When Ouyang Jian saw Li Qing, Li Qing was preparing to lead the team to set off.

Li Qing had a very good attitude, and asked Ouyang Jian about his intentions, and when he heard that Ouyang Jian was here to talk about the release of prisoners of war, Li Qing shook his head and said that it was impossible.

Ouyang Jian said patiently: "The release of prisoners at the end of the battle has been around since ancient times. Didn't your Red Army have this policy too? ”

Li Qing said: "Our Red Army has a policy of releasing prisoners, but that is for ordinary soldiers. Those white bandit leaders who committed the most heinous crimes were to be tried and shot. What did you do to capture our Red Army cadres and fighters! Do not do unto others what you do not want to be done? ”

Ouyang Jian said: "That's the policy above, brother, I can't change it!" ”

Li Qing smiled: "The public trial of shooting the captured white bandit officer is also our policy above, brother, I can't change it!" ”

Seeing that he couldn't talk about it, Ouyang Jian was a little impatient. lit a cigarette, took a puff, stared at Li Qing with staring at Li Qing with both eyes and said: "Brother, at a fixed price, the two division commanders are 20,000 oceans each, the regiment commander is 10,000 oceans each, the battalion commander is 2,000 oceans each, the other company commanders and platoon commanders are 200 oceans each, and the soldiers are 5 oceans each." ”

After speaking, he looked at Li Qing eagerly.

Li Qing said disdainfully: "What about you sending Hanako?" Let me tell you, all the platoon commanders and above will be shot, and a public trial meeting will be held tomorrow, and the name of the conference will be the Conference on the Suppression of White Bandit Officers. After the public trial, they were pulled to the Wuyang River, lined up in rows, and when I gave an order, bang, bang, bang, bang, ”

Li Qing gestured as he spoke, causing Ouyang Jian's head to spin around, swaying from side to side, as if Li Qing's finger was the muzzle of the gun, pushing against his head.

When Li Qingbi finished drawing, the beads of sweat on Ouyang Jian's head also came out, and he hurriedly took out a handkerchief and wiped his sweat.

After wiping the sweat, I also have a score in my heart, and the other party's sentence "You send it to call Hanako" means that there is room for negotiation. Ouyang Jian said unhurriedly: "Brother, you can make a price!" Otherwise, I won't be able to pay the difference when I go back. The old brother ran before and after, didn't he just can't bear to see their family members break their hearts? Alright, brother! ”

Li Qing is now more and more experienced in this work, and his head is shaking like a rattle, "No, you can't say anything." Their family members are broken, and our family has long been killed by them, who are we looking for? ”

To be honest, Ouyang Jian is also a guy with a murderous surname in his bones, but he doesn't have soldiers in his hands, so he has to be a senator for others to get a salary. When Xue Yue gave him the task, he was thinking about how to make up for the shy life of the eunuch and make his wife and two aunts look at him with a little bit of brilliance. Therefore, he is very keen to make a deal. As for whose family members are cut off and whose family members are killed, he doesn't care.

Seeing that he couldn't talk about it, Ouyang Jian was very anxious, so he said: "Brother, you see that I am so old, it is not easy to run this trip, don't say anything else." Look at how this is, I will increase it again, the two division commanders will be 50,000 yuan each, and the price of the regiment commander, battalion commander, company commander and soldiers will remain the same. ”

Li Qing said: "A division commander is only worth 50,000 yuan, and you can figure it out." ”

When Ouyang Jian heard this, he hurriedly said, "Brother, you name a number, I'll take a look." ”

Li Qing said: "I can reveal a piece of information to you, but you have to keep it secret." ”

Ouyang Jian hurriedly said: "Certainly, definitely." ”

Li Qing said: "He Jian's two division commanders paid 1 million oceans and other things before going back. ”

When Ouyang Jian heard this, he was stunned, I said how did He Jian's division commanders go back, it turns out that this is the case. 1,000,000 oceans, how many things can be done, oh my God, these Red Army troops are too capable! It seems that this errand is not easy for me to do.

