Xue Yue and Wei Lihuang are the two most special generals under Chiang Kai-shek. First: These two can be called the two great kings of Chiang Kai-shek's early days. That is, they are very capable of fighting, especially in the period before Huangpu Sheng grew up, Xue Yue commanded the army to pursue the Red Army all the way, and Wei Lihuang fought a "Lihuang County".
During the Anti-Japanese War, these two were also the best commanders in the national army. Xue Yue was in China, setting up the "Heavenly Furnace to Refine the Japanese Invaders", and Wei Lihuang was abroad, leading the expeditionary force "Tiger Roaring Yunnan Burma".
In the national army at that time, I am afraid that only Bai Chongxi was at the same level as these two, and he could not be covered by these two. As for other commander-level figures, such as Yan Xishan, Gu Zhutong, Chen Cheng, Fu Zuoyi, etc., there is no comparison.
Second, they are all "once difficult to become confidants for their descendants". Are these two Chiang Kai-shek's descendants? Of course they are, otherwise they can be used so seriously. And they all have an inextricable personal relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, which is the famous "lady diplomacy" in the national army.
Xue Yue's second wife, Fang Shaowen, is Song Meiling's fellow villager, and they are good sisters to each other. So much so that some people say that the two have worshipped, but the author has not found relevant historical materials, so it can only be said in general terms that it is more appropriate to be "good sisters".
This actually explains why Xue Yue fought in Changsha in the most difficult period, and Song Meiling actually came to a "harem to interfere in politics" and publicly supported Xue Yue, which directly affected Chiang Kai-shek.
Wei Lihuang is the same, his first wife is called Zhu Yunheng, who studied in the United States, and when he went to see Song Meiling, he could enter the house directly, and there was no need to report at all.
At the same time, Xue Yue and Wei Lihuang are not Jiang Jie's henchmen, so they both retain their independence. This caused the two of them to be reused by Chiang Kai-shek, but they were also guarded against or rejected by Chiang Kai-shek. That's why it is said that these two are "once difficult to become confidants for their descendants".
Third, they all fell during the War of Liberation. Xue Yue was hit by a series of critical attacks by Su Yu and was directly sunk. Wei Lihuang suffered a dimensionality reduction blow in the northeast. This is what the author said, the front wave is shot to death by the back wave.
Among them, Wei Lihuang lost a little better, after all, the Northeast War was properly defeated by Chen Cheng and Chiang Kai-shek, which is almost recognized, Wei Lihuang has suffered from generations, and he has also struggled with Chiang Kai-shek's various fighting methods.
In fact, like Wei Lihuang, it was all related to Chiang Kai-shek's various micro-manipulations, so much so that in Xue Yue's later years, when he commented on Chiang Kai-shek, he said eight words: I would rather use minions than talents. It can be said that his sadness is expressed in one sentence......
As mentioned earlier, Xue Yue once led the troops to pursue our Red Army, and he used all the milk strength at that time, but not only did he not succeed, but he was ridiculed by Chairman Mao: The Red Army's Long March was 25,000, and Lao Xue Boling sent him all the way. At the same time, Xue Yue also encircled and suppressed our Red Army many times, but he also lost his troops and lost his generals, and he was lonely.
It was 1932, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Xue Yue to lead the troops to invade our Soviet area, and he came to encircle and suppress again. Not to mention that Xue Yue played quite well this time. But Xue Yue didn't know that at this moment, Chiang Kai-shek was facing the map in the back, and suddenly a flash of inspiration came up with a brilliant plan.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek immediately bypassed Xue Yue and sent an order to his subordinate Li Yunheng, telling him to rush to the designated place, and also focused on Xue Yue, Chiang Kai-shek said this in the telegram, as follows.
This night, the brother hopes to rush to the area north of Annan, and tomorrow night to Xinzhuang between Annan and Pu'an, and to Panxian County before the twenty-third day. Director Xue is afraid that he is not aware of the full situation in the future, so the brother's office will be subject to the order of Zhongzheng in the future.......
