Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Death Travel

Originally, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to support Fu Zuoyi to continue to attack Shangdu in order to get rid of the puppet Mongolian army's lair, but because of Yan Xishan's negative attitude and suddenly hearing that Xi'an was unstable, he decided to let it go and go to Xi'an to appease the Northeast Army. What he didn't expect was that this trip to Xi'an would be a death trip where he would almost never be able to buy a return ticket! There are several protagonists in this drama, one of them is Zhang Xueliang, the young marshal of the Northeast Army. How strange life is, the two "September 18" split Zhang Xueliang's fate into two places.

In the "September 18th" in 1930, the Northeast Army entered the customs and participated in the war in the name of mediation. Zhang Xueliang was awarded the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force for his meritorious service. Above, no one can match the scenery for a while. The "September 18th" in 1931 was humiliated and lost ground. Not only did it lose the Northeast, but it also wore the hat of "non-resistance general", and its reputation dropped to freezing point. If the previous "September 18th" was considered a day of success, the latter "September 18th" was a standard day of shame, not only a personal shame, but also a national shame.

Since then, Zhang Xueliang and his Northeast Army, like stocks that have lost control of the limit, have turned somersaults and fell down. On September 18, 1931, without resistance, the three eastern provinces were abandoned and retreated into Jinzhou. On January 3, 1932, Jinzhou was abandoned again without a fight. So far, in less than half a year, the three provinces and one district outside the pass were all lost to the enemy. On March 4, 1933, Rehe fell, less than ten days before and after. Then, the Kwantung Army approached the Great Wall, and after the Northeast, North China was also crumbling.

During the civil war, he was so shrewd and daring that even thousand-year-old foxes like Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan fell in front of this young man. But in the foreign war, he was so cowardly and incompetent that 105 garrison members could break through the Beida Camp, and more than 120 cavalry could also occupy Rehe Province. In fact, every time I make a decision, I go through hesitation and hesitation, but without exception, every last move I make is a real bad move.Smart in small matters but confused in big things, or in other words, smart in civil wars but confused in foreign wars, it has almost become a fixed label hung on young marshals after the "September 18th".

He is still sinking. Before and after the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Xueliang, who appeared in front of the world, was already skinny and depressed. Not to mention commanding operations, he couldn’t hold on even if he had a conversation. Morphine shot. No one thought that with his mental and physical state, he could defend the Great Wall, so public opinion at home and abroad was abuzz, and they all asked him to leave the field. Zhang Xueliang, who was forced to resign and go abroad, was faced with a disastrous military defeat, political frustration, and a decadent body. He originally wanted to keep some money, but when he touched his pocket at the end, he found that he had lost nothing.

After the Northeast, there is still North China, and after North China, there is finally no way out. During the years of wandering overseas, Zhang Xueliang also thought of cheering up, thinking of changing his image, and thinking of saving himself, so he quit drug addiction and planned to make a comeback. In 1934, Zhang Xueliang set off to return to China. After returning to China, Zhang Xueliang quit the drug, and his body recovered. He was fatter than before, and his bones were also strong. At this time, the domestic political situation had changed drastically, and the foreign war turned to internal fighting again, although most of the time it was still a secret fight-the struggle between the princes in various places and Chiang Kai-shek's "union" and against "unification" intensified.

Zhang Xueliang, who has never expressed his attitude, has been valued again. He has changed from the "non-resistance general" when he went abroad, and has become a sweet pastry that everyone is vying for. As soon as Zhang Xueliang arrived in Shanghai, lobbyists came to his door immediately. The lobbyists were sent from Guangdong and Guangxi, and they had only one theme, which was to join hands to fight against Chiang. Zhang Xueliang is not stupid, he immediately grasped his own weight from it, so the answer is very technical: I will fight against Chiang with you, Guangdong and Guangxi, but now we can only perfunctory with Chiang Kai-shek to avoid his suspicion. Pursue opportunities for future initiatives.

At this time, Zhang Xueliang's so-called "anti-Chiang" is really a perfunctory word for Guangdong and Guangxi. The reason why Guangdong and Guangxi can "combine vertically" is because they each have their own stable territory, which can be attacked in advance and defended in retreat. However, the situation of the Northeast Army at this time is that although it is in the north, most of its original territory has been lost and there is nothing to rely on. Suddenly reduced from the main army to the guest army. Today is home day around the world, so the base is Xiao Xiao and Lu Di Qiu.

