Now there is a very popular saying on the Internet:
"Today you love to answer me, tomorrow I will make you unable to climb high."
In fact, this sentence is also used equally for Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi.
As we all know, Fu Zuoyi was once one of Yan Xishan's thirteen Taibao, but in the end the two went their separate ways, some people said that fu Zuoyi betrayed his old boss with a wolf heart and dog lungs, and some people said that Yan Xishan was too suspicious of his heart and lost Fu Zuoyi.
Fu Zuoyi
So what is the truth?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > Chiang Kai-shek unexpectedly promoted Yan-Fu relations</h1>
In fact, at the beginning, Yan Xishan and Fu Zuoyi did not deal with each other.
Yan Xishan, a native of Wutai, Shanxi, attaches great importance to the hometown complex, which is quite similar to Chiang Kai-shek in this regard, and is a faction that is relatively nepotistic.
It is worth mentioning that Marshal Xu Qianqian, one of the ten marshals of our country, is also a native of Wutai, Shanxi, and Yan Xishan naturally attaches great importance to it, and has repeatedly coerced and lured Xu Shuai to join his command, but due to different political opinions, Xu Shuai resolutely does not follow, which has also become a heart disease of Yan Xishan.
Later, as long as he was a general in Shanxi, Yan Xishan would find ways to include him, such as the later Liang Huazhi and others, all from Shanxi.
Yan Xishan
However, Fu Zuoyi, as a native of Shanxi, was not valued by Yan Xishan.
In 1918, after graduating from the Baoding Military Academy, Fu Zuoyi returned to Shanxi and threw himself into Yan Xishan's Jin army, and because of his brilliant performance in many wars, Fu Zuoyi soon received Yan Xishan's attention.
Even so, Fu Zuoyi had never been reused by Yan Xishan, what was going on?
It turned out that during the Xinhai Revolution, Yan Xishan and another general from the Jinnan region of Shanxi, Yao Yiyi, participated in the uprising together, and the two were originally very hardcore relations, but gradually they disagreed over some things, and finally the relationship broke down and directly parted ways. Yan Xishan was very angry about this and threatened to no longer trust the Jinnan people from now on.
Yao to price
This Fu Zuoyi is a Jinnan person.
It was no wonder that this Yan Xishan had been unwilling to reuse Fu Zuoyi.
Later, the relaxation of the relationship between the two people had to be thanked by a person, who was the spokesman for the confusing operation - Chiang Kai-shek.
Fu Zuoyi was repeatedly promoted in the army and was promoted by many people, so he became famous among the Jin warlords.
Naturally, this naturally attracted the attention of Principal Jiang, so he threw an olive branch to Fu Zuoyi, hoping that Fu Zuoyi would come to his Jiang group.
But this Fu Zuoyi was a loyal and clear-minded man, and even though Yan Xishan refused to reuse him and snubbed him, he would not join in chiang kai-shek's complicity.
Due to Chiang Kai-shek's co-optation, Yan Xishan feared that Fu Zuoyi would defect to the Chiang clique, and finally stopped snubbing Fu Zuoyi. And Fu Zuoyi's sincere heart was not in vain, and he finally waited for Yan Xishan's attention.
Chiang Kai-shek
Later, Fu Zuoyi became Yan Xishan's right and left arm, and made great achievements in many wars, and later made more verbal comments:
"If Yan Xishan is a fierce tiger, then Fu Zuoyi is the claws on the tiger."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="65" > abandoned by Yan Xishan and kept in Taiyuan</h1>
Or not
"Gun shoots the head bird"
Fu Zuoyi played too well, but was targeted by Yan Xishan.
In 1928, when the north and south were reunified, Fu Zuoyi took advantage of the opportunity of the Fengjun to change its deployment and successfully infiltrated the hinterland of the Fengjun and took down the crucial Zhuozhou.
However, the remaining main forces of the Jin army fell elsewhere, and they withdrew from the two railway lines of Jinghan and Jingsui, and directly put Fu Zuoyi in Zhuozhou.
At this point, Zhuozhou directly became the pocket of the Feng army, and Fu Zuoyi repeatedly asked Yan Xishan for help, but he did not get any response from Yan Xishan.
Fu Zuoyi had no choice but to lead a force of less than 10,000 people to zhuozhou, and after about a hundred days of defending, Fu Zuoyi no longer stubbornly insisted on sticking to it, but accepted dissuasion from the outside world and negotiated peace with The Feng army.
Subsequently, more than 7,000 remnants of the fourth remnant led by Fu Zuoyi went out of the city to accept the reorganization of the Feng army, and Fu Zuoyi was also placed under house arrest by Zhang Xueliang in the process of going to negotiate peace.
Chang
It seems that Fu Zuoyi had no choice but to accept the peaceful adaptation and was imprisoned by the other side, but Fu Zuoyi's performance in the Battle of Zhuozhou still made him famous in the battle.
This had obviously become a sharp thorn in Yan Xishan's heart, but at this moment, Yan Xishan had not yet fully attacked.
In 1937, the Japanese army invaded Shanxi, Yan Xishan's troops were defeated and retreated, and it was impossible to compete with it, and later after retreating to Taiyuan, no one was willing to defend at all.
Clear-eyed people know that this is a huge fire pit.
