In March, a bloody case occurred in Chengde, Hebei Province, which changed the current situation, and a bloody case in a small mountain village caused an uproar, which can be said to be a small fuse that played a huge role. One day in March, 40 Japanese soldiers entered a small mountain village in the Chengde area and carried out a murderous killing, when a family of seven Tong sex was killed, and finally 29 people in the small mountain village were killed, and the entire village was almost wiped out. The revelation of this evil act a month later immediately aroused the indignation of the people of the whole country, who at the same time complained about the brutality of the Japanese army, and at the same time set off a wave of forming a united front of the whole people as soon as possible. The media focused almost exclusively on the Nationalist Government and condemned the Nationalist Government's delay in the negotiation process as an artificial obstacle to the peace talks.

The history is strikingly similar but different, because of the bloody incident in a small mountain village in Chengde, just when the people of the whole country were indignant and once again set off a wave of resistance against Japan. A small fuse caused an earthquake in the west, headed by Zhang Xueliang, commander-in-chief of the three provinces of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, supplemented by Yang Hucheng, commander-in-chief of the 17th Route Army and director of the Xi'an Appeasement Office, took the lead in issuing a statement in Xi'an in early May, deciding to unite with the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army to form a northward anti-Japanese advance army to recover the lost territory in the northeast. This move was undoubtedly a magnitude 10 earthquake, and Lao Jiang was suddenly stupid when he heard it. Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng joined forces to take the lead in reaching a peace agreement with the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army, which meant that the western provinces would get rid of Lao Chiang's moderation, and if Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng joined forces with the Communist Party, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The cause of the incident was that Zhang Xueliang returned from a foreign inspection at the beginning of the year and was appeased by Lao Jiang's appointment as the commander-in-chief of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui. After the September 18 Incident, the people of the whole country were filled with indignation and accused Zhang Xueliang of betraying the country by not resisting, and Zhang Xueliang also admitted in public that he had given the order of non-resistance. Zhang Xueliang was under huge pressure and had to go abroad to avoid the limelight. At the beginning of the year, Zhang Xueliang came back from abroad, just in time for the KMT-CPC peace talks. Zhang Xueliang learned that the Communist Party had grown big in Jiangxi, so he lobbied Lao Chiang to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible. But Lao Jiang not only didn't listen, but also reprimanded him in public.

During his stay in Nanjing, Zhang Xueliang visited Zhou Enlai and systematically learned about the situation in Jiangxi, so he believed that re-cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was the only way out, and Lao Chiang delayed the negotiations for various reasons, undoubtedly wanting to continue to implement the policy of securing foreign affairs and securing domestic affairs. In the past few years, Zhang Xueliang himself, including the officers and soldiers of the Northeast under his command, has almost been a rat crossing the street, and has been condemned no matter where he is, so Zhang Xueliang decided to find a way out for himself. After Zhang returned to Xi'an, his subordinate generals clamored, and it happened that Yang Hucheng, the commander-in-chief of the 17th Route Army, was repeatedly rejected by Lao Chiang, and the contradictions deepened day by day, and the two hit it off, and took advantage of the Chengde small mountain village incident to direct a joint action, which we will call the "Xi'an Incident", the purpose of which is undoubtedly to force Lao Chiang to reach peace negotiation terms as soon as possible, and to form a national united front pattern in accordance with the wishes of the people of the whole country.

After 918, 200,000 Northeast Army withdrew to the west to garrison. Among them, Yu Xuezhong, the commander of the 51st Army, led his troops to garrison Lanzhou, and the 51st Army had the 110th, 113th, 114th, and 118th Divisions under its jurisdiction. Miao Chengliu, commander of the 57th Army, led his troops to garrison Weibei, under the jurisdiction of the 111th, 112th, 109th, and 120th divisions. Wang Yizhe, commander of the 67th Army, led his troops to garrison Pingliang, under the jurisdiction of the 107th Division, 108th Division, 117th Division, and 129th Division. The commander of the cavalry corps led his troops to garrison Xianyang, and had the 3rd, 6th, 7th, and 10th cavalry divisions under his command. Liu Dequan, commander of the 105th Independent Division, led his troops to garrison Chishui.

Shen Ke, the commander of the 106th Division, led his troops to garrison Baoji. Liu Qiwen, commander of the 115th Division, led his troops to garrison Xi'an. Sun Mingjiu, captain of the anti-Japanese pioneer brigade and head of the direct special service regiment, was stationed in Xi'an, and Du Weigang, head of the directly subordinate engineer regiment, led his troops to be stationed in Xi'an. Liu Peiwei, commander of the artillery regiment directly under him, led his troops to garrison the suburbs of Xi'an. The captain of the directly subordinate baggage brigade led his troops to garrison Xi'an. He Shouli, the captain of the directly subordinate communications brigade, led his troops to be stationed in Xi'an. Zhang Weibin, the captain of the anti-aircraft artillery team directly under him, led his troops to garrison Xi'an. In addition, Wan Fulin, commander of the 53rd Army, led his troops to garrison Baoding, under the jurisdiction of the 116th Division, 119th Division, and 130th Division. Feng Zhanhai, commander of the 63rd Army, led his troops to garrison a place in Henan, under the jurisdiction of the 91st Division. The total number of troops is 200,000.

