Nanchang East Lake Baihuazhou, three facing the lake, the continent is shaded by green trees, the flowers are clustered, the environment is beautiful, there is a five-storey western-style building in the center of the continent, here was originally the Jiangxi Provincial Library, after 1930 was requisitioned as the commander-in-chief of the army, navy and air force Nanchang Xingying, since then here three steps one post five steps one sentry, the guard is strict, the tourists are extinct.

November in the south has not yet reached the point of cold, and the croaking of frogs on summer nights has long since disappeared, leaving a silence; The bright moon swayed in the breeze, a few soft laughter came from the depths of the green shade, and several figures were chatting while drinking tea.

"The chairman's Gao Zu is really extraordinary, and in less than half a year, he won Yucheng and its surrounding sixteen counties." The one who spoke was a Chinese face, and the military posture sat opposite Chiang Kai-shek.

Since the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Red Army broke through to the west, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized a large number of troops, including the southern part of Hu Zong, known as the first division in the world, to encircle and intercept along the way. After he succeeded in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, he immediately went to Nanchang to camp and served as the commander-in-chief of the encirclement and suppression army, and Chen Cheng, a close and beloved general, served as the commander-in-chief of the middle route army, and prepared to launch the fourth encirclement and suppression again in January.

During this time, Chiang Kai-shek was in a good mood, in addition to Zhuang Jihua's successful capture of Yucheng, the preparations for the fourth encirclement and suppression of the Zhumao Communists were also very smooth, so he was interested in moving the venue to the open air today.

"It would be even more perfect if the central government could send troops into Sichuan." Before Chiang Kai-shek could speak, Chen Cheng gently spit out a sentence: "The Cultural Revolution is still soft." ”

"Resignation, this is not soft, Zhuang Wenge is smart." An old man in his fifties, wearing a long shirt and glasses, sitting opposite Chen Cheng, said.

"Chang Qing is right, everything is too much," Chiang Kai-shek spoke, he looked at Chen Cheng, and said in a tone of three points explaining three lessons: "The Cultural Revolution is a dangerous move this time, and Liu Xiang can't be forced to hurry, his hand not only reassures Liu Xiang, but also reassures Deng Xihou, Tian Songyao, and Yang Sen." Moreover, even if the central government agrees to send troops into Sichuan, the central government will not be able to send troops now. ”

"But the chairman, more than 1,000 people, can't control the situation in Sichuan, if something happens, how will they deal with it." Chen Cheng said worriedly: "And why should he agree to hand over the tax to him?" ”

"It's not surprising that I did such a play in Chaoshan back then, which is called exchanging tax power for governing power; The strength is not enough, and you can't force the other party to be anxious," Chiang Kai-shek picked up the teacup in front of him for a long time, took a sip of tea lightly, and then said: "Cixiu, you have been in Huangpu for many years, but you don't have much contact with the Cultural Revolution, so you don't know him. I think Liu Xiang may not be able to keep this tax right in the future. ”

Saying that, Chiang Kai-shek's eyes sparkled and glanced at the people around him: "As for the troops, I also wondered a little when I got the telegram, can more than a thousand people control Yucheng?" Later, I thought that when he asked me for people, he specifically pointed out that he wanted Whampoa graduates and sergeants with combat experience, and I read the telegram again, and the whole article was that the central government did not transfer a soldier from other provinces into Sichuan, and now I understood, the Cultural Revolution played a word game with them, and did not transfer troops into Sichuan, so he recruited troops in Sichuan, and only 645 people graduated from the first phase of Huangpu that year, but we built two regiments, with the ability of Zhuang Cultural Revolution, there are these 1,000 people, how many people can he change, you think for yourself. ”

"Word play," Xiong Shihui shook his head: "This....is a bit of a child's play." ”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed, he stood up while laughing, Chen Cheng was about to stand up, Chiang Kai-shek patted him on the shoulder, signaling no formality: "Zhuang Cultural Revolution has a famous saying, use despicable means to achieve noble goals, when in Guangzhou, he used a trick company to abolish the customs controlled by the British, and as a result, Guangzhou's financial revenue tripled, which made Minister Song very happy. ”

"I don't think it's anything," Chen Cheng looked up at Chiang Kai-shek in the night: "Achieving great things is not informal." ”

"Don't mention this matter, you can talk about the candidate for mayor of Chongqing." Chiang Kai-shek stood in the shade of a tree, pinched a willow branch in his hand and said, this is the subject he wants to hear today.

