After the parade, Liu Yimin asked Wu Zheng to give each soldier 2 silver dollars, so that the cadres and soldiers could rest in Xi'an for a few days. Haircuts, baths, listen to the Qin dialect, and taste the famous food of Xi'an.

In accordance with Liu Yimin's request, the Legion Art Troupe took turns to various divisions and regiments to perform condolence performances during the day and night to enliven the lives of the soldiers.

The reporters of the regimental radio station and the "Battle Banner" newspaper were all dispatched to cover the various units and report the deeds of the heroes. Due to the lack of reporters, most of the cadres of the political offices of the divisions went into battle in person, writing articles for the radio station and the "Battle Banner Daily" to show the demeanor of their respective units. As a result, the radio station carried news and special programs of various divisions and regiments every day, and the "Battle Banner Daily" reported one after another on technical competitions, military parades, and the deeds of meritorious soldiers. Even other radio stations and newspapers in Xi'an were moved by the news and vied with each other to contact the political department of the corps, asking for permission to go to various units to cover and report. There is no way, the people of Xi'an have paid so much attention to this army that has brought them peace and happiness that it is far beyond the imagination of the newspaper and radio bosses.

Because the Fourth Division and the Special Operations Brigade did not catch up with Liu Yimin's wedding, the cadres and soldiers were very regretful. On April 22, the night after the end of the military parade, Liu Yimin asked the soldiers of the two units to add wine and food, invited the cadres above the regiment level to the dining room of the regiment headquarters, set up a few tables, and led Tang Xingying to toast from table to table.

After marriage, Tang Xingying was less squeamish when she was a girl, and more delicate as a young woman. The eyes of those old comrades-in-arms who watched it were all straight, and even called this Xiao Tang and the regiment commander a perfect match, and they were naturally much more generous when they drank.

However, this time, Liu Yimin learned well, drank less by himself, and persuaded Chen Dayong to let them drink. Of course, Tang Xingying understood, and the two of them united to make these old comrades-in-arms dizzy.

Look at it is about to be May, and the units of the Red Seventh Army are also returning to the defensive ground one after another.

The cavalry division was stationed in Yulin, and it was also the Yulin garrison area. Only the guard regiment, the heavy machine gun regiment, the engineer regiment, the baggage regiment and the newly formed artillery division were left in Xi'an.

Cadres were also slightly adjusted, with Wei Xiufeng, commander of the heavy machine gun regiment, appointed political commissar of the Xi'an Garrison District, and Li Yi, political commissar of the heavy machine gun regiment, appointed director of the Political Department of the Xi'an Garrison District. Wang Runqing was appointed commander of the heavy machine gun regiment, Li Zongrui, deputy head of the guard regiment, was transferred to the post of political commissar of the heavy machine gun regiment, and Lu Maotian, deputy political commissar of the guard regiment, was promoted to political commissar of the guard regiment. Li Chengyi, commander of the 1st Guard Battalion, was promoted to deputy commander of the Guard Regiment and is still the commander of the 1st Battalion.

As for the directors of the political departments of the reading divisions and cavalry divisions, they are not matched for the time being, because if several old regiment commanders are promoted, it will not be conducive to the development of the troops, so they have to wait a little longer.

Before the cavalry division left, Liu Yimin deliberately called Hu Laohu and Bowen together and explained three things to them: First, after arriving in Yulin, he always paid attention to the movements of the Mongolian princes in the north, and could secretly contact the Mongolian princes in Ordos, and try to help the Mongolian upper echelons who insisted on resisting and insisting on national unification. If it can't be handled, report it to the Legion, and the Legion Headquarters will send a special operations team to deal with it. As for the special agents who were sent to Inner Mongolia to plot separatism, they would kill them one by one, and they would do it quietly before the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The second is to train troops, raise horses, and expand the army. The principle is to equip each division with a cavalry battalion, each regiment with a cavalry company, and each infantry squad with a war horse to carry ammunition and baggage, so as to improve the mobility of the troops. To expand the army is to expand the cavalry division into at least three regiments, and the more the better. Third, it is necessary to engage in reclamation and open up and protect trade routes. According to the issuance office handed over to them last time, the reclamation will plant trees and grass to protect the ecological environment. To open up and protect trade routes is to open up commercial and trade routes between Mongolia and the base areas, so that materials can circulate and communicate with each other.

