The development of the matter was beyond everyone's expectations, the troops had not yet set off, and the press conference had not yet been held, so Hong Chaoyuan reported that the first battalion of the Fourth Regiment of the Central Army, which was monitoring Tongguan, reported that the Central Army had withdrawn from Tongguan and that the first battalion had entered Tongguan City.

Liu Yimin knew in his heart that this must be Xue Yue to Xining, Chiang Kai-shek had completed the strategic adjustment, and he was afraid that Jiang Ding's Ministry of Culture would suffer a loss, so he hurriedly retreated.

Liu Yimin ordered the 2nd Independent Division and the 25th Red Army to seize the front-line positions in Tongguan as soon as possible and closely monitor the movements of the Central Army. The 11th, 12th, 13th, and 1st Divisions were ordered to stay in Xi'an for a while. Then he went to report to the chairman, Vice Chairman Zhou and Mr. Zhu.

When they arrived at the central station, they learned that the chairman already knew, because Zhang Qun had come to meet Zhou Enlai early in the morning, asked for normal negotiations to start in the morning, and informed the news that the Central Army was about to withdraw from Tongguan.

Liu Yimin was not good, he originally wanted to get a little back from the Central Army, and reported that Chiang Kai-shek had taken advantage of it and sent Xue Yue to seize Qinghai, but now everything is empty. As soon as the Central Army withdraws, it can't be chased and fought anymore! Besides, isn't what I've been trying to do is to get the KMT and the CCP to really sit down and negotiate? However, the truth is reasonable, Liu Yimin was still angry about Chiang Kai-shek's hasty ending like Liu Yu's Northern Expedition, and the words Yuanjia Caocao and Cangbei Gu popped out of his mouth involuntarily.

The civil war will soon end, and the Red Army will usher in a period of peaceful development unprecedented since the founding of the army. Looking at the young general in front of him who had created a miracle for the Red Army and made an immortal feat, the three of them looked loving.

[***] took a cigarette and said with a smile: "Why, you still can't think about it?" It is already remarkable to be able to force Chiang Kai-shek like this! Come down, we have to negotiate and build at the same time, and we can't let the villagers in the base areas go without food! In my opinion, you should calm down, train the troops well, help Luo Fu and them come up with more ideas, implement your Shaanxi base construction plan one by one, and increase our strength. There are many battles, didn't you say that the combat effectiveness of this army is very strong? We will use this time to improve the combat effectiveness of our troops, and in the future, we will go to the battlefield of resistance and kill many devils. ”

Seeing that several leaders were happy, Liu Yimin recounted his ideas and concepts for writing proposals for the construction of base areas, and at the end, Liu Yimin said: "The construction of base areas, in general, is the three major events of army building, political power building, and economic construction, and the army building is to raise the level of command ability and tactical quality, and to solve this problem must be solved by large-scale military training and the establishment of military schools. Second, in the construction of the military industry, we must build our own high-level military factories, not to mention making guns and artillery, at least to ensure the supply of bullets, shells, explosive packs, grenades, and mines. Although it can now reload bullets and artillery shells, its output is limited and cannot meet the needs of our army's growth. Therefore, we urgently need to go to the USSR and the USA for help, buy equipment and raw materials from them. As for the building of political power, all the leaders have their experiences, and I will not be verbose. In this economic construction, the first thing is to grasp grain production, and the peasants have land and can cultivate it meticulously, and what we need to do is to grasp the construction of water conservancy, fertilizer, and seed cultivation. The second is to grasp industry, Xi'an's industrial base is too poor, not to mention that it is not as good as Shanghai, Guangzhou, and even Chengdu cannot be compared. I think that some light industries will go first, such as the production of daily necessities. After getting equipment from the United States and the Soviet Union, some heavy industry will be developed, but after the start of the Anti-Japanese War, it will affect the construction of heavy industry. We have to pay close attention to building a little bit to at least be able to produce steel to meet the needs of the military industry. Third, we must conscientiously implement our regulations on the protection of industry and commerce and promote commercial circulation. This involves a key issue, that is, road communication, postal communication, and remittance communication. At present, the Longhai Railway is only repaired to Xi'an, and the highway from Xi'an to Guangyuan is not yet passable. I asked Shao Lizi, and he said that according to the plan of the national government, the Xi'an-Lanzhou section of the Longhai Railway, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway, and the Shaanxi-Gansu Highway will all be started in the near future, and the survey and design have already been done well, but they were forced to stop because of the war. We can't stop, while negotiating with the Kuomintang. It is better to make some concessions in other areas, but also to ensure that the base areas have access to roads, postal links, and remittances, and this is the basis for us to develop the economy of the base areas. ”

