Just when Liu Yimin led Gao Yuan, Zhao Jie, Shen Qianyi and others on a difficult trek in the Xiaoqinling Mountains of Tongyu Town, Tongguan, at Guangyuan [***]'s residence, [***], Zhu De and Zhang Guotao were having a difficult conversation.

At this time, [***], because the situation of the Red Army was very good, it was no longer the thin and weak appearance of the Xiangjiang Campaign, with a ruddy face and bright eyes.

Zhang Guotao is still like that, but there is a little more tiredness and loneliness on his face.

The three of them were relatively speechless, [***] kept smoking, and Zhang Guotao's face sank like water.

In the end, it was [***] who broke the silence: "Comrade Guotao, the Central Committee's decision to transfer you to work in the Central Committee is based on the overall situation, and now that we have occupied Shaanxi, the Central Committee will soon move to Xi'an and establish our revolutionary center in Xi'an." There is no doubt that the leadership of the central authorities needs to be strengthened. ”

Zhang Guotao smiled, his face full of disdain: "Lao Mao, we are not three-year-old children, there are some things that need not be said." I have no problem with transferring me to work in the Central Committee, and it is okay to abolish the Northwest Military and Political Commission, but the problem is that the means you have adopted are not bright enough, right? You, Liu Yimin, took the means of robbery and deception and took Zeng Zhongsheng away. That Peng Dehuai is simply a warlord! I couldn't get in touch with Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian, so I had to rush to the front line to find them, but Peng Dehuai actually threatened me, saying that now the Fourth, Ninth and Thirty Armies were under the command of his former enemy committee in eastern Sichuan, and if I dared to take a troop away, I would be disciplined by shaking the morale of the army. Lao Mao, let me ask you, did you instruct Peng Dehuai to do this? Don't say that you don't know about this, my Zhang Guotao's contribution to the party, the history of the party, Peng Dehuai should be clear! If it weren't for your support, he, Peng Dehuai, a small commander of the Hunan Army, would dare to speak to me like this? ”

Tengdi stood up from his chair and said to Zhang Guotao: "Comrade Guotao, since you say so, then I will say it directly." If it weren't for Liu Yimin to rescue Zeng Zhongsheng, I'm afraid you would have killed him, right? The Central Committee set up the Committee of Former Enemies in Eastern Sichuan in order to unify the command of all units on the eastern Sichuan front to fight against the enemy. Comrade Peng Dehuai was not a small regimental commander of the Hunan Army, but a well-known Red Army general. No one authorized Comrade Peng Dehuai to speak to you, but why don't you want to think about why Comrade Peng Dehuai dares to be so unkind to you given your position in the party and your status as the principal responsible person in the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet Region? If you don't want people to know, you can't do it unless you do. What was the mission that the central government sent you to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region, and what did you do? I ask you, what's going on with the White Sparrow Garden? Where is Comrade Xu Xiangqian's wife, Cheng Xunxuan? ”

Before Zhang Guotao came, he had already thought that Zeng Zhongsheng would inevitably report to the central government about the situation of Hubei, Henan, and Anhui, but he didn't expect that the central government would know so much about it, and even Cheng Xunxuan's matter was clear. But Zhang Guotao didn't think he was wrong, he stood up and roared by his neck: "Zeng Zhongsheng is a dangerous person, and I just arrested him, not killed him!" The rebellion of Baiqueyuan was to purify the ranks of the Red Army and prevent Xu Jishen and Zhou Weijiong from mutiny. As for Cheng Xunxuan, he was stubborn and had already enforced discipline. ”

Mr. Zhu couldn't help but stand up, pointed at Zhang Guotao and said, "Zeng Zhongsheng is a dangerous element? I think you're more dangerous than him, you're a conspirator. The rebellion of the White Bird Garden is to purify the ranks of the Red Army? It's nice to say, Gua Wazi knows that you are trying to exclude dissent. Xu Jishen and Zhou Weijiong engaged in a mutiny, why don't you think about it with your brains, is that possible? Pity our Red Army warriors, who did not die under Chiang Kai-shek's bullets, but under your butcher's knife! You said that Cheng Xunxuan was stubborn, but I think he has a firm position. You are a person with extremely bad qualities, and here you call your former comrade a close comrade-in-arms, and you kill his wife behind his back. If Cheng Xunxuan had a son, would you kill him too? By the way, I almost forgot, when you killed Xu Jishen's wife, his wife was pregnant, you are killing two lives! People like you, shouting comrades to your face and stabbing you in the back, who would dare to work with you? ”

