Xiao Zhenying
"No matter how good the play, the audience often remembers only the wonderful performances of the actors, and as for the director behind the scenes, generally no one will ask more questions."
One
After the "Battle of the Central Plains", the homeless General song Zheyuan of the Northwest Army retreated into southern Jin with a hundred and ten men to gather the old troops to gain a foothold, but was embarrassed by the Jin Sui warlord Yan Xishan, who was once an ally. Song Nai, a person with a rough nature, couldn't stand the bird's qi, so he decided not to ask about the rivers and lakes anymore, and thought of going to Tianjin to live the life of that Yugong.
When he wanted to leave, Song Zheyuan sent a letter to his good brother Xiao Zhenying. Song Zheyuan's move is actually not why, just want to chat with his former good brothers before leaving, so as to express the melancholy in his chest.
Song Zheyuan did not report his hopes, because Xiao Zhenying had offended his superior Feng Yuxiang when the Northwest Army held a "Qing Dang" activity, and he had already left the Northwest Department, and the two had not been masked for a long time.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhenying received the letter and rushed over as soon as possible. Seeing that Xiao Zhenying was still so affectionate, Song Zheyuan, who had fallen to Pingyang, was grateful and zero, and his lost emotions suddenly calmed down a lot.
Xiao Zhenying, a native of Jilin Province, won the appreciation of Sun Liechen, a big man in the Northeast Army, with his outstanding talent, and once held a core position in the Northeast Army. His man was bold and righteous, righteous and thin, acting decisively and resolutely, and was an all-rounder of both culture and martial arts, but unfortunately, when his career was rising, he offended Wang Shuhan, the governor of Jilin Province at that time, because of his upright personality, and was squeezed by the latter. In desperation, Xiao Zhenying withdrew from the northeast political arena and defected to Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army.
Xiao Zhenying went to the northwest, and because of his outstanding talent, he was always loved by Feng Yuxiang, from the county magistrates of Linhe County and Wuyuan County in Suiyuan Province, to Bao Lindaoyin all the way up to important positions such as the mayor of Xi'an and the director of the Northwest Military Military Justice Department.
If there is no accident, the Northwest Army will soon give birth to a tree of military and political superiority, but an accident has completely changed the script of the story.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek, who had betrayed the revolution, began the "Cleansing the Party" movement in order to consolidate his personal position. Under Chiang Kai-shek's order, Feng Yuxiang, who was far away in Xi'an, also began to respond positively.
Don't look at Feng Yuxiang and the Communist Party getting closer later, but when the "Clean Party" movement was launched at that time, it was not ambiguous at all, and it was full of viciousness. With one order, Xi'an alone arrested 3,000 progressive youths. In fact, most of these arrested young people are not Communists, but because these people often publicize and organize patriotic movements with the purpose of "saving the country and saving the people", which coincides with the patriotic measures of Chinese party members.
Knowing that these patriotic young people were about to be executed, Xiao Zhenying was impatient. This is the backbone of the future, and the boss's practice is simply destroying China's future in his opinion!
In order to save the fate of the patriotic youth, Xiao Zhenying went to Feng Yuxiang to reason and intercede, hoping that Feng Yuxiang would spare these young people.
As a result, Feng Yuxiang did not agree, but instead made a big liver fire and scolded him. Xiao Zhenying was disappointed, he did not expect that Feng Yuxiang would be so iron-hearted.
The advice failed, but Xiao Zhenying did not give up, and he decided that even if he died, he could not let the matter go unchecked. In order to study how to rescue these young people, Xiao Zhenying's head was numb, and he did not even return home, and he stayed in his office.
In the early morning of the day, as the day of execution was getting closer and closer, Xiao Zhenying still couldn't think of any good way. It was too late to wait any longer, Xiao Zhenying was in a hurry, and immediately decided to open up - release people!
Having made up his mind, Xiao Zhenying asked the captain of the guard to release the people. The captain of the guard asked him how to release him, and Xiao Zhenying told him to release all under the age of 16. The captain of the guard had to turn around and go out, and Xiao Zhenying shouted at him again, asking him to let go of even the 18-year-old. The captain of the guard answered the call and walked away. Xiao Zhenying hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and chased out, calling out to the captain of the guard:
"Let go of all under 20 years old!"
After interrogation, none of these young people were more than twenty years old! The captain of the guard panicked and rushed to tell Xiao Zhenying. This time, Xiao Zhenying did not hesitate and directly let him go.
On the same day, Feng Yuxiang was furious when he learned that Xiao Zhenying had let all the people go, and immediately held a meeting to order Xiao Zhenying to be arrested and executed!
Who knew that as soon as Feng Yuxiang spoke, the hall knelt down a large number of senior generals of the Northwest Army. Everyone unanimously interceded for Xiao Zhenying, and let Feng Yuxiang let Xiao Zhenying have a way to live.
Feng Yuxiang did not expect that the Northwest Army, which he had always had the final say, would have such a situation, and immediately jumped like a thunderbolt, scolding his subordinates and questioning whether they were going to rebel. At the same time, the scolding also intensified the determination to kill Xiao Zhenying.
Seeing that Xiao Zhenying's head was not safe, Song Zheyuan, the general of the Northwest Army, saw the opportunity to hurry to find Zhang Shusheng and Wen Chenglie, the two elders of the Northwest Army, to explain the situation, and when they heard it, they were shocked, and they all felt that Feng Yuxiang's move was too hasty, so they rushed to find Feng Yuxiang to intercede, and with the help of the two elders, Xiao Zhenying was able to walk out from under Feng Yuxiang's sword.
Because of the matter of saving people, Xiao Zhenying, who had never made a vendetta all his life, took over the liangzi with Feng Yuxiang in this way, and even suffered three assassinations by Feng Yuxiang in the future!
