Built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jinshan Temple has a very special position in the Chinese Buddhist circles, this ancient temple with a long history and famous has produced many great monks in Chinese history, has been favored by successive emperors, has thousands of believers, and is deeply influential in the history of Chinese religion.

It is said that Su Dongpo "When is the bright moon?" Ask the wine to the sky" quatrain through the ages, but also in the temple in the temple Buddha seal master drunk after shouting out here, Su bachelor and the abbot bet lost the white jade belt has been preserved in the Jinshan Temple, now this jade belt and the Kangxi Emperor's ink treasure "Jiangtian Temple" together is known as one of the three treasures of the temple. Six years ago, the abbot of the temple Zongyang master was a friend of Mr. Zhongshan, known as the king of Shanxi who had 300,000 soldiers, respected him as a good teacher and friend, and the current Kuomintang veteran Wu Zhihui, Cai Yuanpei and others are close friends, even the commander-in-chief Jiang has come to the temple to respectfully incense, and other warlord leaders, political dignitaries and industrial and commercial giants who came to inquire about the past and present life are as many as cattle hairs, and the status of Jinshan Temple in the minds of the people of the world today can be known.

Because of this, the arrival of An Yi, the head of the small major general, did not attract the attention of the temple at all, the current abbot Master Shuangting did not show up, and the monk heard that it was a young officer wearing the uniform of the revolutionary army who led a few followers to visit, and he didn't care after thinking about it, in his opinion, even General Gu Zhutong, the commander of the third division of the National Revolutionary Army who had just left, was not received by the abbot, and when he came here, he had to bow down respectfully, leaving a hundred yuan of merit and incense and then leaving in an orderly manner, not to mention a young officer? Therefore, the monk of the temple did not even send out a monk to entertain, but just called a little novice out at random to send him away.

Xiao Shami was also clever, and when he saw the polite and heroic An Yi, he immediately clasped his hands together and apologized very politely in a low voice: "The abbot master is sitting in the Qing Meditation, and the elders in the temple are either traveling or having a morning class, and I ask the donor for forgiving me for not being able to take the ferry." ”

An Yi, who waited outside the mountain gate for half an hour, was very unhappy, because his religious knowledge was really limited, and he had never believed, Gu Zhutong had never told him anything extraordinary about Jinshan Temple before leaving, so he didn't understand the prominent status of Jinshan Temple and its important influence in the religious world.

An Yi saw the perfunctory and contemptuous eyes of the little monk with beautiful eyebrows, laughed, turned to face the brother behind him and said:

"Isn't this Jinshan Temple a notorious Fahai monk? Although there are some Taoism, in the end, wasn't it beaten by the White Lady's family full of bags? I still hide in the crab shell and can't get out, what's there to do? Ha ha...... In that case, don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite! Xia Jian, Lao Ding-"

"Here!"

Xia Jian, the commander of the first battalion, and Ding Zhicheng, the commander of the guard company, both stepped forward.

An Yi lowered his face and ordered: "According to the original plan, all those who are obstructed will be captured and escorted to the political axe yamen in the city to be dealt with by military law." ”

"Yes!"

Xia Jian and Ding Zhicheng saluted, turned around and walked out of the mountain gate.

"Donor, please slow down!"

Xiao Shami caught up with An Yi and distinguished quite seriously: "The patriarch of Fahai is not as rumored by the ordinary man, the patriarch is the son of Pei Xiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, and the common name is Pei Xiu, who was born in the family of the official eunuch and worshiped the Buddha for generations.

The patriarch first went to Hunan Weishan to practice, and then went to Jiangxi Lushan to visit the Buddha, and finally went to the Zexin Temple of Zhenjiang Capture Mountain to practice Zen, when the Zexin Temple built in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was destroyed by the beam, overgrown with weeds, the Fahai Patriarch who was forty years old knelt in front of the remnant Buddha and swore to repair the mountain temple, in order to express his determination he burned his fingers to swear an oath, since then he lived in the cave, opened the mountain and farmed, studied Buddhism, dug the earth and repaired the temple when he accidentally dug up the gold number Yi was unmoved, and handed it over to the Zhenjiang Taishou Li Qi at that time. Master Li Qi felt that the ancestor Gao Fengliang Festival would bring this matter to the emperor, and Tang Xuanzong was deeply moved, and ordered the gold to be sent to the Fahai Patriarch to repair the temple and pardon the name of Jinshan Temple.

