As we all know, the relationship between Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek can also be regarded as love and killing each other, and before the Xi'an Incident occurred, the two of them could also be called very good friends, but after the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek imprisoned Zhang Xueliang. After Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, six northeastern generals went to Xikou to meet Zhang Xueliang. Zhang Xueliang said to them: "As long as you have military power in your hands, Old Jiang will not dare to move me." At first, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to kill Zhang Xueliang directly, but because Song Meiling discouraged him, he was imprisoned.
One of the six generals of the Northeast Army who met with him was Huo Shouyi, who at the age of 21 followed Zhang Zuolin on his southern expedition to the north and became a general step by step. He is a very upright person, very loyal to Zhang Xueliang, and gets along very well. After huo shouyi spoke with Zhang Xueliang, he warned Chiang Kai-shek: If you dare to move the young marshal, I will move you. And Chiang Kai-shek was touched by his loyalty, and he did not consider executing Zhang Xueliang, so he readily agreed.
After that, Huo Shouyi made great contributions to the War of Resistance and defeated the Japanese army many times. For example, on November 25, 1942, in the Battle of Jiangyin, more than 2,000 Japanese troops were killed and wounded, and 10 tanks were destroyed, making the Japanese army pay a heavy price. Moreover, huo Shouyi's relationship with our army is also very good, and he has worked with our army to resist Japan many times.
He also told his subordinates many times: "Our guns can only be pointed at the Japanese, Chinese hit Chinese, I can't do it." After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Huo Shouyi had very close contacts with our army, repeatedly fought passively during the civil war, and even avoided fighting, and after the liberation of the whole country, he became a research institute in the military academy and also served as a cppcc member of Jiangsu, and finally died in 1967.