From Yanchang to the north, the road is almost a march and sightseeing.

After the Red Army implemented the construction of the road in lieu of work, the Red 27th Army and the cavalry division that then moved to Yulin cooperated with the local political axe to organize the villagers to correct and widen the official road.

The guides sent by the Red 27th Army contacted the garrison and the local political axe along the road, and arranged the itinerary of the team properly. Therefore, although it is a midsummer march, the scenery of northern Shaanxi is indescribably happy.

"The mother-in-law of Mizhi, the Han of Suide, the carbon of the slate tile kiln of the clear stream".

The stone slabs of Qingjian opened the eyes of Liu Yimin and others, and the northern Shaanxi was bitter and scorched, in addition to the caves, the walls of the houses were built with stones, and there were many stonemasons. The men took hammers and files and sharpened the stones to a smooth and smooth surface, which could be used as a cutting board.

The men of Suide have seen a lot along the way, with a white turban on their heads and a straight waist, they look like good men.

As for how beautiful Mizhi's mother-in-law is, the team is in a hurry, but I haven't seen it much. When resting at night, Tang Xingying joked to Liu Yimin, was he a little disappointed not to see a beauty like Diao Chan? Liu Yimin said with a smile, Diao Chan is by my side, the moon is so good, I can see it. was so ashamed that Tang Xingying beat him with her little hand.

The biggest gain along the way is Zhao Xiaoman.

The folk songs of northern Shaanxi are like the rushing Yellow River, which has a long history, and lingers endlessly in the mountains, villages, ditches, and forks of the Loess Plateau. What is surprising is that the people who have written these countless songs that have been sung for a long time and have such a high ideological surname and artistic surname are all porters, laborers, sheep pickers, or aunts who hold firewood. It is the beautiful men and women, famous authors and unknown authors who live on this barren loess plateau, who have jointly written and continued to write the life history songs of the people of northern Shaanxi for generations.

And the folk songs of northern Shaanxi complement each other is Xintianyou and wine songs.

Zhao Xiaoman plunged headlong into the sea of northern Shaanxi folk songs and Xintianyou.

Along the way, seeing Liu Yimin and Tang Xingying in love and love, Zhao Xiaoman felt miserable. When he arrived in Yan'an, Liu Yimin and several leaders got out of the army, and Zhao Xiaoman led the soldiers of the art troupe to move freely. On the bank of the Yan River, an old man herding sheep attracted Zhao Xiaoman, and she immediately stepped forward and asked, "Uncle, what kind of song are you singing?" How come I've never heard of it? ”

The old man told her that this is Xintianyou, also known as Shuntianyou, there is no formal tune, you can sing how you want, and the adults and children in northern Shaanxi will sing a few paragraphs. When you are happy, you roar, and when you are bored, you also roar. At the beginning, it was sung by the long-term laborers, the porters who drove the livestock, and the poor men who did hard work, venting their inner boredom and sorrow, and expressing their thirst and yearning for a happy life in the future. Later, it developed into a form of folk song that can be played at will. As he spoke, the old man began to sing: "Xintianyou has a wide tune, and there are several large baskets of tunes." ”

Zhao Xiaoman was fascinated by what he heard, and hurriedly took out his notebook to record.

The old man saw that this beautiful female Red Army had written down his song, and knew that this was a cultured girl, and he was afraid that he would also fall into the pit of thinking about his lover and couldn't get out, so he couldn't help but sing again: "On the east mountain (that) light up (hey) on the west mountain (get) bright, forty miles (that) Pingchuan is gone." You are sick in your house (hey) I am crying in my house, and (that) pear (yo) on the scale cannot be delivered to the door. "Thinking about you, I panicked, and ploughed the land and carried it on the dumpling bed. Sha Liang Liang beckoned to Shawan Bay, and the trouser belt of the dead black door could not be untied. ”

The popular northern Shaanxi dialect and the warm and unrestrained tune sang the love between men and women lingeringly and poignantly, which immediately captured Zhao Xiaoman's heart.

Next, every time she went to a place to rest, Zhao Xiaoman asked the locals to sing folk songs for her to listen to, and recorded the tunes, and then began to learn to sing by herself.

