Chapter 156: Responses from all sides
One day, when Liu Yun was about to board the plane to conduct reconnaissance, Pang Xuezhong and Jia Lian came and handed them two telegrams, one was sent by Liu Xiang, asking him about the results of his contact with the Red Army, and the other was sent by the Red Army.
Liu Yun was overjoyed for a while, and then he was stunned, the surprise was the Central Red Army, even if Liu Xiang's Sichuan army did not make a stumbling block and no longer broke out the battle of Tianquan-Lushan, it should still be near Baoxing County, and was preparing for how to cross Jiajin Mountain, and actually had leisure time to send him a telegram.
What really made Liu Yun frown was that the Central Red Army so far away had expressed their opinions, but Zhang Guotao's department, which was all in front of him, did not say a word, it seems that they either have deep prejudices against Lao Jiang and Liu Xiang and can't listen to any opinions, or they just don't want to lead their troops to completely withdraw from Sichuan.
But no matter which one it is, it is a powerful resistance to the peace talks between the two armies, and it will produce great variables for Liu Yun's future layout, and this guy is even thinking about whether he should simply take advantage of the fact that the peace talks have not yet started, and fly the plane to kill Zhang Guotao's gang at a fixed point.
Although it was very tempting, Liu Yun still didn't dare to do it later, the reason is very simple, even if Zhang Guotao is eliminated, there are tens of thousands of people in the Red Fourth Front Army, and there are countless heroes, where Zhang Guotao alone has the final say, this is a kind of ideological struggle, and assassination will only backfire.
Liu Yun immediately called back to Li Shengde, thanking the Central Red Army for its support, and slightly mentioning Liu Xiang and Lao Jiang's plans, as well as his own worries about Zhang Guotao's troops, and finally affirmed that he was only a communication channel, and specific matters still needed to be discussed by both sides.
Li Shengde soon had a telegram back, and he explained that the Central Red Army was now in Lushan County, and they learned from the defenders of Lushan and Tianquan that the Sichuan Army was sincere in the peace talks, and that they only planned to pass through the western Sichuan Plateau, and as for the ideological work of Zhang Guotao's troops, they would do it themselves.
Liu Yun could not help but be overjoyed, and immediately explained Liu Xiang's three sincerity one by one, and the reply this time was even faster, not only highly praising this unprecedented initiative, but also believing that this reconciliation would become a model for the Red Army to cooperate with various forces, and they would do their best to complete the peace talks.
Liu Yun finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the hope of peace talks between the two armies finally took the first step, and after a period of politeness with the Red Army, he ended the telegraph talks, and immediately began to contact Liu Xiang, briefly explained the current situation, and focused on giving feedback to Chairman Li Shengde's positive opinions.
Liu Xiang's reply was that he was very satisfied with Liu Yun's current results, and was very optimistic that since Chairman Li Shengde of the Central Red Army agreed, it was equivalent to half of the completion, and he was not worried about the opposition of Zhang Guotao's troops, after all, it was under the jurisdiction of Li Shengde, and he was still a defeated general under the Sichuan army.
Liu Yun was also speechless, Liu Xiang was too optimistic, he didn't know that there was still a red separation, and thought that the Red Army was a monolith, the Soviet Red Army was the boss, the Central Red Army was the second, and Zhang Guotao's department was the third.
At least, it shows that Chairman Liu really has great interest and hope in the peace talks between the two armies, and the Central Red Army has also agreed to the peace talks, so only Zhang Guotao's ideological work remains, and the task is indeed half completed.
Most of the Red Army commanders and fighters who wanted to stay in western Sichuan Town did not know where Chairman Zhang was, so they sat on the Flying Bear reconnaissance plane every day and focused on inspecting Dajin County, Xiaojin County, Lifan County, and other places.
Several days passed, Liu Yun himself flew so much that he wanted to vomit, Zhang Guotao's department still had no news, but there was news from within the Sichuan army that the Red Army occupied Zhanmaogong (Xiaojin County) and another Red Army occupied Jinghua (Dajin County), Liu Xiang didn't care too much, but was slightly worried about the Red Army entering Tibet.
Liu Yun also smiled slightly, when the Red Army enters Tibet, it must pass through Liu Wenhui's defense area in Xikang, after all, the two Lius are one family, and it is normal for Liu Xiang to be so worried, but he is more worried about the Red Army, once he replaces Liu Wenhui and tastes the sweetness, he will be entrenched in Sichuan and Kangzang for a long time, I am afraid it will be a big trouble.
Only Liu Yun knew that in another time and space, Zhang Guotao's troops went as far west as as to Ganzi County and Aba County in Tibet, and as for Jinchuan, he often came and went, and if the peace talks between the two armies did not come and go, the scenes of the tragic battles between the two armies would be staged on time one by one.
Liu Yun stood in the telegraph room, thinking for a while, suddenly a guard came to report, the Red Army envoy Zhen Wenhe asked to see, couldn't help but be overjoyed, really stepped on the iron shoes and had nowhere to find, it took no effort to get it, really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, and the last piece of the puzzle of the peace talks will be put together.
In order to show grandeur, Liu Yun took the big and small officials and gentry to welcome together, and they didn't see each other for half a month, Ochre Wenhe became black and thin, his eyes were bright, and he was dressed in a white Red Army uniform, sweeping away the appearance of a weak scholar before, looking mature and steady, and faintly having a momentum of not being angry and threatening.
Along with Zhe Wenhe, there were four or five Red Army guards, and there were five or six war horses beside him, all dressed in dust, and it seemed that they had walked a long way, because they came from the direction of the mines in western Sichuan, and Liu Yun guessed that they should be from the Shujing Temple, or Zhuokeji (now Malkang City).