Ouyang Jian calmed down and said: "Brother, we can't compare with He Jian, and we don't dare to let Nanjing know about this matter, you see if this will work, let me bring the two division commanders back first, and the others will wait for me to go back and ask for instructions." Make a price, if it's too much, I can't be the master. ”

The two of them began to bargain, you come and go, just like a vendor in the vegetable market, and the goods are the two division commanders of [***]. In the end, it was sold at a price of 100,000 silver dollars per person. 4 regiment commanders and 5 battalion commanders discounted 100,000 yuan, and the others had to stay because Ouyang Jian had no money. In the end, Li Qing gave away all the seriously injured for free.

After the talk, he began to pay the money to receive the people, and Li Qing arranged for Zhang Haitao, the commander of the guard battalion, to take Ouyang Jian to collect the people.

When Ouyang Jian went out, he saw several Red Army officers coming in, one of whom still had a telegram in his hand. Ouyang Jian deliberately pretended to drop his shoes, bent down to lift his shoes, and vaguely heard the people inside saying that the 1st, 3rd, and 5th legions were preparing to move from both wings, and the plan was to start at dawn, asking when the guard division would arrive at the designated position and whether it could occupy Yuping County on time. Ouyang Jian was in a hurry at this time, and hurriedly followed Zhang Haitao to lead the people, and when he saw Han Hanying and Tang Yunshan, he was in no hurry to greet him, so he hurriedly got on the horse and quickly rushed back to Xindian with the cavalry company.

Li Qing saw that Ouyang Jian had left Yangping Town, so he hurried to Liu Yimin to report. Liu Yimin heard that he only exchanged 300,000 yuan, so he only said one sentence: "Xue Yue is also a poor ghost!" Then he took the troops and moved to Zhenyuan County.

After Ouyang Jian returned to the new store, he hurriedly reported to Xue Yue what he had seen and heard in Yangping Town, and especially reported in detail the last overheard. Xue Yue was very suspicious when he heard this, worried that it was the red bandits' suspicious tactics, but after thinking again, the troops suffered such a big loss and could not withstand the big battle, so it was better to be safe, so he ordered the troops to return to Yuping County overnight and defend it tightly.

At this time, if the planes could go out to reconnoiter at night, they would see a strange scene: in the mountains at night, one team was heading west with torches, and many other teams were heading east with torches, just in the opposite direction. The teams in both directions farther and farther apart, throwing the vacuum in the middle into the endless night.

Chairman Chiang, who was far away in Nanjing, received a telegram from Xue Yue, which said: "At noon today, the 59th and 93rd Divisions of the Army were ambushed by the main force of the Red Bandits in Qingxi Town, Zhenyuan. The battle was successively carried out in Qingxi Town, Yangping Town, and the mountain behind Yangping Town, and the officers and men of our army worked hard to move forward with their lives. After fierce fighting, the bandits were unable to support it, and fled to Zhenyuan and Shiqian by different routes. In this battle, more than 4,000 bandits were killed and more than 2,200 guns were surrendered. After interrogating the prisoners, it was revealed that the bandits encountered by our unit were indeed the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Army Corps, the main force of the Red Bandits, who went south from the north bank of the Wujiang River to intercept our army, intending to plot against the first part of our army. Han Hanying, commander of the 59th Division, and Tang Yunshan, commander of the 93rd Division, fought hard to break through the siege, and the two divisions lost nearly 70 percent, the 90 th Division encountered fierce battles with the enemy, and the losses of the 13 Division were about 10 percent. In addition, due to the long-term pursuit and suppression operations, due to illness, falling behind, and deserting, the troops have suffered a great attrition, and there is a serious shortage of weapons and ammunition, so there is an urgent need to replenish troops, weapons and ammunition. Now our army is firmly on the Yuping line, and it is said that the cavalry will be ordered to expand the reconnaissance and search area, and if the enemy's main force retreats to the north bank of the Wujiang River, our army will rush to Guiyang; If the enemy is still lingering in the area of Zhenyuan and Shibing, it is necessary to order the Xianghe Department and the Guibai Department to work together to suppress it. ”

Putting down the telegram, Chiang Kai-shek rubbed his temples, then took another sip of boiled water from the table, stood up, and paced around the room.

