This battle of telegram exchange and no smoke of gunpowder is a comparison of political wisdom and willpower.

Although Liu Yimin sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek in anger, he did not mess around, and everything he said was reasonable, but he was a little more emotional.

What Liu Yimin did not expect was that his telegram was sent to Chiang Kai-shek, and he could not understand Chiang Kai-shek's considerations for letting so many people know the contents of the telegram. Needless to say, the Central Committee and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters said that although Liu Yimin's telegram was sent through the communication and liaison group of the resident tutors, they both copied the telegram to the Central Committee and the General Headquarters at the same time. What Liu Yimin couldn't understand was why Chiang Kai-shek forwarded the telegram to Li Zongren, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, and Zhang Zhizhong, and asked them to send a telegram to him.

Liu Yimin is not the hot-blooded young man he was when he first crossed over, at that time, he didn't think about anything else, just thinking about winning the battle. As the principal leader of a strategic region, military struggle is only one aspect that he has to consider, and he has to consider the political, economic, cultural, and other aspects of the base area. It stands to reason that he has gradually matured, but in this cruel war years and in the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he has to talk about strategy when considering problems.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party fought for several rounds of friction and counter-friction, and basically rehearsed the decisive battle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party after the end of the Anti-Japanese War. A large proportion of the cadres above the regimental level who died during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army died at the hands of the troops engaged in friction. Mao Xuan once named several friction experts. Now, due to Liu Yimin's appearance, not only has there been an additional instructor with a large army and strong combat effectiveness, but Liu Yimin is also married to Ni Hua, so that the unity and struggle between the KMT and the CPC are even more subtle. Liu Yimin was indignant, and in his telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, he shouted that those who engage in friction should die, which was not only to take the heads of Wang Xuwu and Zhou Faqian, but also a clear political attitude. Only then did Song Meiling scold, persuade, and threaten the telegram in which the chairman said, and that practice proved that Comrade Liu Yimin was a senior leading cadre of our party who could stand the test and a senior general of our army who could stand the test.

It is precisely for this reason that Liu Yimin knows that now his every move has become the focus of attention of both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Since he wants to take advantage of the Tang Shuhong incident and try his best to resolve the friction between the KMT and the Communist Party, he naturally takes the specific handling of the matter emotionally. Therefore, his order to Wang Laohu was to capture Wang Xuwu and Zhou Faqian alive and take them back to Bancheng for public trial, rather than killing them. Joining Han Deqin really arrested Wang Xuwu and Zhou Faqian, and dealt with them fairly, Liu Yimin probably won't say anything more.

At present, Liu Yimin will not call back to Song Meiling and He Yingqin at all, while quietly watching Han Deqin's reaction and waiting for the results of Wang Laohu's action, he strictly ordered all units in Shandong to increase the attack and harassment of the Japanese army on multiple lines of communication, and strictly ordered all troops in the south to speed up the pace of action, complete the battle plan as soon as possible, and control northern Jiangsu and northeastern Anhui.

Tanggou Town is located at the junction of Lianshui, Guanyun and Shuyang counties, and belonged to the fifth district of Shuyang County before the war.

According to historical records, Tanggou is a historical earthquake subsidence zone, there was a strong earthquake in the Qin period, and it fell into an ocean. In the Song Dynasty, it was called "Dasan Lake" and "Shuohou Lake", and in the Song and Yuan dynasties, it was renamed "Shuoxiang Lake" in the southeast and "Sangxu Lake" in the northwest. Tanggou was formed at the junction of the two lakes at that time. After the Yellow River was diverted into the sea many times, the sediment was accumulated here, and the terrain gradually increased, after the Song Dynasty, the original big lake gradually became a land where water and land intersect, the ditch and lake were dense, the water was sweet and the soil was fragrant, and the products were abundant. In those days, the lakes and depressions here were connected, the wild grasses were overgrown, the lake fish gathered, and the swallow warblers competed to inhabit and breed here, and the world called Tanggou "the nest of the swallow warbler".

In ancient times, there was a natural nameless ditch leading to the east and west of Gushuoxiang Lake, and the immigrants who lived on the north side of the ditch at that time were mainly surnamed Tang, because they called it "Tanggou", Tangjiazhai, "Tangjiagou", and were famous for the well-known "Tanggou wine" at home and abroad.