Xiao Zhenying fought righteously to save people, and the northwest army generals fought righteously to save friends, And Feng Yuxiang could never have imagined that he could not kill Xiao Zhenying properly, on the contrary, a group of iron-blooded generals under his command had formed a good brother with Xiao Zhenying because of this matter. They were Song Zheyuan, Zhang Zizhong, Zhao Dengyu, Feng Zhi'an and others of the 29th Army who would later fight on the anti-Japanese battlefield.
Feng Yuxiang
Song Zheyuan's appointment with Xiao Zhenying this time is simply to reminisce about the past, but Xiao Zhenying is prepared - he wants to restart the stove with his brothers!
Xiao Zhenying's words made Song Zheyuan drop his jaw in shock. He knew that Xiao Zhenying was a person who did what he said, but the embarrassing situation made him unable to be optimistic. It is not easy to talk about how easy it is to gain a foothold in the treacherous Yan Laoxi territory. You must know that since the defeat of the army, the nests of these small lumps and small lumps of these northwestern armies have been in southern Jinnan, and Yan Xishan has not shown any mercy at all, and has been trying to find a way to drive them away.
Xiao Zhenying didn't say much more, just asked Song Zheyuan to wait for his news.
Two
Xiao Zhenying began to move, with his unrivalled personal charm.
How big Xiao Zhenying's charm is, I really don't know how to describe it, so I can only comb through the flow according to the process of the story.
Xiao Zhenying first found Zhang Zizhong for consultation, and Zhang Zizhong gladly agreed. However, Zhang Zizhong did not agree to let Song Zheyuan be the boss, and he wanted Xiao Zhenying to lead the team. This is not to blame Zhang Zizhong, at this time, the Northwest Army counted him as the strongest, and there was a team of five thousand people, and it was unlikely that he would listen to Song Zheyuan's command. At the same time, Zhang Zizhong, although these generals of the Northwest Army were better than Xiao Zhenying, they were internally dissatisfied with each other, and there were many contradictions.
But Xiao Zhenying was Xiao Zhenying, and he persuaded Zhang Zizhong with a "righteous" word.
After convincing Zhang Zizhong, Xiao Zhenying followed him non-stop in southern Jin, connecting the generals of the Northwest Army.
Xiao Zhenying's journey was quite smooth, and the only surprise was the selection of the leading big brother (which should also be a hidden danger for Zhang Zizhong and Song Zheyuan to oppose the purpose later). Like Zhang Zizhong, all the generals of the Northwest Army were full of expectations for Xiao Zhenying's resolution, but without exception, they all did not accept Song Zheyuan to lead the team, but hoped that the leader of the team would be Xiao Zhenying himself or Zhang Zizhong.
Logically, a person who is so smart as Xiao Zhenying should think about it, but he doesn't know whether it is to repay Song Zheyuan's life-saving grace or some other reason, such as righteousness, after all, he has always expected to let Song Zheyuan lead the team, Xiao Zhenying still politely refused everyone's suggestion to let himself be the leading big brother, but through the great righteousness propaganda to inspire everyone, explaining the reason for choosing Song Zheyuan as the leader - "Song Zheyuanyi high-energy soldier". After Xiao Zhenying's patient explanation, everyone later agreed to Song Zheyuan's suggestion to take the lead. But this matter should be regarded as a flaw, the 29th Army later encountered the change, is because Xiao Zhenying was squeezed out of the team to lead the result, if he began to lead the team, the 29th Army will definitely perform more eye-catching. This is not the author's tired test, as far as He Jifeng and Zhang Kexia of the Northwest Army are concerned, these backbones and many old people in the cavalry team believe that if the team is led by Xiao Zhenying at the beginning, it will definitely be much better than Song Zheyuan's belt. These people later recalled the events of the past and were always worried about Xiao Zhenying's departure from the 29th Army. In their view, if Xiao Zhenying takes the lead, the matter of Beiping may be another direction.
After integrating the old colleagues, Xiao Zhenying finally went to find his good brother Zhao Dengyu.
Zhao Dengyu was already a well-known commander in the Northwest Army, but this time he would lose his high position and commit himself to the subordinates. Xiao Zhenying chose to come to see him last, in fact, there was some embarrassment in his heart, but he also hoped to get the understanding of a good brother.
Xiao Zhenying was a little nervous to see Zhao Dengyu, so when they met, they didn't know how to talk to Zhao Dengyu about this matter. But what he didn't expect was that Zhao Dengyu was very understanding of his own thoughts. When he carefully said that Zhao Dengyu could only be wronged as a brigade commander, this hot-blooded man directly eliminated his scruples with a bold attitude - "As long as I am with Brother Xiao, even if I am a regimental commander and company commander, I don't care at all." Zhao Dengyu's open-mindedness was somewhat unexpected by Xiao Zhenying, and he was immediately moved to tears.
Internal lobbying was all right, so Xiao Zhenying chose a date, informed the generals to gather for a meeting, and set up the internal eight-member team. At the meeting, it was announced that everyone would be regarded as brothers regardless of their position, and a democratic military and political management system would be formulated -- in case of trouble, everyone would discuss and decide together, not to make a word, and once it was decided, it would be implemented together without hesitation.
Song Zheyuan
The completion of internal integration is the first step in the long march, and if a team wants to become an army, fame is crucial. Without a name, it means that you are not supported by the government, without support, naturally there is no source of military expenditure, money is still a small matter, and worse, it will be regarded as illegal armed forces and will be eliminated as bandits.
To solve this problem, Xiao Zhenying had only one choice —to go to Nanjing to find Chiang Kai-shek, who had nominally unified the whole country.
An unknown small character actually went to find the biggest old man in China at that time to get a name! Which onion do you count?
But for the sake of the future of this team, Xiao Zhenying can only fight, which is what he has to do. Because once the establishment is not needed, it means that this team has no supplements and no source of military expenditure, so sooner or later it will be a scattered group, so even if the front is a sword mountain and a fire, he Xiao Zhenying has to go and try it.
Of course, through history, we know that he succeeded and won the praise of "the first vertical and horizontal family of the Republic of China" with this honor. But who knows the suffering? Later, Xiao Zhenying once said to his family: "I hope you will not follow my example and act for a lifetime."