It seems that the red bandits should not be taken lightly, they ambushed He Jian and Liu Jianxu in Xiaoshui and Xikou, and today they ambushed Xue Yue in Zhenyuan. Judging from the telegram, Xue Yue's troops suffered a big loss, otherwise they would not have said that the troops were so attritional and asked for replenishment. But it's okay, when I received the air force report at noon, I thought that the 59th and 93rd divisions were all wiped out, but now I see that the division commanders have come out, indicating that the remnants are still there. As long as you replenish quickly, you can continue to use it.

Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek pressed the small bell on the table and prepared to call the director of the chamberlain to come in and make a new deployment.

That night, the Red Army headquarters of the Baihuizhang Mansion in Zunyi City was also busy, everyone's faces were full of joy, and even the Red Army soldiers standing guard at the door consciously stood in a military posture according to the standard.

The battle report of the Central Guard Division had already arrived, and [***], Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Bo Gu, Zhang Wentian, and Wang Jiaxiang were all gathered in the office, and everyone had a smile on their faces.

Annihilating more than 30,000 elite members of the enemy's Central Army and capturing countless people is really a great victory! Even the two captured division commanders were exchanged for 300,000 oceans, good!

Wang Jiaxiang finally spoke. No one would have imagined that he would say this: "I didn't expect that the results of the battle would be so great, and Chiang Kai-shek was in a hurry, maybe a few hairs would grow on his bald head!" ”

The room was immediately bursting with laughter.

When everyone finished laughing, Zhou En said: "I think I will immediately inform the whole army of the news of the victory in Qingxi Town and Yangping Town?" ”

Several people said that they should be notified immediately.

[***] said: "I would like to add, order all the guard divisions to withdraw to Zunyi for rest, agree to their expansion plan, and after the remaining prisoners and lightly wounded return to Zunyi, all the first, third, fifth, and ninth corps will be replenished." Now we can rest assured that the ranks of the Red Army will be strengthened, and there are a lot of guns! ”

Mr. Zhu was overjoyed, and even said, "I'll go and give an order." ”

When Liu Yimin woke up, it was already noon on the 24th.

Last night, the troops marched all the way to the county seat of Zhenyuan. The company left behind by the guard battalion had already received the news of the great victory of the main force, and arranged a stop in the city. When the large army had returned to the city, they led the troops to camp. After Liu Yimin told Liu Jianli to arrange the defense, he fell asleep and slept until noon the next day.

Seeing that Liu Yimin had gotten up, Li Chengyi reported that the political commissars were all waiting. Liu Yimin wondered, why did these guys get up earlier than him every time?

Seeing Cai Zhonghe's division and regiment leaders, Liu Yimin was a little embarrassed, touched his head and said, "Everyone, morning!" ”

Cai Zhong smiled and said, "My master, it's not too early." What time is noon? Here is a telegram from the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, and a few of us are discussing it, so you can take a look at it quickly. ”

Liu Yimin took the telegram and read it, and the telegram read: "The troops quickly withdrew to Zunyi to rest and expand, and the three corps have been sent to meet them at Jingkou, and the pontoon bridge at the ferry port is intact." "The payment is Zhu De, chairman of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission.

After reading the telegram, Liu Yimin said: "There is no need to discuss, follow the order." The whole army set out at 6 p.m., rushed to Yuqing camp tomorrow morning, and crossed the river tomorrow night. ”

Wu Zheng proposed so many supplies and prisoners, and the speed of the march could not be improved, could he consider camping in Shi Bing.