The 17th Route Army Yang Hucheng Department is mainly distributed in Xi'an and southern Shaanxi. Among them, Sun Weiru, commander of the 38th Army, has the 17th Division (including 9 regiments of the 49th Brigade, the 51st Brigade, and the Supplementary Brigade). Feng Qinya, commander of the 7th Army, has a total of 9 regiments under the 42nd Division (including the 124th Brigade and the 126th Brigade, of which the division is directly under the supplementary regiment and the 4th Regiment directly under the division), and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Shaanxi Garrison Brigades have a total of 9 regiments. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd regiments of the appeasement agents, cavalry regiments, and training battalions. The total strength is about 60,000 people.

The 17th Route Army of Yang Hucheng's Department was not a descendant of the Northwest Army, and the department was completely formed by him. Yang Hucheng was born in the green forest swordsman, and started from killing the rich and helping the poor, and pulled up a team. Yang Hucheng is a persistent person and always sticks to his bottom line. Although there have been several twists and turns, he has never been attached to Feng and Yan, and has survived in the cracks. After the end of the war, the department was named the 17th Route Army and entered Shaanxi to become a local powerful faction. Originally, Lao Jiang promised him to serve as the chairman of Shaanxi Province, but Lao Jiang made a mistake and only appointed him as the director of the Shaanxi Pacification Office, so Yang Hucheng and Lao Jiang had a conflict.

After that, the veteran general ordered Yang Hucheng to encircle and suppress the Shaanxi and Gansu base areas, but the result was heavy losses, and Yang Hucheng became increasingly dissatisfied with Lao Jiang's exclusion of dissidents. After 918, Yang Hucheng advocated the War of Resistance and secretly contacted the Red Fourth Front Army. It can be said that there are a large number of Communist Party members in the 17th Route Army, and Yang Hucheng is not only not worried, but very happy. At present, the Communist Party has sprung up in Jiangxi, and Yang Hucheng has one more choice. Originally, he was ready to defect to the Red Army, but the situation in the country changed significantly, and the Kuomintang and the Communist Party began peace negotiations. Due to the lack of progress in the peace talks between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party for a long time, Yang Hucheng was so anxious that he privately began to contact and lobby the generals of the Northeast Army.

The loss of the three eastern provinces was like a rat crossing the street by the spitting of the people, so the generals at all levels of the Northeast Army held their breath. At this juncture, Zhang Xueliang came back from abroad, was reprimanded by Lao Jiang in Nanjing, and returned to Xi'an in a depressed mood. Lao Chiang gave him the task of preventing the expansion of the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army to the outside. Due to the clamor of his subordinate generals, he and Yang Hucheng joined forces against Chiang and formed an anti-Japanese advance army to go to the anti-Japanese front. Although this move did not openly raise the banner of anti-Chiang, in essence, Zhang and Yang were suspected of breaking away from the Nationalist Government.

The fire at the city gate affected the fish pond, and Zhang Yang's decision undoubtedly made Yan Xishan feel that a catastrophe was coming, so he immediately sent a telegram to support Zhang and Yang, and urged the KMT and the Communist Party to reach an agreement on peace talks as soon as possible and form a national united front as soon as possible. At this time, the Communist Party issued a telegram in Jiangxi, expressing solidarity with Zhang Yang and hoping that Zhang Yang would exercise restraint in the light of the overall situation, and at the same time took a tough attitude and demanded that the Nationalist Government reach a peace agreement as soon as possible, otherwise all the consequences would be borne by the Nationalist Government.

The striking resemblance of history is only a shift in the nodes of time and the events themselves, but the nature has not changed. Ouyang Jian knew that during the peace talks, he had been fighting for the backbone, that is, using external forces to make Lao Jiang submit. Ouyang Jian didn't expect that the focus of this external force was still Zhang and Yang. If the Northeast Army, including the Quasi-Northwest Army, has nearly 300,000 troops, why do discerning people think of it without guessing. Ouyang Jian knew in his heart that it was completely a major change in Jiangxi that led to the different Xi'an Incident. Needless to say, Lao Jiang no longer has any choice.

When he was in a hurry, Lao Chiang sent people to urgently mediate Zhang Yang, and appointed Zhang Xueliang as the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Group Army, and promised to cede the territory west of Luoyang, Henan, and at the same time appointed Yang Hucheng as the chairman of Shaanxi Province. At the same time, the KMT and the CCP were called upon to negotiate peacefully and reach an agreement quickly. When a political crisis was resolved, the KMT-CCP peace talks also removed obstacles. After several rounds of negotiations, the KMT and the CPC formally signed a peace agreement in early June, and there is no need to elaborate on the scope of the peace agreement, but in fact, the core issue is still in the military field.

