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Chapter 11** is a posterior strike

The occurrence of the Xi'an Incident was both an opportunity and a challenge for Hu Zongnan, who had a large army and faintly had the demeanor of the king of the northwest. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

As a general in the Huangpu department second only to An Yi, Hu Zongnan has a distinct political stance and views, and also has ambitions and ambitions that far exceed ordinary people. Since the establishment of the Nanjing Nationalist Government, the "Huangpu Department" military group has developed rapidly. An Yi, Hu Zongnan, and other Whampoa classmates, under the vigorous promotion of President Chiang Kai-shek, in a very short period of time, their official positions continued to rise, their strength swelled dramatically, and the military power became stronger and stronger.

Unlike An Yi, An Yi likes to start from scratch and build a military and political group that is completely his own, while Hu Zongnan uses the Lixing Society to exert his influence in the Whampoa system. As early as the beginning of the establishment of the Lixing Society, Chiang Kai-shek specially nominated An Yi and Hu Zongnan as the leading backbone of the Lixing Society, everyone thought that Chiang Kai-shek must have his special intentions, because An Yi did not ask about this matter, and rarely participated in the activities held by the Lixing Society, so everyone had special respect for Hu Zongnan, another member of the army handpicked by Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, Hu Zongnan also implicitly regarded himself as the person behind the organization of the Lixing Society, and the Whampoa students generally pretended to be Chiang Kai-shek's son-in-law, while Hu Zongnan claimed to be the "crown prince", which shows how clear his goal is and how ambitious he is.

Before the Xi'an Incident, Hu Zongnan used his influence in Lixing Society to win the hearts of the Huangpu family more than An Yi.

After Hu Zongnan took office as commander of the First Army at the beginning of this year, he led his troops to encircle and suppress the Red Army, and the ranks expanded rapidly. Long before the expansion of the division into an army, Hu Zongnan's first division was known as the "first division in the world," directly under the jurisdiction of four brigades and 12 regiments, and commanded a cavalry regiment, together with the troops directly under the division, with a total of nearly 40,000 horses, equivalent to the number of two ordinary armies of the Nationalist Government Army. In order to train officers and improve the quality of officers, Hu Zongnan also learned from An Yi and set up the "Northwest Officer Training Class of the Central Military Academy" in Tianshui, which examines and selects non-commissioned officers with meritorious service in the army and local young students in the northwest provinces, and implements a six-month officer training and education. In order to win the hearts of the soldiers, Hu Zongnan personally served as the head teacher, and Zhou Shimian, deputy commander of the Second Brigade, concurrently served as the chief of education. Hu Zongnan regarded this training class as a continuation of the Whampoa Military Academy, naming Huangpu Fang, Huangpu Road, Huangpu Pavilion, Huangpu Park, etc., on the campus, and educating the cadets with the "Whampoa spirit".

After the first division was expanded into an army, it was organized into two divisions, four brigades and eight regiments, and there were cavalry, artillery, baggage, and communications units directly under the direct jurisdiction of the army, and the army commander Hu Zongnan was also the commander of the first division, and the deputy army commander Fan Hanjie, Li Wen, an alumnus of the first phase of Huangpu, served as the deputy commander of the first division, Yu Da of the ninth phase of the Luda in Baoding III served as the chief of staff of the division, and Ding Delong, a contemporaneous student of Hu Zongnan's Huangpu, served as the commander of the 78th division, firmly controlling the first army. He also commanded Zhou Xiangchu's 43rd Division and Kong Lingsui's 97th Division, although it suffered a defeat at the Mountain Castle in the previous month and lost its troops, it still firmly controlled the army and was one of the most powerful military groups at present.

On the day of the Xi'an Incident, Hu Zongnan received a telegram from Zhang Xueliang, deputy commander-in-chief of the Northwest Suppression Command: All "suppression of the Communists" troops should stop standby. Hu Zongnan was very puzzled. Then, he received a report from his subordinates that the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Division had been attacked by sporadic units of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army. The day after the incident, Hu Zongnan learned the truth about the Xi'an incident from a phone call from He Jinhan and Deng Wenyi, and Hu Zongnan immediately received a report that two regiments of the Northwest Supplementary Brigade of the First Army left in Lanzhou were surrounded and disarmed by force by the 51st Army of the Northeast Army's Yu Xuezhong Division, and the two regiment commanders and some officers and soldiers were killed for resisting and resisting.