This is the true heart of the Zongheng family that we envy.
Three
Xiao Zhenying wanted to go to Chiang Kai-shek to get a name, and everyone knew that this required a lot of money for activities, but if they looked around, these few broken generals of the Northwest Army really couldn't get a few sons out at this time. No way, Xiao Zhenying had to entrust the relationship to find a money bank to borrow 2,000 oceans.
When Xiao Zhenying arrived in Nanjing, he immediately went to meet Mr. Yu Youren, the elder of the party-state. Yu Youren and the Northwest Army had some friendship, after all, the Shaanxi Jingguo Army he founded had worked with Feng Yuxiang in the revolutionary years, and his famous general Yang Hucheng was once used by Feng Yuxiang.
After Yu Youren knew of Xiao Zhenying's intentions, he introduced him to Chiang Kai-shek. After listening to Xiao Zhenying's words, Chiang Kai-shek did not say whether he agreed or disagreed, so he supported Xiao Zhenying under the pretext that He Yingqin was in charge of the army, and asked him to go to He Yingqin.
Xiao Zhenying was full of joy to find He Yingqin, and the famous "He Mother-in-law" began to play with the pusher, telling Xiao Zhenying that the compilation was there, but it was impossible to issue it for the time being, and could only wait.
Xiao Zhenying did not doubt that he was deceitful, so he obediently waited in Nanjing for news, and this waited for more than two months. During the period, I went several times, but I was blocked out by He Yingqinyu "no for the time being". After several tosses, Xiao Zhenying finally understood the careful thinking of Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin, who were deliberately kicking leather balls. But even so, Xiao Zhenying could not be angry, after all, people had the right to decide, and anger was useless.
Watching the days pass by, things have never been eyebrow-raising. The flowers were also spent, the one that should be dotted was not forgotten, and even the relationship went to Chiang Kai-shek's secretary, but the eggs were not used, and Xiao Zhenying, who had always been calm, seemed a little anxious.
It took some more time, and one day when Xiao Zhenying was reading the newspaper, he suddenly saw a message: "Fengtian gendarmes went to Taiyuan to receive the arsenal."
Xiao Zhenying took a look, his mind moved, there was a way!
Therefore, he inquired about Chiang Kai-shek's itinerary, picked the day when Chiang Kai-shek was going to go out for a meeting, and went to Chiang Kai-shek's office early in the morning to wait for Chiang Kai-shek.
As soon as Chiang Kai-shek went out, he met Xiao Zhenying, who did not want to pay attention to him and did not open his mouth, and the atmosphere was once a little awkward.
Xiao Zhenying did not say much, but only asked Chiang Kai-shek to give him three minutes.
Relying on these three minutes, Xiao Zhen gave Old Chiang a splendid analysis of the situation in North China from the Fengtian gendarmes taking over the Taiyuan Arsenal, pointed out the problem of the uncontrolled local warlords that Chiang Kai-shek was most worried about, and put forward a plan of "using Yi to control Yi", that is, to "use Jin to control Feng" to restrict Zhang Xueliang.
Although Xiao Zhenying's main purpose is to think of himself, he is really not blind, after all, cunning like Chiang Kai-shek, it is not something that can be impressed by a little flickering. What he said was indeed the truth, and the core pointed directly to the contradiction between the central and local warlords in Nanjing, the largest of Chiang Kai-shek's heads. Therefore, when Xiao Zhenying initially finished his opinion, Chiang Kai-shek was impressed, and immediately asked people to cancel the speech at the meeting that day, leaving Xiao Zhenying to "cook wine and cross the line."
After half a day, Xiao Zhenying completely impressed Chiang Kai-shek, and immediately asked Kong Xiangxi to prepare a gift of 20,000 yuan for Xiao Zhenying, and asked the Central Military Commission to issue Xiao Zhenying with a letter of appointment as a lieutenant general.
Later, Xiao Zhenying also lived up to Chiang Kai-shek's expectations, found his good friend Wen Shouquan to go to Shanxi to "sprinkle medicine" on the generals of the Jin Sui Army (this person had held a high position in Shanxi), successfully instigated the Jin army to prevent the Northeast Army from entering the Jin Dynasty, and gave Chiang Kai-shek a perfect strategy of "using Jin to subdue the feng".
After the successful obstruction, Xiao Zhenying once again went to Chiang Kai-shek to show his heart, saying that he and Song Zheyuan were resolutely used by the central government and stationed in Northern China.
Chiang Kai-shek agreed to Xiao Zhenying's request and asked him to go to Tianjin to find Zhang Xueliang. There is no way, after the big gear head, the second gear head is still not exempt.
Xiao Zhenying did not feel laborious about public relations Zhang Xueliang, after all, the local warlords' flowers and intestines, he knew better than anyone, but he found himself late.
Long before Xiao Zhenying left, someone had rushed to run ahead of him. This man's name was Sun Liangcheng, and he was also taking away the idea of reorganizing the Northwest Army in the South of Jin.
Sun Liangcheng was the elder of the Northwest Army, and although he lobbied Song Zheyuan and Zhang Zizhong to fail, the relationship reached Zhang Xueliang's place, and if he didn't do well, he could spoil Xiao Zhenying's affairs, which made Xiao Zhenying not anxious.
Fortunately, the great warlords of the Republic of China are very dragged, and if you want to meet them, you must send someone to send a prayer post and wait for the notice of the people. To put it bluntly, if you want to meet people, you still have to wait in line.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiao Zhenying hurriedly began to carry out public relations operations, spending a lot of money to buy the Chengqi official of the Shao Shuai Mansion (that is, the concierge who arranged the reception), and then invited to eat, drink, and watch the play, and even prostituted, so that the latter moved the seat forward and caught up with Sun Liangcheng. If Xiao Zhenying wants to eat the ancient people, the future 29th Army will be difficult to protect here.
Seeing Zhang Xueliang, Xiao Zhenying "gave advice" to the young marshal and put forward a proposal for Zhang Xueliang to "promote by promotion".
