Early the next morning, Zhu Zhiru, chief of staff of the 39th Army, under the escort of 12 personal guards, boarded a small steamer, went upstream, and rushed to Ganzhou. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Since the 2nd Division of the Headquarters had evacuated Guanchao Town, which was the closest to the north of Xingguo, and the line of Laoyingpan was full of high mountains and forests, cliffs and streams, and the mountain roads of more than 30 kilometers were narrow and rugged, which was very difficult to walk, Zhu Zhuru decided to make a detour to Ganzhou and take a small steamer directly to Jiangkou Town, which was controlled by Zheng Yijiao's tutor.

Zhu Zhiru and Yang Chisheng are both veterans of the Yunnan Army from Kunming Lecture Wutang, and their relationship with each other is not bad, in addition to not having to work so hard in Ganzhou, they can also get Yang Chisheng's help, and they can also take this opportunity to find out Yang Chisheng's attitude and existing strength, which can be described as a multiplicity.

Zheng Yi had already received a call back from Zhu Shigui at this time, but he didn't know who Zhu Shigui would send to negotiate, and after discussing with Wang Huchen and several regiment commanders under his command, Zheng Yi decided to stay in Ningdu and wait for further news to arrive, and Wang Huchen led the Second and Fifth Regiments, which had just completed the adjustment, to Yudu south.

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May 16, noon.

Li Lianshan, the commander of the first regiment stationed in Jiangkou Town, sent a telegram to Zheng Yi: Zhu Zhiru, chief of staff of the 39th Army, accompanied by Yang Chisheng's adjutant, dressed in civilian clothes, secretly arrived in Jiangkou Town on a small steamer!

Zheng Yi was embarrassed at this moment, the negotiation was extremely secretive, there were too many involved, and the situation was complicated, so he could not be handed over to Li Zhao, the political commissar who was honest and did not have much scheming, to handle it, and Li Lianshan could not bear this responsibility, so he could only come forward in person.

But the problem is that Ningdu is more than 130 kilometers away from Jiangkou Town, and although the official road built along the river is easy to walk, it will take at least 10 hours to get to Jiangkou Town on horseback, and it may be early the next morning when you get there.

After repeated consideration, Zheng Yi invited Yang Yuhan, commander of the First Division of the 39th Army of the Yunnan Army, and Li Sisu, chief of staff, who were detained in the backyard of the county government, and took out Zhu Shigui's reply call for the two to see, and then informed Zhu Zhiru that he had secretly arrived in Jiangkou Town to preside over the negotiations, and asked if the two were willing to follow him to Yudu and meet with Zhu Zhiru?

Yang Yuhan and Li Sisu were very excited when they heard the news, and immediately stood up, thanked Zheng Yi, and then explained that they were very willing to follow Zheng Yi to Yudu, which was 90 kilometers to the south.

Zheng Yi immediately consulted with Zhang Yao, the deputy chief of staff, and then called Li Lianshan in Jiangkou Town, asking him to send someone to lead Zhu Zhuru to Yudu by water, and then called Wang Huchen, the chief of staff sitting in Yudu, to prepare to welcome the guests, and then called Duan Xuan, the commander of the third regiment, and Tian Antai, the head of the guard regiment, who were reorganizing the troops, and ordered them to obey the command of Zhang Yao, the deputy chief of staff who stayed behind, and to be responsible for the defense of Ningdu City together with the two Red Guard brigades in Ningdu.

At one o'clock at noon, Zheng Yi led his guard platoon, took Yang Yuhan and Li Sisu, one person and two horses, and rode south to Yudu County.

In the evening, known as the "mother of the six counties in southern Jiangxi" and "Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan provinces to and fro", the south wharf of the capital city is still so lively.

Nearly 100 large and small cargo ships are neatly moored on both sides of the wharf, hundreds of wharf coolies are still sweating and unloading ships, and the shouts of small traders and hawkers and the shouts of foremen come and go.

The two rows of shops above the wharf were equally lively, merchants from the north and south gathered in the wine shops and teahouses to talk and laugh loudly, and the people who came and went in and out of the city at will, showing no scruples about the communist army sentry posts and the occasional patrols on both sides of the city gates, and not seeing the slightest bit of depression and tension that is customary in war-torn areas.

This strange situation surprised Zhu Zhiru and his entourage, who came in a hurry, and his mind was full of big question marks.

After entering the county hall in the city, Zhu Zhiru could no longer hold back the strong curiosity in his heart, and asked Wang Huchen, the chief of staff of the instructor who warmly accompanied him: "Is the county seat where your army has arrived as stable and peaceful as the capital city?" ”

Wang Huchen shook his head and replied truthfully: "Not all...... Yudu is different from other places we occupy, Yudu took the initiative to lay down its arms and surrender to Kaicheng, our army did not fire a single shot when it entered Yu, nor did it fight local tyrants to share the floating wealth, except for the seizure of weapons and ammunition scattered among the people, there was no conflict. ”

"The most important thing is that during the period when our army is stationed, the trade is fair, there is no crime, and all excesses and miscellaneous taxes are abolished, and the local chamber of commerce is organized to renegotiate taxes and tax rates, and the chamber of commerce is responsible for collecting transaction taxes and security taxes...... Both of these rates are very low, adding up to only eight percent, which is acceptable to both merchants and former traders. ”

"Under these circumstances, the people and merchants of Yudu gradually accepted our army and were willing to obey the leadership of our army, and the same is true of Xingguo and Ningdu counties.

Zhu Zhiru was speechless, and every time he understood the teacher in front of him, the worry in his heart increased by one point.

Wang Huchen, who was not very familiar with government affairs, did not continue to discuss this matter, and after drinking half a cup of tea, he turned the topic to military affairs, and politely asked Zhu Zhuru, what do you think of the Northern Expedition currently underway in Qilu and the Central Plains?

Zhu Zhuru hesitated for a moment, and cautiously told Wang Huchen that he was optimistic that the four group armies of the National Revolutionary Army would eventually win.

Zhu Zhuru immediately fell silent when he heard this, and after a long time he said his opinion full of worry:

The central government in Nanjing and Commander-in-Chief Chiang would not dare to clash with the Yue army, and everything can only wait for negotiations between the two governments!

After the topic was opened, the two sides gradually put down their burdens, and the laughter slowly increased, until the dusty Zheng Yi, Yang Yuhan, and Li Sisu arrived and stopped communicating.

Zheng Yi had great respect for Zhu Zhuru, a senior in the army, saluted first, and then stepped forward to say hello, Yang Yuhan and Li Sisu didn't know whether they were excited or ashamed, Zhu Zhuru just came up and held their hands, and before they could say a word of comfort, the two of them were already in tears, choked up.

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An hour later, Zheng Yi, who took a shower and changed into a half-new and old military uniform, came to Zhu Zhuru again.

At this time, Yang Yuhan and Li Sisu also bathed and changed their clothes, changed into a gray new military uniform, humbled each other for a moment, and went to the restaurant in the county Yahoutang together, and sat down as guests.

The sensitive Zhu Zhuru turned his head and looked around, and found that there was no one else in the spacious restaurant except Yang Yuhan, Li Sisu, Zheng Yi and Wang Huchen, and the two guards who were in charge of standing guard at the door were also the two guards brought by Zheng Yi, so he couldn't help nodding frequently, secretly grateful.

Zheng Yi and Wang Huchen didn't have the slightest shelf, although the banquet was just a simple four dishes and one soup, but Zheng Yi and Wang Huchen each took a bottle of wine to pour the three of them, so that the three of them were moved, and gradually settled down.

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