One of the most important reasons is that the rank of commander-in-chief is really too high, and few of Chiang Kai-shek's concubines have been able to reach this level. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Nationalist Government led by Chiang Kai-shek began to actively prepare for the civil war, dividing the series of theaters originally established during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression into one general headquarters for suppressing bandits of basically the same rank.
There are some commanders of the General Headquarters of bandits, and one person is responsible for the military command tasks of several provinces, which is destined to be roughly the same as the position of the previous commander-in-chief of the theater.
If you want to become the commander-in-chief, you must at least be a real army general. In Chiang Kai-shek's army, those generals with the rank of general are difficult to qualify for this position. This determined that Chiang Kai-shek could only use some old-school warlords with great influence within the Kuomintang, such as Bai Chongxi, Wei Lihuang, and Fu Zuoyi.
We all know that the Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek achieved formal unification of the whole country after the victory in the Central Plains in 1930. But in fact, the influence of the Nationalist government on the local areas is very limited, and the places where they can completely rule are actually the jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai areas where lao Chiang Kai-shek is based, and other places throughout the country are full of warlords.
Although in the course of the Central Plains War, Feng Yuxiang's northwest army basically collapsed, the Jin Sui army led by Yan Xishan was greatly divided, and the Gui warlords represented by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi also declined. On the surface, Chiang Kai-shek became the leader of the whole of China at that time, but in fact such a political system was very unstable.
Although the power of these local warlords has been greatly weakened, they still control the army and can even express their opinions on local administrative affairs. Chiang Kai-shek, under compulsion, could only give those great warlords the rank of knight.
And our three protagonists today, Fu Zuoyi, Bai Chongxi and Wei Lihuang, are all local warlords who are not Chiang Kai-shek's concubines, but have a relatively large influence throughout the country and even within the Kuomintang.
Fu Zuoyi
For example, Fu Zuoyi was originally a subordinate of Yan Xishan, but after the end of the Central Plains War in 1930, although Yan Xishan was forced to go to the field, Fu Zuoyi successfully became the commander of the 35th Army of the Jin Sui Army and obtained the position of chairman of Suiyuan Province.
Although an important reason for Chiang Kai-shek's promotion of Fu Zuoyi was to allow him to divide Yan Xishan's forces, what Chiang Kai-shek did not expect in the end was that the Suiyuan clan led by Fu Zuoyi actually fell at the end.
In May 1945, Fu Zuoyi became a member of the Kuomintang Central Committee and was promoted to commander of the Second Theater of Operations. After Japan's surrender, Fu Zuoyi's sphere of influence further expanded, and the chahar province, Rehe province, and even half of north China were basically held by Fu Zuoyi.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was actively preparing for civil war, and in order to stabilize the north China region, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Fu Zuoyi as the commander of the North China Suppression Headquarters. However, throughout the Liberation War, Fu Zuoyi basically listened to the tune and did not listen to the announcement, and basically violated the orders from the central government, and finally he also led his army to revolt in Beiping.
Wei Lihuang
As for Wei Lihuang, his influence in the Kuomintang army and government was much higher than that of Fu Zuoyi, and he could even be regarded as half of Chiang Kai-shek's concubine. As early as September 1917, when Chiang Kai-shek was not yet in existence, Wei Lihuang had already joined Sun Yat-sen's guard, was valued by Sun Yat-sen, and even served as a platoon leader of Sun Yat-sen's guard regiment.
In September 1925, Wei Lihuang had become the commander of the Ninth Regiment of the Third Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army. After the End of the Battle of Songkou in 1926, Wei Lihuang was promoted to commander of the 14th Division, and in November 1935, the Nationalists held the Fifth National Congress, and Wei Lihuang was elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee.
On the eve of the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1936, Wei Lihuang had already become the commander of the Xuhai Appeasement Sub-district, and in September of that year, he became a general of the army. He was an absolute old-school general in the Kuomintang army, and his influence was extremely great, although if he talked about local influence, he might not be as good as Fu Zuoyi, but the influence on the Kuomintang army was still very large.
Moreover, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Wei Lihuang also won many victories, and in the "Dictionary of Chinese Famous Names" published in the United States, Wei Lihuang was called a general who always won. In the early days of the Liberation War, Chiang Kai-shek initially made his confidant Chen Cheng the post of chief of staff and concurrently served as the director of the Northeast Expedition of the Nationalist Government to preside over the Northeast War.
However, the problem is that although Chen Cheng is a soldier, he is actually more inclined to politicians, and conspiracy is a leader, but it is really not good to say that military command is not good. Since he took office, he has not fought a single victorious battle, and even made a mess of the entire situation in the northeast.
Therefore, under the compulsion, Chiang Kai-shek could only urgently recall Wei Lihuang, who was nominally visiting Paris for study, but was actually marginalized, in 1947, and appointed him as the director of the Northeast Expedition and the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Suppression Headquarters, taking charge of the military and political power in the northeast.
For Chiang Kai-shek, Wei Lihuang was indeed a forced choice. Because there were not many people who could have this qualification at that time, wei Lihuang was one of the very few chiang kai-shek's half-concubines. It's just a pity that Wei Lihuang was always only half of his concubine, not a close general of Chiang Kai-shek. After taking office in the northeast, most of them did not obey Chiang Kai-shek's orders.
Bai Chongxi
The last Bai Chongxi was even more remarkable, and he and Li Zongren were actually one of the most threatening people in the Nationalist government to Chiang Kai-shek. Although in the previous warlord melee, the Gui forces led by Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren basically did not win a battle. However, due to a series of coincidences, their influence within the Kuomintang military and government was very large.
When the Kuomintang exercised constitutional government in 1948, Li Zongren was elected vice president, and his close ally Bai Chongxi became a member of the Sixth Central Committee of the Kuomintang on May 19, 1945. On the 31st of that year, he became a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee, acting commander-in-chief of the National Army on 4 January 1946, and minister of defense on 15 May 1946.
Even if Chiang Kai-shek did not like him, he needed to consider the influence of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi. At the end of the Liberation War, Li Zongren also became the director of the Strategic Advisory Committee of Chiang Kai-shek's Presidential Office and the commander-in-chief of the Central China Suppression Campaign.
Therefore, the Nationalist government led by Chiang Kai-shek is actually a bulk government, although it is very powerful in name, but it is seriously divided internally. What Chiang Kai-shek was able to summon was his Huangpu concubines. Most of the remaining local warlords did not listen to the announcements, so how could such a divided national government win victory in the war of liberation in which the people's hearts and minds had already been directed?