Seeing that the atmosphere became more and more wrong as Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang talked, the invited officers all left the banquet with excuses and gathered in the courtyard. Only Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang were left in the empty banquet hall.
Chiang Kai-shek said: "Han Qing, you still don't understand. You don't understand these people. They are the best at buying people's hearts. If they can't be completely wiped out, they will only breed tigers. Now is the time when they are most in danger, and it is also us."
What a great time!”
"Committee!" Zhang Xueliang said hurriedly: "Our enemy is not the Chinese, but the Japanese. If you join the committee and still insist on having your own way, it will only become more and more unpopular!"
"Don't talk to me about people's hearts!" Chiang Kai-shek interrupted Zhang Xueliang: "Those self-righteous literati, what can they do? They can only criticize the government in newspapers all day long. Like Mao Zedong, they are all misguided by the party.
The sinner who harmed the country!"
"Commissioner, now that the enemy is facing us, if you decide to wipe out the Japanese, I have nothing to say. I just want to send someone else to transfer my Northeast Army to North China. If I can fight the Japanese, I, Zhang Xueliang, will not die."
Cherish!"
Chiang Kai-shek sighed, turned around and looked at Zhang Xueliang: "Han Qing, we are brothers. Japan is a small country. It is only a matter of time before it will fail. But Japan is different. He is a man who has stuck in our hearts."
A sharp knife. It is precisely because we are brothers, brother, that I let you do this. If it were anyone else, I wouldn’t trust you!"
"Commission, this..."
Chiang Kai-shek interrupted Zhang Xueliang again: "Don't worry, Qing Han, I know that you have suffered heavy losses in the recent battles with the Communist Party, so I specially transferred 300,000 from the Central Army from Guangdong, Guangxi and Lianghu. I am on the way here. With this
With an army of 300,000, the rebels in northern Shaanxi will be completely wiped out!"
"I can't do it!" Zhang Xueliang shook his shoulders and shook Chiang Kai-shek's hand on his shoulder: "There are 300,000 troops, which should be sent to the front line of North China. They are all heroes who kill the devils, but they can be sent here to fight.
For our own people, isn’t this putting the cart before the horse?”
"Hmph!" Chiang Kai-shek snorted coldly: "What do you know? Bandits that have been around since ancient times are very terrifying. These bandits have already had the strength to compete with the government. If they are not eliminated, they will inevitably lead to serious troubles!"
"I didn't say not to cut it off, I just said to use another method!" Zhang Xueliang took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Chiang Kai-shek: "Look at this, it was written by Mao Zedong. We can learn from it and unite everything.
We must work together to resist Japan. When the resistance against Japan is victorious, their strength will naturally be weakened. By then, won’t it be natural for us to fight again?”
"Han Qing!" Chiang Kai-shek threw the document Zhang Xueliang gave him to the ground heavily: "You disappoint me so much. I think you have been raped. Why do you always speak for them?"
The two people talked louder and louder, and everyone in the yard listened quietly. Everyone heard clearly, but no one dared to go in to persuade. About ten minutes later, Zhang Xueliang kicked open the door.
I walked out of the gate. When I passed by these officers, I glanced at them: "What are you doing here? Get back to your station!" Some people hurriedly went out, but most of them didn't move.
, Zhang Xueliang glared at them, snorted coldly and went out.
The next day came December 9, 1936. On this day last year, after the Japanese used despicable means to occupy a large area of our territory, students from all walks of life in Peiping took to the streets to call on all Chinese to fight against the Japanese aggression.
The response from all walks of life across the country, including the Japanese-controlled areas, set off an upsurge in China's resistance to Japan.
Early that morning, a large number of students, including college students and elementary school students, suddenly poured out of Xiancheng. They waved small flags and carried slogans and banners one after another, and took to the streets to hold demonstrations to commemorate the first anniversary of the December 9th Movement. The momentum was great.
It was so huge that it shocked the entire county. There were even rumors that the students were going to Lintong to meet Chiang Kai-shek directly and ask for orders to resist the war. Jiang Dingwen, the director of the Xi'an Camp, saw that the momentum was not right and knew without guessing that someone must be instigating it. He immediately ordered the military police and spies to go to the streets to stop them.
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After Ma Xingkong got the news, he slapped his thigh: "Damn, who organized this? What a fucking idiot!"
Mu Yunchen said: "It's probably not our people, it's probably..." After saying this, he pointed to the north.
Ma Xingkong sighed, but smiled instead: "Speaking of which, those people are all masters at doing this, but they don't even think about what these unarmed students can do. Jiang Dingwen will definitely send troops to suppress them, and another person will die!"
"Brother! Should we go out and take a look?" Long Jie asked.
"Don't! It's best to go somewhere else at this time!" Ma Xingkong waved his hands repeatedly: "Let them make trouble, there will be no results, you can see that today there will be a river of blood, let's not wade into this muddy water!"
"Then, do you want to give them a warning so that they don't take action and cause more casualties?" Liu Wu asked.
"It's not necessary!" Ma Xingkong said: "Of course they understand the serious consequences of the problem if they can do this, but it's better to be more prepared. Let's go and find Yang Hucheng!"
Of course, Yang Hucheng also knew about the parade. As an army, it was not easy to intervene in such matters, but he was also worried that too many people would die, so he sent many people to inquire about the progress of the matter. Ma Xingkong entered Yang Hucheng's yard, and another soldier came to Yang Hucheng
Report: "Jiang Dingwen has ordered the military and police to blockade the entire Xi'an and prevent students from going out. At the same time, he has ordered the special agents to start arresting people. It seems that some of the leaders have been arrested!"
"Did anyone shoot?" Yang Hucheng asked.
"That's not true!" said the soldier, "the military and police used sticks, and many people suffered severe head injuries!"
"Sooner or later, we will give the order to shoot!" Ma Xingkong added from behind.
Yang Hucheng hurriedly stood up to greet him. Speaking of the parade, Ma Xingkong continued: "Who is Jiang Dingwen? He is the old man's confidant. At this time, he will definitely try his best to express himself in front of the old man. Now he can use sticks. It won't take long.
Shooting is about to begin, how many students are there and how many are the military police?"
"That's not true!" Yang Hucheng said: "Even if Jiang Dingwen was evil, he wouldn't shoot to kill someone! The situation would be different if he killed someone!"
Ma Xingkong said: "I can guarantee that Jiang Dingwen will definitely shoot..."
"Bang!" Before Ma Xingkong finished speaking, a gunshot came from outside the yard. The sound was so loud that it hurt people's ears. Yang Hucheng's Zhiyuan is located in Qingnian Lane, North Street, not far from the Bell and Drum Tower. Student
Our parade was basically near the Bell and Drum Towers. You could hear the noisy sounds clearly. This gunshot was even more real.
Yang Hucheng shouted and stood up: "Damn it, did that bastard Jiang Dingwen really shoot?"