Li Ziyuan took the child like this, and successively participated in the Linfen Offensive and Jinzhong Battles, and led the troops in October of 48 to participate in the Taiyuan Campaign. His troops have always been on the entire Taiyuan battlefield, undertaking the most difficult tasks. In the battle for Dongshan, the performance was particularly outstanding.

In the battle for Dongshan, Li Ziyuan did not fight for the periphery one by one. Instead, with the strength of a reinforced regiment on the flank of Higashiyama, under the cover of night, secretly lurked to a position less than one hundred and fifty meters away from the enemy's position. Before dawn, the artillery fire of the whole division was concentrated, and under the cover of the feint attack of the frontal troops, a sudden attack was launched to open a line of attack.

After tearing through the outer defense line of Dongshan within an hour, he ignored the other strongholds of Dongshan. The main force of the concentrated division adopted the method of continuous blasting, and the tactics of multi-way centripetal assault came to a black tiger to dig out the heart, and directly penetrated the commanding heights of Dongshan, which was also its main peak position, Hanshan. and organize limited artillery fire to suppress the enemy forces in other surrounding strongholds, cutting off their access to reinforce the core garrisons.

After seizing the core position of Dongshan first, Hanshan, and then pushing backwards from the inside to the outside, from the height to the periphery. By means of continuous blasting, they seized the most important stronghold in Dongshan, Niuhuo Village, and not only cooperated with friendly and neighboring troops to seize the strategic point of Dongshan in the shortest possible time, but also greatly reduced the casualties of the troops.

After taking Dongshan, the entire city of Taiyuan was under the control of the artillery fire of the People's Liberation Army. Originally, the superiors were going to take out thousands of casualties, but Li Ziyuan took the most core Niuhuo Village stronghold in Dongshan and the position of Hanshan, the main peak of Dongshan, with more than 300 casualties. It repelled more than 30 divisional and regimental attacks organized by the enemy in the city, and cooperated with friendly and neighboring troops to destroy a total of 22,000 enemies.

But it was just when the Liaoshen Campaign ended victoriously and the Huaihai Campaign was in full swing. In order to prevent hundreds of thousands of enemy troops in North China, they went south to join the Huaihai battlefield. In addition, considering that the troops suffered heavy casualties in the battle for the peripheral key points in the early stage, which can be called tragic, they also urgently needed to rest and replenish.

The Jin Sui army in the city has grasped the troops through the general situation, and the strength and structure have been restored to a certain extent. There is also a large-scale arsenal in the city, which can provide a large supply of weapons and ammunition in an endless stream, especially the 36-year-old mountain cannon made by imitating the Japanese army's 94-type mountain artillery.

The four columns of the People's Liberation Army outside the city, plus the three brigades of the Jinzhong Military Region, and the local armed forces of the Taihang, Taiyue, and Luliang Military Regions. Not only did the forces have a relative advantage, but the number of artillery fire was especially insufficient. In the face of Taiyuan, you can run cars on the city wall.

The surrounding fortifications are dense enough to make a big deal out of anyone who sees it, and it is also a very difficult problem to conquer in a short time. Although the field combat ability of the Jin Sui army has collapsed, it is average. But the defensive ability must not be underestimated. The previous battles for the periphery have already reflected the characteristics of this army's low field capability and outstanding defensive capability.

In view of the changes in the situation, the Central Military Commission issued an order to delay the attack on Taiyuan, divide a part of the troops to stay at the front, and the main force to rest and recuperate, and besiege and monitor the remnants of the enemy in the city. The defending enemy had been reduced to less than 15 square kilometers, and the various participating units on the Taiyuan front were besieged, monitored, and politically disintegrated the remnants of the enemy in the city according to the central order.

Li Ziyuan, who commanded his own troops plus a regiment of brother troops, entered the eastern suburbs of Taiyuan to besiege the remnants of the enemy in the city and prevent them from breaking through from the east. On the one hand, they were busy replenishing the troops with the recruits allocated by the superiors and the mobilized prisoners, and carrying out a new-style army reorganization campaign of three inspections and three rectifications.

While busy, he asked the guards to take his jeep and go to the rear guard to pick up his daughter since the Battle of Jinzhong began. It's just that when he entered the town where the army was located in the headquarters, and the house under his number, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the hostess of this house.

And the hostess who had just made the meal and came out, was shouting to the PLA soldiers who had entered her home, and was extremely curious about a ten-year-old boy who was eating together. After seeing Li Ziyuan, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he didn't even know that the rice plate in his hand fell to the ground.

This woman is none other than Liu Cui, who Li Ziyuan once missed and searched for for a long time but could not find. The two people who once got acquainted in the southeast of Jin, and then thought they would never have the opportunity to meet again. I didn't expect that we would meet under the city of Taiyuan nearly ten years later.

Just when the two of them were stunned, because the battle had entered a period of recuperation, Li Ziyuan sent the rear guard to pick up his daughter's guards. When the daughter saw her father and shouted, the peace between the two was broken. Seeing that Li Ziyuan seemed to know this hostess, his guard also walked out of the door with interest.

How the chief spent the past two years, others don't know, but he, who is a guard, still knows. Every time I saw the chief holding his daughter, feeding her, washing her, and even teaching her to read and write. Every time a child is sick, the chief holds it all night. During the day, he was busy training troops, marching, and fighting, and at night he had to find all the time he could to take care of the children.

