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Chapter 258 Chiang Kai-shek, betrayed by his relatives
The Northern Expeditionary Army regained the area south of the Yangtze River and achieved a brilliant victory, but it did not mean the end of the war.

For the people of the Beiyang era, the victory of the Northern Expedition gave them hope for peace and stability.

But in order to completely pacify the world, the Northern Expedition also needed to eliminate Zhang Zuolin, the great warlord entrenched in the northeast.

And as expected, that day should be coming soon.

After all, the Northern Expeditionary Army has pacified the area south of the Yangtze River, and the next action plan must be to go north to confront Zhang Zuolin.

Judging from the current situation, the Northern Expeditionary Army is powerful, and it is also a matter of time before Zhang Zuolin is eliminated.

However, while many ordinary people feel optimistic, there are also many quick-thinking people who are full of worries about the future.

This small group of people have no doubts about the Northern Expeditionary Army's ability to unify the country. They are just worried that the Northern Expeditionary Army will fall into internal strife after reunification, which will inevitably bring disaster to the common people.

Because they saw clearly that Chiang Kai-shek's performance on the battlefield was obviously not enough to deter other generals.

As a result, it is obvious that these senior generals within the Northern Expeditionary Army fell into internal strife in order to compete for the dominance of the National Revolutionary Army.

Given the circumstances, it's impossible for them not to be worried.

They, ordinary people, have no ability to intervene in the internal struggles of the Northern Expeditionary Army. They just hope that the internal struggles of the Northern Expeditionary Army will not affect them.

"After capturing the entire southern bank of the Yangtze River, the next move of the Northern Expeditionary Army was naturally to continue heading north towards Zhang Zuolin."

"However, just when the future was bright, the Northern Expedition suddenly stopped."

"Why? The Kuomintang is in internal strife."

“At the end of 1926, as the Northern Expedition advanced with great success, the workers’ and peasants’ movement also flourished in various places.”

"Many officers in the Northern Expeditionary Army were rich farmers or landlords. They fought on the front lines, but the workers and peasants divided the land in the rear, which affected the interests of many people."

"As the commander-in-chief, Chiang Kai-shek naturally has to take care of the interests of the officers if he wants to control the army."

"So at this time, Chiang Kai-shek began to favor big landowners and big compradors politically."

"And in March 1927, with the fall of Sun Chuanfang, the great revolutionary movement developed into Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"The Jiangsu and Zhejiang plutocrats, who represent the interests of bureaucratic compradors, big banks and big capitalists, are like losing their heirs. These people are in panic all day long and urgently need to find a protective umbrella."

"In addition, the great powers in Shanghai were also in urgent need of finding new agents, so Chiang Kai-shek, who held military power, became the protective umbrella and agent of the landlords and compradors."

"On March 3, Chiang Kai-shek's former benefactor Yu Zhiqing promised Chiang on behalf of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium that he was willing to subscribe 26 million oceans to maintain the stability of Shanghai."

"The military expenditure issue that had always troubled Chiang Kai-shek was solved by the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Consortium, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately made his position clear."

"On April 4, Chiang Kai-shek announced the purge of the party in Shanghai."

"Six days later, Chiang Kai-shek established another National Government in Nanjing and confronted the National Government in Wuhan."

Hearing the words "Nanjing National Government", the people of the Beiyang era all became energetic and their eyes were full of hope.

Ever since the anchor told everyone that after the end of the Beiyang era, it will enter the period of the Nanjing National Government, their people have been looking forward to the arrival of the Nanjing National Government period all the time.

Now that they heard that Chiang Kai-shek would establish the Nanjing National Government in the near future, nothing could make their people more happy than this shocking good news!
The imminent formation of the National Government in Nanjing heralds the end of the Beiyang Era, and also declares that the warlord chaos will end immediately.

However, while their people were happy that the Nanjing National Government was about to be established, they were also deeply worried about the internal strife within the Kuomintang.

In the confrontation between the Nanjing National Government and the Wuhan National Government, the most uncomfortable thing is the ordinary people.

Finally, the warlord chaos is almost over, and the days of suffering for their people are coming to an end.

But as a result, the two Nationalist governments ushered in internal strife again. When the unrest breaks out from both sides, it will definitely affect their ordinary people.

One wave after another, this is the biggest feeling of the people at the moment, and they don’t know when it will end.

