Chapter 50: Sweeping Southeast Guizhou (3)

After sending the telegram and arranging the defenses, Yang Dezhi and Li Lin walked out of the Jianhe County political axe, wanting to familiarize themselves with the environment on the street.

Jianhe Street is now empty, with closed shops and no pedestrians. It is estimated that when the Qianjun retreated, all the people who did business ran away, and those who did not run may not be able to hide in the house. Only the soldiers of the 1st Red Regiment rested in squads and platoons in piles against the walls of various shops.

Yang Dezhi said to Li Lin: "Political commissar, we have to find a way to get the masses to come out, and we have to let the shops open." The main force will arrive in a while, and we must camp here tonight, and we have to think of some hot food and hot water! ”

Li Lin was about to answer, when he saw an old lady with a stick staggering in front of him, holding a child in one hand. When he arrived at Li Lin and Yang Dezhi, he said tremblingly, "Give us something to eat!" ”

Yang Dezhi looked at it a little and found that these were two grandchildren, with tattered clothes and skinny bones. Busy and Li Lin took out a piece of rice ball and put it in their hands. Looking at the gluttony of the two grandparents and grandchildren eating rice balls, Yang Dezhi asked: "Old man, who are you?" ”

The old lady said, "We are dry people!" ”

Yang Dezhi didn't hear clearly, so he asked again, and the little grandson who had just finished eating rice balls said loudly: "We are dry people!" ”

Now Yang Dezhi and Li Lin heard it clearly, it turned out that they were dry people. But who are the dry people? I've never heard of a nation or profession called a cadre?

So, Yang Dezhi had to ask: "Who is the dry person?" ”

The little grandson said loudly, "You don't even know how to do it? A dry person is a person who has nothing. ”

Later, Yang Dezhi realized that the so-called dry people are the local name, which means people who have been exploited by the landlords and reactionary regimes to nothing. The meaning of "dry" is that the bone marrow oil has been knocked and peeled clean.

Seeing that the Red Army was giving these two cadres rice dumplings to eat, soon many cadres poured out from the corners of the county seat, all of whom stretched out their hands to beg for the Red Army. The Red Army soldiers took out their own dry rations and let them eat.

Looking at the dry people who were eating dry food, Yang Dezhi felt that the corners of his eyes were hot. When I think about the time I participated in the Shonan Uprising, I felt that the poor people were not revolutionary and had no life, and I couldn't imagine that the cadres here were poorer and less alive than the poor people in their hometown! It was all Chiang Kai-shek and his reactionary regime that were to blame.

The well-fed cadres began to tell the Red Army that there was still a rich bully who ate people and did not spit out bones, hiding in his house and not running; There are also those who do business because they are afraid to come out, and take the initiative to lead the way, call people, and call the door for the Red Army.

Li Lin said to Yang Dezhi: "The problem is solved, right? There are many poor people in the world, and there are few rich people, and the poor are the soil for the survival of our Red Army, and as long as there are poor people, it will be difficult for the Red Army. ”

Yang Dezhi smiled and said, "That's right! ”

By the time the main force of the first army arrived at the county seat of Jianhe, most of the shops on the street had already opened. A regiment of fighters, with the help of the residents, had already boiled hot water and were cooking rice.

After receiving a telegram from Yang Dezhi of the 1st Red Regiment from the 1st Army Corps, on the evening of the 16th, the Central Revolutionary Military Commission ordered the 1st Army Corps to occupy Taijiang on the 17th, and the vanguard troops to attack and advance to Huangping; The 1st Army Corps, the 2nd Division, the Cadre Regiment, and the Military Commission Column advanced to the Jianhe River; The Fifth Army Corps and the Ninth Army Corps cleared the local reactionary militias in Jianhe and Taijiang and mobilized the masses; The 3rd Army Corps attacked and advanced along the Rongjiang River and Leishan, and after occupying the county seat of Leishan, it went north to Jianhe to join the main force of the 1st Army Corps, preparing to capture Huangping.

The Central Military Commission of the Central Revolution particularly emphasized behind the telegram that the Gui Army and the Hunan Army had been pinned down by our Central Guard Division, and that it was impossible for the enemy's Central Army to arrive in the near future, and that the strength of the Guizhou Army was weak in the face, and it demanded that all army corps let go of their actions and uproot Wang Jialie's reactionary ruling forces in southeastern Guizhou.

