Chapter 600: See Yan Laoxi again

Yan Xishan came out of the door, only to see a team of cavalry of the Eighth Route Army galloping from the village, and the first person was Liu Yimin.

When he arrived in front of Yan Xishan, Liu Yimin jumped off the horse, threw the reins of the horse to Li Hongjun behind him, straightened his military uniform, and saluted "popped": "Report to Commander Yan: Liu Yimin, the instructor and division commander of the 18th Group Army, report to you, please instruct."

Yan Xishan's eyes, eyebrows, and nose were all smiling: "Ah, brother, Hanwa, you want to die of the old man, don't salute, come on, let the old man see, I haven't seen him for more than a year in the blink of an eye, let me see, it's stronger."

With that, Yan Xishan stepped forward and stretched out his hand to grab Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin was amused when he saw Yan Xishan wearing a long robe and short coat. Which one is this old gentleman singing? How do you dress yourself up like a rich man? However, it's okay that this old man has a fat head and big ears and two eyes, so when he dresses up like this, he really looks like a kind old man.

Yan Xishan pulled Liu Yimin to look, Liu Yimin also looked at Yan Xishan, the two of them were like old friends, and they seemed to be reunited after a long absence.

Among the people's ** valves, Yan Xishan pays the most attention to safety and security. In this small Guxian Village, there are many troops stationed in Yan Xishan's internal service troops, guard teams, guard teams, and military police headquarters. It's still the old saying, the shadow of a person's famous tree, Liu Yimin's fame has caused him a lot of trouble, plus Yan Xishan has an order, those guard troops are naturally green lights all the way, leading the way and escorting, so that he can successfully reach the door of Yan Xishan's residence. If you change people, in front of Yan Xishan's residence, I am afraid that you will have to go through a series of inspections.

After the greetings, Yan Xishan took Liu Yimin's hand to his headquarters.

Yan Xishan's office is a large kiln with white paper pasted on the window. At this time, it was almost dark, and a few lanterns were lit in the cave, and it looked bright.

Yan Xishan first asked Lu Huande, the adjutant of the chief department, to personally bring Liu Yimin face washing water, a coarse cloth hand towel, and asked Liu Yimin to wash his face, and told Lu Huan to personally arrange for Liu Yimin's guards to wash their faces, drink tea, and prepare for dinner. He also asked the chief attendant Zhang Fengji to be responsible for arranging a place for Liu Yimin to do a good job of safety and security, and he was really as attentive as the elders he met when the wanderer returned home.

When Liu Yimin washed his face and looked back, Yan Xishan was already sitting cross-legged at the kang table, wearing Torric glasses, and looking at him with a smile.

Liu Yimin took off his shoes and sat down on the kang.

At this time, Wu Shaozhi, secretary general of the Second War Zone's Governor's Department, Xu Chonghou, secretary, and Chu Xichun, deputy chief of staff, also arrived at Yan Xishan's office. Yan Xishan thought for a moment, picked up the brush on the kang table, wrote the word "silence" on the stationery printed with the words "notes for the headquarters of the commander of the Second Theater of Operations", wrote three sheets in a row, and handed them to Wu Shaozhi, Chu Xichun, and Xu Chonghou.

Liu Yimin thought for a long time before he figured out that this silence came from the silence of the three people, which meant that the three people wanted to keep his conversation with Yan Xishan secret.

Before the crossing, Liu Yimin loved the military and dabbled in many anecdotes of strange people in the Republic of China. Yan Xishan is a strange person among the strange people of the Republic of China, and Liu Yimin naturally knows something about his deeds. After crossing over, I dealt with Yan Xishan a few times, and I consciously knew a certain amount of about him. Unexpectedly, before they started talking, Yan Xishan's style made Liu Yimin secretly surprised. This old man, the water is deep

Yan Xishan first asked Liu Yimin about the parachute jump. After listening to it, he was sure that this must be the Japanese spies who discovered the time of the plane's take-off, and the little devil mobilized the aircraft group to ambush it in advance. The little devil is best at doing this kind of unseemly work, it turns out that there are Japanese spies around him, and he almost killed him, so that he was caught and shot.

Then, Yan Xishan took out two major news broadcasts of the Japanese army transcribed by the Second Theater Commander's Department for Liu Yimin to see. Liu Yimin smiled after seeing it, and told Yan Xishan that his military uniform was stained with blood at that time, and in order to prevent the little devil's military dog from smelling the bloody smell and chasing after him, he simply changed into a Japanese military uniform, swaggered to the main road and called a little devil's motorcycle, went to Huo County along the road, ate and bathed in the city, slaughtered the bathing devil along the way, and then touched the headquarters of the 10th and 9th Division, and killed the commander of the little devil division, Yamaoka Shigehou. Then he stopped and left Huo County.

