Regarding Wang Yaqiao's legendary deeds and final outcome, Chairman Mao once commented in front of Li Kenong: "Wang Yaqiao has real ability, he is innocent of killing the enemy, and he has made meritorious contributions to the war against Japan, but the details are not considered, fortunately, he has never been confused in major matters!" ”
Chairman Mao's evaluation of Wang Yaqiao was very accurate, not only summed up the life of this "great king of assassination", but also explained his character defects, but also pointed out the reason for Wang Yaqiao's death, Li Kenong listened to Chairman Mao's evaluation of Wang Yaqiao and deeply agreed, because Li Kenong and Wang Yaqiao had a lot of contacts, and he still knew Wang Yaqiao very well.
In fact, Wang Yaqiao was born in the military, and as for why he later became the "Assassination King", in Wang Yaqiao's own words, it is: "The situation is chaotic, some people are the culprits, no one dares to move them, these things have to let Wang Yaqiao do it himself!" ”
Wang Yaqiao's experience is very rich, up to Dr. Sun Yat-sen, down to the folk peddlers and pawns, he has contacts, he has great admiration for Dr. Sun Yat-sen, he began to join the army is to follow Sun Yat-sen around the conquest, from the war against Yuan Shikai to the later Northern Expedition against the warlords, Wang Yaqiao has always been around Sun Yat-sen, in addition to protecting Sun Yat-sen's safety, he also led his troops to participate in the war many times, and made a lot of achievements.
After the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the situation was more chaotic, warlords in various places were fighting, no one in the Kuomintang could inherit the mantle of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and even a large group of scum that plagued the country and the people appeared, which became the most important reason for Wang Yaqiao's discouragement of the Kuomintang, and since then he began to run around and seek a different way to save the country, but Wang Yaqiao at that time had not yet become an "assassination king".
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Wang Yaqiao's first assassination attempt in his life
In 1923, Wang Yaqiao carried out the first assassination in his life, and the target of the assassination was Xu Guoliang, who was then the director of the Songhu Police Department.
At that time, Dr. Sun Yat-sen had not yet died, and in this year, the warlord Cao Kun and Wu Peifu colluded together, using the northern army in their hands as capital, implementing "bribery election", making Cao Kun the president, disturbing the political situation at that time, Cao Kun and Wu Peifu's behavior was opposed by Sun Yat-sen, Sun Yat-sen called on benevolent people throughout the country to raise troops to fight against Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, and Wang Yaqiao, as the main contact, began to run around for this matter.
Wang Yaqiao was a man of both culture and martial arts, who had passed the top ten in the examination of the Imperial Examination of the Former Qing Dynasty, and he relied on his three-inch tongue to persuade Zhang Zuolin and Duan Qirui to jointly raise an army against Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, and then Wang Yaqiao contacted lu Yongxiang, the overseer of Zhejiang, and Lu Yongxiang also decided to raise troops to participate in the battle.
Wang Yaqiao said to Lu Yongxiang: "If you want to defeat Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, you must first defeat their confidant Qi Xieyuan, who is the first warlord in Jiangsu, but if you want to defeat Qi Xieyuan, you must first crush Xu Guoliang's forces, because Xu Guoliang has more than 10,000 horses in his hands, and he is also Qi Xieyuan's first confidant!" ”
Lu Yongxiang thought that Wang Yaqiao's analysis was very reasonable, so he paid for Wang Yaqiao's action, and Wang Yaqiao gathered a group of good hands to sneak into Xu Guoliang's sphere of influence, and he personally went out to spy on Xu Guoliang's daily living habits and look for opportunities to assassinate him.
After many days of observation, Wang Yaqiao found that Xu Guoliang had a habit of not moving every day, that is, every afternoon Xu Guoliang had to go to the hot spring bath of Jin Rongkai to take a bath, and Wang Yaqiao thought that this was the best time to assassinate Xu Guoliang.
