Chapter 19 Chapter Nineteen Farewell at Midnight

If there are not enough soldiers, there will be problems with the generals. Song Zheyuan pinned his hope of Nanyuan's defense on Zhao Dengyu, but what he didn't know was that Zhao Dengyu at this time was no longer the majestic tiger fighter he was a few years ago. As we all know, Feng Yuxiang's control over the old Northwest Army was known for being strict, and he often did not pay his salary. Although the 29th Army did not reach the scale of the old Northwest Army, its high-level members came from various factions of the old Northwest Army, and its composition was very complicated. Song Zheyuan himself was far inferior to Feng Yuxiang in terms of prestige. became a big problem.

In the past, Song Zheyuan didn't need to worry about this, because with Xiao Zhenying around, if something went wrong, he would naturally have this strategist who is good at dealing with people to make things right. When Xiao left, it was Song Zheyuan's turn to sit alone at the front desk. Obviously, gathering wealth without dividing it will definitely fail.Song Zheyuan did the opposite, he divided the wealth instead of collecting it. After the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War, as soon as the economic conditions improved, he "divided the loot" to the officers of the divisions, often giving money of 10,000 to 20,000, and sometimes even giving away houses.

Over time, the high-level military has gradually become a luxurious atmosphere.In the era of the old Northwest Army, any officer who was caught gambling was either dismissed or imprisoned.When the 29th Army was stationed in North China, the overall military discipline was greatly relaxed. The various prohibitions passed down by the old Northwest Army were almost a waste of paper. Will say you are a fool and out of fashion. Song Zheyuan is very strict in terms of personal self-discipline. However, since he "fights well, he is an official", he rarely enters the military camp. He neither understands nor asks about it.

In terms of governing the army, he and Feng Yuxiang went to two extremes, one was too bitter and too tight, easy to disperse, and the other was too extravagant and too loose. Things will rot and then worms will grow. I think back then, Zhao Yingxiong was so heroic and heroic when he waved a big knife at the mouth of Xifeng, but since he stopped fighting and lived a peaceful life, he also "chased the trend" and lay on the kang , He smoked a big cigarette. At that time, Zhang Zizhong and Zhao Dengyu were the most popular generals of the 29th Army.Zhao Dengyu himself knew it was not good, and once wanted to ask a famous doctor in the capital to help him get rid of it secretly, but it was a pity that he wavered every time and couldn't make up his mind for a long time.

Deeply caught in the "smoky addiction", Zhang Zizhong became dizzy and his mind was not clear, while Zhao Dengyu's health became worse and worse, and he no longer had the spirit of being a man in charge. The former Tiger Fighting General was tall and mighty, with a strong body, but when he was the commander-in-chief in Nanyuan, he was already extremely thin, and he was a completely different person from before. Zhao Dengyu's command in Nanyuan was very chaotic, and the temporary deployment of the student corps for defense became his biggest defeat. The Academy Corps is full of recruits, most of whom are college and middle school students recruited from Pingjin.That era is not the present, not to mention college students, there are very few middle school students, especially in the 29th Army, nine out of ten are big bosses who can't read a basket of big characters, and there are almost no real cultural people.

At the beginning, Song Zheyuan recruited these student soldiers to be trained as military officers. Usually, he would not let them go to the front line easily, and he would not even be willing to send them to the grassroots troops. Therefore, their actual military experience is almost blank. Some even just received guns. Don't even know how to shoot. Of course, due to the urgency of the situation, it is impossible to use the Academy Corps.But you can’t let them fight the enemy alone right away—or they should be brought by veterans, or cooperated with other combat units. If these two things are lacking, sending a group of children to the battlefield is tantamount to driving lambs into the battlefield. The pack of tigers and wolves.

What Zhao Dengyu asked the Academy Corps to guard was the extremely important southeast position.The young man did not retreat, but there were almost no casualties, and the first gap in Nanyuan was opened from here. I have been to Nanyuan, although things have changed for a long time, but when standing in the waist-high thatch, I can still feel a great sadness. So many fresh young lives, they were as brilliant as flowers, but they all disappeared at that moment, and they will never return. What a cruel youth. After the gap was opened, Zhao Dengyu no longer had the strength to organize a counterattack.