Due to the convenient water and land transportation, and the Song Dynasty, Tanggou began to make wine, and at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Tanggou Daqu was exported to Japan and Southeast Asia through the Yinfu firm of Binhai County at that time, and its reputation was greatly enhanced. When the Qing Dynasty dramatist Hong Sheng went north to Qufu to visit Kong Shangren, he passed through Tanggou and wrote a good sentence of "Tanggou wine in the south, ten miles of incense in the opening of the altar". Before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, because the Tanggou Daqu brewed by Yiyuan Difang won the silver medal of the Leipzig International Exposition, the Ministry of Industry of the National Government named Yiyuan Difang Yiyuan Yongji Distillery, and Tanggou Town became even more lively. Thirteen wine-making workshops compete for beauty, and merchants from the south to the north transport foreign goods, pull away Tanggou wine, and decorate Tanggou Ancient Town with pride and prosperity.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Tang Shuhong walked out of Tanggou Town, pulled up anti-Japanese forces, and later developed into the Dongshuguan Independent Regiment of the Northern Jiangsu Detachment, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, and Tanggou was his rear. A few days ago, Tang Shuhong also led his troops to ambush the Japanese army's convoy of supplies at the Wuzhang River, overturned all the little devils' motorboats, and greatly expanded the ambition of the Tanggou people. The youth training class and propaganda team of the Dongshuguan Independent League that remained in Tanggou took advantage of the situation to expand propaganda, giving speeches, posting slogans, and performing programs, rendering the former commercial town into an anti-Japanese base. Unexpectedly, the Shuyang County Standing Brigade suddenly attacked the killer and booby-trapped Tang Shuhong at Tanggou's home, and even the youth training class and propaganda team of the Eighth Route Army were arrested. There was an air of sadness in the town.

As soon as it was dark, lanterns were hung in the courtyard of the town office of Shuanggou Town, and the bright and faint candlelight illuminated the room as if it were bright and dark. Wang Xuwu, the captain of the Shuyang County Standing Brigade, and Tang Dahou, the mayor of the town, asked the gang to make two tables of dishes, opened a few jars of wine, and called the squadron leader, squad leader, and Tang Sanhou, the younger brother of Tang Dahou, under Wang Xuwu, to prepare a good meal.

Wang Xuwu's interest at this time was very high. This guy, who was Tang Shuhong's brother-in-law, actually participated in the design of the booby trap of his wife and brother, and also personally deployed and executed it, which is simply inhumane.

On the table, in addition to the food and drink, there was a wooden tray with two stacks of shining silver dollars stacked on top of it, and a Browning pistol with a leather holster.

I heard Wang Xuwu say and said: "Brothers, the day before yesterday, Captain Zhou Faqian's squad killed Tang Shuhong, the head of the Dongshuguan Independent Regiment on Tuba Road, and arrested 61 people from the Independent Regiment, making great contributions. Xia Zhuyu Xia County Magistrate said, and General Jia Yunshan, director of the Xu Huai Administration and commander of the 33rd Division, passed down the message, saying that we had done a good job and played the prestige of our Shuyang County Standing Brigade. Tonight, we drink celebratory wine to reward those who have made meritorious contributions. Zhou Faqian! ”

Zhou Faqian, who was sitting at the second table, shouted "yes", then stood up, hugged his fists at Wang Xuwuyi, who was sitting at the first table, and asked loudly: "Master, what are your orders?" ”

As soon as you look at this nondescript posture, you can know what kind of goods the Shuyang County Standing Brigade is.

I heard Wang Xuwu cough, and pretended to be majestic and said: "Brothers, the big guys have seen it, the silver dollars in this tray are all the bounties issued by the magistrate of Xia County, which one wants it, you have to listen to Lao Tzu's words, Lao Tzu will beat whoever he wants, Lao Tzu will rob whoever he wants to arrest, Lao Tzu will arrest whoever he wants, and Lao Tzu will kill whoever he wants." Did you hear it all? ”

Listening to the uneven answers of his subordinates, Wang Xuwu did not feel that he lacked the majestic spirit of a soldier. He had never seen what a real elite unit looked like, and he thought it would be nice to answer like this.

Wang Xuwu got up from the chair at this time, called Zhou Faqian to come closer, picked up the tray on the table, and said: "The brothers all know that Tang Shuhong is my wife's brother, but I still carried out the order to kill him. Why? There are two particularities here, one is that our brothers are now a standing brigade, and they are not practicing tricks, nor are they tied up tickets, and they have to carry out the orders of the peak. The other is that Tang Shuhong made too much trouble, robbed Lao Tzu's territory and cut off Lao Tzu's financial route. Just for this point, let alone my wife's brother, even if it is Lao Tzu's own father, Lao Tzu will not be killed. Everyone can see clearly, this gun is Tang Shuhong's pistol, I heard that it was given by Liu Yimin, the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, the brand-new Browning, the roasted blue of the gun, which makes people greedy. There were two stacks of silver dollars, enough to build a house and marry a daughter-in-law. Today, I will award Zhou Faqian in front of everyone. ”

After speaking, Wang Xuwu handed the tray to Zhou Faqian's hand.