Wang Yaqiao said to his subordinates: "People will become lazy after bathing, and their spirits will relax, so we will wait for Xu Guoliang to finish soaking in the hot spring!" ”
On the afternoon of November 10, Xu Guoliang took his own car to the hot spring bath on time, and Xu Guoliang, who had taken a bath, looked lazy, and just as he swung out of the bathroom door, Wang Yaqiao and two of his men suddenly burst out, quickly shot and shot Xu Guoliang, and then calmly left, which immediately caused a sensation in the whole Shanghai beach.
The first assassination operation presided over by Wang Yaqiao in his life was successful, and the whole process was clean and neat, and the knife fell in his hand. After Lu Yongxiang learned of Wang Yaqiao's hand, he trusted Wang Yaqiao even more and appointed Wang Yaqiao as the commander of his column, Lu Yongxiang said to many people around him: "Wang Yaqiao has courage and strategy, such talents are rare in the world!" ”
Lu Yongxiang also deliberately handed over the area around Huzhou in Zhejiang to Wang Yaqiao, who recruited soldiers in Huzhou and prepared to raise the banner of righteousness against Cao Kun and Wu Peifu, and it was also during this period that a group of young people came to join Wang Yaqiao's army, and three of them were named Hu Baoyi, Hu Zongnan, and Dai Kasa.
Fate has always been a very interesting thing, at this time Hu Zongnan and Dai Kasa both have the ideal of saving the country and serving the people, so Wang Yaqiao admired Hu Baoyi, Hu Zongnan, and Dai Kasa, and soon after Wang Yaqiao and the three of them became brothers, unexpectedly a few years later, Hu Huyi, Hu Zongnan, and Dai Kasa all went to the opposite side of Wang Yaqiao, and Wang Yaqiao and his brother Dai Kasa also began to decide life and death duel.
Wang Yaqiao openly broke with Chiang Kai-shek
After the death of Mr. Sun Yat-sen in 1925, Wang Yaqiao's revolutionary enthusiasm was like being extinguished by a heavy rain, Wang Yaqiao carefully read Mr. Sun Yat-sen's will, he very much recognized the "United Russia United Communist Party" proposed by Dr. Sun Yat-sen in his will, and he believed that no matter who became the head of the Kuomintang, he should pursue Mr. Sun Yat-sen's correct propositions.
But life is not satisfactory nine times out of ten, let alone such a big country? Later, things unexpectedly surprised Wang Yaqiao, because the name of the new head of the Kuomintang was Chiang Kai-shek.
When Chiang Kai-shek was still serving in the Guangdong Army, Wang Yaqiao met him in Shanghai, and at that time Chiang Kai-shek encountered considerable difficulties in Shanghai, and Wang Yaqiao also came forward to help him settle the peace, so Wang Yaqiao was no stranger to Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1926, during the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, Wang Yaqiao was very excited at that time, because it was the period of the Northern Expedition, and the two parties of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party led the troops to hold two Northern Expeditions, and in the second Northern Expedition, the large armies won consecutive victories, and wang Yaqiao was naturally full of joy when he saw that he could defeat the warlords in various places and complete the great cause of national reunification.
Because the situation was gratifying, Wang Yaqiao also personally went to the tomb of Dr. Sun Yat-sen to worship, and Wang Yaqiao reported the gratifying battle situation in front of Dr. Sun Yat-sen's tomb, and he looked up at the sky and shouted: "Sir! Your legacy is about to come true, but unfortunately you are buried underground and can't see this day! ”
The next change in the situation made Wang Yaqiao disappointed and distressed. Chiang Kai-shek created the "April 12 Massacre", just when the Northern Expedition was about to succeed, Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution and went against the will of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and soon after Wang Jingwei also responded to Chiang Kai-shek's betrayal of the revolution in Wuhan, and the good situation was destroyed.
At that time, Wang Yaqiao was holding the post of Anhui Xuanwei Envoy, and he had just led his army to break through from the heavy siege of the Anhui warlord Chen Tiaoyuan, Wang Yaqiao was shocked to hear that Chiang Kai-shek had betrayed the revolution, he cried loudly and scolded the national thief, at this time Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Wang Yaqiao, appointing Wang Yaqiao as the commander of the Jinpu Road Guard.