Mr. Zhu interjected: "If the roads are all open, Chiang Kai-shek and Yue himself will attack much faster, and the pressure on the military garrison will be too great!" ”

Liu Yimin nodded: "The boss is right, it does increase the pressure on the military garrison, but it also brings opportunities." This incident is a lesson, if the railway is completed, Chiang Kai-shek's plan to fight the time difference by attacking Tongguan will be frustrated, and our army can be highly mobile, and it will not be like now, and it will not be able to go to Xining and Lanzhou with Xue Yue if they want to. Therefore, there are pros and cons to everything, but it just depends on whether the pros or cons are great. In addition, if the roads are blocked, it will be difficult for the trade routes to be smooth, the products produced in the base areas will not be sold, the commodities that are urgently needed will not be brought in, the markets will not be invigorated, and there will be no prosperity in industry and commerce. ”

Zhou Enlai said with a smile: "We lack everything now, and we worry about how to make the people eat all day long, and this prosperous industry and commerce need to take their time." But it was necessary. Now that the base area is so large, it is not possible to run on two legs alone, even if it is too slow to ride a horse. ”

[***] also nodded yes.

Liu Yimin saw that these leaders were indeed humble at this time, so he said: "If we talk about economic development, we have to learn from Yan Xishan, although this guy is shaky, but he has really done a good job in the construction of Shanxi." ”

[***] asked: "You said yesterday that you were going to write a letter to Yan Xishan and ask for something." Did you write it? What do you want? ”

Liu Yimin said: "I haven't had time to write yet, I'll write it when I go back in a while." I thought about it and asked Yan Xishan directly if it was not cost-effective to ask for money, he had an arsenal, a steel factory, a coal mine, and a salt lake. I want to give him some equipment, some engineers and skilled workers, then steel, and then automobiles. The special combat team seized 12 cars in Pingyao, but they could not drive them back, so they had to give up. It's a pity to think about it, now that the war is suspended, I think Yan Xishan will give it to us. In addition, I would like Yan Xishan to agree to do business with us, strengthen economic exchanges between the two provinces, and complement each other's advantages. We set up an office in Taiyuan and sent key cadres to sit in the town. In the future, if we can buy back equipment and equipment from the United States, we will unload the goods in Tianjin, send them to Taiyuan, and ship them back from Taiyuan. In any case, it is better to deal with Yan Xishan than with Chiang Kai-shek. ”

[***] immediately praised and said: "This idea is good, use your usual method, threaten and lure, and be sincere, I think it can be done." ”

Before Liu Yimin could answer, [***] changed his words and asked, "You have captured so many war horses this time, what are you going to do with it!" ”

After thinking for a while, Liu Yimin said: "A total of 13,000 war horses were captured this time, mainly because the firepower was too fierce and too many were killed, but it was a pity." I haven't had time to discuss them with the political commissars, but my personal idea is to take out 7,000 horses, 2,000 horses from the 1st Army, 2,000 horses from the 3rd Army Corps, 1,000 horses each from the 5th and 9th Army Corps, and 1,000 horses from the 4th Front Army, and let them form a cavalry regiment. Of the remaining 6,000 horses, 300 horses were given to the central government for use, and 200 horses were given to Shaanxi to fight against the Ming Dynasty and cook political axes. With the other 5,500 horses, I want to expand the cavalry regiment into a cavalry division or cavalry brigade to enhance the assault capability of the troops. ”

Ask Zhou Enlai and Zhu De what their opinions are. Zhu De said: "Treat everyone equally, the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 9th Army Corps and the 4th Front Army each have 1,200 horses, let them form a cavalry regiment, the remaining 7,000 war horses, hand over 1,000 to the Central Committee, and the remaining 6,000 horses will be formed by the Seventh Army Corps to form a cavalry division." In addition, so many weapons were seized this time, and I heard that from Tianshui to Xi'an, the Seventh Army Corps was issuing weapons to the militia and local political axes along the way, which is very good, so that our militia can grow rapidly. There are still a lot of weapons left, and I suggest that one is to continue arming the militias in other areas, and the other is to make up for the shortfall in the expansion of several other legions. ”

Zhou En said: "I agree with the boss. However, this seems to be a bit unfair to the Seventh Legion, and the weapons are better to say, there are too many, and the legions can take them casually. This war horse seems to be asking for too much. ”

