After the military meeting decided on the plan for attacking Anqing, starting that evening, the Central Military Commission and the General Staff Department worked up all night to draw up the battle plan and the corresponding training plan, and the comrades of the political work department made an in-depth survey and summed up the situation of the troops. None of the comrades had fought such a big battle, and everyone was very uneasy, but since the battle reached Fengtai County, all the comrades would have good results as long as they worked, so everyone simply threw away other thoughts and began to work as usual.

Chen Ke is in charge of strategy formulation, and since he has finished explaining the strategy, he is a little more idle. Yan Fu had already helped the troops improve the plan for transporting troops by water, and he had just returned from Anqing, so the old plan could still be used. Whether he has anything else to do, he is also a lot more leisurely. After taking a free time, Yan Fu found Chen Ke, "Chairman Chen, I want to ask, which foreign school did you study in the military?" ”

"I didn't go to a military school, and all the military knowledge was learned from a senior surnamed Mao. This Grandpa Mao is us Chinese. Chen Ke answered the question with a smile.

"There are such strange people?" Yan Fu was really a little surprised, "Look at Wenqing, you are by no means an amateur in military affairs, but I didn't expect to learn from a teacher." Where is this Mr. Mao now, and can he meet him? ”

"Already deceased." Chen Ke didn't know if this was right. However, Grandpa Mao, who created military ideas, passed away when Chen Ke was born.

"But it's a pity." Yan Fu couldn't help but sigh.

Looking at Yan Fu's regretful look, Chen Ke quietly diverted from this topic, which was very unfavorable to him. "Mr. Yan, are you still a little worried about the battle against Anqing?"

Yan Fu was not polite, he explained his thoughts straightforwardly: "I am indeed worried about this matter. After all, our army does not have an advantage in strength, and the equipment is even worse. According to Wen Qing, we are still fighting on the outside. It's more difficult. Although our army has experience in attacking fortified positions, once a battle breaks out and there are heavy casualties, the troops may not be able to hold out for long. ”

"Mr. Yan, from a tactical point of view, our army has also been to Anqing, experienced more, and seen more. The most important thing is that the biggest advantage of our army over the new army in Anhui is that our army knows who the enemy is and why we are fighting. Actually, I want to prepare more. Preparation is still insufficient. Mr. Yan, I want to ask you, if it is to save the people affected by the disaster in Anhui, should this battle be fought? ”

Yan Fu also agreed with the judgment that the military struggle was not prepared for the war, when Chen Ke mentioned that "in order to save the people, we must not fight this battle." Yan Fu was immediately speechless. According to the characteristics of Manchu officialdom, they don't care how many people die, how can such a thing as natural disasters be managed? Disaster relief is a matter for the imperial court, and as long as there is no civil uprising, natural disasters cannot be blamed on the local officials. Moreover, natural disasters show that the court is immoral, and the emperor has to make an edict against himself. Even if he has been in the military and rarely involves politics, Yan Fu is also very clear that there is no need to expect officials to provide disaster relief. From the perspective of the People's Party, if it wants to save the people, it must first defeat the Manchu regime before it can talk about saving the people.

This inference was logically correct and could have persuaded Yan Fu. The problem is that this reasonable conclusion is incompatible with the current situation in China. Yan Fu participated in the revolution, and in his view, the primary purpose of the revolution was to seize power and build a strong China. Fighting a war to save the people like Chen Ke only appears in books. "Hanging the people and cutting down the crime", this is the text that Yan Fu has read, when these four words are concretized, Yan Fu did not feel the slightest joy, he only felt that what Chen Ke said was "very ridiculous".

After thinking for a while, Yan Fu had to say, "You have to fight." ”

"Mr. Yan, I personally feel that the lack of preparation now does not only mean the lack of equipment and military strength. The most important thing is the lack of political work. Up to now, there are at most 1,000 people in the People's Revolutionary Army who can understand that the purpose of fighting is to save the people. If it weren't for this flood, there would be less than 200 people who could understand this logical relationship. If you can give me half a year, I don't have to worry about fighting Anqing at all. As long as there are 6,000 fighters who know that they cannot save the people without defeating the Manchu regime. "The enemies of Anhui are not at all to be feared."

Yan Fu was not surprised, he praised: "That's right. Even now, I already admire Wen Qing for being able to build a base of such a scale. If I had been replaced, it would have been impossible. ”

Listening to Yan Fu's praise, Chen Ke glanced at Yan Fu helplessly. Seeing that there was no joke in Yan Fu's expression, Chen Ke said, "Mr. Yan, I'm not talking about the number of people. If there really were so many comrades who realized that they had to overthrow the Manchu government in order to save the people, I would feel very relieved to die. Because there are successors to the revolutionary cause. The overthrow of the Manchus was a strategy that had to be adopted in order to save the people. If it was only for the purpose of overthrowing the Manchus, it was only for the welfare of one family and one surname, or for the benefit of a certain group. The people's revolution is to put the interests of the people first. Because only in this way can we get the support of the people. The people will never go to revolution for the sake of a certain ideal, what the people want is a better life, and what they want is to be able to live and work in peace and contentment. What you want is to know who to turn to in times of crisis. In just half a year, I will be able to let the people know that the people's revolution and the new order promoted by the People's Party are the only choice for the people to be liberated and to live a happy life through labor. Only then can the people's revolution be invincible. ”

"Don't you believe that the people will follow the revolution?" Yan Fu asked, he has actually been wanting to ask this question these days. Although the people's revolution claimed to be for the people, in fact, Yan Fu was not convinced of the people's revolution.