After the agreement of both sides, the main Red Army in Jiangxi retained 20 divisions, the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army retained 3 divisions, and other affiliated units were not among them. The Jiangxi and Shaanxi-Gansu Red Armies were reorganized into the 18th Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army. Zhu De is the commander-in-chief, and Ouyang Jian is the chief of the general staff. The former Lin Department of the First Army of the Jiangxi Red Army was reorganized into the First Corps of the 18th Route Army, and Lin was the commander of the Corps. The First Corps has two armies, namely the 35th Army and the 36th Army. The 35th Army has 115 divisions, 116 divisions, and 117 divisions. The 36th Army is under the command of the 118th, 119th, and 120th Divisions, the Corps' Special Operations Brigade, the Sniper Brigade, the Engineer Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, the Boat Bridge Regiment, and the Cavalry Regiment, which are under the command of the Column Headquarters, with a total of 75,000 troops.

Peng Dehuai is the commander of the 2nd Corps, which has jurisdiction over the 37th and 38th Corps, the Artillery Regiment, the Cavalry Regiment, the Zhouqiao Regiment, the Special Operations Regiment, and the Engineer Regiment. The 37th Army is under the jurisdiction of the 121st, 122nd and 123rd Divisions. The 38th Army has the 124th, 125th, and 126th Divisions under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of 73,000 troops. Ouyang Jian concurrently served as the commander of the 3rd Corps, under the jurisdiction of the 39th Army, the 40th Army, and the 41st Army. The 39th Army has 127 Divisions, 128 Divisions, and 129 Divisions. The 40th Army is under the jurisdiction of the 130th, 131st and 132nd Divisions. The 41st Army is under the jurisdiction of the 133rd Division and the 134th Division. In addition, the Corps has a special operations brigade, an artillery regiment, a cavalry regiment, a boat bridge regiment, an engineer regiment, a logistics regiment, an aviation brigade, and a Red Star fleet, with a total strength of 95,000 troops. The Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army was transformed into the 1st Independent Army, with the commander Xu Xiangqian, under the jurisdiction of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd divisions, with a total strength of 35,000 troops.

In addition, the number of the 19th Route Army in Fujian has not changed, and Jiang Guangding is the commander-in-chief, under the jurisdiction of the 42nd Army and the 43rd Army. The 42nd Army is under the jurisdiction of the 135th Division and the 136th Division. The 43rd Army has the 137th and 138th Divisions under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of 60,000 troops. The Nationalist Government, in view of the fact that the Communists had their own territory, decided not to collect taxes from Jiangxi and Fujian (in fact, there was not much point in collecting taxes). After an agreement between the two sides that the Nationalist Government would not provide funding for the time being in difficult times, the two sides reached an agreement on this. After the peace agreement was reached, Commander-in-Chief Zhu De requested that troops be sent to the anti-Japanese front, but the Ministry of Defense refused to approve it for the sake of the overall situation.

After the signing of the peace negotiation agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Enlai was appointed vice minister of foreign affairs of the Nationalist Government. In fact, this is a fictitious title without any rights, it is nothing more than a cover-up. Subsequently, the Nationalist Government appointed Lin Boqu as chairman of Jiangxi Province and Jiang Guangding as chairman of Fujian Province. Although Lao Chiang signed the peace agreement in desperation, he fully accepted it, at least the opposition voices in various places disappeared, and Lao Chiang's political prestige was invisibly enhanced. The Nationalist Government seized the opportunity to build public opinion and vigorously praised Lao Chiang as a leader, how broad-minded he was, and had the potential to praise the world.

When the number of the headquarters of the Yunshui County Corps was changed, the front of the door was replaced with the blue sky and white sun flag. Ouyang Jian looked at the cockades on the caps of the generals and the eight roads on the armbands, and once again sighed in his heart. No matter how similar history it is, but it is a completely new history, partial butterfly wings will definitely shift the trajectory of history, but the mainstream trajectory of history will not change. Ouyang Jian picked up the Red Army military hat on the table, and carefully observed the red five-pointed star silently, as if he was nostalgic for something.

Su Yu said: "Chief of the General Staff, I feel awkward when I put on the Kuomintang cockade, and many comrades are crying. "Yes! Many comrades could not think that our Red Army units would turn into Kuomintang troops overnight! "Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan is also very sad." Comrades, although our names have changed, our numbers have changed, and our cockades have changed. But the red star in our hearts can never change, and the Eighth Route Army will still be the people's soldiers in the future, and this will not change. In particular, the party's command of the gun is still our aim, and we must firmly believe in it. To tell the comrades that we will always be units of the Red Army! ”

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