Zhang Zuolin is well-known in the Northeast, but more people have only heard of his name and have never seen him himself.
He must have outstanding points in being the leader of the Northeast warlords. However, such a domineering and decisive person was actually scolded by a little soldier.
Zhang Zuolin was born in a peasant family in 1875. He was from a poor family. He went out to work and make a living since childhood. He sold sesame cakes, worked as a carpenter, worked as a peddler, and studied as a veterinarian. And with his extraordinary courage, he married the daughter of a local landlord, and his life was getting better and better.
1901, because local bandits colluded with the Russian army to do something wrong, Zhang Zuolin was weak, so he embarked on the road of escape. On the way to escape, his wife Zhao Chungui gave birth to Zhang Xueliang in the carriage.
fed up with his escape life, Zhang Zuolin began his career, and with his outstanding ability, he moved to the top step by step. In 1918, he was appointed as the three eastern provinces of inspection by President Xu Shichang.
1919, the May Fourth Movement broke out, and Zhang Zuolin advocated suppression of students. In July, Zhang Zuolin gradually controlled the three northeastern provinces and appointed his trusted trust as local officials. and he also became the " Northeast King " at that time.
Zhang Zuolin has always been a very strict person, and the same is true for his subordinates. Once, in order to see the real status of the soldiers, Zhang Zuolin secretly changed into casual clothes and sneaked into the soldiers' training camp for inspection.
Zhang Zuolin walked around for several days but did not find any abnormalities. He thought that the overall situation was pretty good, but when he wanted to leave with satisfaction, he was stopped by a sentry.
sentry has been paying attention to Zhang Zuolin for several days. Every day, I saw Zhang Zuolin wandering around in the army. It was very strange, so I went up to interrogate what Zhang Zuolin did, and where the soldiers were, and signed up to wait.
Zhang Zuolin was also a little anxious. No one in the army dared to speak to him like this, so he hurriedly stated his identity and said that he was Zhang Zuolin. The sentry looked at the person in front of him and didn't look like General Zhang no matter how he looked, so he said, "If you are Zhang Zuolin, then I am Zhang Zuolin's father!" After hearing this, Zhang Zuolin was also angry. He had never suffered such humiliation and immediately prepared to fight the sentry, but because the sentry had a gun, he had to admit defeat and could only leave in shame.
The next day, Zhang Zuolin was so angry that he asked someone to bring the sentinel to him and asked him if he had noticed anything unusual in the military camp in recent days. The sentinel told him everything that happened yesterday. Of course, Zhang Zuolin knew what happened at that time. At this time, Zhang Zuolin asked again, did that person still say that I was Zhang Zuolin?
sentry suddenly woke up. It turned out that the person yesterday was really Zhang Zuolin, so he begged for mercy in a panic and quickly explained that he did not intentionally or intentionally offend the general, but was worried that there were criminals in the army to cause trouble, so he became a little arrogant and tough.
Zhang Zuolin saw the sentinel admit his mistakes and was sincere in his attitude. After thinking for a while, he felt that the sentinel was not wrong. After all, not everyone had seen him, so his anger gradually faded. , on the contrary, feels that the Sentinel is a good soldier. So Zhang Zuolin not only did not punish the sentry, but also reused it.
Later, Zhang Zuolin heard from his subordinates that the young sentry was still single, so he personally worked as a mediator and found a wife for the sentry, which was also considered the importance of the sentry.
From this incident, it can also be seen that an excellent general basically has a broad mind. Although Zhang Zuolin was scolded by his subordinates, he was able to ignore past grudges and act without any hesitation. He is indeed a general and is worth learning from.
