Chapter 370: The Xi'an Incident Appears

At the same time as the Huaqing Pond action, the Xijing Guest House in Xi'an is one of the few high-end hotels in Xi'an, with complete facilities and elegant environment, specially used to entertain all parties who come to Xi'an, celebrities and wealthy businessmen.

The Nanjing military and political officials who arrived in Xi'an with Chairman Chiang naturally did not have the qualifications to live in Huaqingchi, so they had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and stay at the Xijing Guest House.

This also brought convenience to Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army, focusing on the arrest of these military and political officials, in the early morning, the quiet Xijing Guest House, suddenly surrounded by a large number of armed soldiers, here on duty and standing guard, it was originally Yang Hucheng's troops.

The central officers who were woken up from the sweet dream opened their eyes in a daze, their heads had been pressed against the muzzles of several black holes, and the room was full of loaded soldiers, they never thought that before they woke up, their lives had undergone dramatic changes.

These central officials, including Chen Cheng, Wei Lihuang, Yang Yongtai, etc., were all gathered in a large room, surrounded by soldiers with loaded guns, and some people proposed to see Zhang Xueliang or Yang Hucheng, but helplessly, these soldiers didn't care about you at all.

Some of the officers, seeing their identities, disdained to deal with these ordinary soldiers, and were about to rush out of the room angrily to find Zhang Yang to theorize, but as soon as they arrived at the door, they immediately retreated back, and a few black muzzles were on their chests.

These central officials were dazed and panicked, and no one knew what their fate was, only that they had become prisoners, and their lives were in the hands of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng.

Yang Hucheng's 17th Route Army, when dealing with other central forces, did not bother much, they were all asleep, surrounded and disarmed, almost did not encounter resistance, only when the third regiment of the military police was resolved, there was a fierce gun battle.

Jiang Xiaoxian, the commander of the Third Regiment of the Military Police, was an extremely hateful and arrogant person, who faithfully carried out Chairman Jiang's instructions and was regarded as Guigao, because he was in a noble system, and he usually did not look down on the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army, which belonged to the miscellaneous series, and arrested the officers and soldiers who violated discipline in these two units on the grounds of rectifying military discipline and rectified them to death.

The officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army all said that the Third Regiment of the Military Police was the palace of the king of Hades, standing in and lying out, and being able to leave half a life and a breath left, that was the grace of the king of Hades.

Therefore, the two sides formed an insoluble grudge, usually when they met, their eyes were on fire, and when they heard the shouts of the 17th Route Army outside, Jiang Xiaoxian's heart was on fire, and asked him to disarm, I will call me, and the gendarmes of the third regiment of the gendarmerie grabbed their weapons and fired first.

After a fierce battle, the third regiment of the gendarmerie could not stand it, and finally raised the white flag, the casualties of the gendarmes were not large, but the regiment commander Jiang Xiaoxian was shot indiscriminately, was shot several times, and was killed on the spot.

This was also the most intense of the few bloody clashes in the Xi'an Incident, and Jiang Xiaoxian also became the highest-ranking officer in the central system who was killed by Zhang Yang's troops in the incident.

At dawn, the sporadic gunfire in the whole city could no longer be heard, and the armament of the central system stationed in Xi'an had been completely resolved, and Xi'an City was completely in the hands of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng.

Xincheng Building, the temporary headquarters of the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, who did not close their eyes all night, breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, opened their bows and did not turn back, what they were most worried about was that in the chaos of the army, Chiang Kai-shek's life was in danger, if the soldier killed Chiang Kai-shek on the spot in order to vent his dissatisfaction, it was possible.

If that happens, it will go against the original intention of the two of them to launch a "military admonition", and it will also make the situation dangerous and complicated, and it is very likely that China will immediately fall into a large-scale civil war, and they hope to achieve their goal without bloodshed, or with as little blood as possible.

Now, Chiang Kai-shek was detained in a room on the third floor of the Xincheng Building, under strict protection, and neither Zhang Xueliang nor Yang Hucheng had any intention of meeting Chairman Chiang.

According to the prior plan, after the arrest of Chiang Kai-shek and the seizure of the city of Zhanxi, he immediately sent an open telegram to the whole country, explaining the purpose and requirements of launching this "military admonition."

The telegram listed a total of eight political proposals: first, the reorganization of the Nanjing National Government, the inclusion of a party, and the joint responsibility for saving the country; 2. Stop the civil war and unify the guns with the outside world; 3. Immediately release the arrested patriotic leaders in Shanghai, namely the "Seven Gentlemen" headed by Shen Junru; Fourth, release a qiē political zhì criminal; 5. Opening up the people's patriotic movement; 6. Guarantee the political freedom of assembly and association of the people; 7. Earnestly follow Premier Sun's medical advice; 8. Immediately convene a National Salvation Conference to discuss the great plan to resist foreign enemies.

As soon as the power is issued, it is no less than a bombshell, stirring up an uproar* and a monstrous * on the delicate and complex and intertwined domestic situation.

There are political factions, local forces, and those who are full of righteous indignation, those who are stunned, those who are incredulous, those who wait and see, those who gloat, those who fish in troubled waters, and those who rob while the fire is burning.

