December 12, 1936, was destined to be a day that was recorded in history. After that day, the 5-year appeal for Kuomintang Communist cooperation against Japan was finally realized, and Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng became national hero in textbooks. This is a commendable event for the entire nation, but Chiang Kai shek is the only exception.
Prior to that, Chiang Kai shek had been committed to attacking northern Shaanxi and even made Zhang Xueliang resist to suppress the Communist Party. Therefore, he adopted a non resistance policy towards the Japanese army’s crazy aggression, resulting in a large number of territories falling into the hands of the enemy and compatriots becoming slaves of the country. Many patriotic generals have recognized this issue and have been requesting Chiang Kai shek to cooperate with our party. But Chiang Kai shek not only refused to listen, but also arrested those who disagreed with him. With the further expansion of Japanese aggression, the awareness of national salvation has never been higher.
Later on, Chiang Kai shek suffered failure and attributed his failure to those who advised him to cooperate in resisting Japan, believing that it was the period of resistance that made our party unprecedentedly strong. Therefore, before fleeing to Taiwan, Chiang Kai shek killed many people, including Yang Hucheng, the initiator of the Xi’an Incident.
And Zhang Xueliang was also the initiator of the Xi’an Incident, and many national fronts were unified and led by Zhang Xueliang. At that time, Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, and it was easy to kill him. So why didn’t Chiang Kai shek kill Zhang Xueliang? And what kind of attitude did Zhang Xueliang have towards Chiang Kai shek.
Zhang Xueliang has attracted nationwide attention since he was born, as he is the eldest son of the famous Fengtian warlord leader Zhang Zuolin, who is known as Zhang Zuolin; Marshal;, And Zhang Xueliang is also known as&# 8221; Young Marshal;. He was born with a golden key from the beginning. Zhang Zuolin was the most powerful of the Northern Warlords at that time, and he respected himself as a soldier in the north.
Since Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese on a running train in 1928, at the age of only 27, Zhang Xueliang has taken on the burden of his father and become the new leader of the Fengtian warlord. At that time, Japan had been negotiating terms with Zhang Zuolin, but Zhang Zuolin refused to agree, which resulted in Zhang Zuolin being killed. After Zhang Xueliang took office, out of hatred towards the Japanese army and out of national righteousness, he refused all requests from the Japanese and directly carried out a Northeast change of government, declaring obedience to the Nationalist government. Therefore, Zhang Xueliang is also known as a national hero, who enjoys high prestige in the Republic of China. It is not easy to kill him.
And Zhang Xueliang himself has hundreds of thousands of loyal troops and enjoys many interpersonal resources brought by his father, so many people support Zhang Xueliang. In addition, Zhang Xueliang himself is good at socializing, he is handsome and unrestrained, and his personality is unrestrained, so many women are captivated by him. Soong May-ling is also one of Zhang Xueliang’s best female friends. They appreciate each other, so Soong May-ling pleaded for Zhang Xueliang many times not to kill him.
In addition, Zhang Xueliang had also helped Chiang Kai shek multiple times, especially in the 1930 Central Plains War, when hostile forces such as Feng Yuxiang and Chiang Kai shek had attracted Zhang Xueliang. At that time, Zhang Xueliang had 400000 mercenaries, which could be said to have determined the victory of this war. Zhang Xueliang ultimately supported Chiang Kai shek, allowing him to win the war.
Chiang Kai shek immediately imprisoned Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng after the Xi’an Incident. Zhang Xueliang has been imprisoned in places such as Guizhou and Chongqing. With the fall of Nanjing and Chongqing, Chiang Kai shek fled to Taiwan and also took Zhang Xueliang to Taiwan for further imprisonment. This imprisonment lasted for another few decades.
Zhang Xueliang lived to the age of 35 in his lifetime. Before that, Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai shek were sworn brothers and had a very good relationship. But there were conflicts in their political views, especially regarding the issue of the Anti Japanese War, and the two of them were almost at odds. Especially after being imprisoned by Chiang Kai shek for decades, they were even more dissatisfied with him.
But at Chiang Kai shek’s funeral, Zhang Xueliang still attended. Although it is under the repeated request of Soong May-ling. Zhang Xueliang’s complex emotions intersected at this moment. But he still attended his funeral and stayed behind; The care and affection are the same as the flesh and blood, and the struggle for political opinions is like an enemy; These sixteen words, then turn around and leave.
These sixteen words reflect Zhang Xueliang’s complex emotions towards Chiang Kai shek. Out of the nostalgia for his former brothers with different surnames, out of decades of old friendship, out of his poor performance during the Anti Japanese War, and out of Chiang Kai shek’s imprisonment of his own decades of free life, these are all reflected at this time. It couldn’t help but make people sigh.
After Lee Teng hui took office in 1990, Zhang Xueliang finally regained his freedom. At the age of 89, he went to the United States in 1995 and passed away in 2001 at the age of 101.