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a coquettish voice. Liu Yimin looked back and saw that the two women were leaning against the door frame, staring at them with wide eyes and screaming. One of them is the fifth sister Wu Xian'er who I saw in Taiyuan last time, and the other doesn't know who it is.

When Yan Xishan saw that it was Mrs. Xu Lansen and the fifth sister, he introduced Liu Yimin with a smile: "Brother, next to the fifth sister is your second sister-in-law, you also know each other." ”

Yan Xishan, a person, has wanted to achieve the "three immortals" in "meritorious service, morality, and speech" all his life, and he is very strict with others, self-discipline, royal subordinates, and family education, and has a set of power skills. According to his style, Mrs. Ru would never be allowed to show up in front of the living. His office is a military aircraft center, and without his consent, let alone a person, even a cat or a mouse can't get inside. If Mrs. Xu Lansen and the fifth sister can come here, it must be arranged by Yan Xishan, the purpose is to create a very cordial atmosphere. In other words, he didn't treat Liu Yimin as an outsider.

Liu Yimin knew that Yan Xishan had no children, and his five children were all born to his aunt Xu Lansen in front of him. Hearing that Yan Xishan said that it was the second sister-in-law, Liu Yimin hurriedly got down from the kang, walked to Xu Lansen, saluted respectfully, and said hello to the sister-in-law.

This made Xu Lansen's face flush with excitement, and he kept saying: "What day is today, such a big anti-Japanese hero salutes me, this must be a blessing that I cultivated in my previous life." ”

Wu Xian'er smiled coquettishly on the side: "The second sister-in-law is right, today is really a good day, and the magpies are barking early in the morning." I was still wondering where the distinguished guests had arrived, but I didn't expect that it was the great hero General Liu who came. What a coincidence. ”

Yan Xishan waved his hand: "Okay, okay, women's families just talk a lot." You go to the banquet and arrange to call me. We've got something to do."

Xu Lansen and Wu Xian'er blessed Liu Yimin and said goodbye.

After Liu Yimin sat down on the kang again, Yan Xishan said: "In ancient times, Jing Ke stabbed Qin, and now there is Liu Shichang who stabbed the mountain and the hill at night, and did not let the ancients specialize in the beauty of the front, but, brother, Hanwa, this thing can't be done for a long time, if you let the little devil touch your temper, maybe he will set up a trick to lure you into the bait, it will be too dangerous." ”

Liu Yimin laughed: "Thank you Commander Yan for your concern, it's okay, I'm a person, I don't have other skills, I naturally like to kill little devils." When they met me, they had been down for eight lifetimes, and I don't blame them, who let them come to China to burn, kill and loot? ”

Next, it was mainly Yan Xishan who said and Liu Yimin listened.

Liu Yimin remembered that a piece of information on the Internet he read before crossing said that before Yan Xishan made his career, he had only studied private school for three years, and he was looking for Zhao Lianyou **** from Dai County for the martial arts academy. Liu Yimin didn't know what the basis for this statement was, but Yan Xishan in front of him was definitely not at the level of a person who had only attended a private school for three years. During the conversation, the classics came easily. His Wutai accent is heavy, and if you don't pay attention to it, sometimes you really can't understand it.

Yan Xishan is also a person who is good at instilling his own ideas in others, and he even told Liu Yimin about the deployment before the Shanxi Anti-Japanese War. When it came to sticking to the original peace, he actually recited the poem "Yuanping Campaign" written by him with a Wutai accent: "The original peace battle in the whole region was the most fierce, and there were only 500 people left in the three regiments. After reciting, his eyes were pearlescent, and Liu Yimin, who listened, also felt uncomfortable.

Seeing that Liu Yimin listened to it, Yan Xishan recited his poem "Xinkou Service" again: "Xinkou is calmly defended, all relying on Yuan Ping's resistance to the enemy, if Niangguan does not fail, how can he read the three enemy attacks?" After memorizing it, he gave Liu Yimin a detailed account of the gains and losses of the Battle of Xinkou that he had summarized, but the Japanese artillery was too strong and the training level was high, and this kind of battle could no longer be fought, and the Jin Sui army could not afford to fight.

Liu Yimin knew that although the old man in front of him was good at speculation, he had his own theoretical system, and if he wanted to persuade him, he had to find the right breakthrough point, otherwise, he could deal with whatever you said, and it would not be effective. If you come, you will be safe, don't panic, wait for Yan Laoxi to finish talking and venting.

