Looking at Chen Bui's staggering back, Sun Yumin suddenly felt guilty. People have worked hard for him, and in order to create a non-disturbing environment for himself to lead troops, he doesn't know how much he owes undeserved favors.

Now he's going to pat his ass and leave, leaving behind such a big mess that he has to clean up for himself. Is this too much? Sun Yumin himself couldn't find the answer. Only if you don't follow Chen Yun and Lu Man to the northwest directly, you can give him some compensation.

After deciding to leave, the mood became extraordinarily good, and time passed quickly.

A few days later, Lin Yuanping and Dong Wenbin came to Wuhan first, and the two of them didn't even wear military uniforms or take their luggage, so they came directly.

Only a day later, a few young men under Qian Jin's hand came to the door, and Sun Yumin still recognized these people, who were the little ghosts who Lao Liu Tou personally picked out to the cooking class. After more than half a year, under the training of Qian Jin, he has become a qualified logistics officer. Unlike Dong Wenbin and the half-devils, they came with a lot of money, and they were relieved to lose money, a whole box of gold bars and two whole boxes of silver yuan were brought to Wuhan in a grand manner and taken to the military hospital where Sun Yumin was.

After another two or three days, Dai Cunxiang, who Zhou Shanjun had been looking forward to for a long time, came to Wuhan accompanied by Li Tianxi, Huang Baisheng, and Zhao Youqian.

There are more and more people, the hospital ward is no longer suitable for gathering, and the hotel personnel are too chaotic, Xiao Yuying simply rented a room, which not only facilitates the placement of existing personnel, but also provides a contact point for the arrival of follow-up personnel.

The time has come to the end of July, and Sun Yumin went through the discharge procedures after obtaining Chen Bui's consent. He originally planned to visit him, see Lu Man again by the way, and try to persuade her to go with him, but he didn't expect that Chen Bui asked the secretary to bring a message and asked him not to go, so as not to embarrass Lu Man.

By the time Liu Wenzhi and Deng Dongping arrived with the last few people, there were more than 50 people gathered in Wuhan. Among them, there are not only the backbones of the second battalion such as Liu Wenzhi and Li Tiedan, but also die-hard loyalists like Deng Dongping, Huang Baisheng, Zhao Youqian, and Dong Wenbin who followed all the way down from Nanjing, and brothers like Li Tianxi who followed from the special service company of the 46th Division, and there are also officers and soldiers like Dai Cunxiang and Zhou Shanjun who followed from the 20th Division with an iron heart. Sun Yumin looked at a room of brothers who could really be called his confidants and diehards, he was a little excited, and his words were a little choked: "Brothers, how can I Sun Yumin, let you love you so much." ”

Liu Wenzhi walked up to him with a smile and comforted: "Master, oh no, now I have to change my name to big brother, everyone is willing to follow you, not because of any vain things like a major general, just because you are a benevolent brother." Well, now everyone depends on you in this life! ”

"That's right, big brother!"

"Yes, big brother!"

A room full of people were excited to join in.

"No way!" A shrill female voice broke the noise. All the old people, elites, and backbones of the 20th Division here naturally knew the source of the voice, and everyone looked at the owner of the voice, Xiao Yuying, who was blocking in front of Sun Yumin.

"No, you can't call it big brother!" She is like a treasurer, her small body wants to hide Sun Yumin, who is a head above him.

"Girl, you're not authentic, why can't we call it big brother?" Silly Bear knows that the little girl is in her heart, she wants to eat "alone" food, and she does not allow others to touch her privileges.

"The eldest brother is mine, if you all call these names, wouldn't I have dozens of more brothers at such a young age?" The little girl was talking and thinking: I want to be my brother, no way. If this is really the case, there will be no place to bully individuals in the future. Her eyes rolled around, and she suddenly thought of a good idea, so she said, "Except for me and Brother Liu, you can only be called the boss." If anyone dares to call the eldest brother, see if I am in a hurry with him. After she finished speaking, she glanced at Li Tiedan, and gestured with her hand to pinch her ears.

Silly Bear is the closest person to her except for Sun Yumin and Liu Wenzhi, and the two of them are known as the two demon kings of the twentieth division, how could they not know her flowery intestines. He helped echo: "Yes, yes, yes." It's better to listen to the boss, where can I grab the big brother with Yuying's sister. Let's just decide, don't call the teacher not the teacher in the future, just call the boss. "These two guys, as soon as they sang and harmonized, they decided Sun Yumin's title like this.

Liu Wenzhi just shook his head helplessly when he looked at these two living treasures, and said to everyone: "Since they have decided not to eat the bowl of rice of the national army anymore and follow the boss to live a peaceful life, then in the future, everyone will not call each other official ranks, let's match each other according to age." ”

After solving the call method, you have to discuss where to go to live a peaceful life, what Chen Bui said before to go to Hunan to recuperate is just a pretext, if you really go to Sun Yumin's hometown, you will definitely not be able to get a moment of leisure.

