Zhang Qun and the others were busy until the evening before sorting out the record of Liu Yimin's speech. After reading it, several people felt that it should be more complete, so they wrote out the opinions of their negotiation team and attached them. Zhang Qun was still not at ease after thinking about it, so he asked everyone to write a text message to the committee separately to state their personal views. Busy and busy, until late at night, it can be regarded as completely completed, and Nanjing.

Spring in Nanjing is beautiful.

Red, pink, white flowers, forming clusters of flowers, from all directions to the Purple Mountain, Zhongshan overflow, in the Qinhuai River to form a ** flower tide, and then spread over the entire urban area, to the Yangtze River, the river spring vigorous, vigorous pouring to the East China Sea.

The spring breeze is warm, and the earth is tender and green.

The ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, the city is full of purple and red.

Early in the morning, Chiang Kai-shek stood in front of the window, admiring the boundless spring color, and his mood was particularly comfortable and happy.

During this time, I was busy and anxious, but I was finally busy. On Xue Yue's side, the troops' training and replenishment were basically completed; The main force of Liu Xiang's 21st Army has also been fully adjusted in place, and in a few days, when the arms transported from the rear arrive in Sichuan, Deng Xihou's troops and Li Jiayu's troops can also be fully replenished; As for Tian Songyao, he has been dismissed and investigated, and his deputy Sun Zhen has taken over. As long as the replenishment is in place, I believe that these Sichuan troops will fight desperately with the red bandits for their own territory.

Zhang Qun is still very capable, Yan Xishan, the old slippery head, has decided to send troops to attack, when the red bandits are inseparable from the Central Army and the Sichuan Army, Yan Xishan's 100,000 army suddenly killed Xi'an, hehe, I think the red bandits are afraid that they will have nowhere to run!

Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui still obeyed the orders of the central government, and the troops had been assembled in place, and they could kill the Shaanxi-Gansu border at any time. It's ridiculous [***] to be self-conscious, to dare to argue with the central government, purely impatient to live. When the fight started, there were planes chasing them in the sky and bombing them, and there were cavalry on the ground to cut them, and the front and rear were outflanked by male soldiers.

Thinking about the Tongguan front again, Jiang Dingwen has been appointed as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, commanding 200,000 central troops to advance and suppress. Now Jiang Dingwen has made a thorough deployment in Luoyang, and the army has gone to Lingbao and Ruxiang to build an attack position, which can be attacked at any time. As long as Jiang Dingwen takes Tongguan, the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan can be seen at a glance, and the red bandits will not be able to resist the elite Central Army.

I'm afraid Zhu Mao never dreamed that he had also mobilized 200,000 elites gathered in Wuhan and Yichang, and was secretly rushing to Wanxian.

Chiang Kai-shek wanted to continue to think about it, and Yan Daogang sent a telegram from Zhang Qun's negotiation team. After Chiang Kai-shek read it, he threw the telegram on the table and scolded Niang Xipi three times. After scolding, I picked up the telegram and read it carefully.

Yan Daogang received the telegram late last night, and he should have sent it to the committee seat at that time, but when he thought about it, the committee seat was sleeping soundly, and he didn't know whether the negotiations could be negotiated or not, and it was not a military situation that was too urgent, so he made a return to the main committee and waited until the morning to deliver it. Unexpectedly, after watching it, he was still angry. Yan Daogang scolded Zhang Qun in his heart, he would not report good news all day long, and a telegram would make the committee angry, and the good mood of the day was gone.

Chiang Kai-shek was silent after seeing it, the deployment on his side has not been completely in place, how can the red bandits know everything about it? Is this a leak or is the other party really like Zhuge Liang, like a god? How can this battle be fought?

It would be terrible if the red bandits were really ready to deploy and wait for themselves to launch as they had analyzed. If the elite of its Central Army misses again, won't the Central Army lose its prestige? At that time, I am afraid that Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Chen Jitang and others will be ready to move. If there are a few more defeats like the first division's ambush, I am afraid that the position of this leader will be in jeopardy.

