It is said that Feng's armed forces aroused the vigilance of Russian aggressors. Russian invaders launched a surprise attack on Feng, captured Feng and exiled him to Sakhalin Island. Two years later, Feng escaped. Zhao Erxun, the governor of the three northeastern provinces, considered the local security, so he wrote to Buffon. As a result, Feng gradually rose to the left patrol camp (brigade commander) and was stationed in Beizhen. At that time, Zhang was appointed as a scout camp for former and middle commanders, and was stationed in Fengtian. At this point, there have been doubts between them, but the contradiction is not great.

19 12, the local armed patrol battalion was reorganized into the official national army. /kloc-in September of 0/year, Zhang was appointed as the commander of the 27th Division, and was stationed in Fengtian. Feng was appointed as the commander of the 28th division, and remained a lieutenant general, stationed in Beizhen. Although Zhang and Feng are equal, because of their different positions, their strength is very different. Feng, who relies on his predecessors, is very unhappy and the rift is getting deeper and deeper. But in the face of General Fengtian sent by Yuan Shikai, they still twisted into a rope. Originally, Zhang used strategy to crowd out Fengtian General Zhang Xiluan, but President Yuan Shikai sent another foreigner, Duan. Zhang and Feng are very unhappy because they both covet the position of General Fengtian.

Duan, a native of Hefei, Anhui Province, was born in 1869. At the age of 46, he was named General Zhenwu, in charge of military affairs in Fengtian, Jilin and Heilongjiang, and was also appointed as a first-class officer. Apart from his strong background, Duan is also a soldier. Knowing the origin of Duan, Zhang dared not play hardball and had to play it by ear. Therefore, Zhang tried his best to please Duan, and even "searched precious antiques from time to time and gave them to Duan's father to buy his good feelings".

Yuan Shikai announced the abolition of the monarchy on March 23, 2006. At this point, both Zhang and Feng felt that the opportunity had come. Therefore, Zhang and Feng jointly directed a farce in the expulsion section.

Feng gave Zhang an idea: "Duan is a scum of the late Qing Dynasty, and everyone knows that he has a bad history. Now he is the chief culprit of the imperial system in the three northeastern provinces, and he is still above the people of Fengtian. Our generation will never be content and should fire him. " When Zhang asked him if he had any good ideas, Feng said with confidence, "This is not difficult. Our 28th Division played the bad COP and confronted him head-on. The 27th Division played the role of a bad policeman, forcing him to escape for fear of committing a crime by threatening tactics. Without a single soldier, wouldn't it be wonderful to perform such a farce? " Zhang deeply felt that the plan was just to his liking, so he began to prepare.

Zhang arranged for his men to shoot in one night, and then reported to Duan for a pretence that Feng would lead the 28 th Division troops into the city to punish Duan, the chief culprit of this imperial system. Zhang said he couldn't stop, but Duan was very nervous. Zhang took the opportunity to persuade Duan to avoid this matter. Duan thought it was a good idea and fled to Tianjin by special train.

All this is in the hands of Zhang and Feng. But they pretended not to know. They sent a battalion led by Brigadier Sun Liechen of the 54th Brigade to escort the train, and then arranged a regiment of the 28th Division to intercept the train at Goubangzi Station. Qiu, the head of the regiment, got on the bus and handed in two telegrams in the name of the soldiers and civilians in Fengtian, which read: "The outgoing General Duan is the chief culprit of the imperial system, and the people in Fengtian are planning to punish him. They dare to take the provincial official's money of 2 million and run away without fear of sin. The people of Fengtian all hated it and asked Ji to send troops to intercept it nearby and take it to Fengtian for legal treatment. "

Duan showed the telegram to Sun, who said discontentedly, "How dare you? Let me ask." I got off and chatted with Colonel Qiu at the ticket office, but I couldn't come back for a long time. When Duan saw that Sun Jiu had not returned, he immediately ordered people to unload the official ammunition and pile it on the platform. After getting on the bus, Sun reported: "People from all walks of life in Fengtian are very angry. We must intercept the car and take it back to Fengtian. Zhang Daidu (Zhang) talked for a long time and promised not to detain the special car, but the official arms must be clearly explained and cannot be left behind, and the central investigation should be called. " Duan nodded, and handed over the 2 million Guan Guan officers and arms that had been unloaded to Gao Tuanchang for counting back.

Zhang's goal has been achieved. When the time is too good, Duan will be released, and a battalion of soldiers will be led to escort Sun to Pingjin, and then he will take refuge in the concession. Duan was hit hard by this and is still in the dark. He always thought that Feng was aiming at him. When I arrived in Beijing, I naturally spoke ill of Feng to Yuan Shikai. But I have a good impression of Zhang, thinking that Zhang saved his life. Because when Duan left Fengtian, Zhang hypocritically went to the station to send a large number of gifts to Duan and his son, so when Duan left Fengtian, Zhang was asked to take his place.

Duan has been fired and can't go back. Yuan Shikai believes that if another provincial official is sent to supervise Feng, there will be no good end. Because at this time, Yuan and others, the chief of the Senate of Fengtian Security Institute, had drafted the articles of association of Fengtian Security Institute, and instigated the deputy speaker of the provincial assembly and others to advocate autonomy, create public opinion and publicize the slogan of "serving the people", and clearly opposed the rule of mainlanders.

Yuan Shikai was forced to choose the candidate of Fengtian. At that time, only Zhang and Feng could consider this matter. Yuan Shikai asked Duan for advice. Duan hated Feng's guts and admired Zhang, and Yuan Shikai felt the same way. Finally, on April 22nd, 19 16, Yuan Shikai ordered Zhang to be the general of Fengtian, supervise the military affairs of Fengtian, and served as the governor of Fengtian. Feng is very dissatisfied with this and has been unable to let it go. Zhang gained power and benefits without offending anyone, but his efforts were thankless.

In this way, after several years of power struggle, Zhang finally ascended the throne of Fengtian warlord and became the supreme ruler of Fengtian military and political affairs.