This was what would became known as the Xi'an Incident. In the end Chang personally brought Chiang back to Nanjing, and he was sentenced to ten years in prison. He subsequently remained in detention for 55 years, fading from the stage of Chinese politics.
事變結束後張親送蔣回南京，張學良被判有期徒刑十年，褫奪公權五年，並遭到長達五十五年的軟禁，從此淡出中國政治舞台。