In the early morning of December 2, 1966, Bai Chongxi, who was already 73 years old, was naked in bed, which was really unusual for a decent soldier like Bai Chongxi.
By the time the adjutant found out, Bai Chongxi had been deemed dead for a long time.
It is said that when Bai Chongxi was found, his body was already green, and the bed sheets were torn to pieces by him, which shows that when Bai Chongxi died, people were on the verge of a very painful situation.
Therefore, there are many opinions about his death, and there are probably two main theories: one is that he was killed by secret agents, and the other is that he died of illness.
It is worth saying that after Bai Chongxi's death, Chiang Kai-shek, who had been killing and loving Bai Chongxi for a lifetime, specially held a funeral for this "old friend".
Bai Chongxi's funeral
How Chiang Kai-shek behaved during the funeral was actually very eye-catching. Many people will think that Chiang Kai-shek will do a good job of sensationalizing at this memorial service, but in fact Chiang Kai-shek behaved unusually calmly.
At the memorial service, Chiang Kai-shek went so far as to say directly: "Bai Chongxi is very lucky, he died a good death." ”
Old Chiang Kai-shek
Such a non-salty and unsalty expression seems to have revealed Bai Chongxi's life in Taiwan over the years, so what exactly did Bai Chongxi encounter in Taiwan, and what was the cause of his death?
Next, the author will analyze and reveal the secret for everyone!
Bai Chongxi's military command ability was outstanding, and he was praised as "Little Zhuge Ge"
Bai Chongxi, he is a native of Guangxi. In 1921, Bai Chongxi, together with Huang Shaohu and Li Zongren, expelled the warlord Lu Rongting, and from then on established the nouveau riche and participated in the First Civil Revolutionary War.
In the subsequent period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Bai Chongxi was also a "famous and famous" figure, he was one of the leaders of the Gui warlords in the Republic of China period, and he was also a first-class general of the Kuomintang Army.
Among the Gui forces, Bai Chongxi was second only to Li Zongren, and the two were called "Li Bai".
Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren
In the military, he was quite talented, and was called "Little Zhuge Ge" in the party, and even the Japanese at that time called him "God of War".
Cheng Siyuan, a famous politician in modern history who served as the secretary of Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, later commented on Bai Chongxi as follows:
"The troops he commanded, which had no historical origin with him personally, were able to use them freely, like an arm command, which fully demonstrated his command genius."
Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek formed a bond: three times forced Chiang Kai-shek to go to the wilderness
Bai Chongxi was very talented in military command, and he was also one of the leaders of the Gui warlords.
And because of this, on the one hand, Chiang Kai-shek admired him, wanted to use him to help himself, and hoped to cooperate with Bai Chongxi to build a great cause.
However, it is also common for Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek to meet each other, especially 3 times to force Chiang Kai-shek to go to the wilderness, which makes Chiang Kai-shek, who has a narrow belly, always very dissatisfied!
Chiang Kai-shek was forced by Bai Chongxi for the first time to "go down": in 1927, chiang kai-shek established a separate national government in Nanjing in order to compete with Wang Jingwei in Wuhan.
This time, Chiang Kai-shek hoped to join hands with the "Li Bai" of the Gui clan, hoping that they could support themselves, but what he did not expect was that the support was not obtained, but was forced by "Li Bai" to "go to the wilderness."
Because of the consideration of various powers, Chiang Kai-shek was very helpless to issue a statement "going down to the wilderness." He entrusted military and political power to He Yingqin, Li Zongren, and others.
He left Nanjing with only a few guards.
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was forced by Bai Chongxi for the second time to "go to the wilderness": After the end of the Central Plains War, in early 1931, Chiang Kai-shek insisted on convening a "National Assembly" and formulating a separate "Law on Training the Government", which was resisted by Hu Hanmin, the chief legislature, and Jiang Yi angrily put Hu under house arrest.
Faced with strong opposition from pro-Hu Kuomintang officials Sun Ke, Lin Sen, Gu Yingfen, and others, and demanded to go to the wilderness, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and others also responded by telegram, asking Chiang Kai-shek to step down within 48 hours.
In the end, an agreement was reached: Chiang Kai-shek stepped down, the Nanjing government was reorganized, and the Guangdong Nationalist government was abolished.
Chiang Kai-shek was forced by Bai Chongxi for the third time to "go to the wilderness": In the late stage of the Liberation War, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party ruled by the river, and at this time Chiang Kai-shek was questioned and complained about within the Kuomintang, and many people were quite dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek.