Zhang Xueliang listened, suddenly came interested, can form a balance on Yan Xishan, this is the best for Zhang Xueliang, Shanxi that file incident, originally gave him the deputy commander of the army, navy and air force headache to death, Xiao Zhenying's move, exaggerated a little, to "send charcoal in the snow". Seeing that Zhang Xueliang was so interested, Xiao Zhenying of course took the opportunity to go up and introduce zhang Xueliang to the matter of the Northwest Army in southern Jin, and by the way pushed Out Gaoyi's Song Zheyuan.
Sending Xiao Zhenying away, Zhang Xueliang summoned his subordinates to discuss and listen to opinions. Everyone listened to it and felt that Xiao Zhenying was right, plus many people already knew Xiao Zhenying and had always admired his character, and things were settled smoothly, and some people even helped Xiao Zhenying say good things, including many big-man-level figures like Wan Fulin.
As soon as the young marshal made a decision, the matter finally fell to the ground, and the Central Military Commission finally reorganized the Northwest Army in southern Jin into the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, with Song Zheyuan as the commander and Xiao Zhenying as the general counselor and director of the Military Justice Department.
Four
As soon as the 29th Army was established, it encountered trouble, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had been careful, always had deep doubts about the Northwest Army. Because during the Central Plains War, Song Zheyuan and his fierce generals did not give him a headache, so although Chiang Kai-shek agreed to the establishment of the 29th Army, the military expenses he gave were pitiful. Xiao Zhenying took a look, this is worth it, just famous, the stomach problem is not solved, take us as tool people, so he had to go to Nanjing again.
Xiao Zhenying was not good at looking for Chiang Kai-shek directly, so he went to find Song Ziwen. But the people song rich man did not bird him at all, that is called a gas! No way, Xiao Zhenying went to find Kong Xiangxi again.
In order to hold kong Xiangxi's line, Xiao Zhenying threw away all his dignity and privately prepared a generous gift for the "Kong Rich Lord". Because Old Kong didn't care anymore, Xiao Zhenying could only face Chiang Kai-shek directly.
Seeing Kong Xiangxi, Xiao Zhenying did not speak and directly knelt down. Old Kong was horrified, so he let him get up and speak, he did not, he had to ask Old Kong to grant his request. Kong Xiangxi repeatedly asked, but Xiao Zhenying still should not. At this point, Kong Xiangxi felt a little embarrassed, and immediately responded, asking him to get up and talk again. Seeing Kong Xiangxi loose, Xiao Zhenying got up and Kong Xiangxi sat down to elaborate on the issue of military spending.
Perhaps influenced by generous gifts, perhaps moved by Xiao Zhenying, or both, in short, Kong Xiangxi finally agreed to help Xiao Zhenying deal with the military expenditure.
After messing with Kong Xiangxi, Xiao Zhenying went to Chiang Kai-shek and reported to the old Chiang about his specific strategy of "using promotion to make a promotion."
At the end of the trip, Xiao Zhenying reassured Old Jiang of his doubts about the 29th Army, and through Kong Xiangxi's help, he won 300,000 yuan of military support from the central government in Nanjing, and also received 600,000 yuan of emergency cash.
When Xiao Zhenying arrived in Jinnan, the officers and men of the 29th Army were also in tears. You know, this is the first time for the soldiers to lead the way. (Don't look at the sound of Feng Yuxiang's cannon, but the soldiers of the former Northwest Army have not received wages at all, at most, they have occasionally a little pocket money.) This alone shows the respect of the officers and men of the 29th Army for Xiao Zhenying. ）
Xiao Zhenying's front foot had just been troubled by the problem of military pay, and the 29th Army followed and was stabbed by Yan Laoxi.
Among the warlords of the Republic of China, Yan Xishan was a well-known thief. That piece of heaven in Shanxi, since the rise of Yan Xishan, it can be said that the needle cannot be inserted into the water and cannot be spilled, and whoever wants to make an idea on his territory has no door. At the beginning of the Central Plains War, the defeated Song Zheyuan was actually still following thousands of officers and soldiers. The rear road of Shaanxi was blocked, so Song Zheyuan led his army straight to jinnan, thinking that he and Yan Xishan were allies, and it should not be a problem to stop at the corner of jinnan. But Yan Xishan was quite unrighteous, and did not care whether Song Zheyuan was dead or alive at all. When Song Zheyuan arrived at the Yellow River, he found that there were no boats to cross the east, so he pleaded with Yan Xishan to provide a boat for use. Yan Xishan rolled his eyes, no way! Song Zheyuan had no choice but to cross the river in three small boats, so that only a few hundred people were able to cross the river, and the rest of the personnel were all taken prisoners by the nationalist army. This time, Xiao Zhenying's long-sleeved and good dance integrated the remnants of the Northwest Army in Southern Jin, which was almost like a thorn in Yan Xishan's back, and he was uncomfortable. Yan Xishan was also really an old traitor, he knew that the 29th Army was already organized, and it was impossible to rush it, so he used a trick to get Chiang Kai-shek to transfer the 29th Army to Jiangxi to suppress the Communists.
Only after receiving the telegram from the Central Military Commission did Xiao Zhenying know that the 29th Army had been tripped by Yan Xishan. It was not easy to gain a foothold in southern Jinnan, and the 29th Army could easily lose the small base area. Yan Xishan's little trick could not help Xiao Zhenying, and he immediately made a plan to find Zhang Xueliang to solve the matter.
Xiao Zhenying went to find Zhang Xueliang this time, no longer alone, he took Qin Dechun with him. When he arrived in Tianjin, he asked Qin Dechun to blow fire to the generals of the Northeast Army and make up rumors that the Jin Sui Army despised the Northeast Army. He himself went to Zhang Xueliang to blow the wind, first wearing a top hat, then talking about Yan Xishan's strength, and then showing the attitude of the 29th Army to support Zhang Xueliang, the prelude was laid out, and finally he said that Nanjing was going to transfer the 29th Army to Jiangxi, hoping that Zhang Xueliang would give suggestions according to the situation in North China. After Xiao Zhenying said this, Zhang Xueliang did not want the 29th Army to leave Jinnan at all.
