After all, it was the time of the Great War, and these people were all the main generals in the army, and the banquet did not last too long, but Liu Yimin was already dizzy from drinking.

The reason for the dizziness is mainly because of Sun Zhen and Sun Lianzhong. When Sun Zhen toasted Liu Yimin, he first saluted Liu Yimin, and then said that he toasted Division Commander Liu on behalf of General Wang Mingzhang and the 5,000 Sichuan Army soldiers who died in Teng County, and thanked Division Commander Liu for sending people to the 122nd Division to report on the enemy's situation, so that the 22nd Group Army could deploy before the enemy.

Seeing that Sun Zhen's eyes were full of tears when he said this, Liu Yimin took the wine jug, poured three glasses, and poured them on the ground one by one to pay tribute to the martyrs' souls, and then said to Sun Zhen and the guests that although the Sichuan army lacked good weapons and formal training, it did not lack the spirit of sacrifice. General Wang Mingzhang is a role model for the generals of the whole army, the pride of the Sichuan people, and the spirit of 5,000 heroes and martyrs in Tengxian County is immortal!

After speaking, Liu Yimin and Sun Zhen touched three full cups in a row and drank them all.

Sun Lianzhong was the most resolute number one figure in the War of Resistance in the old Northwest Army, and he had a strong stroke in the history of the War of Resistance against Japan. Although this person fought against the People's Liberation Army in North China from participating in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army to the Liberation War, he was one of the people in the old Northwest Army who had a deep grudge against our army, but Liu Yimin respected his contribution to the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and he also touched three cups in a row, and kept saying in his mouth, "General Sun should be old and strong, and the big knife of the Northwest Army must be obtained, and cutting off the head of a little devil is like cutting a melon." Sun Lianzhong was so happy that he and Liu Yimin touched three cups in a row.

Liu Yimin was dizzy and dizzy, and he was extremely excited, regardless of the identity of these people, he grabbed Li Zongren and shouted his brother into his office, which made Bai Chongxi and the others look at each other, and said that they couldn't imagine that there was such a character in [***], who was cute and heartless, dared to call [***] a brother and sister, and was not afraid of the cruel struggle within them after they went back.

After arriving at Li Zongren's office, Liu Yimin washed his face with cold water before saying to Li Zongren: "Commander Li, in the previous telegrams, I suggested that the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee and you should think in advance about how to deal with the possible heavy counterattack of the Yue army. ”

Li Zongren couldn't figure out why Liu Yimin's brain was still relatively clear when he had drunk too much, so he thought about it and told Liu Yimin: "After the victory in Taierzhuang, the 16th Division of the Yue Army fought fiercely with our army in Linyi, and the 5th Division fought fiercely with the troops of the 1st Theater in Heze, and there is no sign of encircling Xuzhou for the time being. The chairman of the committee is now very contradictory, and he is bent on counterattacking in Zaozhuang, Yixian, and Lincheng to expand the results of the battle, but he is afraid that he will fall into the trap of the army and be surrounded by the army's heavy troops, as you said. I have already reported to the chairman of the committee about your visit to Xuzhou, and the chairman of the committee would like to meet you and hear your views on the overall situation of the war and the current situation. He is rushing here by special train, you go back and have a good rest, sort out your thinking, the chairman of the committee is on call, and if you have any opinions, please make a decision. ”

When Liu Yimin heard that Chiang Kai-shek was coming, he knew that there was no need to discuss the battle situation with Li Zongren now, and it was better to discuss it together. But the matter of those 1,600 Red Army soldiers must be said now, and tomorrow Chiang Kai-shek will have no chance.

Trying his best to control his drinking, Liu Yimin said carefully: "General Li, although we have never met in the past, I have admired you for a long time, and I have always longed for your majestic posture in the Northern Expedition. The leaders of our party have affirmed your contributions. Both the Chairman and Commander-in-Chief Zhu De have ordered me to convey their greetings to you. ”

Li Zongren laughed: "That's all smoke and clouds from the past, it's not worth mentioning." I can't imagine that your party has such a fair evaluation of history. I am very happy that Master Liu is so young and has always been thinking about the past. How about it, Mr. Runzhi and Brother Yujie are alright? ”

Liu Yimin took the opportunity to give Li Zongren a detailed explanation of our party's principles and policies after the July 7 Incident, briefed Li on the development of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Economic Zone, and introduced the achievements of the Eighth Route Army in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression behind enemy lines, and said that if the opportunity was ripe, he would invite Chief Li to visit Shaanxi. Li Zongren, who listened, nodded again and again.