Liu Yimin hurriedly said: "Vice Chairman Zhou, our Seventh Army Corps and other legions are one family, and our cadres are supported by various legions and the central government. These war horses are nothing, and in the future, when the devils are opened, we will still have to capture their planes, tanks, automobiles, and even warships, and we, the Red Army, will want the whole of China, and only when the main forces of the Red Army have developed and strengthened can the revolution succeed quickly. We still have this awareness. ”

After pondering for a moment, he said: "According to what the boss said, the 1,000 war horses handed over to the central government will be changed to 500, and only 100 will be kept by the central organs, and the remaining 400 horses will be handed over to Luo Fu, which will be mainly used as a means of transportation for cadres in counties and districts in remote areas below." The leading comrades of Shaanxi Province used horses to fight against the Ming Dynasty and boiled political axes, which were under the unified management of the central organs. The Seventh Army Corps formed a cavalry division, and the other corps formed cavalry regiments. That's it. ”

Liu Yimin took advantage of the situation to propose that since the establishment of the Seventh Army Corps of the Red Army, the Military Commission has not awarded flags, and now several main divisions are in Xi'an, and they want to hold a military parade and a flag-awarding ceremony to commend the heroes of all the battles since the battles in Qingxi Town and Yangping Town, and to carry out a military competition and review the results of large-scale military training. Heads of State are invited to consider whether this is feasible.

After a brief discussion, Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De agreed to Liu Yimin's request, and the time was set for mid-April.

Liu Yimin was about to say goodbye, but Mr. Zhu said: "Yesterday, Comrade Zizhen asked you when you would get married, and you said that you would wait until the peace negotiations were over. I don't think there's a need to wait, this negotiation can't be concluded in ten days or eight days, and it will take several months to negotiate. Now that spring is blooming, it is a good time to get married, and the troops are also in Xi'an, and your comrades-in-arms can also drink your glass of wine. I see, there is nothing big about you in the past few days, so let's get married! ”

Listening to Mr. Zhu's fatherly words, Liu Yimin was moved in his heart, thinking about getting married early and getting into trouble early. Thinking like this in his heart, he said: "Commander-in-chief, we are talking about a development plan, but you want me to get married, this seems a bit incongruous!" ”

Mr. Zhu said: "What kind of coordination is not coordinated, the man should get married, the woman should get married, you and that Xiao Tang are in love, and it is better to get married early." The more you delay, the more troublesome it is, let me see, today is April 4th, the second day of the lunar calendar, and the eighth is the sixth day of the first month. This is a good word, and the country customs are also a good way to get married. You go back and get ready, and then we'll go and drink the wedding wine." ”

[***] immediately said: "The boss's opinion is too right, how can the heroes of the Red Army procrastinate?" I'll go back and write you a couplet, the upper one writes that the heroes of the Red Army fought for their ideals and won successive battles, and the lower one is that the intellectual female surname is more and more in love because of the revolution. Horizontal batch: Give birth to a noble son early! ”

A few people burst into laughter.

Liu Yimin said: "Chairman, if you really want to write, please write well, I will leave your ink treasure to my son as a souvenir in the future, don't make fun of me." It doesn't matter if I'm a small soldier, you are the leader of our party, be careful that Chiang Kai-shek laughs at you. ”

Mr. Zhu was happy when he heard it: "You little guy, you haven't entered the cave room yet, how do you know that you want to give birth to a son?" ”

Without waiting for Liu Yimin to speak, Zhou Enlai said: "Okay, don't be verbose, you go back and prepare, remember to take out your Moutai wine, I will get drunk when the time comes." ”

After bidding farewell to the chairman and returning to the corps headquarters, Liu Yimin called Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Wu Zheng to talk about the situation of meeting the chairman and them, and also told them about the establishment of the cavalry division and the surrender of horses, and asked for their opinions.

Cai Zhong said: "The last time several reading divisions were formed, many cadres were promoted, and the cadres of the cavalry regiment, artillery regiment, heavy machine gun regiment, and guard regiment basically did not move. It can not be said that the guard regiment was founded a little later, but the heavy machine gun regiment and the artillery regiment have accumulated combat exploits, and the seniority of several leaders is very old, so this time it should be considered. ”

Luo Ronghuan and Wu Zheng also felt that what Cai Zhong said was reasonable.