Zhang Guotao did not show weakness at all, his eyes widened, and he shouted loudly: "I am engaged in the suppression of rebellion with the consent of the central government, don't say that it is right, it is wrong, and the responsibility should be borne by the central government!" You accuse me of injustice to me! It is an injustice to the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet District! The vast number of cadres and fighters of the Four Front Army will not agree! As for Xu Xiangqian's wife, we revolutionaries are martyrs, what is a dead woman? Can he look for it again? ”

[***] laughed angrily, pointed at Zhang Guotao and said: "You are still a senior leader of the party, you have also seen Lenin, you listen to what kind of logic you have." Let me ask you, the central government is far away in Jiangxi, don't they mainly listen to your report? Well, even if the Central Committee supported your rebellion at that time, who of them said that you would gather the Red Army cadres and soldiers and shoot them with machine guns? Who said that you would kill only two regiment-level cadres of the Red Fourth Army? Who said that you poured pepper water and nailed bamboo sticks to these Red Army cadres? You kill and kill the past, the original cadres are promoted after killing, and they are promoted and killed, the soldiers have dirt on the muzzle of the gun, you have to kill, you have to kill the rice bags that are broken, you have to kill, several people talk together and you want to kill, but how many of these people you kill have defected to the enemy? Can you give me an example? Let me put it bluntly, you just took advantage of the loyalty of the Red Army officers and men to the party and did not dare to resist to carry out the massacre, satisfying your ambition of monopolizing the power of the four fronts! As for Cheng Xunxuan, what you said sounded, what is a dead woman? Don't say this to me, go and say it to your former comrades. I just want to ask you, why didn't you kill your wife? Comrade Guotao, I advise you to stop quibbling. No matter how nice you say, you can't hide the fact that your hands are stained with the blood of the Red Army martyrs. ”

Zhang Guotao sat on the chair, pointed at [***] and Zhu De with trembling hands: "You said that I was asked to serve as a member of the Standing Committee, but it turned out that you wanted to settle accounts with me." This is a conspiracy, a conspiracy of standards! I am going to the USSR and report to Comrade Stalin and expose the fact that you are persecuting me. ”

[***] flicked the cigarette ash and said: "If you want to go to the Soviet Union, you can do it, and if you want to report to Comrade Stalin, you can do it." However, I want to tell you that this is our own China's own business, and we can't talk to anyone. You must seriously reflect on your mistakes, review them to the party, the cadres and fighters of the four front armies, and repent to the heroic souls who were killed by you in vain! Do you think you've killed so many people and you'll be able to walk away with a pat on the ass? What do you think of party discipline? What do you think of China [***]? ”

Zhang Guotao's face was full of surprise: "Lao Mao, Lao Zhu, do you still want to kill me?" ”

Mr. Zhu said: "To deal with the mistakes you made, a central meeting should be convened to discuss and decide. I would like to remind you that this mainly depends on whether your review is profound or not, whether you are sincere or not, and whether you can get the comrades to forgive. Don't think that if you don't say anything, the central authorities won't be able to grasp the situation. I can tell you that Comrade Peng Dehuai and Comrade Nie Rongzhen are both organizing the cadres and fighters of the Fourth Front Army to expose your problems. You can imagine what would have been the result if the former comrades and the cadres and fighters of the Fourth Front Army had known your true purpose in committing the massacre. You will be spurned by all the Red Army soldiers! ”

Zhang Guotao was completely speechless, sat on the chair and thought for a long time, and finally said: "I am willing to review." ”

After listening to Zhang Guotao's statement, [***] said: "Comrade Guotao, it's good that you have this attitude." Our party has gone through untold hardships to build the Red Army and carry out armed struggle, and no one can forget your painstaking efforts and contributions, especially in the creation of the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area and the development and expansion of the army on the four fronts. However, no one is perfect, a mistake is a mistake, and only those who know what is wrong and can correct it are true Marxists. We can't afford to make mistakes again and again, and let the revolution continue to suffer losses. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a more in-depth review, gain a better understanding, and strive for the comrades' understanding. ”

Zhang Guotao's face was gray at this time, and he was already physically and mentally exhausted, so he agreed and staggered out.