Liu Yimin saw that Zhao Xiaoman was so serious and knew that this girl had found a treasure. I thought to myself, Lao Tzu, a famous folk song in northern Shaanxi, can sing it, and it sings very well, why bother so much? had the heart to sing to Zhao Xiaoman, but was worried about destroying Zhao Xiaoman's enthusiasm for discovering folk song resources, so he tried his best to meet her requirements and asked Li Chengyi to send a special squad to protect her and let her collect folk songs while marching.

At this time, "Thirty Miles", one of the representative works of northern Shaanxi folk songs, had just taken shape. When the team passed by the vicinity of Thirty Miles, a small carpenter sang while working, and Zhao Xiaoman listened to it well, so he immediately went to collect wind. It's funny to say, there is a descendant named Hao Zengxi in this Suide Thirty Lipu Village, and a girl surnamed Wang in the village often stops sheep and digs bitter vegetables together, and after a long time, they have a love for each other. Hao Zengxi's family is in a good situation, but his parents think that the door is not right, so they marry their son. Chang Yongchang, a sheep descendant in the same village, had long fallen in love with the girl surnamed Wang, and this was a good opportunity to get close to "Feng Ying". Chang Yongchang didn't say anything, but borrowed the tune of "Riding a White Horse" (the earliest version of "Dongfang Hong"), and made up a song with his real name and surname. He sang to a carpenter in the village, and the carpenter advised Chang Yongchang that his real name and surname were easy to cause trouble, and later replaced it with a pen name and ranking. They often sing as they work, so the melody of "Thirty Mile Shop" has a clear rhythm of a carpenter pushing a planer.

After sorting, Zhao Xiaoman sang "Thirty Miles", with a beautiful tune, simple lyrics, and Zhao Xiaoman's soft female voice, which attracted the soldiers as soon as he sang it in Suide. Even the people of Suide City didn't expect that the folk songs they sang every day were so good. Zhao Xiaoman was crying in his heart while singing, my third brother became someone else's husband, and he really flashed his sister to the halfway point.

When it came to Suide, the representative works of folk songs such as "Thirty Miles Shop", "Five Brothers Herding Sheep", "Orchid Flowers", "Driving Animals", and other northern Shaanxi folk songs were preliminarily sorted out. Zhao Xiaoman is immersed in the sea of folk songs every day, humming quietly even when he walks.

Liu Yimin was depressed, the last time he was looking for gold mines in Tongguan, he had sung "Go to the West Exit" to Gao Yuan and others, if he accidentally sang any other songs in the future, he was afraid that he would be asked by this Zhao Xiaoman. It seems that people's wisdom is constantly developing, this Zhao Xiaoman is so talented, diligent and inquisitive, he really got into the music hall, maybe he will shine, so that the folk songs of northern Shaanxi will be known to the outside world in advance. Forget it, this girl seems to have transferred her feelings to folk songs, so it's okay, although she may not be able to find her sweetheart, but she can achieve something artistically, which is also a great contribution.

Yulin City is known as the camel city, the elegant name Yuyang, the east is the camel mountain, the west is adjacent to Yuxi, the south controls Wuyan, the north overlooks Yansai, the mountain is with water, and the dragon and tiger are located. Because it is located at the junction of Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningbo, Mongolia and Jinjin, it has been an important town on the nine sides and the key to the three Qin since ancient times. Historically, Helian Bobo, the founding monarch of the Great Xia Kingdom, Li Jiqian, the founding monarch of the Western Xia, Yang Jiye, a famous general of the Northern Song Dynasty, Han Shizhong, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Li Zicheng, the king of the late Ming Dynasty, were born in the jurisdiction of Yulin.

Yulin's unique strategic position, the construction of urban defense is naturally the top priority, the Ming Dynasty three to Yuyang, the formation of "the south tower north Taichung ancient city, the sixth floor riding the street world famous" urban pattern. The long street is ten miles, all of which are paved with stones, and the city flat street is wide; The walls of Yulin are very thick, slightly thicker than those of Yanjing; Because it is an important town on the nine sides, there are many generals' mansions and yamen, and the regulations are built in imitation of the Yanjing building of the lighting generation, and the border merchants and handicraftsmen gather, and even the shops and houses are all dotted and lined up with quadrangles, two entrances, three entrances, and four entrances, which are intertwined and intertwined, and the courtyards are deep, worthy of the title of "Little Beiping".

Hu Laohu and Bao Wen were overjoyed when they saw that the commander of the regiment had come to visit the troops so soon, and they went straight to Mizhi and accompanied Liu Yimin to Yulin.

