Zhang Zuolin is a very characterful of the warlords in the Republic of China period, although he is more murderous, but he also has his own national integrity, the Japanese have been looking for trouble in the northeast many times, they have been Zhang Zuolin to retaliate, so that the Japanese hate the heart itch, finally, on June 4, 1928, the Japanese planned the "Huanggutun Incident" to blow up Zhang Zuolin's train, Zhang Zuolin was seriously injured and unfortunately died.
After Zhang Zuolin was killed, what was in front of people's eyes was a very important question, who would take over him as the leader of the Northeast Army, according to the reason, the young marshal Zhang Xueliang was the best candidate, when Zhang Zuolin was dying, he actually assigned Zhang Xueliang to take over his position, but in fact, Zhang Xueliang was not the first person to take over the position of marshal, and the most suitable person was the assistant marshal Zhang Zuoxiang.
Zhang Zuoxiang was also born in the green forest, and later turned to Zhang Zuolin, in a battle for territory, Zhang Zuoxiang braved the rain of bullets and bullets to save Zhang Zuolin's life, and the two were also introduced as friends of life and death, and became brothers, for decades, the Northeast Army grew step by step, and Zhang Zuoxiang paid a huge amount of effort.
Therefore, when Zhang Zuolin was killed by the bomb, Zhang Zuoxiang was the first candidate who should take over the position of grand marshal, but Zhang Zuoxiang chose to give up in the face of this power, and he gave up his position to Zhang Xueliang, achieving his own good name.
According to the actual situation, Zhang Zuo was indeed the best candidate to take over the position of marshal, but he did not do so, perhaps for many reasons, first of all, the people of the older generation who mixed up the rivers and lakes were actually very convinced that Lao Tzu had died and his son took over, and now that Zhang Zuolin's corpse was not cold, Zhang Zuoxiang would certainly not rob Zhang Xueliang of his position, which was inconsistent with the morality of the jianghu.
At that time, the Japanese were eyeing the Northeast Tiger, and the internal discord within the Northeast Army would definitely create opportunities for the Japanese, and Zhang Zuoxiang knew this, so he quickly pushed Zhang Xueliang to the position of the leader of the Northeast Army.
After Zhang Xueliang became the leader of the Northeast Army, Zhang Zuoxiang gave him power in a big way, giving Zhang Xueliang all the military power and political power he could give, not only that, he also took several other brothers to support Zhang Xueliang, let Zhang Xueliang do a good job, and they assisted on the side.
After that, we all know that Zhang Xueliang smoothly inherited the position of grand marshal of his father, and Zhang Zuoxiang also left a good name for thousands of years, when the Northeast Army entered the Customs to participate in the Central Plains War, Zhang Xueliang led the troops to go forward, and he entrusted all the affairs of the Northeast to Zhang Zuoxiang to handle, which can also prove his trust in Zhang Zuoxiang.
After the fall of the northeast, the Japanese once recruited Zhang Zuoxiang, who was fiercely rejected by him, and later he completely retreated into seclusion, not asking about the world, and it was considered to be a relatively sufficient life.