Chapter 327: Zhang and Yang cooperate
Why was Zhang Xueliang moved by Yang Hucheng? A northwesterner who has nothing to do with the northeast is going to fight to the death with the Japanese army.
And he, a native of the Northeast, was occupied by the Japanese, killed countless brothers and sisters, but still hid in the northwest to survive, how can this not make Zhang Xueliang ashamed.
I saw Zhang Xueliang take out the cigarette in his hand and slap it the table: "Don't say anything, since you have decided to risk your life to find the Japanese desperately, I, a native of the Northeast, have no reason not to go."
Say, what do you want to do? Although I am the deputy commander-in-chief of the National Army, the only person standing in front of you today is Zhang Xueliang of the Northeast Army, just your little brother Zhang Hanqing.
Brother Yang, if you have any orders, you can give them, I, Zhang Xueliang, 100,000 soldiers of my Northeast Army, have been released like you this time. ”
Seeing that Zhang Xueliang was excited and agreed to his request, Yang Hucheng was very pleased that Zhang Xueliang still had the courage to do so, and even more relieved that his little bit of Chinese soldier's bloodiness had not been extinguished.
However, Yang Hucheng did not immediately agree to Zhang Xueliang to join his plan, because he was worried that Zhang Xueliang was just a little enthusiastic from a moment of excitement, and maybe Zhang Xueliang would change his mind when he turned around.
After all, he has seen too much of a rich kid like Zhang Xueliang, who has a low level of mastery. Most of the children who grew up in greenhouses like this are not strong-willed, and they do the stupid thing of doing thousands of roads at night and selling tofu during the day.
If Zhang Xueliang really wanted to participate in his anti-Chiang anti-Japanese plan, he would have to give Zhang Xueliang a thorough understanding to see if Zhang Xueliang had the courage to really bear the infamy of the previous life and work with him.
Yang Hucheng motioned to Zhang Xueliang not to be excited, sit down first, he still had something to say. Zhang Xueliang didn't expect that Yang Hucheng didn't immediately agree to his request, but let himself listen to him slowly, could it be that there is any ulterior secret in this anti-Chiang anti-Japanese war?
Yang Hucheng continued very calmly: "Han Qing, you can also see that even if you and my two armies jointly oppose Chiang's resistance against Japan, in fact, we are not Commander Chiang's opponent.
He won't allow us to go north either. Just a few days ago, Commander Chiang had secretly mobilized 300,000 southern bandit suppression troops to begin heading north.
In a month at most, we will reach the vicinity of Shaanxi and Guizhou, nominally encircling and suppressing the Red Army, but in fact forcing us to fight to the death with the Red Army, and finally profit.
And I didn't want to lose my limited forces in a civil war with the Red Army, so a month ago I secretly got in touch with the Red Army in the northwest.
We have reached a secret agreement that they will definitely send troops to help us as soon as I declare that I am anti-Chiang and will be surrounded and suppressed by the Central Army.
Moreover, they also said that if Commander Chiang finally agreed to our north to resist Japan, their Red Army was willing to send 30,000 troops to the north with us to resist Japan.
Yang Hucheng revealed to Zhang Xueliang the secret of his eyebrows with the Red Army, just to let Zhang Xueliang know that once he rebelled, because of the agreement with the Red Army, as long as the two armies dealt with the Central Army together, their Northwest Army would be completely on the opposite side of the Central Army, and it would be a never-ending situation from then on, and he wanted to test Zhang Xueliang's courage.
When Zhang Xueliang heard this, he shot the case again: "Brother Yang, it turns out that you have also contacted the Red Army, this is great, to tell you the truth, I personally flew to Yan'an two months ago and interviewed the leaders of their Red Army."
In addition, the "Armistice and Mutual Assistance Agreement" was signed, and now their Red Army has a lot of important materials that have been funded by our Northeast Army. Seeing that Yang Hucheng was about to end, Zhang Xueliang also told his little secret.
"Oh, so we're real grasshoppers tethered to a thread this time. This time, you can't go, and you can't run away from me.
In this case, with the unity of the three of us, our anti-Chiang anti-Japanese action will certainly be successful. You know the combat effectiveness of the Red Army, even if their weapons are even more backward than ours, but their combat effectiveness is indeed much stronger than our Northwest Army.
As for the comparison with the Central Army, it's not that I'm laughing at those old soldiers, it's okay to fight positional warfare, if you really fight a vicious battle with the Japanese army, it has to be us hard-working Northwest soldiers. "Yang Hucheng has always been very proud of the combat power of the Northwest Army.
"But Brother Yang, even if our three armies are secretly united, how can we oppose Chiang and resist Japan? You can't have an electrification like Liangguang, right? Zhang Xueliang continued to ask.
"Of course not, that's self-defeating, if we also electrify first, it will only give Commander Jiang enough time to deploy troops, and give him time to calmly arrange to buy our soldiers.
In my opinion, we might as well take advantage of the disadvantage of suppressing bandits in the northwest to say that there are many complaints among the front-line soldiers, and simply invite him to the front line to boost morale.
It just so happens that behind us is his 300,000 central army, in order to make us willing to be cannon fodder, he will definitely come to Xi'an with confidence, when you and I only need to launch a mutiny, why worry about the big thing? Yang Hucheng said his long-planned plan.
"Brother Yang, you don't want to kill Commander Jiang, do you? Although he is the best at beating sticks and digging corners, he is the leader of a country in China after all, and we can force him to step down through political force, but can we use force to kill him? Zhang Xueliang thought that Yang Hucheng wanted to trick Commander Jiang into Xi'an and kill him.