Obviously, Zhang Xueliang's way of survival at this time is not to participate in the "joint vertical", but to carry out "lianheng", that is, to rely on Chiang Kai-shek, the "strong Qin", to return to the Northeast or North China with the banner of anti-Japanese.In this way, the guest army has the hope and possibility of becoming the main army. Under such circumstances, continuing to be a "loyal minister" with Chiang Kai-shek became Zhang Xueliang's inevitable choice. When Jiang and Zhang met, Zhang Xueliang's first sentence was: I don't want to lead troops when I go back to China, so I will be the director of the attendant room for you.

Chiang Kai-shek smiled. Everyone knows the bottom line, who doesn't know who, the first half of this statement is false, and the second half is also false, but listening to it makes people feel comfortable in the bottom of their hearts. The relationship between Jiang and Zhang is also very special. Speaking of which, they can be regarded as a pair of brothers, but they are different from Huang Yu's brothers. At least in the early days, Jiang and Huang had a common ideal, which can be called like-minded. Jiang Zhang is not the case. In many cases, it is more appropriate to say that they are not so much brothers as allies in the business field.

However, the strength of their allies is far superior to others.There are so many alliance brothers, Feng Yuxiang opposed Chiang, and Li Zongren opposed Chiang. It can be said that after Chiang Kai-shek became king, there was no one who did not oppose him. Compared with Feng and Li, Zhang Xueliang not only had the credit for changing the flag and entering the customs and supporting Chiang, but also was almost the only local prince who did not publicly express his opposition. To some extent, he could be called a model for supporting Chiang. . Between Jiang and Zhang, Jiang is the elder brother, and Zhang is the younger brother. Even if the younger brother has made mistakes, the elder brother must forgive him, not to mention that he has helped you so many times. Brother Meng is very satisfied with being able to quit drugs and work hard again. So I encourage you: Before you went abroad, you did not do a good job, and the people were dissatisfied with you. You should do a good job after you come back this time. Zhang Xueliang blurted out: I'll listen to you, whichever job you think is the most difficult, just leave it to me. Such awareness was something that Chiang Kai-shek never thought of beforehand. The hardest job is, of course, "suppressing the Communist Party." Zhang Xueliang agreed, and personally dispatched troops to the south to enter the Dabie Mountains to "suppress the Communist Party." Someone once advised him to think twice before acting. Zhang Xueliang replied: You advocate the resistance to Japan, but I cannot resist it now; Going south is actually the result of thinking twice before acting. Zhang Xueliang had only heard about the strength of the Red Army, but never witnessed it.There is also such a saying in the Northeast Army: We can't fight Japan, and we can fight the Red Army. Indeed, the strength of the Red Army at this time is indeed different from what it used to be, and it faces many difficulties.After repeated hard struggles in the Dabie Mountains, the 25th Red Army was forced to march. The Northeast Army and the Central Army chased to northern Shaanxi together. From this moment on, the bad luck of the Northeast Army began. After all, the Red Army is not an ordinary army. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, several Red Army groups including the Central Red Army joined forces. Although the difficulties they faced continued unabated, they had no way out. Their strategies, tactics and combat effectiveness were unmatched by the Northeast Army. . In the worst case, an entire division of the Northeast Army was ambushed. From the division commander, the chief of staff to the soldiers in the platoon, few people escaped, and more than 3,000 people were captured alone.Later, the Northeast Army almost became someone else's transport team, and the weapons and equipment seized by the Red Army could equip a division with only light machine guns. All of a sudden, there were complaints in the Northeast Army, and they felt that fighting the Red Army to the death was not worth it at all: I wanted to rely on Chiang Kai-shek to fight back to my hometown in the Northeast, but I didn't expect it to be used in reverse.Maybe the Northeast Army has already fought in the civil war before the all-out war of resistance begins. It was almost an instinctive reaction for the Northeast Army to change the course in time-it is better to go out to fight Japan than to fight the Red Army inside the pass. He is also a hero even if he dies! Therefore, as early as when the Red Army crossed the Yellow River eastward and was inseparable from the Jin Army and the Central Army, the Northeast Army had reached an agreement with the Red Army on a secret truce and mutual assistance. At that time, it was far from the Northeast Army alone to actively ask for alliance with the Red Army, not to fight a civil war, and to be consistent with the outside world. It was the