Jiang Wei let go of Zhang, the reason for his death, Song Meiling burst into tears
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Thank you for your support. In 1975, Chiang Kai-shek was about to finish the last journey of his life, and when his life was dying, he finally used four words to reveal the reason why he had been under house arrest for a long time.
Song Meiling burst into tears after hearing this, because she knew that she could no longer fulfill her promise to Zhang Xueliang. So, why did Chiang Kai-shek put Zhang Xueliang under house arrest for a long time? What promise did Song Meiling make to Zhang Xueliang?
This needs to start with Zhang Xueliang's family background.
Zhang Xueliang was born in Anshan, Liaoning Province in 1901, and his father Zhang Zuolin was the famous "King of the Northeast". Since he was a child, Zhang Zuolin has been strict with him, hoping that he can become a generation of heroes, so he treats him as a ** person to cultivate.
Since 1917, Zhang Xueliang has served in his father's army and entered the army lecture hall of the three eastern provinces to study. His grades were excellent, and he won first place in the artillery section.
After graduating, he became the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 3rd Mixed Brigade of the Northeast Army, and was later promoted to brigade commander. Although Zhang Zuolin strictly asked the people around him not to treat him particularly because he was his son, Zhang Xueliang still contracted a lot of bad habits and became a typical "rich young master" and "merry boy".
There are two reasons for this. First of all, Zhang Zuolin himself has a lot of bad habits and has not set a good example. Secondly, as a warlord on one side of the separatist side, Zhang Zuolin has unrestricted power, and naturally some people will curry favor with him and try to gain power by currying favor with him.
After all, the benefits in the hands of the warlords are enough for these people to enjoy for a lifetime. Therefore, under the influence of these two factors, Zhang Xueliang's early life can be said to be quite **.
Zhang Xueliang was young and frivolous, drunk and proficient in gambling, and carried his father Zhang Zuolin behind his back, but in the end he failed to change his bad habits. Zhang Zuolin's death made Zhang Xueliang lose control and have no restraint.
He even became addicted to opium cigarettes, which became more and more frequent. However, it is gratifying that after the age of 30, Zhang Xueliang began to work hard to quit these vices, and finally succeeded in getting rid of them.
This may be because he has matured, or it may be because he has become the leader of the Northeast Army, and a sense of responsibility drives him to have a sense of responsibility. After all, being able to quit these vices that have plagued many people with his own perseverance does prove that Zhang Xueliang's perseverance is far beyond ordinary people.
In addition, Zhang Xueliang was also an excellent military leader. He participated in two Zhifeng wars, made many military exploits, won many surprises, and severely damaged the direct troops, witnessing the strength of the Feng department reaching its peak.
After the Second Zhifeng War, the Feng faction controlled Beiping and Tianjin, and its influence was unprecedentedly strong. You must know that the enemy will not give Zhang Xueliang face, and he may even fight harder after learning his identity.
However, Zhang Xueliang was still able to lead a small number of troops to victory many times under such circumstances, which fully proved that his command skills were indeed excellent, which was one of the reasons why Chiang Kai-shek was afraid of him later.
Once upon a time, there was a powerful army, known as the "Bong". They had reached their peak, but the good times did not last long, and the Northern Expedition began, and their position began to waver.
Although Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup d'état, which allowed the Feng system to temporarily survive in the Pingjin area, in the end, the Feng army was defeated in the "Second Northern Expedition" and was forced to abandon Beiping and retreat to Guanwai.
However, Zhang Zuolin's doom is not over. On the way back to Shenyang, he was assassinated by the Japanese army and lost his life. As for why the Japanese army killed Zhang Zuolin, it may be because he has lost his use value, or he is too independent.
The assassination led to chaos within the Bong family, and there were even attempts to seize power. However, Zhang Xueliang showed excellent leadership skills at this critical time, and he successfully consolidated his position and took over the power of the Feng faction by rallying forces from all sides.
Although Zhang Xueliang has always been supported by his father, his calmness and wisdom are also the keys to his success. He succeeded in ruling out Japanese influence within the Fengjun, terminated cooperation with Japan, and decided to turn to Chiang Kai-shek.
His decision was made because of the hatred of the country and his family, and he hoped to use the power of Chiang Kai-shek to expel the Japanese army and avenge his father.
In December 1928, Zhang Xueliang rejected the Japanese side**, announced the "Northeast Change of Banners", and threw himself in the Kuomintang controlled by Chiang Kai-shek**. Prior to this, Zhang Xueliang and the people had always been in an antagonistic relationship, but the change of banner in the Northeast meant that the whole country had completed the reunification on the surface.