I remember that this remark seems to have been said with Zhang Qun, Chen Cheng, He Guoguang, and Yang Yongtai on the evening of the 30th day of the Chinese New Year, and at that time, everyone said that the troops assembled in Wuhan and Yichang could not move and could not create a situation of emptiness in the hinterland. Now that he is determined to finish his work in one battle, he has basically drawn the main force to the front line, if there is a mistake, then it will be worth it?

I really want to meet this Liu Yimin and see who this guy is sacred, and why he can hit his own vital point as soon as he makes a move. However, this guy's statement is different from other Communist Party, and he also admits that the Kuomintang has made great contributions to national liberation, which is relatively fair. It seems that this person should not be underestimated.

This Liu Yimin actually said that the reason why the red bandits let go of the Sichuan army, let go of Xue Yue, and gave up the occupation of Chengdu was to retain some vitality for [***] and reserve a strategic rear for the national political axe. It would have been a lie and a threat, and it would have been incredible if he had now seen that he had never told anyone about war.

What to do? Talk or fight?

Talking, judging by the current posture of the communist bandits, they are willing to negotiate peace, and they really want to unite and resist. However, once this is negotiated, he will no longer be able to easily encircle and suppress the red bandits, and he will only be able to watch the communist bandits grow and will inevitably become fierce enemies in the future.

Fighting, it seems that things are different from his plan, maybe it is really like Liu Yimin said, the current red bandits are no longer the red bandits of the past, and it is not easy to fight. If you can wipe out the red bandits in one fell swoop, you will naturally win the whole game. If you lose, can you lose? Even if it is a tie and the two sides suffer heavy losses, I'm afraid it's not good, so should we continue to fight or sit down and negotiate again?

Is it just like that?

Chiang Kai-shek thought about it and hesitated.

Yan Daogang saw that he was in a dilemma, so he suggested whether to find Yang Yongtai and He Guoguang to study them.

Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Yan Daogang and did not speak. Yan Daogang didn't say anything more.

In the end, Chiang Kai-shek finally made up his mind that since he was ready, he would fight no matter what. If you don't fight now, when the red bandits gain a firm foothold in Shaanxi, it will be even more troublesome to fight.

It's just that how to fight this still needs to be carefully studied, and in short, the Central Army must not be allowed to suffer too much loss. It's still the old way, let the Sichuan army and the Ma Jiajun take the lead, Yan Xishan's Jin Sui army is a surprise soldier, and the Central Army follows behind as an assault force. If the Sichuan army and the Ma family army made meritorious contributions, then the central army and the Jin Sui army would quickly attack and completely destroy the red bandits. If the Sichuan army and the Ma family army were unlucky, the central army would control the defense line and use the method of siege to trap the red bandits.

It's not right to think about it, if the Central Army does not actively attack, what role can the Sichuan Army and the Ma Jiajun play? Then it's better not to fight! The Central Army will lose if it loses, the army is used to fight, and the troops that do not fight tough battles can never become elite. If you are defeated, it is a big deal to go back to your hometown in Xikou by yourself! Besides, with this million army moving together, where do the red bandits have such a big appetite! Don't let a young man with a beard grow all his beard start.

Besides, can you talk and fight at the same time, and talk while fighting! If you can win, you will fight resolutely, and if you can't win, you will talk about it.

After Chiang Kai-shek made up his mind, he asked Yan Daogang to send a telegram to Zhang Qun: "Top secret, continue to negotiate, and find an excuse to terminate the negotiations and withdraw to Luoyang in 10 days." ”

After receiving the telegram, Zhang Qun sighed and walked into the negotiation venue with Shao Lizi, Zhang Zhizhong, and Chen Cheng.

After the two sides sat down, Zhang Qun took the lead in speaking: "Mr. Enlai, we agree in principle to the exchange of prisoners of war that you submitted yesterday. Can we get straight to the point and negotiate on the exchange of prisoners of war? ”

As soon as Zhang Qun said this, Liu Yimin's heart jumped, Chiang Kai-shek still had to fight. Otherwise, Zhang Qun would not have taken the lead in proposing to talk about the exchange of prisoners, and he should continue to submit to the leadership of the central government and reorganize the army. That's the big question, it's the heart of the negotiations. As long as the core issues are identified, the exchange of prisoners of war will not be a problem. The reason why he suggested yesterday that Vice Chairman Zhou talk about the exchange of prisoners of war first was to announce the results to the outside world after the negotiation reached an issue, so as to force Chiang to stop the civil war. I can't imagine that Chiang Kai-shek is so stubborn that he has to completely exterminate the Red Army!