Yang Hucheng smiled and said, "Han Qing, what do you think of your old brother as?" Fighting life and death on the battlefield is the fate of soldiers, and we are not the kind of killers behind the scenes.
I didn't think about tricking Commander Chiang into killing him, and I know that Commander Chiang is very important to China's current stability.
I just said that after deceiving him, we forced him to order the whole country to stop the civil war and unite against Japan in the form of military advice, and as long as he can make such a promise to the whole country, I am willing to bear the guilt afterwards, and ask him to be punished by Commander Chiang, and I am willing to kill and listen to him. ”
"Brother, you're scared to death, but you plan to do this, do they know about the Red Army? Isn't that what the Red Army is suggesting to you? Zhang Xueliang was still not at ease, for fear that this was what the Red Army did behind the instigation of Yang Hucheng, and Commander Jiang's life would not be guaranteed.
"This has nothing to do with the Red Army, and although I have made contact with the Red Army and there is an understanding between the two sides, I do not dare to fully trust them.
What's more, how can I discuss with them about this kind of rebellion, of course I can't share it with them if my stomach is rotten.
The reason why I am telling you is because you want to know how we can achieve the goal of fighting together against Japan without bloodshed. I think that as long as we arrest Commander Chiang and force him to stop the civil war and fight against Japan together, maybe the Red Army will accept our incorporation at that time.
As long as the armies of our two parties do not suffer from internal friction, I think we have a great chance of defeating the Japanese. After all, the anti-Japanese forces in the whole of Northeast China are also very strong.
With them joining us inside and out, and now that the Japanese forces are scattered, I am sure enough to drive the Japanese into the sea and drive them back to Japan. Yang Hucheng said affirmatively.
"Brother Yang, I agree with all these things you said, but how to deceive Jiang Gong and how to catch Jiang Gong, do you have a specific plan?" Zhang Xueliang continued to ask.
"There is no specific plan yet, this does not need to be there, as long as he dares to come, it is naturally easy to catch him, there is no other trick, only the matter must be confidential, and the speed must be fast." Yang Hucheng felt that his plan was in his chest.
"As soon as you say this, I already have a candidate to capture Commander Chiang. Bai Fengxiang, the commander of my 1st Cavalry Division, is my diehard, he was born as a horse bandit and fought bravely, and his 1st Cavalry Division was even more fast.
I believe that as long as he is transferred to Xi'an in the name of suppressing bandits, it must be a sure thing to capture Commander Jiang alive. But Brother Yang, I really don't want to make this decision, don't we have any other way than military advice? Zhang Xueliang also reported the last ray of hope.
"As far as I can see, I can't think of any other way than the safest and least sacrificial method. Brother Hanqing, you have to think about it, if you don't agree, walk out of this room, you will not be here today, you and I are still brothers, and in the future, my brother will not be able to complain about you whether he lives or dies.
Once you agree to my plan and walk out of this room again, if you regret it again, you can't blame my brother for not talking about brotherhood.
For the sake of the lives of hundreds of thousands of hot-blooded men in the Northwest Army, my brother can only kill you with his own hands. "Yang Hucheng is making a final test.
"Brother Yang, do you treat Han Qing as an open-mouthed child? Don't worry, I have decided to advance and retreat with Brother Yang, and I will bear the consequences of this military admonition with you.
I just want to discuss with you again the date and timing of the military advice, and it is better not to be in such a hurry, it is November now, and when I went to congratulate Commander Chiang on his birthday last month, although we could not agree on the idea of stopping the civil war and fighting against Japan together.
However, I can also see that Commander Chiang also really wanted to fight against Japan, but I suggested that the outside world should be settled first and then the interior should be settled.
In this way, Commander Jiang is going to Luoyang to inspect military affairs in the next few days, and I will find another opportunity to persuade him, if he still does not listen to persuasion, he can only use Brother Yang's method to trick him into coming to Xi'an, and the soldiers will admonish him. Zhang Xueliang also made up his mind.
"That's fine, then I'll listen to Hanqing's good news in Xi'an." Yang Hucheng finally put his mind at ease.
"Alas, do your best, and leave it to the fate of heaven, but I have one more request here." Zhang Xuehao doesn't seem to give up.
"You say." Yang Hucheng said.
"If we really come to the road of military advice in the end, I hope Brother Yang promises me that no matter what the result is, even if we meet the Central Army in the end, you can't harm Commander Jiang's life, how about it?" Zhang Xueliang was still worried about the safety of Commander Chiang.
"Brother Hanqing still can't believe me? I don't have a grudge with Commander Jiang for killing my father, and I don't have the hatred for taking my wife, so why do I have to kill him.
Don't worry, we just arrested him to scare him, even if he finally doesn't agree to stop the civil war and unanimously with the outside world, I won't kill him.
Besides, didn't you say that you arranged for the people who captured Commander Chiang alive? In this case, everyone is under your control, and it is up to you to kill him or not.
I don't blame you for grabbing him with the front foot and letting him go with the back foot, after all, as long as we take this step, whether we succeed in defeating Japan in the future or not.
With Commander Chiang's usual cautious eye of revenge, you and I will inevitably die. I only hope that when Commander Jiang kills me, he can spare my family, after all, it is I, Yang Hucheng, who planned this matter.
I only hope that he, Commander Jiang, can remember the constitution of the Republic of China, and he will not be guilty of his wife and children! Yang Hucheng looked worried.