Seeing that Li Zongren was in a good mood, Liu Yimin felt that it was time, so he said: "Putting aside national affairs, last time my father-in-law and mother-in-law were able to go to Xi'an smoothly, thanks to your help." Uchiko asked me to thank her in person! ”

This statement is tantamount to opening up the routine, Li Zongren also put down the shelf of the dignified general of the Republic of China, inquired in detail about Tang Xingying and the child, and asked Chen Yaoguang who came with Liu Yimin. Of course, although Liu Yimin drank a little too much and opened the conversation, his mouth was full of his son's cuteness, and he didn't even say what Tang Xingying did. It was Chen Yaoguang, who only said how she went to Taiyuan with Mrs. Jiang and how she fought to save people in the bombing of Yukou, as for what her relationship with Liu Yimin was, Li Zongren didn't hear it from beginning to end.

At the end, Li Zongren said to Liu Yimin affectionately: "Brother, I think your Mrs. Ru seems to be finished, and she will be exposed when she meets the chairman tomorrow." Make the most of tonight's opportunity! ”

Liu Yimin was shocked, what the fuck is this, even this kind of thing can be seen. Thinking about it again, I couldn't help but laugh dumbly, didn't the Chief Li, General Li, and the former Acting President Li in front of me in history marry a twenty-six or seven-year-old girl when he was 76 years old? Moreover, she married the daughter of the famous butterfly, needless to say, it must be a beauty. Thinking about it again, Li Zongren has this vision, then Chiang Kai-shek followed Chen Qimei to the beach while making a revolution when he was young, and he belonged to the role of the prodigal son, and his vision was afraid that it was even more poisonous than Li Zongren, just thinking about bringing Chen Yaoguang to cover up, why didn't he think of this section? I'm afraid this drama will be a mess!

Li Zongren saw that Liu Yimin's somewhat drunk face was cloudy, and guessed that this famous general was afraid that he was making trouble, [***] people are strong-willed people, Chairman Jiang forced his daughter to Liu Yimin, and he was suspicious, it was the cow who pressed his head without drinking water, so he snorted and said: "Master Liu, I'm talking casually, don't go to your heart, real heroes and heroes are not afraid of small sections." You just said that you have great respect for Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and you must be very familiar with the deeds of the ancestors. When he sang "Song of the Great Wind", he wouldn't worry about these little things. ”

Liu Yimin was thinking about something else, since the last time he sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek to save Chen Yaoguang's parents, Chiang Kai-shek already knew in his heart that he had lost his wife and broken his army. Why do you mention it when the drama is smashed? Anyway, it's nothing more than the old way of soldiers coming to block and water to cover up, so it's better to hurry up and say that it's important to get down to business.

Liu Yimin's face was straight, and he said: "Chief Li, I still have a task this time, please give me a thin noodle." ”

Then, Liu Yimin told him about the reorganization of the Red Army guerrillas in western Guizhou into the Gui Army, and at the end of the day, he proposed that he had come this time to bring back this part of the people.

As soon as Li Zongren heard that this was the case, he said: "Brother, it's not that I refute your face, this matter is not easy to handle." As you know, during this period, the Fifth War Zone fought to the death with the Japanese army, and the troops of each unit suffered great losses. The two regiments you mentioned were put into the battlefield after they were added to the troops, and now you want to take them away, if you don't say that I agree or not, Liao Lei and they will not agree. Besides, now that the enemy is present, everywhere is fighting devils, don't you [***] people advocate unity and resistance? Why is it so clear? ”

When Liu Yimin heard this, this Chief Li actually rejected him, how can this work? He said earnestly: "Chief Li, you also know that these people are our comrades who have survived a hundred battles, and many of them are injured and sick, and we have the responsibility and obligation to take them back. I know what you said, and it's a bit impersonal to ask you for this favor at this time. But you know, these people are our comrades, and once Mr. Jiang has a whim, and then purge the party or something, it is very likely that these people will not fall under the butcher's knife of Yue Kou, but will be sacrificed in the hands of his own people. I'm not talking nonsense, you know Mr. Jiang's personality better than I do, and when the time comes, you won't watch these Bagui disciples die inexplicably, right? ”

Li Zongren pondered for a long time, and then said: "Brother, Senior Liu, this matter is very big, let me discuss it with Jiansheng and them." ”

As soon as Liu Yimin heard that he was going to discuss with Bai Chongxi, he secretly said in his heart that if he discussed with Bai Chongxi, it would be over, with Bai's surname, not only would he not release people, but I am afraid that he would immediately scatter these people into various troops, and soon Lao Tzu would not be able to find them if he wanted to.