Thinking about Chiang Kai-shek's ignorance of the pressure of the great enemy and his single-minded suppression of the Communists, Liu Yimin has a sense of failure, yesterday's efforts were in vain, and it seems that this Chiang Kai-shek's bald head will not be easily negotiated if he is not captured alive.

While Liu Yimin was thinking, Zhou Enlai had already begun to speak.

Zhou Enlai proposed to exchange Hu Zongnan for Fang Zhimin and Liu Chouxi, but Zhang Qun believed that it was not enough to exchange one person for two, one must be exchanged for one, and the two sides must be equal. The result of the final compromise was the exchange of captured officers above the platoon level of the 1st Division for the captured Red Army cadres, one for another, for a total of 376 people. The two sides agreed to exchange at Tongguan.

In the morning, it ended in the back and forth of arguments between the two sides, and finally there was a small result.

After walking out of the five halls, Liu Yimin said directly to Zhou En: "Report to Vice Chairman Zhou, I and Political Commissar Luo can no longer participate in this negotiation, please send cadres to participate in the Central Committee, and we will return to the army." ”

Zhou Enlai asked: "Do you feel that Chiang Kai-shek still wants to fight?" ”

Liu Yimin replied, "Yes." Zhang Qun took the lead in proposing the exchange of prisoners, which made me think that he wanted to make a lot of money and have some results. I think they'll be back to us in the afternoon and stall for time. ”

Zhou Enlai thought for a while and said: "Chiang Kai-shek has always been reactionary, and he will not be honest if he doesn't hurt him." I will report to the chairman immediately, and you will go back and prepare for the operation, and remember that the combat deployment must be meticulous and meticulous, and you must ensure that nothing goes wrong. ”

After Liu Yimin saluted Vice Chairman Zhou, he and Luo Ronghuan went back to the regiment headquarters.

After the negotiations began in the afternoon, Zhou Enlai informed Zhang Qun that since Comrade Liu Yimin and Comrade Luo Ronghuan had other tasks, our party would replace the negotiators, and Comrade Ye Jianying and Comrade Dong Biwu would take over the work of the two of them. Then Ye Jianying and Dong Biwu were introduced to the Kuomintang negotiators.

As soon as Zhang Qun heard about the change, he couldn't help but think of the telegram sent by the committee in the morning, it seems that this [***] sense of smell is not ordinary sensitivity, Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan do have another task, I am afraid that they will go back to deploy and fight. Commission, commission, I'm afraid you can't imagine that the opponent you met is so sharp and cunning, you haven't moved there, and the net has already been opened here, you don't listen to people's persuasion, wait for the loss!

Zhang Qun wants to think about it, does the negotiation still have to be carried out? After sorting out his thoughts, Zhang Qun said: "Mr. Enlai, our negotiations were fruitful in the morning, and we reached a consensus on the exchange of prisoners of war. However, I would like to remind you that until the negotiations have reached a final agreement, please refrain from releasing information to the outside world. I listened to the radio in the morning, and you have announced that we have reached a consensus that it is time to unite and resist. During the lunch break, I heard your announcement of the consensus reached by the two sides on the exchange of prisoners of war. This is not good, and it is easy to cause misunderstandings and make several of our deputies very passive before the end of the negotiations. ”

Zhou Enlai said in his heart, as expected, he began to ruffle. He said-for-tat: "I can't agree with Mr. Yue Jun's words. The KMT-CPC negotiations have a bearing on China's future and destiny, and the whole country is paying close attention. Timely disclosure of the progress of the negotiations can boost the will of the people of the whole country to unite and resist, and as negotiators of both sides, we have no right to close the news and let the 40,000,000 people across the country fear us. Personally, I don't think we're disclosing too much, it's going far from enough. Mr. Yue Jun said this: Could it be that your party is not sincere about this negotiation and is joking with the good wishes of the people of the whole country for peace, for China's reunification, and for the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to unite and resist each other? I can solemnly warn you that today's [***] represents the will of the whole country and the whole nation to unite and resist the war. The Red Army today is a Red Army that has been tempered by countless battles, is invincible, and invincible. Any perverse attempt to wage a civil war by means of a large army or with the strength of the whole country will surely be crushed by our heroic Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. ”