In the 29th Army leading troops to fight, the courage of the coach is very important.Since Zhao Dengyu has lost the courage of the past and is not familiar with the situation in Nanyuan, it is inevitable that his command and personal performance will fall short. Nanyuan was under siege, and Song Zheyuan in Beiping wanted to rescue it, but if he directly rescued Nanyuan, if one was not good, he might fall into Xiangyue's plan of "surrounding the spot to rescue him". So Song Zheyuan didn't do this, but took Better tactics. Surround Wei and save Zhao: If you surround my Nanyuan, I will attack your Fengtai.

Since the main force of the infantry brigade stationed in Fengtai had joined the Battle of Nanyuan, the garrison was relatively empty, so Feng Zhian was able to quickly occupy Fengtai Station and compress the remaining Japanese troops to nearby villages. If all goes well, even if it is difficult to solve the siege of Nanyuan, the next best thing is to give up Nanyuan and take Fengtai, and exchange one soldier for another. It's a pity that Nanyuan's fight was not ideal, and defeat appeared in a short period of time. The Japanese army completely took the initiative in Nanyuan, making it possible for them to divide their forces.

After learning that Feng Zhian captured Fengtai, the infantry brigade rushed back immediately. Feng Zhian had to evacuate quickly because he had to take care of the city behind him. "Surround Wei and save Zhao" fell short. Realizing that the Nanyuan defenders might not be able to support them, Song Zheyuan decided to notify Zhao Dengyu to withdraw from Nanyuan in order to preserve his strength. But unable to contact. The reason was that Japanese planes bombed Nanyuan indiscriminately.The walls of the barracks in Nanyuan are unqualified for foot combat, and there are no air defense facilities, so they can't withstand aircraft bombs.

The defenders originally had more than 1,000 horses. After this bombing, most of them fell to their deaths, and their death conditions were extremely miserable. Zheng Dazhang, deputy commander in chief of Nanyuan and commander of the cavalry division, was so stimulated that he led his cavalry regiment and ran towards Beiping without even saying hello. Before the war, Chiang Kai-shek urged Song Zheyuan to build defense fortifications around Pingjin, which was indeed far-sighted.Reluctantly, Song Zheyuan and his teachers didn't take it seriously, and "divided the spoils" of the funds privately. At this time, it was their turn to pay off the debt. Not only the horses, but also the people were killed and injured. What's worse, all the communication equipment was destroyed, and the telecommunication connection between Nanyuan and Beiping was interrupted. I couldn't make a phone call or send a telegram, so I had to send someone to Nanyuan to deliver the letter. A few hours later, with the help of the cover of the large green gauze tents around Nanyuan, the messenger finally entered Nanyuan and handed over the retreat order to Zhao Dengyu. At this time, the gap has been torn wider and wider, gradually forming a "pipe", and everyone can see that it is only a matter of time before Nanyuan falls. Zhao Dengyu then conveyed the retreat order layer by layer, and personally led the team to withdraw from Nanyuan. It was said that they were leading everyone to retreat, but in fact it was a swarm of bees, each in charge. Due to the chaotic organization, the officers and soldiers rushed to the road in a disorderly manner. The place we pass by is called Dahongmen, and it is a place that the 29th Army will remember forever. Because the retreating troops will embark on the road of death from here, they are in ambush! This ambush was the Xuandao Regiment of the Infantry Brigade, which was originally stationed in Tong County and belonged to Xiangyue's reserve team. How did they know that the Nanyuan defenders were going to retreat from Dahongmen? Also due to leaks. Wasn't the communication line from Beiping to Nanyuan blown up? It took several hours for Song Zheyuan's order to reach Zhao Dengyu's hands. In these few hours, Pan Yugui, the traitorous dog, once again had a great opportunity to stain his crown with other people's blood. While the courier was still on the way, he hastily sent a secret message to his Japanese master. Xiangyue then knew that Zhao Dengyu was about to withdraw to Beiping, and he must pass through Dahongmen. Before Zhao Dengyu set off to retreat, the Xuandao United Team had been transferred to leave Tong County and set up traps near Dahongmen, waiting for the fish to take the bait. Xiangyue not only wants to catch fish, but also catches big fish.He ordered the machine gunner to focus on the car and shoot for the