Wang Yaqiao angrily tore up the telegram and gave a public speech the next day, at which Wang Yaqiao said passionately: "The United Russian Communist Party is the last wish of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and one of the three major national policies implemented by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. ”
Chiang Kai-shek originally thought that Wang Yaqiao would support him, but when he learned that Wang Yaqiao was openly attacking him, he was furious and immediately secretly ordered his confidant Wen Jiangang to lead his troops to capture Wang Yaqiao, at this time Wang Yaqiao had troops around him to protect him, and when Wen Jian just arrived, Wang Yaqiao had already made arrangements and escaped smoothly.
Wang Yaqiao understood that Chiang Kai-shek was a man who was blind and retributionable, and then went to Shanghai alone, and from this moment on, Wang Yaqiao fought with Chiang Kai-shek all his life, and the enmity between the two deepened and gradually developed to the point of killing each other.
Wang Yaqiao successfully assassinated Zhang Qiubai
Wang Yaqiao once said: "The world goes against the will of the people and those who engage in dictatorship should be killed!" In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek vigorously engaged in a dictatorial government, and all parties throughout the country and Chiang Kai-shek formed a situation of intolerable water and fire, and Wang Yaqiao also began to use thunderbolt means to realize his ideas.
The Anhui warlord Chen Tiaoyuan, who had fought with Wang Yaqiao on the battlefield, also fell to Chiang Kai-shek's side, and in order to show his loyalty to Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Tiaoyuan wantonly killed a number of revolutionary volunteers in Anhui, which made Wang Yaqiao very angry, and he decided to find an opportunity to assassinate Chen Tiaoyuan.
Wang Yaqiao secretly sneaked into Anhui with several elites under his command, he disguised himself and began to follow Chen Tiaoyuan, assassination is a very delicate job, can assassinate the opponent is not very powerful, the powerful thing is to be able to get out safely after completing the assassination.
Wang Yaqiao seems to have an innate talent in this regard, and he is fully prepared every time, not only to complete the assassination, but also to escape smoothly, which is wang Yaqiao's strength.
After several days of follow-up, Wang Yaqiao finally found the opportunity to assassinate Chen Qiaoyuan, and Wang Yaqiao obtained an intelligence that Zhang Qiubai, then chairman of the Kuomintang Construction Committee, would invite Chen Qiaoyuan to lunch tomorrow.
However, at noon the next day, Zhang Qiubai came to the restaurant early, Wang Yaqiao and several of them ambushed in the restaurant for a long time without waiting for Chen Qiuyuan's arrival, and halfway Wang Yaqiao learned that Chen Qiaoyuan had temporarily cancelled the trip, and Wang Yaqiao immediately decided to change the assassination target to Zhang Qiubai.
Wang Yaqiao and several others quickly rushed into Zhang Qiubai's box, shot Zhang Qiubai to death several times in a row, and then quickly escaped according to the predetermined route, Zhang Qiubai's personnel had not even figured out what was happening, Wang Yaqiao and several of them had long disappeared.
Chen Tiaoyuan was very frightened when he learned the news that Zhang Qiubai had been assassinated by Wang Yaqiao, and he was frightened by Wang Yaqiao, and Chen Tiaoyuan submitted his resignation to Chiang Kai-shek the next day, resolutely resigning from all his posts.
Chiang Kai-shek became more and more eager to get rid of Wang Yaqiao, and he recruited Zheng Jiemin, the head of the military command at that time, and Dai Jia, the second-in-command, to deal with Wang Yaqiao, and the duel between Wang Yaqiao and Dai Jia officially began.
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Wang Yaqiao warned Zhang Xueliang and Du Yuesheng, and Zhang Xueliang fled overnight
After Wang Yaqiao successfully assassinated Zhang Qiubai, he successfully assassinated Zhao Tiecheng, the general office of the Kuomintang Shanghai Merchants Bureau, because Wang Yaqiao's assassination operations were repeatedly successful, and he was called "assassinating the king" in Shanghai Beach.
