There are many celebrities who came to see the play today, and most of them were invited by Meng Xiaodong himself.

In these years, Peking Opera belongs to the quintessence of the country like mahjong, from the powerful to the Li people, everyone loves these two things.

Meng Xiaodong became famous in East China and Central China when she was more than ten years old, and sang in Pingjin and Tianjin for several years, and she knew no less powerful and famous people than Zhou Hexuan. The whole Tianjin pear orchard, ticket friends and celebrities, including some politicians and wealthy businessmen, all came to cheer very interestingly.

There were also a lot of people from Beiping, including Zhang Xueliang's wife Yu Fengzhi.

This eldest sister is a senior die-hard drama fan, usually keen on social welfare activities, and belongs to a well-known philanthropist in the north. She has always had a good relationship with Meng Xiaodong, and she used to often pull Zhang Xueliang to listen to the drama together, although Zhou Hexuan and Zhang Xueliang had an unpleasant quarrel, but the personal relationship between the two women is still very close.

"Mingcheng," Yu Fengzhi took the initiative to talk to Zhou Hexuan, "Han Qing misses you very much, why haven't you come to the house recently?" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "I'm usually too busy, so I'll definitely visit Commander Zhang another day." ”

Yu Fengzhi deliberately eased the contradiction and said: "Why bother to see the outside like that, you just call him Hanqing." ”

Zhou Hexuan could only say: "Brother Han Qing has been busy with military affairs recently, I'm afraid he doesn't have time to deal with me." ”

"What can he do?" Yu Fengzhi smiled, and suddenly remembered that Zhang Xueliang had frequently convened military meetings in the past few days, and hurriedly asked, "Mingcheng, is the Japanese moving again?" ”

Zhou Hexuan nodded with a serious face: "The Japanese target this time is Rehe. ”

During the Republic of China, there were four provinces in Northeast China, namely Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning and Rehe. After the September 18 Incident, the Japanese only occupied the three eastern provinces, and only by swallowing Rehe Province could they be regarded as completely controlling the northeast.

If nothing else, when Zhou Hexuan was watching the theater in the theater, the Kwantung Army was already preparing to attack Shanhaiguan.

There is no need for Zhou Hexuan to remind him of this, Zhang Xueliang has been prepared for a long time.

Since the Kwantung Army captured Jinzhou, it quickly transferred troops to set up camp, and the Japanese army's camp was only 1 mile away from Shanhaiguan.

Just half a month ago, the Kwantung Army brazenly opened fire on Shanhaiguan and completed the assembly of the navy, army, and air force at the end of December. He also openly evacuated the Japanese expatriates who had evacuated the local area, making it clear that he was going to attack Shanhaiguan, and he was not afraid of exposing his military plan at all.

Zhang Xueliang was scolded by the whole country after losing the three eastern provinces, and he also wanted to save his prestige. When he learned of the movements of the Kwantung Army, he immediately deployed troops to arrange the defense line of the Great Wall, preparing to fight the Kwantung Army to the death - he had no way to retreat, as long as the Kwantung Army successfully occupied Rehe Province, Zhang Xueliang's North China territory would be exposed under the iron heel of the Kwantung Army.

Where is Rehe Province?

In the later period, at the junction of Hebei, Liaoning, and Inner Mongolia provinces, such as Chengde, Chifeng, Huludao and other regions, they all belonged to the jurisdiction of Rehe Province at this time.

Zhou Hexuan looked at the stage helplessly, probably tonight, the defenders of Shanhaiguan were about to fire the first shot of the Great Wall Anti-Japanese War.

The Great Wall War of Resistance is singing and crying.

However, the Kwantung Army at this time was no longer the Kwantung Army at the time of "918". Under the three-dimensional attack of the three armies of the sea, land and air, Shanhaiguan was broken after only three days. In the following months, the Central Army, the Northwest Army, and the Northeast Army jointly defended the front line of the Great Wall, but they were still unable to resist the Japanese attack, and finally ended the war with the "Tanggu Agreement", which humiliated the country. After the Japanese army captured Rehe, the front of the troops pointed directly at Beiping and Tianjin, and the next battle was a full-scale war of resistance.