The Xi'an Incident quickly spread and spread to both home and abroad, and newspapers all over the world reported in detail the shocking news of the Xi'an Incident in a conspicuous position on the front page, with the "Yomiuri Shimbun" in Tokyo, Japan, being the most sensational.

According to the news sent back by our correspondent in China, Chiang Chung Zhengjun, the head of the Republic of China and chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT), who was detained in Xi'an a few days ago, was shot dead by the rebels and his body was left in the suburbs of Xi'an.

The intentions of the Japanese authorities are clearly revealed, that is, they want to add chaos to chaos, and China will be divided into several as a result, and the local forces in an independent or semi-independent state are the best, and they can calmly clean up one by one.

Or if a civil war breaks out, all kinds of forces are fighting to the death, and their vitality is greatly damaged, and it is best that China's army is consumed in the civil war, and they will save a lot of energy, hoping to take the opportunity to expand the Chinese civil war in order to realize their ambition of destroying the whole of China.

On 15 December, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoyo Matsuoka convened reporters from various countries in Tokyo to hold a news conference, at which Yoyo Matsuoka, on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor of the Imperial Japanese Empire and the government, expressed deep concern over the military incident in Xi'an.

On behalf of the Imperial Government of Japan, he issued a solemn statement, in which he stated: "His Majesty the Emperor, that is, his own government, is extremely concerned about the events that took place in Xi'an, and it is unheard of in the history of the world to commit such a crime." ”

"The eight-point political proposition put forward by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng has repeatedly alluded to or even directly pointed at the Great Japanese Empire, and the Imperial Government will not sit idly by and ignore the contributions made by the Great Japanese Empire in China, and will respond accordingly when necessary."

"What Zhang and Yang said is aimed at deliberately sabotaging Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations, and for the sake of the overall situation of Sino-Japanese diplomatic relations, the Nanjing Government must not compromise with Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, and the Imperial Japanese Government and the armed forces in China are willing to provide all weapons, equipment, materials, and ammunition for the army of the Republic of China Government that is crusading against Zhang Yang, and if necessary, dispatch the army and air force to provide full assistance."

Not only that, in addition to openly supporting China's fight in the civil war, Japanese Prime Minister Inukai Yi also sent a special envoy to Europe to urge his old Japanese friend Wang Jingwei to return to China.

The countries of Europe and the United States, on the other hand, absolutely do not want the Japanese to manipulate the direction of China's politics on their own and turn it into a Japanese monopoly in China, and proceed from their interests in China to advocate a peaceful settlement of the Xi'an Incident and rescue Chairman Chiang.

In addition to the voices of foreign forces shouting and shouting for a peaceful settlement, various political factions and local powerful factions in China also jumped to the forefront, expressing different reactions and attitudes to the Xi'an incident launched by Zhang Yang.

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi of the Xingui faction and Chairman Chiang have been feuding for a long time, and although the Liangguang Incident ended in a compromise with the Xingui faction, how can Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who have great ambitions and are willing to win the Chinese political arena, swallow this breath.

Zhang Yang and the others did what they didn't do, and they were very angry in their hearts, and they celebrated each other, feeling that they should have some attitudes, and the two thought for a long time, and sent a telegram to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng.

The telegram said: "Brother Han Qing and Brother Hucheng's righteous deeds should be to inspire the hearts of the people, the father's injustice, the children should be persuaded, no, find another way, now Jiang Gong is lost, the two brothers' actions, it is really helpless, although saving people from drowning, they do not hesitate." "Sympathy and support for the Xi'an incident.

Han Fuyu, who was far away in Shandong and claimed to be Han Qingtian's chairman of Shandong Province of the Nationalist Government, did not know that he had taken the wrong nerve and actively participated in the Xi'an Incident.

Perhaps it was the clever plan of the senior staff member under him, who wanted to take the opportunity to make a little political capital, and publicly called and said: "Please Zhang and Yang, please ensure the personal safety of Chairman Jiang, although there is no damage, it is also indignant to us." ”

On the other hand, he secretly sent his subordinate Gao Shen, Xu Weilie, secretary general of the Shandong Provincial Government, to Xi'an secretly, trying his best to persuade Zhang Yang to kill Chairman Jiang, and running between Zhang Yang, intending to sow discord between the two.

Not only that, Xu Weilie also showed Zhang Xueliang Han Fuyu's handwritten letter, in which Han Fuyu listed several reasons for killing Jiang, one of which was to force Zhang Xueliang to give up the Northeast, and bear the infamy of "non-resistance general" to carry the black pot for Lao Jiang.

One is revenge, the other is to comply with the will of the people, Han Fuyu is also convincing words, willing to be the backing of Zhang Yang's second brother, pour the troops of Lu Province westward, and jointly resist the central army, Chairman Han can't bear the loneliness, Shandong Province, can no longer accommodate him, Han Qingtian.

Shandong faces the sea in the east, there are Japanese in the north, and the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south, the fundamental place of the great powers in China, is not something he can control, and only the westward expansion is something he is sure of.

At this time, Han Fuyu, I am afraid that he was taking advantage of the chaos, the Northeast Army and the Seventeenth Route Army were defeated by the Central Army, and his forces took advantage of the weakness to invade, plundering the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo in the west, occupying the north and south of Taihang Mountain, and dreaming of the overlord of the north, right?