Xu Chu recovered a lot of territory, why was he finally killed by one of his own?

As we all know, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, China was bullied by imperialism and lost a lot of gold and silver treasures and territories that originally belonged to China. However, there is such a person who, with his own wisdom, successfully recovered the territory of 6.5438+0.8 million square kilometers in the case of disparity in national strength. This man is Xu Shuzheng, the Northern Warlord.

First, Xu Shuzheng.

Xu Shuzheng is a well-known general of Beiyang Warlords, with great talent. In his early years, he was a scholar in high school, invaded and carved up China's territory by foreign powers, and suffered a national crisis. He "studied military strategy, paid attention to the overall situation of world politics and finance, and prepared for a rainy day". In the end, he and Ban Chao made the same choice, abandoned the pen and joined the army, and began a wandering military career.

Speaking of Xu Shuzheng, people have different opinions about him. In the eyes of some people, he is a rare talent, because he is eloquent and courageous. Similarly, some people have always looked down on him. Wu once expressed his dissatisfaction with Xu Shuzheng with indignation. It is said in Historical Records: "The Central Committee mistakenly listened to the small plot, insisted on using force, won the hope of the dragon, aided Guangdong to attack Sichuan, looked directly at the southwest as the enemy, and actually took peace talks as the reverse plan."

At that time, the Russian October Revolution was self-sufficient and the Mongolians were in a state of autonomy, but most people also had the vision of returning to their own country. Xu Shuzheng seized this great opportunity and followed the trend. In the end, the territory of Outer Mongolia10.8 million square kilometers was successfully recovered without a single soldier, which greatly inspired the morale and people's hearts in China.

In fact, there was no distinction between outer Mongolia and inner Mongolia before. On the territory of the Qing Dynasty, Mongolia was a part of China. Until the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Manchu government, which even seized Beijing twice, was unable to take care of the frontier. Russia took the opportunity to annex a large number of territories in Outer Xing 'an Mountains and Outer Mongolia, and supported the puppet Manchu Mongolian government to declare independence in 19 12.

Under the opposition of the great powers and China, Russia had to abolish its independence and declare the autonomy of Outer Mongolia. Russia nominally recognizes Outer Mongolia as a part of China, but China is not allowed to station troops, emigrate or interfere in its internal affairs.

According to historical records, Sun Yat-sen once praised Xu Shuzheng without reservation, saying, "It is better to know outside than inside, but be restrained. Ban Chao and Fu Jiezi haven't existed in our country for a long time, and the deacons have created this wonderful work in ten days, which is worse than the ancients? Mongolia has been fighting with other countries for seven years. Once it is returned, it is appropriate for the whole country to celebrate! " You can also see the joy between the lines.

At the end of February, 1925, Xu Shuzheng set off for Tianjin by train. In fact, long before he left. Duan once received a message saying, "Don't let Xu Shuzheng go to the south. Once you go, you will die. "

At that time, the relationship between Duan and Xu Shuzheng was more than just bosom friends. Duan likes Xu Shuzheng from the bottom of his heart, so he is worried that he is in danger. Based on the principle of not being afraid of 10,000, but being afraid of one thousand, Xu Shuzheng was repeatedly discouraged from going.

But at that time, Xu Shuzheng was still young and didn't take it to heart. He just thinks that Duan is worrying too much. He waved and told Duan not to worry. Then he turned and left. Unexpectedly, this farewell is a farewell.

Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Jian's niece, saw this opportunity very early. At two o'clock in the morning, when all the passengers on the train were asleep, she sent her own Zhang Man Zhijiang to pull Xu Shuzheng off the train and brutally killed him.

In this way, when Xu Shuzheng was 45 years old, she left forever in her pajamas. After Xu Shuzheng's death, Feng Yuxiang asked his uncle Lu's son to send a telegram to tell him that Xu Shuzheng was dead, and Lu's assassination finally paid off.

After Duan heard that Xu Shuzheng, his only confidant, had passed away, he also had a heart attack and fainted on the spot. After being awakened by the people around me, I still couldn't relieve my sad mood and fainted again, so I repeated it three or four times. Anyone familiar with Duan knows that he is really stimulated and can't calm down.

When Xu Shuzheng died, she was childless. His tombstone is Duan Li, and he cleans it himself every year. Even after Duan's death, he told his children not to forget to put Xu Shuzheng's coffin next to themselves and burn incense and pray for him.

Throughout the life of Beiyang warlord Xu Shuzheng, success or failure is at stake, making countless enemies, but he still has a bosom friend-Duan, which is sad but not a pity.