Of course, the Great Wall War of Resistance was not without merit. The people of the whole country enthusiastically donated money and materials, and the officers and men on the front line fought bravely, often annihilating the entire army in battalion units, fighting to the death until the last person did not retreat.

This caused great casualties to the Japanese army and also dealt a blow to the arrogance of the Japanese military headquarters, so that the Japanese army had to postpone the plan of full-scale invasion of China.

The more fucked up is Chang Kaishen, although he sent part of the central army to support, but generally still continues the decision of "outside must first be inside". Not only that, but he also deliberately suppressed the people's anti-Japanese activities to save the country, on the grounds that he would avoid completely angering Japan.

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Not long after, Hu Shi also came with a friend, sitting in the audience and chatting with Zhou Hexuan.

Finally, the show begins.

The music sounded, and the four eunuchs led Zhu Wenxun to the field.

At the end of a while, the eunuch Jia faced inward and read: "General Hua is attacking!" ”

"Command!"

Hua Yun, played by Meng Xiaodong, came out in response and read: "I was ordered to guard the important city, how can I be at peace day and night?" ”

"Good!"

Meng Xiaodong only walked a few steps on the stage, and one more sentence of recitation attracted the applause of the audience.

Han Shenxian, a famous ticket in Tianjin, said to Wang Gengsheng beside him: "Xiao Dongbai has been learning art under Mr. Yu for three years, and now his skills have been perfected, and he is not lost to all the famous masters. ”

Wang Gengsheng also sighed: "This time Xiaodong made a comeback, and the name of 'Winter Emperor' is well deserved. Today's Chinese singing beard, Xiao Dong is not to say that he is ranked first, but at least he can be ranked in the top three. ”

The play being sung now is called "War Taiping", and the famous general Hua Yun is Zhu Yuanzhang's nephew Zhu Wenxun's subordinate. Because Zhu Wenxun refused to adopt a good strategy, and then surrendered on his knees, Hua Yun was defeated and captured, and finally swore to die and was tied to the court by Chen Youliang. After arriving at the court, Hua Yun broke the rope and fought several Han soldiers with his sword, but he was exhausted by the arrow and killed himself in the enemy formation.

Zhou Hexuan is now a knowledgeable ticket holder, and all the scenes of Meng Xiaodong's comeback today were personally chosen by Zhou Hexuan. There are no children's love dramas, all of them are related to loyalty to the monarch and serving the country and swearing to die. For example, the current "War Taiping" fiercely satirizes Chang Kaishen and Zhang Xueliang, comparing them to Zhu Wenxun who surrendered on his knees.

"Accept the grace of the king, repay the ministers, exhaust their loyalty, sweep away the smoke and dust, open up the territory, and determine the lord. From ancient times to the present, how many people do not hesitate to name, and the monarch is loyal to the clan relatives! ”

"Good!"

"Good!"

As soon as Meng Xiaodong started singing, the theater suddenly applauded like thunder, and the momentum seemed to be able to tear down the ceiling.

A rich second-generation star-chaser named Li Zhigang was so excited that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he frantically took out a silver dollar from his pocket and threw it up, shouting impatiently: "Look at the reward!" ”

Historically, this guy died 5 years ago.

Because he was infatuated with Meng Xiaodong, he couldn't extricate himself, and he pursued it in many ways without success, and heard that Meng Xiaodong married Mei Lanfang as his little wife, so he directly picked up a gun and ran to Mei Lanfang to settle accounts. Zhang Hanju, the manager of the "Mainland Evening News", was next to him to persuade him to fight, but was shot dead by Li Zhigang, who was also shot for homicide.

chasing stars and killing people with guns shows how charming Meng Xiaodong is.

Fortunately, Meng Xiaodong's marriage to Zhou Hexuan as his aunt's wife has not been completely exposed, otherwise Li Zhigang would probably have come to trouble Zhou Hexuan with a gun.

