Hundreds of Hunan refugees are arriving in Shanghai daily. Interviewed by a representative of the CHtinese press one of the leaders stated that it was the intention of the Southern soldiers to invade Hunan long ago, but they could find no pretence for coming over the boundary marked by the De-mar cation Commissioner in 1918. None were more surprised than the Southern soldiers themselves that Hunan would be captured so easily. General Tan Yen-kai's the strategy was astute.
In reality he did not have very many soldiers, but after capturing several cities, he spread them out to make the enemy think that he had a large following. This "frightened" off Chang Chin-yao and his Northern troops.
The Hunanese hated Chang Chin-yao for his various illegal taxes and other atrocities, so that when the Southern soldiers arrived they were welcomed by the natives.
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