Zhang Xuewu's reaction was completely unexpected by everyone in the country, Zhang Xuewu understood the original intention of He Yingqin's tough attitude at this moment, and originally planned that the first reorganized division Xu Guohui's department and the second reorganized division Wang Chuang's department would assemble in Ordos, and the second brigade of the third reorganized division Zhao Xinyu and the fourth reorganized division Hu Zhenglong's department would assemble in Zhangjiakou, ready to divide the troops into Jin.

For this reason, Zhang Xuewu informed Yan Xishan that his Rehe army was ready to borrow the road to Xi'an to rescue Chairman Jiang, Zhang Xuewu's notice made Yan Xishan very annoyed and also thought hard about countermeasures, if he didn't give way, then Zhang Xuewu's army swept under the Jin army will likely become history, but if he gives way, Zhang Xuewu's Rehe army will probably be easy to ask God to send God after entering Shanxi.

However, the impact of the Xi'an incident has expanded to the point that it is difficult to control, and the outbreak of the Xi'an Double 12 incident seems to have made Yue himself see some kind of opportunity, so he began to jump up in a big way.

Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng were also really unable to let go of the power in their hands, and were confused by the beautiful prospect of the Northwest Alliance, in essence, they formed a group to protect themselves, but in general they had to make Chiang give up the policy of first securing the interior of the country when fighting abroad, implement the policy of uniting with the Communist Party to resist the Japanese, and launched the so-called "military admonition" to detain Chiang Kai-shek and his entourage who went to Xi'an to supervise the "suppression of the Communists".

Chiang Kai-shek was not only the leader of the Kuomintang, but also the president of the Executive Yuan and the chairman of the Military Commission. He was detained in Xi'an, which made the Nanjing political axe group leaderless and chaotic. On the issue of how to deal with and resolve the Xi'an Incident, differences of opinion arose within the Nanjing political axe authorities, which quickly split into two sharply opposed factions, the "main battle" and the "main peace." He Yingqin, who was the Minister of Military Affairs at the time, with the support of some Kuomintang veterans and the Whampoa Shaozhuang faction, strongly advocated a clear crusade against Xi'an, and served as the commander-in-chief of the "rebel army".

In this regard, most people in the outside world think that He Yingqin did this to take advantage of the chaos to kill Chiang Kai-shek or fake Zhang, and Yang killed Chiang Kai-shek and replaced Chiang Kai-shek, but in Zhang Xuewu's view, the real purpose of He Yingqin's main battle at the moment should be to "force peace with war" and rescue Chiang Kai-shek in disguise.

After Chiang Kai-shek was detained, the Nanjing political axe implemented temporary collective leadership. In this collective, He Yingqin achieved a position of power that he did not have before the incident, but due to seniority and strength, he still did not have the possibility of replacing Chiang Kai-shek's position. In this regard, He Yingqin should be self-aware, and it is impossible to have the wild idea of "acting for Jiang".

He Yingqin, who was the Minister of Military Affairs at the time, naturally became one of the core figures of the provisional leadership collective of Nanjing's political axe and grasped the military command. However, this does not mean that He Yingqin has gained the ability to replace Chiang Kai-shek and single-handedly control the center of the national political axe. Because within the Kuomintang, since He Yingqin followed Chiang Kai-shek, he has never had the experience of governing the party and government. In terms of qualifications, it naturally cannot be compared with Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin and other Kuomintang veterans.

In terms of strength, He Yingqin does not belong to any powerful faction anywhere, and there has never been a private force that is tough and can stand alone, although he is the No. 2 person in the Whampoa Department of the Central Army of the National Political Axe in addition to Chiang, but the Whampoa Department is Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted lineage, and for a long time, "with Chiang's will as the will", with Chiang as the sole leader, without Chiang Kai-shek's Whampoa Department is by no means He Yingqin can easily control and control as the No. 2 person, and cannot be regarded as the strength in He Yingqin's hands.

The military rank and official rank of the Huangpu department are second to none, and Hu Zongnan, who has a relatively large military force, reacted passively to He Yingqin's military orders in the course of the incident. After receiving He Yingqin's order to command the various units of the Central Army in the Ningxia and Gansu regions to advance to Xi'an, "Hu Zongnan responded passively, and it was not until February 1937 that the Xi'an Incident was resolved, and Hu did not enter Fengxiang, Guanzhong, Shaanxi." In the incident, his command of the various departments of the Central Army could not even get rid of Kong Xiangxi's intervention. Therefore, he cannot be compared with Yan Xishan, Li Zongren and other local powerful figures.

