On July 1, 1926, the Military Commission of the National Government promulgated the Mobilization Order for the Northern Expedition and the "Message to Officers", "Message to Soldiers", "Message to the People of Guangdong" and "Message to Overseas Chinese". Subsequently, the National Revolutionary Army took the oath in Guangzhou, and the Northern Expedition officially began.
The First Division of the Seventh Army of the National Revolutionary Army and the Ye Ting Independent Regiment under the Fourth Army served as the vanguard and entered Hunan with overwhelming momentum.
html On the morning of August 26, the Fourth and Seventh Armies of the National Revolutionary Army began to attack the enemy positions at Tingsi Bridge. After a day and night of fighting, they captured the Tingsi Bridge on the morning of the 27th, opening the southern gate to Wuhan.At this time, Wu Peifu , who had just arrived from Beijing on August 25th and was in charge of Hankou , was not yet hot in his buttocks. He was already gone. "Makino Yingyang, only half a century old when he was 100 years old; Luoyang is eyeing from all directions." Even if he personally goes to the front line, he will not be able to reverse the defeat.
htmlIn early September, the Northern Expeditionary Army had arrived at the Wuchang city. Wu Peifu felt helpless and could only escape in panic by train. However, the phoenix that landed was not as good as the chicken. Wu encountered a train accident during his retreat and was in a panic. html On September 7, Wu Peifu's three military vehicles, fully loaded with troops and supplies, fled north from Hankou.At that time, the signaling system was underdeveloped, and there was a pathfinder vehicle at the forefront. When the pathfinder vehicle arrived at Shekou , a special train from the British returning to Han Dynasty after a summer vacation in Jigong Mountain had arrived at Hengdian Station and stopped on Yiyi Road. At this time, the stationmaster received an urgent message from the Ministry of Wu: "Military vehicles have set off from Hankou and are heading north via Hengdian. If there is a southbound train on the first line, they should quickly give way to the second line."
When Wu's pathfinder vehicle rushed from Shekou When they reached Zhangmianyou Bay, which was only two miles away from Hengdian, the British special car was forced to make an emergency turn to Ergu Road, allowing the pathfinder vehicle to pass through Hengdian Station .
There is a hill to the east of Xiawei Bay, Sihuali north of Hengdian Station, with a track in the middle, and the pathfinder vehicle passed it smoothly. However, the first column of military vehicles behind the pathfinder vehicle had many carriages and heavy loads. Even though it accelerated, it still couldn't run fast. The second column of military vehicles that came immediately after it did not look at the situation of the vehicle in front and rushed forward. .
When he saw the car in front of him, the driver of the second military vehicle realized his mistake. The train was about to hit the train in front and it was too late to brake suddenly. There was only a "boom" sound and the car in front rear-ended, and the carriages suddenly buckled and derailed one after another. Amidst the deafening roars, the front row of military vehicles fell one by one, running over and injuring more than a hundred soldiers beside the tracks.
Seeing that he had caused a huge disaster, the driver who caused the accident jumped out of his car in a panic and fled at night.
Wu Peifu's special train of dragons and phoenixes followed the second train of military vehicles. Fortunately, they didn't rear-end them again? But due to the traffic jam, we had to stop near the Hengdian platform.
Wu issued an emergency order: "Intensify vigilance, arrest the driver who caused the accident, and shoot him on the spot; the army and local people quickly cleared the fallen carriages on the track and continued northward."
However, the carriages were blocked in the mountain trough, and there was no heavy traffic at that time. Construction machinery cannot be cleared at the moment.
As the saying goes, it rained all night when the house was leaking. Wu Peifu, who had lost the battle and felt uncomfortable, frowned and felt helpless. At this time, intelligence came that there were enemy troops around. Wu Peifu felt isolated and helpless at the time of the turmoil. He could only lament: "Okay, just wait and be a prisoner!"
Later he found out that it was the army that came to relieve him. A false alarm. Wu Peifu had no choice but to order the troops to garrison on the spot, and ordered the guards to rush to find the sedan chair.
As soon as the sedan chair was lifted, Wu quickly got in without caring about the dignity of a warrior. His adjutant, dressed similarly to him, followed on a big white horse. Under the protection of guards holding swords and spears, they sat in the sedan along the railway. The path goes north.
It wasn't until dawn that Wu arrived at Xiaogan Station and then boarded a train from the north to escape to Xinyang, Henan.
At this time, he could not gain a foothold in Henan, so he had to live in exile in Sichuan, where he started his "apartment apartment" career and withdrew from the political stage.
