Li Shengda was born in Jincheng, Shanxi Province in 1890. Li Shengda has five brothers, and he is three. His eldest brother Li Shengyu was a member of the League, and during the Xinhai Revolution, he was the first county magistrate of Pingshun County, Shanxi Province in the early Republic of China because of his persuasion of the Qing Dynasty Lu and Ze Erfu and Liao and Qin Prefectures.
When Li Shengda was young, he studied with his brother in Jincheng and Pingshun County. In 1909, he was admitted to the fourth phase of the Shanxi Army Primary School. Shanxi"Lu Xiao"A large number of modern military celebrities in Shanxi have been produced, the most famous of which are Zhang Peimei and Rong Honglu (first period student);Sun Chu, Zhou Jue, Yang Aiyuan (second phase student);Zhao Chengshou (third student);Li Fuying (also in the fourth phase);Fu Zuoyi, Xu Fanting (fifth student), etc. "Lu Xiao"Later, it was transferred to Beijing Qinghe Army No. 1 Middle School.
When the Xinhai Revolution broke out in 1911, the Shanxi Army Primary School was quickly swept up in the revolutionary torrent of Taiyuan, and Li Shengda, who was in his early 20s, participated in the activities against the Qing court, promoted the republic, and armed to maintain the order of the Taiyuan market after the revolution. At the same time as the Qing army, Li Shengda and"Xin Dai Ning Regiment"3,000 people set out from Taiyuan to attack Datong successfully, surrounded by more than 10,000 Qing troops, and held for more than a month until the Qing army withdrew. After that, Li Shengda was admitted to the fifth phase of the Baoding Military Academy to study, and was at the same time as fellow villagers Fu Zuoyi and Wang Jingguo in Shanxi.
In 1918, Yan Xishan, a senior member of the League who guarded Shanxi, opened a cadre training course in Taiyuan (6 years earlier than the Whampoa Military Academy), and Li Shengda served as the deputy of the cadre training team, both an instructor and a soldier.
In 1926, Yan Xishan joined forces with Zhi and Feng to snipe Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army. In this battle, Li Shengda made great contributions, was favored by Yan Xishan, and was promoted to the commander of the 15th Division of the Shanxi Army, thus entering the ranks of Yan Xishan's senior generals. After the Northern Expedition began, Yan Xishan, a member of the Kuomintang, immediately rebelled and attacked Zhang Zuolin. Li Shengda was sent by Yan Xishan to attack North China, and defeated Zhang Zuolin's Northeast Army in succession.
In 1928, during Chiang Kai-shek's second Northern Expedition, Li Shengda and Shanxi soldier Fu Zuoyi continued to attack Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin had to withdraw from the Guanwai, which also indirectly led to his death in Huanggutun. Li Shengda was promoted to army commander with merit, and garrisoned the Tianjin area with Fu Zuoyi.
Li Shengda, National Councilor.
In 1928, Chiang Kai-shek traveled north from Nanjing, where he met with Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang to discuss matters after the victory of the Northern Expedition. Li Shengda preemptively paid homage to Chiang Kai-shek in front of the five platforms and was encouraged by Chiang Kai-shek. Regardless of his psychology, this move made him a little farther away from Yan Xishan and closer to Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1930, Li Zongren in the southwest united Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang to rebel against Chiang Kai-shek, so the Central Plains War broke out. Li Shengda still performed well on the battlefield and won several victories for the Jin army, but because Feng Yuxiang's men were defected by Chiang Kai-shek's movement, coupled with Fu Zuoyi's defeat in the battle, and finally Zhang Xueliang led the Northeast Army into the pass to announce his support for Chiang, the Central Plains War finally ended with Chiang Kai-shek's victory.
Yan Xishan, who was defeated, announced his resignation. Nanjing sent Miao Peicheng as the representative of the Shanxi Kuomintang to take charge of Shanxi, and handed over the reorganization of the Shanxi army to Zhang Xueliang. In his self-report after the age of 90, he still showed up from the perspective of the Northeast Army, indicating that the armies in various places at that time were only responsible for their own leaders and would not obey the instructions of the state or outsiders, so he couldn't move Yan Xishan's army at all, just like no one could move his Northeast Army. Although Yan Xishan went into the wilderness, his subordinates still obeyed his command. In fact, just like Chiang Kai-shek's several visits, Wang Jingwei and Hu Hanmin and others could not command Chiang Kai-shek's army at all. The army of the Nationalist ** is also only responsible to Chiang Kai-shek.
