How did Zhang Xueliang escape back to Shenyang? Why did his wife scream in fright and collapse on the ground when she saw him?
In early June 1928, Zhang Zuolin was killed in the two empty bridges of Huanggutun in Shenyang. Zhang Xueliang, who was living in Zhongnanhai, Beijing at the time, was presiding over a military conference of Fengjun generals for the withdrawal of the Fengjun from Guanwai.
According to Zhang Ruzhou, who once served as Zhang Xueliang's personal bodyguard, zhang Xueliang, his bodyguards, assistants, and dozens of other people lived in a building called Xiaoxiangguan in Zhongnanhai's Wanzi Corridor.
In order to handle the handover, Zhang Xueliang handed a large string of keys to the Forbidden City in Beijing to Tan Hai, the captain of the guard, and asked him to send the string of keys to the Forbidden City for safekeeping. Tan Hai couldn't do without it, so he gave this task to Zhang Ruzhou.
Zhang Ruzhou went to the Forbidden City Management Office, handed over the key, and took back a receipt.
When I came back, the time for the meal had passed. Zhang Ruzhou then said to Yang Fengshan, Zhang Xueliang's special chef: "I went to deliver the keys, but I haven't eaten yet." ”
Yang Fengshan said, "I forgot about you, I'm done with you." After thinking about it, he said, "The young marshal has just eaten, and I haven't cleaned it up yet, so you can go and eat something!"
Zhang Ruzhou pushed the door and went in to see, Zhang Xueliang did not eat much, there was still a lot leftovers, so he sat down and ate.
While eating, the phone hanging on the wall rang sharply, because it was Zhang Xueliang's dedicated phone, and he did not dare to answer. After a while, Zhang Xueliang pushed open the door of the conference room and came out to answer the phone.
Zhang Ruzhou personally heard that this was a long call from Shenyang by Zhang Zuolin's fifth wife, Lady Shou. The content of the call was: Zhang Zuolin was killed by the explosion and told him to return to Shenyang immediately.
After Zhang Xueliang heard this news, his expression was very sad, he wiped his eyes with his sleeve, and then went back to the house for a meeting.
When he turned to leave, he said to Zhang Ruzhou solemnly: "Ruzhou, these few words are not allowed to be said, if you say it, I want your head!"
Of course, Zhang Ruzhou did not dare to spread the word to the outside world, but Zhang Xueliang told the generals who had received a call from Shenyang about the meeting. However, he did not tell the truth, but only said that Zhang Zuolin was blown off an arm, and his life did not matter.
Zhang Xueliang ordered Yu Xuezhong, the commander of the Twentieth Army, to cover the safe withdrawal of the entire army from Guanwai, while several bodyguards protected Zhang Xueliang to stay at the Hengshan Dajue Temple in Luanzhou for a few days.
After all the large troops withdrew from the pass, Zhang Xueliang and the guards disguised themselves as gang men and marched to Shenyang in a stuffy tanker of the guards' cavalry company.
At the door of the stuffy tanker was piled up with pots and pans for the march, and everyone was hiding inside. Passing through Stations such as Jinzhou and Huanggutun, there were Japanese soldiers who boarded the train to check, but because they had disguised themselves and hid, they were not found.
The group got off the bus at Shenyang North Railway Station, and when they got down, they were all covered with dust and dirt, and they looked like disciples of the beggar gang. They walked to the small west gate, saw a car placed there, and Zhang Xueliang personally drove the crowd to the Marshal's Mansion.
When they arrived at the gate of the Shuai Mansion, the doorman looked at their dress and refused to let them in.
Zhang Ruzhou then said, "Why don't you let me in, you should take a good look at who is back!"
But he was a newcomer, did not know Zhang Xueliang, and still would not let him go.
In the midst of the argument, a lieutenant colonel, Ma Adjutant, came out and saw him, of course he knew Zhang Xueliang, so he ordered the doorman to let everyone in.
When Yu Fengzhi first saw her husband Zhang Xueliang, she saw that he was dressed like a rice flower, and screamed "Ma Ya" in fright, and she collapsed on the ground. It can be seen that the situation at that time was confused.
After Zhang Xueliang returned, a meeting was held, and only after the troops were stopped did he publicly announce that he would mourn Zhang Zuolin. His guards were all dressed in plain robes that day to show filial piety, but they were all pinned pistols around their waists, and they were closely guarded, afraid that Zhang Xueliang would have an accident. In these days of mourning, the entire guard has been guarding the Spirit Hall, not leaving Zhang Xueliang's side, and is not allowed to go home.
In the following months, although Zhang Xueliang had not repaid his great revenge, he had been swallowing his anger and raising obscurity. It was not until January 10, 1929, that he designed to shoot Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai, that he calculated a bad breath.