After Zhang Guotao left, [***] was a little lonely, and said to Zhu De: "Boss, one person can bring so much loss to the revolution, we have to reflect!" ”

Mr. Zhu's spirit was not good, so he replied: "Zhang Guotao's question has sounded the alarm for everyone, and I am afraid that we will have to make some institutional hard regulations on the central government's decision-making in the future, and no one can violate them." Otherwise, the man's head will fall off, and he will never grow again. Runzhi, let's go to Xi'an! ”

[***] nodded.

No. 29 Molière Road, Shanghai, Soong Ching Ling's residence.

This is a two-storey small bungalow in the style of a European village, which was bought by overseas Canadians and donated to Mr. Sun Yat-sen. After the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, his wife, Mrs. Soong Ching Ling, still lives here.

Song Qingling is in a good mood now, Ni Hua finally came back safe and sound, and is sorting out her luggage in the room, she is going to the United States today, and she doesn't have to worry about the nagging of her uncle anymore.

This girl is really, why is it so slow to pack her luggage, and she doesn't let people help her, urge her, don't delay time.

When Song Qingling walked into Ni Hua's room, she saw her little cousin sitting on the edge of the bed holding an oil painting, her demeanor, complexion, hairstyle, and focused gaze were as she was when she was young.

Song Qingling lost her mind for a while, as if she had gone back in time, and returned to the carefree youth of Willisian Women's College.

Spring has arrived, the ancient city of Macon is serene and quiet, and the Okmulyao River flows slowly around the city into the distance. The college is built on a hill overlooking the ancient city, and the beautiful Macon can be seen from the classroom. After class, the campus was full of girls' joyful laughter, and even those butterflies and flowers were chasing the girls' figures and laughing. Alas! Beautiful Willisian!

Song Qingling came back to his senses, walked towards Ni Hua, and asked softly, "Ah Hua, have you cleaned up?" ”

As soon as Ni Hua looked up, he blushed when he saw his second cousin coming in, and said while scrolling, "Second cousin, I'll be fine right away." ”

Song Qingling smiled and said, "What kind of painting makes you look so fascinated?" ”

Ni Hua said: "It's nothing, it's my own portrait." Second cousin, are you in a hurry? I'm sorry! ”

Song Qingling was still smiling: "You kid, what do you say to me, I'm sorry!" Come, let my sister see your portrait, see who painted it, don't make our Ah Hua ugly, I don't follow it! ”

As he spoke, he took the painting in his hand, opened it and looked at it, and was stunned. I saw that in the background of distant mountains, pavilions and springs, Ni Hua's face on the picture was full of joy, indescribable elegance and nobility, just like a blooming peony, the country was fragrant.

Song Qingling couldn't help but whisper: "The painting is good!" Then he asked Ni Hua: "Did you paint this in the United States?" ”

After asking, he smiled: "Look at it, my cousin is really old, where are there such pavilions in the United States?" Which great artist painted it for you? Why don't I know when such a genius oil painting artist came out in China? ”

Ni Hua smiled: "What, it's just a naughty boy in his 20s." ”

Song Qingling looked at Ni Hua in surprise, and after reading it, she looked at the painting carefully, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that the painting was good. I thought in my heart, I can paint Ni Hua so beautifully, and the eyebrows and eye waves seem to be full of love, the person who paints this painting must love Ni Hua very much in his heart, so that he can speak with color and pour the deep affection of his heart into the image of the picture. This kind of painting requires not only superb painting skills, but also the deep affection and inspiration of the painter, which is often the pinnacle of a painter's life.

