After the outbreak of the "Double 12 Incident," Zhang and Yang knew that there was no turning back, and they immediately sent a telegram to the whole country, putting forward a telegram on the eight-point proposal for national salvation: 1. Reorganize the Nanjing government to accommodate all parties and factions and be jointly responsible for saving the country. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

2. Cease all civil wars.

3. Immediately release the arrested patriotic leaders of the Demon Capital.

4. Release all political prisoners in the country.

5. Open up the people's patriotic movement.

6. All political freedoms of assembly and association of the people shall be guaranteed.

7. Abide by Premier Sun's will.

8. Immediately convene a National Salvation Conference.

In addition to sending telegrams to the whole country, the two generals, Zhang and Yang, also did two kinds of work: one was to dispatch troops and send generals to guard against an attack by the Kuomintang authorities in Nanjing, and the other was to contact the Central Committee of the Workers' and Peasants' Party and invite the Central Committee to send representatives to discuss the anti-Japanese plan.

The sudden outbreak of the "Double 12 Incident" aroused great repercussions at home and abroad, and under the propaganda of the Nanjing authorities, the Kuomintang Autonomous Region naturally shouted and shouted at the two generals, Zhang and Yang, while in the Soviet base areas, the people were overjoyed, and many cadres sent telegrams to the Party Central Committee and vigorously demanded that Chang Kaishen be executed.

For a time, Xi'an became the focus of the world, and everyone's eyes were focused on this thousand-year-old city.

On the Kuomintang side, after Chang Kaishen was imprisoned in Xi'an, the Nanjing authorities were in chaos, and He Yingqin, a careerist with deep hiding, took advantage of the situation and advocated an armed crusade against Xi'an, in the name of rescuing Chang Kaishen, but in fact wanted to put Chang Kaishen to death. With the support of the hawks of the Kuomintang Party, he sent the Central Army to the front line of Tongguan, intending to break through the city of Xi'an.

With the support of Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi and other important officials, in order to ensure the safety of Chang Kaishen's life, Mrs. Chang's family advocated a peaceful settlement of the incident and opposed armed crusades.

Mrs. Chang also received the support of European and American forces, and Europe and the United States had long been very dissatisfied with Japan's invasion of China, believing that Japan's actions had infringed on their interests in China. They knew very well that once China was occupied by Japan and Japan became dominant in the East, there would be no one to restrain them.

The European and American forces believed that once the Nanjing authorities attacked Xi'an by force, a full-scale civil war would break out in China immediately, and this move would be greatly beneficial to Japan's invasion of China, so they supported Madame Chang's peace proposal and tried their best to mediate for the peaceful settlement of the "Xi'an Incident."

On the other hand, the Japanese imperialists were overjoyed by the incident and were extremely supportive of the armed crusade against Xi'an by He Yingqin and others, hoping that this would trigger a split between the two factions of the Kuomintang and lead to a large-scale civil war between Zhang and Yang and Nanking and the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

On the day of "Double Twelve", Zhang Cheng had been staying in the command room since late at night on the 11th, and when he heard the news of the outbreak of the "Xi'an Incident" at eight o'clock in the morning of the 12th, Zhang Cheng jumped up with excitement, raised his fist and waved it in the air again and again, and fiercely vented the excitement in his heart.

To be honest, Zhang Cheng didn't want to fight a civil war at all, if the "Xi'an Incident" hadn't broken out under the influence of his butterfly wings, and the Sixth Anti-Encirclement War had broken out unexpectedly, Zhang Cheng wouldn't know what the meaning of his crossing was, and he wouldn't know whether it would be good or bad for the Workers' and Peasants' Party.

No one knows how much psychological pressure Zhang Cheng has. Fortunately, the "Xi'an Incident" finally broke out as scheduled, and Zhang Cheng also unloaded the heavy burden in his heart, and the whole person suddenly became relaxed.