As soon as Zhou Enlai finished speaking, Ye Jianying said: "As the military representative of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, I am telling you, and I also ask you to convey the Nanjing political axe, Chairman Lin Sen, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, don't play with fire, don't think that the Central Army's million-strong army can do whatever you want, don't think that you can destroy the Red Army with the Central Army, the Sichuan Army, the Jin Sui Army, and the Ma Jiajun, I can responsibly tell you on behalf of Chairman [***], Vice Chairman Zhou Enlai, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, that the main force of our Red Army has completed the training and supplementation. At the moment, with excellent weapons and ample ammunition, you can crush all attacks of [***] anytime and anywhere. By the way, there is another sentence that my predecessor, Comrade Liu Yimin, commander of the Red Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, asked me to convey to you, that is. Please tell Chiang Kai-shek that the Red Army does not want to fight a civil war, but it is not afraid of a civil war, and if Chiang Kai-shek insists on fighting, he does not care about capturing a third-rate general like Chiang Dingwen again. Ask Chiang Kai-shek to change the former enemy commander of the Central Army on the front line of Tongguan, with He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Wei Lihuang, and Zhang Zhizhong as commanders, he is willing to capture the above four people, he looks down on Jiang Dingwen, and thinks that victory is not martial. ”

As soon as Ye Jianying's words were finished, Zhang Zhizhong and Chen Cheng frowned, these words were too exciting, and no one could stand it.

Zhang Zhizhong said in a man-like voice: "Thanks to General Liu Yimin, he can afford to list me as one of the generals he is willing to capture." However, I think he's a bit arrogant and a little bit taken for granted. Unless you [***] don't talk about credibility and detain me now, otherwise, it's just Liu Yimin's wishful thinking to arrest me. I, Zhang Zhizhong, have worked hard for the country and the people all my life, and I dare not say how much credit I have, but I am worthy of the sentence of conscience. If he wants to capture me, it's a dream. I'd rather kill myself than be a captive. ”

Chen Cheng said: "Before I met Liu Yimin, I thought he must be a big hero. After seeing him, I realized that it was a hairy young man. Now that your representative has relayed his words, I feel that he is beyond his means. If it weren't for the KMT-CCP negotiations, I wouldn't be here. Under the protection of my 18th Army, I don't think anyone in China can capture me. Personally, I believe that although the Red Army is heroic and invincible, my 18th Army has few opponents in China. Liu Yimin wants to capture me, unless you detain me now. Otherwise, don't even think about it. ”

Ye Jianying smiled: "My words are not finished yet, Commander Liu Yimin still has something to convey to General Zhang Zhizhong and General Chen Cheng." First, both of them are national elites and pillars of the country, and he deeply sympathizes with their current situation. Second, the army is plotting against North China, and then will launch a full-scale war, and it is hoped that after the two of them return, they will rearm themselves for war, and the goal is to break the strategic intention of the army to attempt to capture Nanjing. Focusing on the attack and defense of Nanjing, I asked the two of you to serve the country and the people, have the courage to take responsibility, pay close attention to the complete fortifications, and replenish the planes, warships, and tanks of the army's air force and navy. When necessary, as long as the Nanjing political axe has an inquiry, the commander of Liu Yimin's army will know everything and say everything. Even if the order is to let him go to the battlefield in Nanjing, he is willing. Third, if possible, ask the two of them to tell Chairman Chiang not to expand the scale of the campaign and not to bring the Central Army into the country. Fighting a civil war is not a hero, but a national sinner. Have the ability to fight this devil. He was unwilling to annihilate the Central Army with a whole division and an entire army, which would not be beneficial to the whole nation's resistance. If Chiang Kai-shek insisted on fighting, he was willing to make a bet with everyone that within 10 days, he would turn the Luoyang airfield into ruins and completely paralyze the Tongpu railway in Shanxi. If Chairman Chiang still fights after the Luoyang airfield is in ruins and the Tongpu railway is completely paralyzed, then he will not be polite and will destroy as many as he wants. He did not want such good soldiers to become cannon fodder in the civil war under your command, so he had to take them prisoner and mobilize them to join the Red Army. ”