"I think the people don't believe in us yet. Everything Mr. Yan saw was actually the result of the people's labor, and weren't the houses built by the people brick by brick? Aren't these water conservancy facilities excavated by the people with a shovel and a hoe? How could I not trust the people? Without the people, Fengtai County would not be where it is today. Now it is the new system in which the people do not believe that the fruits of their labor can be owned by the people, and it is the people who have no confidence in the people's revolution. If the people had firmly believed that the people's revolution could succeed, I would not have been worried at all that I would not be able to defeat Anqing. ”

Having said that, Yan Fu finally understood what Chen Ke meant. In other words, Yan Fu finally understood the power of the people's revolution. Next, Yan Fu's first thought was to beat Chen Ke up. Chen Ke's "arrogance" made Yan Fu feel a little unbearable. If those people who have not read books really understand this, Yan Fu feels that such a world is too terrifying. Although he could not fully imagine what that world would be like, Yan Fu could imagine that such a new world would shatter everything that existed in China, and everything that dared to stand in the way of the people's revolution would be completely destroyed. And the end of that new world, Yan Fu couldn't see it at all. And the starting point of this revolution, Yan Fu can see clearly, it is hatred. Hatred of the old order.

Yan Fu clearly knew that he had the same hatred. Those queen mothers, emperors, princes and nobles who are full of food and misdeeds all day long, those officials who are vegetarian and vegetarian, and those who only know how to drill camps, Yan Fu has an incomparable hatred for these moths that corrupt the country. It is these people who have made China suffer a lot of bullying and humiliated China. If there is to be a revolution, these people should be the objects of the revolution.

However, these are premises, and this huge force must be guided by ideals, and must not run like a flood. Chen Ke must not irresponsibly unleash this force and destroy everything in China. The words he wanted to persuade were on Yan Fu's lips, but they were swallowed back into his stomach by Yan Fu. He remembered what Mr. Ma Xiangbo said to himself more than a year ago, "A few words, the person who wrote the book is a genius, if you are willing, I want you to accept him as a disciple." If there is no one to discipline him, he is afraid that he will cause chaos in the world. ”

Yan Fu once thought that after accepting Chen Ke as a disciple, Chen Ke would seriously throw himself into his disciple after running into walls everywhere. I never thought that Chen Ke would create such a career in more than a year, if he persuaded Chen Ke now, Chen Ke would definitely not listen. There is no value in getting into a stalemate with Chen Ke. The only way is to make a contribution to the People's Party and be able to come out and stabilize the direction at a critical moment.

So Yan Fu asked, "Chairman Chen, have you heard of the Yue Wang meeting in Anhui?" ”

"A little bit of it." Chen Ke had heard that this organization was extremely closely related to the Alliance, but since it was unknown in later generations, it was not a great organization.

"When I was teaching in Anhui, I had dealings with Yue Wanghui. Since the plan is to persuade the new army, as far as I know, King Yue will have a good relationship with many people in the new army. Since there are still some days before the march into Anqing. I immediately set off to contact the people of the Yue Wang Society. Let's see if we can get them to help. ”

"That's very good. But what is Mr. Yan going to use to convince King Yue? ”

"Since Chairman Chen doesn't care about Anqing Mansion, then I might as well use Anqing Mansion in exchange."

"No problem. Then there is Mr. Lao Yan. ”

He Zudao led the political workers to select the personnel of the Anqing Campaign, and after the other political workers fell asleep in the middle of the night, He Zudao rubbed his slightly red and swollen eyes and looked around. After settling down, He Zudao picked up the pen and quietly began to write a letter. "Sister You Wu, this time I will set off with the army to attack Anqing. The battle was dangerous, and I was ready to die for the revolution. At this time, I have something I want to say to you, I ......" Writing this, He Zudao stopped his pen with a shy expression on his face. He glanced at the comrades who had fallen asleep around him, and then picked up the pen, but he couldn't write anything.

After thinking about it, He Zudao read the text in front of him again, slightly modified a few words, and then continued to write. "I'm not afraid of death, but before I die, I want to tell you that I admire Sister Youyi. Ever since you and Chairman Chen stayed up late to save my life, I swear that I will repay the kindness of both of you. Following Chairman Chen in revolutionary work, I have learned a lot. What is the people's revolution and how to be a qualified member of the People's Party. In this regard, Sister You You, you are still far better than me. It's also what I'm learning from. However, I have a special feeling for you, Sister You. Although I have been infected with such a disease......", writing this, He Zudao's face turned red, he thought about it for a while, and then erased this paragraph. He continued to write, "I want to be the best party member, a party member who can take on important work like Sister You. I've been working on it too. ”

"Alas!" He Zudao exhaled depressedly, he grabbed the written paper and was about to tear it, but he stopped. Now paper is very precious, he can't bear to waste a piece of paper, and he feels that what he writes is very useless. He turned the paper over, gritted his teeth, boldly bold, and wrote a sentence bit by bit, "Sister Youyi, I love you very much." I want to be with you, I want to marry you. Writing this, as if he couldn't breathe well, He Zudao was even a little out of breath. He gritted his teeth, and a small brush seemed to have a thousand heavy burdens, "Sister Youyu, I am fortunate today, can we tie the knot together?" ”

Putting the pen on the table, He Zudao covered his face with one hand, and his rapid breathing made the young man's shoulders tremble. He originally wanted to write a suicide note, but somehow, when he thought of death, the idea of writing a suicide note became that he wanted to tell You Wei his long-standing longing and dreams.

"I'm not worthy of my sister." He Zudao kept repeating this sentence in his heart. The flame of the oil lamp on the table shook slightly with He Zudao's rapid breathing, and a fierce and surging emotion made He Zudao's face have tears on his face at some point, he didn't know it at all, he only felt that there were a thousand words, and he couldn't describe it with proper words.

Eventually, he picked up the piece of paper, folded it carefully, and put it in his arms. By this time, the sky was already dimly bright.