Chang Kaishen has become increasingly distressed recently. The Central Army has not only suffered successive defeats in Henan and Shandong, but the situation in the south is also precarious. The Gui armies of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi have invaded Hunan and successfully occupied Changsha. Half of Hunan province has become the rule of the Gui army.
Chang Kaishen began to call for "peace". He kept calling the country and calling on warlords of all factions to quell the war. He just barely shouted the slogan "Chinese people will not fight Chinese people."
Although Yu Youren had conflicts with Chang Kaishen and often got involved with Wang Zhaoming, he now actually sided with the Central Army. Perhaps he was afraid that after the defeat of the Central Army, China would be divided again and warlords would fight. Yu Youren
Already started actively working for Chang Kaishen.
Chang Kaishen formulated a "peace movement", and Yu Youren was responsible for admonishing Wang Zhaoming, hoping to convene an interim national meeting of the Kuomintang Party to negotiate and resolve the disputes at the previous two Kuomintang conferences. This was a compromise made by Chang Kaishen to Wang Zhaoming, because
In the previous two congresses, Wang Zhaoming and his group's power-fighting actions all failed.
Of course Wang Zhaoming did not dare to do so. The situation against Chiang Kai-shek was now very favorable and he could force Chiang Kai-shek to step down.
Li Shi was another executor of the "peace movement". He was responsible for leading the team to persuade Zhang Xueliang. He did not ask the Northeast Army to enter the customs to help fight the war, but asked Zhang Xueliang to be the referee and stand up to mediate. Everyone stopped fighting and all conflicts could be completely relied on politics.
means to solve it.
Not to mention, due to the powerful propaganda ability of the Kuomintang, Chang Kaishen's "peace movement" has been widely recognized, and many celebrities and scholars have publicly called on all parties to cease the war. Chang Kaishen has the righteousness of the central government and coerces the people to think about peace.
The public sentiment and public opinion are completely one-sided towards the central government.
It's a pity that you can start a war whenever you want, but you can't end a truce whenever you want.
The anti-Chiang coalition offensive is becoming more and more fierce, especially Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, which can be described as invincible. The Central Army in Shandong and Henan even fear the Northwest Army. Every time they learn that the opponent is the Northwest Army, the Central Army
From the generals to the soldiers, everyone in the army is afraid to move forward. If this continues, it will probably develop into fleeing.
As a last resort, Chang Kaishen had no choice but to go north again and go to the front line to personally supervise the battle, hoping to boost the morale of the army.
Feng Yuxiang detected the movements of the Central Army and deployed pocket formations in advance, hoping to take down the elite Central Army in Shandong. Fortunately, a senior staff officer from the Northwest Army was bribed by Chang Kaishen and secretly sent a secret message to leak the military plan. Chang Kaishen hurriedly
Order the troops to change their march route.
Even so, the elite Central Army did not completely withdraw from the encirclement, and the central part of Zhangzhi, which was responsible for covering the retreat, suffered heavy losses.
Although the Northwest Army fought bravely, their coach Feng Yuxiang made two consecutive mistakes in strategic decision-making. As a result, the Central Army, which had been defeated one after another, regained a foothold. In fact, it was not Feng Yuxiang's fault, but the inability to keep up with military pay and supplies. The Northwest Army was too
They were poor, and the money, food and ammunition supported by Yan Xishan were not enough, so they had to give up good fighter opportunities in vain.
Chang Kaishen was able to finally win the Central Plains War. In addition to Zhang Xueliang's help, the most important thing was that he was richer than Feng Yuxiang. If the northwest army had enough food and ammunition, Chang Kaishen would not be able to support Fengjun's entry into the pass and would have been forced to do so long ago.
It's time to go out into the wild.
This guy Yan Xishan is too stingy and is not material for big things at all. As the leader of the anti-Chiang coalition, after raising enough food and salary, he treated his troops very generously. Not only did he pay monthly salary and sufficient supplies, but he also distributed rations to the soldiers.
Canned food.
As for Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, they couldn't even eat pickles, let alone canned food.
The Northwest Army and the Jin Army often fought together. Every time the soldiers of the Northwest Army saw the empty cans thrown away by the Jin Army, they would curse Yan Xishan for being unjust.
Since ancient times, the most fatal weakness of warlord alliances has been this: the enemy is not outside, but inside.
Because the combat power of Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was so terrifying, it not only frightened the Central Army, but also made Yan Xishan fearful of Feng Yuxiang. Yan Xishan deliberately dragged Feng Yuxiang back several times, often looking for various tricks at critical moments.
The reason is to cut off the logistics supplies of the Northwest Army.
During the Three Kingdoms period, when the eighteen princes attacked Dong, Yuan Shao did the same thing. Sun Jian fought too hard, and Yuan Shao tacitly allowed Yuan Shu to cut off Sun Jian's food and grass.
During the Central Plains War, Chang Kaishen was Dong Zhuo, Yan Xishan was Yuan Shao, and Feng Yuxiang was Sun Jian and Cao Cao who were actually fighting.
