The Warring States Strategy said that a soldier dies for a confidant. Since five thousand years of civilization, how many heroes have heroically defended their families, friends, and comrades-in-arms.
"Etiquette, righteousness, filial piety, loyalty"... These few words have been passed down from generation to generation, and how many stories have been told for the appeal of this land of China. Among them, a "righteousness" word describes the feelings between brothers, friends, and comrades-in-arms more appropriately.
In China's modern history, every process contains blood, tears and pain. Although that period of history is terrible, we have also learned dedication, patriotism, protection, and enthusiasm in history. That fiery loyalty should be remembered by every Chinese.
Zhang Xueliang's four bodyguards
As Zhang Zuolin's eldest son, Zhang Xueliang's birth laid the foundation for his future to be turbulent and dangerous.
The patriotic general Zhang Xueliang was known as one of the "Four Beautiful Men of the Republic of China". But he didn't just have this handsome face. Under his personable skin, there is a brave, intelligent, upright and patriotic heart.
Although, Zhang Xueliang has made great contributions to the motherland facing life and death. However, after experiencing the "Xi'an Incident", because of Chiang Kai-shek's suspiciousness and sensitivity, he was imprisoned by various means.
It was not until his later years that Zhang Xueliang regained his freedom. Although our generals are well-known, little is known that before he was placed under house arrest, four prominent bodyguards were at his side.
Tan Hai - practiced "loyalty" all his life
As the person who followed Zhang Xueliang for the longest time, Tan Hai was counted as the "first bodyguard", and in his long-term work, he was deeply trusted by the young marshal.
Tan Hai is a compatriot of Zhang Zuoxiang of the Northeast Army. He had a very hard life since he was a child, and he was always raised by his grandmother. When he grew up, he followed his grandmother to learn the craft of a shoemaker, and after leaving school, he became a shoemaker.
However, due to the sluggish environment, the shoe shop closed its doors because of poor business. After that, Tan Hai went to join Zhang Zuoxiang. Zhang Zuoxiang was Tan Hai's uncle, so he took him in to do some simple errands.
Zhang Zuoxiang was attracted by Tan Hai's careful and steady personality and quickly promoted him to a position. Soon, he was introduced to Zhang Xueliang. Since then, Tan Hai has begun his 14-year military career.
After Zhang Xueliang came to power in the northeast, he appointed Tan Hai as the head of his own guard department. In the past ten years of wind and rain, no matter how big or small affairs occur, Tan Hai has always accompanied Zhang Xueliang.
After escorting Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing, Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest. Tan Hai, who learned the news, wanted to break his head and used all the methods he could think of to rescue, but he always ended up in no way. In the days that followed, Tan Hai received an olive branch from all sides, but he still righteously refused, "I Tan Hai only keep the festival for Zhang Shaoshuai, and I am loyal to the second lord!" After that, he returned to Tianjin to live in seclusion.
This bodyguard accompanied Zhang Xueliang for fourteen years, and he used his "loyalty" to pursue his life, and at the end of his life, he was still waiting for the return of this young marshal.
In 1954, Tan Hai died in Tianjin due to a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and this "loyal servant" did not wait for Zhang Xueliang in the end. But he believes that the young marshal can understand this sentiment.
Jiang Huanan -- Protect the young marshal with his life
Zhang Xueliang has experienced too many moments of crisis in his life, but the most endangered death is probably the day in 1926.
In September 1926, Zhang Xueliang was ordered by Zhang Zuolin to go to Zhangjiakou to rectify a band of bandits. After learning of this news, the bandit division commander Wang Yongqing decided to kill Zhang Xueliang on this day.
This time, Zhang Xueliang was protected with his life by a bodyguard named Jiang Huanan, who had previously been a staff officer under Guo Songling's army. Guo Songling saw that he was loyal and talented, so he recommended him to Zhang Xueliang.
Jiang Huanan and Zhang Xueliang are similar in age, and after repeated conversations, they have found that the two have many similarities, and after constantly experiencing war, the feelings of these "two brothers" have become deeper.
On this day, when Zhang Xueliang and his party arrived at Zhangjiakou, the alert Jiang Huanan sensed that there was something wrong with the atmosphere, so he proposed to replace Zhang Xueliang for the training.
Unexpectedly, jiang Huanan got out of the car and encountered a sniper who had already been ambushed, and was killed on the spot, only 26 years old.
Although he had experienced great winds and waves, Zhang Xueliang was also stunned at that moment. I'm afraid he himself never thought that Jiang Huanan, who was still chatting with himself for a second, fell in front of him in an instant.
It is very rare to have a close friend in this life, and the friend who gave his life to protect himself is remembered for a lifetime. Zhang Xueliang endured grief and built an ancestral hall for Jiang Huanan to thank him for all this for himself.
Liu Duoquan - a piece of Dan heart, loyal
Liu Duoquan is a classmate of Jiang Huanan. Before Jiang Huanan's death, he introduced the loyal, reliable and resourceful Liu Duoquan to Zhang Xueliang.
When he arrived under Zhang Xueliang's command, Liu Duoquan used his wisdom and wisdom to advise Zhang Xueliang, and soon he became zhang Xueliang's most trusted and most reliant person.
And all this calm was also broken in 1936 - the Xi'an Incident began.
Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng decided to detain Lao Jiang, and in order to ensure the smooth progress of this difficult task, Zhang Xueliang entrusted this heavy burden to the trustworthy Liu Duoquan to complete.
However, when the mission was completed, the old Jiang who had a vendetta would put Zhang Xueliang under house arrest. Among them, Liu Duoquan was also trying to save Zhang Xueliang.
Later, due to Chiang Kai-shek's persecution, Liu Duoquan's detached army took refuge in Hong Kong. After the founding of New China, he was invited by the chairman and the premier to dedicate his life to the construction of new China.
He Shili - born into a rich family, but bowed to the best of his ability
Ho Shi Li is different from the appearance of ordinary bodyguards: poor, five big and three thick, he is the son of Ho Tung, the richest man in Hong Kong, not only from a well-to-do family, but also a Eurasian mixed race.
He Shili's father had a very good relationship with Zhang Zuolin, and according to the generational division, as the grandson of He Dong's brother, the gambling king He Hongshen also had to perform the ritual of kneeling when he saw He Shili.
Although he was born into a wealthy family, He Shili did not have the appearance of a rich man's clumsy son at all. On the contrary, he aspired to join the military from an early age, and after graduating from military school, he has been following Zhang Xueliang.
For this kind of noble prince, Zhang Xueliang was very unhappy at first, thinking that they were just here to play and did not have the spirit of hardship. However, with the passage of time, He Shili gave full play to his ability to attitude, and Zhang Xueliang gradually accepted this "unoptimized rich second generation".
Many times when it was necessary to give advice, it was all relying on He Shili's staff officers. After the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest, and He Shili lost his position as a staff officer.
During that time, He Shili also tried his best to rescue Zhang Xueliang, but after the hopelessness, He Shili also threw himself into the war and spilled his own blood for the country.
In 1990, Zhang Xueliang finally returned to freedom. He Shili, who was already in his old age, personally went to see Zhang Xueliang. Eight years later, He Shili died of illness at the age of 92.
epilogue
"A piece of Dan's heart shines on the sweat and blue", posterity saw Zhang Xueliang and his four bodyguards' hearts for the country's red and fiery hearts, and also saw their righteousness and courage to stand up at a critical moment.
Although the endings of the four people are different, their bold loyalty in jointly defending the young marshal in the Xi'an Incident is worth remembering forever.
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