Liu Yimin shook his head directly: "Chief Li, the reason why I talked to you alone was to avoid Chief Bai. If you discuss it with him, it's all over. I said something that should not be said, Chief Bai has a deep military attainment, but when it comes to something, he is thoughtful and modest, he can't compare with you. You are the talent of the commander-in-chief, and Chief Bai is the talent of the chief of staff. I want to simply do this, I will give you a promise, that is, as long as you let us comrades, go, if the tide of the war is reversed and the troops of the Fifth Theater encounter extremely serious difficulties, you can directly send a report to Commander-in-Chief Zhu of the 18th Group Army, and our army will definitely strike hard to rescue friendly troops. ”

Li Zongren looked at Liu Yimin, stood up and walked around the room a few times before saying, "Let me think about this matter again and give you an answer tomorrow." ”

Liu Yimin knew that it was not easy for Li Zongren to make this decision, so he had to give him time to think about it, so he got up and said goodbye. When he got up, he stumbled. Li Zongren hurriedly called the adjutant to come in and sent Liu Yimin back to rest.

Walking out of Li Zongren's office, he saw Huang Wenhu leading the soldiers and Li Zongren's guards to guard the door. Liu Yimin shook his head, cleared his mind a little, and took Huang Wenhu and the soldiers upstairs and walked back to the room.

There was an electric light in the room, and Chen Yaoguang was sitting on a chair by the window, staring blankly at the night outside the window.

Seeing Liu Yimin coming in, covered in alcohol, Chen Yaoguang hesitated, but still stepped forward to help Liu Yimin sit on the bed, poured him a glass of water, and let him drink it.

Huang Wenhu, who came in with Liu Yimin, saw that Chen Yaoguang took the initiative to pour water for Liu Yimin, so he confessed to take care of the teacher, and then withdrew to manage the door.

Liu Yimin forcibly endured the smell of alcohol and talked with Li Zongren for so long, at this time, the wine was rising, and after drinking the water, he lay on his back on the bed, snoring and falling asleep.

Chen Yaoguang looked at Liu Yimin's drunken sleeping appearance, his heart trembled, and he couldn't help but walk to the bed, wanting to untie his military uniform and let him sleep well. As soon as his hand touched Liu Yimin's body, Chen Yaoguang felt like his whole body was overpowered, and his face turned red.

Retreating to the chair, sitting down, holding his feverish face with both hands, so that his heartbeat calmed down for a while, Chen Yaoguang couldn't help but look up at Liu Yimin on the bed, only to see that the burning eyes were closed, the handsome face was as crystal as jade, and listening to the steady and long snort, he knew that he was asleep.

Thinking of the scene of riding with him along the way, my heart couldn't help but flutter again, and I clearly felt that his body also had a trembling feeling. Alas, it would be nice if the road was a little longer, it felt the best feeling in my life, and the book said that there was a female Huaichun but it was like this!

In this way, Chen Yaoguang sat on the chair, covered his face and secretly glanced at Liu Yimin from his fingers for a while, and for a while he thought about the discipline of the Eighth Route Army, Tang Xingying's kindness to her, Xiao Zheng and the immature "aunt hug", and what if Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing had this God-given opportunity, their hearts were like deer, and they tortured themselves to the point of sweating.

It wasn't until Liu Yimin turned over and muttered "water, water" in his mouth that Chen Yaoguang woke up, stood up in a panic and poured a glass of water, and shouted to wake up Liu Yimin and let him drink.

After drinking the water, Liu Yimin fell asleep again. Chen Yaoguang put the cup away, came to the bedside, sat down, and looked at Liu Yimin sideways. After looking at it for a while, I felt that Liu Yimin's handsome face revealed a strong sense of confidence and fortitude, knowing that it was something unique to men who had been tempered by battlefield killing and decisiveness, and I thought in my heart, this man, the man he had wanted to tempt and later let himself dream, really slept in front of him. After tonight, when he wakes up, I'm afraid that he will be insulated from himself in this life, and he will never belong to him again, even if he wants to come out like this again.

Chen Yaoguang, who was at war with heaven and man in his heart, suddenly felt that Liu Yimin's breath from his snort burned his cheeks, burning his heart warm, and he couldn't help but lean down and kiss Liu Yimin on the forehead.

This kiss couldn't be controlled, kissed all the way down from the forehead, and finally simply unbuttoned Liu Yimin's clothes and kissed Liu Yimin's chest.

Liu Yimin, who was awakened in his sleep, felt that a woman was kissing him in a drunken haze, thinking that when he returned home, his wife was teasing him, so he stretched out his hand and pulled the woman to the bed, turned over and pressed it.

A good night's sleep. At dawn, Liu Yimin woke up completely, looked at Chen Yaoguang who was intoxicated beside him, and then looked at the bright plum blossoms on the bed, thinking about what happened in the drunkenness last night, he sat up, leaned on the head of the bed and sighed regretfully.

Chen Yaoguang was awakened, seeing Liu Yimin's face of chagrin, without any joy, knowing that he was in a complicated mood, he snuggled up, touched Liu Yimin's arm, and said softly: "You don't have to regret it, I like you, I am willing to do that." Thank you for giving me this night and fulfilling my heart's desire. Don't worry, I won't pester you. When I go back, I will never look for you again. It's enough for me to have this one, it's worth it for the rest of my life. ”

Seeing Chen Yaoguang crying as he spoke, Liu Yimin felt that he was a bastard, no matter who took the initiative, the result was a fact. What is the use of light repentance? Isn't that too unmanly?