However, judging from the final result, there is no doubt that the Nanjing National Government defeated the Wuhan National Government and achieved the final victory.

"On the eve of Chiang Kai-shek's establishment of a new Central Committee, Wang Jingwei returned from France, and his first destination after returning to China was Shanghai."

"While in Shanghai, Wang Jingwei opposed Chiang Kai-shek's ideas, and the Guangxi clique supported Chiang Kai-shek at this time."

"Seeing Wang Jingwei singing the opposite tune, Chiang Kai-shek decided to place Wang Jingwei under house arrest."

"Wang Jingwei heard that Li Zongren wanted to punish him, so he immediately ran away and went to Wuhan to hold a meeting."

"Announced Chiang Kai-shek's removal from all posts, expulsion from the party, and ordered a crusade."

"But after the meeting, everyone looked at each other in confusion. The resolution was passed, but how to implement it?"

"Chiang Kai-shek will have the support of the Guangxi clique, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium will provide silver bullet support, and the big powers will also support him. If he really wants to fight, he may not be able to win."

"At this moment, Li Zongren came out to express his position."

"It means that since Nanjing and Wuhan cannot reach an agreement for a while, it is better for them to go north and wait until Beijing is captured before resolving intra-party disputes."

"Li Zongren's statement gave Wang Jingwei a step down."

"So after careful consideration, Wuhan finally decided to put aside the issue of Chiang Kai-shek. The most important thing for now is the Northern Expedition."

"In May, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and He Yingqin each led a group of troops in the northern expedition and successfully captured Xuzhou, a transportation hub."

"In the same month, the Nationalist Government in Wuhan also formulated a plan for the Northern Expedition to Henan."

"Tang Shengzhi came forward to form the Northern Expeditionary Army, and sent people to contact Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan to attack the Feng army in Henan."

Ying Zheng: Even before the world is conquered, internal strife breaks out. If we don't have some sense in the end, maybe the good situation will come to naught.

The threat from the warlords of the Feng clan was still there, so they couldn't wait to fight for power among themselves. No matter how he looked at it, he was a bit stupid.

Although the temptation of power is great, we must eliminate external threats no matter what!

From this aspect, Wang Jingwei's vision was too short-sighted and he almost lost the advantage he had gained.

Fortunately, there are sensible people within the Kuomintang who know that they must shelve their conflicts and first eliminate the Feng clique warlords during the Northern Expedition.

Judging from the final development, there is no doubt that Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing National Government won the civil strife.

He was not surprised at all by this.

After all, judging from the current situation, there are many forces supporting Chiang Kai-shek, and there is sufficient silver, food and ammunition. It is logical to defeat Wang Jingwei in the end.

"After the Northern Expedition began, Yan Xishan did not respond and chose to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

"However, it is enough to rely solely on Tang Shengzhi and Feng Yuxiang's Second Army to deal with Henan Fengjun."

"In this way, the Feng army that had just entered Henan was driven to the north bank of the Yellow River by the Northern Expeditionary Army."

"However, during the Northern Expedition in Nanjing and Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek quietly took action in Nanjing."

"Chiang Kai-shek relied on the support of the great powers and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortium to cut off the economic ties between the middle reaches and the lower reaches of the Yangtze River."

"Although Wuhan was also a commercial center during the Republic of China, it was still far behind Shanghai."

"After Chiang Kai-shek blocked the capital inflow channels in Wuhan, Soviet aid could not come in."

"The Wuhan government immediately fell into a state of deficit, industry and commerce were also wailing, and 100,000 people were unemployed."

"After seeing the power of Chiang Kai-shek's financial bomb, Feng Yuxiang immediately switched sides, abandoned the Wuhan government at the cost of two million silver dollars per month, and accepted the Nanjing government as the orthodoxy."

"Yan Xishan, the leader of both sides, also made his position clear and sent the liaison representative from Wuhan to Shanxi out of the country as a gift."

"Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang, and Yan Xishan wore a pair of trousers. Under such circumstances, Wang Jingwei lost his fighting spirit and belief, betrayed the revolution, and also purged the party in Wuhan. The first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party collapsed."

"After the Nationalist Government in Wuhan purged the party, Wang Jingwei, with the help of Feng Yuxiang, agreed to move the capital to Nanjing, but he also put forward a condition."

"It's okay to go to Nanjing, but Chiang Kai-shek must leave. I don't want to work with anyone else."

"Chiang Kai-shek will naturally not agree to this."