Song Qingling rolled up the picture and said, "Ah Hua, tell my cousin, which naughty boy has this great blessing and captured the heart of our Miss Ni?" ”

Ni Huajiao snorted: "Cousin! ”

Song Qingling looked at Ni Hua's demeanor, how could she not guess that her little cousin was really in love? Then he asked, "What does he do?" Did you meet in the U.S. or at home? ”

Ni Hua was coquettish again: "Cousin! ”

Song Qingling looked at Ni Huajiao's disgusted appearance, and her eyes were full of love and smile: "Okay, if you don't say it, I won't ask." Remember to bring him to see me in the future. By the way, you've been gone for three years, so put this painting with me, and I can see it when I want you. I'll give it back to you when you return home in the future. Don't worry, I'll find a first-class craftsman and frame it. ”

Ni Hua shook his head and said, "Cousin, I can't leave the painting to you, I have to live on it for the past three years!" As he spoke, a mist began to rise in his eyes, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.

Song Qingling couldn't think that leaving the portrait would cause this girl's tears, and she thought to herself, I'm afraid that there are twists and turns in it. stroked Ni Hua's head and said, "Don't cry, my cousin doesn't want your painting." Tell me, did that naughty boy bully you? Who is he? I'll go to him and dare to make our Ah Hua cry, this naughty boy is too bold! ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as this sentence was said, it completely aroused Ni Hua's sorrow, and he cried loudly when he threw himself into Song Qingling's arms, which made Song Qingling at a loss and hurriedly coaxed.

After crying, Ni Hua wiped his tears and said to Song Qingling: "Second cousin, I have something to tell you, please keep it confidential and don't tell anyone." My lover is a great hero of the Red Army, and he told me that the Red Army and [***] have great respect for you, and he himself admires you very much, and wants me to learn more from you. In the future, my letters to him will be mailed to you, and they will be contacted. Do you remember to turn it in time, there are important things inside. ”

Song Qingling said suspiciously: "Who is the big hero of the Red Army?" [***], Zhou Enlai, and Zhu De are all old, and they all have wives. Silly boy, did it happen on this trip to Chengdu? I said, "Why didn't the Red Army make a request to Chiang Kai-shek and send you back?" I see! Tell your cousin, who is he? ”

Ni Hua shook his head again: "Cousin, don't ask, I won't say it." ”

Song Qingling snorted and asked, "Uncle and uncle, do they know about this?" ”

Ni Hua shook his head.

Song Qingling asked again: "Does Meiling know?" ”

As soon as he said this, Ni Hua cried again. Song Qingling was a little anxious, so she said, "You kid, why do you cry while talking?" Don't cry, talk well! ”

Ni Hua sobbed and said, "The third cousin doesn't know. His comrades-in-arms said that I was the third cousin's cousin, a key relative of Chiang Kai-shek, and did not let him marry me. Cousin, my life is so miserable! ”

Song Qingling sighed and said, "Silly boy, [***] people and Chiang Kai-shek are mortal enemies. You said that your lover was a great hero of the Red Army, and he must have been an important general in the Red Army. If Chiang Kai-shek knew about your relationship with him, he would inevitably co-opt him. His comrades-in-arms disagree that it is inevitable that you will love each other. Alas, how can this be the case? ”

Ni Hua sobbed and didn't speak.

Song Qingling asked again: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Ni Hua wiped a handful of tears and said firmly: "I can't marry him in my life." I went to the U.S. for a degree first, and when I finished my PhD, I came back to him. If he dares to diswant me, I, I will die in front of him! ”

Song Qingling sighed again: "Silly boy, what a long time three years is!" Maybe when you come back from the United States, he and someone else are already married and have children. Why are you so stupid? ”

Ni Hua cried again, and after crying, he said: "Cousin, I have to marry him no matter what, and I don't care about the rest." If you remember what I just said, you must keep it confidential and forward my letter in time, and don't delay. ”

Song Qingling nodded, and couldn't help but sigh again and again. After sighing, he comforted Ni Hua and said: "Don't be too pessimistic, I know [***] people, they are all people with lofty ideals who have the world in their hearts, I believe in their vision and mind, disagreeing now does not mean disagreeing in the future." You can rest assured that you will go to the United States to study, maybe when you come back, they will grow and grow, and then you may be able to achieve your dreams. ”

Ni Hua stopped crying, packed his luggage, and prepared to leave.

When I left Soong Ching Ling's apartment, the twilight had begun to cover the earth, and the big Shanghai was already shining with neon and stars. Ni Hua stood in the courtyard for a while, and said silently in the northwest direction: "Goodbye, my love, please take care, I will come back to you!" ”

After that, I got in the car and rushed to the pier.