After leaving Chengdu, Liu Yimin saw such a regular building in a small and medium-sized city for the first time, so he immediately fell in love with Yulin City, the pearl of Yulin City, and led Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman, Jingjing and others early in the morning to turn around Yulin City, and then went to Yulin Pearl Hongshi Gorge to visit. In Hongshi Gorge, Liu Yimin, at the invitation of Hu Laohu and Bao Wen, inscribed three plaques: "Plugging the Pearl", "Menghan Homologous", and "Return My Rivers and Mountains", and inscribed "Mother told her son to carry a gun, and his wife sent Lang to the battlefield." 40,000,000 people worked together to unite to resist and exterminate the East".

Hu Laohu saw that the corps commander wrote such a majestic text, and knew that the corps commander's heart to kill the enemy was strong, and he was eager to go to the battlefield to fight with Yue Kou. I found the most famous stonemason in Yulin and asked Liu Yimin's inscription and poem to be engraved on the stone wall.

After the stonemason rubbed it out, Liu Yimin's handwriting was taken away by Jingjing, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Legion Newspaper who was present, saying that he wanted to go back and publish it in the "Battle Banner Daily".

In addition to the cadres and soldiers of the cavalry division and the cadres of Yulin's anti-Ming cooking political axe, Yulin's celebrities, industrial and commercial representatives were also invited, and many citizens also gathered around to watch.

Zhao Xiaoman, the head of the art troupe, played twice, once when she played "Spring River Flower Moon Night" and "Flat Sand Falling Geese" on her guzheng, and the other time was when she sang a folk song solo in northern Shaanxi.

To Zhao Xiaoman's surprise, her folk song singing was a great success.

At this time, Zhao Xiaoman had already grown his hair, combed it into two long braids, a white shirt and an orchid skirt, looking very beautiful, full of the appearance of a foreign student, standing on the stage itself is already attractive enough, plus the soldiers listened to such a beautiful artistic folk song of northern Shaanxi for the first time, and the result was naturally applause again and again to leave her on the stage and not let her down. "Thirty Miles Shop", "Fifth Brother Herding Sheep", "Driving Animals", "Orchid Flowers", "A Pretty Sister Standing on the Sand Beam", one by one folk songs, the soldiers were drunk and obsessed, and even the onlookers applauded.

In the end, this girl's mind was in the water, and she actually said on the stage that she was not the best singer, but the regimental commander sang the best, and wanted to invite the regimental commander to come on stage and sing a song with her.

This made Liu Yimin unable to get off the stage, and now he is no longer just passing through that time, he didn't have so many ideas at that time, and he might sing it when he was excited. Now that he has a different identity and a wife by his side, how can he go up and sing? But he couldn't stand the applause and eager eyes of the soldiers, so he had to stand up and sing the "Thirty Mile Shop" that Zhao Xiaoman had just sung again.

As soon as he sat down after singing, Cai Zhong and Zeng Zhongsheng beside him pulled him up, because the applause of the soldiers kept stopping.

Liu Yimin had no choice but to sing again. But what to sing? After thinking about it, it is adjacent to Ordos, and the Mongolian and Han people have frequent exchanges, and there are many Mongolian compatriots in Yulin City, so it is better to sing Mongolian long tunes. So, Liu Yimin opened his voice and sang the Mongolian long tunes "Walking Horse", "Strong Horse", and "Golden Holy Mountain".

This singing shocked the audience, full of magnetic surnames, and the incomparably thick tenor floated in the night sky, Zhao Xiaoman involuntarily danced with the melody, dancing gracefully, and his eyes were shining. Many of the Mongolian compatriots in the crowd of onlookers also jumped on the spot.

After singing, two old men dressed in Mongolian costumes separated from the crowd with nine girls dressed in national costumes, walked in front of Liu Yimin, and presented Hada to him. He is called the steppe eagle and the Mongolian singer.

Liu Yimin saw that the two old men were sincere, so he hurriedly bowed down to thank him and sang another song "Dismount Wine Song". Two old men and nine young girls danced in front of Liu Yimin with singing, and the atmosphere of the audience reached **.

