Chameleon is a kind of reptile that can change the color of the skin of the body with the surrounding environment, but also adapt to any environment, the color change is to protect itself, so it is also known as the natural camouflage master.
However, in the history of the Republic of China, there is a general whose behavior is similar to that of a chameleon, and he is also very fickle, turning to this today and that tomorrow, so he is also called a defecting general. Friends who may know history when it comes to defecting generals will think of "Shi Yousan". Shi Yousan was a chameleon during the Republic of China period, and he defected many times in his life. As such a capricious villain, why did Shi Yousan turn against him every time, and warlords everywhere were still willing to take him in, don't you know that he is a capricious villain? So, what magic weapon does he have! It would make warlords everywhere willing to take him in.
Shi Yousan
Shi Yousan, a native of Kalun in Jiutai City, Jilin Province, joined the army in 1908, and the first object of his military career was Wu Peifu. However, in the Zhi Army, Shi Yousan was not reused and did not make any achievements, and later, for individual reasons, he was also expelled, and Shi Yousan, who became helpless, defected to Feng Yuxiang under the introduction of his fellow villagers.
In Feng's army, Shi Yousan's rise began, first as his groom and pro-soldier, and then with Feng's gradual promotion. Although Shi Yousan's character was not good, one thing was certain, he was also a fierce general on the battlefield, and in the battle against the troops of Chen Shufan, the overseer of Shaanxi, Feng Bujiu could not defeat the casualties. Therefore, Shi Yousan surprised the three soldiers, selected 40 elite soldiers to personally lead the team, led them to charge, and conquered Puyang Village with a single blow, which was rewarded by Feng Yuxiang after the war.
Feng Yuxiang
Since then, Shi Yousan has gained a firm foothold in FengBu, has a place, and has begun to win over the team, cultivate his own efforts, and set up another mountain. When Feng Yuxiang learned of Shi Yousan's wolf ambitions, he replaced shi yousan's generals at the level of division commander to brigade commander and other generals with his own. This made Shi Yousan very angry, and the result of his handling was extreme, completely disregarding Feng Yuxiang's face, and directly burying the people sent by Feng Yuxiang alive. In this way, Shi Yousan and Feng Yuxiang broke up, but they were loyally supported by their generals, especially the generals who were swept away by Feng Yuxiang, and they were again activated by Shi Yousan, and in their hearts they only recognized Shi Yousan and did not recognize Feng Yuxiang.
Feng Yuxiang saw that Shi Yousan could not be controlled, so he took a strategy of appeasement and listed him as one of the 13 Taibao of the Northwest Army. Please note that among the 13 generals, Shi You's three departments are also the ones with strong combat strength and a large number of people.
Yan Xishan
In March 1926, Shi Yousan ushered in his first defection, when Feng Yuxiang was forced to visit the Soviet Union. Shi Yousan, under the tutelage of the Jin army, announced the surrender of the Jin army Yan Xishan in Baotou, organized into the 14th Division, still stationed in Baotou. Later, I heard that after Feng Yuxiang returned to China, he formed a coalition army of the Nationalist Army after the Oath of Wuyuan Division. At this time, Shi Yousan betrayed Yan Xishan and defected to Feng Yuxiang, becoming the deputy commander-in-chief of the First Front Army of the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army and the commander of the Fifth Army.
However, when the Chiang-Gui War broke out, Shi Yousan again defected to the Gui clan, and after the defeat of the Gui clan, Shi Yousan supported Chiang Kai-shek again, and then turned to Feng Yuxiang. In May of the same year, the Chiang-Feng War broke out, and Shi Yousan defected from Feng Yuxiang under Chiang Kai-shek's bribe. Later, in the Jiang-Tang War, Shi Yousan supported Tang Shengzhi in opposing Chiang Kai-shek, and led his troops to march on the north bank of the Yangtze River, shelled Nanjing, and then retreated to Xinxiang, Henan. Soon, Tang Shengzhi was defeated by Chiang Kai-shek, and Shi Yousan immediately turned to Yan Xishan and escaped Chiang Kai-shek's punishment.
Tang Shengzhi
Seeing this, do you think that Shi Yousan is also a legendary figure, playing with warlords everywhere, there are still people who are willing to take him in. Why? In fact, it has a lot to do with that era. After Yuan Shikai's death, China entered a situation of warlord chaos, although Chiang Kai-shek later unified the world, but the warlords everywhere supported the army and respected themselves, so a new warlord melee broke out. And Shi Yousan had soldiers in his hands, and the power of whoever he turned to would be strengthened a little. Warlords everywhere are happy, in fact, they also know that Shi Yousan is a capricious villain, but for the sake of profit, rub them together. Assuming that the world had been calmed, Shi Yousan would definitely be the first to be shot.
However, after the outbreak of the War of Resistance, Shi Yousan surrendered to the Japanese, in fact, this is not surprising at all, he originally belonged to the people who had milk and mother. Shi Yousan did a lot of bad things when he was a traitor, and finally in 1940 he was buried alive by Gao Shuxun, a general of the Northwest Army, on the bank of the Yellow River.