After sending the troops away, Liu Yimin immediately set about dealing with two major matters, one was the issue of Yan Xishan's compensation, and the other was the issue of Ma Hongkui and other Ma Jiajun officers paying ransom and being dismissed.

I was busy with marriage and military parades in the previous paragraph, and I didn't care about Yan Xishan and Ma Hongkui, so I had to talk to these two people when I was free. There is no way, the base area is too poor, Shaanxi has gone through the military disasters and droughts in the past few years, and it is not too much for the common people to say that they are poor; although they have divided the land and grain, they can make up for it for the time being, but relying on Shaanxi to feed such a large-scale army is really beyond their strength. What's more, Liu Yimin is bent on developing the economy of the base area, and also wants to run schools and hospitals?

After returning to Xi'an, Liu Yimin once wrote a letter to Yan Xishan, hoping that Yan Xishan would give feedback immediately after receiving the letter, at least send someone to talk. As a result, so many days have passed since the agreed 20th, and there has been no movement on Yan Xishan's side. Liu Yimin couldn't sit still, He Jian and Bai Chongxi could take it, and Xue Yue also bowed his head to redeem people at that time, is this Yan Xishan's head so difficult to shave? No, Liu Yimin's signboard can't be smashed in Yan Xishan's hands, he must be made to bleed.

Liu Yimin wrote a letter to Yan Xishan again, but this time the letter was very short, with only one sentence on it: "On May 10, I will go to Shanxi Bank on time to go through the procedures for transferring funds", and the payment was still made by Liu Yimin, the commander of the Red Seventh Army.

After writing the letter, Liu Yimin thought about it and felt that the letter was too slow, so he asked Qian Zhuangfei to shoot it directly to Yan Xishan with a clear coded telegram. Anyway, Liu Yimin is not afraid that the people of the whole country will know that Yan Xishan attacked the base area first, and he should be at a loss, so it is natural for him to compensate for the loss.

This time Yan Xishan was stopped.

Ever since the army withdrew to Shanxi, Yan Xishan had lived in remorse. For no other reason, Chiang Kai-shek could not fulfill his promise to let Yan Xishan become the premier, and Wang Jingwei's position in the Kuomintang was well known to the whole country, and if Chiang Kai-shek won the war, there would be some excuse, and it would naturally be impossible for him to lose his troops and defeat his generals, and if he still wanted to take Wang Jingwei's premier. Helpless, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to say sorry.

Yan Xishan didn't get any benefits now, and he also got a bad reputation for fighting a civil war, and provoked Liu Yimin, a difficult opponent, in vain.

Yan Xishan regretted it, he had known that Chiang Kai-shek was using him for nothing, where could he send troops to Shaanxi? The 100,000 troops did not even see the city wall of Xi'an, so they retreated in a hurry, and the red bandits along the road made a strong wall and cleared the wilderness, so that the army did not capture anything, and many soldiers died in vain and wasted a lot of baggage.

This Chiang Kai-shek, it's really fucking not to be a scooper in Shanghai, and he doesn't admit it when he lifts his pants. Since you don't have the ability to take down Wang Jingwei's Executive Premier, why are you bullying my old man? It's good now, it's not a person in the four places, and when I go out, my old face is hot. Shame on you!

Liu Yimin's first letter to Yan Xishan, Yan Xishan had already received it, and he had also talked to his cronies. However, most people think that Liu Yimin is lying and intimidating, so ignore him.

Yan Xishan personally felt that Liu Yimin, this kid was naïve and naïve, and he actually used this method to blackmail, the old man has been in charge of Shanxi for so many years, Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, Zhang Zuolin, Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, what powerful people have not seen, how can you be afraid of you, a stinky boy who has not dried up? Do you have the ability to come to Shanxi to try? I think you can only stand by the Yellow River and jump to scold your mother, the majesty and power are the same as the turbid Yellow River, and it will be fleeting.

Take 10,000 steps back, that is, he Liu Yimin is really powerful, and he is indeed clever in his means, but at the moment the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are negotiating, once the agreement is reached, the Red Army will be included in the [***] sequence, I don't believe that Liu Yimin still dares to attack Shanxi!

Besides, Liu Yimin not only blew up the Tongpu Railway last time, but also ransacked the Pingyao branch of the Shanxi Bank, taking away so much money that even the county magistrate, police chief, security chief, finance director, and tax bureau chief were shot dead by him. How many people want to seek revenge on him, and he dares to be so arrogant, purely because he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead.