Miao Peicheng, who was born as a student, did not know as much about the army as Zhang Xueliang, so when he wanted to call for wind and rain in Shanxi, Yan Xishan secretly manipulated his own forces and caused chaos in Taiyuan City. The embarrassed Miao Peicheng fled into Li Shengda's house, and with the help of Li Shengda, he finally escaped from Taiyuan.
1931 year"The 918 Incident"It happened, and the Japanese army occupied the northeast. At the end of the year, Li Shengda and Wang Jingguo of the Jin army went to Nanjing to attend a military conference. Chiang Kai-shek, under Miao Peicheng's strong recommendation, specially summoned Li Shengda and said that he would talk about him"Young and promising, the future is immeasurable"and send 150,000 yuan. Li Shengda distributed the money to his subordinates to buy watches, clothes and other goods, and began to have frequent contacts with Chiang Kai-shek's men.
Shanghai, 1932"One, two, eight"The incident broke out, and the Japanese army attacked Shanghai. As the people of the whole country unanimously called for unity against the Japanese, Chiang Kai-shek had to announce pardon for those who had opposed him, including Yan Xishan. In this way, Yan Xishan once again became the head of Shanxi. However, Li Shengda, who was Yan Xishan's subordinate, forgot"There is no diplomacy among the ministers"This ancient admonition continued to be called brothers and sisters with Chiang Kai-shek's subordinates. At the end of the year, he also brought 3,000 bottles of Fenjiu to the dignitaries in Nanjing.
In 1934, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Yan Xishan to send troops to Jiangxi to jointly suppress the bandits. Yan Xishan sent Li Shengda to lead the army on a trip. Li Shengda was warmly welcomed by Chiang Kai-shek and his subordinates in Nanchang, Chiang Kai-shek not only spent money to improve the equipment of Li Shengda's army, but also vigorously bribed Li Shengda's subordinates, creating a situation where everyone was beneficial, and everyone felt that it was better to follow Chiang Kai-shek to eat and drink spicy. At this time, the Red Army had already left Jiangxi and began the Long March.
In 1935, Yan Xishan invaded Liu Zhidan's Red Army in northern Shaanxi, and in his opinion, the strength of the Red Army should not be underestimated, and asked Chiang Kai-shek to transfer Li Shengda back to use. The soldiers who had benefited from Chiang Kai-shek asked not to return to Shanxi, preferring to be stationed in Hubei or Anhui. And Li Shengda, after meeting Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing, still decided to lead the team back to Shanxi. In return, Chiang Kai-shek gave Li Shengda's army 5 yuan to each of them, and gave gifts to the officers.
1935 Kuomintang"Big Five"In the re-election, Chiang Kai-shek asked Yan Xishan to recommend a ** member, and Yan Xishan said that Wang Jingguo and Li Shengda were both compatible, so Chiang Kai-shek chose Li Shengda. In this way, Li Shengda, together with Yan Xishan, Fu Zuoyi and others, became a member of the National Committee.
In 1936, after Li Shengda's army exchanged fire with the Red Army, it did not ask Yan Xishan for instructions, but directly requested support from Nanjing. Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent Chen Cheng with 100,000 troops into Shanxi to suppress the bandits, and before Chen Cheng came to the battlefield, Li Shengda acted as the commander-in-chief.
On May 30, Li Shengda left Taiyuan and arrived at the Lishi Army Headquarters, preparing to lead the army across the river on June 1. However, late at night on the 31st, 46-year-old Li Shengda was stabbed to death.
As for the reason for the assassination, it is rumored that Li Shengda and Chiang Kai-shek were gradually getting closer, which made Yan Xishan very dissatisfied, so he decided to assassinate Li. After Li Shengda's death, Chiang Kai-shek sent Zhang Xueliang and Chen Cheng to treat the funeral, and allocated 40,000 yuan to be buried in Yaopo, Jincheng, Shanxi.