On Zhang Zuolin's path of tyrantry, in addition to his own ability, he also relied on Ma Longtan, Wu Junsheng, Sun Liechen, Zhang Jinghui, Feng Delin, Tang Yulin, and Zhang Zuoxiang, seven brothers who worshiped the son; with the joint efforts of the brothers, Zhang Zuolin finally became the famous "King of Northeast China".
Among them, Zhang Zuoxiang is the most worth mentioning; many people think that Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Zuoxiang are brothers, in fact, this is just a coincidence in the name, and the two are not related.
In the early years, Zhang Zuoxiang defected to Zhang Zuolin because of the murder, and during the battle, Zhang Zuoxiang saved Zhang Zuolin many times in times of danger, and the relationship between the two became better and better, and they were brothers and sisters. In the time that followed Zhang Zuolin in his eastern expedition to the west, he offered advice and advice, was loyal to Zhang Zuolin, and during Zhang Zuoxiang's tenure as the leader of Jilin Province, he built water conservancy, attached importance to education, and managed Jilin in an orderly manner.
Soon after taking charge of Jilin, there was an incident of Guo Songling's rebellion, and Zhang Zuoxiang quickly dispatched troops and quickly put an end to the incident.
After the Guo Songling incident, Zhang Zuolin originally wanted to execute the generals involved in the rebellion, but Guo Songling opposed it, persuading Zhang Zuolin to only deal with Guo Songling and his wife, and to open up to other generals to avoid the expansion of the incident.
Especially after the Huanggutun incident, everyone elected Zhang Zuoxiang as the commander-in-chief of the security of the three eastern provinces, but Zhang Zuoxiang insisted on refusing, but instead elected Zhang Xueliang, the eldest son of Zhang Zuolin, as the commander-in-chief and himself as his deputy, which made Zhang Xueliang respect him more.
After the northeast changed hands, Zhang Xueliang led the main force into the customs and appointed Zhang Zuoxiang to deal with all the affairs of the northeast rear, which shows how much Zhang Xueliang trusts him.
Soon after the September 18 Incident, the northeast was soon occupied by the Japanese Kou, and Zhang Zuoxiang, who had been a soldier all his life, also withdrew from the military circles and went to Tianjin to live in seclusion; during this period, the Japanese and Puppets invited him to serve in the puppet state of Manchukuo many times, but zhang Zuoxiang strictly refused, but secretly let his son Zhang Tingshu join the Eighth Route Army.
Zhang Tingshu was also a young senior general of the Northeast Army, and the 112th Division he led was one of the best equipped and most effective units of the Northeast Army, and he himself had a good relationship with Zhang Xueliang; after 918, he was ordered to lead his troops to fight the Japanese army at Gubeikou.
After the outbreak of the Lugou Bridge Incident in 1937, Zhang Tingshu found Zhou Enlai, hoping to participate in the anti-Japanese resistance; after two months of study, in October of the same year, Zhang Tingshu led more than 100 people to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, and was organized as the first guerrilla column, with Zhang Tingshu as the commander; after hard work, Zhang Tingshu's team soon grew from more than 100 people to more than 2,000 people, and he also became a famous general of the Eighth Route Army.
After the onset of Zhang Tingshu's liver disease, he went to Hong Kong for treatment with the approval of the organization, and died in 1949 at the age of 45.
Zhang Zuolin's brother-in-law, however, let his son join the Eighth Route Army, and his son later became a famous general of the Eighth Route Army
He was the second in command of the Northeast Army, but secretly let his son defect to the Eighth Route Army, and his son became the commander of the Eighth Route Army