Fahai Patriarch is knowledgeable, the treasure is solemn, specializing in Buddhism and universal sentient beings, is the time of the Taoist monks, never broke up other people's families in his life, but in the cave behind the mountain meditation had driven a white python into the Yangtze River, later bored people wrote the "White Snake Biography" words to slander, the temple is also in line with the Buddhism Zen heart with its nature, but now said to meet the donor has this misunderstanding, the monk has to speak Kuang Zheng, please donor discernment. ”

An Yi didn't know anything about this, and he couldn't get angry after listening to Xiao Shami's words: "No wonder so many people want to overturn the case for Chen Shimei in "The Case of Quanmei", it is really a demon in troubled times!" Lao Tzu doesn't want to say anything, please tell the boss in the temple, you don't plow or plant, but you end up worry-free, live in a splendid residence built with people's fat and people's ointment, occupy all the famous mountains and rivers in the world and enjoy the worship of all the people, but don't do something beneficial for the vicissitudes of life, what Buddha do you participate in, who crosses?

Today Lao Tzu is carrying an urgent military affairs to inform you, although you think that you are high and unwilling to receive, but Lao Tzu has waited for you for so long and it is considered to have fulfilled his obligation, and now I solemnly inform you: From now on, our army will requisition a number of areas here in accordance with the wartime decrees of the National Revolutionary Army, and I hope you will cooperate, do not try to disobey, or use any good people to influence Lao Tzu's control in Zhenjiang, and make my Lao Tzu anxious, tomorrow I will pull the artillery here to fire on the north bank, At that time, the shells of Sun Chuanfang's army on the north bank will fly over, but it is none of my business, you have to find a place to hide and take your leave! ”

Xiao Shami's face was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and he was stunned on the spot, and An Yi walked away before he came back to his senses, and rushed into the temple to call the police.

An Yi's tough attitude quickly worked, and after returning to the camp in the city, Ding Zhicheng and Xia Jian respectively reported with the telephone that had just been set up:

"The monks of Jinshan Temple and the surrounding affiliated temples were very cooperative, not only letting go of the mountainside courtyard where the first battalion needed the courtyard and the guard company to be stationed, but also politely asking them to convey their inconsiderate apologies on their behalf."

In this way, it made An Yi a little embarrassed, Shen Fengdao, who had been with An Yi from beginning to end, smiled slightly when he saw this, and then told An Yi in detail about the history, current situation, status, and influence of Jinshan Temple.

An Yi was shocked when he heard this, and asked Shen Feng with some annoyance, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" If I had known this, I wouldn't have said it so seriously. ”

Shen Fengdao replied helplessly: "Who knows you don't understand?" I thought you did it on purpose! ”

An Yi shook his head and walked out of the regiment headquarters, came to the wide training ground, and suddenly felt that the atmosphere of training on the field was a little wrong, the mental state of the more than 2,000 sweaty veterans was better than ever, and the platoon commanders' orders were shouted louder and louder, and the queue and tactical movements were neat and beautiful than usual. When he turned his gaze to the 157 female soldiers who were undergoing strict training in the field, he understood the mystery and couldn't help but sigh: "Grandma's, it's really a match of men and women, and I'm not tired of working!" Even these grandchildren in the model camp raised their heads like roosters in heat. ”

Zhan Huanqi and other staff officers who followed behind couldn't help laughing when they heard this, and the careful logistics unit elder often stepped forward half a step forward and whispered:

"Boss, the female soldier company is arranged on the first floor of the west barracks in the back garden of the regiment headquarters, there are no thatched huts and showers, if they all go to the big room on the edge of the south barracks to wash, it is not convenient to wash, and I am also worried that something will happen by mistake. Again, the weather is slowly getting warmer, and the female soldiers have to find a way to wear their clothes, shoes and hats, so they can't still train in military uniforms that are a few sizes older, right? I have two sewing machines there, but I don't know what to do, so give me an idea. ”

An Yi was also very embarrassed: "At present, our army does not have special female soldier clothing at all, and the clothing of the whole army is the same style, so we can only settle for it...... In this way, it's almost lunch time, after lunch, you talk to a few female squad leaders of the female soldier company, I estimate that some of them can sew clothes, you send those two sewing machines to them, transfer a batch of small military uniforms from the warehouse for them to change themselves, and then let Shi Lejun send someone out to buy a batch of women's rubber-soled sneakers back, all of them should be dark, just unify the color, I will send a telegram to Mr. Ou, and ask him to send a batch of small and medium-sized military shoes as soon as possible, and they will arrive in half a month. As for the toilets and bathing rooms, they can build a new one near their barracks and hand it over to the model battalion engineer company to be responsible for. ”

"Okay, I'll do it later."

