In June 1928, Zhang Zuolin, the warlord of the Feng family and the three northeastern provinces, was seriously injured by the Japanese army and died on the 4th of that month.
After his death, Zhang Xueliang, the "crown prince", faced an unbearable situation of insufficient authority and constraints by the elders of the Northeast. Zhang Xueliang felt deeply aggrieved, especially in front of his father's old subordinate Yang Yuting.
Yang Yuting is scheming, and has always been known as "Little Zhuge of Northeast Think Tank", and has won the trust of Zhang Zuolin. Zhang Zuolin has been in the Northeast for decades, and Yang Yuting has a lot of credit for being able to occupy a place at the time of the change of dynasties.
The undoubted trust of his boss over the years gave Yang Yuting the illusion that he was in power after Zhang Zuolin's death, he often regarded himself as an elder, and he controlled the political situation in the Northeast at every turn, and embarrassed Zhang Xueliang from time to time.
Zhang Xueliang knew in his heart that as soon as Yang Yuting existed, he would never be able to establish his prestige in the Northeast Army.
At seven o'clock in the evening of January 10, 1929, Yang Yuting and his subordinate Chang Yinhuai were shot dead in Zhang Xueliang's house.
The news of Yang Yuting's killing was soon learned by outsiders, and some people didn't know what was going on, thinking that Yang Yuting was a master, no wonder there was such an ending. But those who look at the situation are worried, they think that Yang Yuting's death can be described as a storm in the Northeast.
When Zhang Xueliang went to his father's army at the age of 16 to serve in the army, Yang Yuting was already the chief of staff of the Military Supervision and Military Administration, and was deeply trusted by his father.
Before Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Yuting often clashed because of different factions, although the two belonged to different factions, but Zhang Zuolin was still there at that time, and his face was not completely torn.
Throughout Yang Yuting's life, he can also be called a legend.
In the entire Northeast Army, Yang Yuting's name can be said to be known to everyone, no one knows, although he was born in a small ravine, but at the age of 16 he was selected for Xiucai, and later studied in Japan and studied at the Japanese non-commissioned officer school.
During his stay in Japan, Yang Yuting also got acquainted with Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Fu Zuoyi and others, but no one could have imagined that Chiang Kai-shek, who was a brother and sister to him at that time, would become a life-saving talisman for him in the future.
After returning from studying in Japan, Yang Yuting joined Zhang Zuolin's command, and in a few years, he went from a small platoon leaderAll the way up to the chief of staff of the 27th Division
In 1918, the bold and careful Yang Yuting found that his direct family had purchased a batch of Western arms, so he made a suggestion to Zhang Zuolin and suggested that Zhang Zuolin hijack this batch of arms.
After hearing this, Zhang Zuolin felt that it was feasible, so he handed over the matter to Yang Yuting for implementation. With the help of his classmate Xu Shuzheng, Yang Yuting really did it with a thunderous momentum, and the 7 mixed brigades of the Feng Department were equipped with this batch of excellent munitions.
After this incident, Yang Yuting became Zhang Zuolin's confidant, and for many years after that, Yang Yuting helped Zhang Zuolin consolidate his hegemony in the Northeast with his extraordinary mind. He and Wang Yongjiang were also known as "a moment of doubleness" at the time.
However, although Yang Yuting is extremely sophisticated, he lacks political wisdom. As a result, there have been many enemies.
Among the warlords of the Feng family, there are roughly 3 factions, one is the old subordinate who followed Zhang Zuolin from scratch, the other is the Lu faction of Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling, and the other is the non-commissioned officer faction headed by Yang Yuting.
Yang Yuting has a lot of experience in cleaning up the army, supervising the arsenal, and repairing the transportation arteries in the northeast, and most of Zhang Zuolin's rich family background is accumulated with the help of Yang Yuting.
Yang Yuting studied in Japan, and when he was under Zhang Zuolin, he often dealt with the Japanese because of Zhang Zuolin's orders, and he understood the psychology of the Japanese the most, and he could be called a good diplomat.
Therefore, many years later, some people speculated: Yang Yuting is a soldier, and he is unwilling to conspire with the Japanese, and he knows the Northeast well, if he does not die at the hands of Zhang Xueliang in the future, then the Northeast will not fall into the hands of the Japanese so soon.
In 1925, the relationship between Guo Songling and Yang Yuting deteriorated, and Zhang Xueliang, who was a friend of Guo Songling, naturally couldn't get used to Yang Yuting.
It happened that this year, Guo Songling went to Japan to investigate, and accidentally learned that Zhang Zuolin bought ** from the Japanese and planned to go to war with the Nationalist Army, which made Guo Songling feel very angry.
For Guo Songling, business is business, and his country is his country, and he will never allow any first-class behavior. So after returning to China, he decided to rebel.
But in the final analysis, Guo Songling still took care of the face of Zhang Xueliang and others, and he came in the name of "Qingjun side". It's a pity that the unit was borrowed by him in the name of Zhang Xueliang, and was betrayed by Feng Yuxiang halfway.
In the end, this seemingly vigorous and unstoppable anti-Feng action in the early stage turned out to be thunder and rain, and it was completely defeated under the siege of the Feng Department and the Japanese Kwantung Army.
