Chang Kaishen has been getting more and more anxious recently, and the Central Army has not only suffered successive defeats in Henan and Shandong, but the situation in the south is also precarious. The Gui army of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi of the www.biquge.info of Bi Qu Ge had already invaded Hunan and successfully occupied Changsha, and half of Hunan Province had become the world of the Gui army.

Chang Kaishen began to call for "peace", and he kept telegraphing the whole country, calling on the warlords of all departments to calm the war, and almost shouted the slogan "Chinese do not fight Chinese".

Although Yu Youren has conflicts with Chang Kaishen and often gets involved with Wang Zhaoming, he is now on the side of the Central Army. Perhaps because he was afraid that after the defeat of the Central Army, China would be divided again and warlords would fight, so Yu Youren had already begun to actively campaign for Chang Kaishen.

Chang Kaishen formulated a "peace movement" and Yu Youren was responsible for persuading Wang Zhaoming to convene an extraordinary national meeting of the Kuomintang to negotiate and resolve the disputes between the previous two Kuomintang congresses. This is a compromise made by Chang Kaishen to Wang Zhaoming, because in the previous two conferences, Wang Zhaoming and his family's struggle for power failed.

Of course Wang Zhaoming didn't dare, now that the anti-Chiang situation is very good, he can force Chiang to step down.

Li Shi was another executor of the "peace movement", and he was responsible for leading a team to persuade Zhang Xueliang. It was not to ask the Northeast Army to enter the customs to help fight the war, but to ask Zhang Xueliang to be the referee, stand up and mediate, everyone truce and stop the war, and all contradictions can be resolved by political means.

Not to mention, thanks to the KMT's strong propaganda capabilities, Chang Kaishen's "peace movement" has been widely recognized, and many celebrities and scholars have publicly called for a truce between all sides. Chang Kaishen has the righteousness of the central government, and he also coerces the people to think about peace, and public opinion is completely tilted towards the central government.

It's a pity that you can start a war if you want to, and a truce is not a truce if you want to take a break.

The offensive of the anti-Chiang coalition forces became more and more fierce, especially Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, which can be described as invincible. The Central Army in Shandong and Henan even had a fear of the Northwest Army, and every time they learned that their opponent was the Northwest Army, the Central Army, from the generals to the soldiers, flinched.

As a last resort, Chang Kaishen could only go north again and go to the front line to personally supervise the battle, hoping to boost the morale of the army.

Feng Yuxiang detected the movements of the Central Army and set up a pocket formation in advance, wanting to put the elite of the Central Army in Shandong to the end. Fortunately, a senior staff officer of the Northwest Army was bribed by Chang Kaishen, and he quietly sent a secret telegram to leak the military plan, so Chang Kaishen hurriedly ordered the troops to change the route of the march.

Even so, the elite of the Central Army did not completely withdraw from the encirclement, and the central part of Zhangzhi, which was responsible for covering the retreat, suffered heavy losses.

Although the Northwest Army fought bravely in battle, their commander-in-chief, Feng Yuxiang, made two consecutive strategic decision-making mistakes, causing the Central Army, which had been defeated one after another, to gain a firm foothold again -- in fact, it was not Feng Yuxiang's mistake, but that the military salaries and materials could not keep up. The Northwest Army was too poor, and Yan Xishan's support was not sufficient for money, food, and ammunition, so he had to give up good fighters in vain.

Chang Kaishen was able to win the Central Plains War in the end, in addition to Zhang Xueliang's help, the most important thing is that he is richer than Feng Yuxiang. If the food and ammunition of the northwest army were sufficient, Chang Kaishen would not be able to support the Feng army to enter the customs at all, and he would have been forced to go into the field a long time ago.

Yan Xishan, this guy is too picky, and he is not material for doing big things at all. As the leader of the anti-Chiang coalition army, after raising enough food and salary, he was very generous to his troops, not only paying them monthly and providing sufficient supplies, but also distributing canned food to the soldiers.

As for Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army, not to mention canned food, you can't even eat pickles.

The Northwest Army and the Jin Army often fought together, and every time the officers and men of the Northwest Army saw the empty cans thrown away by the Jin Army, they scolded Yan Xishan for not being righteous.

Since ancient times, the most fatal weakness of the Warlord Alliance has been this, the enemy is not outside, but inside.

Because Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army showed too terrifying combat power, it not only made the Central Army frightened, but also made Yan Xishan jealous of Feng Yuxiang. Yan Xishan deliberately dragged Feng Yuxiang back several times, and every time at critical times, he found various reasons to cut off the logistics supply of the Northwest Army.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the princes of the Eighteenth Route begged Dong, Yuan Shao did the same, Sun Jian fought too hard, and Yuan Shao acquiesced to Yuan Shu to cut off Sun Jian's grain and grass.

During the Central Plains War, Chang Kaishen was Dong Zhuo, Yan Xishan was Yuan Shao, and Feng Yuxiang was Sun Jian and Cao Cao who were really fighting.