Zhou Faqian didn't look at the greedy gazes shot by his accomplices, knelt on the ground with a plop with the tray, and shouted excitedly: "Master, the apprentice's life is yours." As long as you say it, the wind comes and the rain goes, and the apprentice will never frown. Even if you want Liu Yimin's head, the apprentice will also unscrew him off and give you the old night pot. ”

Zhou Faqian, a little thief, heard Liu Yimin, the head instructor of the Eighth Route Army, from Wang Xuwu's mouth, and thought that Liu Yimin was the biggest official of the Eighth Route Army, and he was not afraid to say big things and flash his tongue, and he even said wildly, he wanted to screw off Liu Yimin's head and give it to Wang Xuwu as a night pot, which was really ignorant and fearless!

Wang Xuwu is not much stronger than Zhou Faqian, he basically knows very little about the Eighth Route Army and Liu Yimin, and when he booby-trapped Tang Shuhong, he felt that the Eighth Route Army was nothing more than that, and he was a little fluttering, so he quickly asked Zhou Faqian to get up, put away the silver dollar and pistol, and then said proudly: "The Eighth Route Army is only those two times, nothing is great." Lao Tzu killed Tang Shuhong and arrested their people, and the independent regiment of the Dongshu Guan Independent Regiment was like a turtle with a shrunken head, not even daring to let go of a fart, and quietly moved towards Shuxi. In these years, the flute is afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal is afraid of not dying. I see, after this, Tubalu will never dare to come to Tanggou again. ”

There was a burst of laughter in the room.

Tang Sanhou was reluctant, stood up and shouted: "Captain Wang, it took a lot to kill Tang Shuhong, if I hadn't sent the letter, Tang Shuhong would have run back alone?" This reward should be given to me, Zhou Faqian just moved his second thumb, and the work is easy to do, far less hard than me. ”

Tang Dahou hurriedly pulled Tang Sanhou to sit down, and asked him not to talk nonsense, just go back to his sister-in-law at home to ask for money.

Wang Xuwu seemed to have known that Tang Sanhou would be unwilling, and told him that there was a bonus, and that Xia Zhuyu would send it to him in person when he turned around. Tang Sanhou didn't say much at this time.

After all the things that needed to be done were done, Wang Xuwu and Tang Dahou beckoned the brothers to drink. Soon, the room was filled with shouting and guessing.

Zhou Faqian drank so proudly that he couldn't help but brag. According to him, he had already laid an ambush with a dozen brothers, and as soon as Tang Shuhong returned home, they swarmed in. It seems that Tang Shuhong didn't expect that they were going to kill him at all, the pistol was placed on the table, and Zhou Faqian said, "Captain Tang, I heard that you have a Browning?" Let me see", he picked up Tang Shuhong's pistol, and then asked Tang Shuhong to come to the brigade headquarters. Tang Shuhong didn't seem to be scared at all, got up and left. Walking into the courtyard, Zhou Faqian, who was following behind, opened fire, and all the bullets of the barge gun hit Tang Shuhong's back.

Listening to Zhou Faqian's blowing, there is a squadron leader who may still know a few words, so he said that it is not appropriate to kill Tang Shuhong, yesterday the old man Tang Rui, the teacher of Dongtangwei, ran to the embankment of the Wangong River, and shouted to the sky, "The anti-Japanese regiment leader like Shuhong has been killed, the world is too dark"! After shouting, he jumped into the Wangong River. Also, after burying Tang Shuhong, someone went to burn paper and cry last night. Mr. Tang Mulu, a famous old man in the town, also wrote a couplet, saying what is "the township school from Yu Reading, Shanghai Bin from Yu You, teachers and students are in love, uncles and nephews are deep, and only wolves everywhere are in the bottom line; Comrades mourn for you, society weeps for you, killing thieves in vain, resisting the enemy is guilty, and people cry in the wind and rain."

Before the squadron leader finished speaking, Wang Xuwu was unwilling, slapped the table, and scolded: "Mom! Good wine and good meat can't occupy your stinky mouth, and your mouth is full of fucking feces, I think you're impatient, looking for death, aren't you? ”

The shouting and drinking guesses came to an abrupt end.

Wang Xuwu wanted to scold again, but the guards ran in and reported that the county magistrate Xia Zhuyu was here.

Wang Xuwu stopped scolding and hurried out to greet him.

Without waiting for Wang Xuwu to walk out of the house, Xia Zhuyu, the magistrate of Shuyang County, walked in, and when he saw that the good wine and meat on the wine table had just been opened, he was not polite, and sat directly on the main seat, and instructed Wang Xuwu to arrange meals for the brothers who came with him, and he picked up the wine bowl and drank it, and then began to pick up the chopsticks and pour them out.