"As a result, the two national governments in Nanjing and Wuhan continued to maintain a confrontation."

"Soon, Tang Shengzhi threatened to conquer Nanjing in Wuhan."

"Chiang Kai-shek was worried that his back would be empty, so he transferred a large number of troops from the front line to return to defense."

Wang Jingwei: These warlords are all scoundrels who are unjust and unjust, and none of them can be trusted.

Thinking about his hard work in the Northern Expedition to eliminate the enemy, but people kept stumbling upon him, he became very angry.

In order to deal with Zhang Zuolin's Fengjun, he specially contacted Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, striving to destroy Fengjun with a three-sided attack.

He thought very clearly before the Northern Expedition that Fengjun had no chance of surviving under a three-party attack.

Once he defeats Feng Jun, this achievement will definitely greatly enhance his prestige, and he can overpower Chiang Kai-shek.

In this way, it will definitely greatly increase his possibility of defeating Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing National Government and become the only talker of the revolutionary army.

But unfortunately, he thought beautifully, but the reality was so cruel.

Yan Xishan had originally promised to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and he had already expected this.

But Chiang Kai-shek, a shameless man, took advantage of the situation and cut off Wuhan's economic ties while serving in the army during the Northern Expedition, causing the Wuhan National Government to wail.

He worked hard for the party-state's Northern Expedition, but Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to stumble. How could he bear it?

Even if he is temporarily at a disadvantage, he will not give in easily and vows to compete with Chiang Kai-shek.

"When Zhang Zuolin saw this, he immediately asked Zhang Zongchang and Sun Chuanfang to lead their troops south and took advantage of the situation to capture Xuzhou."

"When he heard that Xuzhou had fallen, Chiang Kai-shek lost his temper. If he hadn't sent troops south, how could this have happened."

"In order to save face, Chiang Kai-shek personally led one division of the First Army, plus the Sixth, Tenth, Thirty-seventh, and Fortieth Army units, to launch a counterattack against Xuzhou."

"I don't want this counterattack to embarrass Chiang Kai-shek."

"During the counterattack, Bai Chongxi suggested a steady and steady attack."

"After all, the Beiyang system has ruled Jiangsu for many years and is familiar with the people."

"But Chiang Kai-shek didn't listen. He felt that Sun Chuanfang's capture of Xuzhou would inevitably lead to an unstable footing, and he advocated a quick victory."

"Chiang Kai-shek insisted on going his own way and suffered a disastrous defeat."

"Sun Chuanfang saw that Chiang Kai-shek's lone army was deeply entrenched and the way back was empty. He seized the opportunity to send troops to attack in a roundabout way, and actually surrounded the Northern Expeditionary Army."

"On August 1927, 8, Chiang Kai-shek led the Northern Expedition to attack Yunlong Mountain in the southern suburbs of Xuzhou."

"Just when Chiang Kai-shek was preparing to launch an attack, he suddenly learned that the back road was blocked, and there were intercepting soldiers in front of the fortress." "What should we do? What else can we do? We can only run away, otherwise we will be sacked."

"But the question is, will Sun Chuanfang allow Commander-in-Chief Chiang to retreat safely? Of course not."

"That night, Sun Chuanfanghui and Zhang Zongchang counterattacked with all their strength and penetrated the Northern Expeditionary Army's defense line."

"In order to cover Chiang Kai-shek's retreat, the 21st Division of the First Army fought to the death."

"In the end, one regiment was completely wiped out, and the other two regiments lost more than half of their troops."

"The 21st Division is a newly built model division and has high hopes from Chiang Kai-shek."

"It turned out that less than half a year after its formation, it was deceived because of Chiang Kai-shek's blind command."

Bai Chongxi: I’ve been told to play it slow and steady, and don’t insist on going your own way. Now you know how powerful it is!
Chiang Kai-shek was already in a dangerous situation of being attacked from both sides. If he failed, his whole army might be annihilated.

Neither Wang Jingwei's Wuhan National Revolutionary Army nor Sun Chuanfang's army can be eliminated easily.

The best way is to take advantage of geographical advantages and adopt a steady and steady strategy.

But no matter how he tried to persuade him, Chiang Kai-shek refused to listen and insisted on a quick victory.

The result is obvious. Sun Chuanfang is not mediocre. He seizes the opportunity to inflict heavy losses on Chiang Kai-shek.