Looking at Chen Yaoguang again, the spring between his eyebrows and eyes is beautiful, the jade body is horizontal, and the curves are exquisite, he is indeed the best in the world, and he feels that this mistake is not wronged, and it is worth a punishment.

Feeling a hot breath in his chest and abdomen surging straight up, Liu Yimin reached out and hugged Chen Yaoguang, and began to feel pity.

This time, Chen Yaoguang truly realized what it means to be gentle and affectionate, and his whole body was as soft as water, which melted into Liu Yimin's majestic body.

After getting up in the morning, Li Zongren sent someone to inform him that Chairman Jiang had summoned Master Liu and Miss Chen Yaoguang to have breakfast together.

When Liu Yimin and Chen Yaoguang walked into the restaurant, Chiang Kai-shek had already arrived. Seeing Chen Yaoguang's face full of spring, it seemed a little inconvenient to walk, Chiang Kai-shek's cold face was immediately covered with joy, and regardless of Liu Yimin's lack of salute, he stepped forward and took Liu Yimin's hand and said a few words, "Okay!" Good! Good! ”

Thanks to this little surprise, the simple meals on the table seem to be enriched as well. Chiang Kai-shek kept giving Liu Yimin and Chen Yaoguang vegetables, and kept asking questions about the east and west, and even asked clearly what county, district, and village Liu Yimin's hometown was in western Henan. Then he said that Yaoguang was young and ignorant, Master Liu was a young man, and he should love his wife more, and mutual understanding between husband and wife is the true scripture of living at home. made Liu Yimin and Chen Yaoguang red-faced, silent, and drank porridge and ate vegetables.

After eating, Chiang Kai-shek asked Chen Yaoguang to go back to his room to rest, and took Li Zongren and other senior officials and Liu Yimin into the war room of the Fifth War Zone.

After sitting down, Liu Fei opened the map on the wall and briefly reported the current situation of friend and foe.

After Liu Fei's report, Chiang Kai-shek asked Liu Yimin to talk about his overall views on the confrontation war.

Liu Yimin knew that Chiang Kai-shek did not believe in relying on China's strength to achieve victory in the War of Resistance against Japan. Not only Chiang Kai-shek, but also the vast majority of people in China think this way. This is not to blame them, China says that the gap between the two countries is no longer placed.

Liu Yimin walked to the map and stood still, saluted everyone present, and then began to speak: "Chairman, generals: Since the chairman of the committee has named me to report, I will report some of my thoughts on the Sino-Chinese war. ”

Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's slight bow, Liu Yimin began to talk endlessly: "Let me first state my point of view, that is, China's war of resistance will be won. Why? Everyone knows that it is an island country with extremely poor resources, and all the resources needed to wage war such as steel, oil, and coal are all dependent on imports. As Ben's aggressive ambitions swelled, it would inevitably reach out to Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, and at that time, once the direct interests of Britain and the United States were touched, it would face the wartime sanctions regime of the British and American countries. Let's think about it, if the Americans don't sell steel and oil to Yueben, what will happen to Yueben? Second, although our country is backward and our army's training and equipment are not as good as those of the Chinese army, our victory lies in our vast territory and large strategic space, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops at present, even if the whole country is mobilized, they will not be able to occupy all of our national territory. Not to mention that we have 40,000,000 people and sufficient soldiers, as long as we persist in the War of Resistance, we will have no way to take us. The third is international factors. I learned from the Central News Agency that on March 12, Germany invaded Austria. This incident made me have to study Germany carefully, but unfortunately in the midst of the war, the information is limited, the only thing I can know is that after Hitler came to power, he reorganized his arms and war, and now Germany has become a threat on the European continent, and Britain and France have nothing to do with it, watching it invade Austria. This incident caused me to think, our enemy Xiao Ben has a lot of connections with Germany, and the army university of Yu Ben studied German tactics, will there be collusion between them? ”

As soon as he said this, the conference room exploded all at once, and the buzz of discussion was endless.

Liu Yimin knew that although Germany had betrayed China by announcing its recognition of the puppet state of Manchukuo in February, Germany was still an ally in the eyes of the Chinese people at this time, and even Chiang Kai-shek used to regard himself as China's Hitler in his heart and was bent on emulating German politics.

Liu Yimin knocked the whip in his hand twice on the table, and said sharply: "Chairman Jiang is here, I haven't finished speaking, you have started to talk nonsense, what kind of system!" ”

There was silence in the war room all of a sudden.