Liu Yimin has been leading everyone around the mountains for a while.

At this time, there is only a sheep intestine trail in the mountain, and the road is very difficult to walk. When I went to the place where the mine was located, there was not even a sheep intestine trail, and the group walked very hard.

After walking for a while, Shen Qian asked for a break, but he couldn't walk.

Liu Yimin saw that the soldiers were all okay, but Shen Qianyi and the students said that they couldn't walk anymore, and they bent over one by one and let out a big breath.

Looking at the terrain and directions, you should already be in the place. But you can't just get the location directly, then you will be too amazing and easy to make others suspicious.

Looking up at the sky, it was already twilight, and it was about to get dark. Liu Yimin thought, camping here tonight, looking for mines early tomorrow morning, and then hurried back to Xi'an.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin ordered to camp.

The current first company commander is Zhang Guangming, the deputy squad leader of the first squad during the top platoon, and the instructor is Chen Hu, the deputy squad leader of the first squad. Seeing that the commander of the regiment ordered the camp, the two of them hurriedly arranged a guard, and then instructed the soldiers to set up a few tents under a cliff, get some thatch and leaves to spread on the ground, find some dry firewood, and light a bonfire for the soldiers to warm and boil water for cooking.

Liu Yimin sat by a fire with Gao Yuan, Zhao Jie, Wang Dahu, and Shen Qianyi, chatting over the fire.

After this chat, I learned that Shen Qian was willing to go with the Red Army, and it turned out that he was also a bitter master.

It turned out that Shen Qianyi found a partner in Sichuan University, and the two of them were in love with each other, and they got along very well. Unfortunately, his subject was favored by one of Liu Wenhui's subordinate brigade commanders. This Huahua Tai Sui used all kinds of coercion and temptation, and in the end, he saw that no tricks worked, so he snatched people back when the girl went on the street. When Shen Qian rushed to ask for someone, he was already carrying out the girl's cold corpse.

In the mountains and forests in the twilight, the cold wind was swishing, and Shen Qianyi's words sounded colder than the cold wind. Wang Dahu was furious, and asked Shen Qianyi what was the name of that bastard, Lao Tzu killed him for you.

Shen Qianyi said lightly: "He has nothing to recompense, in the warlord melee, he was blown up by a cannonball, and his bones are gone." ”

Gao Yuan sighed: "This bastard society is simply not a world where people live. ”

Liu Yimin never knew what the situation was in Zhao Jie's family, so he let Zhao Jie talk about it.

Gao Yuan said: "Commander, don't ask, just like me, you have become a light pole." The thing that is worse for him than me is that my family was killed by the Kuomintang, and his family died at the hands of his own people. ”

Zhao Jie was silent with his head muffled, and several people stopped talking, only the beeping sound of the burning match, which shocked people's hearts for a while.

After a while, Zhao Jiecai said: "Commander, do you know that we, the cadres sent by the central government, didn't anyone want to leave after arriving at the Seventh Army Corps?" ”

Liu Yimin said let's hear it.

Zhao Jie said: "Commander, in our hearts, you are simply like a god. This is not only to say that you have a high level of command and fighting, but more importantly, I am afraid that you have created a calm-hearted environment for everyone, which can shelter us. Our Seventh Legion, the Minister of Defense, Hudi, is basically an idler. But the security department of other troops is different, it will arrest and kill people anytime and anywhere. Last time in Hanzhong, you saved that cooking squad leader, it may be a trivial matter for you. But you don't know how much this incident shook our cadres and fighters. I dare to say that this respect for the lives of cadres and soldiers, and regarding the lives of soldiers as the most valuable wealth of the Red Army, was the first to be clearly put forward by you, the commander of the corps. It can be said that comrades just need to kill the enemy with confidence, and do not have to worry about their own people indiscriminately killing the enemy. Even if a mistake is made, there is also an opportunity to defend itself, and the punishment is differentiated according to the severity of the mistake. You say, who will leave such an environment? ”