In October 1948, Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek had a disagreement over the war, Bai Chongxi felt that it was acceptable to maintain rule south of the Yangtze River, and Chiang Kai-shek was greatly displeased with such a proposal, and Chiang Kai-shek hoped that Bai Chongxi could lead an army to counterattack.
However, Bai Chongxi felt that peace talks should be held with the Communist Party, so after that, Bai Chongxi joined forces with He Yingqin and Zhang Zhizhong to force Chiang Kai-shek to step down, and then with Bai Chongxi's support, Li Zongren became the acting president, and he conducted peace talks on behalf of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
Li Zongren became the acting president of the Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek coaxed Bai Chongxi to flee to Taiwan
However, Li Zongren brought very heavy losses to our army during the civil war, and it is a complete fool's dream to come to discuss peace with our party at this time.
After Bai saw this form again, he had a plan, and he began to want to retain his power, so Bai Chongxi began to actively support Jiang's reinstatement and requested to be the chief executive.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek, who had fled to Taiwan, only told Bai Chongxi that he would definitely reuse it in the future and accepted the proposal for reinstatement, but Chiang Kai-shek paid no attention to Bai Chongxi's appointment as chief executive.
At this time, our army had already crossed the Xiaorong River with overwhelming force.
Bai Chongxi's army of more than 100,000 people appeared vulnerable under such an offensive, and they were gradually defeated and retreated, almost completely annihilating the army.
Bai Chongxi realized that it was impossible to stay in the interior for a long time, but he had already had some unpleasant troubles with Chiang Kai-shek before, so where could he flee at this time?
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek sent people with heavy money and a letter to find Bai Chongxi, who had retired to Hainan Island, and explicitly invited Bai Chongxi to Taiwan to form a cabinet in the letter, and also explicitly promised to give Bai Chongxi the post of chief executive in the letter.
Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi
Bai Chongxi chose to follow Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan
At that time, in front of Bai Chongxi, there were two choices, one was to go to Taiwan to defect to Chiang Kai-shek, and the other was to follow Li Zongren, who "fled to the United States on the grounds of illness."
In the end, Bai Chongxi still chose to go to Taiwan, because Chiang Kai-shek said that as long as Bai Chongxi came to Taiwan, he would definitely reuse him, and Bai Chongxi maintained hope for this.
Li Zongren has repeatedly advised Bai Chongxi not to go to Taiwan, and told Bai Chongxi, "I would rather go to hell than to Taiwan." ”
Because Bai Chongxi already had no soldiers in his hands, he was not arbitrarily slaughtered by Chiang Kai-shek when he went to Taiwan. However, Bai Chongxi was very repulsive to Li Zongren's set of speeches, and even scolded Li Zongren for being "too weak to look like a soldier."
In Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek regained control of the political situation, and Chiang Kai-shek originally had the ambition to "counterattack the mainland," but after a long time, he found that this plan was really a little "delusional," so he gave it up.
After that, Chiang Kai-shek began to liquidate the responsibility for the defeat of the Kuomintang, but in fact this was just a cover, and what Chiang Kai-shek really wanted to do was to eliminate dissidents.
In this reckoning, some people were directly executed, such as Wu Shi and Chen Yi; others were sentenced, such as Li Yutang and others.
As for Bai Chongxi, Chiang Kai-shek also began to hold him accountable, and he put the responsibility for the defeat in the Huaihai Campaign on Bai Chongxi.
However, at this time, Chiang Kai-shek did not move Bai Chongxi, because keeping Bai Chongxi could also contain Li Zongren.
But after this, Bai Chongxi was completely marginalized by Chiang Kai-shek. He was first appointed vice chairman of the Presidential Office's Strategic Advisory Committee, and then as a member of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang Reform Committee, all of which were idle posts.
In 1952, the elders of the party-state, such as Yan Xishan and Yu Youren, all arranged for the posts of members of the Central Committee, with the exception of Bai Chongxi.
Bai Chongxi had completely lost any real power in Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek held his power of life and death, and Bai Chongxi lived very passively.
Bai Chongxi
Chiang Kai-shek sent spies to spy on Bai Chongxi
Chiang Kai-shek was mainly to contain Li Zongren, so he did not dare to do anything to Bai Chongxi for the time being, but Chiang Kai-shek, who had always been cautious, would still send people to secretly monitor Bai Chongxi.
There was even a police station opposite the White House, where agents monitored Bai Chongxi's whereabouts. In this way, Bai Chongxi's latest actions can be known to Chiang Kai-shek as soon as possible.
As long as Bai Chongxi went out, there would definitely be agents following him.
