Bai Fengxiang and others responded solemnly, and then Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng began to explain the details of their actions to Bai Fengxiang and others. Especially the confidentiality and attack methods, they were required to ensure that Jiang Zhongzheng was not killed or injured. Otherwise, it would be difficult to say anything else.

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If we say that Chiang Zhongzheng was not worried that Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng would take action against him, it would definitely be a lie. In fact, later generations can see in his "Xi'an Half Moon" that he made this statement before coming to Xi'an.

"That is to say, it has been discovered that the Northeast Army's bandit suppression unit has complicated thoughts, inconsistent words and actions, and has made various complex and bizarre reports such as colluding with the bandits to retreat freely, and even said that there will be extraordinary conspiracies and rebellions."

In other words, Jiang Zhongzheng was actually wary of Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng. For this reason, he was constantly on guard. This was reflected in the fact that he always stayed in Lintong and never lived in Xi'an.

The reason why he didn't stay in luxury hotels in the city during his two visits to Shaanxi, but chose Huaqing Pool in Lintong. He wanted to stay in Xi'an for a longer time. It was relatively quiet here. This was certainly a factor, but also for safety reasons.

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The urban area of ​​Xi'an was garrisoned by the 17th Route Army, and he was wary of Yang Hucheng. Huaqingchi was the defense area of ​​the Northeast Army, and he believed that compared to Yang Hucheng, the honest and obedient Zhang Xueliang was relatively reliable.

Even so, Jiang Zhongzheng was extremely cautious, and most of his activities were within the scope of Huaqing Pool. He would never leave his camp unless absolutely necessary.

If he had to go out, he would be heavily guarded and take strict precautions. Moreover, as soon as he settled in, he would frequently have dinner and talk with some senior generals, and carefully observe whether these senior generals looked different, lest something unexpected happen.

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There are even records that planes arrived shortly after the Xi'an Incident! This shows that Chiang Kai-shek had already planned for this. However, what he did not expect was that Zhang Xueliang actually used his own personal guards and transferred Bai Fengxiang to carry out this mission.

And he did not reveal it to the senior generals around him at all. On this point, Yang Hucheng was also consistent. The two of them had a tacit understanding and did not reveal the matter at all.

"Since September 18th, the Chinese people have been unforgiving of you Northeastern Army! Now there are only five minutes left in the war to suppress the Communists. I am giving your Northeastern Army a chance to make meritorious deeds. You must understand my intention and obey.

Order, work hard to suppress the communists! Don’t make mistakes!”

This was Jiang Zhongzheng's instruction to Liu Duoquan, the commander of the 105th Division of the Northeast Army, because Liu Duoquan originally had the idea of ​​conserving his troops for the fight against Japan rather than suppressing bandits. So after Jiang Zhongzheng learned about it from Dai Li, he went to him

Come for dinner.

Liu Duoquan gave Chiang Zhongzheng such a reprimand, showing that he was submissive, but in fact he scolded Chiang Zhongzheng in his heart! There are only five minutes left in the suppression of the Communist Party?! This bullshit is too boastful, right?!

You used so many troops to fight from south to north in the five "encirclement and suppression" campaigns for two years. Didn't the Red Army still survive and develop? This time, if you fight again, you can wipe out the Red Army. Who can believe this?! Are you kidding?

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However, Chiang Zhongzheng was not so polite when he reprimanded Wang Yizhe, commander of the 67th Northeastern Army!

"Your military radio station often reports to the Red Bandits, you think I don't know?! I have known about your actions for a long time! I tell you, this is the last chance I give you! Don't make mistakes! Be the leader of the party and state

Sinner! You will be infamy for eternity!"

Wang Yizhe's face looked ugly after being scolded by Jiang Zhongzheng, but he had no choice but to eat the meal and said nothing after returning.

Since Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng have decided to take action, the matter cannot be delayed.

On December 10, Zhang Xueliang took Bai Fengxiang to attend a military meeting held by Chiang Kai-shek on the pretext of "guiding guerrillas." During this meeting, Bai Fengxiang sat quietly behind Zhang Xueliang, lowering his head to take notes and looking with "reverence"

Looking at Jiang Zhongzheng as if he is just air, it is not noticeable at all.

The meeting lasted for more than an hour. It confirmed and approved Chiang Kai-shek's sixth "encirclement and suppression" plan, and also decided to announce a general mobilization order to launch a general offensive against Shaanxi Red on the 12th!

On the evening of December 11, Chiang Zhongzheng asked Zhang Xueliang, Yang Hucheng, Jiang Dingwen, Chen Cheng, and Zhu Shaoliang to attend a banquet at his hotel. During the banquet, Chiang Zhongzheng announced that Jiang Dingwen was the former enemy commander-in-chief of the Northwest Bandit Suppression Army, and Wei Lihuang was the commander-in-chief of the Shanxi-Shaanxi-Suining Fourth Army.

Letter of appointment for the commander-in-chief of the provincial border region and other generals.

At the same time, it was announced that the Central Army will take over the task of suppressing the Red Army from the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army!

But the strange thing is that Zhang Xueliang, who was expected to at least show a look of relief even if he wasn't furious, didn't show any signs of it at all. He laughed and clinked glasses with everyone present and ate wine.

This made Jiang Zhongzheng suddenly feel that something was not right, so he secretly ordered the military commander to pay attention to Zhang Xueliang.