Liu Yimin then began to say again: "What I said just now is just my personal conjecture, what is the specific truth, I believe that with the development of the Anti-Japanese War, everything will be revealed." Whether it is Germany, the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, whether they support us or do not support us, it is not entirely because they sympathize with us or hate us, their attitude is based on their own national interests. Supporting now is not the same as supporting forever, and not supporting now is not the same as never supporting it. Whether it is an ally or an enemy country, it is nothing more than a trade-off of interests. There is no affection between countries, only the exchange of interests. What I mean by this is that at some point, the little ones will find that the war with China is a quagmire, because there is no oil here that they desperately need. When necessary, they will look elsewhere, and at that time, it will be a turning point in the Sino-Chinese war. I am guessing that the most powerful country in the world is the United States, and if the United States blocks the country and cuts off the purchase channels of oil and steel, then the small country will inevitably jump over the wall and play with fire. What we have to do is to win the support of the American political axe and the people for our country's war of resistance. Chairman Chiang once ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make efforts on this point, but the United States reacted coldly. It is not surprising that a rich man covered in jewels has this attitude towards a poor man who has been robbed by bandits. Only when the bandits go to rob the rich will the rich man remember that he can fight the bandits with the poor. This is the relationship between the United States and us. ”

Speaking of which, Liu Yimin said no more, walked back to his seat and sat down.

This could not be said more thoroughly, and the people in the room stopped talking, and they were slowly chewing the meaning of Liu Yimin's words.

After a long time, Chiang Kai-shek stood up, swept his eyes majestically, and said: "General Liu Yimin's words make people pause, and he is worthy of being the first general of our army in our country recommended by the people." Today's discussion is top secret, and no one is allowed to reveal a single word, and violators will be punished. ”

After speaking, Chiang Kai-shek turned to Liu Yimin again: "Division Commander Liu, you can talk about your views on the current battle of Xuzhou." ”

Liu Yimin had no choice but to stand up again, walked to the map, pointed to the map with his whip, and briefly explained the situation of the enemy and us reported by Liu Fei just now, and then turned to the topic: "Chairman Jiang, generals, although the main force of the 10th Division of the Tenth Division of the Saying Army was annihilated by me, it still has a brigade of troops guarding in the four county towns of Yixian, Zaozhuang, Lincheng, and Tengxian. But why didn't they retreat? I think there are two more points, one is that the army is proud of its own bravery, and would rather die in battle than retreat. The second is that there is a big conspiracy in it. Let's talk about the first point first, although the army is brave, but it is not a reckless man, when Taierzhuang won the victory, didn't the army have staged a farce of fleeing in embarrassment? Therefore, this reason is not valid. Let's talk about the second point, when the 10th Division is alone in the south, on its east side is the 16th Division that is still on its side, on the west side is the 5th Division that swept southwest Lu, and behind it is the 114th Division in Yanzhou and the 108th Division in Jinan. This shows that none of these troops received orders to reinforce the 10th Division. I was thinking that although the Fifth Division of the Chinese Army was dealt a heavy blow by our army in Taiyuan, it has now been transferred back to the Guoqi detachment that attacked Nanjing, and has replenished the strength of a brigade of the Guards Division to restore its combat effectiveness. With the strength of the Fifth Division, why couldn't it capture Heze for a long time? You must know that Heze is a plain city, and there is no danger to defend. Looking at the 16th Division of Linyi again, everyone knows that Pang Bingxun's unit guarding Linyi has already become a remnant after fierce fighting, and the reinforced 59th Army and the 57th Army of the Northeast Army have also suffered heavy casualties. What is the reason for this? I judge that within a week, there will be a large-scale movement of the army, and its target must be the main force of our army in Xuzhou. ”

The people in the war room were all human spirits, and as soon as Liu Yimin mentioned it, Bai Chongxi couldn't sit still at first, and regardless of Chiang Kai-shek's rudeness in his presence, he stood up and walked to the map, carefully checking and figuring it out. At this moment, both those who understood and those who didn't stood up and gathered around the map.

Liu Yimin has said everything that should be said, as for the remaining deployment issues, it is a matter of Chiang Kai-shek and the Fifth War Zone, and Chiang Kai-shek will not let him interfere again.

Sure enough, Chiang Kai-shek beckoned Liu Yimin to his side and asked him to take Yaoguang out for a walk, it was not easy to come to Xuzhou. But don't stay away and stay safe. After dinner, he had to talk to Liu Yimin again.

After Liu Yimin said goodbye to Chiang Kai-shek, he returned to the room and asked Chen Yaoguang to clean up and take her out to see the scenery of Xuzhou.

Chen Yaoguang's mood last night was really complicated, with both the happiness and shyness of a young girl transmuted into a young woman, and the timidity of being afraid that Liu Yimin would blame her for taking advantage of the situation. After the beautiful scenery in the morning, my heart has been calm, and my heart is full of joy and happiness of being a first-time wife. Although she knows that this happiness is too unreal, it is likely to be short-lived, and when she returns to the army, she is afraid that she will never see Liu Yimin again. Therefore, as soon as I heard Liu Yimin say to take her out to play, I cheered, and I got tired of Liu Yimin, and kissed Liu Yimin a few times on the face.