best choice for almost all local military leaders. Needless to say, Yang Hucheng, who has Shaanxi as his territory, and Zhang Xueliang were brothers and sisters. When the Guangdong-Guangdong Incident broke out, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi in the southwest, Song Zheyuan and Fu Zuoyi in North China rushed to send representatives to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningsu Area to sign an anti-Japanese war with the Red Army. Agreement, it has become almost an open secret. Zhang and Yang's cooperation with the Red Army was nothing more than adding two more people to the "He Zong" list. When Chiang Kai-shek met the Red Army in public, he wanted to put him to death and then quickly, but he also established contact with the underground party of the Chinese Communist Party and negotiated with the CCP. The set of "cutting feudal vassal policy" before and after the war. Of course, for the princes, this is an expedient measure.When Chiang Kai-shek put an end to the Guangdong-Guangdong Incident, everyone dispersed again, and no one dared to go to the Loess Plateau to sing Xintianyou with the Red Army. You can all leave, but Zhang and Yang can't. One wants to regain his homeland all day long, while the other is determined to conquer the northwest. If they don't cooperate with the Red Army, neither of them can see any future. Chiang Kai-shek is not ignorant of these situations. Before and after the Guangdong-Guangdong Incident, there was clearly the Shaanxi Provincial Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang, and there was the Blue Shirts Society secretly, and there were constant intelligence reports to Nanjing, saying that the Northeast Army was not just a matter of contacting the Red Army, but that it was about to "redify" internally. When the contradictions intensified, the Shaanxi Provincial Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang even rushed into the barracks of the Northeast Army and arrested several "suspects of the Communist Party".Zhang Xueliang was furious after hearing the news, and immediately sent troops to conduct a counter-search on the Shaanxi Provincial Party Headquarters, and took him back.As a result, the two sides forged a deep grudge. Zhang Xueliang "pleaded guilty" to Chiang Kai-shek for this, and asked the latter to "punish". In the Kuomintang, the so-called "pleading guilty" and "seeking punishment for oneself" are mostly staged for outsiders to see, and it is impossible in reality.Chiang Kai-shek passed by with a wave of his hand, but the unhappiness in his heart was inevitable. In fact, the young commander was even more unhappy. Because he found that his position in Chiang Kai-shek's mind was no longer what it used to be, and even Feng Yuxiang was ranked ahead of him. If Chiang Kai-shek had to win over Feng, Yan, and Li, the old opponents of the Central Plains War, just to plot the situation, Zhang Xueliang really didn't like it in his eyes. How could he be ranked behind Feng, Yan, and Li? Without the change of banner in the Northeast, would the Kuomintang's second Northern Expedition be considered a success, could it unify the country and claim itself as the "central government"? Beacon Fire Middle East Road, I just listened to what you said, Chiang Kai-shek, and fought against the Soviet Union alone. In the end, almost all the elites of the Heilongjiang Army were wiped out. Let me ask who can do it. In the Central Plains War, it was me again, who appeared in time when you needed reinforcements the most, and played the role of terminator, driving Feng and Yan from the stage, thus fulfilling you, but becoming an outlier in the eyes of the princes from all walks of life. If the Great Wall War of Resistance hadn’t been supported by the Northeast Army inside and outside the Great Wall, would everyone have been able to take it up? North China would not only be maintained, but it would have been owned by the Japanese long ago. How could people like Song Zheyuan come on stage to sing? When I go back to China again, you let me go to the east, and you let me go to the west.First went to Hubei, Henan and Anhui, fought with the 25th Red Army in the Dabie Mountains, and then followed to Shaanxi, the "land of bitter cold", to fight with the Central Red Army. You said, in the local army, who is willing to work for the "central government" like this, only the Northeast Army! But who would have thought that after such a great effort, he would be thrown farther and farther away, and his ranking would be ranked behind those "vendors" in the central government. Internally, although the relationship between Jiang and Zhang is still far superior to that of ordinary monarchs and ministers on the surface, in fact, there has already been a grudge in the heart. Externally, it was almost to the point of tearing his face. The fall of the Northeast after the "September 18th" incident was enough to make the Northeast Army unforgettable, because it led to a series of bad luck for them, until they wandered all over the world with no branches to rely on. Thinking about how beautiful it was back then, relying on the Northeast and then occupying North China, which faction