However, Fu Zuoyi understood the great righteousness, and for the sake of the national interests, he would never let the Japanese invade, so he offered to lead troops to guard Taiyuan.
This made Yan Xishan very happy, and this pot was worried that no one would pick up, so he praised Fu Zuoyi's courage and praise, and also returned the 101st Division that was directly transferred to the 35th Army, and Fu Zuoyi's troops had about 10,000 people at this moment.
But gradually, Fu Zuoyi smelled some unusual smells, and sticking to Taiyuan was simply Yan Xishan's act of defending the car.
To put it bluntly, Yan Xishan did not want to exhaust his strength in Taiyuan, but he also wanted to stay behind and hold Taiyuan with some troops, that is, he could not hold it, he did not lose it, and the main force had already gone to Linfen.
Fu Zuoyi understood that he would not be able to fight a single blow, and now, the Japanese 5th Division had begun to attack the outskirts of Taiyuan, and the troops were scattered, and the plan for the field battle of Yicheng could not be realized any longer.
Since this is the case, then he might as well sacrifice himself to protect the country and be a hero for a lifetime.
Later, Fu Zuoyi left a last word to his hometown, encouraging all the soldiers to fight against the enemy with the spirit of seeing death as a homecoming.
However, Wei Lihuang, deputy commander of the theater, and Zhou Enlai, a representative of the CPC, completely disagreed with Fu Zuoyi's stubborn defense of Taiyuan, and then the two of them advised Fu Zuoyi one after another, stating that the War of Resistance Against Japan was a protracted war, and that sacrificing for the gain and loss of one city and one place was completely more than worth the loss, and that it was not worth the loss, and that it was not necessary to stick to the code of foolish loyalty and that preserving the living forces was the best choice.
Wei Lihuang
Fu Zuoyi was also deeply moved and listened to the advice of the two men.
Fu Zuoyi then received Chiang Kai-shek's order to retreat, and withdrew to the Shilou area with his troops, and although the Japanese army successfully occupied Taiyuan, it suffered heavy casualties and was unable to commit another attack in the south.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="69" > Yan Xishan's suspicions eventually caused the two to part ways</h1>
After Fu Zuoyi withdrew from Taiyuan, Yan Xishan not only did not rejoice that Fu Zuoyi was still alive, but instead claimed that Fu Zuoyi was shameless and was a person who sold his reputation and reputation.
It turned out that Yan Xishan did not want to let Fu Zuoyi walk out of Taiyuan alive, and Fu Zuoyi himself said that he would stick to Taiyuan. Now Fu Zuoyi was standing in front of him well.
It's really a mistake to be alive.
However, this was not the last step to crush Yan Xishan's prejudice against Fu Zuoyi.
Here we must mention a churning stick - Zhang Yinwu.
This person and Fu Zuoyi were the same window of the Baoding Military Academy, and originally the friendship between the same window should be strong and unhurried, but Zhang Yinwu was jealous of this person plus his heart was not right, and he had long been jealous of Fu Zuoyi's promotion so quickly, and he thought that no matter how talented and strategic he was, he had greatly defeated Fu Zuoyi, how could he see him rise step by step?
Zhang Yinwu
When the opportunity came, Zhang Yinwu first chewed the root of his tongue in Yan Xishan's ear after the Battle of Zhuozhou, saying that Fu Zuoyi was a "surrender general", but in fact he had already hooked up with Zhang Xueliang of the Feng Army, and had a great intention of betrayal.
Yan Xishan also felt quite reasonable, but still left a trace of trust.
Later, after Fu Zuoyi withdrew from Taiyuan, rumors came out again, claiming:
Why was Fu Zuoyi able to keep in Zhuozhou for about 100 days? But in Taiyuan, it was only held for less than half a month?
This completely crushed a little trust in Fu Zuoyi in Yan Xishan's heart, so after Fu Zuoyi withdrew from Taiyuan, Yan Xishan actually called Chiang Kai-shek and asked Chiang Kai-shek to remove Fu Zuoyi from his post.
However, Chiang Kai-shek ignored it, and instead praised Fu Zuoyi's stubborn defense of Taiyuan.
Fu Zuoyi was also completely disappointed after learning what Yan Xishan had done, and the two immediately parted ways.
Later, Fu Zuoyi returned to Suiyuan under the arrangement to serve as the chairman of the province, not only to govern Suiyuan in an orderly manner, but also to create such a big victory as the Battle of Wuyuan later.
Map of the Wuyuan Martyrs' Cemetery
In 1949, Fu Zuoyi understood the great righteousness, accepted the Communist Party's agreement on peaceful liberation, handed over the power of Beiping, and returned to the embrace of the people. At that time, Yan Xishan was still slandering Fu Zuoyi:
"I already knew that he was an eight-way, and I regretted letting him out of Shanxi..."
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fu Zuoyi successively served as a member of the Central People's Government, the Minister of Water Resources and the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power, the vice chairman of the Fourth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the vice chairman of the National Defense Commission. Among them, he served as the minister of water conservancy and electric power for 22 years, making important contributions to the development of water conservancy in New China.
And Fu Zuoyi's scenery also set off the desolation of Yan Xishan more and more. On December 8, 1949, Yan Xishan fled to Taiwan by plane with several personal bodyguards, and did not return to the mainland until his death.
In the past, you looked down on me, and today you can't climb high. This is also the name of the Fu-Yan relationship.
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