Liu Yimin's mood is more complicated than Chen Yaoguang, he knows that he has made a big mistake, and he can't wait to slap himself a few times. But he knew that if he turned his face ruthlessly afterwards, the damage to Chen Yaoguang would be even deeper. That's why there is that scene before getting up in the morning. Now, he has made up his mind that in the past two days in Xuzhou, he must treat Chen Yaoguang well, and after returning to the army, he will immediately send this girl to Xi'an to reunite with her parents, and stay in Xi'an to work.

After Chen Yaoguang cleaned up, Liu Yimin took her and the guards to Yunlong Mountain, a famous spot in Xuzhou.

At this time, Xuzhou was already in a state of war readiness, and Yunlong Mountain was also full of fortifications, and Liu Yimin and his entourage were able to climb the mountain under the guidance of the adjutant sent by Li Zongren.

This Yunlong Mountain is a famous spot in northern Jiangsu, there are nine mountains in total, the north and south directions, winding like a dragon, the trees are forested, and the strange rocks are craggy. Liu Yimin and his entourage watched all the way from the Crane Pavilion, the Crane Pavilion, the Drinking Crane Spring, and the Tablet Corridor, and enjoyed the spring color of the ancient city of Xuzhou.

When resting in the Zhaohe Pavilion, Chen Yaoguang, who was extremely happy but had to pretend that he had nothing to do in front of the soldiers, glanced at Liu Yimin with his eyes and said to Huang Wenhu: "Instructor Huang, let me sing a little song from southern Jiangsu to the soldiers!" ”

After Huang Wenhu sent Liu Yimin to the room last night, because this was the headquarters of the Fifth War Zone, the guards could only be deployed outside the building, so naturally they didn't know what was going on in the room. However, he has more experience, and when he saw Chen Yaoguang's happy face, it was very different from the scene in the army in the past, so he beat the drum in his heart, God, the division commander was drunk last night, don't really let this girl succeed, but I can't explain it to the political commissar and Comrade Tang Xingying when I go back. was worried, so I heard Chen Yaoguang want to sing, and when he opened his mouth, he said, "What do you sing?" Didn't you see that this was a time of war, and everyone was busy building fortifications and preparing for war? ”

Chen Yaoguang was full of joy in exchange for a scolding, so aggrieved that his eyes burst into tears, and he didn't dare to speak out anymore.

When he turned to the statue of Guanyin built on the rock of Dashi at the western foothills, he saw that people kept burning incense and kowtowing, Chen Yaoguang even folded his hands, bowed and worshipped, and there were words in his mouth. Huang Wenhu was furious, said We don't believe this, pulled Chen Yaoguang and led the team to follow Liu Yimin.

After returning to the Garden Hotel for a short rest, Liu Yimin and Chen Yaoguang were called by Chiang Kai-shek. This time, Chiang Kai-shek was very honorable and directly told Liu Yimin that Chen Yaoguang was originally a student at Jinling University, not his adopted daughter. However, he has changed his mind now, and wants to officially accept Chen Yaoguang as a righteous daughter, which will be recorded in the Jiang family tree in the future.

Without waiting for Liu Yimin to speak, Chen Yaoguang stopped doing it, and directly told Chiang Kai-shek that she was originally a commoner's child, and now she is a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, and she asked Chairman Chiang to take back her life, she was not so blessed.

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek's face was cloudy and about to have a seizure, Liu Yimin played a round and said: "Chairman, you are the leader of the country, why bother with these little things? As long as the chairman persists in resisting the Japanese and leads the people of the whole country to defeat the Japanese invaders, all parties and armed forces will obey the leadership. This has been proven by the facts since the beginning of the war. ”

Chiang Kai-shek snorted in his nose and said to Liu Yimin: "As a revolutionary soldier, you should think more about the country in case of trouble, and don't be confined to party opinions. Today's performance is very good, and the reason is very thorough. The Military Commission will soon adjust its deployment. Originally, I wanted to transfer you to work in the Military Commission, but considering that [***] may not agree, I still asked you to go back and lead the troops to fight. You are still young and have a great future, and if you are excluded from [***] in the future, you can come to me. Last time, you said that you wanted to be the commander of the Twentieth Legion, but I don't think it's impossible. Bring your troops over, and I will give you the number of the group army, and I will actually give you the rank of general, and I can even give you a war zone and take charge of it alone. With your talents, you will definitely become a pillar of the country in the future. It's okay if you don't bring troops here, I'll give you a number, give you equipment, and let you personally train a tiger and wolf army. There is nothing famous in [***], and their set of ideas are all contrary to legal principles and ethics. Just because you and Yaoguang already have a husband and wife, [***] can't let you go. Don't worry, Yaoguang is young and ignorant, I don't care, in my heart, I treat you as relatives. You can go back and think about my words. ”