When Liu Daguan saw Zhe Wenhe, he smiled before saying a word, stretched out his hands, hugged him, patted Senior Brother Zhe's shoulder fiercely, and said happily, "You are finally here, I was really surprised to hear that you have conquered Jinghua recently, and I thought that the peace talks between the two armies were going to come to naught."
Zhe Wenhe was stunned for a moment, then laughed, punched Liu Yun in the chest, and said with some complaints, "Senior Brother Liu, you are not authentic, your plane flies around us every day, so you are not tired and panicked, don't you know that our Red Army is the most annoying of this fly."
Liu Yun couldn't help but agree, and said pointedly, "Senior brother, don't mind, Liu Xiang's broken tank, small plane, or pediatrics, once you fight with the Japanese devils in the future, you will know that it is powerful, and I am helping you eliminate the psychological shadow now."
This is a little unclear, and Ochre Wenhe can't figure it out for a while, but fortunately, at present, the main issue is peace talks, and other issues will be talked about later, so he pulled Liu Yun and asked, "You tell me the truth, do Liu Xiang and Lao Jiang really want peace talks, or continue to encircle and suppress in the name of peace talks."
It seems that the character of Lao Jiang and Liu Xiang is really not good, even a simple peace talk will arouse the suspicion of others, Liu Yun couldn't help but smile bitterly, it seems that the road to peace talks has a long way to go, so he said cautiously, "Only when you can fight can you make peace, whether it is true or false, or the strength has the final say."
Liu Yun thought that the Wenchuan War, on the surface, the Red Army suffered heavy losses, but Liu Xiang and the Sichuan Army were also awakened, and clearly realized the gap between the Sichuan Army and the Red Army, if there were no aircraft and tanks, the Sichuan Army was not the opponent of the Red Army at all.
However, the terrain of the western Sichuan Plateau is rugged, and the restrictions on aircraft and tanks are extremely great, and if the Sichuan army continues to go deeper, even if it wins the final victory, it will also suffer heavy losses, not to mention that in some places it cannot be used at all, and it will also deliver food when it goes, but when the Red Army goes to the plain area, it will be the other way around.
What Liu Xiang is most afraid of is that the war between the two armies will be protracted, and the Red Army will be like a fish thorn, stuck in the back of the Sichuan army, and he will have to prevent the Red Army from killing down from the western Sichuan Plateau at any time and going to the rich plains to get a handful.
Of course, the long-term confrontation between the two armies is not all unfavorable to the Sichuan army, the western Sichuan Plateau has few people and poor land, even if all the people are soldiers, they can't raise many troops, not to mention the whole Sichuan, they just want to protect themselves, and it also depends on Liu Xiang's willingness to spend blood, otherwise it is only a matter of time before he dies.
Therefore, the peace talks between the two armies are the best choice for both sides, and Zhen Wenhe also nodded in agreement, and then took out Zhang Guotao's handwritten letter, and cautiously handed it to Liu Daguan in front of everyone on both sides.
Zhang Guotao's handwritten letter, in fact, did not say anything, except for some polite words, that is, the advantages of the Sichuan army and the Red Army, one by one, he admitted that the Red Army was temporarily in a weak position, once a long-term battle, the victory or defeat is unknown, but in principle agreed to the peace talks.
Finally, there are some terms of peace talks, such as sending the Red Army out of Sichuan, he needs a certain amount of food, far more than Liu Yun expected, silver dollars alone will cost 2 million, and at the same time, in order to avoid that after the Red Army leaves, the Sichuan Army will settle accounts with the families of the Red Army, so they also want to take these family members away.
It can't be said that the Red Army is shouting prices all over the sky, many concerns are also true, as soon as the Red Army leaves in many places, many family members have indeed been persecuted, Liu Yun can only smile secretly bitterly, not to mention anything else, two million silver dollars will make Liu Xiang and the Sichuan army mad, these warlords seem to be beautiful, but in fact they are all poor eggs, even Lao Jiang, who likes to buy enemy generals with money the most, when he sees money, his eyes are also shining.
After reading these clauses in public, Liu Yun immediately asked the newspaper operator to send the original text to Liu Xiang, but he made peace with Zhe Wen, drinking tea and catching up with the old days, while waiting for a call back from the city capital, and the other officials and gentry also dispersed one by one, leaving only a few county-level officials to accompany him.
Didn't let everyone wait long, Liu Xiang quickly called back, except for reiterating the original three sincerity, did not agree to any of the others, for the issue of two million silver dollars, there is no possibility of negotiation, thinking that the Red Army is a sky-high asking price, and the issue of the Red Army's family can be discussed, but there is one point, if the relocation work can be completed within three months, he completely agrees.
There may be some terms, the Red Army itself didn't think about it, Ochre Wenhe took the reply call from the Sichuan Army, and left immediately, Liu Yun was suddenly stupid, the headquarters of Zhang Guotao's feelings is not far from the town of Sichuanxi, and even around the county of Sichuan, no wonder it has not been found before, it is really dark under the lights.
Fortunately, other people didn't think of this layer, and Liu Yun wouldn't say anything, in case Liu Xiang really went crazy and forced him to send troops to attack Zhang Guotao's department, whether to go or not, so he instead covered up and said that the Red Army just couldn't trust people, and if he wanted to send a telegram, he would change places.
At this time, Zhi Brain reported that all kinds of steel reserves have exceeded 30,000 tons, mainly due to the contribution of ant robots, and the No. 1 warehouse has been filled, asking what to do next, Liu Yun couldn't help but be happy, unconsciously, has reached the minimum steel reserve requirements for the construction of railways.
Ants mainly mine low-grade iron ore, as well as some rare metals, such as gold mines commonly found in the plateau, which form a perfect complement to the western Sichuan Iron and Steel Plant.