Liu Yimin thought for a while and said: "These are all technical arms, and changing positions may not be adaptable." The artillery regiment said that as soon as we have heavy artillery, we can immediately set up an artillery division, and now let them train first. This time, the field artillery of Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui was captured, and Zeng Zhao repaired it and handed it over to the artillery regiment for training. It is impossible for this heavy machine gun regiment to be expanded into a division, so Director Cai's political commissar of the Xi'an Garrison District will not be concurrent, and the corps headquarters will not be able to leave you, so you have to come back and consider the affairs of the whole corps. Let me calculate, the only division, the second division, and the third division do not have a director of the political department, the Xi'an garrison area lacks a political commissar, chief of staff, and director of the political department, and the political department of the corps lacks a deputy director, and the pharmaceutical factory is a key department. The political commissar and Director Cai went down to study it and came up with a plan, one is to look at the merits of the war, and the other is to look at the qualifications, and the merits of the war are more important than the qualifications, and every time a comrade is promoted, we must convince everyone and take them as an example of learning and catching up. After you come up with a plan, go to the party committee to study it and report it to the central authorities for approval. In addition, this Xi'an garrison area cannot always occupy the troops directly under the corps, and the troops directly under the corps are the backbone firepower units when fighting a big battle, so you can also take a plan, give them the establishment of three regiments, transfer some backbone troops, and form the Xi'an garrison force as soon as possible. In this way, the main force and the garrison will be separated, and if there is another war, it will not be as embarrassing as this time, and Tianshui will have to worry about the defense of Xi'an. ”

Luo Ronghuan asked: "You mean to rebuild the troops of the Xi'an garrison area?" ”

Liu Yimin nodded.

Luo Ronghuan said: "After the Xi'an garrison area is completed, will it still be included in the sequence of our Seventh Army Corps? ”

Liu Yimin replied: "Temporarily included, not necessarily in the future." We are the main force, and we are going to the front line of resistance. The Xi'an Garrison District is mainly responsible for the Xi'an garrison task, which is different from the mission of our regiment. In the future, all divisions and garrison areas will have to form separate garrison units to undertake local garrison tasks. I would like to suggest to the central authorities that our Seventh Army Corps will no longer be concurrently with the Shaanxi Military Region, and that these garrison units will all be under the management of the Shaanxi Military Region in the future, and that the central authorities request that the Central Committee appoint another leader of the Shaanxi Military Region. If the all-out war of resistance breaks out, we must go to the front line, and when the time comes, our hometown will depend on them to watch. ”

Luo Ronghuan said: "If you have this idea, then Huang Su's position should be adjusted, I understand him, he will not be willing to do the work left behind in the rear." ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "Isn't this that you haven't gone to the front line yet?" Do it first, and then talk about it later. Moreover, the troops of this garrison area will also have to be pulled to the front line to fight in rotation in the future, otherwise, their combat effectiveness will not be improved. Don't worry, there is a chance to go to war. ”

Seeing that a few people stopped talking, Liu Yimin said: "This time, Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu want to inspect the troops of our Red Seventh Army Corps, give us flags, and present awards. This matter is of great significance, and we must grasp it well. The large-scale military training was led by Political Commissar Luo and carried out with the cooperation of Director Cai and Chief of Staff Zeng. This time, you must make great efforts to mobilize the troops well, and you must pass the review to show the demeanor of our Seventh Army Corps. When the time comes, I will ask the chairman, Vice Chairman Zhou, and the commander-in-chief to put on red and flowers on our first-class meritorious cadres and soldiers. The 2nd and 3rd Divisions were to be driven back to Xi'an for review, and the 4th Division also rushed back to participate after handing over the defensive line to the 1st Army. Wu Zheng worked hard and organized a mule and horse cart to pick up our hero in Baoji in advance. Let the soldiers of the Fourth Division come to Xi'an to participate in the flag presentation and commendation, and rest in Xi'an. Many soldiers have never been to Xi'an in their lives! ”

Wu Zheng hurriedly said: "Please rest assured that the regiment commander will ensure that the task will be completed!" ”

After that, a few people studied the issue of the handling of Ma Jiajun's prisoners, and the seven divisions, the Xi'an Garrison District, the Red 25th Army, and the Red 27th Army were each assigned a part to reform their minds while engaging in production and labor. The senior officers are all under the supervision of the traffic police and guard corps, ready to let them contact their families and exchange things for them.

