On December 20, the generals led by Yan Xishan and who had been jointly on Tang Shengzhi's anti-Chiang telegram, such as Ma Hongkui, Wan Xuancai, Liu Maoen, Liu Zhenhua, and Wang Jinyu, sent a joint telegram to support the central authorities, oppose the reorganization faction headed by Wang Jingwei, and oppose Tang Shengzhi.

In fact, Chiang Kai-shek had long been aware of the collusion between Yan Xishan and Tang Shengzhi, and after receiving Yan Xishan's telegram, Chiang Kai-shek immediately had a way to deal with the two, and immediately issued an order appointing Yan Xishan, deputy commander-in-chief of the sea, land and air force, as the commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty, to command the Jin Sui army, and to command all local troops in Henan.

What Chiang Kai-shek did not expect was that the situation of the war against the Tang Dynasty soon changed dramatically, and on December 26, the Tang army launched a fierce attack on the Central Army, and due to heavy snowfall, Tang Shengzhi's troops were blocked between Suiping and Queshan, and the Central Army fought hard for five days and nights.

Under such circumstances, He Jian, Liu Wenhui, Xia Douyin, and others, who had originally reached an agreement with Tang Shengzhi, saw that Yan Xishan not only did not respond to Tang Shengzhi's overthrow of Jiang, but on the contrary, he also took up the post of deputy commander-in-chief of the army, navy, and air force of the national political axe, and the commander-in-chief of the Tang Army, and these people naturally did not dare to move.

With Yan Xishan's example, Xia Douyin also immediately showed goodwill to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek knew that solving Tang Shengzhi as soon as possible at this time was the most urgent problem, and he didn't want to get too entangled with other followers of these trends, so he immediately accepted Xia Douyin and sent a telegram of encouragement. In order to curry favor with Chiang Kai-shek, Xia Douyin immediately turned his gun and joined the ranks of the crusade against Tang Shengzhi, who immediately fell into an isolated and helpless situation.

On January 1, 1930, Yang Hucheng personally led two brigades, braved heavy snow, galloped hundreds of miles in the starry night, raided Tang Shengzhi's headquarters in Zhumadian from Nanyang, occupied Zhumadian, the Tang army was cut off from the waist, and the head and tail could not take care of each other, 2 Liu Zhi, Yang Hucheng, Chen Cheng, Jiang Dingwen, Xia Douyin, Zhao Guantao and other divisions defeated Tang Shengzhi's army Gong Hao, Liu Xing, and Men Bingyue's troops in the vicinity of Zhumadian.

Yan Xishan wanted to stimulate Tang Shengzhi again before he went into the wilderness, vent his evil anger, and relieve the hatred in his heart, so he sent Zhao Pilian to Tang Shengzhi's new headquarters in Luohe to meet Tang Shengzhi.

Seeing Zhao Pilian, Tang Shengzhi couldn't help but be angry, and in front of Zhao Pilian, he scolded Yan Xishan for being ruthless and unrighteous and untrustworthy. Zhao Pilian replied: 'Meng Xiao, you can't blame Baigong, you told Baigong back then, everything is under his orders. Today, I sent out a telegram, and I didn't notify Baigong in advance, and I didn't take Baigong as the head, how could Baigong be deceived by you? Tang Shengzhi woke up like a dream at this time, and said continuously: "I was wrong, I was wrong!" Subsequently, Tang Shengzhi hoped that Yan Xishan would dredge it on his behalf, and he was willing to go to the field with electricity.

4 said that Tang Shengzhi's department near Zhumadian began to retreat to the north, and 6 said that Tang Shengzhi expressed his willingness to go to sea, and the department was handed over to Liu Xing to take over.

After receiving Chiang Kai-shek's appointment as commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty, Yan Xishan was very proud. He believed that if the war against Tang was successful, he could not only gain Chiang Kai-shek's trust, but also be able to occupy Henan with the Jin Sui army stationed in Henan after gaining the territory of Hebei and Pingjin, and control Shaanxi and Gansu as the commander of the northwest frontier. In this way, not only half of the rivers and mountains north of the Yangtze River will be owned by Yan Xishan, but also the Northwest Central Plains will also be under his jurisdiction, and it will not be far off to compete with Chiang Kai-shek for power and become the 'head of state'.

As a result, Yan Xishan deployed his troops in a hurry and prepared for action. This Commander-in-Chief Yan, after arranging the aftermath of Shanxi, dressed in military uniforms and wearing a command knife, commanded more than 70,000 men and horses of seven armies, took a train from Taiyuan to Shijiazhuang to command the Tang Dynasty, and ordered his Jin Sui army to march towards Henan.