Yan Xishan, who had made up his mind, decided to treat Liu Yimin's letter coldly, ignore him, and see what he could do.

Looking at the deadline that Liu Yimin said on April 20, Liu Yimin has not moved, Yan Xishan thought that this matter had passed, so he stopped paying attention. Who knew that it had only been a few days since Liu Yimin, a kid, told himself in the form of a clear telegram that he was going to come to Shanxi Bank on April 10 to go through the procedures for the transfer of funds.

What an arrogant stinky boy, he dares to deceive the door and blackmail!

Yan Xishan, who was furious, completely lost the style of being pampered and not shocked, with a smile on his face, wandering around the room, breaking and kicking down some porcelain, chairs and other things from time to time. The room crackled, and the people around me were trembling.

Yan Xishan is Yan Xishan after all, and he has already cultivated to perfection. After being angry, he still thought about it calmly, it seems that Liu Yimin was confused by his own troops in Shaanxi, and he had to get some compensation from himself, it was not a complete lie and intimidation, I am afraid that he will not give up if he does not achieve his goal. blame yourself for falling for Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Qun, and you are haunted by ghosts! Right now, I'm afraid I have to deal with this matter seriously, otherwise, there may be real trouble!

Yan Xishan called the backbone of the two sets of civil and military teams in Shanxi, and discussed for a whole afternoon, but he didn't say anything about being ugly.

During the meal, Yan Xishan ate two more bites, his stomach hurt, he took some medicine, lay on the recliner to rest, and asked the secretary to read the newspaper news to him.

Reading and reading, a news that the Red Bandit Seventh Army held a military parade in Xi'an and showed off its force attracted him. Yan Xishan immediately asked his secretary to immediately collect all the intelligence of the Red Seventh Army in Xi'an and report to him in detail.

This is not to blame Yan Xishan, after all, there was still news in that era, and it has been several days since the military parade of the Red Seventh Army, and it is no longer news. However, since the Red Army occupied Shaanxi, the Kuomintang troops blockaded it all around, and the newspapers in Shaanxi could not be distributed, and the newspapers from outside could not be transmitted. The Xi'an People's Radio Station, the corps radio station, has little power, and it cannot be collected elsewhere. The only way to transmit the press release to the outside world is through the communication radio or the military radio. This comes and goes, and the news becomes old news. In addition, Liu Yimin did not deliberately arrange publicity to the outside world, so the outside world still rarely knows about the military parade of the Red Seventh Army.

It didn't take long for the secretary to sort out the information on the military parade of the Red Seventh Army collected through the radio, and Yan Xishan looked at them one by one seriously, and the more he watched, the more frightened he became, and the more he watched, the more fortunate he became. What was shocking was that I didn't expect this Liu Yimin to be so good, and the strength of the Seventh Army was so strong. Fortunately, I saw the opportunity quickly and withdrew early. Otherwise, it will be difficult to say if the 100,000 army can come back and say more, and when the time comes, Liu Yimin will definitely open his mouth and let himself pay for ransom.

Yan Xishan, who was watching and thinking, suddenly realized that this Liu Yimin might have calculated that he had already calculated to leave his 100,000 horses and ammunition baggage in Shaanxi, and because he saw the opportunity quickly, he failed to succeed, so this guy was angry, so he thought about blackmailing himself to make up for the loss.

If that's the case, this matter is in trouble, this guy must be like a vicious wolf, staring at Shanxi viciously, and he may pounce on it at any time to bite it.

It seems that this Liu Yimin is not simple, he has the strength and ability to seek bad luck from himself, but he is not a stinky boy who only talks big.

Thinking about it again, when Liu Yimin held a press conference in the past, he said that He Jian, Bai Chongxi, and Xue Yue had all bowed to him, and they didn't see these people come forward to clarify, which is probably the truth. Maybe these people's bowing is to pay the money! If that's the case, wouldn't it be a shame to give him some money!

It's just that this guy wants too much, when Shanxi is a treasury!

At this time, Yan Xishan didn't feel a stomachache anymore, and took out Liu Yimin's first letter and read it carefully again.