The day after the telegram was sent, Zhuang Jihua led his troops into the city, took over various important departments in Yucheng, and then recommended Li Zhilong to Chiang Kai-shek as the mayor of Yucheng, and at the same time requested the appointment of Du Yuming as the commander of the garrison, Tang Zong as the chief of the police, Teng Jie as the director of the party department, and Hong Junqi to replace Li Zhilong as the deputy captain of the development team.

"Li Zhilong is absolutely not good," Chen Cheng immediately objected: "Although he left the Communist Party, his experience over the years has not been clearly explained, and more importantly, he has no experience in government affairs at all." ”

"The rhetoric is right, Yucheng is an important town in the southwest, the transportation hub of Sichuan Province, there are more than 100,000 people in the urban area alone, and there must be old and serious people to manage such a city." Yang Yongtai also said calmly that he had always opposed Chiang Kai-shek's promotion of Whampoa students too quickly, and was worried about the development of the Blue Coat Society, although Zhuang Jihua did not participate in the Blue Coat Society, but Du Yuming, Hong Junqi, and Tang Zong around him were all members of the Blue Coat Society, and Teng Jie was the founder of the Blue Coat Society, so he always tried every means to control the expansion of the Whampoa student power.

"I'd rather come alone," Xiong Shihui said, "but what about Nugang?" He is a native of Sichuan and knows the situation in Sichuan very well. ”

"No, but Nu Gang is a member of the first military department, and they have a deep holiday with Liu Xiang, it is not appropriate for him to go, what do you say He Guoguang?" Chiang Kai-shek put forward his candidate: "He, Liu Xiang, and Yang Sen are all classmates of the crash school, and it is easy to communicate with them, and now the situation in Sichuan is just an opening, and it is inseparable from Liu Xiang's support." And...."

Chiang Kai-shek paused, thought about it, and then changed his words: "Let He Guoguang come to Nanchang to see me as soon as possible." Then he turned to Chen Cheng and said: "Cixiu, we have mobilized 500,000 troops to suppress bandits this time, and the middle road under your command is with our Central Army as the main force, you must learn from the lessons of the past, play the prestige of our Central Army, and complete its efforts in one battle to completely exterminate the Zhumao Communist Bandits." ”

"Yes, the humble post will never disappoint the love of the chairman." Chen Cheng stood up and replied.

When He Guoguang arrived in Nanchang, the situation in Sichuan had changed greatly, and when Liu Wenhui arrived at Longquanyi, Xiang Chuanyi had already been defeated out of Chengdu, but Xiang Chuanyi held on to Chengdu for three days, buying some time for Liu Wenhui.

On the southern front, Guo Xunqi threw off Leng Yindong, marched 160 miles in two days, and attacked Zhang Qingping in Xingfu Town, Jiangjin, forcing Zhang Qingping to retreat to Luzhou. At this moment, if Liu Xiang continues to wave his troops north, he will be able to attack Liu Wenhui at Longquanyi with Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao. However, Liu Xiang ordered to turn to southern Sichuan and besieged Luzhou, an important town in southern Sichuan.

Liu Wenhui commanded the post and Deng Tian in Longquanyi for three days of fierce fighting, Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao suffered heavy losses, at this moment, Leng Yindong led the troops to arrive, Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao saw that Liu Wenhui had to be reinforced, immediately left the battlefield, led the troops to retreat to Chengdu, Liu Wenhui followed the pursuit, Deng Tian was weak in Chengdu, retreated to Guan County again, relying on the defense of Guan River.

Liu Wenhui, who recaptured Chengdu, was about to continue the attack, when it was rumored that Xia Shouxun was defeated by Pan Wenhua and Yang Sen's troops in Tongnan, and Xia Shouxun fell and retreated to Anyue.

Liu Wenhui looked back and saw that although he recaptured Chengdu, Zhang Qingping was besieged in Luzhou, eager to save the soldiers, and Xia Shouxun also frequently asked for help after retreating to Anyue.

Liu Wenhui felt that he couldn't fight anymore, and if he continued to fight, he might not even be able to keep the current place, so he invited his eldest brother Liu Wenyuan as a lobbyist and asked for a truce, Liu Xiang also humorously told his uncle that he would not embarrass his father, as long as his father handed over Chengdu and withdrew to Xikang and did not make trouble with him. Liu Wenyuan was angry, shook his hand and went back to his hometown in Dayi, and no longer cared about their uncle and nephew.

Zhang Qingping waited hard for the rescue of the troops, and announced his surrender a month later, and the headquarters was absorbed by Liu Xiang, who appointed Guo Xunqi as the commander of the newly established Fifth Division. Subsequently, Liu Xiang ordered Tang Shizun to lead his troops to sweep southern Sichuan, and in one fell swoop, more than 20 counties in southern Sichuan were bagged. Guo Xunqi led his troops north and joined Pan Wenhua at Longchang.