The relationship between Bai Chongxi and those spies is very much like the police movies we have seen, once Bai Chongxi went out in a car, in the process of driving, he found that there was a jeep behind him that had been tailing him, such things happened from time to time, Bai Chongxi, who had seen countless big scenes, did not feel panicked and suffocated, and Bai Chongxi did not directly expose it, but calmly looked out the window.
But who knew that not long after, the jeep that followed Bai Chongxi broke down, and Bai Chongxi immediately ordered his driver to stop when he saw it, and also sent his own follower to say to the people who followed him: "Don't be too anxious, we will not leave, you repair slowly, when you repair the car, we will go together." ”
When the secret agent heard such a joke, he immediately felt very embarrassed, and thus realized that his little trick was simply not worth mentioning to Bai Chongxi, a battle-hardened "little Zhuge Ge".
Bai Chongxi's "old partner" Li Zongren returned to China
On the evening of July 17, 1965, Li Zongren, who had been living in seclusion in the United States for many years, and his wife, Ms. Guo Dejie, were urged by the mood of returning to their homeland day and night, and the Communist government greatly welcomed Li Zongren's "return to his hometown".
Later, under the cordial care and arrangement of Premier Zhou, Li Zongren removed many obstacles and returned to his motherland on a plane.
Li Zongren returned to China
For Li Zongren, this is a great joy, he no longer has to endure life in a foreign country, he has returned to the land he is familiar with, and this time he will be highly valued by our party. But for his former good partner Bai Chongxi, this news is undoubtedly like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
When Premier Zhou was talking about his old partner, Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren launched a meaningful pause and said to Premier Zhou with great emotion: "Jiansheng did not have political foresight, and he even listened to Chiang Kai-shek's words and deceived him into going to Taiwan. I am very worried about his life safety. "I didn't expect Li Zongren's words!"
After Li Zongren returned to China, Bai Chongxi may have a very obvious imbalance in his heart, and he found that he was now a caged bird of Chiang Kai-shek, and it was very difficult to even return to his hometown.
However, Li Zongren was very popular after returning to China, and this psychological gap made him start to publish a large number of slanderous remarks against Li Zongren in Taiwan.
His long-time partner Li Zongren did not care about this, because Li Zongren knew Bai Chongxi's difficult situation. He knew that if Bai Chongxi remained indifferent after getting Li Zongren to return to China, then his death was really coming!
According to historical records, at that time, after Bai Chongxi received Li Zongren's return to China, he said to his attendants very painfully: "De's neighbors have joined the Communist Party, and I will not see anyone in Taiwan in the future." ”
In his later years, Bai Chongxi and his wife
Bai Chongxi died mysteriously
As early as when Li Zongren was in the United States, he often made some anti-Chiang Kai-shek remarks, and as our party became more and more stable and powerful, Li Zongren gradually realized that our party can bring hope to China.
This time, after Li Zongren returned to China, he openly broke with Chiang Kai-shek.
The most direct impact of this is that Bai Chongxi's quiet days are at the end, there is no longer Li Zongren to contain, and Bai Chongxi has no use value for Chiang Kai-shek.
In this regard, Chiang Kai-shek began to plan to "do away with Bai Chongxi", and it was rumored that he had ordered Chinese medicine to increase the dose of chinese medicine that Bai Chongxi had been using, and slowly consume Bai Chongxi.
At the same time, assassination activities were arranged many times, just so that Bai Chongxi could die "inexplicably".
However, although Bai Chongxi did not have real power at that time, he was still famous outside, and even if Chiang Kai-shek was quite dissatisfied with Bai Chongxi and there were many resentments, he did not dare to act rashly and take Bai Chongxi at will, so that Chiang Kai-shek would fall into an unkind and unjust situation.
However, if Chiang Kai-shek did not get rid of Bai Chongxi, he himself could not swallow that "evil breath", so Chiang Kai-shek handed this matter over to Mao Renfeng, director of the Secrecy Bureau, and asked him to handle this matter.
Mao Renfeng gave the task of assassinating Bai Chongxi to Gu Zhengwen, the leader of the reconnaissance team. And this Gu Zhengwen is also quite a means, he first bribed Bai Chongxi's aide-de-camp, so that he could fully grasp Bai Chongxi's whereabouts.
Once, Gu Zhengwen knew that Bai Chongxi was going to go hunting, Gu Zhengwen thought that this was a perfect opportunity, so he did something wrong with the track on the mountain, Bai Chongxi and his party felt that something was wrong when using the track, in a very critical moment, Bai Chongxi's driver saved Bai Chongxi's life, he very instinctively pushed Bai Chongxi out of the car, so that he was successfully saved, and the driver rushed down the steep cliff with the car.
