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Chapter 968 Drink Sanhua wine again

Liuzhou, Guangxi is a famous cultural city with a very long history, the city has been built in the era of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the early years of Tang Zhenguan officially changed its name to Liuzhou, and today's city walls and towers were built from the heyday of the Ming Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because Liuzhou is located in the center of Bagui, is a transportation hub connecting Nanning and Guilin, Wuzhou to Baise, after the new Gui system in Guangxi, Liuzhou as a military and industrial town, but also the Gui group for several years painstaking management, determined to develop the key area of industry and commerce, the first military airport of the Gui army was built in Liuzhou, because it is close to the beautiful Qingshan Bailian Cave, the airport is also named Bailian Airport.

An Yi's special plane arrived at 4 p.m., and to An Yi's surprise, in addition to more than a dozen generals such as Bai Chongxi, the old governor, and Huang Xuchu, the familiar governor of Guangxi, Li Zongren, who originally thought that he was still stranded in Guangzhou and closely followed the development of the current situation in Guangdong and Fujian, also went to the airport to greet him in person.

After the two sides met with military etiquette, An Yi introduced Shen Fengdao, Zhan Dao, and Ye Cheng to the master one by one, and then followed Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Huang Xuchu behind him, and in the sound of military music, they reviewed the Guijun Aviation Corps and the directly subordinate guard brigade, walked around, and rode into Liuzhou City.

After entering the "Dragon City Guest House" for a little washing, the enthusiastic Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi invited An Yi to visit the picturesque Liuhou Temple in the city, and An Yi readily agreed and followed.

Entering the antique, dignified and heavy archway, Bai Chongxi personally acted as a tour guide for An Yi, and the polite An Yi couldn't refuse, so he had to shake his head and smile, and the guest was as he pleased.

"The couplet at the door, 'Mountains and rivers come to return to Huangjiao Danli, and the Spring and Autumn Report blesses my longevity' comes from the poems of the Tang Dynasty poet Han Yu, written by Yang Han, the prefect of Yongzhou in the late Qing Dynasty, and has been around for quite a few years. But the most precious thing in the whole Liuhou Temple is this inscription, after the death of Liu Zongyuan, his friend Han Yu made "Liuzhou Luochi Temple Tablet" to sacrifice it, the poems are full of energy, and the feelings are very deep. Su Shi, the great writer of the Northern Song Dynasty, read his text, chanted his poems, sighed about his affairs, thought about his people, and then waved his pen to write the poem, which was carved into a monument by local craftsmen in Liuzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty. The calligraphy of the inscription is majestic and profound, the knife and pen are unbridled, and it is pushed by the world as the first tablet of Dongpo calligraphy. The stele set the three great Korean, Sushu, willow things in one, the world is rare, so it is called the 'three unique monuments', has been the treasure of the town ancestral hall of the Liuhou Temple, although the change of dynasties has been repeatedly warn, it is still intact preserved! General An is both civil and military, and he is well versed in ancient and modern times, so he might as well comment on one or two, right? ”

The weather in Liuzhou at the end of October was still relatively hot, Bai Chongxi shook a delicate and elegant folding fan, and introduced the historical allusions of the three unique monuments to An Yi in a crepe manner.

An Yi's head was as big as a fight for a while, so he could only shake his head apologetically, and said truthfully: "I'm really sorry, what kind of civil and military people know the past and the present, it must be a false rumor, where do I have that ability?" An Yi is not more than anything, he learns science and engineering knowledge, and he can barely make do with a few words of country tunes humming in the newspaper, and he doesn't know any poetry and songs, historical allusions, and he doesn't know anything about calligraphy, so he can't see the mystery of this monument at all. Speaking of which, Liu Zongyuan's "The Snake Catcher Says" I read it when I was young, but after many years of fighting, I have forgotten it now, and it is not as impressive as Yang Guifei's wild history of liking Lingnan lychees. Compared with General Jiansheng, who is full of splendid and all-encompassing skills, An Yi is very pale and self-ashamed! ”

Seeing An Yi confessing like this, the generals on the side couldn't help but smile secretly, and Bai Chongxi politely said that An Yi was too modest.

Li Zongren saw it really on the side, and smiled and felt that An Yi was very real, in fact, he was also the same as An Yi, proficient in the art of war and familiar with military affairs, but he did not have the Chinese culture of Bai Chongxi and Huang Xuchu, so he agreed with An Yi's feelings at this time very much, and he was quite understandable.

Huang Xu and other party and government officials did not believe that An Yi, who could write dozens of popular songs that sang the north and south, wrote several military textbooks, and took the lead in advocating military innovation, did not know poetry and calligraphy, but when he saw An Yi's expression, it didn't seem to be a fake, so he had to put his doubts in his heart and follow Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and An Yi to slowly wander and browse.