A big man not only has to work all day long, but also has to take care of a child who is only three or four years old, where are the difficulties in the middle? But so many people introduced the chief to the object, and none of them could impress the chief. Now the relationship between this woman and the chief is somewhat unusual, if the two of them can do it, it will naturally end the chief's biggest worries.

When Xue Dongshan was a guard for Li Ziyuan, he was two years older than Zhang Yuhu at that time, and he had some experience in some aspects, but he was much more eye-catching than Zhang Yuhu. Li Ziyuan and this hostess obviously knew each other for a long time, and the relationship was somewhat unusual, which he saw at the time. So without the orders of his chief, he walked outside with great interest.

And Li Ziyuan, who was awakened from a daze by his daughter's shout, looked at the broken tableware on the ground, as well as millet porridge and a few pickles on the ground. After turning his head to look at the boy who was dragging her clothes and feet beside Liu Cui, who was obviously a little malnourished, he frowned and turned his head and called Xue Dongshan, asking his guards to go to eat, and confessing to the meal for four people.

After explaining to the guards, Li Ziyuan hesitated, but still walked in front of Liu Cui and wanted to touch her face, but finally put down his hand. After a sigh, he said, "How are you doing all these years?" I tried to find you many times, but I couldn't find you. At that time, the situation was quite serious, and I was afraid of causing you trouble, so I didn't look for you again. ”

"I really didn't expect to see you in Taiyuan, which is hundreds of kilometers away from Hubei. I really don't know, this is your house. By the way, is that old man okay? What about the rest of the family? It's all right. As for the child's father, why do you eat this? ”

Thinking of the past two years, the troops have captured many prisoners of the Jin Sui army. And many of them are the king of Shanxi, who was arrested by the doctor in a hurry. Especially at the end of the Jinzhong Campaign, the main force of more than 100,000 people was annihilated, and the entire Shanxi battlefield was left with the two cities of Taiyuan and Datong, and the People's Liberation Army had already fought under the city of Taiyuan.

In order to protect Taiyuan, as well as their last foundation. The king of Shanxi grabbed troops everywhere around Taiyuan, and even the workers of the Taiyuan Arsenal were recruited by him. Maybe Liu Cui's husband was also caught in the Jin Sui army. Otherwise, their lives might not be so difficult.

On the battlefield, Li Ziyuan can be said to be like a god, but he doesn't know himself in this matter, and he is definitely Li Ziyuan, who has made a mistake. After thinking about it, he said, "If there is anything you need my help with, you can just say it." If the father of the child, we are there, I can help you figure it out. ”

In the face of Li Ziyuan's inquiry, Liu Cui, whose eyes were red, did not answer him for anything, but suddenly covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly. The boy next to her, who is already very sensible, looks always gentle and gentle, no matter how bitter or tired he is, he has never cried, but today he is a mother who suddenly cried.

Immediately from a sensible child, quickly turned into a little tiger. The young and immature, and even some immature bodies, were dead in front of their mothers, glaring at Li Ziyuan fiercely: "You bad person, why do you want to bully my mother, why do you want to make her cry." While shouting, he was about to push Li Ziyuan when he went up.

It's just that before the little guy's actions could be implemented, he was grabbed by his mother. Liu Cui, who had calmed down, glanced at her daughter who was held in Li Ziyuan's arms slightly, and said coldly to Li Ziyuan: "I'm sorry sir, I don't know you." I'm going to disturb your rest, I'll pack up my things and leave right away. ”

It's just that he hasn't waited for Li Ziyuan to wake up from the stunned answer caused by Liu Cui's answer in person. The daughter who struggled to get off the ground in his arms ran to the woman and stretched out her little hand to Liu Cui, and shouted out a sentence that made Li Ziyuan and the woman in front of him stunned: "Mom, hug the baby." ”

"Why haven't you come to see the baby for so long, the baby and dad miss you. Other children have mothers, but babies don't. Dad said you went on a mission, and when you finished the mission, you will come back to accompany the baby. The baby knows that the mother has a task and is very well-behaved with the father, but the baby really misses the mother. ”

Listening to his daughter's words, Li Ziyuan couldn't help but be stunned. Since my daughter grew up, she saw that the other children in the left-behind place had their mothers come to see them. My mother has never been here, and I have asked for my mother. When the child didn't understand what sacrifice meant, Li Ziyuan could only tell his daughter that his mother went to the other party far away to carry out the mission.

As long as she obediently listens to her father, her mother will come to see her. If she doesn't behave, her mother will be angry and won't come to see her. The daughter is very sensible, she listened to Li Ziyuan's explanation, and never asked her father for her mother again. It's just that Li Ziyuan knows that although her daughter has never mentioned it again, she really wants to have a mother in her heart.

Every time I go to the detention center to pick up my daughter, my daughter lies on the window and looks at other children, snuggling in her mother's arms, and her eyes always reveal envy. It's just that no matter what the daughter longs for in her heart, she never recognizes the wrong person. Some female cadres teased her and asked her daughter to call her mother, but her daughter always pursed her mouth and did not speak. Today is the first time I have called someone else's mother.

Looking at the child running towards him, he heard the child's voice in the child's mouth, and the mother of a mother screamed. Despite all the worries, I didn't understand for a moment how the child could mistake himself for his mother. But after all, Liu Cui, who has also become a mother, is a kind-hearted woman herself.