Zhang Xueliang walked out of the Huaqingchi where Jiang Zhongzheng was staying with a gloomy face. Anyone could see that he was extremely angry! However, no one cared about his thoughts. At least no one cared about these officials at all levels who followed Jiang Zhongzheng.

They all knew that on December 4, Chiang Zhongzheng had already convened a secret meeting including the Northeast Army and above the commander of the 17th Route Army. At the same time, Shao Zili, who had always been silent, also began to engage in a large-scale activity.

The meeting ended badly, and then a large-scale march suddenly broke out on December 9! It was called for unity to fight against the Japanese invasion! The march was so popular that some officers from the Wang Qu Officer Training Corps took off their military uniforms and joined the crowd.

"Stop the civil war! Joint anti-Japanese war! The Chinese will not fight against the Chinese!" The crowd held up slogans and kept walking towards the headquarters of the Suppression General! Jiang Xiongfeng no longer looked miserable when he was surrounded by the Northeast Army before.

Now that he has support, his face is naturally flushed, but he saw him leading the plainclothes team members from the Shaanxi Party Committee to keep shuttled through the crowd. The public security agencies in Shaanxi were organized and blocked the marching crowd.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..." Jiang Xiongfeng, holding a cigarette in his mouth, shot a few times at the sky and shouted loudly: "Everyone retreats immediately! Otherwise, he will be arbitrary!!"

The plainclothes below saw that their heads were shooting, so they were naturally not polite! Any marching students who emerged from the scene came forward and then rushed forward and beat them up!

Suddenly, the scene was in chaos! Fighting, debating, pushing and shoving... Everyone was in a mess! But the number of plainclothes was small after all, and when they saw foreign journalists taking photos, they didn't dare to act rashly.

So in the push, the team finally marched to the northwest "Suppression Headquarters" in the city center, and the provincial government of the new city "Sui Station" and the North Garden Gate petition.

At this time, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng were not in the headquarters and the Sui Office, but they all sent representatives to meet the students and said in public that they would fight against the Japanese devils, the Northeast Army, and the 17th Route Army would never be descended from the descendants of the Chinese people.

However, Shao Zili, who met the students, had no such statements. Although he also expressed his agreement with the students' enthusiasm for fighting against Japan, he also said that "the resolute internal affairs must be settled first" is a national policy! Since it was decided by the Chairman, it naturally makes sense.

This answer made the students who were originally appeased by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng. The representative of the Xi'an Student Union, Li Lianbi, and the representative of the Peking Student Union, Song Li, and other student movement leaders decided to leave the city, take the train to Lintong, and directly petition to Chiang Zhong!

At this time, Zhang Xueliang was scolded by Jiang Zhongzheng's phone call. Jiang Zhongzheng looked at Zhang Xueliang on the other end of the phone with a pale face and said in a deep voice: "What do you want to do?! What do these students want to do?! Threat the country?! Threat the central government?! A group of bastards!!"

"It is not allowed to let them make trouble for me. You must never let students come to Lintong!!"

Jiang Zhongzheng swears at the phone, Zhang Xueliang, and scolds: "I give you the right to shoot. If you can't do it, let Jiang Xiongfeng do it! As long as they dare to attack, then shoot and fight back!!"

Zhang Xueliang's expression changed a lot when he heard this. He put down the call from Jiang Zhongzheng and hurriedly walked down. He knew that if he did not stop these students from moving forward, there was no doubt that Jiang Zhongzheng would definitely order the military and police and those plainclothes to shoot the students who rushed over directly!

Zhang Xueliang had a gloomy face and caught up with the students while riding the car. After all, these students were walking away, and the train had already stopped in order to prevent them from going to Tongguan easily.

The people stopped them, but they still didn't want to go back like this. Many people insisted on seeing Chiang Zhongzheng.

"I understand everyone's desire to save the country and fight against Japan. I also understand, but your form is not possible. The Chairman does not want to see you like this. If you continue, there may not be any bleeding!"

Zhang Xueliang said to these students with great thoughts, but the scene cried louder! Despite this, the crowd was still unwilling to disperse after a long debate. The lieutenant who committed suicide in front of Chiang Kai-shek had secretly spread throughout Xi'an.

"For the sake of the country! Even if you die, what if you advise?! If you don't resist Japan, the country will die..."

Zhang Xueliang was anxious. He gritted his teeth and said to the crowd, "If you want to say hatred, who do you have the hatred of the Japanese?! Lieutenant Lin Tianrui, who was the one of my Northeast Army, was a member of my Northeast Army! During the September 18th Incident, who did not bear the infamy from me to the entire Northeast Army?!"

"My father, Yuting, died at the hands of the Japanese! In terms of public or private, our Northeast Army and the Japanese slaves are as deep as the sea and are irreconcilable as the sea!" Zhang Xueliang took a deep breath and said to everyone.

"I promise you here! At most one week, I will definitely give you an answer! If not, any of you can come to the headquarters of the Suppression Headquarters to kill me! Zhang will never resist!!"

Since all the words were said to be true, the people who were marching handed over their petitions to Zhang Xueliang. Then, Zhang Xueliang mobilized the Northeast Army's cars to send the students back to Xi'an City in batches.

