In June 1928, Zhang Xueliang came to power in the northeast, Zhang Xuecheng began to harbor pro-Japanese ambitions, and in the summer of that year, the Zhilu coalition army was defeated by the Northern Expeditionary Army and fled with Zhang Zongchang to Dalian. Zhang Xuecheng, who was bored and had no guns and no bullets, turned around and went to Shi Yousan. Shi Yousan is a famous renegade general, a typical man who sees profit and forgets righteousness, who is suspicious and insatiable. In his early years, he followed Feng Yuxiang and was one of Feng Yuxiang's "Thirteen Taibao". Although it was Feng Yuxiang who lifted him up, he was ungrateful, betrayed Feng Yuxiang three times, defected to Yan Xishan, rebelled against Chiang Kai-shek, defected to Zhang Xueliang and then opposed Zhang, united with the Communists, opposed communism, resisted Japan against Japan, and finally was buried alive on the bank of the Yellow River by Gao Shuxun, commander of the New 8th Army, and became a lone ghost on the riverbank.
Shi Yousan
In 1930, the Central Plains War broke out, and Shi Yousan, who had originally defected to Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, saw Zhang Xueliang lead his army into the pass, and Feng Yan's army showed a defeated trend, so he sent a telegram to Zhang Xueliang. In the spring of 1931, Shi Yousan's relatives went to Shenyang to meet Zhang Xueliang, and he lost his sincerity to Zhang Xueliang on the basis of his hometown relations in the northeast. Zhang Xueliang incorporated his troops into the 13th Route Army, stationed in Shunde, Hebei, with a strength of more than 60,000 to 40,000 troops, and received a fixed monthly salary of 600,000 yuan.
Shi Yousan was outwardly submissive to Zhang Xueliang, but secretly prepared to expand northward and compete for the throne of the "King of North China". In May 1931, Wang Jingwei, Chen Jitang, and Li Zongren formed a separate National Government in Guangzhou and appointed him commander-in-chief of the 5th Army. In June, he sent a secret telegram to Zhang Xuecheng, asking him to contact the Japanese Kwantung Army, first attacking Pingjin and then occupying the northeast. In July, Shi Yousan was sworn in as commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army in Shunde, and on the grounds that Zhang Xueliang had given very little military expenses, he sent a telegram to Zhang, joining forces with Sun Dianying, Liu Guitang, and Zhang Xuecheng to lead all his troops to march north along Pinghan Road and seize the wagons of Pinghan Road in an attempt to misbehave. On July 24, the Nanjing government ordered Shi You's removal from various posts and sent Liu Zhi and Hu Zongnan to fight. The Northeast Army, with Wan Fulin as its commander-in-chief, led the two armies of Yu Xuezhong and Wang Shuchang to attack. Shi Yousan was attacked from both the north and the south, and ended in failure. Zhang Xuecheng lived in seclusion in the Japanese Concession of Tianjin.
Zhang Xuecheng
After the outbreak of the September 18 Incident, Zhang Xuecheng came out again to drink and enjoy with the Japanese ronin all day long, and also told the people around him that although he was a member of the Zhang clan, he was willing to work with the Japanese to clean up the mess. At that time, the traitor Ling Yinqing had just been annihilated, and the Japanese Kwantung Army was looking for an agent to be loyal to Japan, and Zhang Xuecheng's flattery was deeply appreciated by the Japanese. The commander of the Kwantung Army, Honzhuang Fan, approached Zhang Xuecheng to the headquarters of the Kwantung Army and told him: "The Original Intention of the Japanese Army attacking Northeast China had no intention of invading and occupying Northeast China, and the original intention was to prompt Zhang Xueliang to realize that he would break away from Chiang Kai-shek's cage, return to the northeast as soon as possible, practice Sino-Japanese goodwill, coexist and prosper, jointly defend Manchuria and Mongolia, and defend against the invasion of the Red Forces." However, brother Zhang Xueliang was obstinate and obstinate, and turned against him, so hereby asked you to come out and work together to suppress the remnants of the northeast army in western Liaoning and restore order in the northeast. I guarantee you to be a big leader of both the military and political aspects of the northeast. ”
Zhang Xuecheng immediately stated that "Zhang Xueliang is a stupid worm" and that he would "do his best to do the work of dogs and horses." The two talked back and forth, very speculatively.
The Japanese army entered the northeast
After Becoming Commander-in-Chief of the Self-Defense Army, Zhang Xuecheng took over the post of "Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Self-Defense Army," collected the Hu bandits and the remnants of Ling Yinqing, recruited troops and horses on a large scale, set up a headquarters near Gaoshanzi in Montenegro County, expanded more than 4,000 people, and set up 8 detachments and 18 brigades under it.
Chang
Mi Chunlin, Rong Zhen, and others who were working in the Jinzhou Military and Political Bureau at that time were because he was Zhang Xueliang's cousin and found it difficult to deal with. Huang Xiansheng, then the police chief of Liaoning, personally went to Beiping to ask Zhang Xueliang for instructions on how to deal with Zhang Xuecheng's surrender to Japan as a traitor. Zhang Xueliang also felt quite embarrassed: he and Xuecheng grew up together, entered the first phase of the Lecture Martial Arts Hall together, and after graduation, they both started from the Guard Battalion, the second eldest uncle is no longer there, Xuecheng is the eldest son, once disposed of, the second eldest mother's family will never forgive themselves. However, his father was killed by the Japanese, he has not yet been buried, his hometown has been occupied by the Japanese, as the Zhang family did not avenge their uncle and shame, but for their own selfish desires, they colluded with the Japanese and aided and abetted abuse, how can this not disappoint and anger Zhang Xueliang? After thinking about it again, Zhang Xueliang decided to kill his relatives in a big way, and for the sake of safety, he proposed to convene a family meeting attended by Zhang Xuewen. At the meeting, everyone unanimously agreed with Zhang Xueliang's opinion that those who betray the family and the country must be severely punished. In 1986, more than 60 years later, Zhang Xuecheng's younger brother Zhang Xuewen returned to the province from Brazil and told Zhao Jie, the leader of the provincial CPPCC committee, and others about this little-known detail. With the consent of his family, Zhang Xueliang ordered Huang Xiansheng and others to send an army to completely annihilate Zhang Xuecheng's puppet army.
Huang Xiansheng
Huang Xiansheng received the order to immediately send a telegram to Xiong Fei, Mi Chunlin, and other orders to send troops to quickly suppress it. Xiong and Mi Sui sent a public security cavalry unit to Gaoshanzi in mid-November to encircle and suppress it. In the Battle of Takayama, Zhang Xuecheng and a Group of 4 Japanese advisers were killed, ending his life of treason. Rong Ting, commander of the Japanese puppet brigade, and many others were captured. With Zhang Xueliang's approval, this puppet army was disbanded. Zhang Xueliang destroyed his relatives in spite of his personal feelings and righteousness, eliminated Zhang Xuecheng's puppet army, and encouraged the anti-Japanese fighting spirit of the anti-Japanese volunteer army in western Liaoning, so that the Japanese army temporarily abandoned the plan to attack western Liaoning.