After the condolence performance, Bowen said to Liu Yimin: "Commander, you have helped us a lot, those two old Mongolian men are the leaders of the Mongolian compatriots on the ground in Yulin, and they have been awkward in the past. After that, our work will be easy to do. ”

Hu Laohu also rubbed his hands excitedly, chased after Liu Yimin and asked, "Commander, how many good things have you not taught us?" How can you have something new every time you meet, as if it is a treasure trove, and you will be shocked by any random takeout. ”

Liu Yimin kicked him: "Don't be nonsense, go back to sleep, there are important tasks tomorrow!" ”

Back at the residence, Tang Xingying complained in a low voice that he shouldn't be in the limelight, although it played a role in uniting the Mongolian compatriots, but it made Zhao Xiaoman fall deeper and deeper, and fools can see her thoughts, in her heart, you are her third brother and fifth brother, waiting for God to open her eyes! Originally, it was good to take her out to let her relax, and go back to help her find an ideal partner as soon as possible, didn't you sing it to make her unable to extricate herself? Now it's okay, not only is she resolutely not looking for a partner, but no one will take the initiative to pursue her anymore, who doesn't know that she has someone in her heart?

Liu Yimin felt guilty in his heart, and secretly scolded himself for being stupid, stupid, and naïve! It's so stupid to grandma's house!

The next day, Liu Yimin left the first guard battalion, art troupe and car in Yulin, and even Tang Xingying was not allowed to follow, and asked Hu Laohu to take a cavalry battalion to escort himself and Shen Qian to Shenmu County to find a coal mine.

Hu Laohu was afraid that something would happen, this place was close to the Mongolian steppe, and there were often groups of horse thieves appeared, so he had an extra heart, and brought a regiment of cavalry, a battalion set off first, a battalion followed the commander of the regiment, and a battalion responded after the palace.

Out of Yulin to the north, the population began to be sparse, until the south of Shenmu, although it is still a cave, a northern Shaanxi style, but far away can see a village, very desolate.

Fortunately, Shenmu is an old base, and Liu Zhidan established a regime here in 34 years, but Liu Yimin himself is not very worried about security. In addition, he is very skilled, and I wish there was any horse thief who didn't have long eyes, and sent it to the door for him to try his hand.

200 miles from Yulin to Shenmu County, the cavalry was fast, they arrived on the same day, and camped in Shenmu County at night.

After camping, Liu Yimin met with the leading comrades of the Shenmu County Party Committee and the county political axe, and it was the first time for these old revolutionaries to see a leader of Liu Yimin's level, and they were very excited, and reported to Liu Yimin in detail about the situation in Shenmu County and the construction of the Shenmu base area.

After listening to the report, Liu Yimin instructed Hu Laohu to garrison a main force regiment in Shenmu and Fugu in the future, responsible for defending to the north, and to support the development of a garrison regiment in Shenmu, Fugu, Dingbian, Jingbian, Anbian, Jiaxian, Mizhi, Suide, and other counties, as well as the development of the militia. All garrison regiments are under the command of the Yulin Garrison District. The cavalry division is an assault unit of the corps, and there will be other important combat missions in the future, so it is impossible to be stationed here for a long time.

After explaining Hu Laohu's task, Liu Yimin told the leaders of the county party committee and the county government that he had come not only to inspect military defense, but also to find a coal mine in Shenmu and ensure that coal would be used for the construction of the base area. Since Shenmu is far away from Xi'an and the garrison is weak, the county party committee and county government should act quickly, and on the basis of the original Red Army units in Shenmu, prepare for the establishment of the Shenmu garrison regiment as soon as possible, establish district squadrons in each district, form militia in each village, and have the cavalry division be responsible for organizing training. Later, the Shenmu Garrison Regiment served as the Shenmu garrison and coal mine security mission. All necessary weapons and equipment are provided by the cavalry division. At the same time, it is also necessary to actively mobilize personnel to join the cavalry division, so that the main force can be fully manned as soon as possible, put into training, and go to the battlefield as soon as possible.

When the leaders of the county party committee and the county political axe heard that the cavalry division provided weapons and equipment for them to set up a garrison regiment, they were naturally very excited, and they were also very supportive of mobilizing personnel to participate in the cavalry division. Even if the coal mine is opened in Shenmu, several people will be suspicious, there will be a coal mine here, the ministry is talking nonsense, right?