In this way, a very tricky matter will be solved, and with the young marshal's departure, Chiang Kai-shek will naturally sell this personal affection.
Here Xiao Zhenying was involved in the transfer of troops through Zhang Xueliang, and Yan Xishan was still in the dark. Xiao Zhenying did not say that he would also take this opportunity to give Yan Xishan some eye drops. When it came time for the troops to open up as stipulated by the Original Central Military Commission, the officers and men of the 29th Army were fully armed and dressed up as if they were going to go out on a long trip. Yan Xishan was also "really friendly enough" and knew that the 29th Army was going south, so he pretended to be reluctant and told the counties along the road to lay down good wine and good meat to feed the brothers of the 29th Army.
That night, Yan Xishan was in a good mood, removing the heart meat of the 29th Army, and sleeping was called a comfortable sleep.
Unfortunately, Yan Laoxi really just slept well for one night, and the next day the 29th Army returned to Jindong. Seeing this scene, Yan Xishan's qi almost vomited blood.
Yan Xishan
Five
After the 29th Army gained a foothold in Jindong, life was very poor, but with a leading big brother like Song Zheyuan Xiao Zhenying, everyone was full of spirit. The cultural classes of officers and the military training of soldiers have not fallen. When the "918" incident broke out, Song Zheyuan took the initiative to ask to go to the front line to fight the war. After failing to do so, he began to strengthen training, putting forward the slogan of "the muzzle of the gun is consistent with the outside world" to practice martial arts assiduously, in preparation for killing the enemy in battle.
With the outbreak of the Great Wall War of Resistance, the officers and men of the 29th Army finally walked out of Jindong and began their glorious journey, playing the famous "Xifengkou Great Victory" and "Luo Wenyu Great Victory", and instantly spreading the prestige of the "Big Knife Team" throughout the country.
29th Army Knife Brigade
At the end of the Great Wall War of Resistance, the 29th Army, which had suffered heavy losses, fell into a downturn for a time, and the severe situation in North China forced Chiang Kai-shek to personally ask his eldest brother Chongqi to go out of the mountains to maintain the situation. A generation of strongmen Huang Hao barely lasted for two years, tired to death is still only two years. With the signing of the "He Mei Agreement" and the withdrawal of the Central Army from North China, Xiao Zhenying and his 29th Army were given another opportunity.
Xiao Zhenying's maintenance of the situation in North China this time can be called dancing on a tightrope, and if you are not careful, you can fall into the abyss of traitors who will never recover. On the one hand, he wanted to fight for the interests of the 29th Army, and on the other hand, he had to coordinate with the purposes of the Nationalist government in Nanjing and the Japanese. Such a complicated situation, others dare not think of it, but Xiao Zhenying handled it with ease. He first single-handedly lobbied various princes, and allied the Inner Mongolia YunWang, the Dewang, and the Shanxi Yan Xishan with the 29th Army to reach a consensus of supporting the central authorities. Then he used the japanese secret agent leader Toi Yuanxian ER to help the 29th Army form a containment of the central authorities, relieve the 29th Army of the dilemma of southern adjustment, help Song Zheyuan establish a foothold in Beiping, and make the 29th Army a major local armed force after Zhang Xueliang in North China.
From an objective point of view, Xiao Zhenying always had selfish intentions for the 29th Army when doing these things, but he set a bottom line when dealing with the Japanese, and only for the purpose of using the Japanese, he never betrayed the country. In order to make everyone soberly aware of the dangers of the Japanese, every time the 29th Army held a meeting, Xiao Zhenying had to particularly emphasize that the 29th Army was a unit that started by resisting Japan and could only be used in dealing with the Japanese, not cooperated.
Xiao Zhenying's way of dealing with the Japanese is like a modern business field. Unlike Huang Hao, the former pays great attention to identity, and the Japanese mainly talk about things, and rarely communicates privately; Xiao is different, he lowers his stature and desperately bribes important personnel of the Japanese army to engage in private relations with them, making them like friends. For example, in order to negotiate with the Kwantung Army's secret agent Toi Yuanxian, he even took Song Zheyuan with him to make a brotherhood with the other party.
Xiao Zhenying was so "flattering" that he once felt that this duke must be a good friend of the Japanese, but in the end he found that he could not do anything in North China, and was even abandoned by the military.
There is a story between Xiao Zhenying and Tu Feiyuan in the diplomacy of the two countries. This incident should have been a desperate situation for Tu Qian dagger, but Xiao Zhenying magically escaped from danger, which was simply an admirable five-body thrown to the ground. Let's take a look at this story, from which we can see Xiao Zhenying's power to play the "personal" card.
The 29th Army once wanted to go to Tianjin to garrison, during which it wanted to pass through the "North China Garrison Tun Army" area, which was rejected. Xiao Zhenying heard the news and immediately asked for Tu Feiyuan to help dredge it. Tu Fei agreed satisfactorily, but he left a suspenseful thought. He told Xiao Zhenying that I would do you a big favor this time, and the next time I asked you, you would have to help me. Xiao Zhenying didn't think much of it at that time, and casually agreed to Tu Feiyuan's request.
Soon after, Toimoto began his plan. He drew up a very unfavorable agreement for China, and took the opportunity of a banquet for Xiao Zhenying to sign the agreement. Xiao Zhenying looked at the agreement, how can this be signed, once he signed it, he would not become a traitor, so he refused.