Hu Zongnan was furious, but he couldn't help but have a small calculation in his heart. Although he is now in a high position, but all promotions and dismissals depend on the central government, on Chiang Kai-shek himself, once Chiang Kai-shek dies in the rebellion, then the Nanjing Central Government and the Military Commission will definitely be in chaos, the tight spell he wears on his head will lose its effectiveness, with his position in the Huangpu lineage troops, as well as the Gan Qingning and other places that are currently actually controlled, but he can be a veritable king of the northwest. As for taking refuge in An Yi, he never thought about it, all along, although he was jealous of the prestige achieved by An Jiajun, but Hu Zongnan, who regarded himself very highly, had another opinion, he always felt that An Yi was too adventurous and radical in life, and the relationship with the Huangpu brothers was far less deep and reliable than his own.

Therefore, after receiving the orders from He Yingqin and He Jinhan, Hu Zongnan hit it off, first issuing the "Advice to Zhang Xueliang" and the "Message to Pao Ze" with 275 young generals of the Huangpu Department and "representing all the more than 70,000 students", and then participated in the "Advice to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng" to list the 38 leading generals of the Kuomintang army led by Liu Zhi, advocating the use of force to resolve the Xi'an Incident. Subsequently, Hu Zongnan reorganized the army, led his troops from Tianshui to attack the territory of Shaanxi, and soon occupied Baoji, just wanted to enter Xi'an with a bang, but received a secret telegram from An Yi and Dai Li, knowing that the 16th Division of the An Family Army had controlled Nanjing, and He Yingqin, He Jinhan, Deng Wenyi, etc., who were in the main battle, had lost their position.

At present, the situation is becoming clearer, Hu Zongnan feels that his over-eagerness is likely to give a bad impression to Chiang Kai-shek, and he must take remedial measures, so he quickly sent a secret telegram to Soong Meiling, expressing his firm determination to be loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, saying that he had been deceived by He Yingqin before, thinking that the chairman of the committee had been killed, so he behaved abnormally, and now understood that the chairman of the committee was still alive, so the troops attacking Xi'an would retreat to the line of Hui'anbao and Tongxincheng, and do their best to resolve the incident peacefully.

Thus, in this way, under the sternly worded orders of An Yi and the Central Military Commission, and under the influence and persuasion of Hu Zongnan, all the armies and divisions of the Central Army around Shaanxi stopped advancing and stood by on the spot, thus avoiding the occurrence of a large-scale civil war, and at the same time creating favorable conditions for Yang Hucheng, Zhang Xueliang, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to smoothly handle the incident.

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In Guilin, Guangxi, a simple and elegant painting boat slowly descends along the gentle and gentle water of the Li River.

On the second floor of the painting boat, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Huang Xuchu, and Chen Zhibiao sat opposite each other, enjoying the winter landscape of Guilin, while drinking fragrant tea and talking softly.

"An Yi is terrible, if he doesn't make a move, he hit He Yingqin's seven inches as soon as he made a move, and seeing the situation that tends to collapse, he miraculously saved it, and now that the situation in Nanjing is stable, we can dispel the idea of fishing in troubled waters!" Li Zongren said, shook his head and sighed.

"Brother, today's events have been foreseen, so why bother with it? The day after the incident, when we received a telegram from Liu Zhongrong, director of the Xi'an Office of our ministry, saying, "I have seen Zhang and Yang Zhi's telegram here, and the actual plan to save the country in the future is waiting to be discussed. At that time, I was worried that the chairman of the committee would return and take revenge on our Gui family? Now that the overall situation has been decided, not only did we not help Zhang Yang persecute the chairman of the NPC National Committee, but instead actively responded to An Yi's appeal and called for a peaceful settlement of the Xi'an incident. Bai Chongxi comforted.

Li Zongren sighed again: "Still unwilling, if Chiang Kai-shek dies in the chaos and the world is in chaos, we can send troops to Guangdong and occupy Fujian and Jiangxi, such a great cause can be expected, but now, we still have to hold back in Guangxi, and we can't move at all, and it's uncomfortable to think about." ”

Bai Chongxi smiled: "If the chairman of the committee dies, it will be difficult for us to reproduce the glory of the Laurel system, now the Central Army is dominant, no matter which part occupies Guangdong, Fujian and other places, it is not so easy to get along, and there is An Yi occupying the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, who dares to act rashly?" ”

Li Zongren thought for a while and asked curiously: "Jiansheng, tell me, how can there be such a fool as An Yi?" If something happens to the chairman of the committee, he can justifiably raise the banner of crusade, take Sichuan in one fell swoop, occupy Shaanxi, and then go down the river from Yichang to occupy the two lakes and Jiangxi, with his good relationship with the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols, and even it is not impossible for Jiangsu and Zhejiang to be attached to the central government, how can he sit back and watch such a good opportunity and obediently work for Lao Jiang? ”