Bai Chongxi was familiar with An Yi's character, turned around, and led him directly to the Luo Pond in the east, where he sat down next to a row of coffee tables placed under the hundred-year-old osmanthus tree, and introduced to An Yi:

"This lake is called Luochi, one of the famous eight views of Liuzhou, when the moon rises above Dengtai Mountain, reflected in the water surface of Luochi, the realm is cold and ethereal, under the willows by the pond pitches the water sky and the moon, it becomes a superb beauty, and the beautiful scenery of 'Luochi Night Moon' comes from this. General An is rare, Duke De and Brother Yixing are overjoyed, let us just take a little wine here, and wait for Haoyue to raise a glass in the air to invite the moon to get drunk, please! ”

An Yi looked at the green lake and the weeping willow laurel trees planted along the shore, sparkling under the slanting sun, and the wind gusted, and also felt that the scenery here was quite pleasant, and heard Bai Chongxi say that he had dinner here, and hurriedly thanked Li, Bai and others, picked up the teacup and tasted it slightly, and praised it sincerely:

"This place is very comfortable, I can't help but think of the Jiangbei gathering a few years ago in the middle of the Northern Expedition, when the Duke of De entertained was the fine wine Sanhua wine from Guilin, every time I think of it, it seems that the fragrance is still there!"

Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were slightly stunned, and they both remembered the first time they drank with An Yi, and then laughed in unison.

Li Zongren laughed and sighed with emotion: "Five years have passed with a flick of my fingers, and the ups and downs in the five years are embarrassing!" I have to congratulate General An, in just five years, the general has built a great cause in southern Sichuan from scratch, Ze has been the people, but we have repeatedly encountered setbacks, and finally retreated to a corner day and night, cruel! “

An Yi waved his hand again and again: "Duke De praised it!" The kid ran into chaos, was lucky enough to be able to return to his hometown, stole several counties in southern Sichuan, and finally had a piece of land to make a living, how dare he compare with the increasingly prosperous Bagui Qianli under the rule of Duke De? The party-state father Mr. Wu Lao Zhihui once said in a cocktail party that Feng Huanzhang is not fearful, and Major Marshal Zhang Hanqing is not worried, but if Duke De sneezes and General Jiansheng shakes his fan again, the central government will catch a cold. ”

Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and the others laughed self-deprecatingly, but they were very emotional in their hearts, they didn't expect An Yi to speak so humorously, and the words that seemed to be praising contained a strong murderous intent. In the blink of an eye, the young general who was played with by himself in the past has grown into a scheming politician.

When the guests and hosts were talking and laughing, the attendants served sumptuous dishes and wine, and the generals of both sides who followed warmly invited each other, sat around the deputy tables on both sides, and gave up the chairmanship to the generals of both sides.

Li Zongren stood up and warmly beckoned Ye Cheng, Zhan Dao, and Shen Fengdao, who were sitting on the side, to sit down together, and despite An Yicheng's fearful refusal, he personally filled the first glass of wine for everyone.

"Please sit down, everyone sit down, there is no need to be polite between friends, Duke De often pours us wine like this, we are used to it." Huang Xuchu warmly beckoned An Yi and the four of them to sit down.

Li Zongren picked up his wine glass, saw An Yi and the others standing up together, and was not polite, nodded slightly, and delivered a speech with great feeling:

"I don't call Captain An anymore, all of you here are battle-hardened soldiers, so let's call them as they are used to in the army. This glass of wine, to General An and all of you, thanks to the strong support and friendly cooperation of southern Sichuan, western Qianxi and Yunnan friendly neighbors in the past two years, so that the fathers and villagers of Guangxi can develop in the exchange of knowledge, please! ”

"Please!"

Everyone responded in unison, and they all raised their heads and drank it all, even Bai Chongxi, who had never drunk much, drank it all in one gulp and lit up the bottom of the cup.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, and a lot of casual between the guests and hosts.

Li Zongren asked about the results of the people's congress that had just concluded in southern Sichuan. After listening to An Yihe's introduction, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Huang Xuchu nodded frequently, believing that the experience of southern Sichuan in legal construction is very worthy of their own reference. Guangxi and southern Sichuan have a very similar place, that is, the military government has a high prestige, won the support and understanding of the people, such as railway construction, highway and bridge construction and other large-scale projects, have won the full support and help of the local people, southern Sichuan and Guangxi because of such a broad base of people, in terms of infrastructure development is very fast.