When Tu Feiyuan saw that Xiao Zhenying did not obey, he was immediately displeased, so he took the excuse that Xiao Zhenying had left behind when he begged him. Xiao Zhenying knew that he was in a loss, so he had to take perfunctory tricks. Tu Feiyuan saw Xiao Zhenying playing such a trick, and immediately made a big move, with a very painful expression, told Xiao Zhenying that this was an important task for him, and if he could not complete it, he could only apologize for suicide. Of course, Xiao Zhenying knew that he was playing a trick, but he really owed a debt of gratitude to the garrison army, and now that TuFeiyuan was blackmailed by "worshiping the brothers", you can't seem to say it without helping him. Although the friendship is false, but the japanese side chief, Xiao Zhenying's other identity is the official diplomatic leader in North China, you want to hit the rake, that is not just for the Japanese to attack North China to find an excuse. This matter should be replaced by others, and it may be the time for Tu Poor Dagger to see it, but Xiao Zhenying's next shot has reached the point of perfection. As soon as he saw that Tu Feiyuan was "forced to die", Xiao Zhenying immediately became serious and played a moral battle with the other party. He also learned to pour bitter water like a fat circle, crying loudly, declaring that this matter was the same for himself, and if he signed it, it would be a dead end. After saying that, he immediately drew his gun and pointed it at his head and said to Tu Feiyuan, if he really wanted to sign this word, he would only die. Tu Feiyuan did not expect Xiao Zhenying to come to such a hand, so he had to persuade Xiao Zhenying. Xiao Zhenying did not do it, he pretended to think and then made a suggestion to Tu Feiyuan, since neither of me could complete this task, anyway, sooner or later I would die, it was better for me to shoot each other now, so as not to be humiliated in the future. Xiao Zhenying came to this hand, which made Tu Feiyuan feel a little embarrassed. Of course, Tu Feiyuan did not want to die, and when the matter came to this point, he had to give up.
When it came time for formal negotiations, Xiao Zhenying changed his normal state and pulled Qin Dechun to perform a double reed play, but Tu Feiyuan still failed to take advantage.
Due to the failure to meet the requirements of the military department, Tu Feiyuan was soon recalled, and Xiao Zhenying beautifully stabilized the situation.
After Toiyuan, itagaki Seishiro, who passed by Xiao Zhenying. This Jun was even more miserable, he wanted to pull the Song dynasty against Chiang Kai-shek and engage in "independent autonomy" in North China, but he was taught a lesson by Xiao Zhenying. The chief of staff of the Kwantung Army did not expect at all that he had just eaten a meal and was thrown out of temper by the other side.
Xiao Zhenying played with banyuan, which was simply against the sky. He changed his compliments, but directly used the lofty theories of "the Japanese cannot last long," "The Japanese attacking China is a mistake," and "China and Japan should cooperate to conquer the world" to "brainwash" Itagaki, and then mentioned that "the Soviet Union is Japan's greatest enemy." In fact, Xiao Zhenying is not all nonsense, the previous words must be to avoid ourselves from falling into disadvantage, but to put forward the Soviet Union is a real fact, and the Japanese themselves know the threat of the Soviet Union. Xiao Zhenying was so virtual and real that it made Banyuan feel that What Xiao Zhenying said was quite reasonable, and even after he went back, he found that his trip had not achieved the goal at all.
For Xiao Zhenying's clever diplomatic wisdom, I suggest that the old irons should still look at the original words, and here can only be a brick throwing jade. The diplomatic wisdom of this king is really mysterious.
Six
In March 1936, Matsumuro Succeeded Toihara as the new Chief of the North China Secret Service. The arrival of Matsumuro completely changed the situation in North China.
Matsumuro was a ruthless man, and his arrival became a nightmare for Xiao Zhenying and the 29th Army.
Long before Matsumuro Yoshitaka came to China, the Japanese had studied the failure of the doiyuan and believed that the key factor was in the Chinese representative Xiao Zhenying. With this premise in mind, Matsumuro immediately embarked on several things after taking over tufeiyuan: first, to divide the relationship between Song Zheyuan and Chiang Kai-shek's central government; second, to divide the relationship between Song Zheyuan and Xiao Zhenying of the 29th Army, and to squeeze Xiao Zhenying out of North China.
In order to win over Song Zheyuan, Matsumuro approached Tada Jun, commander of the North China Garrison Army, for consultation, and asked him to come forward to talk with Song Zheyuan in secret, using the provision of military material assistance to the 29th Army as a bait to persuade Song Zheyuan to oppose Chiang Kai-shek and implement "independent autonomy in North China."
The 29th Army itself was hampered by Chiang Kai-shek, so there has always been a contradiction between Soong Che-won and Chiang Kai-shek. Tada Jun's hand in this way can be said to have hit the key point of Song Zheyuan. Song Zheyuan was moved, and the two sides held secret talks on the matter for three days.
Because of the eight brothers' military democratic resolution set before, Song Zheyuan was no longer interested in the benefits thrown by Tada Jun, and naturally could not make a decision on this matter, so Song Zheyuan convened a meeting to discuss it together. Xiao Zhenying listened, of course, did not agree, so he was the first to jump out and oppose. In order to persuade everyone, he spoke bitterly, starting from history, and listed such examples as Shi Jingyao and Wu Sangui.
Song Zheyuan was unmoved and gave the example of Zhang Zuolin. Xiao Zhenying analyzed them one by one, starting from the situation, explaining the difference between the situation of 29 and Zhang Zuolin at that time. In any case, he himself insisted that he could not cooperate with the Japanese, and the 29th Army could only choose to "support Chiang Kai-shek and resist Japan."
Speaking of excitement, Xiao Zhenying couldn't help but stifled Song Zheyuan:
"Even if you insist on cooperating, the soldiers of the 29th Army will not agree."
This made Song Zheyuan very unhappy, but the matter was finally shelved and did not continue.
Shortly after this incident occurred, Xiao Zhenying and Song Zheyuan had a confrontation with Song Zheyuan on the anti-Jiang affair, and the former brothers in distress have gradually drifted apart since then.
The cause of the incident was that at that time, the Gui warlords Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi wanted to launch an anti-Chiang Kai-shek campaign, so they sent lobbyists to North China to invite Song Zheyuan.