The situation was basically the same as that encountered by the 1st Red Regiment, as soon as the Red Army entered the territory of Jianhe, they were greeted not by firecrackers at the gate of Liping City, but by groups of cadres.

Compared with Liping, Jianhe is poorer and more backward.

Historically, during the Red Army's Long March, [***] shed tears four times, one of which occurred in the Jianhe River: a dry old woman died on the side of the road, and her little grandson stood aside begging for the Red Army. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help crying, and asked the Red Army soldiers to bury the old woman and take the little dry man away.

The Red Army units camped in the villages and towns of Jianhe strictly observed discipline and did not commit any offences in the autumn.

The people of all ethnic groups in Jianhe looked curiously at this army from afar: buying and selling, talking kindly. I heard that a common man sold a pig to the Red Army for 23 yuan, and obediently, sold it for 6 oceans more than usual. Now, the news spread in the villages. Relatively wealthy families and businessmen all came out, beckoning the Red Army to camp, helping the Red Army to buy supplies, and exchanging their own specialties with the Red Army.

On the 17th, the Red First Army occupied Taiqian, and the county magistrate fled with taxes and silver. The main force of the Red Army extensively mobilized the masses in Jianhe and in front of the stage to suppress the local tyrants and open warehouses to release grain.

On the afternoon of 17 July, when the main force of the Red Army was vigorously mobilizing the masses in front of Jianhe and Taiwan, a scene unexpected to many people appeared in Xikou, Tongdao County, Hunan: The cavalry regiment of Liu Jianxu of the Hunan Army, under the leadership of senior senator Liu Qingchu, was handing over weapons and ammunition to the Red Army.

Liu Yimin's letters to He Jian, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi, Cai Zhong, Liu Jianli, Li Qing, and Wu Zheng have all read them. The letter to He Jian was only thought to be impossible to achieve, because He Jian was too reactionary and had always exterminated the Red Army. However, the exchange of weapons and ammunition between the Hunan army prisoners and He Jian is unlikely, but it is finally a bit of a reason. As for the letters to Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, they are simply fools' dreams. Who are those two people? dared to turn his face against Chiang Kai-shek at any time, and Liu Yimin dared to go to Tai Sui's head to break ground, which was a little too ignorant. Therefore, when Liu Yimin got up on the morning of the 17th, and arranged for the troops to prepare to go to Xikou and Yatou Fort to receive weapons and exchange prisoners, several people thought that the new division commander was not excited last night and did not sleep well, as if he was still suffering from hysteria.

Liu Yimin did not explain, and ordered Li Qing to lead the engineer battalion to Xikou to receive weapons and ammunition from the Hunan army, paying special attention to the fact that there should be no casualties during the escort of the prisoners, and before the troops set off, he wanted to meet with the Hunan prisoners. Then he ordered Wu Zheng to lead the baggage battalion to Yatun Fort to receive weapons and ammunition from the Gui army.

Cai Zhong proposed that the two of them each brought a battalion was too few, and in case the Hunan army or the Gui army turned their faces, they were afraid that they would suffer a big loss, and the main force should be dispatched.

Liu Yimin said: "Political commissar rest assured, this is just a normal transaction between the two armies, and there will be no problems." If the main force is dispatched, it is not an exchange of prisoners of war and the acceptance of weapons and ammunition, it is a war. There is no battle between us and the Hunan army and the Gui army for the time being. ”

Cai Zhong asked: "How do you know that the Hunan army and the Gui army will not take the opportunity to set up an ambush to destroy us?" ”

Liu Yimin said: "The warlords are all surnamed that virtue, bullying the weak and fearing the hard. He Jian was frightened by us, and he was anxious to use these prisoners to form and restore three divisions, not only would he not ambush us, but he was probably afraid that Chiang Kai-shek and the Central Army would know, so he would send his cronies to complete the deal quickly. As for Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, there is no problem, I am afraid that they are still expecting us to use the ammunition they provide to defeat the Central Army? ”

Cai Zhong said suspiciously: "Impossible! I remember that you once said that although the Gui army had contradictions with Chiang Kai-shek, they were consistent in the elimination of the Red Army. You also said that during the Battle of Xiangjiang, our Red Army suffered a loss from the enemy, and did not realize that the Gui Army would fight with us. ”

Liu Yimin smiled, he couldn't imagine that Cai Zhong remembered what he said so clearly! After laughing, he said to Cai Zhong, "This time, that time", and took Cai Zhong to see Tao Guang, Zhang Liangji and the six Hunan army brigade commanders who were about to be released.