After the meeting, Zhang Xueliang drove a car in person with a smile and sent several Nanjing military and political officials back to the city to attend the Shaanxi Provincial Government reception held in the Xincheng Building. Because he was in a hurry, the car drove very fast, and when the car reached the rapids, the

When they reached the Baqiao River by the river, Zhang Xueliang suddenly slowed down.

But I saw him saying seriously to several of his unusual passengers: "I would like to remind you now that you cannot offend me easily..."

Several senior officials suddenly saw Zhang Xueliang throw such a sentence out of the blue, and they couldn't help being shocked! Their hearts gradually became cold, and the sweat on their faces suddenly broke out!

But after all, they were still battle-hardened people, so they immediately calmed down and said to Zhang Xueliang politely as if nothing had happened: "Where. Where, where do you have such a low-level position that you never say bad things about the deputy commander behind his back?! It's not even too late to flatter him.

How dare you offend me?"

"Really?! Never hit my spine behind my back?! That's good, that's good! Haha..." Zhang Xueliang was still serious just now, but now he suddenly laughed!

The officials couldn't help but ask him why he was laughing. But they saw Zhang Xueliang pointedly said: "Actually, I said don't offend me, you haven't understood yet?! I'm not referring to ordinary times, but to the present."

As he spoke, he patted the steering wheel: "That's what you're referring to. Aren't your lives now in my hands?"

"What do you mean..." Several officials looked at Zhang Xueliang in the front seat and said.

"This is not a lice on a bald man's head - it's obvious. You are all sitting in the car I am driving right now. If I take a nap or am not careful, for example, if my hand is slightly off, the car will fall under the bridge.

, then aren’t we all dead?! Haha..." After Zhang Xueliang said this, he laughed again.

Everyone also laughed together, but they didn't notice that Zhang Xueliang's smile was so meaningful.

When everyone arrived at the Xincheng Building, Yang Hucheng immediately entertained them as a landlord. It was already midnight after the banquet was over. At the end of the banquet, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng saw off the last group of guests, looked at each other and nodded.

Zhang Xueliang returned to his Suppression General Headquarters and secretly ordered all senior generals of the Northeast Army to convene an emergency meeting! The senior generals of the Northeast Army who received the order did not dare to neglect and hurried to the conference room of the Suppression General Headquarters where Zhang Xueliang was located to gather.

"I have called you here today to announce something to you. In order to stop the civil war and fight against Japan together, we are going to make a big move!" Zhang Xueliang saw that the people who were supposed to come had basically arrived, and he said directly without any pretense: "I

We want to detain him as Chiang Kai-shek and force him to resist Japan!!"

"Coax~~" As soon as these words came out, it was like thunder! Everyone immediately started talking. Indeed! They hated the bad reputation of "non-resistance" on their backs, but they wanted to directly detain Chiang Zhongzheng and force him to resist Japan.

But I never thought about it.

Although they also hope to resist Japan, this move and method are too drastic! It is so exciting all of a sudden that everyone can't even accept it!

"Have the deputy commander thought about what to do next after arresting Chiang? How will the Central Army react?! If the Chairman of the Generalissimo disagrees, how should we respond?!"

Among the Feng clan, Yu Xuezhong was one of the few capable of commanding. In history, after Zhang Xueliang was detained, it was he who took charge of the overall situation of the Northeastern Army. Therefore, he asked these points keenly.

"Nothing can be done, no response!" Zhang Xueliang gritted his teeth and said directly: "Detain it first and then talk about it! As long as he agrees to resist Japan, we will still support him as a leader!"

The generals of the Northeast Army were silent. After a long time, Miao Liu of the 57th Army, who had historically commanded the Great Wall Lengkou Anti-Japanese War, asked in a deep voice: "Has the deputy commander decided to carry this matter through to the end?!"

"You all know me! I will do it if I don't do it. I will never give up halfway if I want to do it!" Zhang Xueliang looked at the generals and said in a deep voice: "We are forced to do this, so we have to do this. As for more detailed plans, we still have to do this.

It’s out of the question. Our first step is to support Chiang Kai-shek in resisting Japan. The second and third steps have to wait and see.”

"If it doesn't work, we will go back to our hometown in the Northeast to find the soldiers!" Zhang Xueliang gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "I still don't believe that Jiang Zhongzheng dares to go to Fengtian to trouble us!"

To be honest, Zhang Xueliang didn't want to go to that step at all! Although he knew that if he raised the issue, there was no doubt that the Tu family and his son would definitely protect him. But he didn't want to be such a lost dog!

And Zhang Xueliang has already said this, what else do you have to say?! All the generals stood up and said to Zhang Xueliang: "I wish to honor the commander's order!!"

Later, Zhang Xueliang asked Sun Mingjiu, commander of the 2nd Guard Battalion, to accompany Bai Fengxiang, Liu Guiwu and others, and asked them to rush to Huaqing Pool before dawn tomorrow to carry out the task of detaining Chiang Kai-shek with Wang Yuzhan.

But Zhang Xueliang said in a deep voice to Sun Mingjiu: "You must listen to Mr. Bai, obey his command, and be careful! You must not beat the chairman to death, and of course you cannot let him run away!"

"Everything will succeed or fail in one fell swoop! You must be careful!!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!