At this time, Wang Yaqiao's reputation was greatly shocked, no one dared to easily offend him, Chiang Kai-shek was very troubled by Wang Yaqiao's behavior, and several times and three times he sent people to arrest Wang Yaqiao and failed, and Dai Kasa did not take advantage of Wang Yaqiao's previous confrontations.
In 1930, Shanghai Beach was mixed with fish and dragons, and many forces were intricate, and it was not easy for ordinary people to gain a firm foothold in Shanghai Beach, among the various forces, the forces of Jin Jinrong, Du Yuesheng and Zhang Xiaolin were the most powerful, and the "Hengshe Society" founded by Du Yuesheng was even more frightening.
However, Wang Yaqiao's influence in Shanghai was also very large, and his men also gathered hundreds of people, who used axes as weapons every time they moved, so many people on the beach called Wang Yaqiao's organization the "Axe Gang".
After Zhao Tiecheng's death, Wang Yaqiao took the opportunity to accept a freighter under Zhao Tiecheng's name, but this freighter was controlled by Zhang Xiaolin at the time, Wang Yaqiao wanted to take down the freighter with tough means, Zhang Xiaolin also did not give in, which made Wang Yaqiao very annoyed, one night, Wang Yaqiao arranged for his subordinates to blow up a big hole in Zhang Xiaolin's home yard, and left a letter saying: "This time is a small warning, next time it will not be so simple!" ”
Zhang Xiaolin was very panicked after learning Wang Yaqiao's means, and went to Du Yuesheng overnight to discuss countermeasures, Du Yuesheng was very familiar with Wang Yaqiao's means, he asked Jin Rong to intercede with Wang Yaqiao, and persuaded Zhang Xiaolin to hand over the freighter.
Du Yuesheng had previously wantonly killed revolutionaries in Shanghai, and Wang Yaqiao had long looked at him unfavorably, so Wang Yaqiao wanted to clean up Du Yuesheng, and he proposed to Du Yuesheng to take his position as a comprador of the Shanghai Jianghai Ship, which was a fat difference, and Du Yuesheng was reluctant to hand it over, but he did not dare to confront Wang Yaqiao head-on, so he sent someone to negotiate with Wang Yaqiao.
Wang Yaqiao turned and said, "I can not rob Du Yuesheng of his position, but Du Yuesheng must take out 100,000 oceans to make up for my losses!" ”
Du Yuesheng had no choice but to take out 100,000 oceans to understand this matter, and from this incident, it could be seen how powerful Wang Yaqiao was, and even Du Yuesheng, the head of the "Hengshe Society", had to bow to him.
This was only the first confrontation between Wang Yaqiao and Du Yuesheng, in 1933, Zhang Xueliang lived in Shanghai, when there was a gang of black forces harassing Zhang Xueliang, Du Yuesheng took the initiative to help Zhang Xueliang settle the matter, since then Zhang Xueliang and Du Yuesheng have become acquainted, Du Yuesheng said to Zhang Xueliang: "In Shanghai, the young marshal can send someone to inform Du Someone, there is nothing I can do unevenly, but remember not to provoke Wang Yaqiao! ”
However, Zhang Xueliang was targeted by Wang Yaqiao, and when the "918 Incident" occurred, Zhang Xueliang listened to Chiang Kai-shek's words and adopted a policy of non-resistance, which led to the Japanese invading and occupying the three eastern provinces, which made Wang Yaqiao very angry, at this time Zhang Xueliang was in Shanghai, and Wang Yaqiao decided to teach him a lesson.
Wang Yaqiao sent a letter to Du Yuesheng to Zhang Xueliang, in which he made three demands on Zhang Xueliang, and said that if Zhang Xueliang did not comply, he would send someone to assassinate him.
Zhang Xueliang was asked to immediately reorganize his troops and horses and return to the northeast to fight with the Japanese and recover the three eastern provinces.
If Zhang Xueliang is not willing to do this, please ask Zhang Xueliang to cut himself to thank the world.
