Li Yutang really came to thank Sun Yumin, not only did he bring a lot of heavy gifts, but he also came with three division commanders, including Fang Xianjue, who made him very curious.

"This is just what Yumin should do, General Li doesn't have to take it to heart, not to mention that the Tenth Army was originally a steel army, and the loss of positions in the previous time was not all your fault, to put it mildly, it would be right to lose it if it was replaced by the 74th Army."

Sun Yumin's words were not aimed at Wang Yaowu, but in the ears of Li Yutang and a few people, there was such a taste, the circle of senior generals in the Ninth War Zone was not large, and things like the contradictions between Sun and Wang had already been spread all over as "earth-shattering" news.

"Alas, it's a pity that Li is soft-spoken, and he can't stand others throwing the black cauldron on the Tenth Army." Li Yutang, how could a few of them not understand the truth of this. In the Second Battle of Changsha, the Military Commission transferred the 10th Army to the 9th Theater and planned to make the army responsible for the defense of Changsha. However, Xue Yue, commander of the 9th Theater of Operations, in order to start a decisive battle with the Japanese army on the east-west line of the Jinjing-Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway, ordered the 10th Army to go to Gaoqiao, Jinjing, and Fulinpu to build fortifications. At that time, after receiving the order, Li Yutang led the arrival of the established position on September 23, built fortifications overnight, and set up the military headquarters at the Jianshan General Dam. On September 24, the 10th Army was attacked by the main force of the Japanese 3rd Division, the 6th Division and the 40th Division, after two days and nights of fierce fighting, the 10th Army's Fulinpu and Jinjing positions were broken through successively, and the 3rd Division suffered heavy losses, the 190th Division Deputy Commander Lai Chuanxiang was martyred, and the 10th Division lost more than half. Subsequently, the contained 10th Army was deployed on the line of Dongshan, Liuyang River, and Laodao River on the periphery of Changsha, and used the geographical advantage to block the Japanese army for four days and nights, and finally held out until reinforcements arrived to repel the Japanese army. According to the ideas of the people of the 10th Army, although they lost the Jinjing position, they did not escape, but reorganized their defenses and blocked the advance of the Japanese invaders, which should be regarded as making up for the merits. Unexpectedly, after the war, the Theater Commander's Department held accountable for the loss of Jinjing, and Li Yutang was dismissed and transferred to the Theater Commander's Department. At that time, after the news of Li Yutang's dismissal spread in the Tenth Army, it was strongly protested by the officers and soldiers, who unanimously believed that the Tenth Army was a meritorious unit in the Second Battle of Changsha, and even if it was not commended, their commander should not be removed. Fortunately, Zhong Bin, who received the letter of appointment from the commander of the Tenth Army, also postponed his appointment under the pretext of learning about the current situation of the Tenth Army and sympathizing with his old classmates, which made the Tenth Army a team without a commander during this period of time, and Xue Yue had to let Li Yutang, who was transferred to the Theater Commander's Department, return to preside over the work of the Tenth Army. Xue Yue asked him to come back, but Li Yutang didn't buy the face of the theater commander, and was still unmoved. It wasn't until Lao Jiang personally called Li Yutang that he regained the burden of commanding the 10th Army to defend Changsha. At that time, Lao Jiang asked on the phone: "Are you Li Yutang, the commander of the Tenth Army?" ”

He replied: "Report to the commission, the lowly position is Li Yutang!" ”

Lao Jiang asked again: "Are you a student of the first phase of Whampoa?" ”

He replied again: "Report to the principal, I am a graduate of the first phase of Huangpu!" ”

Lao Jiang continued: "Sun Yumin of the Twelfth Army guarantees with his life that you and your troops can hold Changsha City, can you?" ”

He replied: "Unless the Tenth Army is completely annihilated and dies on the battlefield, the Japanese will never be allowed to step into Changsha City for half a step!" ”

After Lao Jiang heard this, he pondered for a while, and finally said: "Okay, Changsha will be handed over to you." Then he hung up the phone.

Lao Jiang's simple words, including the lifting of the punishment and the principal's trust, not only strengthened Li Yutang's determination to defend the city, but also achieved the highest peak of Li Yutang's lifelong career as a horseman, of course, he will not forget the words mentioned by Lao Jiang on the phone, "Sun Yumin of the Twelfth Army guarantees his life", so he will bring Fang Xianjue and their three division commanders to thank him.

Sun Yumin naturally didn't know about these things, but he knew that the reason why Li Yutang was removed by Xue Yue was because he needed to find someone to carry the big black cauldron of losing the battle, just like Liao Lingqi, he was actually wronged home.

