He Chengli, everyone may think that he is a nobody! In fact, his official position is quite high.
In 1882, He Chengli was born into a landlord family in Hubei Province.
In 1902, he studied at Wuchang Lianghu University and met Huang Xing during this period! In 1904, he was sent to Japan for military studies and joined the League the following year.
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, he served as a deputy officer of the War Department in the Provisional Presidential Palace in Nanjing, followed Sun Yat-sen, and Huang Xing carried out a series of revolutionary activities, which can be said to be the elders of the Kuomintang military and political circles.
After Chiang Kai-shek came to power, He Chenglian was reused as a member of the Central Committee since the "Three Greats" of the Kuomintang, a member of the National Government, a member of the Military Commission, twice served as the chairman of Hubei Province, the director of the Wuhan camp, and one of the first batch of second-class army generals in the National Government.
His status is evident.
Li Zongren we don't need to introduce more!
At the beginning, Li Zongren and He Chengli were both strong supporters of Chiang Kai-shek, and both made great contributions during the Northern Expedition and were heavily entrusted by Chiang Kai-shek.
During the Jiang-Gui War in 1929, the two had their first feud.
On December 29, 1928, after helping Chiang Kai-shek complete the last procedure of changing the northeast, He Chengtao was appointed as the director of the North Parallel Battalion. It was also in this year that He Chenglian went home for the Chinese New Year and learned the news that the Gui clan used the Wuhan government to remove Lu Diping, chairman of Hunan Province, from his post, laying the groundwork for the future "Jiang Gui War."
Soon, He Chengli got the detailed process from Cheng Qian and telegraphed it to Chiang Kai-shek, who was celebrating the Spring Festival in Shanghai.
Chiang Kai-shek felt the seriousness of the matter and immediately returned to Nanjing to discuss with He Chengli and others how to deal with the Gui clan.
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek accepted He Chengli's method and reactivated Tang Shengzhi to deal with 100,000 mercenaries, stationed in Tangshan, Hebei Province, by Bai Chongxi.
He Chengli, alone, quietly arrived in Beiping and secretly planned this matter!
The method is also very simple, that is, to constantly secretly send Qiu Bo to Bai Chongxi's subordinates, using all relations to delay time. After Tang Shengzhi arrived in Beiping from Hong Kong, he used the name of the director of the Bei parallel battalion to appoint Tang Shengzhi as the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Route Army. Tang Shengzhi's old department, which was bribed by He Chenglin, immediately unfurled the banner of "supporting Tang and turning white."
In order to save his life, Bai Chongxi, escorted by more than a dozen henchmen, fled from Tanggu in a hurry.
As a result, Bai Chongxi's 100,000 troops were disintegrated overnight.
After this incident happened, the Gui family could be said to hate He Chengli to the bone.
In 1930, the Central Plains War broke out, and He Chengli and Li Zongren belonged to different camps and were important members.
He Chengli was the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army, leading more than 10 divisions of miscellaneous troops along the Pinghan Railway to fight Feng Yuxiang's troops.
Li Zongren was the deputy commander of the hostile zhengying camp, the commander-in-chief of the first road, and his combat mission was to lead the troops from Guangxi into Wuhan and attack He Chengli.
However, due to Zhang Xueliang's interference, Li Zongren's troops had not yet reached Hubei territory, and the overall situation had already been decided, and they could only retreat to Guangxi.
Although the two avoided a big war, the position has been revealed, and the two have added another hatred.
Chiang Kai-shek's status had been determined, He Chengli had also been reused, and he had become a veritable "King of Hubei" with a heavy army, and Li Zongren could only endure hatred and wait for the opportunity to take revenge.