Even if Yan Xishan personally persuaded him, Feng Yuxiang also had this attitude, and at most he would say one more sentence: "My surname Feng still needs a few people to take care of the house, I can't wipe out the army, there is only one courtyard left, so don't let the wild dogs drag me outside to eat?" ”

was so angry that Yan Xishan almost turned his face, but he was worried that others would see the joke, so he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

In any case, the estrangement between them is still there, and it is developing deeper and deeper.

When the telegram of the Fu-Zuoyi uprising came, Yan Xishan was so angry that he was angry, and Zhang Xueliang was even more angry, not only did he think that Fu Zuoyi was not kind and lived up to their expectations, but he also hated Yan Xishan for not knowing people and thought that Yan Xishan was stupid: just a second before the telegram was sent by Fu Zuoyi, Yan Xishan was still giving orders to the troops, asking them to strictly obey Fu Zuoyi's command, claiming that he had authorized Fu Zuoyi to cut off those who did not listen to the command.

Grandma's, isn't Yan Laoxi doing this to set up the deputy commander? Isn't it just to make the deputy commander of the Northeast Army general an ornament? Isn't it just to let Fu Zuoyi become the absolute commander of the support army, and isn't it just to let Fu Zuoyi be arbitrary?

Okay, now see the results, right? People are not at all commanding troops to rescue the besieged Northeast Army, and they are leading the troops to defect to the enemy to help the enemy, now it depends on what you Yan Laoxi has to say.

Feng Yuxiang could only sneer while being surprised, and occasionally glad that he did not give up his claim, but fortunately he did not follow Yan Xishan's request to send the Northwest Army over. Hmph, I have to ask him how he feels about Fu Zuoyi's vote to the Communist Party.

The three of them were only busy thinking about how to save themselves, and no one thought about the Japanese devils who occupied the northeast.

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Guo Zhuocheng, who was on the front line, could be described as surprised, happy and embarrassed by Fu-Zuoyi's uprising.

Surprised and delighted, easy to understand. After all, so many troops suddenly turned from the enemy into their own people, and even the territory they were entrenched in became their own territory, and the battle line of the Red Army stretched from Xinyang to the vicinity of Wu-Han and He-Fei at once, avoiding countless battles and saving a lot of grain, grass and ammunition. It also reduces the losses of the common people, which is a very good result, of course, pleasantly surprised.

But Guo Zhuocheng is a little embarrassed, why? It's just that the positions of Fu Zuoyi and the officers under him are not easy to arrange.

If it is a captured officer and soldier, it is easy to deal with it, whether it is to throw them into prison or arrange them to a little position, or to dismiss them. None of them have an opinion. Of course, even if they have an opinion, they won't say it, so what if their skills are not as good as people? Just be mean to them, and others won't have an opinion.

Only when you kill too much will others say that you are cruel and that you are brutal. It is likely to cause a little impact on the battlefield in the future. If the enemy is dealt with well, he will not resist desperately in the event of defeat, and if he does not handle it well, the enemy may fight to the end.

And Guo Zhuocheng and the generals of the Red Army are not thirsty for killing, so there is no such problem.

However, it is not a question of whether to kill or not to kill the rebels, but how to respect them. Not only the officers of the uprising were watching, but also those in the opposing camp. Especially those who have similar thoughts and want to revolt silently compare in their hearts. If it is handled well, it will greatly lead other people to revolt and surrender, and if it is not handled well, no one will revolt in the future.

According to the practice of the Red Army, the officers of the uprising were kept in their original positions, and in many cases their troops were kept as they were, and their consent was sought even if their troops were to be reformed. Arrangements in important positions should be subject to theirs.

This is because there were very few people in the Central Army who surrendered to the Red Army in the past, and there were no Central Army units at or above the regimental level that surrendered to the Red Army, and there was no uprising in the Central Army, so there was nothing difficult about the post arrangement.

But now it's troublesome, Fu Zuoyi is the commander of the temporary group army appointed by Yan Xishan, the puppet president. He is also in charge of two armies and several divisions, but the rank is higher than that of the army commander, and when he gets to the side of the Red Army, it is higher than the positions of General Lin, General Peng, and Guo Zhuocheng, which is almost equivalent to Commander-in-Chief Zhu.

Of course, this is also related to the confusion of the ranks on the side of the Red Army, because the Red Army has few people and few troops, and there is no group army, and the largest unit is the corps or army, and the current army has not yet been fully formed and is still being formed. You must know that when the main force of the Central Red Army arrived in Sichuan, there were only more than 30,000 people in total, so how could it be possible to form any group army? The conditions are not enough.

If Fu Zuoyi, who came from the uprising, was allowed to retain his original position, then there would be a joke: his position suddenly surpassed that of Mr. Lin, Mr. Peng and others.

