From the late Qing Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, the Northwest Zhuma was left and right in the turbulent changes of the current situation, and gradually grew into a local force that could dominate a corner. The Ma Jiajun is mainly composed of religion, region, and ethnicity, and has a strong cohesive force and a strong and tenacious combat style.
Ma Jiajun has been entrenched in the three provinces of Gansu, Qingdao and Ningbo for more than 80 years, and its habit of killing and plundering is a lingering nightmare for the people of Northwest China. During the Red Army's Long March, people were sleepy and lacking horses, and there was a shortage of ammunition and food180,000 soldiers of the Western Route Army were surrounded and intercepted by the Ma family army in the Hexi Corridor, and finally only a few hundred returned to Yan'an.
Until 1949, Mr. Peng led Yiye to liberate the northwest, and the invincible Ma Jiajun ushered in the end of annihilation.
What few people know is that the brave Ma Jiajun was also beaten without the power to fight back, and he was defeated repeatedly, and he couldn't even flee for his life, which can be said to be the person Ma Jiajun feared the most, and this person was the famous anti-Japanese general Ji Hongchang.
Why did Ji Hongchang make Ma Jiajun so frightened?
In 1924, after the Second Zhifeng War, Feng Yuxiang, who was squeezed by the two factions of Zhifeng, set his sights on the vast northwest region. The following year, Feng Yuxiang sent Liu Yufen, the 2nd Division of the Northwest Army, to represent him in the Gandu Army.
At this time, the Ma Jiajun was fledgling, and after the Northwest Army was stationed in Gansu, Ma Fuxiang, Ma Hongbin, and Ma Lin in the "Northwest Five Horses" at that time surrendered one after another, leaving only Ma Qi and Ma Tingxing who were unwilling to merge with the Northwest Army.
Because Ma Qi was far away in Qinghai, the Northwest Army regarded Ma Tingxing, who was located on the main road in Gansu, as the primary target of the attack. Seeing the wind, Ma Qi made the rudder, released friendly signals on the surface to paralyze the Northwest Army, and behind the scenes, he encouraged Hezhou to return to Ma to raise troops.
Soon, Ma Zhongying, who was only 17 years old, raised troops in Xunhua City, and Hezhou Huima immediately responded. Ma Zhongying gathered tens of thousands of troops in a short period of time and waved the banner of "Black Tiger Sucks Feng Army", known as "Commander Ga".
Although Ma Zhongying's department is simple, it is extremely brave, and soon became the most powerful force in the "Northwest Five Horses". However, Ma Zhongying is not invincible, and when facing the famous general Ji Hongchang of the Northwest Army, this "Commander Ga" has been repeatedly deflated.
Ji Hongchang, a native of Fugou County, Henan, joined Feng Yuxiang's team in Yuncheng, Henan Province in 1913, and has followed Feng Yuxiang in the southern and northern wars since then. Ji Hongchang took "being an official is not allowed to get rich" as the criterion for self-discipline and governing the army, and paid attention to the unity of officers and soldiers and the honesty and dedication of public service.
Feng Yuxiang's troops were poorly equipped, so they paid more attention to white-knuckle combat and encouraged cadres to take the lead in charging and fighting. Ji Hongchang was deeply influenced by Feng Yuxiang, and whenever he fought, he would go into battle shirtless, wielding a big sword and taking the lead, so he was also known as "Ji Daring".
Ji Hongchang entered Gansu for the first time, just when Ma Zhongying raised his army, he organized the pistol team and the police in Suiyuan into a mixed brigade to rush to the aid of the Northwest Army in Gansu. In the Northwest Army, all the elite soldiers who could be selected for the pistol team were strong and agile in their hands and feet, so they defeated the Ma Jiajun in the white-knuckle battle and retreated all the way to Longxi Peak.
In 1926, Ji Hongchang responded to Feng Yuxiang's Wuyuan oath and led the 19th Division to Xi'an. The Zhensong army, which surrounded Yang Hucheng and Li Huchen for eight months, was defeated by Ji Hongchang, who came in time, and the people of the time jokingly said: "Xi'an two tigers (Yang Hucheng, Li Huchen) are not as good as a chicken (Ji Hongchang)." ”
In May 1927, Ji Hongchang led the 19th Division into the Central Plains and attacked the Feng army as the vanguard of Feng Yuxiang's troops. In less than two months, Ji Hongchang led his troops to link Luoyang, Gongxian (now Gongyi), and Xinxiang, and became the recognized ace troops of the Northwest Army.