On the main road at the entrance of Jingwuzhou Street, Li Qing led the engineer battalion to line up the Hunan army prisoners, Tao Guang, Zhang Liangji and a group of officers stood in front, and behind was a three-way column composed of 1,300 lightly wounded Hunan soldiers, and the soldiers of the fully armed engineer battalion were closely guarded in front of and behind the team, left and right.

Seeing Liu Yimin and Cai Zhong coming, Li Qing led the engineer battalion commander He Mingliang and instructor Ren Chaoran to run forward together, and after saluting, Li Qing reported loudly: "Report to the division commander and political commissar, the team has been assembled and is ready to go, please instruct!" ”

Liu Yimin shouted: "Please take a break!" Then he came directly to the Hunan army captive team.

Facing Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji, Liu Yimin's psychology is very complicated. After all, he traveled from the afterlife, which is slightly different from the strong hatred of the Red Army soldiers for [***]. He knew that Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji in front of him had also fought with Yue Kou during the Anti-Japanese War, and Zhang Liangji was also martyred, and they were all generals who contributed to the country and the nation. Fortunately, I didn't kill them when I fought in Xiaoshui and Xikou, otherwise I don't know how much I regret it in my heart. However, Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji during the Red Army period were the vanguard of the suppression of the Communist Party, and there were many Red Army martyrs who fell under the guns of them and their troops, and it was not a loss to kill them. These are complex characters!

Looking at the young Red Army division commander in front of him, the captured officers of the Hunan Army, including Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji, were all shocked. Although Wang Yuying once said that the commander of this Red Army unit was very young, Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji, as well as most of the officers, did not believe it. It's impossible, how can a 20-year-old doll come up with such a ruthless battle plan, ring after ring, making people pinch their noses and jump in.

During the few days of their captivity, the captured officers had already seen the Red Army training during their meals, and knew that this was a well-trained and unusually strong unit. Although I feel that I have been defeated a little wronged, but when I fight with such a Red Army unit, even if the same strength starts to fight, it is estimated that it will still be difficult to escape the word "defeat". However, they never imagined that the commander of this Red Army unit was really as young as Wang Yuying said, and the sky was unfair, how could they let these battlefield veterans be defeated at the hands of a baby division commander like a foreign student?

At this time, it was already half past seven in the morning, and the rising sun shone on Liu Yimin, who was silent and like a statue, and a halo of light appeared. The scene was quiet.

Zhong Guangren, who was standing beside Tao Guang, was a little overwhelmed by this tranquility, and boldly asked, "This sir, do you want to kill us?" If you want to kill, hurry up, Lao Tzu frowned and was not a revolutionary soldier. ”

Only then did Liu Yimin know that the captured officers of the Hunan Army had misunderstood, thinking that the Red Army was the same as when they killed [***] people, and lined up to take them out to shoot them!

Liu Yimin spoke: "General Tao Guang, General Zhang Liangji, all [***] captured brothers:

Gather you together today, not to shoot you, but to release you! ”

At this moment, the Hunan army captives were in chaos all of a sudden, some shouted happily, some cried with joy, and some had already begun to think about how to make up lies after returning to escape the accountability of the upper peak.

Listening to the noise in the team, Liu Yimin frowned. When Zhang Liangji saw it, he was afraid that the Red Army doll division commander would be angry and change his mind, so he immediately stood up and shouted: "What is the noise? What kind of system? ”

The team quieted down, and Liu Yimin began to speak again: "I will say three things, which can be regarded as a farewell to all the [***] generals and brothers." The first point is that now the Kou have occupied the vast territory in the northeast and even beyond the Great Wall, and tens of millions of people have become slaves of the Kou. This is the shame of every Chinese, and even more so the shame of every [***] person. If it's a man, he should pick up a gun and go to the front line of the resistance to get a white knife in and a red knife out. The troops who are unwilling to go to the front line of resistance are Han annihilation troops, the generals who are unwilling to resist are Han annihilation generals, and the soldiers who are unwilling to go to the front line to kill devils are Han annihilation soldiers. There is no difference between blindly fighting a civil war, fighting the Red Army and annihilating the Han Dynasty"

Li Qing immediately raised his arms and shouted: "Down with the invaders!" It is glorious to resist, and it is shameful not to resist! ”

The fighters of the sapper battalion followed and chanted slogans. The earth-shattering slogans shook the hearts of the officers and men captured by the Hunan army, and shocked their hearts.

