Chapter 368: The Fuse of the Xi'an Incident

This kind of idea that has been brewing in the hearts of the two people for a long time, but they have never communicated with each other, because this kind of idea is too bold, in the words of the past, this is a rebellion, a great crime to exterminate the nine clans, and the lives of themselves and their hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

Today, Chairman Chiang's pressure and stubbornness have linked their fates more closely, and the meaning in the eyes of both sides has been understood by each other, but someone has to pierce this layer of window paper.

Yang Hucheng's body, the fierceness of the man in Guanzhong, came out, and he asked Zhang Xueliang with blazing eyes: "Han Qing, do you want to do it?" ”

Although Zhang Xueliang has been bending for perfection in recent years, for the sake of the future and fate of more than 200,000 of his subordinates and the soldiers of the Northeast Army, he has endured it in many ways, but the boldness of the Northeast man in his heart has not disappeared, and the two pairs of big hands are tightly held together.

A major event that shocked China and foreign countries was decided here, perhaps, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng just took a risk for the future and fate of themselves and their soldiers, but after they decided, they were destined to write a strong and glorious stroke in history.

It also changed the direction of history and the fate of the Chinese nation, and is destined to be called a national hero and be recited from generation to generation.

Of course, this is just a thought in the hearts of the two of them, if there were other serious incidents at this time, or if Chairman Chiang changed his mind, the matter would not have developed to the later result.

However, history does not have so many ifs and assumptions, history is history, it is a fact that has happened, and later people can only guess what happened before history.

After Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng had such an idea, they had no intention of doing it immediately, they still had to do their best to do their work, to make their last efforts as subordinates, and to make the final persuasion to Chairman Jiang and their leaders.

It is most appropriate for Zhang Xueliang to come forward and take on this role, to "speak kindly" to Chairman Jiang, to clarify his views for the last time, and to show his sincerity, because Zhang Xueliang has the immediate pain of destroying his family and killing his father.

On 7 December, Zhang Xueliang came to the place where Chairman Jiang was staying in the Wujian Pavilion of Huaqing Pond, and Chairman Jiang, who was in the room to give a face-to-face lecture to the distinguished officials, heard that it was Zhang Xueliang who asked to see him, and his heart was annoyed, and he knew the purpose of Zhang Xueliang's visit.

Chairman Jiang was already very tired of the issue of no longer suppressing the Communist Party, and he didn't want to argue with Zhang Xueliang anymore, and there was no need to argue, but Zhang Xueliang had already arrived at the door and avoided it, which was obviously not appropriate, not to mention, and the Northeast Army was to take the lead.

Everyone said goodbye, and Chairman Jiang sat in the hall, waiting for Zhang Xueliang, and it is conceivable that under this mentality and feelings, the two sides met and what the results of the talks, especially the positions and views of the two sides, were on the opposite side of the extreme.

Zhang Xueliang came to advise Chairman Jiang with the determination to break the kettle and sink the boat, he is a person of temperament, and he cares about the love of many years in his heart, and the righteousness of changing the friendship of Jinlan, he still has a trace of fantasy in his heart, hoping that this time can impress Chairman Jiang and make Chairman Jiang change his mind, so that it will be a happy result.

Zhang Xueliang's feelings were very excited, as soon as they met, he made a generous statement, enumerating all kinds of sins of the Japanese, as well as the ambition of trying to destroy China, Xiao Qiang, a brother for many years, killed each other, but ignored foreign enemies, and now, our common enemy is the Japanese.

At this time, he touched the pain of depression and family destruction in his heart for many years, and he burst into tears, so much so that he cried bitterly, saying that "men don't flick when they have tears, but they haven't reached the sad place", Zhang Xueliang is really sad, and he has more helplessness and resentment.

The tears of the Zheng Zheng man, even if he is a hard-hearted person, will be moved by it, but the more Chairman Jiang listens to it, the more awkward he feels, and outsiders cannot guess that Chairman Jiang's real thoughts at that time may be the aftermath of the victory of the Liangguang Incident, which made him believe too much in his own ability.

Zhang Xueliang's true feelings did not move him, he rudely interrupted Zhang Xueliang's words, and scolded Zhang Xueliang for being young and ignorant, not understanding the cruelty of political struggle, being bewitched by the Communist Party, and full of red thoughts, and it is very dangerous to go on like this.

Zhang Xueliang put away his tears, anyway, he went out and had a heated debate with Chairman Jiang, the voices of the two sides became louder and louder, and the words became more and more sharp, even the soldiers who were guarding outside could clearly hear the quarrel between the two in the room.

A subordinate quarrels with his own leader in such a fierce manner, and the use of bold and presumptuous words, which is rare in the history of the Republic of China, the guards hide far away, for fear of being unnecessarily implicated.

Those members of the Central Committee who came to Xi'an with Chairman Jiang looked at each other, and in this case, both sides were angry, and they did not give in to each other, and they were brothers who worshiped their sons, and no one here was qualified to do this peacemaker.

The fierce quarrel and debate lasted more than three hours, and in the end, Chairman Chiang was furious, and in his opinion, Zhang Xueliang was simply stubborn and stubborn, just like taking the wrong medicine and being obsessed, and the things of the Communist Party were too poisonous to him.