and power in that place was so rich and powerful, it was money and money, food and food, guns and guns, who would have thought will be reduced to the miserable situation it is now. At the same time, when the Northeast Army fought against the Red Army, resulting in the loss of soldiers and generals, Song Zheyuan used the slogan of North China Yuri as his slogan to replace the former and become the new master of Pingjin, Hebei. Where is the gap?The reason is that we are fighting a civil war, but they are calling for a war of resistance! Expel the Japanese pirates and fight back to their hometown. This is not only the true wish of the Northeast Army, but also an inevitable way to break out of reality and change their status and situation. But this wish has repeatedly hit a wall in reality, because Chiang Kai-shek did not allow them to participate in the war of resistance. When the Suiyuan war broke out, the soldiers of the Northeast Army moved upon hearing the news, thinking that the opportunity had come, and the responsibility to fight against the Japanese was none other than mine.However, they finally discovered that the Northeast Army had never been included in the battle sequence of the Suiyuan Campaign, and their task was still to stay honestly in northern Shaanxi and continue to "suppress the Communist Party."What made Zhang Xueliang even more ashamed was that in the first phase of the national defense plan, the Northeast Army could only act as a reserve team. Along with anger, there is humiliation. From Chiang Kai-shek's point of view, such an arrangement also has his considerations. During the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, there were many soldiers in the Northeast, but in terms of combat power, they were almost at the bottom of all the troops participating in the war. Moreover, the military discipline inherited from the Fengjun era has always been poor, which has been criticized by people.This is from a military perspective. From a political point of view, the Kwantung Army hated Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army the most. If they were placed on the front line of Suiyuan at that time, it would undoubtedly be stimulating the Kwantung Army and risking a complete breakdown of relations with Japan and a full-scale war. Due to the latter reason, Chiang Kai-shek was very careful about the use of the Northeast Army. He was unwilling to easily put the Northeast Army into North China and Inner Mongolia. He preferred to let them "suppress the Communists" with the Central Army in northern Shaanxi. And it was precisely this approach. , which intensified the contradiction between Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek. Compared with Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng has a stronger sense of crisis.At this time, the Central Army has entered Shaanxi in large numbers, saying that it is "suppressing the Communist Party." Who knows if it is directed at me? To understand this, one only needs to look at what happened to Yun, Gui, and Chuan to understand everything. For a long time, the Kuomintang officials have kept secret about a historical detail, that is, why the Red Army "leaved" so smoothly after the failure of the fifth "anti-encirclement and suppression campaign". At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was almost at full strength, the Kuomintang army was overwhelmed, and the combat effectiveness of the Red Army was not as good as before. It seemed that it was not as difficult as later generations imagined to completely "destroy" the Red Army. As a master strategist among the soldiers of the New Guangxi faction, Li Zongren was full of suspicions at the time, thinking that Chiang Kai-shek was suspected of deliberately releasing water. In his opinion, isn't it the implementation of bunker warfare? There are bunkers built all around, and there are many sieges. How could there be a sudden opening? Even if we opened the opening, we had to open the opening to the east, that is, to open the opening to the two provinces of Fujian and Guangdong—all the way to the east, as far as the sea, we could immediately drive the Red Army to a desperate situation.You know, after the Nanchang Uprising, the troops of He Long and Ye Ting were defeated in Chaoshan, Guangdong in this way. "Successful experience" is ready-made, but now it is doing the opposite, so what is it if it is not intentional? According to Li Zongren, after the Red Army entered Hunan, the Central Army could have "surmounted the pursuit", that is, using the Guangdong-Han Railway and the Xiangjiang River to intercept the Red Army from both water and land routes. Gui. The Red Army was about to enter Guangxi, and Li and Bai were about to die. Fortunately, the Red Army's ambition was not here, and they went to Guizhou.In Li Zongren's view, it is absolutely possible to prevent the Red Army from entering Guizhou at this time.Because the terrain in Guizhou is dangerous, it is only necessary to destroy the main road and leave a trail, and the Qian army and the central army will attack back and forth, and it will surely kill him. But Chiang Kai-shek chose not to do this, and still adopted the "stupid