Zhang Xueliang’s solution was very good, at least it looked very good. Unfortunately, someone was extremely dissatisfied!

"What is your position on your behalf?! Are you standing on the position of a national member or a student?! Are you representing me or a student?! A person cannot stand in the middle in both sides at the same time!!"

In the Huaqing Lake, Chiang Zhongzheng pointed at Zhang Xueliang's nose with a dark face and scolded: "Someone insults the leader, don't fight with him. What else can I say?! Those who lead the trouble should be arrested! Those who should be shot will be shot! Kill one to warn him!"

"I am reporting the situation truthfully. I know them. They mainly demanded that the government resist Japan and had no malice..." Zhang Xueliang tried to excuse the students who were marching and whispered to Chiang Zhongzheng: "This parade has good order..."

"These activities are incited by red elements. How can there be no malice?! Since they are students, they should study hard, but some people do not do this and marches at every turn! Attack the government! Destroy traffic! Even gathering people to cause trouble!! Beating government officials!! What kind of bullshit is this?! Can these people not be shot with guns?!"

"I don't care what they are in any order! I only know what students have to ask for, and then send representatives to report to the local government, and then report to the central government. It is illegal to march without permission! Those who do not listen to dissuasions have no other way except to suppress such illegal activities!"

"Disobedient?! I'll shoot him with a gun until he's obedient!!" Jiang Zhongzheng scolded Zhang Xueliang and drove him out of Huaqingchi.

Jiang Zhongzheng, who was already a little hesitant about Zhang Xueliang and the others, made up his mind at this time. He picked up a pen and wrote a letter for his confidential secretary to hand it over to Shaanxi Provincial Chairman Shao Zili.

The letter said:

Zili Chairman All Review

He secretly asked the reporters stationed in Shaanxi to publish the following news: Jiang Dingwen, Wei Lihuang, and Chen Cheng later went to Xi'an. He heard that Chairman Jiang Dingwen had sent Jiang Dingwen as the commander-in-chief of the front-line enemy in the northwest "bandit suppression" and Wei Lihuang as the commander-in-chief of the border areas of Jin, Shaanxi, Sui and Ning provinces. Chen Cheng also came to Shaanxi to visit Chiang, and heard that he would command the various units of the Suidong Central Army in the name of the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs. However, this news does not need to be submitted to the Central News Agency and other reporters, and the newspapers in Xi'an do not need to be published as a priority.

CSI December 9th

When Jiang Zhongzheng sent this letter, Zhang Xueliang secretly met Yang Hucheng in his study.

"Brother Hucheng, it seems you are right! It's time for us to start..." After serving tea, the haggard Zhang Xueliang said in a deep voice to Yang Hucheng.

Yang Hucheng smiled without surprise and said to Zhang Xueliang: "Is that yours or mine?"

"Go to my people!" Zhang Xueliang gritted his teeth and said to Yang Hucheng: "The gate of Huaqingchi is served by Wang Yuzan, the commander of the first battalion of my Northeast Army Guard. He is familiar with the route! And it is not easy to startle people in entering."

Yang Hucheng nodded in agreement. After all, his 17th Route Army was not familiar with it. He went there and broke into trouble. If he was run away by Chiang Zhongzheng, something big would happen!

"Then, who will go?!" Yang Hucheng said to Zhang Xueliang: "This person must be trusted! And he has the ability to do it. Otherwise, if you lose it, your lives, my Northeast Army, and the seventeenth Army will be put to an end!"

When Zhang Xueliang heard Yang Hucheng say this, he couldn't help but smile! He said to Yang Hucheng: "Brother Hucheng, don't worry, I have made arrangements for this matter!" As he said that, Zhang Xueliang asked his guard captain Tan Hai to go out and ask Bai Fengxiang and Sun Mingjiu.

Soon after, Tan Hai brought Bai Fengxiang, the commander of the 6th Cavalry Division of the Northeast Army, and Sun Mingjiu, the commander of the Second Battalion of the Guard, to the study. Zhang Xueliang was not polite and said to the two of them.

"General Yang and I advised him for a long time. The Chairman was unwilling to stop the civil war and fight against Japan! So we decided to warn him! Detain him and force him to fight against Japan!"

Without surprise, Bai Fengxiang and Sun Mingjiu were not strange at all! On the contrary, Sun Mingjiu was still a little excited! This is to capture the chairman! Now he is the most powerful person in the Republic of China, and this is really a big deal!

"Commander, we can act. But I have to see the chairman first." Bai Fengxiang was much more steady than Sun Mingjiu, but he said to Zhang Xueliang: "The photos are different from people. I have to see real people to take action. I will not catch the wrong person or accidentally kill them..."

Upon hearing this, Yang Hucheng turned his head and nodded at Zhang Xueliang. This man was indeed reliable, but he looked at Sun Mingjiu in confusion. Zhang Xueliang smiled and explained to Yang Hucheng: "Mingjiu is a member of the 'Anti-Japanese Comrades Association' I organized. He has long been dissatisfied with the Chairman's national policy! He is a little overjoyed when he knows that I am going to take action."

Yang Hucheng nodded to express his understanding, and then Zhang Xueliang said to the two: "Tomorrow, I will take you to meet the chairman. But remember: Don't reveal your flaws! If this matter leaks a little, we will all die without a place to bury!" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!