Liu Yimin originally thought that Chiang Kai-shek would summon him again and ask him any new questions, but he never expected that this old Chiang Kai-shek would actually use this hand, which was simply unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and he felt disgusted in his heart, so he directly said: "Chairman of the committee, I have traveled hundreds of miles to inform you and Chief Li of the enemy situation and to counsel the military aircraft, the purpose is to reduce the losses of our army and help the whole nation to resist the war." Do you think it is appropriate for you to say these things to me? ”

Chiang Kai-shek said stupidly, "You are still too young", and waved Liu Yimin to retire.

As soon as Liu Yimin walked to the door, Chiang Kai-shek called out to him again and said, "Ni Hua has arrived in Hong Kong, you should consider my words." ”

Liu Yimin stabbed at Chiang Kai-shek like a sword in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Ni Hua is my lover, whoever dares to touch a single hair of her will have to pay the price of blood." I do what I say! Chairman Chiang, I hope that you will have a little bit of the demeanor of a leader of a great country, and that you will not personally smash my respect for you. ”

Chiang Kai-shek's eyes widened and he glared at Liu Yimin fiercely, and the two of them were like bulls fighting. Look at each other.

After a while, maybe he felt that it was not worth it to be angry with a young boy like Liu Yimin, Chiang Kai-shek laughed, walked over and patted Liu Yimin on the shoulder and said: "What a mighty and unyielding good man, Ni Hua can be regarded as a trusted person." All of these words were meant to test your mind, so I didn't say them. After returning home, take the troops well, take the initiative to attack, and win more battles. ”

After a pause, Chiang Kai-shek said: "In case it is really as you judged, when the army of the army encircles and suppresses the troops of the Fifth Theater, and the main force of our army cannot get out of the encirclement, we must decisively attack Jinan or Shijiazhuang in accordance with the agreement between me and Zhu and Peng. ”

Liu Yimin heard Chiang Kai-shek get to the point, so he said that he asked the chairman to rest assured that if there is a great danger in the war situation, I will definitely lead the army to attack Jinan, cover the transfer of the main force of our army, and never break my word.

Chiang Kai-shek was relieved by this statement, and told Liu Yimin that he still had something to do, and that he didn't have to come to see him again before Liu Yimin left, and this meeting would be regarded as a send-off.

Liu Yimin waited for this sentence and hurriedly said goodbye.

After dinner in the evening, Liu Yimin asked Li Zongren again to ask what he said yesterday and how Chief Li had thought about it.

Li Zongren looked at Liu Yimin and said meaningfully: "Senior Commander Liu, Brother Liu, what a glory it is to be the chairman's son-in-law, why can't you think about it so much?" Aren't you afraid that the chairman will order you to be locked up? ”

Liu Yimin laughed and said, "Chief Li, let me say a big thing, the person who can leave me in this world has not yet been born!" ”

After speaking, as soon as he reached out with his right hand, he took out a brush from Li Zongren's desk and waved it at the wall.

When Li Zongren saw it, he was startled, only to see that the barrel of the brush had all gone deep into the wall, and only the tip of the brush was still tremblingly exposed.

Only then did Li Zongren know that the young man in front of him not only had high military attainments, but also was a martial arts master, and he no longer went around in circles, so he said directly to Liu Yimin: "I agree with what you said, you can directly contact Liao Lei to pick up people, but you don't forget that your Shaolin abbot after the 80s has been killed." Of course, Lao Tzu is not a vegetarian, and if he sees through their scheme, then their plot will definitely not succeed. ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "That's it, the tiger is not powerful, and others are still sick cats!" Xiao said that no matter how ghostly he is, he has to drink the footwashing water of our Chief Li. ”

Li Zongren laughed, wrote a warrant on the table, handed it to Liu Yimin, and asked him to send someone to find Liao Lei, he had already talked to Liao Lei on the phone, and saw the order to release him.

Liu Yimin thanked him repeatedly, saying that it was no wonder that Chief Li was able to command various miscellaneous armies to win the victory of Taierzhuang, and it was indeed as big as the sea and as big as the sea in wisdom.

Li Zongren was overjoyed, opened the cabinet, took out a bottle of wine, and was about to have a drunk break with Liu Yimin. was so frightened that Liu Yimin even said that he had sworn to quit drinking, and he couldn't drink it, so he took Li Zongren's warrant and said goodbye and went back to the room.