Even if the group army of Fu Zuoyi is regarded as a military-level unit, he will be on a par with General Lin and General Peng. In the future, when the whole country is liberated, will it not be a figure at the level of a marshal? Although Fu Zuoyi will definitely be able to make military exploits in this position in the future, and he may be expected to be judged as a marshal in the future, it is absolutely unfair to Mr. Lin, Mr. Peng and others to occupy a military-level position all of a sudden.

Now whether it is General Lin, General Peng, or Guo Zhuocheng, one of their divisions can draw with the group army of Fu Zuoyi, and the longer the time, the weaker the strength of Fu Zuoyi's group army, and one division of the Red Army can finally defeat it.

It can be said that if Fu Zuoyi is appointed as a military-level general, in addition to having political significance, it is not only unfair to the military-level generals of the Red Army, but also unfair to the division-level generals of the Red Army.

Although these famous generals, such as Mao Runtan, Su Yu, and Liu Zhidan, were only at the rank of deputy army or division, they risked their lives to fight for the revolution for many years, and their contributions to the Red Army were immeasurable.

No matter how great Fu Zuoyi's contribution is, it can only be said to be icing on the cake, and it cannot determine the direction of China's revolution or the life or death of the Red Army.

But it's not good to arrange Fu-Zuoyi's position too low. Because Fu-Zuoyi's arrangement is a benchmark and a comparison standard for other rebel generals in the future, how to deal with those who have a higher position than Fu Zuoyi and lead more troops to revolt in the future? You must know that in China, there are many higher positions than Fu Zuoyi, not only in the army but also in the government. For example, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Song Ziwen, Lin Sen, Zhang Qun......

Guo Zhuocheng did not hand over the contradictions, but personally talked to Fu Zuoyi for a long time, and talked about it from the bottom of his heart. Talk about the Red Army's arrangements for him personally, and talk about the Red Army's arrangements for the entire insurrectionary force.

What made Guo Zhuocheng happy and relieved was that Fu Zuoyi happily accepted Guo Zhuocheng's proposal, and he was not selfish, and he agreed with Guo Zhuocheng to put himself in his shoes and think for him.

Fu Zuoyi is also a smart person, knowing that it is impossible for him to hold a military-level position after he came to the uprising, he has worked hard for so many years, and he is not incapable, why should he give you the highest position all of a sudden? I want to stay here for the rest of my life in the future, if I really sit in a position that everyone is looking for, won't I become the target of public criticism? Temporary happiness will only be exchanged for a lifetime of instability, maybe I don't know when I will be killed by a jealous person, and I won't be able to find someone to complain about when the time comes.

Besides, he also knew that his troops were a group of rabble, and they were not at the same level as the combat effectiveness of the Red Army, and if the Red Army really wanted him to lead his troops to complete the combat missions at the level of the Red Army, he would definitely be laughed at by others, and when the time came, he would definitely lose his troops and become gray, and it was better to lead a smaller, more capable army, grow slowly and grow slowly, and when the time came, he would compete with other brothers and gain a foothold here with his true skills.

With the consent of Fu Zuoyi, Guo Zhuocheng immediately called a meeting of the rebel generals above the group level and announced the arrangement of their positions: All generals who belonged to the army or above in the original unit were regarded as generals at the army level, and the posts below the army level were determined according to their actual positions. After the posts were determined, the generals at all levels were lowered to the rank of deputy division when arranging posts on the side of the Red Army, that is, the generals at the army level were reduced to the deputy division level beyond the army level, deputy army level, and division level; Reduced to regimental appointments at the rank of deputy corps; The division level was reduced to the deputy regimental level; And so on.

For platoon-level officers who are demoted to deputy class cadres, and cadres at the deputy platoon level and below no longer retain the officer rank, they can choose to join the ranks of ordinary soldiers or retire at their own discretion. If they are ordinary soldiers, they will enjoy the right of priority promotion in the future, and if they choose to retire, they will retain their cadre status, and the local government will give priority to arranging work.

As soon as this decision was announced, the generals all had mixed feelings, some were happy, some were calm, some were dissatisfied, and some were angry, but neither they were happy nor angry and did not make any moves, at most they showed their feelings on their faces, to be honest, they still didn't know the temperament of the Red Army, and they didn't know if they would be killed by them as a thorn in the head if they were too much.

And Guo Zhuocheng didn't give them too much face, the more than 30,000 troops they brought were screened, mainly physical and cultural qualifications, less than half of them remained, and the rest were dismissed. The troops were also broken up and re-established, except for the generals who had been formally trained in the military academy and could serve as the chief officer of the army, the other generals could only serve as deputy commanders or staff officers, but their rank was retained.

As a result, many of the officers who had rebelled were even more resentful and went to report to their new units, and some of the most courageous officers offered to retire from the army, no longer working in the army, and were willing to return to their localities, and some even offered to return to the places still occupied by the Kuomintang-Party troops.

The Red Army met their demands.