Can you briefly introduce Yan Xishan?

Yan Xishan (1883- 1960) was born in riverside village of Wutai (now Dingxiang), Shanxi. In the 27th year of Guangxu (190 1), he entered Shanxi armament school, studied in Japan for 30 years, and joined the league the following year. Xuantongyuannian (1909) was promoted from Japan to standardization (equivalent to the head of the team). After the Revolution of 1911, he led the uprising, occupied the governor's yamen, served as the governor of Shanxi, and began to master the power of Shanxi. Later, I will see what will happen. I will take refuge in Yuan Shikai first and express my support for him as emperor. After Yuan's death, he took refuge in the northern warlords. 1965438+In July 2006, he was appointed as the governor of Shanxi. 19 17 In September, the war of protecting the law led by Sun Yat-sen broke out. He carried out Duan's will and sent troops to Hunan to fight the French army, and suffered a fiasco. In the era of infighting among the northern warlords, he engaged in political speculation and took the opportunity to expand his troops to 12 brigade. 1June, 927, in the situation of the Northern Expedition, he claimed to be the commander-in-chief of the Northern Revolutionary Army, raised the blue sky and white flag, and immediately expanded his army to the Eighth Army. In July, Shanxi launched a "party purge" to persecute the producers of * * *. 1in February, 928, he served as commander-in-chief of the third army of the National Revolutionary Army, and participated in the battle against the Feng warlord Zhang's troops. In March, he served as Chairman of Taiyuan Branch of the Kuomintang Central Political Conference, Acting Chairman of Beiping Branch (now Beiping) and Commander-in-Chief of Ping Jin Police, and his sphere of influence expanded to Hebei, Chahar, Suiyuan, Beiping and Tianjin. 1929 also served as deputy commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang army, navy and air force. 1930, Chiang Kai-shek cut off dissidents by "downsizing". Yan Xishan and Chiang Kai-shek have sharp conflicts of interest. In August, he joined forces with Feng Yuxiang against Chiang Kai-shek and set up a national government in Peiping as its chairman. In September, Zhang Xueliang electrified in Shenyang to support Chiang Kai-shek and sent troops to enter the customs. Feng Heyan was defeated in the battle of Jiang. Yan Xishan fled to Dalian occupied by the Japanese army. Because all the important military and political officials in Shanxi are his cronies, he can still control the situation in Shanxi and be ready to make a comeback at any time. 193 1 August, I secretly returned to Shanxi by Japanese plane, lived in riverside village and remotely controlled Taiyuan. After the "September 18th Incident",1March, 932, he served as the director of Taiyuan appeasement office and re-ruled Shanxi and Suiyuan provinces. He adopted the strategy of protecting the environment and self-defense, concentrated on building the province and enriching his own strength. 1935 Japanese troops visited Suidong, and he put forward the slogan of "defending the soil and resisting the Japanese war". 1February, 936, the Red Army moved eastward, crossed the Yellow River from northern Shaanxi and entered Shanxi, and the Yanjun was defeated. Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to send five divisions into Shanxi. After the Red Army withdrew to northern Shaanxi, Chiang Kai-shek did not withdraw. Later, facing the situation that the Japanese army was advancing and Chiang Kai-shek wanted to annex, he initially accepted the anti-Japanese national United front policy of the * * * production party and adopted the route of "supporting Chiang Kai-shek and uniting with * * * to resist Japan". After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Yan Xishan was appointed as the commander of World War II. 1September, 937, after the Japanese army invaded Shanxi, it organized its headquarters in Daixian County to actively fight against the Japanese army and cooperate with the * * * production party to resist Japan. But later accepted Chiang Kai-shek's secret order and began to create anti-friction. After Chiang Kai-shek launched the anti-* * climax in 1939, he also created the "Jinxi Incident" in 12 to attack the anti-Japanese death squads and the Eighth Route Army. Later, he secretly contacted the Japanese aggressors and made speculation between the anti-Japanese war and the Japanese surrender. After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression's victory, he took an active part in the civil war launched by Chiang Kai-shek. 1In September, 945, Shi Zebo, commander of the 19th Army, led his troops to attack Shangdang Liberated Area, and more than 30,000 people were wiped out. Subsequently, under the attack of the People's Liberation Army, his troops were constantly annihilated, and the occupied area was shrinking. By July of 1948, only Taiyuan and Datong were left, but they were still struggling. 1March 949, fled to Nanjing. In June, he served as Executive Dean and Minister of National Defense of Guangzhou Kuomintang Government. 65438+arrived in Taiwan Province Province in February. 1960 died in May.