When the slogans stopped, Liu Yimin's voice came to mind: "The second point is that the Red Army is an armed group of workers and peasants, not a red bandit. We are now going north to resist the Japanese and be the vanguard of the whole nation's resistance and salvation. We need the support of the people of all ethnic groups across the country, and we welcome the strong support of the [***] soldiers, including you. Third, it is normal for two armies to engage in battles and suffer casualties from each other. But the massacre of ordinary people in the name of war cannot be tolerated. Why was Chen Guangzhong killed? Why were some of the officers and soldiers who were captured by us shot? It is because their hands are stained with the blood of the common people, which is worse than the bandits, and they are the same as the Kou. Therefore, I hope that when you go back, you will be soldiers who save the country and love the people, and will not be bandits who bring disaster to the country and the people. With the separation imminent, I sincerely hope that one day I will fight side by side with you on the battlefield of resistance against the Japanese, support each other, and kill the Kou together. ”

After Liu Yimin finished speaking, he didn't look at the reaction of Tao Guang, Zhang Liangji and others, waved his hand, and directly ordered Li Qing to lead the team to set off.

When Li Qing led the engineer battalion to Xikou, it was still early, and the people of the Hunan army had not yet arrived.

Li Qing arranged for He Mingming, commander of the engineer battalion, to lead the first and second companies to occupy the high ground south of Xikou in concealment, and the instructor Ren Chaoran led two platoons of the third company to guard the prisoners, and he himself led three companies and one platoon into Xikou and waited to contact the Hunan army.

Until this time, Li Qing did not believe that the Hunan army would send people to deliver weapons and ammunition. What kind of joke is it possible to let He Jian, an old bastard, release the Red Army prisoners of war, and give 1 million silver dollars, and so many weapons and ammunition? However, the division commander's order is to be carried out, anyway, he has the Hunan army prisoners in his hands, if the Hunan army does not send people to trade, Lao Tzu will let the soldiers shoot those middle and lower-level officers first, as for Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji, they will be brought back to the division commander to deal with.

Just after 3 o'clock, the Hunan army appeared, in front of which was a company of cavalry to open the road, in the middle was a large cart, behind the cart was a team of mules and horses, behind the mules and horses was a group of Red Army prisoners of war, and then behind was about a battalion of cavalry in the press.

Li Qing thought to himself, obediently, could it be that the master is really the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang, and with a pinch of his fingers, he can calculate the mind of He Jian, an old bastard? It's really coming, I can't think of it.

The two sides met, and saw that Li Qing only brought one platoon, Liu Qingchu was very surprised, and after greetings, he asked tentatively: "This Red Army commander, you only bring such a few people, aren't you afraid that I will turn my face?" ”

Li Qing smiled: "Don't be afraid, when I came, our division commander said that if the Hunan army dared to turn his face, he would directly lead the troops to Changsha and He Jian to practice pushing, I heard that He Jian is a martial arts master, and he is practicing well, and our division commander is worried about not finding a suitable opponent!" ”

Li Qing didn't know that Liu Qingchu had a great background, and he used to be the chief of staff of He Jian's Hunan and Jiangxi Bandit Suppression General Headquarters. When he received Liu Yimin's letter, he was inspecting military affairs at Liu Jianxu's headquarters, and He Jian directly asked him to go on a trip, the purpose was to see what was going on with Liu Yimin and his Central Guard Division, and also to greet Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji, so as to show Chairman He's compassion and favor for the generals.

Seeing that Liu Yimin didn't come, and there was only one platoon in the troops, Liu Qingchu knew that this Liu Yimin was not simple, and he ate the opponent to death step by step. I really didn't dare to turn my face, because I didn't know what other tricks the other party left. Yes, let's hand over quickly, complete the task as soon as possible, retreat early, and try not to stop for as long as possible.

