Guo Songling was born in Shenyang, Fengtian and Guo Songling, and he was diligent and studious since childhood. 1905, 23-year-old Guo Songling was admitted to Fengtian Army Crash School and chose to join the army. At that time, the decadent Qing dynasty was dying like a long illness. Like many radical youths, Guo Songling was involved in the political whirlpool at that time and once followed Sun Yat-sen, so he was put into prison by the Qing court. After the Revolution of 1911, he gained his freedom. Soon, he was admitted to Beijing Army University. Later, he defected to Feng Jun and took part in the military reform in Feng Jun. He rose from an ordinary instructor in Fengjiang Wujiangtang to a prominent general who wanted to "lead an honest and clean life" and disappeared into the political arena in a legendary way.
The relationship between Guo Songling and Lao Zhang and Xiao Song Songling just joined the army, and Zhang, the "king of the Northeast", really didn't take this ambitious young man seriously. However, in Shenyang Wujiang Club, he met Zhang's son, Zhang Xueliang. Zhang Gongzi didn't like reading sage books such as "Four Books" and "Five Classics" since he was a child, but he liked martial arts. He has no higher education, but he is exposed to some western democratic theories. Zhang Xueliang is clever and alert, and much more enlightened than his father.
In Wujiang Hall in Fengtian, Guo Songling was his mentor, and they soon became best friends. Zhang Xueliang admired the instructor who was born in the "training class" and highly recommended him in front of his father. As a result, Guo Songling rose step by step. From the main staff officer of the third army to the deputy commander, he has the most elite troops to serve the army, which can be described as "the horseshoe disease of the spring breeze." However, with the rapid promotion of his status, he was also involved in the whirlpool of factional contradictions. The reasons are the origin and division of gate valves; There is a collision between personality and opinion, and so on.
The dispute between "soil" and "foreign" within Feng School has laid a curse. Feng School was originally a grass forest. With the passage of time, new elements were constantly added, so the contradiction between the old and new factions appeared. The old school is a group of outlaws who fought side by side with Zhang. Most of them are uneducated and fierce and treacherous. The new school is a group of "well-trained" soldiers, smart and capable, influenced by modern military knowledge, and has a high opinion of themselves. Before Zhang, the two sides competed for merit and invited pets, which repelled each other. In the new school, there are also differences between "local" and "foreign". Foreign schools, led by Yang Yuting and Jiang Dengxuan, are foreign students from some Japanese NCO schools. Tupai, with Guo Songling and Li as the core, are all students who graduated from Chinese Army University and other military schools. Yang Yuting is a shrewd and cunning man, who is trusted by the guards. Known as "Little Zhuge", he is in the shogunate general staff.
Guo Songling's outstanding military exploits and strong physique made him somewhat arrogant. He is not ashamed of his opportunism, but he is not satisfied with Zhang's old age and fatuity. He has an excellent relationship with Zhang Xueliang. The contradiction between the two factions, mainly manifested in the contradiction between Yang Yuting, Jiang Dengxuan and Guo Songling, reached irreconcilable levels when they were awarded the post-war meritorious service for the second time.
Guo Songling made outstanding achievements in the battle against bandits in Yifangpo and Jiamusi, and personally supervised the war twice. In the artillery battle between Guan Yu and Jiangnu Temple, his back was injured by shrapnel, and the medical officer wanted to help him down. He pushed him away and remained calm. Zhang Gong was above and above, and Zhang Yang and Jiang were rewarded, but Guo Songling got nothing. Guo Songling naturally saw his position in the army, so he was depressed, deepened his dissatisfaction with Zhang, and sprouted the idea of defection.
The trip to Japan gave Guo Songling a reason to oppose Zhang. 1925, 10 In June, both the national army and the Fengjun army led by Feng Yuxiang sent people to Japan to observe the exercise. Representatives of the National Army include Han Fuju and Cheng Xixian. The chief representative of Feng Jun is Guo Songling. They are staying at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo. One day, an official of the Japanese General Staff went to visit Guo Songling. He asked Guo Songling, "Do you still have the task of signing a secret agreement on behalf of General Zhang when you go to Japan to observe the exercise this time?" Guo Songling said, "I just came to watch the exercise. There are no other tasks, and I don't know about signing the contract. " So the visitor left soon.
Guo Songling was puzzled, only after asking, did he know that Zhang wanted to admit twenty-one articles that traitors were afraid to admit, in exchange for the Japanese army providing a large number of arms to attack the national army led by Feng Yuxiang. This secret agreement expired in Shenyang on the same day. Recently, Zhang telegraphed the Japanese authorities that the signing representative had left and would arrive in Tokyo in a few days. As luck would have it, Guo Songling arrived first, and the Japanese side mistakenly thought Guo was the signature representative, so they came to visit. In fact, this representative is Yu Chonghan who has arrived in Tokyo.
Guo Songling was very upset when he learned about it. Late at night, he knocked on the door of Han Fuju, a representative of the national army, and told him about it. He said with indignation: "Warlords have attacked cities and plundered land for years, killing people, and the country has lost its vitality. People are in poverty, strong neighbors are eyeing, waiting for the opportunity to move. I can't agree with Zhang's desperate practice of selling out the country for personal rights. I am a soldier, and I promise my country in my own name, not a private lackey. I can't obey my life without conscience If he plays in the national army, I will beat him ... Please keep this conversation secret and don't tell anyone. " Han Fuqu sincerely agreed and told Feng Yuxiang about it after returning home. Feng Yuxiang is worried about how to deal with the aggressive Feng Jun. He was overjoyed at Han's report, and immediately said: It is best to ask Mr. Guo to write a written statement and send his cronies to take a long-term view. In this way, it is a foregone conclusion to join hands with Zhang. Later, he took Li to form a "triangle alliance" and began the most important action in his life.
Go back to China to oppose Lao Zhang, not Xiao Zhang. As soon as Guo Songling came back from Japan, he was admitted to Tianjin Italian Hospital, pretending to be ill and avoiding meeting Zhang Xueliang. 165438+ 10 In October, Zhang Xueliang returned to Shenyang, and the general's regimental headquarters was evacuated from Tianjin to Luanzhou, and he began to draft the defection telegram privately. He is a soldier, but he is not the same as a soldier without political consciousness. In his telegram, he put forward a series of ideas to transform northeast politics in order to gain the sympathy of public opinion. In view of his special friendship with Zhang Xueliang, he put forward the slogan of "opposing the father but not the son".
Zhang, a sly old fox, didn't know all this beforehand. He called Guo Songling back to Fengtian many times and kept him nearby. Knowing this, Guo Songling refused again and again, and hurriedly called a meeting of his subordinates in Luanzhou, Hebei Province on123/0/65438. His wife Han Shuxiu also attended the meeting. At the meeting, Guo Songling said with a heavy voice, "Ladies and gentlemen, I want to say goodbye to you forever. Because I remember that our time together was not short, I couldn't bear to leave without saying goodbye, so I called to say goodbye. " As he spoke, he pulled out his pistol and pulled the trigger at his temple. His men were frightened and quickly grabbed Guo's pistol and asked him to tell what had happened. So Guo Songling tearfully listed Zhang's crime of abandoning the people and repeatedly provoking war disasters, and told his touching story of advocating peace. Now he will be transferred back to Fengtian for the same crime. He expected that this would not have a good result, so he might as well commit suicide. When his subordinates talked about encouraging him, they all said: It is not time for the commander to die, and we all obey the commander's arrangement. Guo Songling saw this situation, took out the roster prepared in advance, and told the plan of returning troops and turning around. Han Shuxiu was also greatly encouraged.