After the competition, Liu Yizhang and Li Wenzhong accompanied Wang Shiguang up the mountain to inspect the fortifications, followed by Shi Mingliang, Liu Yan, Qiu Wei and others.

Li Wenzhong had already read the documents brought by Liu Yan, and was very grateful to Wu Xiangsen in his heart, so that he not only gave himself enough face, but also built a stage for Liu Yizhang to display his talents, he sincerely said to Liu Yizhang, "Commander Liu, the establishment of the Seed Mountain Command Post marks the fifth campaign into a wartime state, and our three battalions are now fully staffed, with more than 1,400 combatants and about 900 recruits. If you have any requirements in the future, you can tell me, and I will arrange it immediately. ”

Liu Yizhang listened to Li Wenzhong talking to him, and felt like he was reporting to work, and he felt very uncomfortable. He knew that Li Wenzhong was the most educated of all the regimental-level cadres of the 77th Army, and was a top student of Southwest Associated University; after graduating from university, he went out of Sichuan to resist Japan, and participated in the Jiangbei Seventh Column of the New Fourth Army several times; Wu Xiangsen was the commander of the column at that time, and he was transferred to the Xu Weiguo Regiment as chief of staff after serving as a correspondent for two years, and was promoted to regiment commander during the Tianjin Campaign, and was ten years older than Liu Yizhang, and belonged to the Shaozhuang faction of the 77th Army like Wang Peng, he was two years older than Wang Peng, but he was much more low-key than Wang Peng. His personal relationship with Wu Xiangsen is also extraordinary, and Liu Yizhang knows in his heart that Wu Xiangsen's decision to arrange himself to the 535th Regiment is a deliberate decision. The 77th Army, the Corps, and the Zhi Division all know that the strategic location of Seed Mountain is dangerous, and they can become famous if they can successfully complete the task of blocking the strategic counteroffensive of US imperialism in Seed Mountain, but on the contrary, it will be the fate of Ma Tan who lost the Street Pavilion, and Wu Xiangsen's love to put Liu Yizhang on Seed Mountain is a big gamble, and he bets that Liu Yizhang is a military genius! Once the bet is won, Liu Yizhang's future will be smooth, and for soldiers, military merit is the last word!

Liu Yizhang modestly said to Li Wenzhong, "Commander Li, you should preside over the afternoon meeting, you are the commander-in-chief, and I suggest that the fewer people who participate in the meeting, the better, including Chief of Staff Wang, Liu Yan, and Shi Mingliang of the military headquarters, you, me, and Han political commissars of the 535th Regiment, battalion commanders, battalion commanders, and company commanders should participate, and political work and logistics cadres at all levels should not participate, and their work can be arranged by Han political commissars at separate meetings." Commander Li, I know that you are a famous Confucian general of our 77th Army, no matter in terms of age or seniority, you are my senior, you don't have to be so polite to talk to me, I can't afford it! ”

Wang Shiguang also said, "Yes, Commander Li, Commander Wu and I both know that you appreciate Yizhang very much, but he is your subordinate after all, you don't need to be so polite, too polite will make Yizhang feel awkward." ”

Li Wenzhong laughed when he heard this, and said frankly, "Chief of Staff Wang, I don't want to do that, I have also tried, not long ago, I invited Commander Liu to drink, I thought that I was ten years older than him, and I was worse than him in the war, so drinking can always have the upper hand, right?" As a result, I was very drunk, and Liu Yizhang drank twice as much as me, but I didn't do anything, and I didn't delay my work in the afternoon, so I was willing to bow down, and it was definitely not polite. The establishment of the Taneyama command post is the most wise decision of the military department, and Commander Liu and I must not repeat the mistakes of Ma Jian during the Three Kingdoms period, and we must be sincerely united; militarily, anyone, including me and Political Commissar Han, must unconditionally obey Commander Liu's orders, and if I take the lead in maintaining Commander Liu's authority, the people below will follow suit, and this is much more efficient than doing ideological work. Commander Liu, our brothers are now people in the same boat, and only by working together can we reach the other side of victory, this big ship depends on you to be at the helm, you must not feel awkward, when Huo Qubing of the Western Han Dynasty led the army to defeat the Huns, which of the generals under him was not more senior than him? Which one is not older than him? Now that the war in Seed Mountain has reached the time of burning eyebrows, it is extremely irresponsible to the revolution to engage in the system of seniority again! ”