The southward army commanded by Yan Xishan this time took out the main forces of the Jin Sui army, just to show Chiang Kai-shek his strength, and for this reason, he specially invited Song Zhewu to send troops to help. Song Zhewu, who was still in Manchuria, knew that the campaign against Tang would end soon, and his troops would not have to participate in the war at all, so he took the opportunity to instruct Xiao Guodong to send Zhang Tao's division south to Zhengzhou.

Zhang Tao's division and the Jin Sui army, Sun Chu and Sun Changsheng's two armies, arrived in Zhengzhou successively. Yan Xishan's army actually has only about 10,000 people, that is, the strength of a division, the reason why it is called an army, Yan Xishan is too addicted to scaring Chiang Kai-shek, and his two armies together are more than half of Zhang Tao's division.

Yan appointed Sun Chu as the commander of the Zhengzhou garrison, and let the main force of Yang Yaofang's army be stationed in Xingze County, between Zhengzhou and the Yellow River Iron Bridge; On the line from Shijiazhuang to the Yellow River Iron Bridge, four armies were deployed, including Zhang Huizhao, Feng Pengzhuo, Xu Pengyun, and Meng Xingfu. Yan's former enemy command post was located in Zhengzhou. This Yan Governor is very good at posing music, and the car from Shijiazhuang to Zhengzhou actually changed to the dragon car of the Queen Mother of the West, which was majestic and full of spirit.

Chiang Kai-shek also made arrangements, represented by He Chengjun, to hold a banquet in Zhengzhou with Han Fuyu to welcome Yan Xishan. He Chengjun delivered a welcome speech on behalf of Chiang Kai-shek, touting Yan Xishan, saying that Yan was his brother when he stayed at the Oriental Zhenwu School, the gentleman who recommended Chiang Kai-shek's Second Northern Expedition, and the commander-in-chief who led the army to fight against Tang Shengzhi. At the same time, Han Fuyu also toasted Yan Xishan's senior generals Sun Chu, Sun Changsheng and others, and was even more intimate with Zhang Tao, and after the banquet, they discussed military plans together.

However, after Liu Xingdian and Chiang Kai-shek expressed their obedience to the reorganization of the central government, Tang instructed Sun Dianying and others to defend Xiping and Yuncheng and block the advance of the central army, intending to unite local forces to confront the central government again.

10 It is said that Feng Huatang, An Juncai, Gong Bingfan and others of the Tang Shengzhi Department surrendered, and 13 Tang left the army and fled to the Tianjin Concession in disguise, and then went into exile in Hong Kong, Macao, and Singapore, and lost military power since then.

However, Yan Xishan did not give up and continued to send troops, because his purpose was not only to subdue Tang Shengzhi, but to seize the vast territory of Henan Province, and then control the Central Plains, so as to remove obstacles to the seizure of the entire Great Northwest. Yan Xishan's confidant, how could Tang Shengzhi know?

When Tang Shengzhi telegraphed to go into the field and the war was about to end, Chiang Kai-shek did not accept Yan Xishan's affection, on the contrary, Chiang Kai-shek felt that let Yan Xishan, the old fox, put his hand into Henan again, the consequences would be even more unimaginable, and Feng Yuxiang, who was incompatible with Chiang, was in Yan Xishan's hands, maybe when Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang would join forces, and the two would join forces to fight against him, it would be troublesome. At that time, it would be too late to eradicate Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang.

Now there are still troops of Han Fuyu and He Chengjun in Zhengzhou, which is an opportunity. So, Chiang Kai-shek summoned He Chengjun alone and clearly told He Chengjun, 'In the future, it is not Wang Jingwei, Li Zongren, or Feng Yuxiang who is fighting for the world with my Jiang Zhongzheng, but this scheming and cunning Yan Laoxi!" ……

After the two discussed secretly, He Chengjun understood and actively designed and arranged the murder of Yan Xishan.

Chiang Kai-shek thought that the plot he had planned to murder Yan Xishan was foolproof, and he was able to capture it. Unexpectedly, there was still a mistake.

Yan Xishan, an old fox, has long been wary of Chiang Kai-shek. As soon as Yan Xishan arrived in Zhengzhou, he secretly sent his counselor Zhang Xiangqian to the Zhengzhou Telegraph and Telephone Bureau to inspect the incoming and outgoing telegrams, secretly listen to the relevant telephone calls, and obtain information on the telephone calls between Chiang Kai-shek and He Chengjun, Han Fuyu, and others.