This time, Yan Xishan looked at it very seriously and read four meanings from it: First, this Liu Yimin wanted to do business with Shanxi. Second, if Liu Yimin wants to develop Shaanxi, he needs the support and assistance of Shanxi. The third is that Liu Yimin attaches great importance to himself and is very sure of his practice of developing people's livelihood in Shanxi. Fourth, the 20 million materials must be given, and if they are not given, there will be big trouble.

However, this Liu Yimin actually said that with the wisdom of Jin Shang, he could soon earn back the 20 million from Shaanxi. This is talent, in the current China, there are not many people who can see business so thoroughly and be so sure of Jin businessmen! Why did this guy go to the Red Army? If you have such a person under your command, how can you save so much effort!

It seems that we have to send a competent cadre to Xi'an to meet Liu Yimin and talk to him. If he really wants to develop Shaanxi, he needs some funds and equipment, isn't it impossible to support him, the problem is that he can't blackmail my old man at every turn. Besides, if you want to be so much, 20 million, what a big number, I just want to give, and I have to be able to give it!

Yan Xishan, who had figured it out, asked the secretary to send someone to ask Mr. Chen Jingtang to come to see him immediately, and there was something important to discuss.

Chen Jingtang is Zhizhuang, a native of Qi County, Shanxi, 62 years old this year, director of the Shanxi Village Administration Department, and acting chairman of the board of directors of Shanxi Provincial Business Commune. He is one of Yan Xishan's main assistants in the implementation of the six politics and three affairs, and he is an upright person who has won Yan Xishan's trust.

After Chen Jingtang arrived, Yan Xishan asked him to sit down, and after asking about his physical condition and the situation at home, Yan Xishan showed him Liu Yimin's letter and the clear telegram he received today.

After Chen Jingtang saw it, he was silent.

Yan Xishan asked him to talk about his opinions, and Chen Jingtang said in a half-loud voice: "We should not send troops to Shaanxi, because the political, military, and economic gains outweigh the losses." ”

Yan Xishan had already regretted all his intestines, so he didn't want to talk about this issue anymore, and said directly that he wanted to ask Brother Zhizhuang to go to Xi'an, meet Liu Yimin, and talk to him.

Chen Jingtang asked for instructions on the negotiation strategy, Yan Xishan pondered for a moment, and said: "There are three main points, one is that Shanxi must not be violated militarily. At this point, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are negotiating, and if an agreement is reached, it is estimated that they will abide by the agreement. However, he needs to make a guarantee that he will not send a small force to Shanxi to engage in covert sabotage. Second, economically, Shanxi can secretly help Shaanxi develop, but it must be a fair trade and normal business. The third is the compensation requested, the price is too high, and we can't afford it. This is the core, you negotiate with him seriously, you can give a little, cash and materials are fine, but not too much. ”

Chen Jingtang saw that Yan Xishan was talking about principles, so he asked for instructions: "Director, please draw a bottom line, how much you can give, otherwise it will be difficult to grasp." ”

Yan Xishan thought for a long time and said, "Give them 500,000 yuan!" ”

After Chen Jingtang heard it, he took Liu Yimin's letter and read it again, and said: "Director, 500,000 yuan can't satisfy the other party, and it is difficult for me to complete this task." ”

Yan Xishan gritted his teeth: "Then give them 2 million yuan, it's not okay if it's more." Now Shanxi has to use money everywhere, which is difficult! ”

Chen Jingtang and Yan Xishan have worked together a lot, knowing his temper, and it is really distressing to talk about the money, but things can be done! After thinking about it, Chen Jingtang said: "Director, I am willing to share your worries, I can go to Xi'an, and I can leave tomorrow." However, in order to get things done, I wonder if this is the case, we will negotiate with the red bandits with 2 million yuan as the lower limit and 4 million yuan as the upper limit. More than four million, we won't talk about it anymore, he can do whatever he wants, I don't know what the director wants? ”

When Yan Xishan heard this, he hurriedly said: "No, no, no matter what, it must be negotiated, and they can't be allowed to come to Shanxi to make trouble." You don't know, last time they blew up several bridges on the Tongpu Railway, although they bombed all small bridges, who can guarantee that they won't blow up the bridges next time? Forget it, you can be a plenipotentiary, but it can't exceed five million, and if it's more, you can tell that doll and let him kill my old man directly. ”

Chen Jingtang said at this time: "Please ask the director to order the other party to be informed, I will leave tomorrow and take the train to Fenglingdu, from Tongguan to Xi'an." ”

Yan Xishan hurriedly took Chen Jingtang's hand and said, "Brother Zhizhuang, please do a lot, try to keep the price as low as possible, we are poor in Shanxi!" ”

Chen Jingtang said: "Please rest assured, director, I will do my best to get things done." If Liu Yimin insists on asking for a sky-high price, I would rather die in front of him than let him take an extra penny. ”

After sending Chen Jingtang away, Yan Xishan asked his secretary to immediately inform Yang Aiyuan and asked him to secretly send someone to cross the river to inform the Red Army.