Afterwards, Guo Songling wrote to Zhang Xueliang for help, but Yang Yuting knew, he was worried that Zhang Xueliang would save Guo Songling, so he called Zhang Zuolin urgently and executed Guo Songling as quickly as possible.
After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xueliang became the new leader of the Feng family, but Yang Yuting was naturally unconvinced by this new leader. The people who fought the world with Zhang Zuolin died at the beginning, and the old and old, Guo Songling was also executed, so the most prestigious person in the Feng army was only Yang Yuting.
And Yang Yuting has always been not suspicious, he thinks that he is fighting the world with Zhang Zuolin, and he can be regarded as an elder, so when he talks to Zhang Xueliang, he will inevitably be arrogant.
Zhang Xueliang's affairs, no matter how big or small, he has to take care of it, calling Zhang Xueliang "Little Sixth Son" in front of everyone, and embarrassing Zhang Xueliang at every turn, and sometimes scolding him as a "little deflated calf" and "A Dou who can't be helped".
It is rumored that once Yang Yuting gave his old father a birthday, Zhang Xueliang and his wife came to celebrate the birthday together, but Yang Yuting snubbed Zhang Xueliang and his wife in front of everyone, which made Zhang Xueliang very unhappy.
After Zhang Zuolin's death, Zhang Xueliang advocated changing the flag, but Yang Yuting resolutely opposed it, but he still couldn't stop Zhang Xueliang from submitting his name to Nanjing.
At that time, Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek were already sworn brothers, and their relationship was very good. Yang Yuting couldn't get used to it, so he secretly got in touch with Bai Chongxi, the leader of the Gui family. And Bai Chongxi's advice to him is:"Kill Zhang Xueliang and replace him yourself."
This sentence can be regarded as talking about Yang Yuting's heart, he originally planned to cooperate with Chang Yinhuai, the governor of Heilongjiang Province, to entrench in Heilongjiang and establish his own kingdom.
However, the private conspiracy between the two still leaked the news and was learned by Chiang Kai-shek, so Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly contacted Zhang Xueliang and asked him to "strike first".
The news of the disagreement between the two was known not only to Chiang Kai-shek and others, but also to the Japanese, who wished for infighting among the Feng army, because they knew that if the power of the Northeast Army was not weakened, there would be no room for the aggressive acts they planned.
So the Japanese took the opportunity to sow discord and gave Zhang Xueliang a copy of "Japanese Gaiden", meaning that Zhang Xueliang was compared to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Yang Yuting was Tokugawa who harbored evil intentions and wanted to usurp the throne.
Under the continuous persuasion of the people around him, coupled with the resentment and mustard accumulated in Zhang Xueliang's heart over the years, he made the final decision.
In fact, at the beginning, Zhang Xueliang was not completely murderous about Yang Yuting, and he also used silver dollars to divinate three times, and the results were all "Yang Yuting will die".
On January 10, 1929, Yang Yuting did not know that his deadline was approaching, so he took Chang Yinhuai to the Shuai Mansion where Zhang Xueliang lived, and asked Zhang Xueliang to sign the document appointing Chang Yinhuai as the superintendent.
With two gunshots, Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai both fell to the ground and died, perhaps Yang Yuting didn't understand until he died that he had always underestimated his "young master".
After Yang Yuting's death, Zhang Xueliang announced the crimes of Yang Yuting and Chang Yinhuai: secretly forming a party, plotting civil strife, colluding with **, and subverting the national government.
But these statements obviously can't convince those experienced old people, and some old subordinates who have a good relationship with Zhang Xueliang think that Zhang Xueliang is really sloppy in doing this, and he is completely destroying the Great Wall and cutting his wings.
In 1931, the Japanese took advantage of Zhang Xueliang's lack of skills and the lack of troops in the three northeastern provinces to plan the 918 Incident that shocked China and the rest of the world, invaded the northeast by force, and established Manchukuo. Then the Japanese army attacked Shanghai and captured a large area of North China, seeing that China was already in turmoil.
And what about the Northeast Army? Withdrew to Kannai without a fight, thus losing the three northeastern provinces. The actions of the Northeast Army caused everyone to wail, and at the same time put North China in danger.
On this occasion, there are many people who have said:"If Yang Yuting doesn't die, the Northeast will definitely not be lost so easily." Even the famous scholar Hu Shi once said:"Yang Yuting's death is a pity, if he is here, the Northeast will not be swallowed by Japan. ”
Many years later, Zhang Xueliang, who was already gray-haired, may finally understand the sentence of his subordinates back then, "self-destruct the Great Wall, cut your wings", he said"I never believed it before I killed him again, but after killing him, I had to believe that this may be providence. ”
But history has no ifs, Zhang Xueliang has always been a somewhat crazy person, he dared to kidnap Chiang Kai-shek, who called him a brother and brother every day, for the sake of the righteousness of his family and country, this patriotic heart is still above all else.
It is undeniable that Yang Yuting was once the think tank of the Northeast Army, and he also made contributions to this land. But as a soldier, he is good at military and political affairs, but is he good at fighting?
After all, there was black material in Yang Yuting's past resume: in the second battle of Zhifeng, he was arrogant and arrogant, and he had no one in his eyes, and he was defeated because of the underestimation of the enemy, and fled in a hurry.
In the face of more ruthless and cruel Japanese criminals, even Yang Yuting, I am afraid it is difficult to say that he is completely sure.