In 1928, Ji Hongchang entered Gan again and met Ma Zhongying Sanwei Hezhou. At this time, Tong Linge's 11th Division suffered heavy losses, and Ji Hongchang immediately launched a counterattack after taking over the division, defeating Ma Zhongying's troops besieging the city, and had to retreat to the area of Qijiazhuang in the west of the city to dig a ditch as a boundary for rest.
With the advantage of cavalry, if you win, you will pursue and expand the results, and if you lose, you will flee far away to recuperate, which is Ma Zhongying's traditional tactic. Ji Hongchang decided not to leave Ma Zhongying any respite, and pursued all the way from Longnan to Hexi, making Ma Zhongying's department extremely heavy.
Ma Zhongying's troops fled all the way to Ningxia City (now Yinchuan), at this time the two brigades of the city defense were transferred to Gansu and had not yet returned to defense, and there were only more than 300 defenders in the city. After Ma Zhongying began to attack the city, Men Zhizhong, the chairman of Ningxia Province, finally abandoned the city and fled because he had no troops available.
However, a few days later, Ji Hongchang led his troops to chase after him and rendezvous with the central part of Menzhi. At this time, Ma Zhongying's army was gaining momentum and defeated the Northwest Army at the dam. When attacking the dam again for the second time, Ji Hongchang went into battle shirtless with a knife and led the officers and soldiers to fight bravely, and finally captured the dam.
Ma Zhongying's heart palpitated at the speed of Ji Hongchang's soldiers, and then led his troops to evacuate in a hurry, and Ji Hongchang easily recaptured Ningxia City. A month later, Ma Zhongying reunited more of his subordinates and held a pledge meeting at Huangqu Bridge, vowing to take Ningxia City again.
Ji Hongchang, the new chairman of Ningxia Province, personally ascended to the city and led all the troops to defend the city, so that Ma Zhongying's several charges were in vain. Ji Hongchang didn't want to defend it, but chose to defend it. ordered the broadsword team to cut down all the elite troops who abandoned Ma Zhongying and Ma Dengcheng, which greatly boosted the morale of the Northwest Army.
As the besieging party, Ma Zhongying lost his cavalry advantage, and was crushed by Ji Hongchang in the white-knuckle battle, and finally returned defeated after paying a heavy price. Ji Hongchang took advantage of the victory to pursue, pursued along Shizuishan, Taole, and Dengkou all the way to Suiyuan, and finally killed Ma Zhongying's troops to disperse, and Ma Zhongying fled to the mainland alone.
Ma Zhongying, the commander of Ga who turned the entire northwest upside down, was defeated repeatedly after meeting Ji Hongchang's nemesis, and had to end his first career as a horseman.
Hate not to resist the Japanese death
After the outbreak of the Central Plains War, Ji Hongchang went from Ningxia to reinforce Feng Yuxiang, and was appointed as the commander of the 11th Division and went to Qixian in eastern Henan. Fighting against Ji Hongchang was Chiang Kai-shek's confidant Chen Cheng, and the number of the troops he led happened to be the 11th Division, but the equipment was far superior to Ji Hongchang's.
However, the firepower of the equipment did not tell the whole story, Chen Cheng was defeated again and again in the battle against Ji Hongchang, and the other descendants of Chiang Kai-shek were also defeated one after another. However, with Zhang Xueliang's telegram in support of Chiang, the Central Plains War ushered in a reversal, and finally ended with the defeat of Feng and Yan, and all units of the Northwest Army accepted Chiang Kai-shek's reorganization.
Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to Ji Hongchang's combat ability and appointed him as the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Route Army to attack the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet region. However, Ji Hongchang was well aware of the righteousness, and had contact with the Communists as early as the siege of Xi'an, and was reluctant to send troops to attack the Red Fourth Front Army.
Ji Hongchang's passive avoidance of war caused great dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek, and forced Ji Hongchang to hand over his military power and go abroad for investigation. In 1932, General Ji Hongchang overcame all difficulties and dangers to return to the motherland and secretly joined the Communist Party of China.
In order to resist the Japanese invaders, he contacted patriotic generals, including Feng Yuxiang, and jointly formed the Chahar Anti-Japanese Alliance. Ji Hongchang, commander of the Second Army of the Allied Army, led his troops to defeat the Japanese puppet army in northern Chabei several times, and successively recovered Kangbao, Baochang, and Guyuan, and then recovered the important town of Duolun outside the Saiwai.
On November 19, 1934, Ji Hongchang was unfortunately arrested by spies in Tianjin, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered extradition and execution when he learned of it. General Ji Hongchang was undauntedIn leaving "Hate not to resist Japan's death, leave it for today's shame." The country is still like this, why don't I regret this", and he was only 39 years old.
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