Everyone talked about it, and Dong Wenbin said directly: "As long as you are in the Guotong area, no matter where you live in seclusion, with Dai Li's means, you will quickly find the boss." Since they decided not to play with them, everyone simply went behind enemy lines. ”

This proposal was responded to by Liu Wenzhi and Deng Dongping, and the three of them were relatively thoughtful, and they all agreed with what they said and what they put forward.

Li Tianxi poured cold water and said: "The days in the Japanese-occupied areas are definitely not so good, I heard that the little devils in the three eastern provinces are already engaged in slavery education, and the people in Hebei and Shandong are not making a living. Where can we go? Henan, Anhui? The Yellow River is flooding! ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Wenzhi and the others immediately fell silent. Don't look at Li Tianxi, who is usually honest and not too competitive, but sometimes what he says is quite thought-provoking.

"Go to Shanxi!" Sun Yumin didn't say anything for a long time, and suddenly this sentence came out.

With the memory of his later generations, it is simply too pediatric to want to gain a foothold in Shanxi.

After the "77 Incident" in 1937, the Japanese offensive momentum was in full swing, and after defeating the 29th Army of Song Zheyuan of the Northwest Army in the Pingzhang area, the "Chahar Dispatch Corps" was formed on August 14 under the command of Lieutenant General Hideki Tojo, and the troops were directed at the Jinsui area. On August 16, the Nationalist Government issued a national general mobilization order to arrange an all-out war against Japan, and Yan Xishan was appointed commander of the Second Theater of Operations, commanding all the troops in Jin, Sui, and Chacha provinces, and the Chinese army in this region was organized into three group armies, the sixth, seventh, and eighteenth.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army, which was organized by Lao Chiang as the Eighteenth Group Army, was adapted from the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and talked about by everyone in later generations.

The Jin Sui Army under the command of Yan Laoxi began the Battle of Zhangjiakou on August 7, 1937, and withdrew from Taiyuan on November 9, and resisted the Japanese army for three full months, with less than 20,000 of more than 100,000 troops remaining. Under the supervision of Yan Xishan and the full cooperation of the Chinese GC party, the tragic battle to defend northern Jin showed the strong determination and strong combat determination of the Chinese army to defend the homeland and the country. In addition, the weapons and equipment produced by Shanxi's excellent ordnance enterprises also made great contributions to Shanxi's anti-Japanese war.

In order to revitalize the Jin Sui Army and restore the strength of the Jin Sui Army as soon as possible, Yan Xishan, with the help of GC Party member Bao Yibai (1), established the "Shanxi Anti-Enemy Death Squad", which was organized into four columns and absorbed a large number of Shanxi youths to join the army. The industrial workers who escaped from various factories in Shanxi formed a "Workers' and Guards' Brigade", which was later called the backbone of Shanxi's Anti-Japanese War.

At this time, Shanxi was undoubtedly a typical model area for cooperation between the KMT and the Communist Party, but the good times did not last long. Seeing that the influence of the GC Party was rapidly expanding and that the New Army was gradually developing into an uncontrollable force of his own, Yan Xishan felt that his rule would be shaken if it continued, so he decided to eliminate the leadership and influence of the Chinese GC Party on the New Army. In August, at the "Guxian Conference" held in Guxian Village, Ji County, attended by army and division commanders, Yan Xishan instigated the old army to oppose the new army and the old school to oppose the new faction, and wantonly removed the GC party members from the new army and appointed their cronies to join the new army, with the intention of regaining the command of the new army.

It is precisely because Sun Yumin is familiar with this period of history that he will suggest that the big guy go to Shanxi. He knew that Shanxi's position in the development of China's GC Party was too important, according to historical records: during the Anti-Japanese War, Shanxi, as the center of the War of Resistance behind enemy lines in North China, was the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army and the location of the three main divisions. The victory of Pingxingguan, the Battle of Xinkou and the night attack on the Japanese airfield at Yangmingbao in Shanxi, as well as the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, the Battle of Huangya Cave, the Siege of Qinyuan and other major battles and battles created brilliant achievements in the history of the Eighth Route Army's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. According to incomplete statistics, the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians annihilated nearly 70,000 Japanese troops in Shanxi, accounting for one-third of the total number of Japanese troops invading North China, giving full play to the important role of the main battlefield of resistance against Japan in North China and writing a glorious chapter in the history of China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

In fact, the idea of going to Shanxi also contains a little selfishness of Sun Yumin, that is, he is known as the "God of War", and he wants to see with his own eyes the L Shuai deity who will be respected as the "God of War" in later generations. Since he had already decided to join Chen Yun and Lu Man's team, why not go to the place where he could best display his talents.

