During the Republic of China period, Shanxi was a place worth studying, where not only there was "King of Shanxi" Yan Xishan, but there were also many people worthy of praise under his command, and Zhang Peimei was one of them.
Zhang Peimei followed Yan Xishan very early on, joined the Alliance, followed Yan Xishan in the Taiyuan Uprising, captured the Taiyuan Governor's Mansion of the Qing Dynasty, and later followed Yan Xishan to participate in the Zhifeng War and the War of Resistance Against Japan, and was a general that Yan Xishan could not do without.
However, compared with Yan Xishan's petty temperament, Zhang Peimei is a righteous person, and his ambition is to be a powerful country, not his own selfish interests.
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Waimeng, at the instigation of Tsarist Russia, prepared to take advantage of the opportunity to become independent, raised troops to attack Zhangjiakou, and Zhang Peimei led an army to the north.
At that time, the situation was very critical, Zhang Peimei did not listen to Yan Xishan's instructions to preserve strength, led the officers and men of the whole regiment to reinforce friendly troops, day and night, joined the battle of Ma Kutu, and finally forced the Mongolian army to retreat to today's Ulanqab, and the situation stabilized.
In this battle, Zhang Peimei made great contributions and was promoted to brigade commander.
Soon after, the Mongolian army made a comeback and occupied Baotou, and zhang Peimei turned the tide, led the whole brigade to stubbornly resist, conquered the Lark Temple, and led the army to garrison Wuyuan.
However, Yuan Shikai, under the coercion and inducement of Tsarist Russia, secretly signed a Sino-Russian agreement to make Outer Mongolia independent.
Yan Xishan personally visited Wuyuan to comfort him and warned him that he could not fight with Yuan Shikai at this time, and Zhang Peimei reprimanded Yan Xishan for not knowing the great righteousness of the nation, and then directly published a report to scold Yuan Shikai and announced that he would be disarmed and returned to the field.
In 1928, after the end of the Northern Expedition, Yan Xishan appointed a large number of cronies in order to strengthen his rule. At that time, Suiyuan changed the province, Yan Xishan wanted to come and go, and felt that the most suitable candidate was Zhang Peimei.
On this day, Yan Xishan found Zhang Peimei to talk, and has been warning Zhang Peimei around "preserving strength and making Shanxi bigger". Zhang Peimei listened more and more angrily, and finally slapped the table and said to Yan Xishan: "You can't beat Xiao Jiujiu like this, everything should be based on the country..." Yan Xishan was very embarrassed, and finally the two of them broke up unhappily.
The next day, Yan Xishan received a letter from Zhang Peimei, which read: "No virtue and no talent, especially no merit, can not go to the post." When Yan Xishan tried to find him again, Zhang Peimei had already left.
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, Datong in Shanxi was quickly lost, and the Japanese army threatened northern Jin. Zhang Peimei directly went to Yan Xishan and asked for a comeback to fight against the Japanese Kou. Yan Xishan, knowing Zhang Peimei's prestige in the Jin army, appointed him as the director of law enforcement in the Second Theater.
After Zhang Peimei took office, he went directly to the headquarters of the commander of the Second Theater of Operations to line the front line of the camp. Soon after, on the grounds of unfavorable combat, he ordered the execution of two of Yan Xishan's regimental commanders, and Zhang Peimei did not agree to yan Xishan's intercession on the phone. Yan Xishan knew his temper and could only swallow his anger.
In February 1938, the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack, Yan Xishan ordered the commander of the 19th Army, Wang Jingguo, to die in Chengxian County, and Zhang Peimei personally went to Wang Jingguo to emphasize the significance of staying here and asked him to hold it for three days. However, Wang Jingguo retreated without a day of defense, and Yan Xishan ordered Chen Changjie to defend, but Chen Changjie also ran away, which made Zhang Peimei very angry and had to execute these two people to set an example.
However, Yan Xishan protected these two people and told Zhang Peimei that if they continued to be executed in this way, there would be no one in the Jin army to fight!
Zhang Peimeiton felt sad.
Not long ago, the commander of the 61st Army, Li Fuyi, was ordered to retreat, but Yan Xishan put the responsibility for the failure on him alone and wanted to kill him, Zhang Peimei repeatedly interceded with Yan Xishan, and could not kill Li Fuxian, but Yan Xishan did not listen and resolutely wanted to kill. This time, Zhang Peimei wanted to execute Wang Jingguo and Chen Changjie, but Yan Xishan resolutely disagreed, and he suddenly felt that he, the law enforcement director, was a decoration and ashamed of the officers and men of the Jin Army, so Zhang Peimei wrote a letter to Yan Xishan, and then took poison and committed suicide.
Although Yan Xishan was not satisfied with some of Zhang Peimei's practices, he was very sad about his death, and personally wrote a tribute to him, which read: "The king's incorruptibility is not accumulated, I know it, I am responsible for family life, and the king can be relieved." ”
After that, Yan Xishan sent someone to take care of his family, which lasted until 1949.
History Inn Author: Desert Sand