"General Li, since we know that we are soft-spoken, let's make our name on the battlefield, as long as we have military exploits and fame, see who dares to push the black pot on us. Therefore, in this battle, as long as you and I work together to defeat the Japanese invaders, we will not worry about the shame of the past, and we will not worry about fame and fortune. Sun Yumin did not exclude himself, and as in front of Lao Jiang, he firmly tied himself to Li Yutang and the Tenth Army and Changsha City.

After Li Yutang heard these words, he was naturally grateful, and the words of thanks with the three division commanders almost did not stop, and Sun Yumin was not good at replying to others, so a few people were polite in the small reception room for an afternoon.

Before sending Li Yutang away, Sun Yumin deliberately found an opportunity to shake Fang Xianjue's hand and said to him: "I have long heard of Master Fang's name, and I will have the opportunity to have a good chat together in the future." ”

Sun Yumin's words made Fang Xianjue, who was older than him, a little flattered, he had not been the division commander for a long time, and he only had admiration and curiosity for the legendary young army commander in front of him, especially after hearing that this time he used his life to guarantee the Tenth Army in front of Lao Jiang, he was even more respectful.

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In the evening, in the residence of Liu Wenzhi and his wife, Sun Yumin and his brothers gathered together.

The people who came to the party were all people from their inner circle, in addition to Sun Yumin and Liu Wenzhi and his wife, there were Deng Dongping, Li Tiedan, Zhang Xiaohu, Dong Wenbin, Dai Cunxiang, Li Tianxi, Lin Yuanping, Huang Wei, Wang Heng, Shi Zhonghua, and even Chen Lai and the little girl also led the ninth day of the first year to join in the fun.

It's been a long time since so many people have been together, and the room is very lively, especially the stupid bear, who is even more excited, a big voice like a broken gong is constantly shouting, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, her mouth doesn't stop, the little girl has the heart to disturb his scenery, and deliberately hugged Chu Jiu, who was sitting on Gu Hongying's lap, and put it in his arms. Silly Bear is a master who is not afraid of heaven and earth, but he has never recruited the ninth year, and he usually spoils this little guy. As soon as Chu Jiu entered the arms of the stupid bear, he immediately didn't feel like he was on Gu Hongying, either to pull his beard, or to search him, and he didn't dislike the strong smell on his body, and it was strange to say that the silly bear originally had a gong-like voice, and he was usually a big grinning person, but in front of Chu Jiu, he became extremely gentle, and his expression was full of pity. His love was not in vain, and Chu Jiu always called him "Papa Bear" in a milky voice. The stillness and movement of this living treasure made the people in the room laugh.

This meal of wine was drunk from the first half of the night to the second half of the night, fortunately, there were no outsiders, all the brothers knew that Sun Yumin's alcohol was not large, and they came to toast and stopped at a shallow taste, so Sun Yumin, who was often the first to fall, also persisted until the second half of the night.

Liu Wenzhi has been hiding something in his heart, what Commander XHD asked him to bring, he hasn't had a chance to say it, and in the second half of the night this is a good opportunity to speak, he pulled the half-devil over and said to him: "You arrange more manpower, guard against our surroundings, don't let anyone approach, I have something to say to the boss and the brothers." ”

Lin Yuanping took the order and left, he had been the head of the guard for so long, he naturally had a lot of henchmen, seeing that Liu Wenzhi was cautious, he didn't dare to take it lightly, he ran to wake up a company of troops, and surrounded Liu Wenzhi's residence tightly, not to mention people, even a bird couldn't fly over, so he was not at ease, and actually went to call the bayonet team again, and asked Ganglenzi to lead people to protect the room where they were gathering.

When Liu Wenzhi secretly summoned Lin Yuanping, Sun Yumin had actually seen it and knew what he might want to say, although he didn't approve of talking after drinking, but when he thought about it, it would be difficult to get these brothers together so completely, and besides, the war was about to start again, and it was necessary for him to beat them, so he didn't stop Liu Wenzhi.

When Lin Yuanping re-entered, it had already been half an hour, and the brothers in the house were still drinking and talking, perhaps because they hadn't felt the atmosphere of this "home" for a long time, Gu Hongying, Chen Lai and the little girl didn't leave, but just slept on the bed in the back room with Chu Jiu.

Lin Yuanping nodded his head a few times at Liu Wenzhi, and after getting a response, he sat down, picked up the wine bowl again, and looked for Dong Wenbin and them to drink.

"Big brother, there are some things I want to say to you and to the brothers."

Liu Wenzhi spoke, exactly as Sun Yumin expected, this old subordinate who had followed him for many years was still so cautious and respectful of him.