Feng Yuxiang didn't think much about it at first, but gradually felt that something was wrong, and he once said to the people around him: "Yan Baichuan (Yan Xishan) This gourd, I don't know what kind of medicine is contained. ”

Feng Yuxiang was also bitter, he was working the front line, but Yan Xishan stabbed him in the back, making it seem as if Chang Kaishen and Yan Xishan had joined forces to deal with him.

Yan Xishan's various practices made the generals of the Northwest Army complain, and everyone didn't want to fight anymore, but suggested that Feng Yuxiang "join forces with Jiang to oppose Yan".

As a result, there was a strange situation in the Central Plains, and the Central Army was defeated by the Northwest Army, but the Northwest Army wanted to take refuge in the Central Army. Both the Northwest Army and the Central Army suffered heavy losses, and Yan Xishan's Jin army had been preserving its strength and seemed to want to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Even with Chang Kaishen personally supervising the battle, the morale of the Central Army was still low. And the Northwest Army, which has won countless battles, is in a worse situation than the Central Army, and the morale of the army is about to collapse, and it is completely supported by Feng Yuxiang's personal prestige.

What a bad fight.

Yan Xishan calculates too much, treats state affairs and war as a business, and wants to play some tricks to drive away the wolf. But he was clever but was mistaken by cleverness, and he had already calculated himself, and it was only a matter of time before the generals of the Northwest Army were bought by Chang Kaishen.

Even if Zhang Xueliang did not lead the Feng army into the customs to help, Chang Kaishen was very likely to win the Central Plains War. If it drags on for another half a year at most, Chang Kaishen will be able to buy off the generals of the Northwest Army and force Feng Yuxiang to go into the wilderness, and then the Central Army and the Northwest Army will join forces to counterattack the Jin Army.

However, the longer the time drags on, the more heavy the casualties on all sides will be, and the greater the damage to the country and the nation.

Although Zhang Xueliang entered the customs for his own consideration, objectively speaking, this move accelerated the end of the Central Plains War and retained the last trace of vitality for China, and he made great contributions to the country.

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Haig Road, Zhou Mansion.

Cai Yuanpei visited again: "Mingcheng, shouldn't you leave for Beidaihe to persuade Zhang Hanqing?" ”

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, you have to wait for the Central Army to defeat Jinan." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Yan Xishan, this guy, captured Jinan some time ago.

Chang Kaishen drew a large number of troops from the south and attacked along the Jiaoji line from Qingdao by sea, causing Yan Xishan to retreat.

Yan Xishan immediately panicked, and hurriedly asked his cronies to bring huge sums of money, ammunition and flour, and asked Feng Yuxiang to command the Northwest Army to counterattack. Feng Yuxiang's staff officers were greatly dissatisfied, and discussed privately: "Yan Xishan will temporarily hold on to Buddha's feet, if these materials are sent earlier, Sun Lianzhong has already hit Bengbu, how can it become the current situation?" ”

Feng Yuxiang was also very unhappy, but he took the overall situation into account and still went to war honestly. After the Northwest Army received the supply of logistics materials, it was like a tiger coming out of the gate, beating the elite of the Central Army in an uproar, and almost the entire line retreated.

Chang Kaishen was even more panicked in the face of the attack of the Northwest Army, did not dare to attack, only dared to defend, and even announced that as long as he held his position and did not lose it, the chief general would be promoted to two levels and rewarded with 50,000 yuan.

Fortunately, the Northwest Army's offensive was suspended due to heavy rain for several days, otherwise the Central Army would have been defeated again.

Chang Kaishen was so anxious that he couldn't sleep, but Zhang Xueliang still didn't say anything, so he could only ask Cai Yuanpei to come to Zhou Hexuan and beg Zhou Hexuan to go to Beidaihe to help persuade him.

"Mingcheng, for the sake of the country and the nation, you can give a letter!" Cai Yuanpei is also in a hurry.

Zhou Hexuan smiled, led Cai Yuanpei to the study, and wrote seven words on the letter paper - it is time to adjust the armament for war.

"Just send someone to send this handwritten letter of mine to Zhang Hanqing." Zhou Hexuan said.

"That's it?" Cai Yuanpei was surprised, he didn't believe that Zhou Hexuan's handwritten letter could let Zhang Xueliang lead the army into the customs.

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "You just do it." ”

Cai Yuanpei was suspicious, carefully put away Zhou Hexuan's letter, and then ran to Nanjing to report without leaving a moment.

Zhou Hexuan is just pretending to be forced, Zhang Xueliang knocked Chang Kaishen's bamboo pole, and he has almost knocked it, and it is a matter of time before the Northeast Army is mobilized to enter the customs.

As soon as Cai Yuanpei left, the maid knocked on the door and said, "Sir, there is a phone number from Miss Ruan." ”

Zhou Hexuan came to the living room and picked up the phone and said, "Hello, Miss Ruan, is there something wrong?" ”

Ruan Lingyu said hesitantly: "That...... Mr. Zhou is free tomorrow, I would like to invite you to coffee. ”