Gu Zhengwen
After this adversation, Bai Chongxi fully realized the seriousness of the problem, and he began to hide at home all day to "take refuge", which also caused Bai Chongxi's heart to become more and more bitter.
At that time, Bai Chongxi's beloved wife had died, and Bai Chongxi fell in love with Miss Zhang, a nurse beside him, because he was lonely and lonely. At that time, Bai Chongxi's body was no longer as tough as it was then, but he was increasingly addicted to the joy of fish and water, and in order to make his body better for sexual intercourse, Bai Chongxi took a lot of Chinese medicine.
In this regard, it is rumored that Chiang Kai-shek ordered Chinese medicine to give Bai Chongxi more medicine in order to make Bai Chongxi's body completely collapse.
On the evening of December 1, 1966, Miss Zhang, a nurse, stayed at the White Mansion.
The next day, Bai Chongxi's aide-de-camp called Bai Chongxi up and found that Bai Chongxi was out of breath and naked, while the nurse was completely missing.
This matter also became a mystery case at the time, although the government claimed that Bai Chongxi died of a heart attack, but in fact, the truth has not been revealed.
Chiang Kai-shek commented on Bai Chongxi: "He is lucky to be able to die well in Taiwan!" ”
After Bai Chongxi's death, Chiang Kai-shek still gave him a very high-standard funeral, perhaps to hide something, or perhaps to have the last respect for this person who had killed and loved him all his life.
At that time, on December 9, 1966, the Kuomintang held a high-level memorial service for Bai Chongxi at the Taipei City Funeral Home, and Chiang Kai-shek was the first person to arrive, and also presented a plaque with the words "Xuan Nian Xun You", that is, the meaning of mourning the death of the deceased, remembering the merits and deeds of the deceased.
And after Chiang Kai-shek's arrival, nearly a thousand senior Taiwan officials attended Bai Chongxi's funeral.
All the Kuomintang officials present at that time showed a solemn and shocked expression, and Chiang Kai-shek, as the leader, after mourning Bai Chongxi, slowly walked to the children of the Bai family with a solemn look on his face and said softly: "If there are any difficulties in the future, you can come to the official residence to find me." ”
As soon as the words fell, Bai Xianjing, the youngest son of Bai Chongxi, who most resembled his father, replied to Chiang Kai-shek: "Our Bai family has no difficulties." Bai Xianjing knew that over the years, his father had been harassed and treated coldly by Chiang Kai-shek, and even his father's death was inseparable from Chiang Kai-shek, and now Chiang Kai-shek said these words as "a cat crying rat -- false compassion", and Bai Xianjing, who was outspoken and fast-hearted, naturally wanted to find a little dignity for his father at his father's funeral.
After Chiang Kai-shek listened, he was very embarrassed, hindered by Bai Chongxi's funeral, and did not say anything, patted Bai Xianjing's back and left silently.
After returning home, Chiang Kai-shek could not sleep at night, and in his diary, he commented that Bai Chongxi was a "great sinner of the corruption of the party and the state", and even very upset that he did not directly attack Bai Chongxi, and finally wrote: "He is lucky to be able to die well in Taiwan!" It can be seen that Chiang Kai-shek really hated Bai Chongxi to the bone, and at that time Bai Chongxi said to the outside world, "Old Chiang Hates Us More Than Zhu Mao", which does not seem to be nonsense.
Postscript: Bai Xianyong evaluates his father
After Bai Chongxi's death, there were many opinions about the cause of Bai Chongxi's death, some people said that Bai Chongxi was killed by someone, some people said that Bai Chongxi died because he was addicted to the phoenix, and some rumors said that when he was found, the body was already green. In this regard, his son, the great Chinese writer Bai Xianyong, clarified his father many times, bai Xianyong said that his father was either killed by someone or died of illness, and when he died, his father was very peaceful!
Bai Xianyong and his father
Later, Bai Xianyong told about Bai Chongxi's situation in Taiwan in the article "I did not cry when my father died". In the book, Bai Xianyong said: "As for his situation in Taiwan, I think he has complaints in his heart, but he does not talk about it. At the very least, his dignity should be preserved on the outside, and he should not care to express such complaining emotions. He felt that no one could take the credit for it, and he knew it in his own heart. ”
Finally, to sum up, Bai Chongxi has always been known as "Little Zhuge Ge", he is quite insightful militarily, and he has also made great achievements in leading the army in the War of Resistance Against Japan. However, he is a man of some arrogance and arrogance, and he is overconfident in his own talents and judgment, resulting in a mess in his political vision, otherwise he would not have rashly followed Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan, and from the moment he decided to go to Taiwan, his end was already doomed, and in the end he could only end in tragedy, which was his fate.