simple reason that the person sitting inside might be a senior officer of the 29th Army. As a result, the four cars coming out of Nanyuan were all destroyed, and the black car in the front was covered with bullet holes. Zhao Dengyu was in this black car, and was shot several times immediately, bleeding all over his body. The accompanying guards were fine because they were not in the car.By the time he dragged Zhao Dengyu out of the car, he was almost dying. Seeing the misery of the chief, the guards were heartbroken. Zhao Dengyu struggled to take one last look at him: There is nothing to be sad about soldiers dying in battle, this is our duty. Yes, from the first day of a soldier's war, death has become a constant companion.It's just that at this last moment, the former "Tiger Fighter" will inevitably have some regrets and remorse, for being at a loss, for losing his direction, and for not being brave enough. Suddenly, the loud roar from Xifeng's mouth resounded faintly next to his ears: Big knife, chop off the devils' heads! A flash of flame flashed across the sky, just like a glimpse, and then everything was dark. In the bloody battle in Nanyuan, the 29th Army suffered heavy losses, and very few people returned to Peiping alive. A considerable number of them died during the retreat at Dahongmen, including Lieutenant General Tong Linge, the deputy commander of the 29th Army. During the fierce battle in Nanyuan, Song Zheyuan was not only anxiously waiting for the news of the defenders' breakthrough, but also had an unresolved problem that had troubled him for several days. That is, Zhang Zizhong, who was supposed to stick to Tianjin, left his post. As early as when the "Guang'anmen incident" happened, Song Zheyuan felt unhappy. If you didn't take charge of the defense in Tianjin, why did you pass me and give random pointers to the Beiping defenders? The following report surprised Song Zheyuan even more. It turned out that Zhang Zizhong was in Beiping that day. I clearly told him to stay in Tianjin, why did he come to Peiping without saying hello? Tianjin is the base camp of the "garrisoned troops" in North China. As a forward, the enemy is in front of us, so of course we can't leave without authorization. However, the situation was tense at this time, and it was the time when the generals needed to use their lives, and Song Zheyuan couldn't get angry, so he could only hope that Zhang Zizhong would return to Tianjin on his own soon. However, the development of the matter was completely beyond his expectation. Until the battle of Nanyuan started, Zhang Zizhong was still in Beiping, but at the same time he did not show his face. Song Zheyuan couldn't figure out what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Zizhong's gourd, and couldn't help but feel agitated. In fact, before this, he already knew that the Japanese deliberately manipulated the "Song-Zhang Conflict" behind the scenes in order to achieve their ulterior motives. This is not speculation, but the traitor Pan Yugui personally came to tell him. Song Zheyuan's meeting with this person surnamed Pan was actually a private negotiation, because the other party represented Xiangyue's meaning. While talking, Pan Yugui found that Song Zheyuan refused to give in, and suddenly changed his face, saying that if you don't give in to the "imperial army", wait, we will support Zhang Zizhong and replace you. Pan Yugui said triumphantly, "If you don't change your mind, you can change people." This was what Xiangyue asked him to tell. Song Zheyuan was furious after hearing this, and immediately scolded him severely, and drove Pan Hanjian out. The relationship between Song and Zhang, if you apply the old saying, Song is "Song Gongming", and that Zhang is "Lu Junyi". Although they may be awkward at ordinary times, they care about the seats, but after all, everyone is a life-and-death brother who has kowtowed, burned incense and exchanged posts together. , when facing external threats, he will definitely put the overall situation first, and Song Zheyuan still thinks he is somewhat sure of this. Now as long as his attitude of "Song Gongming" is firm, the brothers in "Juyi Hall" will naturally unite together to keep "Shuibo Liangshan". That's right, the Japanese's plan to "compete between Song and Zhang" will never succeed. Xiangyue just wants to use this to threaten me. How can I be fooled and fall into his trap. But why did Zhang Zizhong himself act so mysteriously, why did he leave Tianjin and come to Peiping? What was he thinking? Song Zheyuan didn't know, and he couldn't know. When his mind was in chaos and he couldn't figure out what to do, he called Qin Dechun: Zhang Zizhong has arrived in Peiping, do you know? Hearing