If Zhang Xueliang was not willing to reorganize the soldiers and horses to recover the three eastern provinces, but also refused to cut himself, he asked Zhang Xueliang to sell all his property to support the anti-Japanese warriors throughout the country.
Wang Yaqiao asked Zhang Xueliang to choose one of these three choices, otherwise he would sanction Zhang Xueliang, Du Yuesheng said to Zhang Xueliang: "Wang Yaqiao's means are very poisonous, the people he wants to kill will rarely lose their hands, and I have no way to do this!" ”
Zhang Xueliang said to Du Yuesheng, "Is there any other way?" ”
Du Yuesheng said emphatically, "Leave Shanghai!" ”
That night, Zhang Xueliang packed his bags and fled Shanghai overnight, and Wang Yaqiao's prestige reached its peak in Shanghai at this time.
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Wang Yaqiao failed in assassinating Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Ziwen
Wang Yaqiao has been operating outside for many years, and he knows that he will one day directly confront Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek will not let himself go, so Wang Yaqiao decided to act first, and he began to plan to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek.
So under the planning of Wang Yaqiao, a shocking "Lushan assassination of Chiang Kai-shek" occurred, and in 1931, the increasingly unpopular Chiang Kai-shek was opposed by Li Zongren, Sun Ke and others, sun Ke was the son of the late Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and Wang Yaqiao took this opportunity to secretly lead people to infiltrate Nanjing.
Wang Yaqiao decided to personally assassinate Chiang Kai-shek, and he ordered someone to send Jinhua ham to Chiang Kai-shek's villa, and then hollowed out the inside of the ham and put the gun on it, and disposed of the surface of the ham, which was a very clever method, and could successfully transport the gun into Chiang Kai-shek's villa.
On the day of the operation, Wang Yaqiao and several of his subordinates disguised themselves to transport ham to Chiang Kai-shek's villa, and on this day Chiang Kai-shek was distraught and always felt that something was about to happen, so he deliberately strengthened his vigilance and increased the strength of the guards around him.
Wang Yaqiao and one of his men successfully met Chiang Kai-shek who was walking on the road, this subordinate was inexperienced enough to attract the attention of Chiang Kai-shek's bodyguards, Wang Yaqiao ordered immediate action, he and this subordinate shot Chiang Kai-shek from both directions at the same time, but did not hit, this subordinate was also killed on the spot by Chiang Kai-shek's guards, but Wang Yaqiao successfully escaped.
This time Chiang Kai-shek was completely angry, and he issued a reward of one million oceans to arrest Wang Yaqiao, knowing that at that time, the Kuomintang's reward for Peng Dehuai was only 100,000 oceans, and Chiang Kai-shek's reward for Wang Yaqiao was as high as one million oceans.
Chiang Kai-shek summoned Dai Kasa and scolded him, and Chiang Kai-shek said, "I know that you and Wang Yaqiao were brothers before, do you want to be merciful to his subordinates?" ”
Dai Kasa immediately explained and promised that Wang Yaqiao would be executed, and this time Dai Kasa knew that Chiang Kai-shek was really angry, and he decided to seriously deal with Wang Yaqiao.
Chiang Kai-shek was forced by the pressure of Li Zongren and others to announce his resignation in 1931, but he let Song Ziwen secretly control the financial power and embarrassed Sun Ke and others everywhere, which made Wang Yaqiao aware of this, and Wang Yaqiao decided to get rid of Song Ziwen.
Song Ziwen's business in Shanghai was very large, so he often traveled back and forth between Shanghai and Nanjing, and Wang Yaqiao detected song Ziwen's time in Shanghai in advance and arranged for his number one person, Hua Ke, to assassinate Song Ziwen before him.
On the day Song Ziwen arrived in Shanghai, he was shot by Hua Ziwen as soon as he got off the train, but at that time, Song Ziwen's secretary and Song Ziwen were wearing the same white suit, and Hua Kezhi recognized the wrong person, and the person who shot and killed was Song Ziwen's secretary, and Song Ziwen also luckily escaped the disaster.