Liu Yizhang and Wang Shiguang were deeply moved when they heard Li Wenzhong's heartfelt words.

Liu Yizhang held Li Wenzhong's hands and said categorically, "You have a mind, I bear morality, you believe in me, I will never live up to your trust!" ”

In Wenxiang Temple, Wu Yutong, Li Shuzhen, Song Xiaofei sat quietly on the stone next to the fairy pool, the fairy pool spring waves rippled, weeping willows like smoke, quiet and ethereal, the three of them had no intention of enjoying the scenery, each with their own hearts.

The news that Wu Yutong and Song Xiaofei are going to leave Muluyuan tonight surprised Li Shuzhen, she knows very well that in the past less than a year, Muluyuan has changed hands four times, first the territory of South Korea, then occupied by North Korea, then occupied by the United Nations Army, and then occupied by the Volunteer Army, fortunately, these few conversions were very clean and neat, and the small villages in the place did not suffer, Wu Yutong and Song Xiaofei left at this time, indicating that Muluyuan was about to go to war again.

Li Shuzhen asked Wu Yutong in a low voice, "Is my master also leaving?" In fact, she also knew that she was knowingly asking.

Wu Yutong was sad, and said weakly, "I would like him to leave with me, but that's unrealistic, not only will your master not leave, he is also the chief general of this kind of Zishan defense battle." ”

Li Shuzhen listened, she was overjoyed, leaving Qingshan without worrying about no firewood, as long as Liu Yizhang was by her side, she was down-to-earth, but she comforted, "Yutong, you don't have to worry too much, the master is both civil and military, Jiren has his own natural appearance, he will win a big victory!" ”

Wu Yutong put his arm around Li Shuzhen and said earnestly, "Shuzhen, you have to help and take care of your master well, my little father will negotiate your work with the local ** of Muluyuan in the past two days, and strive to make you Yizhang's assistant and conduct military reconnaissance on Seed Mountain, which is very important to Yizhang!" ”

Li Shuzhen was ecstatic in her heart, she could finally work with Liu Yizhang justifiably, and she was willing to go up the sword mountain and the sea of fire for Liu Yizhang, she also said to Wu Yutong earnestly, "Yutong, you are my best sister, Liu Yizhang is my mentor, my parents are dead, no relatives and no reason, you two are my dearest people, of course I will do my best to help and take care of the master." ”

"Shuzhen, you not only have to help him at work, but also take care of him in life, I know that you can't take care of people in a big way, but it's much better than Xingzhang and badges, at least you can give Yizhang a stew pot rabbit meat every once in a while, Yizhang has a lot of food, and he can't satisfy him at all if he doesn't eat some outside food."

Li Shuzhen looked very embarrassed, "Yutong, it's not that I don't want to take care of the master, it's that he relies on you too much, he was alone at my house last night, he didn't eat or drink well, so he was anxious to go back to accompany you, and he didn't say a word with me except to talk about martial arts." ”

Wu Yutong heard Li Shuzhen say this about Liu Yizhang, she was very happy and relieved, she knew Liu Yizhang too well, Li Shuzhen was right, Liu Yizhang is too dependent on herself now.