this, Qin Dechun was equally astonished. I don't know, did you call him here? Song Zheyuan sighed: No! Since everyone couldn't figure out what was going on, they had no choice but to let it go temporarily. After all, Tianjin is still safe and sound, and the most dangerous place is Nanyuan. On the afternoon of July 28, Song Zheyuan held a military meeting. Qin Dechun, Feng Zhian and other generals in Beiping attended the meeting. The focus of the discussion at the meeting was how to strengthen the defense of Beiping. Halfway through the meeting, a disheveled man suddenly appeared at the door. The Nanyuan defenders who retreated to Beiping, Zhao Dengyu and Tong Linge, were killed halfway, but one person was able to retreat completely. He was Zheng Dazhang, the commander of the cavalry division, and the important reason for his survival was that he retreated without receiving an order. Since he had never seen Song Zheyuan's evacuation order, he did not take the Dahongmen, but the sidewalk east of the Dahongmen. Because of this, Nanyuan's cavalry regiment did not suffer too much loss, and was sent to guard the city gate after entering the city. When he first entered Beiping City, Zheng Dazhang did not dare to come to see Song Zheyuan.Because the crime of retreating without authorization is not trivial, decapitation is possible. Fortunately, he soon learned that Song Zheyuan had already issued an order to retreat, so he felt a little relieved and felt that he could use this to pass the test. But then, came the news that Dahongmen was ambushed. Zheng Dazhang was shocked when he heard it, but also felt lucky. The disheveled man who appeared at the door was Zheng Dazhang. He reported to Song Zheyuan: Both Tong and Zhao were killed in battle, Nanyuan officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese army was about to besiege Beiping. In order to clarify responsibility, he certainly did not dare to say that the cavalry regiment had no major losses, but said that half of the subordinate cavalry suffered casualties, and the other half also retreated to the south. But at this time Song Zheyuan didn't care about what he said later, he only really heard the news that "Tong and Zhao were killed in battle". This bad news almost knocked Song Zheyuan down on the spot. In his opinion, although Nanyuan's fall was expected, the simultaneous death of Zhao and Tong was absolutely unacceptable.Especially Zhao Dengyu, one of the eight brothers who founded the 29th Army, how could he be gone in the blink of an eye. That was one of his most valued brave generals. If Zhao Dengyu hadn't risked his life and wounded to play the striker during the Great Wall War of Resistance, there would have been no Xifengkou victory, nor would the 29th Army have the glory it has today. However, you survived such a difficult day, why can't you survive now? Song Zheyuan was so sad that he didn't want to live, he beat his chest and cried loudly: I broke my left arm, this hatred is irreconcilable! The 29th Army and the Japanese Army now not only have a national hatred, but also a family hatred. It is conceivable that the news of Nanyuan's disastrous defeat more or less shocked the participants, especially Zheng Dazhang's distraught appearance, which undoubtedly cast a shadow over Beiping's defense. This brother looked too panicked, he forgot to even salute when he entered the door, and he spoke incoherently. He didn't have the calmness and calmness necessary for a soldier. Song Zheyuan was still immersed in grief, but Qin Dechun quickly noticed it. The top priority is to defend Beiping, everyone must hold on! He immediately stood up and said to Zheng Dazhang: No matter what hardships our soldiers encounter, we must be steady and polite. This is well said and quite timely.Zheng Dazhang also realized his disrespect, so he quickly straightened his military uniform and sat down with everyone. The meeting continues. Nanyuan has been lost, but Peiping is still there. Originally, Song Zheyuan refused to let the Central Army enter North China even if he died. It was not until the day before the bloody battle in Nanyuan that he felt that something was wrong, so he asked Qin Dechun to take the initiative to call Chiang Kai-shek for immediate north aid. Chiang Kai-shek also understood what kind of situation Song Zheyuan was in now, so he stopped urging the latter to go to Baoding, but let him sit in Beiping-at least three days. For Song Zheyuan at this time, defending Beiping was not only due to "the king's order" and the responsibility, but also because it was the spiritual fortress of the 29th Army in North China. If this fortress is still in place, it is possible for everyone to persist for three more