Now from Zhang Xuewu's point of view, the only Central Military Headquarters that can resolutely implement He Yingqin's orders is probably his Rehe Army, and on the issue of [***], He Yingqin has always been a staunch follower of Chiang Kai-shek's policy of "shutting down the outside world before securing the interior". It can be said that He Yingqin has never changed his [***] stance throughout his life, and his "resolute attitude, stubborn stance, frequent activities, and huge influence."

At a time when people from all sides are making unremitting efforts to resolve the Double 12 Incident peacefully, [***] also took into account that due to the approach and military pressure of the Central Army of the outside world, coupled with the strong opposition of Zhang Xuewu of the Rehe Army, and Yan Xishan's betrayal, there have been signs of instability within the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army, Zhou and Mao jointly sent a telegram to Zhang Xueliang, in view of the reincarnation of Chiang Kai-shek, the wait-and-see atmosphere of all parties is very strong, and the troops should be quickly assembled with the determination to persevere to the end. Raise morale and mobilize the masses, "Be bold to the end!" "All units of the Red Army and the 17th Route Army immediately moved closer to the Northeast Army, and the Trinity concentrated its forces to first annihilate the invading Central Army and boost the morale of the army.

However, the aggressive posture of the various departments of the Central Army did make the [***] side very worried, especially the withdrawal of Yan Xishan, so that the Rehe Army Zhang Xuewu Department may realize the situation of encircling Xi'an on all sides, Hu Zongnan, Zeng Wanzhong, Mao Bingwen, Guan Zhenglin, Li Xianzhou and other departments have entered a strategic position, once the strategic deployment of the encirclement of Xi'an is completed, then the Northeast Army, the 17th Route Army, and the Red Army will fall into an extremely passive state.

What is very crucial is that the Soviet side has made it very clear that it does not support the actions of Zhang and Yang, believing that this is a great damage to the overall situation of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

It can be said that the aid of the Soviet Union is Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng's biggest bargaining chip, and now this chip is equivalent to drawing a cake in the air, how can this not make Zhang Xueliang anxious, in addition to sending a telegram to scold Zhang Xuewu for being ungrateful, Zhang Xueliang found that he really had nothing to do? The aid of the Soviet Union and Zhang Xuewu's Rehe Corps were actually Zhang Xueliang's two bargaining chips, but now they are all in vain, Zhang Xuewu is still actively preparing to attack Xi'an through Shanxi, there is news that Yan Xishan has prepared 500 wagons and 50 locomotives in the face of the pressure of the Rehe Corps, and the main force of the Rehe Corps may enter Xi'an through Datong at any time, and its other way may also enter Shanxi from Ordos.

Zhang Xuewu naturally knows that the balance of all parties and the change of attitude in the Double 12 Incident in history are very delicate, for example, the Red Army is still making strategic concentration, preparing to fight against the Central Army together with the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army, but at the end of the month, the attitude of the [***] side will take a 180-degree turn, not participating in all military operations, and the Central Political Axe Army of the Red Army will take all military actions, in this case, then the so-called three-in-one strategy of the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army will eventually go bankrupt.

Moreover, the remaining troops of Yang Hucheng's Seventeenth Route Army are not enough at all, the main force is still the Northeast Army, and once the Red Army stops the three-in-one strategy promised before, then the 30,000 rifles and 200 light and heavy machine guns and ammunition that Zhang Xueliang promised to send to Yan'an will inevitably fail, and Zhang Xueliang will feel as if he has been betrayed by the whole world.

Yan Xishan's final decision is to give way to Zhang Xuewu's department, but to make way also have the skill to give way, the Jin army in June 1931 according to the central army number rearranged, the 32nd Army commander Shang Zhen, the 33rd Army commander Xu Yongchang, the 34th Army commander Yang Aiyuan, the 35th Army commander Fu Zuoyi, in addition to Yan Xishan deeply felt the threat of Zhang Xuewu's department, and later formed a road protection army, with Sun Chu as the commander, and formed a cavalry team equal to the division level, with Zhao Chengshou as the commander, In order not to stimulate the sensitive nerves of Nanjing, the original Jin Army Artillery Brigade was changed into an artillery team, and Zhou Ying was appointed as the commander, and the Jin Army Headquarters also formed five Reading Brigades.

