Many people know that Chiang Kai-shek has countless brothers in his lifetime. He worshipped with friends, such as Zhang Qun, and also with the enemies who were eventually defeated by him, and this was more, such as Xu Chongzhi, Feng Yuxiang, etc., and Li Zongren, who is going to talk about today.
When did Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren worship? When the Northern Expedition was just beginning. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Li Zongren was the commander of the Seventh Army. On this day, Li Zongren went straight to Chiang Kai-shek's office.
Chiang Kai-shek suddenly asked him about his age. Li Zongren replied that he was 37 years old. Chiang Kai-shek went on to say, I am 41 years old, 4 years older than you. Let's have a peach orchard to tie the knot. At that time, the knot did not require everyone to kneel, a very simple ceremony, that is, to change the post.
For this kind of thing, Li Zongren has never been very cold, although he was born in the old era, he is a new type of soldier and does not like the feudal set. So Li Zongren humbly resigned, he said, I am your subordinate, how can I worship you? Besides, we are revolutionary soldiers, so let's stop engaging in feudalism. Calling a brother a brother is a habit of the jianghu, not a style that a revolutionary soldier should have.
However, Chiang Kai-shek did not allow himself to say anything, and took out from the drawer the orchid spectrum he had already written and handed it to Li Zongren. It turned out that he had been planning for a long time, and Lan Pu had already prepared it. Li Zongren did not receive it. Chiang Kai-shek forced it into Li Zongren's pocket.
Then Chiang Kai-shek told Li Zongren that he must write a copy of his own orchid book to him. Li Zongren still did not take it seriously, and he did not approve of such a thing from the bottom of his heart. A truly good brother does not need to change posts, does not need any rituals, such as him and Bai Chongxi.
After a few days, Chiang Kai-shek asked Li Zongren, why has your post not been written well, you must give it to me. Li Zongren prevaricated. After a few more days, Chiang Kai-shek was still asking when the post would be given to me, and he must write it. Li Zongren had no choice but to say, I can't write it. Chiang Kai-shek said, very simple, just like I wrote.
Li Zongren could not prevaricate, so he had to write a few oaths on his scalp and hand them over to Chiang Kai-shek, which was considered to have completed his homework. After Chiang Kai-shek received it, he said happily, "Good, very good, from now on we are brothers of the opposite sex, with one heart and one mind, life and death are related."
Then, why did Chiang Kai-shek, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expeditionary Army, go after Li Zongren, the commander of the army, to change his post and worship? Chiang Kai-shek is a man of great skill, and every time he does something, he must send out a feeling and an arrow.
Speaking of which, it's a bit difficult to get to the elegant hall. Chiang Kai-shek was afraid. The root of the matter stemmed from an accident. Not long ago, the Northern Expeditionary Army reached Changsha, where Chiang Kai-shek wanted to inspect the Seventh army and the Eighth Army. The review of Li Zongren's Seventh Army went well.
However, when Chiang Kai-shek came to the front of the Eighth Army's lineup, because the eighth army's trumpet was too loud and the momentum was tremendous, Chiang Kai-shek's mount was frightened and suddenly threw Chiang Kai-shek off his horse. The horse also dragged Chiang Kai-shek for a long distance. Fortunately, Chiang Kai-shek was young at that time, resistant to falling, and did not fall out of the problem.
At that time, Li Zongren was also present, and he was really shocked to see it. What's going on? Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Eighth Army, was like Chiang Kai-shek, a man with ambitions and ambitions to compete for the world, and later Tang Shengzhi's forces grew, and he announced his opposition to Chiang Kai-shek.
Tang Shengzhi, like Chiang Kai-shek, was very superstitious. Chiang Kai-shek fell in front of the Eighth Army. Could it be that Chiang Kai-shek could not pass the Eighth Army? Tang Shengzhi secretly rejoiced. What about Chiang Kai-shek? He was also a little frightened, this foot fell really inexplicably, could it really not pass Tang Shengzhi's Eighth Army?
A solution must be found. The best way to do this was to win over the Seventh Army against it. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek soon thought of marrying Li Zongren. He wanted to use Li Zongren's military strength, not really like Li Zongren as a person.
The ancients said it well, those who intersect with profit will scatter when the benefits are exhausted; those who intersect with the potential will fall when the momentum is gone. This kind of worship is, of course, unreliable. Soon, Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren were fighting each other.