Yang Sen, Zi Zihui, formerly known as Shu Ze, also known as Bo Jian, 1884 was born in Longtaisi Township, Guang 'an County, Sichuan Province (now Longtai Town, Guang 'an District, Guang 'an City). Originally from Caotang Temple in Hengzhou, Hunan. When Yang Sen was a child, his family was ordinary and his father was from Yiwu. Affected by this, he was deeply interested in martial arts and joining the army since he was a child. 1904, graduated from Jansen Middle School; 1906 Join Sichuan Army Rapid School; 1908 joined Liu Xiang, Tang Shizun, Pan Wenhua and other students. These students later formed the core figures of Sichuan warlord group headed by Liu Xiang and Yang Sen, and were assigned as platoon leaders in Xinjun Town of 17 after graduation. Because Yang Sen trained soldiers seriously, his platoon won many championships in military parade, assessment and contest. 19 10 was promoted to the right team officer of the 1st Battalion of the 33rd Mixed Association, and joined the League in the same year. 19 12 served as battalion commander of Sichuan Army 1 Division Wang. 19 13 joined the 5th Division of Sichuan Army in Xiong Kewu to participate in the "Second Revolution" and was captured after failure. Huang Yucheng, the general of Yunnan Army, was afraid when he saw all the prisoners, but Yang Sen was fearless and fearless. Topaz prejudiced Janssen's bravery and burliness, and made a good impression on him, leaving him as an adjutant at the headquarters. 19 15 1 was appointed as the captain of Jiangwutang in Yunnan, 12 was appointed as the lieutenant colonel's staff officer of the Second Ladder Regiment of the First Army to participate in the war of defending the country. 19 17 used to be the chief of staff and head of the independent regiment of the 2nd Army of Yunnan Army. 1April, 920, he left the Yunnan Army and served as the brigade commander of the ninth Huncheng Brigade, the commander of Lu Yong Town and the commander of the ninth division of Sichuan Army.

1923 served as commander of the 2nd Army of Sichuan Army. He was defeated in the battle of the first and second armies and fled to Yichang, belonging to Wu Fupei. Wu was appointed commander of the army division in 16, and was awarded the rank of general in the general office on September 5, 65438123. 1924 February, led the troops back to Sichuan, March 8, together with the rank of general, concurrently served as commander-in-chief of Sichuan's former enemy. With Wu's strong support, Yang Sen made a comeback and occupied Chongqing, then conquered Chengdu and drove others to the south of Sichuan. In May, he was appointed as a military inspector in Sichuan. Become the agent of Beiyang government in Sichuan. In the same year, Yang Sen's career reached its peak. He shouted the loud slogan of "building a new Sichuan" and implemented the "New Deal": First, build roads; Second, open public stadiums; Third, establish a museum of universal education; Fourth, advocate measures such as "Chao Hui". Yang Sen's New Sichuan Politics is unique among many warlords in Sichuan. Many people think it is historical progress and praise Yang Sen's courage. However, because some of his practices are rude and unreasonable, for example, even ordinary people will be punished if they don't trim their nails and wear robes. Naturally, many people will laugh and object. Although Yang Sen shouted the slogan of anti-feudalism and liberating women, in fact, he did get rid of women's foot binding in Sichuan, but he obviously married several little wives, which really made people feel that his so-called practice was just an image project. The common people joked privately: "Yang advocated women's liberation and married several little women!" Yang Sen still can't change the bad habits of the old warlord.

1May, 925, Duan was dismissed from Jansen's post as Sichuan Military Supervisor and transferred to Beijing as Acting Chief of Staff, and Liu Xiang took over his post as Military Supervisor. However, Yang Sen was afraid of losing the military power, so he stayed on. As a result, the relationship with Liu Yang became worse, and Yang Sen launched the war of "unifying Sichuan", which was a great success for Sichuan as a whole. In July, Liu Xiang wooed Gwan Chin Yuan Zuming to unite against Yang, and Wang Zuxu, the teacher of Yang Sen's department, also defected. Liu Xiang beat Yang Sen's army out of the water, and "General Wei Sen" lost the battle, so he had to flee from Sichuan to Hankou alone, and served as the commander-in-chief of the First Sichuan Army in Wu as a "thief in fourteen provinces". 1February, 926, he assembled his old headquarters and returned to Sichuan again. Liu Xiang was forced to make peace with Yang Sen, and the two sides signed the "War and Silver Convention" in Wuhan, which stipulated that Yang Sen's original military power should be returned. At the same time, Yang Department and Liu Xiang's troops jointly expelled the Guizhou army. After Yang Sen returned to Sichuan, Yuan Zuming knew that he could not compete with Yang Sen, so he led his army back to Yunnan. Yang Sen's strength and territory have greatly expanded, with more than 60 regiments and more than 70,000 troops, controlling counties in eastern Sichuan and once again becoming a bully in Sichuan.

192610123 On October, Yang Sen accepted the appointment of the National Government as the commander of the 20th Army of the National Revolutionary Army and the commander-in-chief of Sichuan-Hubei border defense, with Zhu De as the party representative. In response to the division of Wu by the Northern Expeditionary Army, he secretly continued to serve as the "Commander-in-Chief of the First Allied Forces" appointed by Wu. On August 13, 2003, Liu Xiang and other Sichuan army generals electrified Wu, but Yang Sen accepted the post of Sichuan Governor appointed by Wu, calling himself "Commander-in-Chief of Sichuan Army in Hubei Province". Cooperate with Beiyang warlords to attack the Northern Expeditionary Army.

1927, Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution and split the Kuomintang. On the condition of owning Hanyang Arsenal, Yang Sen was invited to send troops to western Hubei to attack Wuhan National Government. Seeing that the move was profitable, Yang Sen led his troops from Wanxian East to Yichang on May 5 in the name of "being ordered to send troops to attack Wuhan". On May 2 1 day, the Yangsen Department was intercepted by Tang Shengzhi in Xiantao Town, Hubei Province, and its department was almost completely annihilated, leaving only a small number of troops to return to Sichuan. Wu was dismissed by Nanjing government in June, 5438+0928+0 because he was defeated in recruiting troops in Sichuan. In May, his subordinate Guo Rudong became the commander of the 20th Army, and Fan Shaozeng and others turned to Liu Xiang. Although his strength was greatly damaged, his loyalty to the fallen Wu made people look at his character with new eyes. 1929 65438+ 10. In October, Liu Xiang was defeated by Tieshanping and Zhang Guan, leaving only six incomplete brigades under his command, and 2 1 county in East Sichuan was also occupied by Liu Xiang. Retreat to Quxian county, and then lose the capital to compete for hegemony in Sichuan. 1933 10 participated in the siege of the sixth road in the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area of the Red Army and served as the commander-in-chief of the fourth road. 1935, was ordered to lead the troops to contain the Long March Red Army. He sent one or four brigades to intercept the Red Army in Xuyong, and two or six brigades to defend the Dadu River, and wrote to Zhu De to demand non-aggression. Zhu De wrote back that as long as he didn't stop the Red Army from going north to resist Japan, the Red Army wouldn't hit him. After that, he sent troops to feint to save his strength. 1February 25, 936, served as lieutenant general of the army.