At the same time, the commander in Yan'an also received the news of the outbreak of the "Xi'an Incident", and while he was shocked, he was also excited and joyful in his heart, and faintly had the urge to kill Chang Kaishen as soon as possible.

However, as the head of the Chinese party, the commander-in-chief has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and he is well aware that acting in a high-spirited manner is a taboo, and after full exchanges with other central leaders, the commander-in-chief decided to stand still and wait for the development of the situation.

In the afternoon, the commander-in-chief, who paid more and more attention to Zhang Cheng's opinions, summoned him to Yan'an, and the two had a candlestick and night talk that night, and had an in-depth discussion on the situation of the incident.

Zhang Cheng took the opportunity to advise the commander-in-chief: "I think that the peaceful settlement of the "Xi'an Incident" is conducive to our party's future war of resistance behind enemy lines, and the party can unite with the two generals Zhang and Yang to force Chang to resist Japan and reach an agreement to stop the civil war and unanimously resist Japan. ”

After careful consideration, although the commander was a little unwilling to release Chang Kaishen in his heart, the commander who understood the righteousness still agreed with Zhang Cheng's opinion.

On the morning of the next day, the CPC Central Committee convened a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in response to the "Xi'an Incident," at which the commander-in-chief pointed out in a clear-cut manner: Our Party should advocate a peaceful settlement of the incident, promote the re-cooperation between the two parties of the "Migrant Workers," and achieve the ultimate goal of "stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting Japan."

The commander-in-chief's speech caused an uproar, and many comrades did not understand this, most of their relatives were killed by Chang Kaishen, and they hated Chang Kaishen to the core, and finally caught Chang Kaishen, and they thought that Chang Kaishen should be executed to avenge the blood hatred of their dead relatives and comrades-in-arms.

In the face of the surging sentiment of the masses, the commander-in-chief calmly and comprehensively analyzed to all the cadres attending the meeting the two kinds of futures after the incident: One was that after Chang Kaishen was executed, the Nanjing authorities were leaderless, Wang Jingwei, He Yingqin, and other pro-Japanese factions took charge of the KMT, and Japanese imperialism supported the puppet government of the KMT and launched an attack on our party, the revolutionary forces were further weakened, Japan took the opportunity to reap the benefits, the national disaster became even more serious, and finally the land was lost, and China completely became a Japanese colony.

The other is that our party and the major forces of our country will go all out to mediate and peacefully resolve the incident, and reach an agreement on "stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting Japan," so that all forces in the country will embark on the road of all-out resistance against Japan, and in the future all-out war of resistance, they will work together to drive out the Japanese invaders, and the country will be reborn.

The commander-in-chief's calm and wise analysis finally calmed down the cadres attending the meeting, and after careful consideration, they felt that the commander-in-chief's proposal for a peaceful settlement of the incident was more reasonable and more beneficial to the Workers' and Peasants' Party, and they changed their mentality one after another to support the commander-in-chief's proposition.

After the outbreak of the "Xi'an Incident," the commander-in-chief was able to abandon his partisan views and personal enmity, proceed from the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation, advocate a peaceful settlement, and made all kinds of efforts to this end, and deserved to be the most outstanding great man and leader in Chinese history.

After the meeting, the central authorities reached a unanimous opinion; in order to implement the policy of peacefully settling the "Xi'an Incident" and achieve the goal of "stopping the civil war and unanimously resisting Japan," the central authorities fully affirmed the "military admonition" launched by the two generals, Zhang and Yang, and held that this move was a just move of last resort, which undoubtedly greatly relieved the heavy pressure on the two generals who were pointed out by the people of the Kuomintang region.

Subsequently, the Central Committee decided to send a delegation of the Workers' and Peasants' Party to negotiate headed by Deputy Commander Zhou, and at the invitation of the two generals, Zhang and Yang, rushed to Xi'an on 14 May to participate in the tripartite talks and make efforts for a peaceful settlement of the incident.