"Shuzhen, you don't have to be embarrassed, when Yizhang sends me back to the corps in the evening, I will tell her well, if the conditions allow, run to your house more, have meat to eat and drink wine, why not? Shuzhen, I will be doubly grateful for your kindness to Yizhang! ”

Li Shuzhen slapped Wu Yutong's arm, and pretended to be angry and said, "Yutong, how can you say such sad things to me, it's my responsibility to take care of the master, what are you thanking for!" ”

Song Xiaofei was silent, she felt more uncomfortable than Wu Yutong, when she had breakfast today, when Liu Yan told her that she was going to leave Muluyuan, Song Xiaofei cried, not to cry in Liu Yan's arms, but to cry on the bed in the dormitory, she was leaving, she knew that she had no chance to get close to Liu Yizhang at all, and many of her advantages had not had time to show Liu Yizhang, she was very unwilling to lose to Wu Yutong like this, Wu Yutong was inferior to herself in other aspects except for having an uncle who was a military commander, besides, Liu Yizhang is not a person who tends to be inflammatory, so he blamed himself for being too late and letting Wu Yutong seize the opportunity. At this moment, Song Xiaofei's mind was full of Liu Yizhang, she didn't have the heart to listen to the conversation between Wu Yutong and Li Shuzhen, she decided to secretly write a love letter to Liu Yizhang before leaving, and boldly revealed her heart to him, no matter whether Liu Yizhang replied or not, she had no regrets! Just write what she said, Song Xiaofei stood up and moved a position, took out a notebook from her satchel and put it on her lap to write, Wu Yutong and Li Shuzhen didn't care, they thought she was writing a parting letter to Liu Yan.

Dear Brother Yizhang: You didn't expect me to write to you, did you? I didn't even think I'd call you by words like dear, did I? When you finish reading these words that I have written to you below, perhaps you will have more than you can imagine.

Brother Yizhang, I and Yutong are close friends, the kind of good sisters who talk about everything, I heard about you many times from Yutong's mouth when I was studying in Nanjing, of course, Yutong's praise and love for you, to be honest, at that time, I never moved my heart to you. After I came to North Korea with Yutong, Yutong immediately launched a crazy pursuit of you, I even suspected that Yutong had nymphomania, I didn't know that from that day, I also fell in love with you, that is, since then Yutong and I have a gap, she regards me as a rival in love, and is wary of me everywhere, while liking you, Liu Yan is also pursuing me fiercely, I have swayed between your roughness and Liu Yan's delicacy, until one day I accidentally found one of your notebooks in the west wing where you and Liu Yan lived, out of curiosity, I flipped through it at random, you know, I have loved poetry and poetry since I was a child, and the poems I have read can basically be unforgettable, so I used to have thousands of poems in my head, but now there are only two, that is, you wrote "Eagle Ridge" and "Tou Xinli"! Fortunately, if you really love Yutong, it is impossible not to write love poems for her with your talent, and I can even conclude that she didn't know that you could write poetry, I didn't know that you would write such bold poems, and your talent was not comparable to Liu Yan! Brother Yizhang, I ran back to the dormitory with tears in my eyes, my heart was completely conquered by you, and I told myself very clearly that the person I love is you!

Brother Yizhang, are you still surprised that I wrote to you now? Are you still confused about me loving you? Then let me tell you again, one of my unspeakable secrets, this secret Wu Yutong asked me countless times, but I never told her. Because I just want to tell my loved ones, but I can't really write this kind of thing on the letter, because I can't guarantee that there will be no accidents before and after this letter reaches you. Brother Yizhang, if you think that I am doing this to sensationalize, you should not have received this letter, burn it, if you still have the slightest affection for me Song Xiaofei, even if it is curiosity, we can find a chance to talk alone, I believe you will have another unexpected!

I'm going to leave Muluyuan tonight, I believe that if there is love in the sky, the sky will be old, and the right way in the world is the vicissitudes of life! Brother Yizhang, whether your future is an abyss or a thousand clouds, I, Song Xiaofei, a Jiangnan girl who has become a poet idiot, will never abandon you until death!

Song Xiaofei! April 13, 1951 at Wenxiang Temple.