Zhang Xueliang had a strong decision-making power and was not ambiguous in major decisions, which was also the reason why Chiang Kai-shek was jealous of him. However, even if the wise think a thousand times, it is inevitable that they will fail. Zhang Xueliang enjoyed more than two years of honor after changing banners in the Northeast, but he made a mistake in the decision-making in the "Middle East Road Incident", which laid the groundwork for the hesitation at the critical moment later.
On September 18, 1931, the Japanese army launched an attack on Tohoku, after they controlled Tohoku by supporting the Feng system and tried to gradually take Tohoku into their pockets. However, Zhang Zuolin and Zhang Xueliang's "disobedience" made the Japanese army decide to solve it by force.
The Japanese army attacked Beidaying, the garrison of the Northeast Army, on a large scale, but falsely claimed that the Northeast Army attacked the Japanese army first. Zhang Xueliang was not in the Northeast at this time, but he soon learned of the situation.
Next, Zhang Xueliang made the decision that he regretted for the rest of his life - not to resist.
Zhang Xueliang's power in the northeast is unmatched, and even if Chiang Kai-shek gives orders, he can not carry them out. At that time, most of the generals of the Northeast Army obeyed Zhang Xueliang's orders, and it was entirely possible to fight a war if he gave the order.
However, Zhang Xueliang took into account the painful experience of the "Middle Road Incident", and finally chose to compromise and retreat, so that the Northeast soon fell into the hands of the Japanese army. It is said that it didn't take long for him to regret it, but it was too late, and the Northeast Army lost the Northeast and became a rootless duckweed.
Zhang Xueliang's reputation also plummeted as a result and became the target of public criticism. The Northeast Army lost its "old nest", and Chiang Kai-shek began to cultivate his own forces within the Northeast Army and competed with Zhang Xueliang for the leadership of the Northeast Army, which made Zhang Xueliang extremely dissatisfied.
At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek was indifferent to the Japanese invasion, especially in the "128 Songhu War of Resistance", his attitude was weak, and he compromised many times, on the grounds that the so-called "outside must first be at home", which made Zhang Xueliang even more dissatisfied.
After that, Chiang Kai-shek sent the Northeast Army to "encircle and suppress" the Red Army, which was not only to destroy the Red Army, but also to weaken the strength of the Northeast Army. Zhang Xueliang did not want to fight a civil war, but the prestige and influence of the Northeast Army had been greatly reduced, and he had to obey Chiang Kai-shek's orders.
As a result, the Northeast Army was defeated by the Red Army many times in battles and suffered heavy losses, and Zhang Xueliang did not want to fight anymore.
The Xi'an Incident, a major event that had a profound impact on the fate of Zhang Xueliang, Chiang Kai-shek, and even the whole of China, finally happened in China in 1936. Japan's ambition to annex China became increasingly obvious, but Chiang Kai-shek was obsessed with eliminating the Red Army, and even personally came to Xi'an to supervise the war, so that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng had to take action, and the soldiers arrested Chiang Kai-shek, demanding that the civil war be stopped and that the foreign country be united.
Thanks to the skillful mediation of our party, the Xi'an incident was resolved peacefully, and the principle of cooperation between the KMT and the CPC was realized. However, Chiang Kai-shek hated Zhang Xueliang to the core, because Zhang Xueliang "betrayed" him.
But in fact, it was not Zhang Xueliang who betrayed Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek who betrayed the Chinese people. Zhang Xueliang was under house arrest for half a century, and many people tried to rescue him, but Chiang Kai-shek firmly rejected all proposals to release him.
Chiang Kai-shek was extremely protective of Zhang Xueliang, placing him under house arrest in a remote place and transferring him several times, because he believed that Zhang Xueliang's ability and prestige were too strong and made him feel threatened.
However, even under house arrest, Zhang Xueliang still harbors hope, and he firmly believes that he will one day regain his freedom. Finally, in 1988, Chiang Ching-kuo died, and Zhang Xueliang saw hope again.
He regained some of his freedom, and in 1990 he finally regained his freedom completely, but by this time he was nearly ninety years old and had missed the best years of his life.
In 1995, Zhang Xueliang went to the United States to settle down, where he died six years later.
Zhang Xueliang's life was full of twists and turns, and his mistakes and achievements were intertwined so that people could not ignore them. Although he made mistakes, he also made outstanding contributions to the country, and it can be said that his life was not wasted.
And Chiang Kai-shek did not choose to release Zhang Xueliang until the last moment of his life, and this narrowness of his strength is regrettable. After all, many Kuomintang generals who fought against the Red Army later became heroes of the construction of New China.
In any case, Zhang Xueliang will eventually become a hero of our nation and will be remembered forever.