Chairman Jiang couldn't bear it anymore, threw the water cup in his hand on the ground, and shouted loudly at Zhang Xueliang: "Zhang Hanqing, now you beat me Jiang Zhongzheng to death with a pistol, and let your Northeast Army tie me up and give it to ***, my determination and plan to suppress the Communist Party will never change."

Zhang Xueliang closed his eyes in despair, a deep sadness welled up in his heart, the words have come to this, no effort can change the inner thoughts of the person in front of him, he looked at Chairman Jiang deeply like a stranger, and did not say a word.

Zhang Xueliang solemnly saluted Chairman Jiang, turned to leave, his tall back looked so gloomy and lonely, and there was deep sadness, if Chairman Jiang paid careful attention to Zhang Xueliang's decisive momentum at that moment, with his sophistication, it is not difficult to find that Zhang Xueliang seems to have made up some kind of determination.

However, Chairman Jiang, who was furious, was so angry that he lost his mind by Zhang Xueliang's attitude, and he paid attention to such details, he circled around the room, and scolded in his mouth: "Niang Xipi, the son is stupid, incorrigible, incorrigible Zhang Hanqing**The poison of the party is too deep, and sooner or later it will suffer a big loss."

With sadness and deep disappointment, Zhang Xueliang returned to Yang Hucheng's mansion, where Yang Hucheng was restlessly waiting for Zhang Xueliang's news.

Seeing Zhang Xueliang, he hurriedly greeted him, looking at Zhang Xueliang with anticipation, Zhang Xueliang shook his head silently, and Yang Hucheng's heart sank in an instant, so heavy that he was a little out of breath.

Yang Hucheng's heart still has a glimmer of hope, and there is really no room for turning around unless it is absolutely necessary, and he doesn't want to embark on this road of no return.

However, Zhang Xueliang's efforts and the results brought back completely shattered the glimmer of hope in his heart, and he gave up his illusions.

After sitting silently for a while, the two discussed the specific action arrangements for the next step of the "military advice", which was an extremely difficult choice, and both of them weighed on their own lives and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers behind them.

As a result of the discussions, Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army was responsible for going to Huaqingchi to arrest Chiang Kai-shek, and Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army was responsible for detaining the military and political officials of the central system in Xi'an, as well as the central military and political officers who followed Chairman Chiang to Xi'an.

It also disarmed the troops of the central system in Xi'an, controlled the airport, railway station, and telegraph and telephone offices, blocked the traffic inside and outside Xi'an, and formed a joint garrison force composed of the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army to impose a curfew throughout the province.

After the general deployment is ready, the specific time for action has not yet been determined, and everyone is waiting for the best and most appropriate time.

In all fairness, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng at this time have not yet made up their final minds, if at this last moment, there are other major incidents that divert the attention of Chairman Jiang or Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, the Xi'an incident may not happen, and the road of Zhang Yang and the others will be different.

After knowing that Chairman Chiang personally flew to Xi'an on 4 December, Tang Qiuli knew that history was still the original history, and that the Xi'an incident was inevitable.

He immediately adjusted his deployment and mobilized the first, second, third, and fourth independent brigades, the first and second cavalry brigades, the third artillery brigade, and the independent division's air defense brigade from the troops stationed in the vicinity of Baoding, Laiyuan, and Wei counties, totaling more than 60,000 troops, to form the southward corps.

From now on, they will immediately go south, cross the Yellow River from Pinglu in Shanxi, pass through Sanmenxia in Henan Province, and arrive at the Luling Pass area at the junction of Shaanxi and Henan.

Why are you stationed in the area of Luling Pass? Because it is very close to Tongguan in Shaanxi, it can be incorporated into the Guanzhong Plain and Xi'an at any time, and the troops are commanded by Feng Jiwu, the chief of staff, and he still stays in Beiping to pay attention to the development of the situation.

The mobile corps of the Dingbian Special Economic Zone Garrison Command immediately formed an army, set off on the same day, and arrived in the vicinity of Bin County, Shaanxi Province, to stand by, and the Dingbian Corps, with Tang Qiusheng, deputy commander of the independent division, as commander and commanded the troops.

All the intelligence systems in Xi'an were immediately activated, and they paid close attention to every situation in Xi'an, kept in touch with the intelligence office of the independent division 24 hours a day, and reported the movements in Xi'an at any time.

The intelligence office of the independent division reported to him at any time the information of Xi'an, and all departments of the division headquarters immediately entered a wartime state.

The troops remaining in North China should raise their combat readiness level, and once something happens in Xi'an, they should closely monitor the movements of the Japanese troops on the opposite side, and if necessary, they can preemptively fire and shoot first, so as to crush the adventurous actions that the Japanese may launch.

In this way, Tang Qiuli concentrated more than 80,000 elite troops in the vicinity of Xi'an, totaling more than 80,000 people, of the Dingbian Corps and the Southward Corps of the Independent Division, which could temporarily deal with the possible battles of the Northeast Army, the 17th Route Army, and the Central Army.

Tang Qiuli knew that after the Xi'an Incident, there was chaos in the national government and around Xi'an.

After the deployment was completed, Tang Qiuli's eyes widened, waiting for that historic moment, perhaps for the upcoming big event, knowing in advance that Tang Qiuli was more nervous than any Chinese at that time.

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