The true biography of Yaqiao, the first chivalrous king of the Republic of China

Chapter 30

In the summer of 1929, the anti-Chiang atmosphere became increasingly strong all over the country. Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren and others were intensively preparing for the Central Plains War, hoping that through the concerted efforts of the three parties, the new warlord Chiang Kai-shek would be ousted from power.

After Fang Zhenwu left Feng Yuxiang and became the chairman of the Anhui Provincial Government, because Chiang Kai-shek had achieved the goal of dismembering and alienating Feng Yuxiang's troops, and Fang Zhenwu's troops were not his direct descendants, Fang Zhenwu discovered after he took office that the directors of the four departments under him For example, Wu Xingya, Director of Civil Affairs, Yuan Lichen, Director of Finance, Li Fanyi, Director of Construction, and Cheng Tianfang, Director of Education, are all Chiang Kai-shek's cronies, and the chairman of the provincial government is just an empty shelf; To make things difficult, to skimp on everything.Fang Zhenwu is a man who would rather bend than bend, and would rather die than surrender, how could he suffer from such a useless attitude?After he took office, he put forward a list of "the overlord's bow", and asked the Department of Civil Affairs and the Department of Finance to appoint them.The conflicts between Fang Zhenwu, Wu Xingya, Yuan Lichen and others became increasingly acute.

Fang Zhenwu knew that Chiang Kai-shek was ruthless and could not tolerate himself for too long. After repeated thinking, he decided to act first.Secretly, he discussed countermeasures with Wang Leping, Chang Hengfang, and Liu Luyin, and with Shi Yousan (No. The commander of the 20th Independent Brigade of the 2th Army) and others formed an anti-Chiang alliance, planning that Shi Yousan, who was stationed near Pukou, would lead his troops to capture Pukou; Rendezvous; Yu Likui returned to Changzhou and led his old troops to attack Nanjing along the Beijing-Shanghai line; as soon as the gunfire of the uprising, Han Fuju, Ma Hongkui, Liu Zhenhua, etc. would lead reinforcements to overthrow Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship, just around the corner.

However, branches often grow outside the festival, and long nights often have many dreams. On September 9, the secret letter Fang Zhenwu wrote to Ma Hongkui was intercepted by Dai Li's subordinates. After reading the secret letter, Chiang Kai-shek broke out in a cold sweat.He immediately calmed down, picked up the phone, and the other party, Zhenwu, spoke kindly and asked him to return to Nanjing to report on his work immediately, and solemnly promised to help solve his troops' food, equipment and other difficulties as soon as possible.Although Fang Zhenwu had doubts, he was worried that if he did not go to Nanjing, the uprising plan would be exposed, so he went to the meeting alone, returned to Nanjing on the 15th, and was immediately placed under house arrest by Chiang Kai-shek.

On September 9, Chiang Kai-shek dispatched his direct troops to reorganize the Sixth Division Division Commander Fang Ce, led his troops to Anqing, and forcibly took over the defense.Yu Yanong took a slant, concentrated his troops at Jixian Pass in Anqing, ordered Fang Ce who had come to "make up" to be detained, announced a mutiny, and asked Chiang Kai-shek to exchange Fang Zhenwu for Fang Ce.Soon, under the siege and division of the sixth, tenth, and No.25 divisions of the Jiang army, the mutiny troops were dispersed, and Yu Yanong broke out and fled. On October 16, Bao Gang led the troops stationed in Datong, Dangtu, and Xuancheng to mutiny again, and attacked Han Deqin's new third brigade stationed in Wuhu, confiscated the guns of Hanbu, and sent a telegram to the whole country, demanding the release of Fang Zhenwu.The Nanjing government sent heavy troops to besiege. At the end of October, Bao Gang was defeated and fled in disguise.

After Fang Zhenwu was arrested, all his power in Anhui was purged by Chiang Kai-shek, and Wang Yaqiao's source of funding was cut off again.

In order to ensure the normal operation of the organization, Wang Yaqiao spent all his savings and pawned all his valuable clothes.One evening, wearing a shabby overalls, he visited the home of Li Gongcai, a fellow villager in Hefei.In the past, when Li Gongcai saw Wang Yaqiao, she always called "Nine Brothers Long" and "Nine Brothers Short", and called them very sweetly.However, when Wang Yaqiao came in that day, Li Gongcai's nose was not his nose, his face was not his face.Wang Yaqiao kicked over the chair and said: "Okay, from now on, we will not violate the river water!" After saying that, he slammed the door and left.

Back home, seeing that he was in a bad mood, Wang Yaying quickly sent him a basin of wash water, made another pot of his favorite Lu'an Guapian, and then went to the kitchen to cook three side dishes and boil a pot of wine to accompany him to drink Chattering.Words are the antidote.Wang Yaqiao recounted the embarrassment he encountered just now, and sighed: "Yaying, the old saying is good, a big man must not be without power for a day, and a young man must not be without money for a day, it is absolutely true!"

(End of this chapter)