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Chapter 534 General An is sick

The golden autumn and October were supposed to be the harvest season, but for the whole of China, it was an eventful autumn when the war was prolonged and the lives were devastated. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On 2 October, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Zhu Shaoliang as the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Route Army, and led the newly adjusted Chen Jiji's Third Division and Mao Bingwen's Eighth Division to rush to Guangdong to attack Guangxi together with Chen Jitang, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army. Two days later, he again ordered Tan Daoyuan's 50th Division, which had just received its official name, to go to Shaoguan, Guangdong, to participate in the war against the rebellion in Guangxi.

At this time, Fang Zhenwu's Yu Yanong Brigade stationed in Huaibei defected to Yingshan to join the Northwest Army, and Fang Zhenwu himself was secretly arrested and returned to Nanjing on suspicion of collaborating with the enemy.

Although An Yi lives in western Hubei, he is well aware of the general situation in the world, he knows that the opportunity he has been waiting for is coming, and An Yi, who would rather eliminate the warlord than fight with his brothers in the Red Army, immediately smiled, and happily waited for Chiang Kai-shek's latest appointment to him every day.

On 9 October, Feng Yuxiang, who had made all the preparations, waved his hand and sent a joint telegram to Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang under his command, including Song Zheyuan, Liu Yufen, Sun Liangcheng, Shi Jingting, Sun Lianzhong, Pang Bingxun, Zhang Weixi, and Liu Ruming, accusing the central authorities of disregarding the people's livelihood in their administration, not seeking merit in employing people, not making their finances public, and not being politically clean.

The next day, Song Zheyuan and other generals convened a national assembly in Xi'an, asked Feng Yuxiang to be reinstated as commander-in-chief of the Nationalist Army, and sent a telegram to express condolences to Zhang Fakui and Yu Zuobai, that is, Song Zheyuan issued a proclamation to the whole country in the name of Feng Yuxiang, appointing the willing and unwilling warlord forces of the whole country to form the Eighth Route Army to crusade against Chiang Kai-shek, with the purpose of forming a new government to unify the country.

At the same time, Wang Zhaoming, Chen Gongbo, Gu Mengyu, Wang Leping, Bai Wenwei, Wang Faqin, and others immediately published a "Letter to Chiang to the People," and Song Zheyuan and other generals sent another telegram to Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, enumerating Jiang Zhongzheng's six major crimes, and announcing to the whole country that they would send 400,000 troops to attack the Central Army that day.

The whole of China was suddenly in chaos, the political, economic, national economy, and people's livelihood were all plunged into turmoil, and countless people in the north and south of the great river did not even know whether they would die or live tomorrow, and no one remembered the great famine that was getting worse and worse in the northwest.

Immediately afterwards, Sun Liangcheng waved his division to break east, and Gong Hao's division of the 51st Division of Tang Shengzhi's Fifth Route Army of the Central Army hurriedly retreated to Luoyang east. Tang Shengzhi, Zhu Peide, and He Yingqin telegraphed Yan Xishan to persuade Feng Yuxiang to enter Beijing, and declared that they were determined to rebel to the end! The two armies of Sun Liangcheng and Pang Bingxun, who acted quickly, had already entered Luoyang, and Gong Hao's division of the Fifth Route Army could only retreat again and again and hide in Gongxian.

On 14 October, Chiang Kai-shek finally announced to the whole country the central government's military rebellion, appointing Gu Zhutong as the commander of the First Army and Li Mingyang as the deputy commander, under the jurisdiction of the 1st and 2nd Divisions and the 3rd Independent Brigade; Jiang Dingwen was appointed as the commander of the Second Army and Chen Cheng as the deputy commander, under the jurisdiction of the 6th, 9th, and 11th Divisions and the 4th Independent Brigade; appointed Wang Du as commander of the Third Army, under the jurisdiction of the 7th, 11th, and 18th Divisions; Nguyen Xuan Vu was appointed commander of the Fourth Army, under the jurisdiction of the 19th, 50th, and 52nd Divisions; Liu Zhi was appointed as the director of the Wuhan camp, and He Yingqin was appointed as the director of the Kaifeng camp, responsible for commanding all armies to crusade against the rebellion of the Northwest Army.