However, the 33rd Army has been directly under Yan Xishan, Xu Yongchang has already handed over military power to the Nanjing Military and Political Department to receive orders, and Yang Aiyuan's 34th Army has already been seriously injured, even under Yan Xishan's full recovery, the 34th Army can only be barely fully equipped, as for the combat effectiveness, it can only be said that the benevolent see the benevolent and the wise see the wise.

And Shang Zhen's 32nd Army is now very close to the Nanjing Central Political Axe, nominally belonging to the Jin Army in the past, but in fact it is under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Military and Political Department, so that Fu Zuoyi Yan Xishan has no way, but in the face of the Military and Political Department to transfer the Rehe Army to Shaanxi to quell the chaos, in the face of Zhang Xuewu, this road is Yan Xishan or must be borrowed, so Yan Xishan also came up with a seemingly smart countermeasure, he transferred all his Jin army headquarters to Zhongtiao Mountain in southern Jin for defense, Because of the exclusion of the strategic points of various passes in Shanxi, Zhongtiao Mountain can be said to have become the only choice for Yan Xishan.

Zhongtiao Mountain is located in the south of Shanxi, the north bank of the Yellow River, in the northeast and southwest direction, high in the northeast and low in the southwest, more than 170 kilometers of transverse radiation, 50 kilometers in depth, Zhongtiao Mountain, and Taihang, Luliang, Taiyue three mountains are each other's horns, the strategic position is very important.

In later generations, when the army invaded Shanxi, the Central Army and the Jin Army also retreated here, and Zhang Xuewu was really a little hesitant about Yan Xishan's choice, and it was obviously not possible to attack hard, because after the outbreak of the Double Twelve Incident, Yan Xishan jumped out to oppose the rebellion of Zhang and Yang with a clear banner, so he openly entered the Jin Dynasty and described the armed forces Zhang Xuewu was also unknown.

Zhang Xuewu's department entered Shanxi called borrowing the road, in fact, many people thought that Zhang Xuewu must take the opportunity to make a big deal at this moment, before Zhang Xuewu cleanly annexed the 34th Army of the Jin Army, many hindsight have expected this, but what is surprising is that two of the three divisions of Zhang Xuewu's Rehe Army quickly passed through Shanxi and went straight to Xi'an, giving Yan'an some encirclement from behind, and the troops on the front line of Ordos were temporarily stationed, Because Yan Xishan's Jin army had shrunk into a group, Zhang Xuewu lost the best opportunity to break through one by one.

However, Zhang Xuewu also knew that even if he attacked the Jin army, Shang Zhen's department and Fu Zuoyi's department would not be touchable, and these had already been regarded by Chiang Kai-shek as his own army.

After the reorganization of the first and second, as well as the main forces of the mechanized brigade and the first and second brigades of heavy artillery, the fifth division of Zhanyang immediately transferred the elite of the first brigade and quickly entered the Shanxi defense logistics line.

And the most important thing is that all parties in the Double 12 Incident are all plotting for their own selfish interests, detaining Chiang Kai-shek and even killing him, which can only create a rare opportunity for the people who are trying to invade China, because there is no one in China who has the prestige and leadership strength of Chiang Kai-shek, if Chiang Kai-shek dies, China will fall into the warlord division The most likely surname, with the large-scale attack of the Yue army, how many real possible surnames will the warlords unite together?

I am afraid that at that time, the arrogant words of the commander of the Kwantung Army, Nanjiro, about the destruction of China in three to six months, may not be an empty word, and Zhang Xuewu still has some concerns about the armed rescue of Chiang Kai-shek, but the starting point of Zhang Xuewu's worries is that he is afraid of hurting Chiang Kai-shek, and that's it.

