When Zhang Xueliang was released at the age of 90, the reporter asked him who he admired most and said three names at once.

19361February 12, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched the Xi Incident that shocked China and foreign countries, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to unite against Japan. After things were settled peacefully, Zhang Xueliang personally offered to escort Chiang Kai-shek back in order to make up for his mistakes. After this trip, he never came back and was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek for 54 years.

Zhang Xueliang, who was only 19 years old, was sent to serve in the army by his father Zhang after graduating from Wujiang guild hall in three northeastern provinces. Obviously, Zhang cultivated this son with his heart. As the future leader of the Northeast Army, Zhang Xueliang's smart and witty work style has long been recognized by many people.

1922, the first direct service war started. Zhang Xueliang and Guo Songling, whom he met in Jiangwu Hall, formed Hunchenglv, attacking the right wing directly. Unexpectedly, they won the first actual combat and wiped out a large number of enemies.

Soon after, the ambush battle of the Eight Immortals and Shanhaiguan also started, and the direct army launched a counterattack. Under the command of Wu, a large number of reinforcements came from Shandong, North China and other places to support, and at that time Feng Department took the disadvantage. In this situation, the team led by Zhang Xueliang can still win, which makes Zhang Xueliang's prestige in the army improved.

Until 1924, Zhang Cai completely recovered its lost territory. After this war, Fengxi's strength became stronger and stronger, and it settled in Beiping, which had a strong influence all over the country.

But what worries Feng is the Japanese invaders. At this time, the Kwantung Army has invaded North Korea, and the next target must be the hinterland of Northeast China. Unlike Yuan Shikai, Zhang still has a strong sense of national justice and resolutely refuses to sign some treaties that humiliate the country. The tough attitude angered the Japanese army. Later, when Zhang's special train passed Huanggutun, it was killed by a bomb ambushed by the Japanese army in advance.

After Zhang's death, Zhang Xueliang was put on the stage and became the new Northeast Army. Because he has always performed well, the leaders of the Northeast Army still recognized Zhang Xueliang. Just one week after Zhang Xueliang took office, he ordered to surrender to the Nanjing National Government. From then on, the Northeast Army was brought into the sequence of the National Revolutionary Army, and China was unified in the situation.

At that time, the political struggle between the warlords in China was still fierce, and they were afraid of each other. Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren and other warlords all want to challenge Chiang Kai-shek, and several forces are divided, and the contradiction is getting worse. Until 1930, the Central Plains War started. Facing the siege of many warlords, Chiang Kai-shek's Whampoa Army could not resist. After several meetings, both sides suffered heavy losses. At this time, Zhang Xueliang, who owns 600,000 Northeast Army, obviously became the object of contention.

Zhang Xueliang, who was originally witty, can enjoy the benefits of fishermen. However, in 193 1 year, the Japanese Kwantung Army launched a brazen attack, and Chiang Kai-shek instructed Zhang Xueliang to withdraw his troops and enter the customs. For the Japanese, Chiang Kai-shek obviously didn't want to get involved in this muddy water. The northeast is not his own territory, and he has no worries, which directly makes Zhang Xueliang give up the three northeastern provinces.

For a time, Zhang Xueliang became a lost dog. Later, Zhang Xueliang was depressed and was reviled and accused by people all over the country. Zhang Xueliang, who was blamed, also began to complain about Chiang Kai-shek. From this time on, the two began to dislike each other and had bad blood. There were also later military suggestions.

However, Zhang was able to start from scratch, step by step to the position of "king of the Northeast", in charge of the three northeastern provinces, and fought bloody battles with the Japanese aggressors for decades, which is not something that ordinary people can do. Therefore, in contrast, Zhang Xueliang admires his father very much because of his courage and heroism.

More importantly, Zhang Xueliang loves his father deeply. Although Zhang Zuo Lin was very strict with Zhang Xueliang since he was a child, and Zhang Xueliang sometimes lost control, Zhang Zuo Lin has always cultivated Zhang Xueliang as his successor. In order to let Zhang Xueliang succeed to the throne smoothly, Zhang can be said to have taken great pains.

At the age of 0/6, Zhang Xueliang/Kloc-was assigned to serve in the army, and was later assigned to a military academy to study systematic military theory. After graduation, he was also allowed to personally participate in the encirclement and suppression for actual combat. Zhang Zuo Lin paved the way for Zhang Xueliang and made Zhang Xueliang experience all the way. It is precisely because of this that Zhang Xueliang was recognized and admired by everyone early. In this way, after Zhang's sudden death, Zhang Xueliang was successfully elected as his successor.

Especially after Zhang Xueliang himself came to power, he realized the importance of leading troops. Not only that, but also strong military capabilities and excellent military skills are needed. These fathers, Zhang, are much taller than themselves.