The originally promising situation was ruined by Chiang Kai-shek, and the Northern Expeditionary Army suffered heavy losses.

He finally saw clearly that Chiang Kai-shek's ability was completely insufficient to lead them to final victory.

He now strongly doubted that the final winner of the Nanjing National Government was someone else, not Chiang Kai-shek, the founder of the Nanjing National Government.

Although the Beiyang era was followed by the Nanjing National Government period, although Chiang Kai-shek formed the Nanjing National Government.

But he saw Chiang Kai-shek's current poor performance, and he really couldn't connect Chiang Kai-shek with the final winner.

"If Feng Yuxiang hadn't asked Lu Zhonglin to lead a division to feint to attack Xuzhou and hold back Sun Chuanfang, Chiang Kai-shek's losses would have been even greater."

"After the war, Chiang Kai-shek ordered Wang Tianpei and He Yaozu to build defense lines in Mengcheng and Suzhou."

"Zhang Zongchang and Sun Chuanfang gathered the strength of two armies and four divisions, took advantage of the situation and pursued fiercely, and once again penetrated the defense line."

"The war has reached this point and is hopeless. Chiang Kai-shek can only issue a general retreat order."

"In this way, the Northern Expeditionary Army fled for more than 600 miles and retreated directly from Xuzhou across the Yangtze River."

"With such a tragic defeat, someone must be found to take responsibility. Chiang Kai-shek naturally cannot take responsibility."

"As a result, Wang Tianpei became the scapegoat and was brutally executed."

"However, we are not blind. Since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek has not won a few battles."

"Sweeping across the two lakes, the Fourth Army took the greatest credit."

"In the bloody battle in Jiangxi, the Seventh Army made the greatest contribution."

"The so-called First Army of the Party Army, under the command of Chiang Kai-shek, is nothing but a silver-colored spearhead."

"It looks pretty good, but it's actually useless."

"Now is the stage of entrepreneurship. The capable ones will be promoted, the mediocre ones will be given up, the mediocre ones will be demoted, and the inferior ones will be eliminated."

"If you, Chiang Kai-shek, can't fight, just give way to Xian."

"Under such circumstances, more than a dozen military commanders from the Nanjing government turned to Wuhan."

"Tang Shengzhi had a bargaining chip, and then he started clamoring to conquer Chiang Kai-shek eastward."

"Chiang Kai-shek had just suffered a defeat and had no confidence, so he asked the Gui clique to deal with Tang Shengzhi."

"As a result, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi acted strangely and openly contradicted each other."

"It means you caused trouble, why do you let us clean it up?"

"Chiang Kai-shek was displeased when he heard this and gritted his teeth."

"What do you mean? If so, I will go away and let you sit here."

"I didn't expect that Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi would not give face at all. Bai Chongxi immediately responded."

"In order to unite the party and take the overall situation into consideration, it is best for the commander-in-chief to leave at this time."

Li Zongren: It’s not that our Guangxi clique wants to rebel, but that Chiang Kai-shek is incompetent and we can’t blame him.

Naturally, he understood that he was facing a formidable enemy and should not engage in internal strife and openly defy Chiang Kai-shek's authority.

But to be honest, based on Chiang Kai-shek's performance, it is difficult to convince him.

Since the beginning of the Northern Expedition, other armies have performed brilliantly, but Chiang Kai-shek suffered defeats one after another.

Originally, the Nanjing National Government faced great external pressure. If the commander-in-chief was incapable, it would undoubtedly put the Nanjing National Government into a more dangerous situation.

Therefore, in order for the Nanjing National Government to develop and grow, it is necessary for people with stronger capabilities to come to power to lead everyone.

Moreover, he has long coveted the position of spokesman for the Nanjing National Government and has long wanted to experience what it feels like to be in a high position.

If Chiang Kai-shek was capable and powerful in fighting, he would naturally not have any random thoughts.

But since Chiang Kai-shek doesn't have that ability, don't blame him for betraying him.

"The Guangxi faction rebelled, and Chiang Kai-shek's only remaining bargaining chip at this time was the First Army."

"The attitude of He Yingqin, commander of the First Army, was crucial, in Chiang Kai-shek's later words."

"If He Yingqin said something, why would I step down?"

"However, He Yingqin pretended to be dumbfounded at the critical moment and said nothing."

"Chiang Kai-shek betrayed his relatives and finally felt what it means to feel cold and excited."