days, needless to say, but if the fortress is shaken, both morale and people's hearts will collapse. Chiang Kai-shek said that three days, as long as three days, not only will there be a solution diplomatically, but all follow-up reinforcements will also be in place. Now two days are almost over, that is to say, Peiping only needs to persist for a little more than one day, and the battle situation may usher in a turning point. And so it is.At that time, the troops of Sun Lianzhong and Wan Fulin of the Central Army had already moved to the north of Baoding, and their vanguard troops were only 60 miles away from Beiping, and they could reach it with a forced march. Song Zheyuan still has a chance, and the 29th Army still has a chance. At this moment, another uninvited guest came to the venue, and his arrival surprised almost everyone present. This person is Zhang Zizhong who has never shown his face. Song Zheyuan was very annoyed, you god finally showed up! Do you know what time it is now, even if you are still in Beiping, what if the Japanese army attacks Tianjin? But what Zhang Zizhong cares about is not this, what he cares about is another thing: war or peace. So far, Song Zheyuan is naturally very upset that you still talk about this useless brat, so the two sides began to quarrel with each other. During the quarrel, Zhang Zizhong's attitude was very bad, he was agitated, and he didn't seem to regard the leader as a leader at all. Even the aides and aides felt incredible, because Zhang Zizhong had never treated Song Zheyuan in this way, after all, he was a member of the 29th Army. Big head, if you don't look at the monk's face, you have to look at the Buddha's face. At the end of the fight, Zhang Zizhong made a conclusion: At this point in the current situation, war is no longer possible, and there is only peace, and if there is peace, only I, Zhang, can do it! He put a word to Song Zheyuan: If you leave Beiping temporarily, there is still hope for a turnaround in the overall situation. It was this sentence that made Song Zheyuan turn pale. In an instant, he seemed to understand everything. He understood why Zhang Zizhong hid in Beiping for three days without showing his face. The latter was just waiting for an opportunity. Now, Nanyuan suffered a disastrous defeat, the battle will be broken, the Japanese army is about to approach the city, and the 29th Army is in internal and external difficulties. He believes that the time has come. Once, Song Zheyuan hoped so much that his brother could help him defend Tianjin, so he gave in again and again, but the other party still couldn't get out of the divorce plan set by the Japanese, still thinking about "Song and Zhang compete", and even developed To the point of taking the opportunity to seek power. The person in front of him was completely unrecognizable, he no longer cared about the brotherhood, no longer cared about the flesh and blood brothers who fell on the road between Nanyuan and Dahongmen, he lost his way and direction, but he still didn't realize it. Power, fame, and drugs can turn people into demons. Xiangyue's well-planned plot really succeeded: through Pan Yugui's incitement to Zhang Zizhong, the spring of the 29th Army broke instantly! To be honest, if there is a fight, Song Zheyuan can still fight at this time. However, the conflict between the two armies will only cause a shocking internal strife in the 29th Army. The death of Zhao Dengyu has made Song Zheyuan extremely sad. Do you want your brothers to stab each other again? After fully understanding the other party's true intentions, Song Zheyuan couldn't say a word anymore. Forget it, what you want is power and position, I can give it to you. According to the request of the other party, in front of everyone, he wrote a handwritten letter, handing over the chairman of the Political Committee and the mayor of Beiping City to Zhang Zizhong to take over. That night, Song Zheyuan hurried to Baoding with Qin Dechun, Feng Zhian and others. Due to his haste, he didn't even have time to inform and take away his family in Tianjin. The reason why he was so flustered was that Song Zheyuan was already in danger at this time.Although Zhang Zizhong got the handbook he asked for, what if those who go back to give to his brother beat him up and come back to kill him.In that way, if you don't want to be popular, you will get angry. In the eyes of Song Zheyuan and others, Zhang Zizhong had become a completely different person at this time, and he would not be able to do anything. For this reason, I must leave quickly without delaying a minute. In the darkness of night, Song Zheyuan bid farewell to Beiping City. The night in Beiping is so desolate. He is not going to fight, but