home" snail-style tail-chasing strategy, just as it had been negotiated, and almost "sent" the Red Army into Guizhou with one hand. Li Zongren would never agree to say that Chiang Kai-shek was a "stupid" with inappropriate strategies and tactics.He believes that this is someone who has ulterior motives. On the one hand, he uses the Red Army to eliminate dissidents. On the other hand, he preserves the strength of the Central Army and slowly follows up behind the Red Army in order to gradually occupy the territory left by the Red Army. As expected of being old rivals for many years, the calculations in each other's stomachs are really well understood.Many years later, Chiang Kai-shek's son Jiang Weiguo fully confirmed Li Zongren's guess in a book: his father really wanted to use this method of killing two birds with one stone to earn local military leaders in Yun, Gui, and Sichuan in order to complete the war. One of the important contents in the national defense plan - the establishment of a strategic rear in the War of Resistance. Since it is "earning", then it cannot be fought. Chiang Kai-shek's move is so clever. Because of the threat of the Red Army, those Southwest Mountain Kings who had firmly refused the central government's involvement unexpectedly went against their normal behavior and rushed to invite the central army to "mainly suppress". Later, Wang Jialie, the king of Guizhou, fell headlong from his horse. Although Liuxiang, the king of Sichuan, and Longyun, the king of Yunnan, were lucky enough to keep their seats, they were also infiltrated by Chiang Kai-shek. Yang Hucheng's worries are not superfluous. Chiang Kai-shek has indeed set his sights on his northwest. Jiang Weiguo believed in the book that his father had considered the future Sino-Japanese war comprehensively, that is, once a full-scale war broke out, the southeast coast would be difficult to hold, and they could only move to the inland, and this inland must include both the north and the south.Specifically, in the south, Sichuan and Guizhou are the core, and Yunnan is the rear.In the north, Shaanxi is the core and Gansu is the rear. In the so-called core list, Sichuan and Guizhou are already sure, and the rest is Shaanxi. Among Sichuan, Guizhou, and Shaanxi, Chiang Kai-shek pays special attention to Shaanxi, thinking that it will be the "base for rejuvenation against insults" in the future. Although the middle of Sichuan is good, it has always been a country of abundance, but it ends up in a corner in the southwest. It is only suitable for peace, and it is difficult to rely on it to achieve success. I think back then, Zhuge Liang was such a capable man. He left Qishan six times and exhausted his efforts, but he had to die before he could leave the army. When it came to his student Jiang Wei, he was also a famous general who had both wisdom and courage and was used to fighting. According to his behest, he went out of Sichuan to attack the Central Plains nine times, three times more than his teacher, but still had no achievements. What does this mean? It means that if you want to rule the world, you must be one step ahead and seize strategic points in the north. Obviously, it is impossible for Yang Hucheng not to understand Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts. If he does not surrender to the latter, no matter whether the Red Army is wiped out or not, the territory of Shaanxi will eventually be lost, let alone manage the Northwest. At this moment, he and his 17th Route Army had no choice. If they did not take the initiative, they would suffer disaster. However, their own strength was too weak, so they had to find allies. As a guest army from Shaanxi, the Northeast Army was obviously stronger than the 17th Route Army in terms of strength. Therefore, Zhang Yang was also suspicious of each other at first, but the common situation soon made them realize that the only way to change the strategy of Lianheng was to form alliances with other princes. Only by forming a vertical camp can they find their own way out in the future. Originally, the Guangdong and Guangxi Incident was an excellent opportunity. Zhang and Yang had even agreed in advance that if Chiang Kai-shek sent troops to Guangdong and Guangxi, they would send troops to assist Guangdong and Guangxi. But unexpectedly, with the development of the situation, apart from Guangdong and Guangxi itself, there are very few people who can help. There are also people who really responded, such as Li Jishen, Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai, etc., but they have long since passed away, and who can say nothing, but what practical effect can it have? Of course, this is not the time to openly challenge Chiang Kai-shek. After the Guangdong-Guangdong Incident ended, the tense relationship between Zhang, Yang and Chiang Kai-shek not only did not ease, but became tense again. Because Chiang Kai-shek has managed the south, he can concentrate on the north. If Zhang and Yang want to protect themselves, they can only work with other northern giants to carry out "forcing Jiang to resist Japan" to the end. The first is remonstrance. Given Yang Hucheng's status, it was impossible for him to do this.Therefore, it was Yan Xishan and Zhang Xueliang who first spoke. Taking advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's 50th birthday, which was full of joy and everyone was happy, Yan and Zhang glanced at each other, and then began to carefully offer advice, hoping that the "Committee" would abandon the policy of cutting down feudal vassals by force, stop the civil war, and unanimously speak out. