On the east bank of the Yellow River, Fugu Ferry.

Liu Cheng, chief of staff of the Reading Army, rushed here with the second division and three regiments, and Liu Masheng, the commander of the third regiment, looked at the turbulent Yellow River in front of him and asked, "The ship is ready, chief of staff, can't we cross the river now?" ”

Liu Cheng nodded and said, "Well, cross the river!" ”

Liu Masheng turned his head and said to the team behind him: "The first battalion is on guard, and the second battalion and the third battalion are crossing the river!" ”

"Hurry up and cross the river......" Under the shouts of several battalion and company commanders, the troops began to slowly cross the river. Because both sides of the Yellow River section in Inner Mongolia, Shanxi Province were within the control of the Reading Force at this time, the Yellow River crossing at this time was far less tightly guarded than the original one. The only militia on the ferry was a company of militiamen from the Reading Army, whose families lived not far from the Yellow River, and since there was no war around the Yellow River at this time, these militiamen were divided into two groups, taking turns to go home to rest and farm.

About three hours later, with the help of the militiamen, three infantry battalions of the three regiments and a cavalry company, totaling more than 3,000 men, all crossed the Yellow River.

Liu Cheng rode on a war horse and galloped towards Ordos with the three regiments, and the infantry behind them formed a long dragon with a human head, following the cavalry towards Ordos.

In Taiyuan City, Zhang Mingyu stood in the courtyard and looked up at the sky, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, because today is already the 27th day of the lunar month, and in three days it will be the traditional festival of the Chinese - the Spring Festival, and the Spring Festival is the New Year. So thought so in the hearts of the people.

Thinking of the New Year, Zhang Mingyu can't help but feel a little melancholy in his heart, and the loss in his heart is inevitable, although Zhang Mingyu looks beautiful on the surface in this world, and is a national hero who resists the Japanese, but in fact, he is the most pitiful, and he has not been able to understand his thoughts at this time, in this world he can say that he has no relatives, remembering that the family used to make dumplings and watch the Spring Festival Gala together for the New Year.

Thinking of this Zhang Mingyu unconsciously has burst into tears, although he inexplicably came to China in the thirties, but the thoughts of his relatives have not stopped for a moment, now the only thing that supports him is the national righteousness, for the motherland and the Chinese nation, he will continue to fight, until one day, the invaders will be driven out of the country, and the domestic people will live a happy and stable life, and then it will be the time when he Zhang Mingyu will retire.

But what he wants to do is to solve all possible unfavorable factors that may threaten the stability of the motherland for the great motherland, so that the Chinese can raise their heads, pat their chests and proudly say: "I am Chinese!" ”

Just when Zhang Mingyu was full of emotion, Tie Niu strode in, Zhang Mingyu saw that Tie Niu was back again, frowned and said: "Tie Niu, I didn't let you go to Dongshan to inspect the progress of the factory, why did you come back again?" ”

"Throne." Tie Niu snapped and saluted: "As soon as I left the city, I met Li Yunlong, the commander of the 33rd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and Chu Yunfei, the commander of the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army. They wanted to see you, so I brought them here. ”

"Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei?" Zhang Mingyu was puzzled: "What's the matter with the two of them?" Zhang Mingyu remembered that the two of them drunk him last time and tricked him into four Czech machine guns.

Of course, Zhang Mingyu wouldn't be angry about these machine guns, anyway, when the guns got into their hands, they would be fighting devils.

"Invite them in!" Zhang Mingyu said to Tie Niu.

Before Zhang Mingyu's words fell, Li Yunlong's loud voice sounded outside the door: "Commander Zhang, don't bother, we are here uninvited." Ha ha! ”

As he spoke, Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei had already strode in, and when the three of them met, Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei saluted at the same time: "Commander Zhang,"

Zhang Mingyu also saluted back and said: "Welcome, welcome, the two brothers are here, Mingyu is far away!" The two of you should still call me little brother, or Mingyu, and don't call me the commander. ”

"Haha!" Li Yunlong laughed and said: "Brother Zhang, you are really happy, today Brother Chu and I came uninvited, just want to come to Brother Zhang, you to ask for a few glasses of water and wine, you shouldn't mind, right?" ”

"Brother Yunlong, where are you, let's go into the house, the three of us won't get drunk today!" Zhang Mingyu said solemnly.

"Please!" Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei followed closely into the house.

Zhang Mingyu turned around and arranged for Tie Niu: "Tie Niu, you go and inform the gang to add dinner today, and in addition, I will call Zhang Biao and Ling Tianbao to accompany me later." ”

"Okay!" The Iron Bull took the order and left.

After Zhang Mingyu and Li Yunlong entered the house, the three of them sat around the table, and a guard had already poured three cups of hot tea for the three of them with a teapot, and the three of them were sipping tea and waiting for dinner, and Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei were calculating with each other how to open their mouths in order to achieve the purpose of their trip, although Zhang Mingyu didn't know what the specific purpose of the two was, but he knew that it would definitely not be as simple as just eating.

Chu Yunfei took two sips of the teacup, looked around at the two people in front of him, Chu Yunfei was thinking about how to get a little bit of wind from Zhang Mingyu's mouth at this time, it was obvious that he was ordered by Yan Xishan to come to Taiyuan, as for why he wanted to find Li Yunlong together, it was naturally his own thoughts, bring Li Yunlong, then they would come as "old friends", if he came alone, it would be different.

And the reason why Li Yunlong took the initiative to come to Taiyuan was, of course, to be a "diplomat", and it can be said that the two of them have their own hearts.

In the end, it was Li Yunlong who took the lead in speaking, and he said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, first of all, on behalf of the 33rd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, I would like to express my gratitude to your troops for their brilliant victory in recovering Taiyuan, and I would also like to thank you for your help to our Eighth Route Army. ”

Zhang Mingyu smiled and said: "Thank you, as for those things, it's not a trivial matter." ”

Chu Yunfei next to him saw that the two of them were talking about each other, especially Li Yunlong's congratulations to Zhang Mingyu on occupying Taiyuan, which made his face turn blue for a while, but he didn't show too much at this time, and he also thanked Zhang Mingyu with a smile.

Soon the meal was ready, and several of the men in the room brought up the fragrant meal, and after a few people drank a few back and forth, they were all slightly drunk, Chu Yunfei took the lead and said: "Brother Mingyu, may I ask if Taiyuan is the seat of governance in Shanxi Province?" ”

"Of course! This problem is known to everyone in the old man of Sanjin's father! Zhang Mingyu replied without thinking.

"Then which theater of war does Shanxi belong to the National Revolutionary Army?" Chu Yunfei continued to ask.

"Part of Shaanxi and the whole territory of Shanxi are under the jurisdiction of the Second War Zone." Zhang Mingyu asked rhetorically: "Why do you have any doubts?" ”

"Then Taiyuan City, as the capital of Shanxi Province, should it be taken over by the Second War Zone Governor's Department?" Chu Yunfei said a word.

(To be continued)