Li Yunheng, the word Baobing, a native of Ningyuan, Hunan, graduated from Baoding Military Academy, served as the commander of the Changsha garrison in 1920, served as the division commander during the Northern Expedition, defeated the famous general Zhang Fakui in Hongqiao in 1929, defeated Feng Yuxiang in Guide in the Central Plains War, and rescued Chiang Kai-shek who was besieged by the Red Army when Guizhou Xifeng.

Li Yunheng's qualifications and combat record can be regarded as a famous general, Xu Ming said in front of Lao Jiang that he couldn't do it was unreasonable, and it was Xu Ming who said that if it were someone else, it was estimated that Lao Jiang would scold a dog's blood.

"Commander Xu, did you write these 11 articles?" Li Yunheng read Xu Ming's "11 Opinions on Military Rectification near Madang" and asked.

The outline of these 11 opinions is as follows: 1. There is no unified command of the front-line troops; 2. Insufficient pre-war preparation; 3 units did not enter the pre-war state, especially the officers and soldiers were not mentally prepared; 4. The commander of the unit often participates in additional activities; 5. Insufficient emergency plan; 6. Insufficient fortifications, not enough concealment, especially lack of anti-aircraft installations; 7. The deployment of troops is unreasonable; 8. Insufficient communication between troops; 9. The reserve of shells of the Madang battery is insufficient; 10. There is no depth in the defensive section of the front line; 11. Prevent espionage and traitors.

These theses almost completely negated the military deployment of Madang Fortress, and when Li Yunheng saw it, his heart was greatly furious.

"Xu Qianli, the army is impermanent, the water is impermanent, the horse fights, the contemptible people have their own strategies, I really don't want Your Excellency to teach."

After theoretically rejecting Xu Ming, he criticized one by one: "1 It is unreasonable to say that our front-line troops do not have unified command, and our Jiang Defense Army and the Army work closely together, so where is there a problem of unified command..." In the end, Li Yunheng also gave 11 reasons and completely rejected Xu Ming's opinions.

There were a lot of people in the room, but they all looked at their noses, noses, mouths, mouths, mouths, and hearts, no one spoke, the two bigwigs were arguing, and no one wanted to participate.

To say that what Li Yunheng said does not seem to be unreasonable at all, things in the world are often unclear when said with his mouth, not to mention that Xu Ming's "11 Opinions" originally had many emotional elements, and the two of them fell into a simple battle of words.

After a day of quarrelling, the two sides broke up unhappily.

If you really want to talk about quarrels, 10 Li Yunheng is not Xu Ming's opponent, but Xu Ming is still worried, he came to Madang to help Li Yunheng improve the problem, not to quarrel to win him, what is the use of refuting him speechless? Madang's problem still has to be discussed by the two.

In the evening, Xu Ming went to find Li Yunheng and had a closed door, the guards were not in the military headquarters, and there was no reason to go out to inspect, so he said directly: "Commander Xu, Commander-in-Chief Li is busy with military affairs, and no idle people are allowed to approach." ”

Well, the identity of the army commander, the position of the deputy chief of staff of the First Corps, and the inspection requirements of the Military Command Department, have become "idle people" here, Xu Ming almost died of anger after hearing this.

"Junzuo, isn't this inappropriate, after all, he Xu Ming came by order of the chairman?" Seeing such a rough treatment of Xu Ming, Zhou Qiduo, the commander of the 53rd Division, said.

"Pulling the tiger skin as a banner, Lao Tzu was frightened by his kid?" Li Yunheng didn't care.

Li Yunheng attaches great importance to face, and he is also very conceited, and when others give him advice, they must be said euphemistically when he is in a good mood, how can anyone say it as straightforwardly as Xu Ming. If He Yingqin Bai Chongxi was like this, Xu Ming was just an emerging general of the same level as him and far less qualified, in his opinion, it would be an offense.

"If he goes to the chairman," Zhou Qiduo said, with deep concern.

Another division commander, Xue Weiying of the 167th Division, echoed Li Yunheng's opinion, "That Xu Ming doesn't know what to do, he thinks Lao Tzu is the best in the world after a few victories, and he doesn't give him a good taste, he doesn't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has!" "Xue Weiying is the first phase of Huangpu, and he is still the division commander of a miscellaneous army, and he is extremely disgusted with a fortunate person like Xu Ming.

Li Yunheng snorted, "Let him sue, Lao Tzu won't believe it, the chairman will listen to his words and remove my commander-in-chief." ”

After Xu Ming was slapped in the face and refused to meet, he was also very angry, and an urgent telegram reported the situation here and the "11 Opinions on Military Rectification near Madang".

Lao Jiang was originally skeptical of Xu Ming's words, he believed in Xu Ming's ability, and he doubted Li Yunheng's ability, but Xu Ming had been fighting in Anqing, how could he know about Madang's situation? Even if Dai Li made a relevant report, it was not systematic. But as soon as Xu Ming's telegram was sent, Lao Jiang was shocked, and Xu Ming thought that "... If you don't rectify it, you may lose it in 3-5 days! ”

It was too sensational to defend the important place for at least one month, not three or five days, so Chiang Kai-shek immediately summoned his subordinates and staff to discuss a solution.

Chen Cheng, commander-in-chief of the Wuhan garrison, said: "Chairman of the committee, Li Baobing is a famous general in Hunan Province, and it stands to reason that there will not be so many mistakes, but what Xu Ming said is also well-founded. ”

"Forget it, forget it, you don't have to go to the resignation, let Bai Jiansheng run, it's still his responsibility." Chiang Kai-shek also has a layer of meaning that he did not say clearly, Bai Chongxi and Li Yunheng have a good relationship, and Chen Cheng has always been good at organizing miscellaneous cards, and people like Li Yunheng may tremble when they see him, and Chen Cheng's qualifications are not enough, so he cannot be moved.