Liu Yimin said: "The enemy's planes will not let go of clues, and once they discover our troops, they will bomb them. The soldiers are very fast, give you an afternoon to collect carts, mules, horses and laborers, and the troops must rush to Yuqing before they can camp. ”

Cai Zhong said: "There is a way to solve the problem of prisoners, which is to quickly expand the number of prisoners and accommodate them in the troops, which can increase the speed of the march. ”

Several regiment commanders all looked at Liu Yimin with blank eyes.

Liu Yimin thought for a while and said: "Our troops have captured a lot of fighters, and it is not a good thing that the troops have been expanding. Originally, it was planned to expand the organization during the rest period in Zunyi, but since the political commissar proposed to expand the organization now, I think it is okay, but the ideological work of this new soldier depends on the ability of each unit. ”

Li Chang, commander of the artillery battalion, put his feet together and said loudly: "Report to the division commander, the artillery regiment is ready to accept new recruits, and we will resolutely not cause trouble to the division leaders, do the ideological and political work ourselves, and ensure that we will not drag the whole regiment back!" ”

Liu Yi smiled angrily, pointed at Li Chang and said, "Who told you that the artillery battalion should be expanded into an artillery regiment?" You've only been a battalion commander for a few days, are your butts hot? ”

Li Chang replied loudly: "Report to the division commander, it was the division commander who told me." During the battle at Xiaoshui, the division commander had already said that there was an artillery regiment that would make me the first artillery commander in the history of the Red Army. As for the fact that my battalion commander was too short, there was no way, because the division commander did not capture so many artillery pieces at that time, nor did he capture so many artillerymen, so it was not that I could not be the regiment commander. ”

Liu Yimin was really speechless, this guy really wanted to be an artillery commander and wanted to go crazy.

Cai Zhong saw that the smile on Liu Yimin's face was getting stronger and stronger, and knew that Liu Yimin admired Li Chang, a cadre with a strong sense of war and remarkable military achievements. He said, "Commander Li, how are you going to set up your artillery regiment?" ”

Li Chang saluted Cai Zhong again: "Report to the political commissar, I am going to set up a 75 mortar battalion and use all the 36 guns and gunners of the mortar battalion of the tax police regiment." That's a medium-sized mortar, guys are good at it. The existing six mountain artillery guns and two 60 mortar companies were then reorganized into one battalion, and five 60 mortar battalions were formed. ”

Now the others quit, Gao Yuan said: "My regiment needs to establish a fire support battalion, at least 36 60 mortars, you leave my artillery behind, and then talk about your artillery regiment." ”

Zhang Hongtao, commander of the Second Regiment, immediately said: "The artillery battalion of the Second Regiment is already full of cadres and equipment, and now the soldiers are missing, and the political workers of our regiment are the best at doing ideological work. The division commander can rest assured that we will educate the prisoners assigned to us to become qualified artillery fighters. ”

Chen Dayong, the commander of the third regiment, then said: "The third regiment is not too demanding, everything is on par with the first and second regiments." Whatever the first and second regiments have, we can't do the same. Otherwise, the fighters will look down on me, the regiment commander. ”

Hong Chaoyuan and Zhao Shan also proposed to build an artillery battalion or a fire support battalion, and said that if it were not for the vitality support department in place, the main peak of the mountain behind Yangping Town would not have suffered such a big loss.

Li Chang was anxious, and shouted that it was not interesting for a few of them, did he not want him to be the head of the regiment.