As soon as Song Zheyuan heard this, he immediately held a meeting to discuss. At the meeting, everyone unanimously supported Li Bai's action. Since the meeting was held on the same day, Xiao Zhenying did not participate, so after the meeting, Song Zheyuan called him in Tianjin to come to Beiping for consultation.
Xiao Zhenying arrived in Beiping and resolutely disagreed with the anti-Chiang Kai-shek. He always felt that the 29th Army could not engage in a civil war, and the muzzle of the gun could only be external, so he still adhered to his consistent idea of "supporting Chiang Kai-shek and resisting Japan", and declared that "if the 29th Army wants to fight a civil war, then he will be the first to die." ”
Song Zheyuan was very angry, saying that Xiao Zhenying only had Jiang in his eyes, and there was no big brother like him.
When Xiao Zhenying heard this, he was completely confused, he did not expect that Song Zheyuan would actually think that he was that kind of unfaithful and unjust person. He immediately pulled out a gun and tried to commit suicide. Song Zheyuan did not expect Xiao Zhenying to do this, and hurriedly grabbed Xiao Zhenying's pistol. After that, Xiao Zhenying lost his voice and cried bitterly, and the atmosphere suddenly fell into embarrassment.
The meeting was terminated on the same day because of this matter.
At the beginning of the meeting the next day, there was still a debate around "pro-Chiang" and "anti-Chiang Kai-shek." Xiao Zhenying always expounded his reasons for not fighting a civil war and supporting Chiang Kai-shek's resistance to Japan, and where he was emotional, he said with tears, which made many generals of the 29th Army also greatly moved, and later, everyone cried in the conference hall.
The reason why the generals of the 29th Army were like this was not that they felt that Xiao Zhenying was right, but more that they knew Xiao Zhenying's dedication to this team, so they believed in him as a person.
Because of Xiao Zhenying's intervention, the 29th Army was suspended in the air on the issue of "anti-Chiang Kai-shek" and was not implemented.
North China did not oppose Jiang, and Matsumura's plan failed half way, for which he hated Xiao Zhenying. He knew that as long as Xiao Zhenying was in North China for one day, it would be difficult for him to carry out the plan, so Matsumuro began to use various traitors to increase the intensity of rumor-mongering, in order to split the relationship between Song Zheyuan and Xiao Zhenying.
Because of the Japanese mischief-making, for a time, the whole of Beiping was full of all kinds of rumors about Xiao Zhenying, some people said that he was an undercover agent installed by Chiang Kai-shek in the 29 army; some people said that he had the luxury of talking about pomp and circumstance, making a big splash for his mother, and did not hesitate to spend huge sums of money; some people said that he was the boss of the 29 army, and Song Zheyuan was an empty shell, and so on.
For a time, the good man of the past, Big Brother Xiao (who was called "Big Brother Xiao" at the time), simply became a clown and a hypocritical villain.
After the incitement was almost over, the Japanese let the traitors quietly blow up a railway near Tianjin, and used this matter to let Song Zheyuan deal with it, at this time Song Zheyuan had already lost his mind under the deception of various rumors, and The person for Xiao Zhenying had changed. Since it could not be used by me, then naturally I could not cheaply Chiang Kai-shek, so Song Zheyuan intervened, and he asked Xiao Zhenying to withdraw from the 29th Army and leave North China by way of persuasion.
When things got to this point, Xiao Zhenying did not want to say anything more, and immediately submitted his resignation report and resigned from all his positions in North China and within 29. Since no one believed in himself, he only had to choose to leave, and Xiao Zhenying at that time was the saddest moment in his life.
Seven
If Xiao Zhenying's experience in the last years of North China were to be written down in detail, I am afraid that it would take at least 10,000 words to say clearly. Combing through the discord between him and Song Zheyuan will make people have many feelings. Objectively speaking, Matsumura's plan is not very clever, and the main reason why his plan succeeded was because of 29's own infighting.
Life is not as simple as black and white. Taking 29 as an example, since taking over the Northeast Army into Beiping, many officers have deteriorated. When there is a hard life, everyone is at peace, but once people have property, they are different. Others do not say, even the two mighty heroes Zhao Dengyu and Zhang Zizhong have learned to smoke a big cigarette, so we can imagine the chaos of their internal structure.
Within the 29th Army, in fact, Song Zheyuan really had the appearance of some empty shell commanders, such as Zhang Zizhong, who had always disobeyed Song Zheyuan, and the reason why he could bend down to be the second oldest at that time was because of Xiao Zhenying. After Xiao Zhenying and Song Zheyuan had a disagreement, Zhang Zizhong had the idea of making Xiao Zhenying the eldest brother, so this is also the reason why Song Zheyuan was jealous of Xiao Zhenying - Xiao Zhenying's prestige was high. However, to say that everyone in the 29th Army does not doubt Xiao Zhenying, nor is it as good as possible, on the matter of resisting Japan, Xiao Zhenying can easily reach a consensus with everyone, but it is not the case in opposing Chiang Kai-shek. The generals of the 29th Army were more or less reluctant to support Chiang Kai-shek, and the reason for this was that even though Chiang Kai-shek's vigilance and suppression were related, the idea of self-respect of the military leaders was inevitable. The 29th Army was poorly equipped, the military expenditure was low, and Tada Jun took the initiative to provide support, and the general rough people were not as easy to withstand temptations as Xiao Zhenying.
Song Xiao's failure to make peace is mainly in the matter of supporting Chiang Kai-shek, and the reason why Song Zheyuan does not trust Xiao Zhenying is of course the Japanese's use.