Liu Yimin knew that the chairman wanted him to do Yan Xishan's work by the way, the chairman wanted to use his and his mentor's achievements since the Anti-Japanese War to cheer up Yan Xishan, and at the same time, he also wanted to use a powerful mentor to suppress Yan Xishan and warn Yan Xishan, so that he could understand that it was not good to be against **. I understand this truth myself, and I'm afraid Yan Xishan will understand it after a little pondering. This can only be done to the best of the best. Don't say that Yan Xishan has a crooked theory, and he has always adhered to it in the past, even the current situation is also full of contradictions under the banner of united resistance against Japan, and if our party and our army want to develop greatly in the War of Resistance against Japan, it will inevitably arouse Chiang Kai-shek's vigilance. Not to mention Yan Xishan, he turned out to be the soil emperor of Shanxi, and regarded every grass and tree in Shanxi as his own. Now that the main forces of the Eighth Route Army are gathering in Shanxi, building a base while fighting devils, it is no wonder that there is no conflict with Yan Xishan, how can this conflict of fundamental interests be resolved by talking about it?

Liu Yimin, who was prepared, became Yan Xishan's best listener.

Yan Xishan finally finished speaking, Liu Yimin's stomach also growled, and Yan Xishan smiled embarrassedly: "Haha, brother, I'm afraid the dishes at the banquet are cold." Let's go, the old man will accompany you to drink two glasses"

Liu Yimin was already hungry, and he wished that Yan Xishan would say this, so he got off the kang and put on his shoes, and said with a smile: "I thought that Commander Yan was going to give me a night's talk, but I didn't expect to let me eat so soon." Thank you."

Yan Xishan smiled.

The banquet was arranged in another hole in the courtyard. When Yan Xishan and Liu Yimin came in, Zhao Daiwen, chairman of the Shanxi Provincial Government and director of the Political Department of the Second War Zone, led Yang Aiyuan, Sun Chu, Wang Jingguo, Zhao Chengshou, and Liang Huazhi to wait. At this time, although Yan Xishan established a new organization, the "National ** Comrades Association", he had not yet engaged in any oven training, which also made Liu Yimin lose an opportunity to watch the scene of the generals of the Jin Sui Army and the thirteen senior cadres shouting long live the president.

Yan Xishan diligently introduced Liu Yimin one by one, and then invited Liu Yimin to sit at the table.

The wine table is a large square table that can seat a total of eight people. Liu Yimin saw that Yan Xishan invited him to be the seat, and hurriedly excused himself: "With Commander Yan and Chairman Zhao here, where can it be my turn to sit at the table." I'm glad to see you all tonight. I sat next to Commander Yan's left hand and poured wine for Commander Yan and Chairman Zhao. ”

Zhao Daiwen Cilong, it is said that he admired the famous governor of the Qing Dynasty, Lu Longqi. In Shanxi, Zhao Daiwen is a figure with the same name as Yan Xishan, the two are fellow villagers and classmates when they studied in Japan. Zhao Daiwen is not only a staunch ally of Yan Xishan's politics, but the two also have a good personal relationship. However, Zhao Daiwen is different from Yan Xishan, he respected Confucius and Mencius all his life, and also studied the Book of Changes and Buddhism, and was a well-educated person with a square personality. Now he is in his 70s, and as the chairman of the Shanxi provincial government, he wears a fat and faded coarse gray homespun soldier's uniform.

Hearing the words of the famous Liu Yimin being so humble, Zhao Daiwen couldn't help but glance at Liu Yimin deeply, and then glanced at Yang Aiyuan, Sun Chu, Wang Jingguo, Zhao Chengshou, Liang Huazhi and others, sighed secretly in his heart, and said: "Commander, it's rare to meet a young talent like Commander Liu, how old are you and I, just follow Commander Liu."

Then all the people sat down in turn.

The wine is old Baifen, and it exudes a strong aroma when the bottle is opened.

Yan Xishan picked up the wine bowl, stood up and said loudly: "Last time in Taiyuan, my old man once drank wine with General Liu Yimin, and what he said at that time was that after wishing General Liu Yimin to kill more Japanese invaders and win glory for our nation, General Liu Yimin led the instructor of the Eighth Route Army to attack and occupy Tianjin, capture Qingdao, capture Lianyungang, recover Jinan, and eliminate the rampant Japanese Eighth Division, Tenth Division, Twenty-first Division, Thirty-third Division, Thirty-fourth Division, One Hundred and Eighth Division, and a series of independent mixed brigades and garrisons. The little devils who died under his knife are too many to count. Just two days ago, on his way back to Shaanxi, General Liu Yimin also touched into Huo County, killed Lieutenant General Shigemu Yamaoka, commander of the 10th and 9th Divisions, with a single shot, and repelled the pursuit of more than 600 little devils with a force of less than 30 people. My old man was full of blood after hearing this, he was really a hero and a young man, and we worked together to make a bowl of surprise for General Liu. Dry"

After speaking, Yan Xishan touched Liu Yimin with a wine bowl, raised his neck, and drank it all.