Liu Wenzhi and the others didn't know what Sun Yumin was thinking, and they all had doubts. Yan Laoxi's reputation among the people is not very good, and everyone knows that he is both deductible and fine, a typical representative of Jin merchants. Going to Shanxi is not only a long way, but most of the people are southerners, and it is undoubtedly not the best choice to go to a place where they can't adapt to anything. However, although the big guys all have ideas, they don't say it. Everyone thinks that since it is Sun Yumin's decision, there must be his own reason, as long as he follows, he will not be wrong.

The party attended by all the personnel dispersed one by one under everyone's different thoughts, there were too many people, and it was not very convenient to be too concentrated, not to mention that it was still at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and there were spies with a nose like Dai Li, who were more intelligent than dogs, maybe they would be targeted, and it would be very troublesome and tricky.

Sun Yumin watched many of his diehards disperse, and suddenly felt a heavy burden in his heart. This feeling was felt when Guanghuamen in Nanjing was promoted to the commander of the Second Regiment before Gui Yongqing's formation, and also when he was appointed commander of the 20th Division. It stands to reason that he shouldn't have this kind of burden at this time, but somehow he suddenly felt like this. Sun Yumin himself couldn't figure out why, so he had to shake his head and smile bitterly.

After dinner, Sun Yumin rested early, and Liu Wenzhi and the others all knew that his injuries had not healed, and he would only be discharged from the hospital if he was in a hurry to leave. At the previous meeting, it had been decided that after Sun Yumin personally went to bid farewell to Lao Jiang tomorrow, everyone would march to Shanxi, and there were still more than 20 people and a batch of weapons and ammunition to be secretly transported over there, which was also a big problem. In order not to disturb Sun Yumin's rest, only the little girl, Zhou Shanjun, and Xiao Shanzi were left in the whole house, and even Liu Wenzhi went to live in a hotel.

In order to take care of Sun Yumin, the little girl directly spread it on the floor in his room.

In the middle of the night, there was a sudden knock on the door downstairs, not only the little girl was startled, but even Sun Yumin, who was sleeping, was woken up, they didn't expect that the sudden knock on the door in the early morning disrupted all the previous plans, and also let the money into their group of people and weapons and ammunition were hidden for more than half a year before they were handed over to Sun Yumin.

The little girl was about to get up to see what was going on, when there was a sound of footsteps speeding upstairs from the stairs, and Deng Dongping shouted eagerly: "Boss, there is a brother who has an accident." ”

Sun Yumin's heart sank, guessing that the matter might be serious, and immediately sat up. The little girl was not slow, she quickly put on a coat, turned on the electric light, and opened the door.

Deng Dongping rushed into the house in a hurry, almost stepping on the floor where the little girl hit him with both feet, and seeing that Sun Yumin had woken up and was staring at him, he hurriedly said: "Boss, Dai Li's men don't know what kind of wind to smoke, and suddenly attacked the Changhe Hotel where some brothers stayed, and I got the news that at least three of our people have been killed by them." ”

"What?" Hearing this sudden news, Sun Yumin's heart seemed to be suffocated, and he felt that he couldn't breathe anymore, and his face turned pale instantly.

"Big brother, don't be in a hurry, listen to Brother Dongping first." The little girl has been paying attention to Sun Yumin, and naturally immediately noticed the change in his face.

"Go on." Sun Yumin's words were filled with pain and hatred.

"Brother Wen Zhi's side has a record, there are thirteen of our people living in the Changhe Hotel, except for the three people who are known to have been killed, there is no news of the others."

"Who are they?"

"Brother Wen Bin, as well as Lin Yuanping, and some of the people they brought, I am not very familiar with them, but they are all our good brothers." When Deng Dongping spoke, his eyes were about to burst into flames, he had a good relationship with Dong Wenbin, and now that they were in trouble, he must be angry.

"Is Dai Li's own hand?"

"It shouldn't be, it's so late, I guess he has already slept!"

"Who's that?"

"Zhao Lijun, and one of his action captains named Ma Long!"

"How do you know?"

"One of our brothers who got away with it rushed back to report." Deng Dongping hurriedly said: "The surname Zhao is very excessive, he is still shouting at the Changhe Hotel, and the bodies of our three brothers were thrown at the door by him." ”

"A dog surnamed Dai dared to step on my head!" Sun Yumin gritted his teeth with hatred, and he said to Xiao Yuying: "Girl, is my military uniform still there?" ”

"It hasn't burned yet." The little girl didn't expect that the military uniform she was reluctant to burn for a while came in handy at this moment, and hurriedly replied.

"Help me change my clothes, I'm going to slaughter this dog myself, to comfort the souls of my brothers in heaven!"

Hearing these sonorous words, Deng Dongping knew that Sun Yumin, whom he knew, stood up again.