What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Although Chiang Kai-shek said that he liked to engage in authoritarianism, as the head of state of a country, Chiang Kai-shek could not do everything as he wished. Sometimes for the sake of profit, and the relationship of mutual use, it is necessary to reuse some national generals who are at odds with him. Not only that, these generals who were at odds with Chiang Kai-shek were also high-ranking officials in the nationalist army.
The first was Tang Shengzhi, a big man in the Xiang Army, who graduated from the Baoding Military Academy and joined the Xiang Army after returning home. Later, through his own efforts, he gradually rose in the Xiang Army, and finally became the leader of the Xiang Army. Later, after judging the situation, he caught up with the last train of the Northern Expeditionary Army, and his unit was organized into the Eighth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and together with Chiang Kai-shek, he waved the Northern Expedition. At that time, Tang Shengzhi's Eighth Army was strong and could be compared with Chiang Kai-shek's First Army, so he also served as the commander-in-chief of the front line of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
Tang Shengzhi
As a powerful figure in the Xiang Army, he was also the target of Chiang Kai-shek's solicitation, but Tang Shengzhi was very close to Wang Jingwei. In his future military career, he rebelled against Chiang Kai-shek three times, and each time the reasons were different, but each time, Tang Shengzhi ended in failure.
However, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, although Tang Shengzhi was at odds with Chiang Kai-shek, he was able to hold a high rank in the Nationalist army, and at that time his rank was general of the first rank in the army, which was the highest rank in the nationalist army. (In addition to Chiang Kai-shek's special general), he later served as the commander of the Nanjing guard and commanded the defense of Nanjing, but after the defeat in this battle, Tang Shengzhi's military career also ended.
Li Zongren
The second and third were Li Bai of the Gui warlords. These two are a system, so Xiaobian put them together to tell everyone, Li refers to Li Zongren, and Bai refers to Bai Chongxi. These two are also considered to be a generation of famous generals in the national army, and their military command skills are excellent. Although they were generals belonging to local warlords, Chiang Kai-shek admired the military talents of these two men, especially Bai Chongxi. Friends who may know history know that Li Bai, a warlord of the Gui clan during the Republic of China, participated in the ouster of Chiang Kai-shek three times. It can be seen that the relationship between the three people is not very good, but for the sake of profit, they still walk together. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had to rely on Chiang Kai-shek's big tree to prevent their Gui clan from going to ruin. And Chiang Kai-shek also rarely had the military talents of the two men, so he has always been entrusted with heavy responsibilities.
Especially after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Zongren served as the commander of the Fifth Theater, the planner of The Headquarters of Bai Chongxi, and together with He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, xu Yongchang and called the four giants of the Nanjing (Chongqing) Headquarters during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. It is enough to see that although Chiang Kai-shek was at odds with them, he had to tolerate them in order to use them.
Bai Chongxi
The fourth is Feng Yuxiang, probably everyone knows more about this one, he is the leader of the Northwest Army, and he is known as the King of the Northwest. Moreover, he and Chiang Kai-shek are still brothers, which shows that the relationship between Feng and Chiang is not ordinary. But this was all during the Northern Expedition, after the victory of the Northern Expedition. The two tore each other's faces for their own interests, and eventually the Central Plains War broke out. However, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was soon defeated, and finally the troops were absorbed by Chiang Kai-shek. Feng Yuxiang, who has no soldiers and no power, will become a politician in the Republic of China period in the future. However, Chiang Kai-shek held Feng Yuxiang very high, and his position in the Nationalist army was second only to Chiang Kai-shek, but he had no real power, and his rank was that of a first-class general.
To put it bluntly, Chiang Kai-shek was just to do it, and the generals of the Northwest Army saw it, after all, the Northwest Army had just been reorganized at that time. Moreover, Feng Yuxiang was very influential in the Northwest Army. If Feng Yuxiang had not been properly arranged, all the officers and men of the Northwest Army would not have obeyed Chiang Kai-shek.