When the matter was discussed, Liu Yimin was a little embarrassed, blushed, and finally said: "I am going to get married, the time is set for April 8, don't alarm the soldiers at that time, Tang Xingying and I have no money, it is the silver dollar issued by the army." I'll take it out and buy some candy for everyone to eat. However, it is necessary to set up a table for a banquet, and the chairman and they will come to drink the wine. Anyway, when the money of the two of us is added together, there are only 12 silver dollars, so please ask Director Cai and Lao Wu to prepare for it. ”

This time, the atmosphere was lively. Luo Ronghuan said: "[***], Vice Chairman Zhou, and Commander-in-Chief Zhu are coming to drink the wedding wine, what is the use of 12 oceans?" So all the silver dollars that I have given will be taken, and the wine will be taken out of the wine which we have seized. We won a big victory, and it is long overdue for the soldiers to drink and celebrate. Originally, I thought that I would fight the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army, and the combat tasks were heavy. Now, both the Central Army and the Jin Sui Army have been scared away by us, so what are you waiting for if you don't let the soldiers drink? I am in charge of this, and on the 8th, the whole army celebrates with wine. Let the warriors also share the happiness and joy of their heroic captains! ”

Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, and Wu Zheng all took out the silver dollars they had rewarded, and a few people calculated that they could entertain all the cadres above the regiment level, so they went to work in a hurry.

After Luo Ronghuan and the others left, Liu Yimin called Li Chengyi and asked him to pick up Tang Xingying back. Then he sat down and picked up a pen to write a letter to Yan Xishan.

Liu Yimin's letter reads:

"Chairman Yan, Mr. Baichuan, Junjian:

He started from the Xinhai Revolution and has made great contributions to the country and the people. Mr. Wen was entrusted by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and discussed poetry and philosophy with the world-class writer and poet Rabindranath Tagore, which I envy very much. In particular, in recent years, he has managed Shanxi, built railways, opened mines, ran banks, and made iron and steel, and has made many achievements in the construction of Shanxi's people's livelihood.

Mr. Ran's recent actions have made the world look down on people. As everyone knows, the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army is the vanguard of the whole nation's resistance against the Japanese people, and it fights for the nation's ability to read, for the country's sovereignty, and for the people's happiness. I have repeatedly reiterated that any act that dares to stop our army from going north to resist is an act of Han annihilation, and our army will annihilate it. The fate of Ma Bufang, Ma Hongkui, Hu Zongnan and others is proof of this. Come to think of it, Mr. has heard of this.

A few days ago, Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui dared to violate the armistice order and launch an attack on our army. When our army waved its division to eliminate the second horse, I never imagined that the Jin Sui army under the command of Mr. would dare to stick a knife in the back and commit my Shaanxi. Where is the wisdom of the gentleman? Where is the gentleman's feelings for the country and the people? Could it be that the gentleman has degenerated into a warlord, as the world says?

Since Mr. Yuan Yi has become a wicked person, he must have the courage and bearing of a wicked person. I was thinking that I would hunt the shore of the Yellow River with Mr. I, but Mr. 100,000 troops fled like rabbits. It's ridiculous and lamentable, Yan Baichuan is said to be the same person as Yan Baichuan who swore in Xinhai in the past? If you have today, why bother in the first place?

Our Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army is a mighty and majestic division, and the military might of our Red Seventh Army cannot be offended! If Mr. has the courage to kill behind the scenes, he should have the consciousness to pay the price!

I originally wanted Mr. to pay 10 million yuan to compensate for the loss, but considering that Mr. is strong and the Bank of Shanxi has sufficient capital, I cannot treat Mr. as He Jian and others, so I will increase the compensation to 20 million yuan, please forgive me.

Considering that Shanxi has developed rapidly in recent years and there are more places that need money, I am afraid that Mr. will not be able to turn around, so after consideration, Mr. was allowed to compensate with materials. Wentai Arsenal is second to none in China, with complete equipment for steel plants, power plants and coal mines, and strong technical force. Shaanxi is in ruins and urgently needs Mr. support. Jin and Shaanxi have been neighbors since ancient times, and it is possible to support each other in the future.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't want to compensate and support. I heard that the scenery of the Jin Ancestral Hall is beautiful, and the old spring is crystal like jade, and my soldiers are very eager to go to the Jin Ancestral Hall to watch. It would be a great fortune to be able to enjoy the wine with Mr. in the Jin Ancestral Hall.

If Mr. agrees to compensation and support, you and I can exchange trade routes, and I believe that with the ability of Jin Shang, we can earn back 20 million yuan in a short period of time, and the two sides will be mutually beneficial in the future, trade will be normal, and we will develop together.

Please consider it! I must reply before 20 April, otherwise, I will do it myself, and I believe that I will get back more than 20 million yuan from Shanxi.

Best wishes!

Liu Yimin, commander of the Red Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, was in Xi'an on April 4, 1935.

After writing, he sealed the envelope, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he called Hu Di and asked him to send someone to Fenglingdu immediately and hand it over to the Jin Suijun garrison to hand over to Yan Xishan.

(To be continued)