History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi are old partners, Bai Chongxi is known as a little Zhuge in the Kuomintang, the two have supported each other from the beginning, relying on each other, Bai Chongxi is smart and alert, Li Zongren is bold, relying on these two people to operate all the way, the Gui clan has become the most powerful local army in the Kuomintang, but Bai Chongxi's political short-sightedness eventually led to his downfall.
Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren, like many Kuomintang generals, participated in the anti-Chiang Kai-shek war, and Bai Chongxi's first opposition to Chiang Kai-shek was in 1927, when Bai Chongxi, in order to expand his gui power, joined forces with Wang Jingwei, launched the Guangxi Incident, ousted Chiang Kai-shek, and then seized the opportunity to occupy Hubei in Hunan and further expand the power of the Gui clan.
Li Zongren opposed Chiang Kai-shek, but after the September 18 Incident, Li Zongren maintained the situation in Guangxi and resisted the invasion of foreign enemies, but because of Chiang Kai-shek's inaction, Li Zongren was very dissatisfied, so he took the initiative to ask to lead his troops north to resist Japan, and took the opportunity to form an anti-Japanese national salvation army to oppose Chiang Kai-shek, but in the end, Li Zongren's Gui clan was changed by Chiang Kai-shek and became a local army of the Kuomintang.
Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had always been Chiang Kai-shek's right and left arm during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and later because Chiang Kai-shek lost during the War of Liberation, he was once again forced to go into the wilderness, Li Zongren was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as acting president of the Kuomintang, and he himself retreated to Taiwan, leaving Li Zongren on the mainland to continue fighting.
At that time, the overall situation had been decided, no matter how stubbornLy Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren resisted, they could not change the facts, and it was not long before the main force of the Gui clan was annihilated, so Chiang Kai-shek ordered That Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren return to Taiwan, but Li Zongren already knew that Chiang Kai-shek's wolf ambitions would never easily let him go, so he secretly contacted Bai Chongxi and wanted to revolt with him, but unexpectedly, Bai Chongxi was bribed by Chiang Kai-shek and wanted to return to Taiwan.
Chiang Kai-shek not only promised Bai Chongxi a high-ranking official Houlu, but also left tens of thousands of taels of gold for military expenses; Bai Chongxi saw that the money was open and took the initiative to persuade Li Zongren to return to Taiwan, but he did not expect Li Zongren to scold Bai Chongxi, "The turtle king is a bastard before returning to Taiwan.", and then went to the United States alone, and after Bai Chongxi returned to Taiwan, he was put under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, and he promised nothing, and became a pawn of Chiang Kai-shek.
Soon after Li Zongren went to the United States, he was deposed by Chiang Kai-shek from the presidency, but because he was afraid of the impact of the expansion incident, he still gave Li Zongren the position of vice president and lured Li Zongren back to Taiwan, but he did not expect that Li Zongren was not deceived at all, and also issued a report scolding Chiang Kai-shek for dictatorship, Bai Chongxi became a pawn of Chiang Kai-shek against Li Zongren, responsible for slandering Li Zongren, in 1966, Bai Chongxi was poisoned and died, the cause of death is unknown.