Bai Chongxi smiled bitterly: "I can't see through this person, if I have such a good opportunity, I have to fight no matter what, but he is good, he will take He Yingqin and create all favorable conditions for the peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, I can't see through it!" ”

Huang Xuchu, who had been listening quietly and did not speak, said: "An Yi is definitely not a person who does not want to make progress, otherwise how would he have today's strength and status?" I think he has seen the situation clearly a long time ago, and even if he didn't interfere, the chairman would probably return safely, but he hastened the trend of reconciliation. Since the Soviet Union and Russia made a statement, the ** side quickly changed its position, at the beginning Zhu Mao was the chairman of the public trial committee, but now it is obvious that they have given up doing so, and everything revolves around peace negotiations. As for Nanjing, although He Yingqin temporarily occupies the top spot, we must not forget that fighting a war is a fight for money, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang chaebols all support the chairman, if they are stuck in logistics and supplies, and then tempt the generals in the army, He Yingqin, who is in the main battle, will face the fate of being hollowed out, and there is hope for peace talks. In short, An Yi did it very skillfully this time, it was precisely when He Yingqin's power was at its most inflated, and he took the initiative back in one fell swoop, giving people a feeling of Optimus Prime. This timing is too clever, it is estimated that when Lao Jiang comes back, he will have to be promoted again. ”

Chen Zhibiao hesitated for a moment and expressed his opinion:

"I think General An gave up such a great opportunity more because of the threat from the Japanese in the north. We all know that the Fourth Department of the General Staff Headquarters actually only accepts An Yi's leadership, and there has never been a shortage of good intelligence personnel in the An family's army, it is estimated that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng are indispensable to have An Yi lurking around him, if he is really ambitious, he can send someone to kill the chairman of the committee unknowingly, and then blame Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, and then use revenge as an excuse to compete for hegemony in the world, and no one can do anything about him.

"However, once China is in turmoil, it will be difficult to reunify without three or five years, and those generals of the Central Army and local warlords who have heavy troops in their hands, who are willing to obediently put down their power? If nothing else, it is impossible for our Gui army, and it is impossible for He Jian, Yan Xishan, Song Zheyuan, and Han Fuqu to be willing to succumb to a hairy boy, and there will definitely be a war at that time. After the big battles are fought, who will benefit? It can only be Japanese! Therefore, General An will give up this rare opportunity and continue to show his loyalty to the chairman of the committee in order to seek greater trust and power! ”

Huang Xuchu and Li Zongren nodded again and again, and Bai Chongxi was also full of deep thought, and was silent for a long time before saying:

"Zhibiao has grown a lot, and he has figured out An Yi's psychology very thoroughly. Indeed, An Yi is a patriot and a staunch nationalist, which can be seen from the fact that his army has always stood on the front line of resistance against Japan for several years. Since the death of Premier Sun, the party and the army have lost the core of leadership, since the success of the Northern Expedition in the 17th year of the Republic of China, after another ten years of conquest, Chiang Kai-shek has successfully replaced Premier Sun and become the new central leadership core. In An Yi's understanding, he will never allow this core to disappear, because that means that the whole country will fall into chaos again, the regime will face splits, and there will be warlords again, so Chiang Kai-shek's security has actually been closely related to the security of the whole country, for the sake of the great cause of resistance against Japan, An Yi cannot be allowed to make other choices! ”

After listening to the analysis of Huang Xuchu, Chen Zhibiao and Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren was relieved:

"That's it, that's it, for the sake of this country, An Yi, who has an army of 500,000 people, has good prestige and interpersonal relationships, and has abundant financial support, has even given up such a good opportunity, what else are we reluctant to do? Jiansheng, I believe that it will not be long before the chairman of the NPC National Committee will return from Xi'an, and since there is nothing important on our side, you should go to Nanjing to take office. Now that the national crisis is at hand, the Japanese see that our country is ending its civil strife and the guns are unanimous with the outside world, and they will definitely launch a war of aggression against China in advance. ”

Bai Chongxi was deeply moved, stretched out his hand from the table, gently patted the back of Li Zongren's hand, and said in a choked voice: "Brother-"

Li Zongren nodded encouragingly, and then said to Huang Xuchu and Chen Zhibiao: "Now it seems that the consensus that there will be a war between China and Japan is not wrong, and it is imminent!" From now on, our Gui army will also reorganize its soldiers and horses, gather the strength of tens of millions of fathers and elders in Bagui, and fight to the death against the Japanese invaders! ”

Huang Xuchu's eyes were firm, Chen Zhibiao stood up and saluted straightly, "Yes-"