Except for Mr. Zhao Daiwen, everyone else touched the wine bowl and drank it.

After drinking, Liu Yimin wiped his mouth, smiled, and said: "It's really good wine, drinking it makes people's blood gush, I can't wait to beat the horse and rush into the Japanese army, take the head of the Japanese chieftain to rejuvenate Commander Yan with strong wine, Chairman Zhao, everyone, thank you for your love."

Zhao Daiwen saw Liu Yimin's expression flying when he spoke, his heroic spirit burst out, he liked it in his heart, he personally gave Liu Yimin vegetables, and said slowly: "Master Liu, come, sit down and eat, don't see outside." After a long march, I am afraid that I am hungry, so I hurry up and pad my hunger. ”

Yan Xishan also said: "Yes, yes, don't talk patronizingly, hurry up and take a bite and taste Shanxi's famous food." ”

Liu Yimin was indeed hungry, so he was welcome, he picked up a piece of oily meat and put it in his mouth, and after tasting it a little, he couldn't help but applaud.

After Yang Aiyuan failed to lead 100,000 Jin Sui troops to cross the river and attack Xi'an, Liu Yimin's three words were firmly imprinted in his heart. When they met for the first time, their eyes couldn't help but wander on Liu Yimin's face. provoked Liu Yimin to laugh and say, "Commander Yang, do you have flowers on my face?" Don't look at it, I'm embarrassed to eat and drink anymore."

Liu Yimin is a famous general of the Eighth Route Army, and these generals of the Jin Sui Army originally had a certain psychological gap with him. In particular, he once took 5 million yuan from Yan Xishan, and sent a small army to make trouble in Pingyao City, and after recovering Taiyuan, he emptied Taiyuan, so that the hard work of the Jin Sui army for many years was ruined. To be honest, if it weren't for the unity of the War of Resistance, there would be many people in the Jin Sui army who wanted to kill him.

Seeing that Liu Yimin's character was elegant and graceful, and his speech was so humorous, several Jin Sui army commanders laughed.

Yang Aiyuan stood up and said: "I was thinking just now, I don't know how many people think that Liu Yimin must be a fighting man with a leopard's head and eyes and a voice like thunder, where would they have thought that Master Liu would look so elegant, a picture of a genius in the south of the Yangtze River." Come, I'll salute you with a bowl."

Liu Yimin knew that this Yang Aiyuan was Yan Xishan's de facto military deputy, and his trick to gaining Yan Xishan's trust for a long time was: "Working with the president, don't touch his power, and don't touch his money." He will do what he tells you to do, and if he doesn't let you do anything, don't do anything."

Seeing Yang Aiyuan toasting, Liu Yimin did not shirk, stood up and said loudly: "The Jin Sui Army has always been at the forefront of the anti-Japanese resistance under the command of Commander Yan, and the Battle of Xinkou has made the little devil chill. For more than a year of the Anti-Japanese War, the Jin Sui Army cooperated closely with the Central Army, the Eighth Route Army, and reinforcements from all over the country, and the little devils were forced to retreat on the communication line and had to take a defensive position. Shanxi can be called a model area for the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the War of Resistance, and the Jin Sui Army is also a strong arm of the Eighth Route Army in adhering to the Shanxi War of Resistance. Commander Yang, come, I will have a bowl of wine with you, and I wish you and our army to unite and cooperate and expel the Japanese invaders from Shanxi as soon as possible."

After speaking, Liu Yimin raised the wine bowl and touched Yang Aiyuan, raised his head and drank.

All of those present are the descendants of Yan Xishan's lineage, and they know Yan Xishan's inner thoughts very well, and they are also extremely resistant to the Eighth Route Army's establishment of a base in Shanxi. Although they sat at the same table with Liu Yimin and drank wine, and laughed at each other, they understood very well in their hearts that although the young man in front of them was only a division commander, I was afraid that the strength of his division was much more than that of all the men and horses of the Jin Sui army. Otherwise, how could a small division commander dare to be so arrogant and call Commander Yan a brother and sister.

Sun Chu and Yang Aiyuan were classmates at the Baoding Military Academy, one of them was the commander of the Sixth Group Army, and the other was the deputy commander. A colleague at work and a close friend in life. Among the generals of the Jin Sui Army, Sun Chu was known for his intelligence and alertness, quick thinking, and good at strategy, and the Battle of Pingxingguan was directly commanded by him. However, he is also the first pioneer in the Jin Sui army.

Sun Chu stood up and toasted.