Zhang Qun saw that Zhang Zhizhong and Chen Cheng were thinking, so he said: "Brother Cangbai, can I think that this is your rhetoric that you want to terminate the negotiations and drive away the representatives of the state?" ”

Ye Jianying smiled: "How Brother Yue Jun understands is your business. I am a soldier, and I advocate fighting with a knife and a gun on the battlefield, and I hate this kind of negotiation on the surface and planning an attack in secret. When our Red Army had only more than 1,000 people, we were not afraid of your million-strong army, and now that we have more than 200,000 elites, are we still afraid that you will not succeed? I can tell you that the most elite Red 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 9th Army Corps and the Red 4th Front Army units of our Central Red Army are ready to annihilate you, just waiting for you to start a civil war! Commander Liu Yimin, Commander of the [***] Corps, Commander Peng Dehuai, and Commander-in-Chief Xu Xiangqian have long had opinions on your deliberate delay, and they are ready to fight a battle of annihilation at any time to eliminate the elite of the Central Army. The corps commander was very interested in returning to Hubei, Peng Dehuai thought that Hunan should have been occupied by the Red Third Army a long time ago, Liu Yimin wanted to set up his corps headquarters in Zhengzhou, and Xu Xiangqian, the commander-in-chief, was very interested in occupying Taiyuan. I'm not intimidating you, think about it, if you lose this time, Henan, Shanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, what other forces can be adjusted? Why are you preventing us from taking these places? ”

Shao Lizi coughed and said, "General Ye, what you said is too alarmist, isn't it [***] just mud?" Even mud can stick a wall, let alone an army of millions? I think that the two sides should not fight a lawsuit here, but should negotiate seriously, and if we can reach an agreement, even if Chairman Chiang wants to fight a civil war, we must think twice. Isn't it? ”

Dong Biwu immediately said: "I agree with Brother Zhong Hui's view, since we are sitting together, we are not only responsible for the Kuomintang and [***], but we are also responsible for the 40,000,000 people and the future of the Chinese nation." No matter how Chairman Chiang makes arrangements, we must continue to talk seriously according to our own hearts, and as long as the hope for peace is not broken, we must not give up. I don't believe that Chairman Chiang is so ignorant of the overall situation and ignorant of the general situation, and that he has no choice but to fight a civil war. Even if he wants to fight, that's fine, when he is defeated and suffers a loss, we will continue to talk, and we must talk about a situation of unity and resistance! ”

Zhou Enlai saw that the effect was good, so he said: "Mr. Yue Jun, Brother Zhonghui and Brother Jie She are right, we don't want a civil war, if a civil war is inevitable, we are not afraid." The reason why we, the [***], are willing to negotiate with the national political axe, is to unite and resist. The Kuomintang and [***], for example, are a pair of brothers, who turn against each other for family affairs. But now that the foreign enemy has invaded, the family affairs have to be put aside, and when the robbers have been driven out, we can no matter how much we count our hatred. If it weren't for the sake of unity and resistance, don't say that you don't want to talk to us, as far as I, Zhou Enlai, am concerned, I'd rather shed the last drop of blood than negotiate with you. I suggest that we talk about issues of mutual interest in a serious and pragmatic manner, and that we leave nothing else. If you receive an order from the Nanjing government to terminate the negotiations, please rest assured that [***] will be above board and will guarantee your safe departure. When you are defeated, we will still welcome you to negotiate again. ”

Zhang Qun was completely dizzy at this time, he didn't expect that he just mentioned that he was unwilling to disclose the content of the negotiation at will, which attracted such a strong backlash. But it's also good, from the substitution of the communist side to Ye Jianying's intimidation, it fully shows that [***] is ready to fight against encirclement and suppression. The Chairman should be informed of these circumstances at once so that he can consider them carefully. Don't steal a handful of rice and bury the good situation of the current negotiations. If he insists on fighting, then he has no choice but to hang up his crown and leave, and ask the chairman to choose another master.

(To be continued)