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was like walking a tightrope, and he managed to solve the "Fujian Incident" and "Guangdong Incident". After all, don't you just want me not to fight the Red Army, so you don't have to fight and you can live in peace with each other? impossible! Yan and Zhang, one wanted to unite with the Red Army, and the other had already done so, so naturally they were unwilling to give up their ideas easily. Chiang Kai-shek's face turned from sunny to cloudy, which was not good-looking. I have told you many times that the Red Army is at the end of its strength, how can we stop at this time! He asked Yan and Zhang angrily: Do I obey you, or do you obey me? Speaking of this, Yan and Zhang had no choice but to hold back. When he came out, Yan Xishan was the first to cry, tears pouring down his face, in front of a junior. It seems that it is useless to count on "Mr. Jiang", he will definitely not adopt our proposition, everything depends on ourselves, let us do it ourselves. While talking and crying, he held the other party's hand tightly and paused vigorously to show his grief and indignation. Zhang Xueliang was very moved at the time. It turned out that Yan Xishan had a bigger opinion of Chiang Kai-shek than himself.Doesn't the phrase "let's do it ourselves" mean that after the failure of forcing Jiang in the south, we in the north can follow suit? Only this time, the hairy boy finally lost to the thousand-year-old fox. In fact, Yan Xishan was just talking casually. In his heart, although he also hoped to avoid fighting the Red Army, he was absolutely reluctant to throw away the pots and pans at home and rebel unless it was absolutely necessary. You know, he and Zhang Xueliang have completely different mentalities. One still has a lot of family property and wants to "keep his hometown", while the other is empty-handed and wants to "take back his hometown" all the time. However, Yan Xishan's superb performance gave Zhang Xueliang a wrong signal, causing the latter to have such an illusion that if Zhang and Yang rose up at this time, the northern princes would definitely respond. The young marshal was aggrieved by repeated remonstrances but failed. After returning to Xi'an, he asked Yang Hucheng what he thought. Yang Hucheng glanced at him and asked him if he really had the determination to resist the war. Zhang Xueliang nodded. Afterwards, Yang Hucheng said something that could be called earth-shattering: Yu et al. can coerce the emperor to order the princes! Cao Cao put Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty on the throne, clearly as the emperor, secretly as a hostage, and used it to command the world. What do you mean by this? Although Zhang Xueliang was mentally prepared, he was so startled when he was awakened that he couldn't recover for a long time. Seeing Zhang Xueliang behave like this, Yang Hucheng was frightened. Although he was already an ally, the words that Yang Hucheng blurted out were largely tentative, because if the other party disagreed or leaked out, it would be a crime of beheading and a catastrophe. Feeling the strange atmosphere, Zhang Xueliang immediately comforted Yang Hucheng, saying that he would never do things like selling friends for glory, but this matter is too big and needs to be discussed in the long term. Soon, they heard about Chiang Kai-shek's latest disposal plan for the Northeast Army and the 17th Route Army. In the first plan, the two armies obeyed the order of "suppressing the communists" and went back to the Shaanxi-Gansu front line to launch a full-scale attack on the Red Army with real guns and live ammunition.The two armies are in front, and the central army is behind. The second plan, if you don’t want to fight the Red Army, then I’m sorry, please clear the way, the Northeast Army will go to Fujian, the 17th Route Army will go to Anhui, and the Central Army will come here to "suppress". Needless to say, the first plan is just to repeat the mistakes of the past. Regardless of victory or defeat, the two armies are of no benefit. As for the second plan, Zhang and Yang also could not accept it. What Zhang Xueliang was going to was the north, not the south. Moreover, Fujian was already surrounded by the Central Army and pro-Chiang forces. How much room would the Northeast Army have to use after it went? Yang Hucheng has always adhered to the "Great Northwest Principle", believing that this is the foundation of his development, and of course he is unwilling to leave the Northwest. The two plans were actually Chiang Kai-shek's ultimatum to Zhang and Yang, and both Zhang and Yang felt that they were pushed to the edge of a cliff by this ultimatum, so they decided to carry out military advice when Chiang Kai-shek came to Xi'an.