He dominated the side with heavy troops and was known as the "King of the Northeast", but after his death, his wives and concubines did not have any sadness, but still dressed up with thick makeup. So, what's going on?
Zhang Zuolin participated in the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War, and later devoted himself to the green forest and gradually grew. At that time, the Qing government was unable to suppress all forces due to internal and external troubles. He took advantage of this turbulent period to continuously develop and strengthen himself, thus growing into the "King of the Northeast" who was mighty in all directions, and in the warlord melee, his troops were more courageous and good at war under the baptism of war. At that time, the Japanese wolf was ambitious and coveted China for a long time. They tried every means to knock on the door of Northeast China in an attempt to use the three northeastern provinces as a springboard to achieve the goal of invading China. At this time, Zhang Zuolin, who was guarding the northeast, resolutely refused to allow Japan to intervene in the northeast region.
However, the Japanese were not willing to be rejected in this way, and they tried every means to enter the northeast region, but they were all rejected by Zhang Zuolin's stern words and completely angered the Japanese from then on. The Japanese saw him as a thorn in their eye and had been looking for an opportunity to assassinate him. On Zhang Zuolin's way back to Fengtian by train, the Japanese buried a lot of explosives under the bridge near Huanggutun Railway Station, the only way for Zhang Zuolin to take the train, and detonated the explosives when the train passed.
Although the cautious Zhang Zuolin changed the three-day itinerary to two days, he did not escape in the end. The train car he was riding on was blown up to the bottom of the chassis, and Zhang Zuolin was also blown up and flew far away. When he was sent back to the Marshal's Mansion, Zhang Zuolin was already dying. In the face of his husband's serious injury, but his wife and concubine did not look very sad, and they dressed up every day to welcome them. Why?
In fact, they also had to do it, at that time Zhang Zuolin could not live long even if he did not die, in order to confuse the Japanese, they forced a smile. Let the Japanese believe that Zhang Zuolin is not dead, otherwise the Japanese iron hooves will take advantage of the leaderless dragons in the northeast to immediately send troops to the northeast. Everything they do is waiting for a man, so who is this man?
He was Zhang Zuolin's son, the young marshal Zhang Xueliang. Zhang Zuolin's dying wish is that Zhang Xueliang will take his place and preside over the overall situation of the northeast. But at this time, Zhang Xueliang was still far away in Lanzhou.
After Receiving the news, Zhang Xueliang immediately disguised himself and secretly returned to Shenyang day and night, and after returning to Shenyang, he imitated his father's handwriting to dispatch troops to stabilize the political situation. After everything was ready, the news of Zhang Zuolin's death was announced, and at this time, the three northeastern provinces had achieved a seamless docking of power, all of which had been arranged, and the Japanese had missed the best time to send troops to the northeast.