1922, Yang Sen and Liu Xiang planned to unify Sichuan. Yang led a surprise attack on an army, only to be defeated by Liu Bocheng's army, and fled to Yichang in mid-August. In the same month, Yang Sen was appointed as the 16th division commander of Beiyang Army, and concurrently served as the commander-in-chief of Sichuan 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. 1924 In May, the Beiyang government appointed Yang Sen as the military supervisor of Sichuan, and Yang Sen became 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". The "New Sichuan Politics" promoted by Yang Sen is unique among many warlords in Sichuan. Many people think this 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 really got rid of women's foot binding in Sichuan, and only married a few little wives in name, 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 Acting Chief of Staff, and Liu Xiang took over his post as Military Supervisor. However, Yang Sen was afraid of losing the relieving power, so he didn't go, and his relationship with Liu Yang became bad. In July, Liu Xiang wooed Yuan Zuming, the Yunnan army, 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" was defeated, so he had to leave Sichuan and flee to Hankou alone. Later, Yang was appointed by Wu as the commander-in-chief of the First Route of the Sichuan Army, which was a joint force of thieves and bandits. He called the staff and returned to Sichuan again. Liu Xiang was forced to make peace with Yang Sen, and the two sides signed the "Military Banking 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, and his Yunnan army retreated 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 becoming a bully in Sichuan.
1926101On October 23, 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 border defense in Sichuan and Hubei. 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 the northern warlords to attack the Northern Expeditionary Army, but be defeated. 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. The following year, Yang Sen and Liu Xiang fought again for territory. He and Liu Xiang are both old classmates of the crash school and bitter rivals for hegemony. They were described by people at that time as "fighting like children", fighting once, making up again and fighting again; After all, the warlords fought for territory and interests, and they made up again in a few days. Isn't it just like fighting with children? You call me, I call you, and the fight is how much territory and interests you can carve up. It is a pity that many ordinary people are implicated in the military disasters and bandits caused by the war every year. This time, Yang Sen lost again, to Tieshanping and Zhang Guan, leaving only six incomplete brigades, and Liu Xiang occupied 2 1 county in eastern Sichuan. Since then, after five years of surgery, Yang Sen has recovered again.
During the period of 1935, due to the Japanese troops from the north pressing forward in North China, the "smell" of aggression pervaded the whole country, and the National Government began a plan to reorganize the army, called the generals of Sichuan Army to hold a disarmament meeting, and turned the local army into a regular army. Its purpose is to strengthen the national defense strength and weaken the military strength of local warlords, so that they can not compete with the central government. In this reorganization, the Sichuan army was cut by two-fifths and only 200 regiments were retained. Yang Sen was appointed as the commander of the 20th National Army, and he was attached to three divisions (133, 134, 135). 1936 1 year1October 3 1 day, the National Government made the Yangsen Department of the 20th Army directly under the Chongqing camp, and the 20th Army became the first centralized and nationalized Sichuan Army.
After the July 7th Incident broke out, Liu Xiang and several Sichuan army generals volunteered by electrifying to lead the troops against the enemy. In August, the 22nd Army and 23rd Army of Sichuan Army were the first troops to leave Sichuan to resist Japan. At this time, the 20 th Army Yang Sen Department and the 26 th Division Liu Yuqing Department stationed in Guizhou were directly sent to the front line of Songhu by the Military Commission of the National Government. ...