This was Zhang Xueliang's first bodyguard, and after the Xi'an Incident, he was sent to the frontier by Chiang Kai-shek
Tan Hai was born in 1891, when he was a child, his family was very poor, he did not even have windows and doors, and when he married his daughter-in-law, he still borrowed curtains from neighbors.
In order to make his daughter-in-law live a good life, Tan Hai ran alone to the banner of Zhang Zuoxiang, the second in-command in the northeast.
Tan Hai's personality is cautious and serious, and he is born with a chivalrous atmosphere, which makes Zhang Zuoxiang, who was born in the grass, very appreciative, and soon after, he recommended Tan Hai to Zhang Xueliang as an aide-de-camp.
Under Zhang Xueliang, Tan Hai was even more successful, not only being promoted to major general, but also shouldering the position of "big butler" of the Shuai Mansion.
At that time, Tan Hai's power was very large, and even Zhang Xueliang's younger brothers and sisters were given monthly money by him.
If he had changed into someone else, holding this Shang Fang sword, he would not have taken advantage of the opportunity to accumulate wealth earlier, but Tan Hai was different, he was always clean and self-righteous, and he had never done anything like a fox fake tiger.
Later, a General of the Feng Clan said to Tan Hai's daughter: "If your father was greedy for money, he would have become rich a long time ago, and at that time, whoever wanted to see Zhang Xueliang would have to go through him?" ”
After the Xi'an Incident in 1936, Zhang Xueliang decided to personally send Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing. He also knew that it would be difficult to turn back from this trip, so before leaving, he called Tan Hai to him and ordered him to stay in Xi'an and wait for his return. But this walk is a farewell.
After Zhang Xueliang lost his freedom, Chiang Kai-shek quickly assigned Tan Hai to the frontier and became an idle man who only took a salary and did not work.
Tan Hai was not annoyed, after the Lugou Bridge incident, he slowly withdrew from the military circles and lived in seclusion in Tianjin.
Someone once advised him to help the Kuomintang, but he said: "Loyal ministers do not do things for the two masters, and I will not do things for the Jiang family." ”
In 1954, Tan Hai died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, and when his family was collecting the relics, they found that what he treasured behind an oil painting was a report about Zhang Xueliang.