Seeing that they didn't believe it, Liu Yimin almost said that this is one of the seven largest coalfields in the world, and after thinking about it, he needed to keep it secret, so he didn't say more, and only told them that this was Shenmu's current secret, and whether it was still possible to say if there was any, he brought an expert, and he only knew it after looking for it. If not, forget it, if there is, after the coal mine is found, it must be under military control, and it is forbidden for others to ask questions and talk about indiscriminate mining.

Only then did the leaders of the Shenmu County Party Committee and the county government axe know that Bacheng really has a coal mine, otherwise Liu Yimin, who is the commander of the Red Seventh Army and the commander of the Shaanxi Military Region, would not have gone so far.

Sending away the leaders of the Shenmu County Party Committee and the county government axe, it was already dark. When I returned to the living room, I found that Tang Xingying had come with me. Liu Yimin was angry, and asked Tang Xingying why he was here and whether he had brought guards.

Tang Xingying said: "I didn't want to come, I wanted to stay in Yulin and wait for you." Later, after seeing you leaving, another cavalry battalion followed you, knowing that it was Hu Laohu's rearguard unit who was afraid of insufficient troops. I followed, mainly because I didn't worry about you, I was afraid that you wouldn't eat well or sleep well. ”

Liu Yimin chuckled, scratched Tang Xingying's nose, and joked that she thought about men and just wanted men, what were she doing with so many excuses.

Tang Xingying's beautiful eyes flashed, and she said with a smile No, not only did she come, Director Cai's objects Ren Ying, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing all came. The main reason is that it is not easy to come here, and I want to come to see the grassland and the Great Wall.

Liu Yimin's brows furrowed when he heard this, this Tang Xingying is purely adding chaos, and she came by herself and brought Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing, I don't know what this girl thinks.

Tang Xingying saw that Liu Yimin was unhappy, so she whispered: "Zhao Xiaoman wants to collect the wind, Jingjing wants to report, come here, I won't say anything, what are you annoyed about!" ”

Liu Yimin didn't say more, and the two of them rested early.

The next day, Liu Yimin and his entourage set off from Shenmu County, along the Dianta, Sunjiacha, and to the Daliu Pagoda, planning to the Daliu Pagoda and then turn southwest, to Erlin Rabbit, and then return to Dabaodang Town. It is equivalent to dividing the northwest of Shenmu County into a garden.

Although Liu Yimin knew the location of the main mining area of the Shenfu coalfield, he had never been here, and secondly, considering the possible intrusion of the Mongolian garrison and the puppet army during the Anti-Japanese War, he made up his mind to investigate the geography of Shenmu clearly, and then choose where to open the mine. As for Fugu, Liu Yimin didn't plan to go, since no one knew that there was a big coal field here, the smaller the movement, the better, and the fewer people who knew about it, the better. When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is won, it is not too late to organize mining.

Twenty kilometers out of the county seat, it was to Yangjiacheng, Liu Yimin knew that this was the Northern Song Dynasty Yang Jiye's father Yang Hongxin, brother Yang Chongxun, nephew Yang Guang Shoulinzhou governance, thinking of the Yang family full of loyalty, he stopped at the horse, and went to the city to hang.

This Yangjia city is Gulinzhou, divided into two cities, the inner city is in the middle, there are north and south gates. The circumference of the outer city is about four kilometers, the city wall is built according to the mountain, there is no fixed situation, Liu Yimin saw it, he knew that the city was very exquisitely repaired, and it was definitely easy to defend and difficult to attack. In line with the identity of the Yang family's father and son, the great military family.

Standing on the city wall, Liu Yimin thought that at this time, I am afraid that the 29th Army has already sent troops to Pingjin. Because the 29th Army's dispatch was very secretive, not only did he not think of it, but Chiang Kai-shek could not think of it. After that, the 29th Army became the only Chinese garrison in Beiping and Tianjin, and they would take the lead in the future all-out war of resistance.

Although I am familiar with history, I can't be a god, I know this kind of historical trend, but I can't say it, and I'm depressed when I think about it. Forget it, Song Zheyuan saw this move very accurately, and said that he forced Chiang Kai-shek to withdraw his troops from Pingjin, which was an extremely secret matter, and the outside world did not know, only Song Zheyuan, who was on the front line of Suiyuan, knew. In this way, the 29th Army occupied the territory of Pingjin, greatly improved its weapons and equipment, and rapidly expanded its ranks, from more than 20,000 people to more than 100,000 people before the start of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

If only Song Zheyuan hadn't been as hesitant as he was in history!

(To be continued)