Hello, let's tell you why Tang can raise the Yunnan army, which is known as the national elite. In other words, although the Qing government was corrupt and incompetent, it still knew the importance of building a modern army. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the Qing government put forward the slogan of "rectifying the army and saving the peril" and planned to form a new army in 36 towns across the country. Being located in the frontier of Yunnan, the Qing government planned to establish two new cities (divisions) in Yunnan for national defense needs. Until the Revolution of 1911, only one new town army was built in Yunnan. 1909, Yunnan New Army won the title of Nineteen Towns.

At the beginning, the 19 th Town New Army 10900 people. Including the provincial patrol team, Yunnan has added 35,000 troops. A good army is naturally not enough with advanced weapons and equipment, but also needs a large number of military talents. The Army Wujiangtang was first established in Yunnan, which trained a large number of outstanding officers and men for the Yunnan Army. For example, Long Yun and Lu Han later graduated from Wujiang Concert Hall in Yunnan. Some people may ask that the Yunnan New Army has the financial allocation of the Qing government. Then, how did the Tang and other warlords get the military expenses of the Yunnan army?

First of all, Tang ordered the Yunnan troops stationed in Sichuan and Guangdong to intercept local tariffs and salt taxes in order to support their own troops with money from other provinces. Moreover, relying on the Dian army in his hand, Tang slowly controlled the economy of Sichuan, and then forcibly distributed it to neighboring provinces, thus solving part of the military expenses of the Dian army.

Most of the military expenditure of Yunnan army comes from opium and opium soil. During the Anti-Japanese War, Yunnan troops participated in the battles of Taierzhuang, Wuhan, Changsha and northern Jiangxi. In a word, the contribution and sacrifice made by the Yunnan army to the country and people are relatively large, and it is not an exaggeration to call it the elite of the country.