Without waiting for Liu Yimin to speak, Zhao Jie continued: "Last time you were assassinated and injured, I'm afraid there is no one in the whole army who doesn't shed tears. Most of this is about loving you, but there is also a considerable part of worrying about yourself. Unlike other main forces of the Red Army, the vast majority of our soldiers in the Seventh Army Corps have been converted from prisoners, and some of our comrades have already become our junior officers. When you hear the news of your assassination, do you think what they will think in their hearts? What will we, the backbone cadres, think? If you had sacrificed last time and had been replaced by a leader like Zhang Guotao, I am afraid that the Red Seventh Army would have carried out a large-scale rebellion, and now I am afraid that it will have been bloody. It's a little better, and it will be assembled with other troops. These things are all very possible. I have already discussed with Gao Yuan and Wang Dahu, and I want to report to you and transfer the first battalion to your side and take charge of your safety. What do you think? ”

Liu Yimin said: "You Zhao Jie, what you said earlier is very good, I am listening carefully, why did the topic turn to me?" ”

Takahara said, "That's because we can't live without you." Let me put it bluntly to you, you are the only one who dares to let us so-called prisoners be battalion commanders, regiment commanders, and division commanders. If you had died last time, I wouldn't have dared to imagine what the fate of this unit and our people would have been. ”

Liu Yimin thought to himself, this kind of thinking may really be a common phenomenon as Gao Yuan and Zhao Jie said. Thinking about it again, if they had sacrificed themselves last time, the current central leadership would not have been the paranoid people of the past, and would naturally not have engaged in the suppression of the Seventh Army Corps and the like, and with the minds of Mao, Zhou, and Zhu, they would still have strengthened the Seventh Army Corps, but it is normal to transfer some troops, transfer some troops, and adjust cadres. But in any case, I have to pay attention to my safety in the future, if nothing else, just to keep the party from the mass movements in history. Otherwise, I am afraid that the cadres and soldiers of my Seventh Legion will be stormy in every movement.

Liu Yimin stretched out his hand and pulled the firewood to make the fire burn more vigorously. Then he said slowly: "Our Seventh Army Corps is a well-deserved main force of the Red Army, and the cadres and fighters are all good comrades loyal to the party. Although some fighters joined the Red Army late, they have proven their loyalty after being tested by the fires of war. You can rest assured that the current Party Central Committee is no longer the Party Central Committee of the past, and those such things as purging rebellion and fighting AB regiments will never happen again. Besides, I will also pay attention to my own safety, and I will always protect our cadres and soldiers. As for the first battalion, it was a waste to stay with me. Normally, I don't even need a guard. With my skills, the people in this world who can kill me have not yet been born! It was an accident last time, and it won't happen again. Don't worry. ”

Gao Yuan and Zhao Jie knew Liu Yimin's temper, and when they saw that he didn't agree, they stopped insisting. Silence returned to the fire.

Wang Dahu was suddenly stunned and said, "Commander, after you go back this time, are you going to get married?" When the time comes, I must go to drink the wedding wine, and you can't stop me from going! ”

When he said this, several people looked at Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin smiled and said: "I haven't said when I will get married, I'm still young and not in a hurry, the main thing is to see Tang Xingying's attitude, she wants to agree, and she may get married soon." If she feels young and wants to get married in a few years, I have no problem. However, no matter when you get married, I will invite you to drink. ”

Gao Yuan saw that Liu Yimin was in a good mood, so he cautiously asked: "Commander, is what the comrades of the Red 25th Army said yesterday true?" ”

They are all his old comrades-in-arms, and Liu Yimin didn't want to hide it, so he nodded.

Gao Yuan sighed and said, "Commander, you are so good, the girls are staring at you. I suggest you get married as soon as you go back. Otherwise, after we have completely established ourselves in Shaanxi, there will be more young girls here, and it will be more troublesome. Actually, you don't have to think about it so much, the key to finding a partner is to make a woman truly love you, and everything else is secondary. To put it bluntly, you can live with anyone, as long as you have someone who knows cold and hot and is not lonely. As for love or not, for us, it is a luxury. ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Yimin's mind ran to other places. Calculating the time, Ni Hua is probably leaving, maybe he has already boarded the ship or plane at this time.

With a feeling of sadness, Liu Yimin said: "I'll sing a song to everyone!" ”

How did a few people know that Gao Yuan's words touched the bowels of the regiment commander, and they applauded repeatedly.

Liu Yimin sang "Go West":

"Brother, you go to the west exit, little sister, I really can't stay, take my brother's hand and send my brother to the gate.