Cao Shengli, commander of the baggage battalion, said: "The artillery regiment has been established, which is the first artillery regiment of the Red Army, and it will definitely be directly under the Central Military Commission during the battle. ”

He Mingliang saw that everyone opened their mouths, so he said embarrassedly: "I feel that the engineer battalion needs to be strengthened the most." ”

Liu Yimin laughed out of his tears angrily, and even said, "Okay! Good! Good! How do I feel like everyone is sharing the spoils? ”

Li Qing also smiled and said: "Let me correct the words of the division commander, we are not sharing the spoils, we are sharing the fruits of victory." ”

Gao Yuan said: "That is, when I broke through the Xiangjiang River, I felt that I was revolutionizing to the end, who would have thought that when I met the division commander, I could win such a big battle." I want to build the regiment into the best equipped, best trained, and strongest combat effectiveness in China, and follow the division commander to defeat all enemies. The teacher will not fail to fulfill my wish. ”

Several others chimed in.

Listening to the words of the cadres, Liu Yimin felt that these comrades had already established strong self-confidence, and it was estimated that no matter how great the difficulties were, they would not shrink back, and this had already reached the basic goal of their own military training. Besides, the prisoners this time were basically soldiers of the Central Army, which was much less difficult to transform than the Hunan Army and the Gui Army. So, he put his face on the board and said: "Order: 1. Based on the three battalions of the first regiment and the six battalions of the second regiment, replenish 1,000 prisoners, and set up the sixth guard regiment, with Lei Ming as the regiment commander and Li Qing as the regiment's political commissar." 2. Based on the nine battalions of the three regiments and the new battalion, 1,200 prisoners were replenished, and the seventh guard regiment was established, with Liu Jianli serving as the regiment commander and Chang Huayu as the political commissar. The 3rd and 2nd Regiments each had 1,200 prisoners, and the 3rd Regiment had 1,600 prisoners, and the 3rd, 6th, and 9th Battalions had been formed. The 4th and 5th regiments each replenished 1,500 prisoners to make up for the battle losses. 4. All seven guard regiments will have a mortar company, a heavy machine gun company, an engineer company, a reconnaissance platoon, a sniper platoon, and a guard platoon. The artillery company is equipped with 12 60 mortars, the heavy machine gun company is equipped with 12 heavy machine guns, and the original fire support companies of each combat battalion are retained, equipped with 4 mortars and nine heavy machine guns per company. Each company is equipped with light machine guns to the squad, and heavy machine guns are equipped to the platoon. 5. The artillery regiment of the Central Guard Division was established, with three artillery battalions and one infantry battalion. 6. Establish a heavy machine-gun regiment of the Central Guard Division and set up four heavy machine-gun battalions. 7. Establish an engineer regiment of the Central Guard Division with three engineer battalions. 8. Establish a baggage regiment of the Central Guard Division, with three baggage battalions. The 9th regimental sniper company was divided into two, and the second and third platoons were upgraded to special operations brigades, with Li Lingfeng as the captain. The first platoon was upgraded to a sniper brigade, and there were three squadrons, Wang Tongsheng, who served as the captain. Externally, it is commonly known as the Central Guard Division Special Service Battalion. The two brigades give priority to the selection of cadres and fighters in the whole division, and no matter which unit is involved, they must unconditionally release them. 10. Establish a recruit training regiment, with Wu Zheng concurrently serving as the head of the regiment and Zhang Yicheng concurrently serving as the political commissar. Focus on the training of prisoners. ”

After finishing speaking, looking at the cadres who were full of excitement, Liu Yimin continued: "The expansion of the troops is a good thing, but it is also a pressure, especially the first, second, and third regiments, the backbone battalions have been withdrawn one after another, and the ideological and political work tasks are particularly heavy. Do you have faith? ”

The cadres shouted: "Yes! ”

Liu Yimin said again: "The remaining prisoners will be escorted to Zunyi to replenish the main army corps. Political Commissar Cai Zhong was specifically responsible for the reorganization of the whole division, and today he first pulled the people apart and strictly reorganized them after crossing the Wujiang River. ”

After Liu Yimin finished speaking, the cadres rushed out, and a new round of army expansion of the Central Guard Division began.

(To be continued)