In fact, Lao Jiang was going to go in person, Madang was too important, but the people under him couldn't spare time for safety reasons and busy official business, so they asked Bai Chongxi, the commander of the Fifth Theater, to check and deal with this matter.

Bai Chongxi received a telegram from Lao Jiang, did not dare to slack off, and immediately rushed to Madang. When he arrived at the military headquarters of the 16th Army, he half-persuaded and half-complained: "Brother Hug Bing, what's the matter with you, Xu Ming is young, you are not young, what are you angry with him?" ”

"Sir Bai, you don't know how arrogant that kid is, he didn't take me seriously at all."

"But the chairman of the committee already knows about this, do you want to talk to him properly, you two haven't had a holiday before, why bother to grudge for business."

"Chief Bai, he Xu Ming has the ability to let the chairman grasp the dismissal, and he will come to Madang to be the commander-in-chief."

These words were already purely a battle of will, Bai Chongxi sighed in his heart and asked, "Then are these 11 articles indiscriminate?" ”

Bai Chongxi is not easy to fool, Li Yunheng had no choice but to tell the truth: "Of course there is a problem, but which of our Chinese army has no problem, that is, can he Xu Ming's 26th Army not find any problem at all?" ”

This remark in disguised acknowledged Xu Ming's opinion. Bai Chongxi thought for a while and said: "Then Brother Bing is not as good as this, you can change the questions he asked one by one, and I will report to the chairman of the committee after the correction, and then let Xu Ming make amends for you, do you think it's okay?" ”

"Chief Bai arranged it like this, Hubing Bing would never dare to put his beak, everything was up to Chief Bai." Li Yunheng saw that Bai Chongxi gave him face, so he pushed the boat down the river.

After looking for Li Yunheng, he found Xu Ming again, and he criticized Xu Ming bluntly, "Xu Ming, that's not what you said, you are too rude, Li Baobing is a veteran who follows Mr. Zhongshan, you should consider his face when you put forward your opinions." ”

Xu Ming was so angry, "Sir Bai, I'm too rude to give him face, if the Japanese occupy the horse in three or five days, they won't be rude and give him face." ”

"Then Xu Ming, can you solve the problem with this method?"

"So by you, Chief Bai, aren't you here?"

Seeing Xu Ming's tricks, Bai Chongxi smiled, "Good boy, you originally had this idea, I discussed it with Commander-in-Chief Li, and left some people to supervise the rectification effect, so that it can not only give an explanation to the chairman of the committee, but also give Li Baobing face." ”

Xu Ming was very disappointed with Bai Chongxi's arrangement, the problems of the Nationalist Government in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression were not only there, but also serious, and they could not be changed, problems like Ma Dang and Li Yunheng, he had already investigated very clearly, Lao Jiang and Bai Chongxi both believed him and did not believe in Li Yunheng, but that's it, and Li Yunheng had to be appeased. As soon as Bai Chongxi leaves, Li Yunheng will never rectify it well, these problems are estimated to be big things and small things, and then the Japanese army comes, and then they will be magnified.

Xu Ming knew that many problems belonged to the inherent stubborn diseases of the squadron, such as the training level of the troops and the ideological education of the soldiers, which could not be changed by his opinion, but he was still deeply disappointed, and for the first time he had the idea of leaving.

Disappointed, he didn't care about it anymore, greeted Bai Chongxi and Lao Jiang, and then returned to Changsha.

After the fall of Shanghai, Xu Ming settled his home in Changsha and bought a villa in an alley on Huangxing Road, covering an area of about 1 acre, digging a pond in it, and installing a lonely pavilion next to the pond. The house is a typical Republican period building, with two floors of brick and wood mixed structure, hidden between green trees and thick shade, although it is the height of summer in July, it gives people a cool feeling.

"Chairman, you're back." The porter was an old man, he was his wife's mother's family, Lin Qianyu saw that he had no children and was lonely, so he asked him to come here to watch the door.

No one has called him that for a long time, Xu Ming feels a kind of cordiality, and a sense of sadness, the once brilliant Yuming Group no longer belongs to him.

Lin Qianyu saw Xu Ming come back, snapped a look at the mirror, and then stepped forward happily.

"So much darker, and so much thinner." Lin Qianyu took Xu Ming's suit jacket and complained. Xu Ming was exposed to the wind and rain during this time, and his face was not as fair as when he was the boss.

Xu Ming smiled, walked into the house, felt indescribably cordial, he had been fighting on the front line, and he was finally able to come back and rest for a few days.

The most in the house are the most cut out newspapers, all about Xu Ming and his troops, there are news of the troops' battles, there are praise of victories, there are announcements of promotions, and there are evaluations quoted from domestic and foreign newspapers.

Xu Ming felt a sense of guilt, "Come, I'll comb your hair." ”

This is a hobby shared by Xu Ming and his wife, Lin Qianyu smiled and nodded, letting his husband fiddle with her long hair.

"Asayu, what are you doing all this time?"

"Playing mahjong."

"Playing mahjong? Have you learned? Well, I want to teach you well, let me tell you, playing mahjong requires mathematical concepts..."

This period of time was Xu Ming's warmest days, sometimes he really wanted to withdraw from this cruel war, but thinking of the soldiers who admired him and the people who were ravaged by the Japanese army, he still relented and left Changsha in the disappointed eyes of his wife