According to Li Qing's intentions, the Red Army prisoners of war were handed over first. When the Hunan army escorted these Red Army soldiers over, Li Qing looked at the scars on the soldiers' bodies, and wanted to explode on the spot, staring at Liu Qingchu with both eyes, as if he wanted to eat him. In the end, I held back, it was important to complete the task, and the account of this group of bastards was a chance.

The transfer of Red Army prisoners of war was completed, a total of 1382 people. Li Qing singled out 700 soldiers who were in slightly better physical condition to stay, prepared to accept mules, horses, weapons and ammunition, and asked a platoon to send two people to guide the other fighters to retreat south of Xikou.

The next step was to hand over the mules, horses, money, and weapons and ammunition, and after counting, 1 million silver dollars was as much as weapons and ammunition. Li Qing immediately arranged for a platoon commander to lead two squads to organize the 700 fighters who had just been freed, to transport weapons and ammunition by mules and horses, and evacuate the mouth of the river. Unexpectedly, these 700 Red Army soldiers who had just been free first took guns, bullets, and grenades when they went up, and then pointed their guns at Liu Qingchu and the Hunan soldiers.

As soon as Li Qing saw that it was going to be bad, he immediately stood between the Red Army soldiers and the marching soldiers, and said loudly: "I am Li Qing, director of the Political Department of the Central Guard Division of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. The soldiers of the Red Army are the most obedient to orders and obey commands, and I order you to put your guns on your backs and quickly carry your weapons and ammunition. ”

One of the warriors cried and shouted, "Chief, how many of us have been killed by these bastards, I will kill them!" ”

Li Qing walked up to the soldier and whispered: "I want to kill them as much as you do, but our Red Army has discipline and it is important to complete the task." Good comrade, put away the guns, we will have the opportunity to settle accounts with them in the future. ”

Things were finally calm, but when these soldiers carried weapons, ammunition, and boxes of silver dollars, no matter how heavy and inconvenient the boxes were, they basically carried the guns in one hand and the boxes with another comrade in the other. In any case, the gun is not going to let go again.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Liu Qingchu felt a chill in his heart, the enmity between his Hunan army and the Red Army seemed to be really an irresolvable mortal enemy, I really don't know if Chairman He's move was right or wrong, these Red Army prisoners of war seem to be diehards, isn't this a tiger returning to the mountain?

Shaking his head and forcing himself to stop thinking about these troubles, Liu Qingchu said to Li Qing: "Our sincerity has been expressed, people and things have been handed over, please hand over our captured personnel!" ”

Li Qing saw that 500 mules and horses carrying weapons and ammunition were escorted out of the mouth of the stream by the soldiers, so he asked one of the soldiers to send a signal to the commander of the third company to escort the prisoners over.

When the Hunan army prisoner team came, Liu Qingchu understood why Li Qing wanted to get angry just now, his own side tortured the Red Army prisoners of war to death, look at the Red Army, his own prisoners of war are all strong, obviously full of food and sleep well. I don't feel a little guilty.

Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji came over, Liu Qingchu walked up, took the hands of the two people and said, "Si'an, Boyan, suffer!" ”

Tao Guang and Zhang Liangji smiled bitterly and raised their hands to salute at the same time. Then, Tao Guang said: "The general of the defeated army, suffering from peace talks? It's just that Lao Lao came to greet him, and he didn't dare to be ashamed! ”

Liu Qingchu and the captured officers shook hands one by one, and the officers also saluted one by one. Seeing that the busy work was over, and the time was not early, Liu Qingchu said to Li Qing: "This Red Army commander, the transaction between you and me has been completed, let's shake hands and separate!" With that, he stretched out his hand.

Who knew that Li Qing smiled and said, "You seem to owe us something!" ”

A slight smile slipped through Liu Qingchu's eyes: "We have given what should be given, it seems that we don't owe anything, right?" ”

Li Qing knew that this guy was starting to play tricks, so he said: "According to the agreement between our division commander and He Jian, the captured soldiers of the Gui Army need to be exchanged for 2 captured soldiers of the Red Army, and we will hand them over to you; Of the 1,300 captured soldiers, you should have handed over to us 2,600 captured Red Army soldiers and captured [***] soldiers, and now you have only handed over 1,382 people, and you still owe 1,218 people. According to our Commander Liu's conditions, we should be compensated 609,000 silver dollars. You didn't pay the money when it was handed over just now. ”

Only then did the captured officers and soldiers of the Hunan Army understand that they had been bought back by He Jian with weapons, ammunition and money, and there was an uproar.