Today is Meng Xiaodong's comeback special, except for the middle few scenes to take the opportunity to rest, Meng Xiaodong sang for an afternoon, and the fans applauded so loudly that their voices were hoarse. When the performance was over, the whole stage was full of silver dollars, jewelry and other rewards, and dozens of bouquets of flowers were piled up backstage.

Although Vivien Leigh didn't understand, she was still frightened by the madness of these fans. Although she is sought after in London, when she is acting, she has never seen anyone throw money on stage.

Suddenly, Vivien Li became interested in Peking Opera, and she ran to Meng Xiaodong and said, "Miss Meng, I want to learn opera from you!" ”

"Huh?" Meng Xiaodong was confused.

In the next period of time, Meng Xiaodong sang 32 consecutive performances in Pingjin and Tianjin, almost all of which were full, and his fame was further than a few years ago. No one dares to question the name of "Winter Emperor", because the strength is there, and there are even many people who regard Meng Xiaodong as "the first person to be born".

There is a record in "The History of Chinese Opera": "(Meng Xiaodong) worships (Yu) Shuyan, and he must go to Yu's family every day to work, and there is no time between cold and summer...... He is the only one of the Yu faction who has received the true inheritance of the mantle...... If the things of the Yu faction were the toys of the real research institute, Meng Xiaodong was really the only qualified graduate student. ”

"The only person in the Yu faction who has received the true inheritance of the mantle", this evaluation is not high.

In martial arts, Meng Xiaodong is probably equivalent to bringing art to the Wudang faction, and after several years of penance, he became the chief disciple and future head of Wudang.

Since then, Meng Xiaodong's fame has approached Mei Lanfang in North China, and gradually spread to the south. So much so that a local tyrant in Shanghai celebrated his birthday, sent a special telegram to Tianjin, and invited Meng Xiaodong to the Shanghai singing hall with a large amount of money - the appearance fee is 500 oceans, including board and lodging expenses, and there is also a reward.

At the same time that Meng Xiaodong became popular, Zhang Xueliang was once again scolded by the people. Because the defense line of the Great Wall was lost one after another, and the Japanese army continued to attack Rehe, Zhang Xueliang once again became a national sinner, and there were voices everywhere telling him to get out of the wilderness.

When the whole province of Rehe fell, it was the day when Zhang Xueliang took the blame and went into the wilderness.

In fact, Zhang Xueliang really took the blame this time, and the responsibility for Rehe's loss is not all on him.

Rehe Province belonged to Tang Yulin's territory, and since the fall of the three eastern provinces, Tang Yulin no longer listened to Zhang Xueliang's command. When Zhang Xueliang and Song Ziwen went to Rehe to supervise the battle, Tang Yulin scolded when he heard the news: "Is Xiao Liuzi colluding with Song Ziwen and coming to fight me!" ”

As a veteran warlord, the Japanese army was approaching in a big way, but Tang Yulin's first thought was to preserve his strength, and he violated Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Zuoxiang's combat orders, which led to the defense system of Rehe full of loopholes.

When faced with the Japanese planes and tanks, Tang Yulin's Cui Xingwu was the first to surrender, and the defense of the "Kailu" line broke through a big hole. Immediately afterwards, Wan Fulin, who was in charge of the defense, fled on the front line, and the Chaoyang area was immediately lost.

The simultaneous rout of the three fronts left the Japanese army in a no-man's land.

Zhang Xueliang wanted to roll up his sleeves and fight a bloody battle, but his warlords didn't listen to his command, so what could they do?

Zhang Zuoxiang, the commander of the Battle of Rehe, also performed badly, seeing that several fronts were lost, he didn't think about how to remedy it, so he actually threw down the troops and ran away in a car. And Tang Yulin saw that the boss had run away, and he was still a fart, so he also retreated with his troops.

On the contrary, Sun Dianying, who was born as a bandit, showed heroism and led his troops to fight a bloody battle with the Japanese army for seven days and seven nights. It's a pity that this captain who touched gold later defected to Japan and became a traitor, otherwise he would be regarded as an anti-Japanese patriotic general.