The second person whom Zhang Xueliang worships is Chairman Mao. Although Zhang Xueliang has never met Chairman Mao in his life, in an interview, Zhang Xueliang once expressed his strong desire to meet Chairman Mao, and he also had special admiration for Chairman Mao.

1934, the Red Army was forced to make a strategic shift, and Zhang Xueliang was ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to besiege the Red Army. Since the battle with the Red Army, the Northeast Army has been hit hard and is no match for the Red Army at all.

In successive battles, countless Northeast armies were wiped out, which made them lose their troops. This had to make Zhang Xueliang feel that after the Long March, the Red Army still had such tenacious fighting capacity that the Northeast Army was losing ground.

193 1 year, Zhang Xueliang said in an interview with the oral history research center of Glenn Graduate School in the United States, "Mao Zedong was a natural leader. They are all leading troops to fight, and the Red Army's Long March has to be admired. If I were you, I'm afraid the soldiers would have run away. But Mao Zedong has the ability to let soldiers follow firmly. "

Another figure admired by Zhang Xueliang is Premier Zhou. After Zhang Xueliang was freed, he was still very excited every time he talked about his contacts with Premier Zhou. 1937, Zhang Xueliang and Premier Zhou met for the first time. Both of them were the man of the hour. Although they have heard a lot about each other, they have never met. When they first met, they recognized each other at a glance.

As soon as Premier Zhou saw Zhang Xueliang, he took his hand and said, "Han Qing is from the Northeast. I stayed there for three years and really appreciated your bold personality in the Northeast. "

Zhang Xueliang looked up and smiled: "I didn't expect Mr. Zhou and I to be half villagers!" This is really unexpected. However, Mr. Zhou and I are still brothers! "

Seeing Premier Zhou puzzled, Zhang Xueliang said, "Zhang Boling used to be Mr. Zhou's teacher, right? Teacher Zhang once taught me, and later I was able to quit all kinds of bad habits, thanks to several persuasion by Teacher Zhang. " In this way, Premier Zhou is really Zhang Xueliang's half-brother.

After that, neither of them was formal, as if they had known each other for a long time. They talked in a very relaxed and pleasant atmosphere for a whole night. The two sides reached a unanimous decision to unite Chiang Kai-shek against Japan. After the end, Premier Zhou couldn't help praising Zhang Xueliang on his way back: "What a good speech! I didn't expect Zhang Xueliang to be such a man with a deep understanding of righteousness. It's good to have determination and courage! " Soon, Premier Zhou even wrote a personal letter to Zhang Xueliang, expressing his appreciation for Zhang Xueliang without stint.

This meeting also impressed Zhang Xueliang with Premier Zhou's overall situation. Both sides were very satisfied with the outcome of the talks and promised each other that they would not betray each other. Zhang Xueliang even swore to Premier Zhou that he would persuade Chiang Kai-shek. But as we all know, Chiang Kai-shek is far more opinionated and selfish than Zhang Xueliang imagined.

In the face of national justice, we only care about our own small interests. In the end, after Zhang Xueliang's joint anti-Japanese proposal was rejected by Chiang Kai-shek three times and five times, he had no choice but to launch a military remonstrance and defend his agreement with Premier Zhou.

Anyone familiar with Zhang Xueliang knows that although Zhang Xueliang has made mistakes in history, he is a man of his word. But this time, Zhang Xueliang paid a heavy price for keeping his promise. At that time, after learning that Zhang Xueliang personally escorted Chiang Kai-shek back, Premier Zhou personally went to the airport to persuade him, but in the end he did not make it.

After Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek, 1946, Chiang Kai-shek put forward the conditions for releasing Zhang Xueliang, but on one premise, he admitted that he had been framed by * * * and cheated by * *. After hearing this, Zhang Xueliang decisively refused. He also said: "It was my idea to persuade the soldiers to surrender in Xi 'an, and it had nothing to do with * * *, and I didn't discuss it with * * * in advance." Afterwards, Zhang Xueliang also said to his friend: "The generalissimo asked me to say this. Isn't this making me betray my friends? I have done a lot of wrong things in my life, and now I must never betray my friends again. " Obviously, although Zhang Xueliang only met Premier Zhou briefly, they have established friendship and become friends.

In addition, after the incident, Premier Zhou made great contributions to the peaceful settlement of the problem. But in the end, it failed to protect Zhang Xueliang's safety. After Zhang Xueliang was placed under house arrest, Premier Zhou also ran around and tried every means to rescue Zhang Xueliang. For many years after that, Zhang Xueliang was called an old friend. Before he died, he told people around him. Don't forget Zhang, an old friend of Taiwan Province Province, who is obviously talking about Zhang Xueliang.

Zhang Xueliang's life can be said to be ups and downs, from the young marshal admired by the whole country to stigma, and finally under house arrest. Zhang Xueliang is always in the whirlpool of the times. Maybe it's because I'm too young to be involved in this chaotic era, too young to be entrusted with an important task, and finally I end up in an embarrassing situation.