Brother, you go out of the village, little sister, I have a sentence to stay, walk at the mouth of the big road, and there are many people to relieve your sorrows.

Pulling my brother's sleeve tightly, tears flowed in my belly, I only hate my sister, I can't go with you, I just hope that my brother will return to the door as soon as possible.

Brother, you go to the west exit, little sister, I am bitter in my heart, how long will this walk take, I hope you will also be white-headed.

Tightly holding my brother's sleeve, tears flowed in my belly, although there are a thousand words that are difficult for you to turn back, I just hope that my brother will return to the door as soon as possible. ”

After singing, Gao Yuan, Zhao Jie, Wang Dahu, Shen Qianyi and the soldiers all applauded, but Liu Yimin was damp in the corners of his eyes, and he took a few mouthfuls of rice and rested early.

The next morning, Liu Yimin got up early in the morning and led Shen Qian and a few people to survey near the mine he was familiar with.

At that time, the geological resources in the Xiaoqinling area had not yet been explored, and Liu Yimin and his team did not have the equipment to drill, so they had to find an open-pit mine line before Shen Qianyi could take samples. Therefore, although Liu Yimin knows the direction of the main ore vein and the mining points in later generations, he must also find the open ore line. Otherwise, no one would believe that there are gold mines here.

It wasn't until 10 o'clock in the morning that Liu Yimin found the mine line in front of a broken wall near the original mining site, and excitedly shouted Shen Qian to come and see.

Shen Qian ran over with a rolling belt, and after reading it, he knocked off some pieces and wrapped them. Then he hugged Liu Yimin and said: "Commander, this is indeed a gold mine, and the ore layer is very thick, maybe it is still a rich mine." I'm so excited! ”

Liu Yimin said in his heart, if it's not a rich mine, will I bring you here? But he said, "Okay, don't hug me anymore, I'm not a woman." ”

Shen Qianyi said seriously: "In my eyes, you are much cuter than a woman. ”

The soldiers burst into laughter.

Liu Yimin immediately confessed to make a mark, and then led everyone back to Tongguan.

After returning to Tongguan, Liu Yimin told Gao Yuan and Zhao Jie that they must strictly keep secrets, not mining for the time being, and after Chiang Kai-shek is afraid, the civil war will really be stopped, and then the troops will be organized to mine. When the time comes, this area must be completely cordoned off, and no one will know that this is a gold mine.

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin told Hong Chaoyuan of the Plateau and the Second Division that he wanted to set up a guard force at the key points in the Xiaoqinling Mountains to prevent the Central Army from going over the mountains and bypassing the road to attack Weinan and Tongguan.

After the arrangement, Liu Yimin took Shen Qianyi and the students back to Xi'an.

Yan Xishan has not been sleeping well lately.

In the eyes of today's people, some of the warlords during the Republic of China are still worthy of serious study. For example, Yan Xishan, although this person is a warlord, although he participated in the melee in the Central Plains, causing countless lives to be ruined, and he was also shaken in the War of Resistance, and finally adhered to the [***] position and followed Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan, but some of Yan Xishan's practices in governing Shanxi were undoubtedly relatively advanced at that time. In particular, after Yan Xishan made a comeback, he eased his relations with Chiang Kai-shek, made great efforts to make Shanxi prosperous, put forward the slogans of "self-improvement to save the country" and "create production to save the country", set up an economic construction committee, formulated a 10-year construction plan, mobilized the army to build the Tongpu Railway, established the Northwest Industrial Company, which included mining, metallurgy, coal mining, power generation, machinery, chemical industry, weapons, cement, leather, wool spinning, papermaking, cigarettes, matches, and other light and heavy industrial factories and mines, and rectified the Shanxi Bank. A huge bureaucratic capital system with assets of 200 million yuan has been formed.

What kept Yan Xishan awake was the Red Army on the other side of the river. He couldn't understand why Chiang Kai-shek had mobilized so many troops to encircle and intercept Shaanxi, so why did he let the Red Army occupy Shaanxi?

As early as 1921, Yan Xishan listened to the report of businessmen in Russia, believing that neither capitalism nor capitalism was going to the extreme, and that it was necessary to study and create a relatively moderate social system, and convene a meeting to organize discussions. When Chiang Kai-shek encircled and suppressed the central Soviet area, Yan Xishan also sent a division to participate in the encirclement and suppression.