is fleeing, just like the Northeast hero many years ago. Frustrated and melancholy. One thing they have in common is that no one thought that they would never return. Until the last moment of his life, Song Zheyuan was still dreaming of returning to Beiping. On July 29, Zhang Zizhong "assumed his duties as a matter of fact". Before that, he cleared one last hurdle. Although Song Zheyuan and Feng Zhian have left, Feng Zhian's troops are still there, the military headquarters is still there, and the troops who escaped from Nanyuan are still there, and Zhang Zizhong can't command these things, even if you have become the "chairman of the committee" ". In the middle of the night when Song Zheyuan left, he called Zhang Kexia, deputy chief of staff of the 29th Army. He told Zhang Kexia that Song Zheyuan had decided to evacuate the entire army from Beiping, and you should quickly pull away everyone you can.Otherwise it will be too late, the Japanese army will enter the city tomorrow morning. Hearing this, Zhang Kexia became anxious. After reporting to Feng Zhi'an, he immediately summoned his troops, went out of the city at night, and also went to Baoding. Song Zheyuan was able to withdraw his basic troops thanks to Feng Zhi'an. Besides, without the "tips" left by Xiao Zhenying back then, it would not have been easy to save his life.It's just that Xiao Zhenying is not a god who can predict the future after all. He has calculated thousands of times, and he can't calculate that there will be so many changes in the middle. Once these people leave, "Chairman Zhang" can flex his muscles. Immediately after he took office, he reorganized the political committee, crossed out Qin Dechun, Xiao Zhenying, and Ge Dingyuan from the original list, and replaced them with Pan Yugui, Zhang Yunrong and other "brothers". Compared with the original, the reorganized political committee has changed beyond recognition, and the important seats are all controlled by traitors.Not only that, Pan Yugui, a traitor, was also able to serve as the director of the Beiping Public Security Bureau, and Zhang Yunrong was also the director of the Pingsui Railway Bureau. When Chiang Kai-shek talked at Lushan Mountain, he repeatedly emphasized that the local regime in North China cannot be changed, and officials cannot be replaced arbitrarily. Without the consent of the Nanjing government, Zhang Zizhong changed everything he wanted to change, and changed everything he wanted to change, which is equivalent to achieving the goals of the Japanese. What he did is really distressing. Now the water is no longer up to the waist, but almost to the shoulders. After Pan Yugui became the director of the Beiping Public Security Bureau, he immediately ordered the prohibition of anti-Japanese propaganda, and at the same time, the whole city searched for the Blue Shirts and the Communist Party. Zhang Yunrong's position is more subtle. The Ping-Sui Railway runs directly from Beiping to Suiyuan.It was originally a channel for Feng Zhian and Liu Ruming to cooperate with each other, but now it has become a shortcut for the Japanese army to attack Chahar and even Suiyuan. The sky in Beiping was suddenly covered with dark clouds. Prior to this, the anti-Japanese atmosphere in Beiping was strong, and both the army and the people had been mobilized. Even after the defeat of Nanyuan and the deaths of Tong and Zhao, Beiping's morale was not really hurt. Although everyone was tearful, as if they were mourning, all they were thinking about was going to battle to kill the enemy and take revenge. At that time, some commented that the enthusiasm of the soldiers and civilians of Beiping to defend the city and resist the bandits had never been seen in the three hundred years since the founding of the Qing Dynasty. But no one thought that everything changed in just one night. I saw the newspaper in the morning, which read: The 29th Army has retreated, and Peiping is no longer defending. It really makes people feel dizzy. If the 29th Army can work together and face the enemy in an all-round way, even if Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army cannot rescue it in time, it will be more difficult for the Japanese army to successfully take Pingjin. Don't look at the fact that there is already a division and a third brigade in North China, but as soon as they disperse, the troops will be stretched out. For this reason, Xiangyue also played "cheat". At that time, someone saw a devil soldier falling from a Japanese army car, and at first he was overjoyed, thinking that these bastards really deserve to die, and they should fall one by one and kill the other.Unexpectedly, the "soldier" was very flexible, and it bounced up and down after