Chang Baofang, who is getting older and more shrewd from the captain to the captain, has let go of a matter of heart, and after being tempered by war again and again, he is no longer what he used to be, his temperament has changed greatly, and he has become more confident, cheerful and educated.

The continuous week of arduous training quickly passed amid the sound of artillery bombardment that would come every day, the mutual shelling between the Reading Regiment and the New Second Brigade of Sun Chuanfang's Army on the north bank occurred every day, from time to time sporadic wounded officers and men were urgently carried into the medical team behind the regiment headquarters for treatment, the bloodied stretchers and the officers and men of the main battalion covered in gunpowder smoke would be transported into the camp by car every day, and truckloads of shells and bullets were transported out of the munitions warehouse behind the camp, and 483 male students stubbornly persisted in training under the heavy pressure of war. Only 237 of them withdrew because they could not withstand the daily heavy exercise and saw the bloody scenes, and the remaining 246 outstanding young people persevered tenaciously, and many of the top students among them showed military talent and excellent obedience, which made An Yi and his assistants secretly admire.

In contrast, the performance of the 156 female soldiers was even better, only 31 withdrew due to physical reasons, and the remaining 135 were impeccable in every aspect, and even machismo like Beard was impressed by these female soldiers who shed tears every day but insisted on training every day.

Just when hundreds of outstanding recruits were about to be transferred to the more rigorous second stage of training, the news of the great changes from Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, and other places finally triggered a large-scale stirring among the recruits, and the two factions that were once compatriots and brothers and those who sought common ground while reserving differences and advanced side by side finally openly split, and the rightists represented by Commander-in-Chief Chiang, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi finally tore off the last mask and met each other in arms.

On the afternoon of 13 April, 246 male soldiers and 135 female soldiers all stopped training and flocked to the entrance of the regiment headquarters in an agitated manner, demanding a dialogue with An Yi, the regiment.

An Yi was convening all the brothers to urgently discuss how to deal with the great changes, and when he heard the urgent report, he immediately interrupted the meeting and led all the brothers under his command to deal with it together.

An Yi walked to the steps in front of the four gates with an expressionless face, looking at the angry and excited men and women in front of him, unable to speak for a long time.

After listening to the questions of several active youth representatives, An Yi finally couldn't be silent, he raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, swallowed his dry throat hard, and announced loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have been asking me again and again this week, why don't you carry out the education of Sanming Cooking, and why don't you publicize Mr. Nakayama's three major policies? Why is the political and ideological work of the Reading Force Corps and the Model Battalion so backward? I have not replied to you, not because I want to hide anything from you, but because you are not my soldiers until now, and my officers and I are not obliged to answer your questions, and you are not qualified to ask any questions, you can only choose to obey and obey the orders of the commanders at all levels to complete your training, and only those who can stay after three months of hard training can become a member of our reading force group and be qualified to ask these questions, otherwise you are just students participating in temporary military training. ”

Everyone didn't expect An Yi to say such harsh words, and they didn't know what to do for a while, An Yi didn't give them a chance to react and think, and continued:

"I have warned you from the first day you came in that there is only one principle in my army, and that is that since you have chosen to join the army, you must understand that obedience is the duty of a soldier! If you don't want to, please leave, because what our Reading Force Regiment and our Model Battalion are now facing is a brutal battle, this kind of life-and-death battle, which is going on every day.

As you have seen, six of the dozens of wounded brothers who have been brought in over the past few days have died honorably. You have not seen how our valiant officers and men fought, for I cannot inform you of the details of the battle, but now I can tell you one thing, and that is that in six days of continuous fighting, the officers and men of our brave artillery battalion destroyed seven enemy observation positions on the north bank, annihilating no less than one hundred and twenty enemy officers and men, and not a single person in the other units of the Reading Regiment was idle, preparing for the fiercer battle that was to come.

At times like these, we don't have any time to think about anything other than fighting, including the upheavals that are taking place and gradually spreading.

Here, I solemnly declare: those who are willing to stay and continue to train, should return to the training ground as soon as possible, and at some point, persistence is the best way to achieve the goal of victory; If you don't want to stay, don't force yourself, I respect anyone's choice, but please hand over your guns, clothing, shoes and hats to your company platoon commanders, and each person will receive ten yuan for the journey and leave, the road ahead is long, thorns, everyone take care! ”

"Commander......"

"General Ann ......"

The calls and exclamations did not make An Yi turn back, he and more than a dozen battalion-level commanders under his command strode into the regimental headquarters, and the guard captain Shen Fengdao immediately ordered twenty heavily armed officers and soldiers to guard the gate, leaving hundreds of young people with anger, disappointment, doubt, or contemplation standing quietly outside the door at a loss.

(To be continued)