"You say, I've been waiting all night, and I heard Chen Lai say, your way here this time is very thrilling, what's going on. Let's talk about it as well. ”

Sun Yumin put down the wine bowl and chopsticks, and responded to Liu Wenzhi softly, his movements and speaking voice were very soft, but all the brothers found out, and they all stopped, and the originally noisy room became quiet.

"Big brother, brothers, in fact, I came this time to be entrusted by the commander of the XHD of the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army......"

Liu Wenzhi's words had just come out, and there was an immediate reaction in the room, Deng Dongping and Silly Bear didn't make a fuss about them, but Wang Heng and Shi Zhonghua were so shocked by this sentence that they knocked over the wine bowl, and even everyone was so frightened that they fell down with the bench. He didn't continue, and looked at Sun Yumin with an inquiring eye, and the meaning was very clear, that is, there were "outsiders" here, and he should not say all the words.

"You say, both of them are their own people, and there's nothing to shy away from."

Sun Yumin's words were said in front of Wang Heng and Shi Zhonghua, which not only gave Liu Wenzhi a clear instruction, but also gave the two of them a reassurance: the army commander did not treat the two of them as outsiders.

Although he heard Sun Yumin's words and understood that he would not blame him, Liu Wenzhi still lowered his head and stared at the wine bowl silently.

"Go on, what did Commander X ask you to bring?"

Sun Yumin understood that he was blaming himself, so he picked up the topic again and asked.

Liu Wenzhi raised his head, but he didn't speak, just looked at Sun Yumin, and after a while, he turned his head to look at Deng Dongping and Silly Xiong, and finally fell on Wang Heng and Shi Zhonghua.

Wang and Shi were fiercely frightened when they heard Liu Wenzhi say that he was entrusted by the commander of the Jiangbei Detachment of the New Fourth Army, and now when he stared at them like this, their hearts were even more up-and-down, although they knew that Sun Yumin would not treat them well, but they didn't know what kind of attitude this "guy" who had not been here for a long time would be.

"Well, I said Wenzhi, when did you become squirming and pinching? Did you learn from your sister-in-law? Silly Bear's words finally rang out at the right time, but the meaning of the words was not very good.

"What did you learn?"

Liu Wenzhi didn't reply, but a voice came from the back room.

As soon as Silly Bear heard this voice, he immediately fell silent, pretending to be nothing, he Li Tie had a creed, good men don't fight with women, he used to only let the little girl, and then let Chen Yun, Lu Man, and now let Wang Yanru, Chen Lai and Gu Hongying, between men he can be one to three, but in front of women, he is a "coward".

After Gu Hongying came out, she felt something strange in the room, she sat down next to Liu Wenzhi, and asked softly, "What's wrong?" Did you drink too much and feel uncomfortable? ”

"I didn't drink too much, my eldest brother didn't drink too much, my brothers didn't drink too much, you don't have to worry about us, go back to sleep!" The voice of this sentence was a little loud, and the tone was a little cold, which surprised all the brothers, you must know that the affection shown by the two of them these days has envied many people.

Liu Wenzhi didn't know why, suddenly his emotions exploded a little, he was actually not angry at Gu Hongying, but angry at himself, punishing himself.

"If you have anything to say, just say it, don't hold it in your heart." Sun Yumin spoke, he knew this old subordinate too well.

"Okay, that's what you told me to say." Liu Wenzhi stood up suddenly, took a full bowl of wine and drank it all, with the strength of the wine, he actually pointed at the tip of Sun Yumin's nose with his finger, and said loudly: "Big brother, boss, company commander, battalion commander, ......, there are so many titles, I don't know what to call you now, by the way, I should call you Sun Dajun." When Liu Wenzhi said this, he was a bit like a drunkard, he picked up another bowl of wine, drank it all again, and then said with a smile: "Commander, commander, what a big official, in charge of the life and death of tens of thousands of people!" ”

"Wenzhi, you really drank too much!"

Gu Hongying wanted to stop him, but heard Sun Yumin's voice: "Don't stop him, let him drink, let him speak." ”

"I didn't drink much!" Liu Wenzhi's face didn't know when it began to swell a little, and his voice began to get louder: "Commander Sun, I don't know if you still remember the brothers of the old first company, whether you remember the brothers of the second battalion, whether you still remember the deputy Zhou Battalion and the commander of the Zhou company and the old Liu Tou, whether you still remember the regiment commander Xie and the third battalion commander, and whether you still remember the victims at the entrance of Yangshupu Village, I'm afraid you have thrown them all out of the clouds." ”