Now the situation has changed, and the result of this encirclement and suppression has been to encircle and suppress Shaanxi. How can I live this?

Therefore, in the past few days of the Chinese New Year, Yan Xishan did not go anywhere, except for accepting the New Year's greetings from his old subordinates on the first day of the New Year, he stayed at home and seriously studied the countermeasures. After studying and studying, Yan Xishan felt that it was not easy for the Red Army to cross the river, but it was absolutely impossible for him to go to Shaanxi to encircle and suppress the Red Army.

That being said, this [***] is different from himself, it is a group of hot-blooded young people who don't want to die for their doctrine, although they keep saying that they are going north to resist, but they are really coming to Shanxi, and it is very difficult to block it on their own. But the Central Army can't let it in. What to do?

Yan Xishan pondered and meditated for a few days, and felt that it was better to rely on himself than to ask for others, and he still had to find a way for the people of Shanxi. Isn't it demagogic with the agrarian revolution? Can you engage in a "public ownership of land villages" to fight against it? In addition, all levels of the province should foster the consciousness of "ideological defense against the Communist Party, the people's defense against the Communist Party, the political defense against the Communist Party, and the armed defense against the Communist Party," adopt the method of "nine points political and one part military to defend against the Communists, and seven points political and three points military to suppress the Communists" to mobilize the people, set up an anti-communist defense regiment, and a fair-minded regiment to train the people, so that the people can unite and help the army defend Shanxi.

So, this morning, Yan Xishan gathered together the principal officials of the provincial political axe and the senior generals of the army, and patiently and meticulously explained in detail the methods he had come up with.

After the lecture, Yan Xishan demanded that the river defense be strengthened to prevent the Red Army from crossing the river and advancing eastward, and made serious arrangements for the troops.

After the cadres left, Yan Xishan, who felt that he had been deployed seamlessly, finally breathed a sigh of relief, drank tea with fascinated eyes, and rested for a while.

Just when Yan Xishan thought he could take a break, his cronies reported that Zhang Qun was here.

Yan Xishan thought at that time that it would be no good for a night owl to enter the door. Sure enough, as soon as this group came, Yan Xishan rushed to a dilemma.

Zhang Qun first asked for a happy New Year, and then handed over a letter from Chiang Kai-shek to Yan Xishan.

When Yan Xishan saw it, Chiang Kai-shek first asked Brother Baichuan in his letter, and then affirmed Yan Xishan's achievements in Shanxi's efforts to build people's livelihood in recent years, and said that Shanxi Province would be designated as a model province for the New Life Movement and that Shanxi's experience would be popularized throughout the country. Then, as soon as Chiang Kai-shek's pen turned, he mentioned the matter of encircling and suppressing the Red Army, saying that Liu Xiang did not listen to the advice, causing the Red Bandits to flow through Chengdu, occupy northern Sichuan, and make the country of abundance angry and resentful. Now the red bandits are flowing through Shaanxi again, poisoning the people of Shaanxi. If we do not completely eliminate the red bandits, the red bandits will surely destroy China's 5,000-year-old civilization and Taoism.

Yan Xishan was unwilling to be interested in these, and turned another page, and saw that Chiang Kai-shek had written that Brother Baichuan must strengthen the defense of the Yellow River, and never allow the Red Bandits to cross the Yellow River eastward and intrude on Shanxi. He also asked Yan Xishan to transfer the main force of the Jin Army to form the Western Expeditionary Corps to cooperate with the Central Army's encirclement and suppression of Shaanxi. The last is Chiang Kai-shek's condition, if Yan Xishan sends troops as promised, first, he can ask Yan Xishan to choose one of the three posts of Premier, Minister of National Defense, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Revolutionary Army, of which the post of deputy commander-in-chief can be concurrently held without having to leave Shanxi. The other two posts must be appointed, but the central government does not ask about all affairs in Shanxi. The second is to allow the Jin army to expand by one more army.

After reading Chiang Kai-shek's letter, Yan Xishan couldn't calm down for a long time, and the corners of Zhang Qun's mouth couldn't help but show a subtle smile.

(To be continued)