"On August 1927, 8, Chiang Kai-shek electrified his country and walked away in despair."

"Chiang Kai-shek resigned from office sadly, and Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi suddenly became the spokespersons of the Nanjing National Government."

"After Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi came to power, they suddenly discovered that it was really cool to be in high positions, and everyone looked down on them."

"But as the saying goes, the greater the power, the greater the responsibility. The daily military expenditure of hundreds of thousands of troops is not a small amount. Can the Guangxi clique bring in money?"

"Although the party has been purged in Wuhan, the two national governments in Nanjing and Wuhan are still hostile at this time. Can your Guangxi clique handle Wang Jingwei?"

"If Nanjing and Wuhan cannot join forces to attack Zhang Zuolin, it will be impossible to unify the whole of China."

"Facing the blockade left by Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi had no choice but to separate."

"Bai Chongxi went to Shanghai to discuss cooperation with the funder, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Consortium."

"Li Zongren is responsible for the Wuhan side and has reached an understanding with Wang Jingwei."

"Sun Chuanfang clearly sees the change of power in Nanjing. If we don't counterattack now, we will wait until later."

Chiang Kai-shek: How can the Nanjing National Government be so easy to handle? Not everyone can bear the responsibility.

No one knows how much pressure the Nanjing National Government is facing, let alone how heavy the burden is.

He only lost a few battles, but other generals began to criticize him verbally and they couldn't wait to oust him.

Their vision was too short-sighted. They only saw that he had lost the battle, but they could not see that only he could stabilize the Nanjing National Government.

But since everyone disagrees with him continuing to occupy his position, he has no choice but to step down.

But even so, he believed he would come back.

Because under the encirclement and suppression by external enemies, only he had the ability to preserve the Nanjing National Government.

"On August 8th, while several persons in charge of the Gui Clan were away."

"Sun Chuanfang established five crossing points on the north bank of the river and threw 70,000 troops to the south bank in three days."

"In order to boost morale, Sun Chuanfang went to the front line in person."

"And let people drive all the ships back to the north of the Yangtze River, which is likely to sink the boats."

"Subsequently, Sun Chuanfang ordered all communication lines near Nanjing to be cut off, resulting in the interruption of communication between Nanjing and the outside world."

"At this time, there are only two armies of the Guangxi faction in Nanjing, and the situation is precarious."

"If Sun Chuanfang succeeds in his counterattack and the Nanjing government collapses, it's hard to predict China's future. It may return to the era of warlord rule and melee."

"Fortunately, Bai Chongxi, who returned from Shanghai without success, is back at this time."

"Although Bai Chongxi is an amateur in politics, he is really capable of fighting."

"After learning of the situation, Bai Chongxi immediately contacted Chiang Kai-shek."

"If you want to save Nanjing at this time, you can only rely on Chiang Kai-shek's Huangpu Clique."

"As a hero, Chiang Kai-shek still knows the difference between priorities and priorities."

"Chiang Kai-shek chose to support Bai Chongxi and let the Huangpu armies obey Bai Chongxi's command while preserving their strength as much as possible."

"Next, Bai Chongxi commanded He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Gu Zhutong, Hu Zongnan and other troops."

"After a day and night of fierce fighting, Sun Chuanfang was defeated and the victory of Longtan was achieved, annihilating 40,000 enemies and capturing 20,000 prisoners."

"After this battle, the Zhili warlords who had dominated Beiyang for sixteen years completely withdrew from the stage of history."

Many people were impressed by Chiang Kai-shek's performance, and then they began to take Chiang Kai-shek seriously.

What everyone heard from the anchor before was that Chiang Kai-shek performed very poorly and lost battles at every turn.

At that time, although Chiang Kai-shek formed the Nanjing National Government, everyone generally believed that Chiang Kai-shek would not make it to the end, and the fruits of victory would most likely be swallowed up by other generals of the Nanjing National Government.

However, at the critical moment when the Nationalist Government in Nanjing was in danger, Chiang Kai-shek, who had put aside his past grievances, took action in a timely manner for the sake of justice, which impressed everyone.

It was this performance of Chiang Kai-shek that greatly changed everyone's impression of Chiang Kai-shek. They no longer simply believed that Chiang Kai-shek would only lose the war.

At this moment, many people have a feeling in their hearts that Chiang Kai-shek will go to the end and become the biggest winner in ending the Beiyang Era.

(End of this chapter)