Deng Benyin occupied Qiongya. The unification of Guangxi received a lot of help from Li Jichen, the First Division of the Cantonese Army, so he naturally had the obligation to assist the Cantonese Army in unifying Guangdong. We sent Hu Zongduo to attack Shenbao Fan to help Li Jichen unify South Guangdong. Li personally commanded the Guangdong and Guangdong troops to land at Qiongya, and Guangdong began to be unified. After Guangxi assisted Guangdong in unifying the South Road, the work of unifying the two provinces was completed.

However, since the two provinces are under the unified command of the Kuomintang, many problems still need to be solved. On January 26, the 15th year of the Republic of China, the government sent Wang Zhaoming and Tan Yan to Guangxi to work for the army, and exchanged views with Li Zongren and Huang Shao on the issue of the unification of Guangdong and Guangxi in Wuzhou. Li and Huang sent me (I was the chief of staff at the time) to Guangzhou to negotiate, hoping to get a result. On February 19, I sent a telegram to Li and Huang to report on the situation in Guangdong. The message said: "The future of our province's military and political affairs will be brought into the revolutionary track from now on. The previous telegram has been briefly stated, and it is understood by Jun. If you are responsible for the revolution, To work and complete revolutionary tasks, both in theory and in fact, the general, civilian, and financial administrations cannot be integrated with Guangdong and directly controlled by the central government. Political relations within the province are the same as those related to the whole country. It cannot be a self-contained custom. It is possible that changes in the army's organization are closely related to finance. As far as the army is concerned, the Guangdong Revolutionary Army really pays attention to improving the living standards of soldiers. The monthly salary is ten to twelve yuan. If our province takes care of its own finances, it will be difficult for soldiers to live. As a result, it will be difficult to solve the problem. There will be a phenomenon that seems to be in harmony with the spirit, and in terms of political construction, the result will be a situation where things are done behind closed doors, which will be an obstacle to the revolution in the future, and the fate of the country will also be bumpy because of this, if our province has to consult with the central government for days. If the army can be organized according to Guangdong, the politics can accept the central government's strategy, and the finance can be controlled by the central government, then all issues should be coordinated with the central government, planned by the central government, and coordinated with each other, then the revolutionary tasks from now on will be shared by the Communist Party. , and in terms of subsidies, they are also related to each other, and Qin and Yue cannot look at each other. Xi knows that the two princes have a profound understanding of the importance of revolution, have firm determination for revolutionary work, and have struggled for years, with the purpose of saving China. , Guangxi is not a rescue area. Since Xi arrived in Guangdong, he has seen that the central government only adopts a joint attitude towards Guangxi, and all facilities are too small. The focus is only on Guangdong Province, and it is not a unified national agency, which will hinder the future development of the revolution. Mr. Wang, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mr. Tan took the initiative to propose that Guangdong and Guangxi should be reunified first. This idea was highly praised by all parties in Guangdong. They thought that the two princes would definitely agree with it, and in order to save time for telegram exchanges, Mr. Wang proposed it. The Central Special Committee discussed the unification method between Guangdong and Guangxi, first unifying the military and finance, and then other resolutions, which were brought back to Nanning by Xi. After the two sides agreed, they were submitted to the Central Military and Political Commission for a decision, which was decided by the Kuomintang. Implementation. Discussions began on the 18th. If the two ministers had any opinions, they would send a telegram immediately. Unified plan. The bill will be submitted to the Central Political Conference for approval on March 25. There are three main contents: (1) The Guangxi Communist Party accepts the orders of the Nationalist Party and handles the government affairs of the province; (2) the Guangxi army is completely reorganized into the National Revolutionary Army; (3) the finances of Guangxi and Guangxi are under the command and supervision of the Nationalist Party. The three resolutions shall be implemented immediately, with the second one implemented first. On March 24, the national government appointed Li Zongren as the commander of the Seventh Army of the National Revolutionary Army, Huang Shao as the party representative, and me as the chief of staff. On April 1, Guangxi's original first and second armies and columns were abolished and the columns were reorganized into brigades. The Seventh Army was organized into nine brigades. The commanders of the First to Ninth Brigades were: Yu Zuobai, Liu Rifu, Huang Xuchu, Wu Ting, Xia Wei, Hu Zongduo, Zhong Zupei, Lu Huanyan and me. Each brigade has two regiments. In addition, there are two independent regiments, one regiment of enlisted students, one battalion each of artillery and engineers, and one regiment of enlisted students. Next, implement the first item, regarding handling government affairs. On June 1, the Provincial *** was reorganized, with Huang Shao as Provincial Chairman. The third item concerns the unification of the finances of Guangdong and Guangxi, of which military pay is the most important. It is also more difficult to implement. Because Guangxi was a free-rate province in the Qing Dynasty and relied on support from Hunan and Guangdong. After the founding of the Republic of China, the central government canceled the free-rate, and Guangxi was self-reliant. Due to the barren land and poor people, financial resources were limited. If the military pay was based on the standards of Guangdong Province, it would not be able to plan on its own and would have to rely on Guangdong Province provided subsidies, but the Ministry of Finance at that time was also in great difficulty and had no time to take care of Guangxi, so the third item could not be fully implemented. Fortunately, the Guangxi army is accustomed to hard work and does not care whether the military pay is the same as that of the Guangdong army. When I was in Guangzhou as the plenipotentiary, the Kuomintang was reluctant to impose orders on Guangxi to cooperate with Guangdong because it felt that it had not helped the unification of Guangxi. For the sake of the future of the revolution, I hope that after Guangxi joins the ranks of the revolution, it will awaken the consciousness of other provinces, so I take the initiative to propose the unification of Guangxi and Guangxi. Not only the comrades in Guangdong strongly agreed with this proposal, but fortunately it was accepted by Li and Huang. The unification of Guangdong and Guangxi was not a trivial matter in the history of the National Revolution, because the Northern Expeditionary Army was able to unify the country entirely on the basis of the unification of Guangdong and Guangxi. After the reunification of Guangdong and Guangxi, the Guangzhou Revolutionary Army prepared for the Northern Expedition. A military committee was organized and the National Revolutionary Army was established. At that time, Wang Jingwei was the chairman of the government and Jiang Gong was the chairman.

Mr. Jiang was looking for a chief of staff, and I happened to live in Guangzhou as deputy chief of staff (Li Jichen was the chief of staff). At the invitation of Duke Jiang, I was asked to serve as chief of staff. I did not dare to accept the offer because of the heavy responsibility. Mr. Jiang was sincere and found it difficult to refuse. I asked him to discuss with Li Delin. Li did not want me to leave because the Guangxi troops needed someone to command them. Jiang Gong said that I would only borrow them for a few months and would definitely return them when Wuhan was captured. I later speculated that there were only two reasons why Mr. Chiang wanted me to serve as Chief of Staff: First, I graduated from Baoding, and most of the generals who led the troops in the provinces at that time were from Baoding; second, when he unified Guangxi, I had rich experience combat experience. Later, when Wuchang was captured, the First Division of the East Route Army's First Division Wang Boling and the Second Division Liu Zhi failed in Zhejiang, and General He Jingzhi was unable to provide timely assistance due to the confrontation with the Zhou Yin people in Fujian. Jiang Gong asked for my permission and transferred me to the Eastern Route Army. From then on, I participated in the Western and Eastern Expeditions and never returned to the Seventh Army. class=’page’> 2 next page