falling.After a closer look, I realized that it was a rubber man. On another occasion, an "ammunition box" fell from a vehicle.Open it up, and it's full of stones. Before the domestic divisions went into battle, Xiangyue used this method to pull rubber figures and stones to the front line with truckloads, bluffing to scare the soldiers and civilians in North China. Obviously, when there are few people, concentration is needed. When launching the Battle of Nanyuan, Xiangyue concentrated almost all her troops on this battlefield, including the deployment of the Longshan Division of the Korean Army that was originally near Tianjin to participate in the battle. Because in his opinion, Tianjin is the last thing to worry about, it is almost like his own backyard. What he didn't expect was that this imaginary "backyard" was the first to catch fire. On July 28th, there was a fierce battle in Nanyuan, and there were also gunshots in Tianjin Wei. They are all raids, and they all have to strike first, but the positions of the two sides have changed. At that time, Zhang Zizhong was observing the movement in Beiping and temporarily lost contact with the 38th Division stationed in Tianjin. The latter spontaneously launched a fierce attack on the Japanese troops stationed in Tianjin. The 38th Division did not withdraw from Tianjin until Zhang Zizhong sent an urgent telegram again after "seeing the matter". The fire in Tianjin has not been extinguished yet, and there is another "Tong County incident" immediately. Tong County is the seat of the puppet regime in East Jidong. Zhang Qingyu, the captain of the security police team in the county, was originally Yu Xuezhong's subordinate. Long before the "July 7th Incident", he had secretly established contact with Song Zheyuan and was ready to wait anyway. However, the Xuandao Regiment of the Infantry Brigade was stationed in Tong County. Zhang Qingyu was afraid that he would not be his opponent, so he hesitated to act. Until the Battle of Nanyuan broke out, Xiangyue helped him solve this problem—the Xuandao United Team was transferred to Dahongmen to ambush Zhao Dengyu. Zhang Qingyu seized the opportunity to launch an uprising and wiped out the remaining Japanese troops in Tong County. After learning about the change in Tong County, Xiangyue wanted to send troops to suppress it, but the fire was also raging in Tianjin, and both sides had to put out the fire, and there were not so many soldiers on hand. For a while, this North China "" The commander of the "Garrison Army" was concerned about the front and the future, and the head and the tail. If Zhang Zizhong hadn't forced Song Zheyuan away at a critical moment, the situation in North China might have been reversed. Xiangyue credited all the loss of these two fires to Zhang Zizhong's account. After he actually controlled the situation in North China, he crossed the river and demolished the bridge, kicking Zhang Zizhong away and opening another seat. On July 30, the Japanese army occupied Lugou Bridge.On the same day, in addition to the Political Committee, Beiping established a "Maintenance Committee". Although Zhang Zizhong was stunned for a while, he was not stupid and immediately saw that the situation was not good. The coexistence of the two sessions means that people are going to throw you away. The capital of soldiers is their guns, and now Zhang Zizhong still has two guns in Beiping: Ruan Xuanwu's brigade and Shi Zhengang's brigade, the latter was originally Zhao Dengyu's Liuping troops. But since the Japanese want to take you out of the way, of course they will not allow you to have a gun anymore, not to mention that there is a lesson from the Battle of Tianjin, what if your two brigades don't listen to you and fight back. Overnight, the Ruan Xuanwu Brigade was surrounded by the Japanese army and disarmed. The entire 6,000 officers and soldiers surrendered their weapons without firing a single shot. Although Shi Zhengang's brigade has not been disarmed, people are still in panic. Even the brigade commander Shi Zhengang feels that if he doesn't think about it, the Japanese will also attack him. So, the brigade quietly rushed out of the city and went to Chahar to join Liu Ruming. Well, Zhang Zizhong is really clear now, and there is no one soldier. He is not a material for "politics" at all, and even those former "Brothers", seeing that he has lost power, quickly changed their tune and ignored him again. He has been completely emptied, becoming a polished commander, and can no longer exercise any real or even formal powers. On August 6, Zhang Zizhong had no choice but to issue a statement in the newspaper, resigning from all positions on the same day, and then took refuge in