Before Xiao Zhenying and Song Zheyuan debated supporting Chiang Kai-shek, the traitor Qi Xieyuan blew the wind for Song Zheyuan. Qi Xieyuan once wanted to enter the "political committee" that presided over the political situation in North China (this meeting was the institution that Xiao Zhenying re-established after he succeeded Huang. Originally, Qi had the opportunity to enter, but Xiao Zhenying disagreed, and he and Song Zheyuan said that Qi Xieyuan was pro-Japanese and unreliable. Through Xiao Zhenying's obstruction, Qi Xieyuan,who had already stepped into the "political committee" with one foot, had his wish to be in vain, so Qi Xieyuan had always held a grudge against this matter. When the Japanese came to him to break up the relationship between Song Xiao and Song Xiao, he immediately responded. He said many bad things about Xiao Zhenying to Song Zheyuan, and seized Xiao Zhenying's support for Chiang Kai-shek to make a fuss, and let Song Zheyuan consider Xiao Zhenying through his attitude toward Chiang Kai-shek. At the meeting, Xiao Zhenying said to Song's anti-Chiang Kai-shek that "if you want to fight a civil war, let me die first", even Song Zheyuanzhen suspected that Xiao Zhenying had been bribed by Chiang Kai-shek. Of course, these entanglements have been eliminated one by one, but that is also after the all-out War of Resistance.
Without Xiao Zhenying, the contradictions of the 29th Army were highlighted. The former Biao Tough soldiers began to be keen on power disputes, Song Zheyuan Zhang Zizhong began to play politics, Feng Zhi'an Liu Ruming and others began to look at Zhang Zizhong's strength, and looked for Song Zheyuan every day to evaluate.
The result of the infighting is that although Lugou bridge, Wanping, and Nanyuan are fierce and fierce, and there are countless heroes, the achievements of the 29th Army are no longer the same as they were in the past, and because everyone is no longer united, opinions cannot be unified, and even they are dismantled. The entanglement here is still sad to read today.
Zhao Dengyu
Eight
After Xiao Zhenying was forced to leave the 29th Army, he first went abroad, and then returned to China when the all-out War of Resistance broke out, and was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the general counselor of the First Theater, coincidentally, at this time, Song Zheyuan also belonged to the First Theater. The two met again, but although the Si people were there, it was difficult to return in the past, and the two were relatively weak, and the reason for this was really difficult to say, after all, the person who had been physically killed in the past suddenly became his boss again, even if Xiao Zhenying had no intention, Song Zheyuan would feel embarrassed.
But for Zhang Zizhong, Xiao Zhenying exerted all his strength.
Zhang Zizhong is different from Song Zheyuan, at this time he is already a "traitor" who is indignant with people and gods, and he is insulted everywhere he goes, even he himself feels that he cannot see people, and every day he wears a big smoking gun to comfort him.
Xiao Zhenying already knew from Song Zheyuan what had happened after he left, but he felt that Zhang Zizhong was confused for a while, not unforgivable. So he decided to help Zhang Zizhong.
Xiao Zhenying went to find Zhang Zizhong, and as soon as Zhang Zizhong saw him, he wept bitterly, and he couldn't stand him and Song Zheyuan. Xiao Zhenying patiently comforted him, chatted with him, and learned about what happened later.
Xiao Zhenying is very good at adjustment, he actually knew the changes in the 29th Army, this time looking for Zhang Zizhong, in addition to wanting to help him, of course, there is also some taste of investigation. Seeing Zhang Zizhong so frankly tell each other, he was relieved. After Zhang Zizhong finished talking about his heart, Xiao Zhenying took the opportunity to scold the traitor Pan Yugui and find a step for Zhang Zizhong. In essence, Zhang Zizhong's disobedience to Song Zheyuan is a factor, but he did become a big fool of Pan Yugui, and the reason why he came to the point of cooperating with the Japanese to expel Song Zheyuan has a lot to do with Pan Yugui (Pan and Zhang Zizhong did a brotherhood ceremony).
Zhang Zizhong, who was both literate and martial, was lost and returned, which was quite gratifying for Xiao Zhenying, so Xiao Zhenying was more determined to help him.
In order to restore the identity of this warlord, Xiao Zhenying used the connections he could use, from Li Zongren, Cheng Qian, to Han Fuyu and Kong Xiangxi to intercede for Zhang Zizhong, and even Feng Yuxiang moved out. (Xiao Zhenying and Feng Yuxiang were enemies, but because Feng Yuxiang could speak in front of Lao Jiang, Xiao Zhenying asked Han Fuyu to contact Feng Yuxiang to help Zhang Zizhong intercede.) ）
In addition to using other people's connections, Xiao Zhenying himself personally returned to Nanjing to face Old Jiang and intercede for Zhang Zizhong.
With the help of so many people, Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to absolve Zhang Zizhong of his guilt, restore his military status, and award him the rank of lieutenant general.
Zhang Zizhong reshaped this time, the god of war returned, and finally became a generation of legends of the northwestern famous generals. Thinking of expelling Xiao Zhenying that year, Zhang Zizhong was also one of them, and Xiao Zhenying's move, I would like to call it "noble".
Zhang Zizhong is a loyal and courageous soldier, with the setbacks in front of him, after returning to the battlefield, he almost came to Mingzhi with the heart of atonement, saying that it was "almost", because I am afraid that there were also some rewards for "Big Brother Xiao" in the meantime.
Before the pumpkin shop showdown, Zhang Zizhong had a bad premonition, always thinking that something would happen. After some thought, he asked Xiao Zhenying to be a lone orphan before the war.
The result of the matter was indeed suffocating, the battle of the pumpkin shop, the first-class anti-Japanese fierce general Zhang Zizhong's blood stained the battlefield, and he was martyred!
Zhang Zizhong, a famous anti-Japanese general
Zhang Zizhong's death in battle dealt a great blow to Xiao Zhenying, at this time, his original career was in the sky, he was already a general in the army, but since Zhang Zizhong left, he began to be depressed, and soon submitted his resignation, took the initiative to end his political and military career, and became a businessman.
Although he changed his career, Xiao Zhenying was still not an ordinary businessman. For several years he was engaged in acts of kindness, using the money he earned to shelter and rescue his fellow exiles. Xiao Zhenying's move, we can't help but praise it:
A true patriot, no matter where he is, has his battlefield position!
In May 1947, Xiao Zhenying died of cerebral hemorrhage in Beiping at the age of 57.