Although Wang Yaqiao's assassination of Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen failed, it did not lightly frighten Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen, and Song Ziwen became seriously ill as a result, and these two events also accelerated the decisive battle between Wang Yaqiao and Dai Jia.
Dai Kasa was reprimanded by Chiang Kai-shek continuously, and he decided to personally get rid of Wang Yaqiao, and the matter had reached a stage where it had to be dealt with, and who knows when Wang Yaqiao would assassinate Chiang Kai-shek again?
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Wang Yaqiao was caught in Dai Kasa's plan, and the "assassination of the king" died
After the September 18 incident, Wang Yaqiao did many major things in succession, first successfully assassinating a number of senior Japanese generals with his own strength, and Wang Yaqiao's repeated assassinations of high-level Japanese military personnel were successful, and he was jointly praised by both the Kuomintang and the Communists.
Chiang Kai-shek took this opportunity to try to win Wang Yaqiao over, and sent people to send 100,000 oceans to Wang Yaqiao three times in a row, but Wang Yaqiao refused, on the contrary, Wang Yaqiao was more inclined to Chairman Mao and Zhu De's anti-Japanese theory, and he began to communicate with the CCP's Special Branch, and it was during this period that Li Kenong got in touch with Wang Yaqiao.
In 1936, Dai Kasa finally waited for the opportunity to duel with Wang Yaqiao, because Dai Kasa continued to search for Wang Yaqiao in Shanghai, causing Wang Yaqiao to stay in Shanghai, so he took his cronies to live in Wuzhou, Guangxi, and Li Jishen, a kuomintang elder, came forward to ask Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi to secretly save Wang Yaqiao.
However, Wang Yaqiao several times suggested to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi to raise troops against Chiang Kai-shek, but they refused, wang Yaqiao was discouraged, he wrote to Li Kenong, asking to join the camp of our army, Li Kenong asked Chairman Mao on this matter, Chairman Mao approved Wang Yaqiao's request and decided to accept Wang Yaqiao.
At this moment, Dai Kasa learned through the undercover agents who had previously placed Wang Yaqiao next to him that Wang Yaqiao was in Wuzhou, and he set up a poisonous plan in order to lure Wang Yaqiao out.
Dai Kasa first sent someone to arrest Wang Yaqiao's good brother Yu Likui in Shanghai, and then released the news, and Wang Yaqiao was naturally anxious after learning about this.
Immediately after that, Dai Kasa bribed Yu Likui's wife, Yu Wanjun, to let her betray Wang Yaqiao, and Dai Kasa asked Yu Wanjun to write a letter to Wang Yaqiao, saying: "Husband Yu Likui has been arrested, the family has no financial resources, and he requests that I be taken to live in Wuzhou, or I will definitely be killed by the enemy!" ”
Wang Yaqiao's life is righteous and cloudy, good brother Yu Likui is in trouble, his wife is seeking help at this time, Wang Yaqiao of course will not ignore, Yu Wanjun arrived in Wuzhou, wrote to Wang Yaqiao said: "I now have an important matter to discuss with you, please come to the house in person!" ”
Wang Yaqiao ignored many details, he did not have any doubts and went happily, at this time Dai Kasa personally led the team to ambush dozens of killers in Yu Wanjun's residence, Wang Yaqiao just entered Yu Wanjun's home, he was besieged by assassins, he fought alone, and finally was killed because he was outnumbered.
In the middle of the front row is Wang Yaqiao
The "assassination king" Wang Yaqiao, who shocked the whole country, eventually died at the hands of his brother-in-law Dai Kasa, and Wang Yaqiao said before his death: "Dai Yunong! Do you think you've done so many unrighteous things to end well? People like you don't live long! ”
10 years later, Wang Yaqiao's words were actually fulfilled, Dai Kasa was killed in a plane crash, and Dai Kasa's body was burned and unbearable.
The news of Wang Yaqiao's murder reached Chairman Mao, who had already agreed with Li Kenong on a time to defect to our army, but now he was killed by Dai Kasa, and Chairman Mao sighed: "It's a pity! Our army can almost get such an excellent agent as Wang Yaqiao! ”