Dongjiaomin Lane. It took only eight days to go from taking the initiative to "take the job according to the situation" to resigning on my own.At that time, a media reported that Zhang was kicked away by the Japanese after only eight days of restraint. In fact, for Zhang Zizhong himself, the accidental two fires seemed to have burned his "future", but gave him the opportunity to be saved from now on. If it was later, the water would have almost reached his neck. A month later, Zhang Zizhong sneaked out of Peiping in disguise. He originally intended to return to the old army, and he also contacted the general, but Song Zheyuan told him clearly that you must go to Nanjing and cannot return to the army. This is an order from the government. Although not all of the words were spoken, the meaning inside was already very clear. Do you still think you are qualified to lead troops? The most important thing is to clarify the problem. Only down south. Before leaving, Zhang Zizhong said goodbye to his family for the last time.At this time, he was already pale and emaciated, and he was haggard. After seeing his family, he didn't say a word for a long time. What else to say, it's too late to say anything now.Maybe it's just a thought, but everything is hard to change. In the end, Zhang Zizhong broke the silence: You go back, and don't ask me about everything at home in the future. He is wearing the body of a crime, so he must be mentally prepared to go to a military court.If I go here, I'm afraid I won't be able to go home again. Hu Shi later defended Zhang Zizhong when he met Chiang Kai-shek.He said that Zhang Zizhong should not be condemned because he saved the city of Beiping from unnecessary destruction. At this time, Hu Shi was still a key member of the "low-key club". At the same time, he was a very pure cultural person, and when discussing current affairs, it was often unavoidable to avoid the opinions of scholars. He didn't know the inside story of the top leaders of the 29th Army, and he didn't know that if Song and Zhang had united to the outside world, not only would it be possible to defend Beiping, but the situation in North China would be completely different. As soon as Zhang Zizhong left, the so-called political committee existed in name only, and Peiping became completely dominated by the maintenance committee, and the traitors also competed to flatter their masters, and the ugly drama of begging for official hats was staged as scheduled. A traitor named Leng Jiaji, seeing Zhang Zizhong's absence and the vacancy of the pseudo-mayor of Beiping City, wanted to take it himself, but the Japanese refused to agree, so they called him over and scolded him vigorously. In the final analysis, the sausage must be given by the owner. Whether he is willing to give it and when to give it has to be decided by him. Is this a dog that can ask for it at will? Li Jingming, the author of "The Diary of a Diary", was also at the scene at the time, witnessed Leng Jiaji's ugly and embarrassed state, and mocked him, saying that the country has reached such a point, and you are still a hunter, it is really shameless. In fact, Li Jingming himself was also an official fan. He was originally in Henan, and when he heard the "July 7th Incident" broke out, he rushed to Peiping in a hurry, joined the maintenance committee, and even snatched a job as the director of the Finance Bureau from others. Compared with Leng Jiaji, the two of them are really like laughing at each other. On August 8, the Japanese army held an entry ceremony in Beiping. Xiangyue, the commander of the "Garrison Garrison" in North China, led a brigade of Japanese troops into this ancient city in northern China with arrogance. A reporter was on the scene at the time, and he said that his mood can only be described by the French writer Daudet. The Germans won the war, and Alsace in France will belong to Germany from now on. The teacher then said to his students, you know, French is the most beautiful language in the world, we must speak it often and never forget it. In fact, the Alsatians themselves speak German in real life, and the novelist just uses it to vent his patriotic feelings. However, Peiping is not Alsace.People here always speak the most standard Chinese language, which may not be the most beautiful in the world, but it is the most worthy of our cherishment. The suffering of the people in Northeast China is now the turn of the people in North China to bear it. According to the "Diary of Ga Zhai", in Beiping City, although the Chinese police were maintaining order on the surface, what they held in their hands were not guns or batons, but fishing rods. The last lesson in Peiping was full of desolation and humiliation.