Liu Qingchu's adjutant saw that Tao Guang and the other captives had returned, and felt that there was no restraint, so he viciously hostile Li Qing and said: "Lao Tzu has long had enough of you, Lao Tzu won't give you that money, what can you do?" ”

Li Qing smiled: "Is this what you mean, or what He Jian means?" ”

Liu Qing saw that Li Qing was not threatened for the first time, so she had to say haha: "Brother, I am older than you, and I have seen a little more things, so I have a far-sighted vision, so why bother?" ”

Li Qing said: "I don't care about you, I'm afraid that I won't be able to complete the task when I go back, our division commander was angry, and ran to talk to He Jian and Xu Ji, maybe the two of us will handle the handover!" ”

Liu Qingchu saw that Li Qing's oil and salt did not enter, so he had to say: "Brother, let me tell you the truth, all the Red Army prisoners we captured have been handed over to you, and as for the other communists who have been arrested, they are all imprisoned in central and northern Hunan provinces. You see if this will work, the cost of us to catch a strong man is only two oceans, at most 5 oceans, I will give you 10 oceans, and give you 12,000 oceans, how about it? Besides, the 500 oceans that your division commander said are too outrageous. ”

Li Qing said: "We Red Army soldiers are priceless treasures, how can we compare with your strong men. No way! ”

Liu Qingchu hurriedly said: "Brother, what I'm talking about is not to buy your Red Army baby bumps with money, but to make up for your losses according to the number of captured personnel in our army." I'm so old, when I came, Chairman He also explained, I can call the shots for some things, and I can't do the master for some things, don't you make me embarrassed! In this way, without saying anything, how about we make up for your 50,000 ocean losses? ”

Li Qing still shook his head.

Liu Qingchu gritted his teeth and ordered the adjutant to bring the spare cash box. After the adjutant brought it, Liu Qingchu said: "This is 200,000 yuan, the bottom line money given to me by Chairman He, I will give it to you, you can do it!" ”

Seeing that Li Qing was still hesitating, Tao Guang spoke: "This Red Army commander, let me interject a sentence, I listened to all what you said in the morning. I can assure you that if I, Tao Guang, can still lead the troops, I will not tract on innocent people, I will not shoot at the Red Army, and I will definitely go to the front line of resistance to fight to the death with the army. I wonder if you are satisfied, whether it is worth the money we owe you? ”

Seeing Tao Guang's statement, Zhang Liangji thought that he was a professional soldier, and it was fucking boring to fight the civil war all the time, so it was better to fight and kill the enemy! also expressed the same attitude as Tao Guang.

At this time, Li Qing was happy, asked the soldiers to put away the 200,000 silver dollars, shook hands with Liu Qingchu, Tao Guang, Zhang Liangji and others one by one, and took the soldiers out of Xikou and returned to Jingwuzhou along the way.

At this time, in the front-line headquarters of the Guizhou Army in Fuquan Machangping, Guizhou, Wang Jialie, who received the report that the main force of the Red Army occupied Jianhe County, was already in chaos, he was afraid that the Red Army would enter Guiyang directly and occupy his old nest, and he could no longer care about the fear that the central army's entry into Guizhou would endanger his rule. While sending messages everywhere to ask for help. Chairman Chiang, Commander-in-Chief He, Commander Xue, the Gui Army, the Guangdong Army, the Dian Army, the Sichuan Army, everything he could think of around him, he begged all over again. I sent the telegram once, and I didn't feel safe, so I sent it again. In the end, he simply ordered the radio to send a report every half an hour, urging the Central Army to quickly enter Guizhou, and urging the surrounding pursuit troops to quickly enter Guizhou to help in the battle. It is said that in the telegram to the Gui family, Wang Jialie even said that please give him a hand for the sake of the huge profits of the tobacco business.

After Wang Jialie stepped down, some people calculated that overnight on December 17, 1934, Wang Jialie sent more telegrams asking for help than the total number of telegrams he sent to the national government after he became provincial chairman.

(To be continued)