On the other hand, it is Zhang Xuewu's personal selfishness, because if Zhang Xueliang is really discouraged under the betrayal of his relatives and decides to take the blame and escort Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing, then the contradictions between the top and middle and lower-level officers of the Northeast Army who have been in frequent contact with [***] will definitely break out in an all-round way, and all this is what Zhang Xuewu wants to see, and the young Zhuang radicals who want to directly pull the team to vote [***] killed Wang Yizhe, who is represented by the moderate faction, in fact, Wang Yizhe died unjustly. Between the war and peace, Wang Yizhe actually stood in the perspective of the interests of the Northeast Army, and was in favor of a war if the strategic cooperative relationship of the Trinity could indeed be reached, and the real Lord and He Zhuguo ran to the Yang Hucheng Mansion, and Wang Yizhe's unjust death allowed his friends and subordinates to kill this group of young radicals with their backhands, which directly led to the possible end of the final cooperation between the Northeast Army and [***].

For Zhang Xuewu, the water is clear, there is no fish, the muddy water is good to fish, the more chaotic the situation seems to be promising, Zhang Xuewu is ready to do the biggest vote of fishing in troubled waters, and the Northeast Army units that have fallen into chaos will be firmly grasped first, anyway, now Zhang Xueliang also hates himself to death, many things are useless to say, holding the Northeast Army in his own hands can also increase his own bargaining chips, after all, only if he has enough weight, Chiang Kai-shek will not rashly move himself, Otherwise, I am afraid that I will usher in my first major crisis after the Double 12 incident.

Shanxi Yuncheng as the foothold of Zhang Xuewu's forward headquarters, the distance between Yuncheng and Xi'an has made the whole Xi'an slightly ease a little The atmosphere suddenly became tense, Song Ziwen hurriedly contacted Zhang Xuewu through He Yingqin, saying that he was communicating with all parties, and he was not allowed to act without authorization, and if it caused a civil war, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Song Meiling, who was located in Xi'an, also sent a telegram to Yuncheng, sternly reprimanding Zhang Xuewu for his unauthorized actions, saying that his execution of the order of the Ministry of Military Affairs was to ask for the chairman's order, and ordered Zhang Xuewu's department to immediately retreat to Linfen and even Taiyuan to stand by, Song Meiling only had Chiang Kai-shek in her eyes at the moment, and Chiang Kai-shek's safety was of paramount importance to her, and everything else could be ignored.

Zhang Xuewu's withdrawal to Linfen Yan Xishan is still acceptable, and withdrawing to the Taiyuan line is not equivalent to asking for Yan Xishan's life? Song Meiling's telegram was in the format of simultaneous interpretation of military orders, and Yan Xishan, who was always concerned about the situation in Xi'an, was a little unable to sit still.

Zhang Xuewu scoffed at Song Meiling's telegram at the moment, not that Madame Chiang's order could not be carried out, and the situation in Xi'an at this moment can be described as three changes, Chiang Kai-shek said that it was not safe to leave, Zhang Xuewu could not be completely relieved, and Zhang Xuewu also planned to take advantage of the Double Twelve Incident to make a big profit, Zhang Xuewu believed that Chiang Kai-shek was too mindful of punishing the rebels.

Just as in history, except for the Northeast Army headquarters that openly surrendered to Nanjing, after the incident, the Northeast Army headquarters were all reduced from the A army to the B army, and there was very little supplement, and after the battles of Changsha and Wuhan, the Northeast Army could only exist in people's memory, and all the troops were completely unnecessary.

After careful study by Zhang Xuewu and Xu Guohui, Wang Chuang, and Tang Ziqiang, they believed that the main force of the Central Army was still on the front line of Tongguan at this moment, and Hu Zongnan, who was sitting on a heavy army, did not obey He Yingqin's dispatch. The Seventeenth Route Army gave itself a blow and beat itself, the eagle dog of the Nanjing Military and Political Department.

Zhang Xuewu is afraid that Yan Xishan may also make small moves behind him at that time, the huge Shanxi is difficult to swallow with Zhang Xuewu's existing strength, and at this moment it is not much time for him to launch a full-scale war of aggression against China, Zhang Xuewu also lacks time to operate and build to defend Shanxi, and Shanxi is Yan Laoxi's Shanxi, he did not have the strategic idea of destroying the main force of the Jin army, second, he did not have the righteousness of Nanjing's political axe, and third, without the support of all local forces in Shanxi, Zhang Xuewu asked himself that the time to enter Shanxi was far from mature.

Therefore, Zhang Xuewu summoned Yao Le, who had been operating near Xi'an for a long time, to Yuncheng, wanting to see what chance he would have of winning if he rashly carried out a special assault operation and carried out an armed rescue?

(To be continued)