Feng Yuxiang didn't think much about it at first, but gradually he felt something was wrong. He once said to people around him: "I don't know what kind of medicine is in the gourd of Yan Baichuan (Yan Xishan)."
Feng Yuxiang was also miserable. He was working hard on the front line, but Yan Xishan was stabbing him from behind. It was as if Chang Kaishen and Yan Xishan were teaming up to deal with him.
Yan Xishan's various actions made the generals of the Northwest Army complain. After fighting, everyone did not want to fight anymore, but suggested that Feng Yuxiang "allied with Chiang Kai-shek to fight against Yan".
As a result, a strange situation emerged in the war in the Central Plains. The Central Army was defeated by the Northwest Army, but the Northwest Army wanted to defect to the Central Army. Both the Northwest Army and the Central Army suffered heavy losses. Yan Xishan's Jin Army has been conserving its strength and seems to want to take advantage of it.
benefit.
Even with Chang Kaishen personally supervising the battle, the morale of the Central Army was still low. The Northwest Army, which had fought countless victories, was in worse shape than the Central Army. The morale of the army was about to collapse, and it was entirely supported by Feng Yuxiang's personal prestige.
What a bad fight.
Yan Xishan had too many calculations. He treated national affairs and war as a business, and he also wanted to play tricks to drive away wolves and devour tigers. But his cleverness was mistaken for him, and he had already been plotted against himself. The general of the Northwest Army was deceived by Chang Kaishen.
Bribery is a matter of time.
Even if Zhang Xueliang does not lead Fengjun into the Pass to help, Chang Kaishen is very likely to win the Central Plains War. If it takes another half a year at most, Chang Kaishen can bribe the generals of the Northwest Army and force Feng Yuxiang to step down. Then the Central Army and the Northwest Army will join forces to counterattack.
Jin army.
However, the longer it drags on, the more serious the casualties will be on all sides, and the greater the harm to the country and nation.
Although Zhang Xueliang entered the customs for his own consideration, objectively speaking, this move accelerated the end of the Central Plains War and preserved the last trace of vitality for China. He made great contributions to the country.
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Haige Road, Zhou Mansion.
Cai Yuanpei visited again: "Mingcheng, is it time for you to leave for Beidaihe to persuade Zhang Hanqing?"
"No rush, no rush, we have to wait until the Central Army defeats Jinan." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
This guy Yan Xishan captured Jinan some time ago.
Chang Kaishen mobilized a large number of troops from the south and attacked by sea along the Jiaoji Line from Qingdao, defeating Yan Xishan and retreating steadily.
Yan Xishan suddenly panicked, and quickly asked his cronies to bring a huge sum of money, ammunition and flour, and asked Feng Yuxiang to command the Northwest Army to counterattack. Feng Yuxiang's staff were very dissatisfied and discussed privately: "Yan Xishan would have been cramming if he had sent these earlier.
Sun Lianzhong has already sent supplies to Bengbu, how could the situation be like this?"
Feng Yuxiang was also unhappy, but he took the overall situation into consideration and went on to fight the war honestly. After the Northwest Army received the supply of logistics materials, it was like a tiger coming out of the gate, beating the Central Army's elite troops and almost completely retreating.
Chang Kaishen was even more panicked when facing the attack of the Northwest Army. He did not dare to attack, but only dared to defend. He even announced that as long as he held on to his position and did not lose, he would be promoted to two ranks and rewarded with 50,000 yuan.
Fortunately, due to continuous heavy rains, the Northwest Army's offensive was suspended, otherwise the Central Army would have been defeated again.
Chang Kaishen was so anxious that he couldn't sleep, but Zhang Xueliang still refused to express his position. He could only ask Cai Yuanpei to come to Zhou Hexuan and beg Zhou Hexuan to go to Beidaihe to help persuade him.
"Mingcheng, for the sake of the country and the nation, please give me an accurate letter!" Cai Yuanpei was also anxious.
Zhou Hexuan smiled, led Cai Yuanpei into the study, picked up a pen and wrote down seven words on the letter paper to mobilize the army and prepare for war.
"Just send someone to deliver this handwritten letter of mine to Zhang Hanqing." Zhou Hexuan said.
"Is this enough?" Cai Yuanpei said in surprise. He did not believe that a handwritten letter from Zhou Hexuan could allow Zhang Xueliang to lead his army into the pass.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Just do as I'm told."
Cai Yuanpei was suspicious of the letter, carefully put Zhou Hexuan's letter away, and then ran to Nanjing to report without missing a moment.
Zhou Hexuan was just pretending to be cool. Zhang Xueliang had almost done enough to extort Chang Kaishen. It was only a matter of time before the Northeast Army was mobilized to enter the border.
As soon as Cai Yuanpei left, the servant knocked on the door and said, "Sir, I have Miss Ruan's phone number."
Zhou Hexuan came to the living room and answered the phone: "Hello, Miss Ruan, what can I do?"
Ruan Lingyu hesitated and said: "Um... Mr. Zhou, are you free tomorrow? I would like to treat you to coffee."
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