“兵”与“匪”历来就是两股相互对立的势力。在中国近代历史上,尤其是在北洋政府统治时期,恰处中国社会的转型时期,兵匪之间的关系却出现了异乎寻常的变化。兵匪之间的关系由互为敌对变得逐渐模糊直至彼此之间相互联系、相互转化,甚至沆瀣一气、狼狈为奸最终发展到“兵匪一家”、“兵匪不分”的局面,给社会带来了极大的危害。 “Soldiers ” and “bandits ” has always been the two opposing forces. In the modern history of China, especially during the reign of the Beiyang government and the transitional period of Chinese society, there has been an extraordinary change in the relations between the military and the bandits. The relationship between the soldiers and the bandits gradually became blurred by mutual hostility until they became inter-related, inter-transformed, and even co-opted together to eventually develop into a situation of To the community has brought great harm.