What kind of era is the Republic of China? The four major families of Jiang Song Kong Chen, warlords, anti-Japanese resistance, and those young talents and socialites who were active in social places all appeared on this historical stage, and Zhang Zongchang was one of the leaders of the Fengzhi warlords.
Zhang Zongchang was born as a bandit, and also went to the Middle East Railway as a road builder, went to Siberia to pan for gold, over time, Zhang Zongchang can speak fluent and accurate Russian, it is these experiences, Zhang Zongchang can survive no matter what kind of harsh environment, and exercised a very accurate marksmanship.
After the Wuchang Uprising, Zhang Zongchang returned to China to participate in the revolution. Zhang Zongchang first defected to Hu Ying, the governor of the Shandong Nationalist Army, and then went to the tent camp of the Governor of the Shanghai Army, and in 1913, Zhang Zongchang was promoted to the commander of the Third Division of the Jiangsu Army, and was sent to Xuzhou to defend the Beiyang Army.
However, Zhang Zongchang defected on the front line and surrendered to the Beiyang general Feng Guozhang, thus becoming a member of the direct line. The direct family is one of the factions of the Beiyang warlords, with Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun, and Wu Peifu as the leaders.
However, there was still a lot of contention among the Beiyang warlords, in 1921, Zhang Zongchang was defeated by Chen Guangyuan, the overseer of Jiangxi, and later disliked by Warlords such as Wu Peifu because of his bandit origin, so he went to Fengtian to join Zhang Zuolin, the "King of the Northeast", from a direct line to a Feng family, starting from scratch.
Zhang Zongchang had the ability, so he was quickly appreciated by Zhang Zuolin, and he was promoted step by step, and because he had been a bandit, after being sent to fight against the Hu bandit Lu Yonggui, it was a scene of "fellow villagers seeing fellow villagers, two tears flowing".
It turned out that many of the big and small leaders under Lu Yonggui were fellow villagers who had broken into the Kwantung with him, and because Zhang Zongchang was a righteous warrior, he also had a lot of prestige among them, so Zhang Zongchang organized the Hu bandits into three regiments.
In addition, because of the October Revolution in Russia, a large number of Russian white troops entered the northeast of the mainland, and Zhang Zongchang took them under his command with the belief that "many soldiers have more power and great power". At this time, Zhang Zuolin was defeated in the Zhifeng War, and what was missing was the strength of the troops, and Zhang Zongchang's move undoubtedly solved this part of the problem.
Later, in the Second Zhifeng War, Zhang Zongchang was appointed deputy commander of the 2nd Army of the Zhenwei Army and made military merits, but Zhang Zongchang did not have his own territory, and it was Zhang Zuolin who relied on him. However, Zhang Zongchang's reputation is not good, there are "dog meat" general, "three do not know" general and other titles, "three do not know" that is, "the soldiers do not know how much, do not know how much money, the aunt does not know how much."
Warlords have many aunts and wives, which are more common in the Republic of China period, and Zhang Zongchang's aunts and wives have more than 50 well-documented, many of whom are forced, and there are Also Japanese women, 5 sisters of Belarus, the above photo is Zhang Zongchang's White Russian aunt, which is indeed beautiful.
In addition, Zhang Zongchang also received a short private school education in the early years, and later gained momentum step by step, and he especially liked to write poetry, such as this "Wing Xue":
"Something flies in the sky, a bunch of east and a bunch comes to a pile of west; could it be that the Jade Emperor covers the golden hall, and sifts lime and sifts lime."
It was really eye-catching, suddenly cheerful, and a bandit atmosphere swept over the face, but it did not prevent Zhang Zongchang from writing poetry and self-appreciation.
In 1928, Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese, and Zhang Zongchang crossed to Japan after a disguise, and his remnants were absorbed by the warlord Bai Chongxi. The general trend has gone, Zhang Zongchang's situation is different from the past, after returning to China, Zhang Zongchang finally died at the hands of Zheng Jicheng, who avenged his father.