Soon, Yan Xishan's guards guarding the dragon car found that the station was surrounded by unknown plainclothes personnel, and they didn't care at first, thinking that Han Fuyu had sent them to help protect Yan Xishan.

However, on the evening of the 14th, Zhang Xiangqian hurriedly ran to Yan Xishan's residence and found Liang Hangbiao, the head of Yan's camp office, to see Yan Xishan. Liang Hangbiao told Zhang Xiangqian that Yan Xishan had just rested, and if there was no urgency, he would come back tomorrow.

Zhang Xiangqian waited there, called Han Fuyu about He Chengjun, whom he overheard on the phone, and instructed Han Fuyu to do it as soon as possible, and secretly dispose of Yan Xishan in Zhengzhou to get rid of future troubles, and told Liang Hangbiao. When Liang Hangbiao heard this, he didn't dare to slack off and said: "I will report to Yan immediately, and you will also return to the telecommunications bureau immediately, and report the situation in time." Yan Xishan had already prepared for Chiang Kai-shek's possible plot. When Yan got this important information, Jue didn't dare to sleep anymore, and immediately asked Liang Hangbiao to quietly find Sun Chu and Sun Changsheng.

Sun Chu and Sun Changsheng were shocked and angry when they heard that He Chengjun and Han Fuyu were going to murder Yan Xishan, Sun Chu suggested that they should simply strike first at night, and he led people to raid Han Fuyu and He Chengjun's garrison first, and after killing them, the whole army withdrew to Shanxi, and the United Northwest Army began to overthrow Chiang. Sun Changsheng suggested that Yan Xishan should be able to be trusted by the Fourth Route Army, and whether he also informed Zhang Taoshi that it was more certain to have their support to solve Han Fuyu and He Chengjun in Zhengzhou.

Yan Xishan thought that the suggestion of the two was very inappropriate, and it was not just a matter of pouring Jiang, and it was tantamount to asking for a dead end if he was not fully prepared, Tang Shengzhi was an example. As for informing Zhang Tao, it is even more unfeasible, now Song Zhewu's attitude is still unclear, in case he and Chiang Kai-shek secretly collude, he Yan Xishan will really be inseparable from Zhengzhou.

Therefore, Yan Xishan told Sun Chu and Sun Changsheng not to be impulsive, and the two could only secretly order Jin Suijun to be on guard, not to alarm Han Fuyu and He Chengjun, and to keep Zhang Tao secret.

Then, Yan Xishan sent a telegram to Feng Pengzhuo, commander of the Ninth Army stationed in Xinxiang, asking him to get a locomotive to hang a carriage and bring a company to Zhengzhou. At the same time, he ordered Yang Yaofang, commander of the Sixth Army, to guard the iron bridge of the Yellow River and control all civilian ships on the south bank of the Yellow River; Another unit was sent to Heishi Pass, west of Zhengzhou, in case of contingencies.

Feng Pengzhu personally took the incoming train to Zhengzhou Station, and immediately turned the head of the train to the north. When Yan Xishan was dressed in civilian clothes, dressed as a businessman, with a large scarf around his neck, covering half of his face, and took three or four plainclothes guards to board the train, he immediately roared north. The dragon car that Yan Xishan was originally riding in was still staying at Zhengzhou Station, unmoved, and was still under the surveillance of plainclothes personnel of He Chengjun and Han Fuyu.

After Yan Xishan made a slight plan, he escaped from danger in Zhengzhou, and after arriving in Xinxiang, he sent a telegram to He Chengjun and Han Fuyu on January 15, saying that "my brother received a call from Taiyuan, Tongguan Guan Division (Guan Fu'an, commander of the Eighth Army of the Jin Sui Army) was unstable, and the hearts of the people in Taiyuan were fluctuating, and my brother must return to Taiyuan immediately. Say goodbye, there will be a period later. After He and Han received the telegram, they woke up like a dream, only to know that Yan Xishan had already left Zhengzhou, and they plotted against Yan Xishan's conspiracy, which became a bamboo basket for water, and they were all remorseful.

The action of Chiang Kai-shek's plot to assassinate Yan Xishan made Yan Xishan grit his teeth with hatred, and he said angrily: 'If we don't defeat Chiang Kai-shek, it will be difficult for me Yan Xishan to survive!' Chiang Kai-shek's murder of Yan Xishan this time also made Yan Xishan no longer dare to have any hope for Chiang Kai-shek, and from then on he made up his mind to arm Chiang Kai-shek, and on the one hand, he vigorously expanded the Jin Sui army, and on the other hand, began to actively contact all forces......

(To be continued)