1926 At the beginning of March, Liu Zhenhua led six divisions, including Chai, Jia Jichuan, Mei Fakui, Wu Yanzhou and Han Wuzhen, and three divisions, including Ma Zhenwu, He Menggeng and Gou, who rebelled in Shaanxi Province, which was about 1654. On March 4, Ketongguan occupied Weinan. On June 16, Li Huchen, deputy military officer of Shaanxi Province and commander of the 2nd National Army Division, returned to Shaanxi from Henan and ordered his troops to deploy in xi 'an. On April 1 day, Li Huchen, Yang Hucheng, Deng Baoshan, Wei, Tian, Feng and other national generals in Shaanxi decided to unite against Liu in order to reaffirm Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary policy. It is decided that Li Huchen and Yang Hucheng will guard Xi 'an, Ding Wei will be responsible for the defense of Xingping and Wugong areas and the maintenance of traffic from Xi 'an to Xianyang, and Tian Yujie will be responsible for commanding the ministries in Weibei to guard the rear base and supporting Xi 'an with cameras. 1 1, Liu Zhenhua arrived in Lintong, held a military meeting, and decided to attack Jingyang, Sanyuan and Fuping with Ma Zhen's Martial Arts Division and Mei Fakui Division, so as to cut off the connection between the garrison and the Weibei National Army. The rest of the divisions and brigades besieged Xi 'an. After the meeting, Chai, Wan Xuancai and other departments advanced to the nunnery. On June 5438+05, the two sides fought fiercely in Shilipu and other places in the suburbs of Xi. On June 5438+08, more than 5,000 people from two detachments of Yanghu City rushed to Xi 'an, which stabilized the war situation. Seeing that Xi 'an was not easy to get, Liu Zhenhua deployed troops to attack the city from east, south and north. On April 26th, in order to cut off the connection between Xi 'an and Xianyang, the western suburbs were captured and burned. Xuan was counterattacked by Li Huchen's department and retreated. On May 9, Wei led about two regiments to break through the military defense line and enter Xiguan to shoulder the defense of Xicheng. Since then, Xi 'an has been surrounded by four sides. /kloc-In May of 0/9, the generals of the National Army held a joint meeting and decided to cancel the title of the 2 nd and 3 rd Army of the National Army and change it to Shaanxi Army. Li Huchen is the commander-in-chief and 1 division commander of Shaanxi Army, Yang Hucheng is the deputy commander-in-chief and the third division commander, Tian Yujie of Jingyang is the deputy commander-in-chief and the second division commander, Deng Baoshan is the commander-in-chief, and Wei is the deputy commander-in-chief and the fourth division commander. After unified preparation and command, the Shaanxi Army garrison is divided into three divisions, with a total strength of about 12 regiments and 10000 people. After the meeting, according to the principle of division of responsibilities, the headquarters clarified the division of tasks of various ministries and strengthened the defense force. After Zhen surrounded An, he continued to storm, sneak attack and tunnel blasting. The defenders resisted tenaciously and the battle was fierce. Among them, the major battles are: the battle of burning monuments in the western suburbs at the end of April; Battle of Little Wild Goose Pagoda in June; In late July, Zhen launched a large-scale attack on the northeast corner with superior forces and artillery fire. After a fierce battle day and night, he finally lost more than 600 soldiers. In August, Shaanxi troops from all over Weibei crossed the river from Xianyang, and cooperated with the attacking troops in the city to make a fierce assault on Song Jun, a town in the northwest suburb. In order to solve the siege of Xi 'an, after eight days and nights of fierce fighting, they were forced to withdraw from the original defense. In mid-September, Shaanxi troops ambushed in the northwest corner town, annihilating most of the siege troops in Song Jun. At the same time, Shaanxi troops in Xianyang and Sanyuan also defeated the siege of Zhensong's superior forces and held the Weibei base area. Guanzhong farmers were oppressed and harassed by Zhen and his accomplice Wu Xintian, and they also carried out large-scale armed resistance. Directly or indirectly supported the xi defense war of Shaanxi army. However, after mid-June+10 in 5438, there was a serious food shortage in Xi 'an, and tens of thousands of residents in the city starved to death. Entering 1 1 month, the battle of guarding city has reached a critical juncture. At this time, Feng Yuxiang, who received assistance from the Soviet Union and China's * * * production party, held Wuyuan pledging in September to join the national revolution. Immediately formed a coalition of national armies, appointed Sun Liangcheng as commander-in-chief to aid Shaanxi, and led more than 20,000 people from Gansu to the east to relieve the siege of xi 'an. In June+10/mid-October, 5438, the national allied forces first solved the siege of Xianyang, then crossed the Weihe River and launched an attack on Song Zhenjun in the western suburbs of Xi 'an. Liu Zhenhua immediately changed its deployment, shortened its front, and transferred its Weibei troops to the surrounding area of Xi 'an for protection. After 1 2 months of hard struggle, Sun Liangcheng led Liu Ruming to the side of Zhensong Army and raided the Liu Zhenhua headquarters in Shilipu, the eastern suburb, forcing it to retreat across the board. 165438+1On October 27th, Xi 'an was cleared, and the eight-month "Xi 'an Defence War" ended.
Comments: In this battle, the two sides invested about 200,000 troops. About 50,000 soldiers and civilians in the city died of war and hunger, and Song Zhenjun suffered about 40,000 casualties. This battle contained more than 65,438+10,000 troops of Song Zhenjun, cooperated with the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army, and created conditions for Feng Yuxiang to lead his troops eastward.