At the end of 1937, Yang Hucheng was put under house arrest by the old Jiang Shiji, and the two protagonists of the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, could not escape the revenge of the old Jiang in the end.
Yang Hucheng and his wife and children were strictly supervised by secret agents, and since then, Yang Hucheng has never escaped from prison, and in September 1949, Yang Hucheng, his son Yang Zhengzhong, his daughter Yang Zhenggui, and the family of his secretary Song Qiyun were brutally killed by the enemy
This tragic case is infuriating, and what makes people sigh is that perhaps Yang Hucheng could not have died. In April 1947, Yang Hucheng's family was transferred from Guizhou to Chongqing for detention, at this time, Yang Hucheng had been imprisoned for ten years, and his heart was miserable, and in December of that year, Yang Hucheng's wife Xie Baozhen was depressed and even took medicine to commit suicide. Xie Baozhen was 26 years old when she was detained, and when she died, she was only 36 years old.
The death of his wife made Yang Hucheng even more silent, he almost did not say a word all day, his hair was all white, and the general who had originally crossed the side now looked as if the limit was approaching.
Yang Hucheng no longer dared to hope for freedom, he knew that Old Jiang was narrow-minded and absolutely impossible to let him go. However, in January 1949, there was suddenly good news that the old Jiang was forced to resign, and Li Zongren was inaugurated as acting president, and after taking office, Li Zongren issued an order to release Yang Hucheng.
This was one of the bargaining chips between the Kuomintang and the Communists, and Li Zongren hoped to release Yang Hucheng to win concessions from our party. However, even if Li Zongren gave the order, the order was not necessarily valid.
The chaos of the power system of the Republic of China government is obvious to all, Yang Hucheng's detention is the work of the Secrecy Bureau, the Secrecy Bureau looks inconspicuous, in fact, the power is extremely great, Li Zongren, who has just taken office, has no deterrent power in front of the Secrecy Bureau, and the warlord In charge of this matter, Yang Sen, did not want to carry out Li Zongren's orders. Because although Li Zongren's order was issued, Old Jiang did not nod, although Old Jiang stepped down, but what if one day Old Jiang made a comeback and became angry with Yang Sen?
Moreover, Yang Sen knew in his heart that in the past ten years since the Xi'an Incident, Yang Hucheng's influence as a political figure had almost vanished in this decade, and a general without power had not had much value at all, at least for Yang Sen.
Therefore, for Yang Hucheng to involve himself in the chaos, it is a very uneconomical transaction for Yang Sen. Moreover, this matter of negotiation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party may not be able to be discussed, and Yang Sen feels that if he lets Yang Hucheng go now and turns around and the negotiations collapse, wouldn't he be even more indebted?
So Yang Sen took the Secrecy Bureau as his shield, and he replied to Li Zongren and various media reporters that Yang Hucheng of course wanted to let go, but he could not be the master, and it was good to let people go, as long as Mao Renfeng, director of the Secrecy Bureau, nodded, he could release people immediately!
This is considered to have kicked the ball to Mao Renfeng, but who doesn't know, Mao Renfeng is old Jiang's confidant, how can he take the initiative to release Yang Hucheng? What's even better is that Mao Renfeng was not in Chongqing at that time, and since the person was not there, this black cauldron let him carry it. Yang Sen, who was frequently questioned by reporters, ran directly to Mao Renfeng's house in Chongqing, knocked on the door for half a day, and spat bitter water to various reporters: "It is not that Yang Sen does not let Go of Yang Hucheng, it is really Director Mao who cannot get rid of himself!" ”
In fact, As a warlord who dominates the side, Yang Sen wants to find Mao Renfeng in many ways. Even if no one is really found, the key to the prison is in Janssen's hands, and it is not impossible for him to directly release the person. However, Yang Sen would rather play Tai Chi against everyone than take practical action against the release of Yang Hucheng.
After dragging it around, the Secrecy Bureau finally couldn't sit still, and Zhou Yanghaosi, director of the Southwest Supervision Office of the Secrecy Bureau responsible for detaining Yang Hucheng, thought about it before and after thinking about it, he found Xu Yuanju, a secret agent of the Second Division of the Southwest Governor's Office, who made it clear to Xu Yuan that there is now a lot of attention to Yang Hucheng everywhere, and that sooner or later the reporters will make a big fuss about the news, and at that time, I am afraid that they will have to release people. At present, it is imperative to transfer Yang Hucheng to Guizhou, and not to let people outside contact Yang Hucheng's family.
Soon after, Zhou Yanghao came forward to find Yang Hucheng, pretended to be kind, and he tried to persuade Yang Hucheng's family to go to Guizhou. Yang Hucheng was unwilling in his heart, after all, once he left Chongqing, he was more fierce and less auspicious, but this matter was not decided by Yang Hucheng, and in the end, Yang Hucheng could only go to Guizhou half push and half on the spot.
In April 1949, when the Battle of Crossing the River began and the defeat of the Kuomintang was decided, Mao Renfeng personally rushed to Guizhou and explained to Xu Yuanju that he must get rid of the political prisoners in prison before the People's Liberation Army arrived in Chongqing, and even if the Kuomintang lost, they did not want to make others feel better.
Zhou Yanghao wrote in a later transcript: "On August 27, 1949, Mao Renfeng discussed with Xu Yuanju and me in the reception room of the He Longqing Mansion in Luojiawan, Chongqing, to massacre General Yang Hucheng. It was decided to take it back to Chongqing Ciqikou and carry out secret execution within the scope of the Sino-US Cooperation Institute. ”
From this moment on, Yang Hucheng's death has become a foregone conclusion, and neither Li Zongren nor Yang Sen can change this result.
After Mao Renfeng gathered a group of spies, made them swear to poison, and signed a confidentiality agreement to ensure that everything was foolproof, Mao Renfeng told Zhou Yanghao to carry out the massacre plan. Then Yang Hucheng was escorted back to Chongqing, Yang Hucheng had some vague premonitions about what was about to happen, and before leaving, Yang Hucheng wrote a poem: "The beacon fire has been continuous for three seasons, and the wind and things are desolate; Lishan Spits Haoyue, and the qinghui is full of Chang'an." ”
On the night of September 6, the convoy escorting Yang Hucheng, Song Qiyun and his wife arrived at the Haitangxi ferry on the south bank of Chongqing, and then crossed the Yangtze River by boat from the Haitangxi car ferry, and then they were escorted by agents to the Dai Gong Ancestral Hall in Gele Mountain. As soon as Yang Hucheng and his son Yang Zhengzhong stepped into the gate of the Dai Gong Ancestral Hall, the killer hiding behind the door showed a dagger and stabbed it into Yang Zhengzhong's waist.
Yang Hucheng was horrified and wanted to help Yang Zhengzhong, but another agent caught up and gave him a knife, Yang Hucheng quickly lost the strength to resist, fell straight to the ground, the blood column in his abdomen spurted out, Yang Hucheng's eight-year-old daughter Yang Zhenggui and Song Qiyun's eight-year-old son Song Zhenzhong (that is, Xiao Radish Head) heard the screams in the house and panicked, the agents came out and strangled the necks of the two children, Yang Zhenggui was strangled alive, and Song Zhenzhong was killed by the agents.
It was an outrageous and bloody massacre, and the agents did not spare even the children. Poor Yang Hucheng's generation of patriotic generals ended up like this. Shortly after their deaths, Chongqing was liberated and the haze dissipated, but Yang Hucheng could no longer see all this.