After arriving at the room, Liu Yimin personally drafted a telegram and reported to the chairman that Li Zongren had agreed to return the guerrillas of the Red Army in western Guizhou to our army, and made a suggestion that in view of the fact that Liao Lei's unit was adjacent to the four detachments of the New Fourth Army and that the two sides had contacts, it was suggested that the guerrillas of the Red Army in western Guizhou should be directly incorporated into the four detachments to enhance the strength of the New Fourth Army.

After the chairman telegraphed back and agreed, the headquarters quickly sent a way to contact the New Fourth Army.

Liu Yimin called Huang Wenhu and asked him to take two soldiers, with Li Zongren's warrant, and set off overnight to find Liao Lei to handle the handover of personnel, and return to the army after completing the task.

After Huang Wenhu left, Liu Yimin ordered Li Xiaoshuai to inform Li Lingfeng, who was hiding outside the city, to immediately send Luo Yan to lead a reconnaissance company to reconnoiter along the route delineated by the scheduled return plan, and set off early tomorrow morning to return to the troops.

That night, Chen Yaoguang remembered that the spring dream was about to disappear after returning to the army, and he pestered Liu Yimin to the death. The two of them rolled over on the bed, until the golden rooster sang and fell asleep.

After breakfast, Liu Yimin said goodbye to Li Zongren. Li Zongren repeatedly retained, and Liu Yimin said that Chief Li was busy with military affairs, and it was really not appropriate to disturb him anymore, and it was serious to hurry back to the army to fight devils.

Seeing that he really couldn't keep it, Li Zongren asked people to take 100 newly produced Chinese formal rifles, and distributed 200 rounds of ammunition to each gun, and gave them to Liu Yimin, saying that they were used to equip Liu Yimin's guard troops.

This Zhongzheng rifle was not developed for a long time, and because there was no chance to fight [***] after the armistice, it was not captured, and the Eighth Route Army naturally did not equip it. Liu Yimin still likes this famous gun, so he said a few thanks to Li Zongren.

Still the same as when he came, Li Zongren was sent to the gate of the city again, and he had to send troops to escort him, but Liu Yimin politely declined. Joke, how could he let Li Zongren know where he went?

When they were separated, Li Zongren looked at Chen Yaoguang with a smile, pulled Liu Yimin and whispered: "My brother has gained a lot from coming to Xuzhou this time, and his long-cherished wish has come true. ”

Liu Yimin was already ashamed of his absurdity in his heart, and when he heard Li Zongren piercing the window paper, his face was as red as a persimmon in autumn, and he hurriedly said, "Sir Li, please stay, there will be a period later", he hugged Chen Yaoguang on the war horse, flew on the horse, gave Li Zongren a military salute on the horse, turned around and galloped north with the team.

According to the route demarcated in advance, Liu Yimin and his entourage went directly north after leaving Xuzhou, and after getting out of the sight of the troops of the Fifth Theater near Zaozhuang, they took advantage of the night to go east, and after arriving at Gaoqiao Village in Fei County, they returned along the original road to join Luo Ronghuan.

Since it must be night near Zaozhuang to avoid the field of vision of the troops in the Fifth War Zone, Liu Yimin and the others are not in a hurry, and every 30 miles they run, they let the war horses rest.

At this time, although it was the period of the Great War, there were ten rooms and nine emptiness along the way, and traces of the Great War could be seen everywhere, but the spring light could not be covered by the cruel war, and all kinds of flowers bloomed colorfully, decorating northern Jiangsu with purple and red, and it was enchanting.

At noon, Liu Yimin led a company of guards across the canal, met the defenders in Fuxingzhuang, and after contacting, began to rest and eat.

It was Sun Lianzhong's troops of the Second Army who were guarding the canal, and when they suddenly saw the Eighth Route Army, the soldiers of the Second Army were all surprised. Because they had fought with the Eighth Route Army in the Shanxi battlefield, they could be regarded as real comrades-in-arms, and many soldiers surrounded them and asked questions.

Chen Yaoguang wanted to sing a little song all the way, but this time he seized the opportunity, and after asking Liu Yimin for his consent, he stood still in the courtyard, brushed his hair, looked forward to it, glanced at Liu Yimin, and sang with the soldiers of the first company of guards and [***] soldiers in a circle:

Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green and the evening breeze blows the willow flute, the sunset outside the mountain is the end of the sky, the corner of the earth, the acquaintance is half scattered life is rare to gather, only outside the long pavilion, the ancient road, the grass and the sky ask you when to go, when you come to don't wander the end of the world, the corner of the earth, the acquaintance half scattered a pot of turbidity sprinkled with the rest of the joy, tonight don't dream cold singing softly, give a piece of sorrow to the spring breeze, float far away.

After resting until three o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Yimin led the team to set off, galloped north through Yinping, and went to Niangniang's tomb to hide and rest, preparing to pass through Zaozhuang and Yixian at night and advance eastward. Who would have thought, this night I really had an encounter with a devil.

(To be continued)