When the news came, An Yi was suddenly dumbfounded, and the commander of the Third Army, who thought that he belonged to him, flew away, but the vacancy number of the 52nd Division was gone, An Yi was extremely disappointed in his heart, and turned annoyed, and said to Shi Pufang, a confidential staff officer beside him, "Call the Central Committee, saying that Lao Tzu is sick and bedridden", and went into his bedroom in the east wing of the backyard, and he didn't take off his clothes and shoes and really lay down, and in the blink of an eye there was a slight snoring sound, he was really tired.

Shi Pufang respectfully obeyed the order, and in less than an hour, the entire Yiling camp knew that An Yi suddenly fell ill and was bedridden, so frightened that Yin Jinan and other sixteenth brothers who received the news and the officials of the Yichang Public Office all rushed to the Yiling camp, driving and riding horses, crossing the streets and alleys, and rushing to the Yiling camp.

The news soon spread inside and outside the city of Yichang, and hundreds of grateful people and school teachers and students who were grateful to An Yi put down everything and rushed to the city, causing a crowd of people at the gate of the camp, and the brothers of the military police were so busy that they were sweating, saying that they could not persuade the more and more people to gather more, but they also saw An Yi's prestige among the military and civilians from the anxious faces.

Ge Jingen took the urgent report of the Yichang camp, and hurriedly found Chiang Kai-shek, who was in a meeting, and Chiang Kai-shek did not open after reading the telegram meeting, thinking that now the whole country is in chaos, only the throat of western Hubei, Xiangxi and the Yangtze River guarded by An Yi is quiet, how can An Yi's illness be repaid? Seeing that the Northwest Army is pouring out of Shaanxi, what if two armies are sent to suddenly rush down to western Hubei?

"Call, immediately call the Yichang camp, and instruct them to report An Yi's condition in detail, can they still sit up and deal with military affairs? A few words of report, how do I know how An Yi's body is? Chiang Kai-shek was really in a hurry, and ordered loudly without entering his office.

"Yes!"

The attendant staff officer rushed to the confidential section.

Ge Jingen waited for Chiang Kai-shek to sit down, and whispered comfort: "Commander-in-chief, please calm your anger, Yigong will come to negotiate immediately...... His subordinates thought that An Yi was indeed tired, and during this time he was also providing disaster relief and commanding the expansion of military operations in western Qianxi, and he had to deal with the mutiny of the miscellaneous army in western Hubei and the local military, government and civil affairs, and at the same time brilliantly completed the military command task of blocking Zhang Fakui's department, severely damaged the rebels, and achieved major results.

Before, we didn't think about it, we should have sent him a chief of staff or deputy director to share some of it, although the director of disaster relief was replaced by Dean Dai, but Dean Dai was busy with affairs, and he came back after a few days in western Hubei to do a good job, politics, economy, military, and civil affairs have to fall on An Yi's shoulders, his personality is very strong, and he won't say anything about hard work and grievances, and his appearance seems to be lightweight, but it's actually difficult enough for him, alas......"

Zhu Peide strode over, coughed a few times, and said quite worriedly: "My subordinates have just received the news and have telegraphed to General Lao Shoudao, the Quartermaster of Nanchang, that he will immediately send a team of foreign experts from Jiangnan Hospital to Yichang by speedboat...... Ahem......"

Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly stood up and asked Zhu Peide to sit down: "Brother Yizhi take care, at this time, you must not fall ill!" Alas...... It's all my fault, I've always forgotten that An Yi has been injured many times, and his internal illness has not fully recovered, so he has to take on too many affairs. ”

"Do you want to immediately select a general to go to Yichang and temporarily share An Yi's work?" Zhu Peide asked.