Bai Chongxi asked An Yi in a low voice: "I heard that southern Yunnan and western Yunnan are now very stiff with the British, and the trade routes from Burma to southern Yunnan and Annam have almost all been cut off, and there are rumors that the garrison of the reclamation area of the Anjia army fought a battle with the Anglo-Burmese army, and the Anglo-Burmese army suffered extremely heavy losses, but they did not dare to seek revenge from your Anjia army, so they had to take a strategy to avoid the real and attack the false to find the bad luck on the border of western Yunnan, which caused the tragedy in western Yunnan and caused the relationship between the two countries to plummet, and the British government originally promised all the loans and aid to the central government. Because of this, all of them have been cancelled. To our great surprise, Chairman Chiang, who was in dire need of foreign aid, should have been furious and urged you to make substantial concessions, but he did not give the British face at all and did his best to support you, and you also cut off all economic and trade contacts with the British. ”

An Yi nodded: "Chairman Jiang clearly saw the truth behind the British people's fierce voices, and he was unwilling to make concessions to the British after compromising with the Japanese, and let the Chinese poke his backbone, so it is very normal to make a tough response." In fact, the conflict on the border of southern Yunnan was not a battle, and after our villagers were slaughtered and plundered, we only sent two special detachments to retaliate, and cut off dozens of heads and came back without further action. After the British suffered losses, they mobilized more than 5,000 British and Burmese officers and soldiers stationed in Jingdong to press us up, in an attempt to force us to give in, but seeing that our two garrison regiments had already prepared and were ready for battle, they became timid and turned to instigate the indigenous armed forces attached to them in western Yunnan, and suddenly crossed the border to attack Nankan and Ruili, creating a tragedy in western Yunnan that shocked China and foreign countries.

"At present, two divisions of the Yunnan security forces have been stationed in western Yunnan, and an assault brigade of General Shizhen of Qianxi and a mountain brigade of General Zhang Hongluan of Xiangxi have also quietly left for Dehong, ready to go up to help in the battle at any time, and a mixed squadron of our aviation command has also gone over to support. It is estimated that in two months, the main division of the British army in the Indian colonies will be driven to northern Burma, and by that time, I am afraid that there will really be a tough battle to be fought in western Yunnan. ”

Li Zongren was slightly taken aback: "General An, rashly starting a war in the south, did you take into account the situation in North China?" ”

"I have thought about it, and I have conducted many studies with Zhu Yizhi and other generals of the Yunnan army, and I think that we cannot show weakness, otherwise I am afraid that we will have to sign a traitorous treaty, and no one can afford such an infamy through the ages. Chairman Chiang and the Central Military Commission both tacitly supported this, because the whole world knows that the southwest, like the two Guangzhous, is only nominally reunified, but in essence it is still self-contained, and it is like a separation, and even if something happens, the central government has room to shirk its responsibility, but the soft bones of the central government are panicking. I excused myself and said that it was a matter from Yunnan to Yunnan, and I only took care of southern Yunnan. An Yi didn't have anything to hide.

Li Zongren and the others nodded slowly, as if they had expected An Yi to deal with it like this.

Bai Chongxi asked with a smile: "If you really want to fight, how are you going to fight?" ”

An Yi replied disapprerovingly: "I guess it's nothing to do, no matter how arrogant the British are, they should also have a rigorous and clear judgment on this, if they really fight, they will only choose the western direction of Yunnan, that is the matter of General Zhan Huanqi and General Lu Han in Yunnan, the lowest estimate is that the Yunnan army will not suffer in front of the Anglo-Burmese army on the labor expedition, if it is fought well, a war can solve the problem." ”

Bai Chongxi smiled appreciatively, turned to Huang Xuchu and asked, "Brother Yixing, you have dealt with the French in our south for the past two years, what do you think the British are most worried about at the moment?" ”

Huang Xuchu replied solemnly: "No one knows what the combat strength of the British ** team is now, but it is estimated that the British and French are the same, they value the lives of their officers and soldiers very much, and when the casualties reach a certain level, they can't stand it, we don't care, we don't have to ask for money, there are many lives." ”

Everyone burst into laughter, and Ye Cheng couldn't help but quietly give a thumbs up, impressed by the wisdom and tacit understanding of the three giants of the Gui family.

An Yi stood up with a spring breeze on his face to salute his master, and the generals and colonels of the Gui army on the side saw An Yi being easy-going and cheerful, and they also came to toast one after another.

After seven or eight rounds, Li Zongren signaled to stop, waved his hand to let his subordinate colonel go back and sit down, turned to An Yi and whispered: "I'm sorry, you can't drink too much wine at this meal, I just got a news, and a distinguished guest will arrive in an hour, so let's change places and have a good time together." ”

An Yi looked at Li Zongren with a smile in surprise, and then turned to Bai Chongxi, who had a calm face, and saw Bai Chongxi nodding slightly, and immediately knew who was coming.