Liu Wenhui could only fight if he couldn't make peace, but it was Deng Xihou who beat Liu Xiang, and he had a dispute with his subordinates. Liu Wenhui hated Deng Xihou's betrayal and decided to fight Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao first, but Liu Wenhui's important generals Leng Yindong, Xia Shouxun and others were all students of Baoding, and Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao's generals had classmates, and they were unwilling to fight with Deng Tian, and the main thing was that they thought that the defeat was now decided, and it was useless to fight again, and the only way to make peace was to defeat Liu Xiang, as long as Liu Xiang was defeated again, Liu Xiang would withdraw from the battlefield, and as soon as Liu Xiang retreated, Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao naturally couldn't fight.

However, Liu Wenhui insisted on his own opinion, and he put aside Leng Yindong, Xia Shouxun and other veterans, and instead used young generals Liu Yuantang, Shi Zhaowu and others to attack the two Deng Tian troops stationed in Guan County.

Although there were repeated defeats, Liu Wenhui still had more than 80,000 troops at the moment, Deng Xihou and Tian Songyao combined with more than 60,000 people, because Liu Wenhui had to divide part of his forces to guard against Liu Xiang in Longchang, so the battle on the Guanjiang front line was originally a close battle, but at this moment it was reported that the Red Fourth Side crossed Daba Mountain, appeared at the mouth of the two rivers at the northern end of Tongjiang County, and defeated a battalion of the defenders.

Tian Songyao originally left Luo Naiqiong's division and three detachments in northern Sichuan, due to the tense war in Chengdu, he transferred Luo Naiqiong's division, Li Weiru's detachment, and Liu Hanxiong's detachment to Chengdu. Northern Sichuan is Tian Songyao's old nest, and he can't help it, so he hurriedly ordered Li Weiru on the way to help Bazhong; Liu Hanxiong galloped to the aid of Nanjiang and ordered Luo Naiqiong's division to follow up, recapture Tongjiang, and drive the Red Army out of his defense area.

It's just that Tian Songyao left, the army's heart on the Guanjiang defense line was shaken, and Deng Xihou led his troops to retreat to Xindu, relying on the Kunhe River to implement defense, and at the same time urged Liu Xiang to hurry north.

Liu Wenhui led his troops to chase after him and conquered the two county towns of Pixian and Chongning in succession, but Deng Xihou's losses were not large, and these two counties can be said to have deliberately given up. Subsequently, Liu and Deng's armies fought fiercely on the front line of the Kunhe River, and the water of the Kunhe River changed color.

At the time of the fierce battle of the Kunhe River, Liu Xiang convened a Sichuan political conference in Longchang, which was attended by Zeng Kuanqing, a representative of the Central Committee, Huang Yin, Yang Sen, Li Jiayu, Luo Zezhou, and Liu Cunhou, representatives of Deng Xihou, Hou Tian, and Songyao.

After the meeting, Liu Xiang issued an order to march into the army, and the march was very smooth, and Xia Shouxun's subordinates Wang Yuanhu and Deng He had not yet been shot, announcing that they would accept the order of the central government, that is, they would leave the 24th Army and be willing to accept the command of Commander Deng of the 28th Army.

Then Liu Wenhui's Longchang front line quickly collapsed, Liu Xiang's troops marched into Chengdu in three ways, defeated Xiang Chuanyi's resistance at Longquanyi, and Xiang Chuanyi withdrew from Chengdu.

After Liu Wenhui woke up, he ordered the whole army to retreat to Xikang, so far Liu Wenhui was defeated, and his subordinates have found their own way out, Xia Shouxun and Leng Yindong accepted Deng Xihou's adaptation, Peng Chengfu and others accepted Liu Xiang's adaptation, Li Jiayu chased Qiao Lai and captured Shi Zhaowu, Liu Xiang ordered to be shot with excessive public anger, which was the first high-ranking prisoner of war shot in the Sichuan army in the civil war.

However, Liu Xiang still kept his promise to his uncle, and after the armies pursued Xikang, Liu Wenhui was frightened and wanted to flee to Tibet, but Liu Xiang ordered the troops to be withdrawn and the truce, leaving Xikang intact to Liu Wenhui, so that the last civil war in central Sichuan ended.

The war is over, but how to distribute dividends needs to be discussed, Liu Xiang held a work conference on the aftermath in Chengdu, he had more eyes, and invited Zhuang Jihua and Zeng Guangqing to attend the meeting.

(To be continued)