"Good, good! Kanhou, who do you think is appropriate? ”

"If Brother Guiyan (He Yaozu) is here, it is the most suitable...... It's better to send Brother Yuanzhang (He Guoguangzi), the director of the infantry, Brother Yuanzhang last year in charge of military police and military education, a lot of contacts with An Yi, the relationship between the two is good, and the relationship between the two is about to catch up with the New Year, moreover, Brother Yuanzhang is a native of Puqi, Hubei, and has always had a good relationship with various forces in Sichuan and celebrities from all walks of life in Bashu. Ge Jingen cautiously suggested.

Zhu Peide said with relief: "Yuan Zhang is the best to go, he and An Yi get along well, and the old and the young complement each other." ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded immediately: "I have long wanted Brother Yuanzhang to take on more heavy responsibilities for the great cause of the party and the country, very good, so it was decided, appoint Brother Yuanzhang as the deputy director of the Lieutenant General of the Yichang Xingying, in charge of local government affairs and disaster relief and resettlement affairs, and the military has to be handed over to An Yilai, Brother Yuanzhang is probably not familiar with the situation of the 44th Army in Xiangxi and the 43rd Army in Qianxi." ”

Ge Jingen and Zhu Peide understood that Chiang Kai-shek did not want He Guoguang to know the inside story of the Hunan and Guizhou military plans, and they both nodded and promised to do it immediately.

Chiang Kai-shek seemed to remember something, stopped Zhu Peide, who had walked to the door, motioned for Zhu Peide to sit down again, frowned slightly and asked in a low voice: "Brother Yizhi, did we not give An Yi the reward and corresponding position, he is in a mood?" ”

Zhu Peide was secretly surprised, but with a disapproving smile on his face: "The commander-in-chief is too worried, An Yi is your student, you still don't know his stinky temper?" I'd rather count the money than lead the troops to fight, otherwise why hasn't he ever asked for anything for so long? When he was asked to enter the headquarters, he had no complaints, he was devoted to teaching and dedicating himself to official duties, smiling all day long, indulging in military training and the improvement of military education, and writing several monographs that were also deeply respected and appreciated by various advisers, but he did not have the slightest pride, but felt that he should practice more and test more at the grassroots level of the army. If you want to say that he is ambitious, I'm afraid it is also in terms of making money and accumulating money, and how much money doesn't seem to be enough for him to spend, haha! ”

Chiang Kai-shek nodded frequently: "This An Yi ...... This An Yi ...... He shouldn't be asked to take on so many complicated tasks beyond the military realm, I'm going to use him. The war is changing rapidly, looking at the few people in the army who have his spirituality and vision, I now find that it is a pity to put him in Yichang, now that the overall situation of Qianxi and Xiangxi has been decided, he should come back, maybe he will have to use him at any time, his illness is really not the time! ”

Zhu Peide nodded, and after thinking about it for a moment, he suggested in a low voice: "Commander-in-chief, there is a suggestion from my subordinates, Gong Qian, director of the Research Office of the Central Party Department, is An Yi's godsister, but she is closer than An Yi's own sister, An Yi has been injured several times, and she has recovered quickly under Gong Qian's meticulous care, can you temporarily transfer her this time......

"Yes! What else is being studied at this time? Let Gong Qian follow Brother Yuanzhang to Yichang together! Gong Qian is the goddaughter of Jing Lao, and she is also a talented woman who is valued by the elders of the party, and she participated in the construction of the Central Party Department in Guangzhou six years ago.

An Yi is an orphan, and in the past few years, he has benefited a lot from his brother and Gong Qian to give him warmth, in comparison, I, the principal, don't care enough about my students! ”

Chiang Kai-shek showed his true feelings in a rare way.

Zhu Peide said goodbye after a few words, and hung up the phone to Gong Qian when he returned to his office. Gong Qian on the other end of the phone trembled when she heard the news that An Yi was sick, which made Zhu Peide relieve himself for a long time, and he still sighed when he put down the phone.