Liu Xiang's first confidant, the ungrateful general, died in the end
Tang Shizun, born in Renshou County, Sichuan Province, because he himself was usually gentle and elegant, his speech was long-winded, and he lacked the masculinity of a soldier, so others gave him the nickname Tang Eryi.
Tang Shizun's family was wealthy, and his father let him study at the best school from an early age, hoping that he would be able to get ahead in the future. However, Tang Shizun was not interested in Wen, and later despite his father's persuasion, he went to the Sichuan Army Crash Course to study, and at that time, several of the warlords in the school who later became famous warlords in Sichuan, such as Liu Xiang, Pan Wenhua, Yang Sen, Wang Zhanxu, and others were classmates of Tang Shizun.
After graduation, Tang Shizun and Pan Wenhua followed Zhong Ying, the governor of Chuan, into Tibet, when Tang Shizun served as a platoon leader, and later the Wuchang Uprising broke out, and Zhao Erfeng was killed and the troops who entered Tibet were besieged by the Tibetan army, and the entire army was destroyed. Tang Shizun and Pan Wenhua worked hard to escape back to Sichuan. After that, he defected to Liu Xiang, a classmate who was already the leader of the regiment at the time. From then on, Liu Xiang also attached great importance to Tang Shizun, and was also Liu Xiang's first confidant and trusted him very much. From then on, Liu Xiang also rose with every level of Tang Shizun.
In 1918, Xiong Kewu entered Sichuan to reorganize the Sichuan Army, at this time Liu Xiang was appointed as the commander of the Second Division, and Tang Shizun was promoted to regimental commander. After two years, the Sichuan army and the Qian army fought a battle known as the Battle of Chuanqian. In this battle, Liu Xiang contributed the most, and his meritorious service was also to promote the commander after the war, and Tang Shizun was promoted to brigade commander. After the Sichuan Army changed its banner, Liu Xiang became the commander of the 21st Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and Tang Shizun was followed by the commander of the 1st Division of the 21st Army. From this, it can be seen that Tang Shizun has always followed Liu Xiang, and it can be said that Liu Xiang is the noble man in his life.
Especially later, when the second Liu was fighting for Chuan, Tang Shizun personally lobbied all the forces to support Liu Xiang in order to win the support of public opinion. It can be seen that Tang Shizun was loyal to Liu Xiang, and this battle finally ended with Liu Xiang's victory. Since then, he has become a new generation of Sichuan kings.
By 1935, Liu Xiang had become the director of the Chuankang Appeasement Office and the chairman of Sichuan Province, and Tang Shizun had risen to become the commander of the 21st Army.
In 1937, when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, Liu Xiang served as commander of the Seventh Theater of Operations and commander-in-chief of the Twenty-third Army, and Tang Shizun was appointed deputy commander-in-chief and commander of the Twenty-first Army. During the battle against the Japanese army at that time, liu Ruzhai, his close regimental commander, did not obey the command and retreated without authorization, resulting in the loss of Guangde.
Afterwards, he framed Pan Wenhua for being ineffective in battle, at which point the Sichuan army would begin to cause internal contradictions, and Chiang Kai-shek, after hearing this, said that he was very happy, and immediately removed Pan Wenhua from his post and let Tang Shizun take over as the commander of the 23rd Group Army. Because Chiang Kai-shek was trying to eliminate Liu Xiang's forces.
Liu Xiang, who was seriously ill at the time, learned of it and said, I have worked with Tang Shizun for more than 20 years, and I have the same brotherhood between me, so why should I use this practice if I want to be a commander. Later, after Liu Xiang's death, Tang Shizun took over the position of commander-in-chief of Liu Xiang's 23rd Group Army before his death, and Tang Shizun, who became the head of the new generation of The Sichuan Army, sent out by no one listened, but ended up with the title of an ungrateful villain who ate inside and outside.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he vigorously supported Chiang Kai-shek in fighting a civil war, and when the Chiang Kai-shek clique was about to collapse, he became Chiang Kai-shek's last chairman of Sichuan Province through activities, but unfortunately Sichuan was liberated shortly after, and he led a small army through the mountains of Yuexi and was shot and killed by Yi armed forces. A generation of senior generals of the Sichuan Army died in this way, but they died very badly.