Historians regard the "Xi'an Incident" as a turning point in the War of Resistance Against Japan, which was jointly launched by two Kuomintang generals, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng. Before the "Xi'an Incident," Chiang Kai-shek," which Chiang Kai-shek had been promoting in china, was"
Outside must first be inside
The policy means that in order to resist Japan, we must first eliminate the domestic political parties one by one, and then resist Japanese aggression. The "military advice" launched by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng completely disrupted Chiang Kai-shek's plans and forced Chiang Kai-shek to agree to stop the civil war and establish an anti-Japanese national united front.
Shao Minghuang, director of Taiwan's Kuomintang Party History Museum, said in his evaluation of the Xi'an incident:
Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, as Kuomintang generals at that time, not only did not actively suppress the Communists, but also held the commander-in-chief hostage by extraordinary means, which was almost equivalent to a "military coup", and even in today's China, it should be sanctioned and cannot be tolerated.
"For the Kuomintang authorities, this is indeed the case.
General Yang Hucheng
What happened to Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Xueliang after the Xi'an Incident
After the "Xi'an Incident", the fates of the two generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng did take a huge turn, Zhang Xueliang accompanied Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing after the Xi'an Incident, and was secretly imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek as soon as he got off the plane, and then began a 55-year captive life.
The leaderless Northeast Army also had great internal divisions.
The cunning Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to put forward a plan for "eastern transfers" and stationed the Northeast Army in southern Henan, northern Anhui, and northern Jiangsu
Then reorganized the Northeast Army, and the Northeast Army was completely controlled by the Kuomintang. We can't help but sigh at the encounter of this charming young marshal who holds a lot of power, but the encounter of another general, Yang Hucheng, is even more lamentable.
After cleaning up Zhang Xueliang, it was natural to attack Yang Hucheng, but according to one of the 4 conditions for the release of Chiang Kai-shek by the Xi'an Incident at that time."
The garrison and political status of the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army remained unchanged
At that time, Yang Hucheng did not return to Nanjing with Chiang Kai-shek like Zhang Xueliang, and the so-called Emperor Shanggao was far away and wanted to take Yang Hucheng, chiang kai-shek still had a lot of thought.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek disposed of Yang Hucheng
To deal with Yang Hucheng, the biggest hidden danger is the 17th Route Army, if the improper practice provokes a mutiny, it will not only gain more than it loses, but also discredit itself. Chiang Kai-shek's last chosen strategy was"
Make the head of the consolation
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He ordered Yang Hucheng to surrender his military power and suspend him, and then offered condolences to his men.
Sun Weiru was appointed chairman of Shaanxi Province, Du Bincheng was made secretary general, And Then Shifu was made director of the Department of Finance, and some other generals were also given many official positions and benefits by Chiang Kai-shek. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek stabilized the 17th Route Army and could safely dispose of Yang Hucheng.
Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly issued orders to Yang Hucheng and summoned Yang Hucheng to Hangzhou for a meeting. Yang Hucheng also knew that this day would come sooner or later. When we arrived in Hangzhou, when we were talking at the villa, Chiang Kai-shek said:
Han Qing was young and vigorous, and he did not know the height of the sky, so he made a big mistake in Xi'an. But Tiger City, you are an old comrade, you will follow him, what do people think!
After Yang Hucheng heard this, he never said a word in the whole meeting.
The next day,
Chiang Kai-shek proposed to Yang Hucheng:
Let you dismiss your post and stay in office, in fact, I want you to go abroad to investigate, learn more about the experience of Europe and the United States, you don't want to think too much.
Yang Hucheng naturally did not believe his lies, although he was extremely disgusted with him in his heart, but on the surface he could only obediently obey. After Yang Hucheng returned to Xi'an, Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly sent telegrams urging Yang Hucheng to leave for the United States.
Many soldiers of the Seventeenth Route Army interceded for Yang Hucheng and let Yang Hucheng slow down.
Chiang Kai-shek remained indifferent, and in the end he had no choice but to do so, and Yang Hucheng, together with his wife Xie Baozhen and son Yang Zhengzhong, had already set off from Shanghai by steamship to the United States. At this point, Yang Hucheng, the leader of the Xi'an Incident, was also expelled by Chiang Kai-shek and had difficulty returning home.
At this time, Yang Hucheng remembered Zhang Xueliang, who had fought side by side with himself, and did not know when he would be able to return to the motherland, and did not know when he would be able to see his former friend again, and a sense of sadness began to flood in his heart.
Yang Hucheng
He was concerned about the motherland, but he was tragically assassinated
Originally, Chiang Kai-shek's disposition of Yang Hucheng would have come to an end here, but after Staying in the United States for half a year, Yang Hucheng was worried about the war in the motherland, so he called Chiang Kai-shek to express his desire to return to China to participate in the war.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek, who was still in a bad mood, triumphantly sniffed the opportunity to trap Yang Hucheng.
It has been half a year since Yang Hucheng's exile, and the people's mood has calmed down for the most part, and if Yang Hucheng is secretly placed under house arrest at this time, it will not cause riots.
So Chiang Kai-shek agreed to Yang Hucheng's return to China and asked him to meet in Nanchang, and sent Dai Kasa to the station to meet him. Yang Hucheng did not expect that as soon as he got out of the car, he was controlled by more than a hundred people brought by Dai Kasa, and then he was imprisoned by Dai Kasa in his villa.
Dai Kasa arranged 30 secret agents to guard Yang Hucheng to prevent him from escaping or committing suicide, and I think the more important reason was for the sake of secrecy.
Two months later, Yang Hucheng was transferred to the Wu family mansion in Taoyuan County, Hunan Province, and Dai Kasa's agents lured Yang Hucheng's wife Xie Baozhen and son Yang Zhengzhong to the Wu family mansion.
At this point, all of Yang Hucheng's family were put under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek
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Until 1949, the Kuomintang was gradually defeated, and Chiang Kai-shek was preparing to flee to Taiwan,
Chiang Kai-shek secretly summoned Mao Renfeng and ordered Mao Renfeng to shoot all the Communists and rebels in prison.
Mao Renfeng asked in surprise, "All?" At this time, Chiang Kai-shek had reached the point of madness. Mao Renfeng continued to ask, "What about the one who is locked up in Guizhou?" (At this time, Yang Hucheng had been transferred to Guizhou for imprisonment)", Chiang Kai-shek was furious:"
He should have died at the time of the Xi'an Incident, and it was cheap enough for him to let him live for so many more years.
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Portrait of General Yang Hucheng
Therefore, on the night of June 9, 1949, General Yang Hucheng and his family were tricked into going to Chongqing by Kuomintang agents, and they were assassinated in the Dai Gong Ancestral Hall in Chongqing.
At the behest of Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Renfeng arranged the Chongqing Massacre that shocked the world, slaughtering more than 300 revolutionary martyrs in our country.
Although Chongqing was liberated the next day, it happened
The massacre the night before became a scar in Chongqing
。 Some people say that compared with Zhang Xueliang, Chiang Kai-shek hates Yang Hucheng more, so he will give Yang Hucheng a heavy hand next time.
Because during the Central Plains War, Zhang Xueliang had helped Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang had a personal relationship. But Yang Hucheng was once Feng Yuxiang's subordinate, belonged to the warlord dissidents, and was the object that Chiang Kai-shek would have to clean up sooner or later.