After Wang Xuwu made arrangements, he returned to the table and sat down, first toasted Xia Zhuyu, and then asked the county magistrate if there was any urgency at this time.

Xia Zhuyu received an order from Jia Yunshan to arrest Zhou Faqian. It was said that this incident alarmed Liu Yimin, the head instructor of the Eighth Route Army, and he sent a telegram to Chairman Han, demanding that Chairman Han hand over the murderer, otherwise the Shuyang County Standing Brigade would be disarmed and Wang Xuwu and Zhou Faqian, as well as the murderers behind the scenes, would be executed in a public trial.

Xia Zhuyu complained to Jia Yunshan, saying that Chairman Han was too weak, Liu Yimin scared him like that with a telegram, and Zhou Faqian had a merit in killing Tang Shuhong, and his arrest would chill the brothers.

Jia Yunshan's official is older than Xia Zhuyu, and he has seen a lot of things, so he told Xia Zhuyu bluntly that if Zhou Faqian is not arrested, when Liu Yimin leads the elite troops to arrive, Wang Xuwu and Zhou Faqian will have to be arrested together, and maybe Xia Zhuyu and himself will be involved. Xia Zhuyu hurried to Tanggou Town.

Of course, Xia Zhuyu is a member of the Blue Coat Society, the city is very deep, and at this time it is at the wine table, he will not tell Wang Xuwu his true intentions. No matter how urgent things are, you have to wait until you are full of food and drink, right?

Wang Xuwu heard Xia Zhuyu say that there was nothing urgent, just to come to see the troops, so he was relieved, and accompanied Xia Zhuyu to drink.

After drinking, Wang Xuwu's emotions came up again, left the wine table, walked to the empty field and played a set of punches, and then stood there and shouted coawardly: "Brothers, nothing matters these days, having a gun is the most important." The Eighth Route Army is a ball, a litter of soft eggs, Lao Tzu killed their regiment leader, they knew that Lao Tzu was powerful, and they couldn't even find a figure when they ran. In the future, this Tanggou is the Xia County Magistrate and Lao Tzu, the Xia County Magistrate said to play eight roads, and Lao Tzu will play eight roads. The magistrate of Xia said to kill, and Lao Tzu will kill. The magistrate of Xia County said that if you catch the people who resist the grain, Lao Tzu will arrest the people. Didn't Fa Qian just say that? It is necessary to screw off the head of Liu Yimin, the head of the Eighth Route Army, and give it to Lao Tzu as a night pot, well, ambitious. Lao Tzu really lacks a human head night pot, so he is waiting for Tu Balu to send him to death! ”

Xia Zhuyu is a member of the Blue Coat Society, his mind is full of thoughts, Wang Xuwu's words can be regarded as speaking to his heart, he couldn't help but stand up, picked up the wine bowl, put on a fierce look, and said loudly: "That's good!" Devils are to be fought and guarded against. No matter how powerful the little devil is, it is impossible to destroy China, if he gains power, China will be finished and completely red. Therefore, the top priority at the moment is to drive the Eighth Route Army out of Shuyang, out of the Huaihai region, and out of the entire Suzhou-Anhui region. If the Eighth Route Army does not leave, we will not be able to collect taxes, and the brothers will not be able to pay their salaries. ”

I heard a long laugh from the rooftop, and I heard someone say, "One bragging, one talking nonsense." Cowhide can be blown through, and nonsense comes at a price! ”

As soon as the voice fell, I heard the guard at the door sigh and make the sound of falling to the ground. Immediately afterwards, the door was opened, and a person who looked like Dian Wei in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in the villain book, wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, stood at the door, looking at Xia Zhuyu and Wang Xuwu with a smile. At the same time, several figures jumped down from the roof, and soon the muzzle of the black hole hole reached out of several windows, pointing at the stunned guys in the room.

Xia Zhuyu was born as a spy, and after strict training, he felt that something was wrong, and he reached out to pull out a pistol.

Wang Xuwu's martial arts skills were faster than Xia Zhuyu's, he stood up, grabbed a chair and threw it towards the door.

I only heard a click, and the chair that flew to the door met the fist of the visitor, and it turned into broken wood and scattered all over the ground.

The tower-like figure of the visitor appeared in the room, and his voice was full of jokes: "The mountain sound of cowhide blowing, but the kung fu is ordinary." Let me tell you, Lao Tzu is Wang Laohu, the deputy commander of the Eighth Route Army's instructor special agent battalion, and he will stand obediently for Lao Tzu, and whoever dares to move will beat him into a hornet's nest! ”