Li Yunheng took a look, what else could he say? Chiang Kai-shek was the biggest, listen to him. So he didn't even say hello to his boss Xue Yue, and led his men and horses to the designated place with "lightning speed and stealing bells".
Besides, Xue Yue was also commanding the troops to fight on the map, and he almost thought of Li Yunheng at the same time, so he ordered his subordinates to contact Li Yunheng, I have an important task to hand over to him. However, I tossed for a long time, and I couldn't get in touch with anything.
Xue Yue was anxious, if he delayed the Red Army like this, he would have run away, could it be that he dared to escape from the battle? It seems that I have to take military discipline seriously. So Xue Yue was going to call Chiang Kai-shek to complain. Unexpectedly, at this time, Li Yunheng got in touch, and Xue Yue asked with a face, where have you been?
Li Yunheng replied arrogantly: On the orders of the chairman, he has an important task. Xue Yue was going crazy, and wanted to ask what the task was, why didn't I know? In this way, Xue Yue could only stare dryly, looking at the results of his hard work for many days, and was completely ruined by Chiang Kai-shek's private order.
As for holding Li Yunheng accountable, don't even think about it, don't forget that people hold Chiang Kai-shek's order, and say it clearly, "In the future, the order of Zhongzheng shall prevail", Xue Yue, you just go cool.
Do you suddenly understand now why during the Anti-Japanese War, Xue Yue dared to disobey Chiang Kai-shek so much, saying that he could not retreat and must defend Changsha, so that he said that he could not win the fight and committed suicide.
There is no way, if you want to win the war, you must put an end to Chiang Kai-shek's micro-manipulation, which is almost the consensus of the generals of the national army. It's nothing more than Xue Yue and Wei Lihuang, who are more rigid.
And what about the period of the War of Liberation? Actually, it was the same. When was Xue Yue dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek as the director of the "Sui Administration" in Xuzhou? It was not Su Yu's seven battles and seven victories, but the Laiwu Campaign. That is to say, as soon as the battle of Laiwu was over, as soon as Li Xianzhou's 50,000 pigs were lost, Xue Yue was wiped out - that is, in the end, Xue Yue took all the responsibility for the defeat of Laiwu.
Now I want to ask, how did the national army lose the Laiwu Battle? We all know that Chen Cheng intervened in this battle, so many people have said for a long time that Chen Cheng is the culprit, but in fact, Chen Cheng came on behalf of Chiang Kai-shek, and at the same time, Chiang Kai-shek himself also had wonderful micro-maneuvers, and still bypassed Xue Yue and Wang Yaowu.
At that time, after Li Xianzhou withdrew to Laiwu with more than 50,000 horses, he wanted to hide in the city and fight street battles with Su Yu.
At that time, Xue Yue also expressed his support, the so-called as long as Laiwu is held, reinforcements will arrive immediately, and it is not even ruled out that Xue Yue wants to use Laiwu to light the "stove" and copy his "Heavenly Furnace Tactics". But the problem is that Chiang Kai-shek has reappeared, and a clever plan has come out again.
This Xue Boling and Li Xianzhou are simply incorrigibly stupid. The advantage of our national army is equipment, such as heavy artillery or something, and street fighting is too poor. So I had to get out of the city, put on a stance, and fight in a round. So Chiang Kai-shek directly gave Li Xianzhou an order to go out and fight me.
Li Xianzhou's going out to fight is equivalent to falling into the rhythm that Su Yu likes. In short, in the end, Li Xianzhou got into Su Yu's encirclement, and the stalk of "50,000 pigs" officially appeared.
Dare to ask, if you are Xue Yue, in the face of such a scoop leader, even if you have the ability, what can you do. People bypass you and direct command. Therefore, Xue Yue said that Chiang Kai-shek: I would rather use slaves than talents, that is, he hit the nail on the head, and another sentence expressed his sadness.
So who are the talents? Xue Yue, Wei Lihuang, Du Yuming, and so on, these people who were miserably manipulated by Chiang Kai-shek, so what about the minions? Not to mention this, we all know that, anyway, for Chiang Kai-shek, it is that only obedient subordinates can give him meat to eat......