After receiving the report from the river defense troops of the Dusan Division, Liu Yimin knew that Yan Xishan had finally bowed his head. As long as his negotiators come to Xi'an, they are not afraid that he Yan Laoxi will play tricks and annihilate, and no matter how cunning the fox is, he will also be afraid of falling into the trap of hunters. As long as you are in the trap, it will be difficult to break free again. However, 20 million is indeed a bit much, and it is difficult for Yan Xishan to afford it. Whatever, let's talk about it.

Since Yan Xishan's representative is coming, he can't talk to him directly, he has to find a suitable negotiator. Liu Yimin's mind went around and went through the cadres of the Seventh Army Corps, and he felt that Li Qing was suitable, principled, and relatively flexible.

After discussing with Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong, Liu Yimin sent a telegram ordering Li Qing, who was on his way to Baoji, to return to the corps headquarters to accept the task, and the work of the 13th Division was temporarily in charge of Chen Dazhong.

At this time, the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in Huaqingchi also made progress.

In view of the fact that major issues such as the reorganization of the armed forces are too complicated, both sides have changed their tactics and started with concrete and more pragmatic matters.

The first problem is the opening of the Longhai Railway. On the side of the Red Army, the blocking of the Longhai Railway was to prevent the [***] offensive; On the other hand, blocking the Longhai Railway was to blockade Shaanxi and trap the Red Army.

The truth is clear there, and both sides know it in their hearts.

Now, whether the Longhai Railway can be opened to traffic has become a litmus test for whether the two sides are sincere in negotiation.

The issue of the exchange of prisoners was that both sides had their own needs, and the Kuomintang was anxious to rescue the backbone officers of the First Division, and [***] was also anxious to rescue Fang Zhimin and other important cadres. So the two sides hit it off and soon reached an agreement. The opening of the Longhai Railway is different, the Kuomintang is not in a hurry, anyway, Shaanxi has been occupied by [***], it doesn't matter whether it is open to traffic or not. The representative of [***] who raised this question is not, although the years of lockdown have passed, the vitality and adaptability of [***] people have been very strong, and [***] people are not afraid of blockade. However, Liu Yimin's words deeply moved Zhou Enlai, and only when the road is open to trade can it be passed, which is a big issue related to the development of the base area. Therefore, as soon as Zhou Enlai came up today, he raised the issue of restoring the normal operation of the Longhai Railway.

Zhang Qun looked at Zhou Enlai, who looked excited, and said with a smile: "Mr. Enlai, this Longhai Railway is passed, [***] but when it comes to it, don't you guard against this?" ”

Zhou Enlai smiled slightly: "We sat together and discussed how to unite to resist the war, how to develop our economy, and prepare for the all-out war of resistance." I think Mr. Yue Jun has thought too much! Our common enemy now is the aggressor, not the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. If one day, [***] use the Longhai Railway to attack us and provoke a civil war again, we are not afraid. The military parade of the Red Seventh Army two days ago, I believe you have many feelings after watching it. What I want to tell you is that all the weapons of our Red Seventh Army came from [***], and most of the fighters, who turned out to be [***] soldiers, were captured by the Red Seventh Army and joined the Red Army, and many of them also made great contributions. A few days ago, among the soldiers who were honored with special merits by the Red Seventh Army Corps, there were several soldiers from the Gui Army, the Hunan Army, and the Central Army. Look at how good this is, in your place, you are ordinary soldiers who can be beaten and scolded, and here you have become a meritorious hero of the people, and the world is far away! I believe that if [***] attacks us on a large scale, the Red Seventh Army may expand into two, or even three. So, we are not afraid! ”

Zhang Qun glared at Zhou Enlai and stopped talking.

(To be continued)