Coming out of the Northwest Military and Political Commission, Liu Yimin felt very heavy. Judging from the performance of Li Teh and others, the Fourth Front Army is indeed completely controlled by Zhang Guotao, and thinking of Marshal Xu Xiangqian's evaluation of Zhang Guotao as "capable but not of good character" in history, I feel that this Zhang Guotao is really skillful and ruthless enough, and he has killed the backbone of the Fourth Front Army and promoted a number of young cadres, so that the whole army only knows Chairman Zhang from top to bottom and does not know the Central Committee.

When I thought about it again, I couldn't laugh dumbly. Historically, before the Red Army's Long March, the concept of the central government was rather vague in the minds of many high-ranking cadres. According to some memoir conferences, the central government of Chen Duxiu's era not only studied major events, but also studied the messy love relationships between leaders, and later generations looked very ridiculous. However, in that era of the Great Revolution, people's hearts were impetuous, everyone wanted revolution, everyone wanted to be liberated, and it was a kind of great change and chaos that had to be revolutionized and liberated from the mind to the soul to the body. Strictly speaking, the central leaders at that time were politically immature and relied on their enthusiasm to make revolutions, which allowed Wang Ming, a white-faced scholar, to achieve hegemony, and only then did he have the joke of Xiang Zhongfa as the general secretary. To put it bluntly, the early Party Central Committee was only a branch of the Comintern, and it did not have the consciousness of its own reading. It was not until the Long March, in the test of blood and fire, that the correct line and the wrong line were tested, and the Red Army matured and chose its own leader and leadership core.

Zhang Guotao did not participate in the Long March from the Soviet area to Zunyi until he entered Sichuan, and naturally he did not experience the torment of purgatory, and he lost a lesson in his thinking, so he regarded the current Central Committee as the same as the Central Committee before the Long March.

Now, due to his arrival, history has undergone tremendous changes, the central core has been basically formed, the Central Red Army is strong and strong, and the Fourth Front Army has only about 50,000 people because it has not yet carried out the Jialing River Campaign, and Zhang Guotao has no capital to fight with the central government. With the wisdom of [***] and Zhou Enlai, and with strong backing, it is only a matter of time before Zhang Guotao is solved.

Liu Yimin never thought about the issue of leading the special combat team to quietly kill Zhang Guotao, and the reason was very simple: In the struggle within the party, it is necessary to lay out facts and reason to convince people with reason, and relying on blood not only cannot solve ideological problems, but also easily forms the dark side of party life.

Now that Zeng Zhongsheng has finally been rescued, and Qin Jingyi has been rescued with him, this trip has finally completed the task. Thinking that the 11th Division might have occupied Hanzhong, Liu Yimin put his mind at ease, took the cavalry regiment to the 13th Division in Nanjiang.

When I arrived at Nanjiang, I met Li Qing and Chen Dayong, and I learned that the 11th Division had taken Hanzhong. Liu Yimin urgently ordered the 11th Division and the Special Operations Brigade to rush to Xi'an, and ordered the 12th and 13th Divisions to quickly advance to Hanzhong, and not stop after arriving in Hanzhong, and go all the way north to reinforce the 11th Division. After ordering the reading division to Hanzhong, it was deployed on the spot and quickly controlled the counties around Hanzhong. The corps headquarters and directly subordinate troops operating with the Reading Force Division advanced to Xi'an.

After letting Zeng Zhongsheng eat and rest, Liu Yimin ordered the cavalry regiment to send a company, led by Qin Jingyi, to escort Zeng Zhongsheng to Guangyuan and report to the Central Committee on the situation of the four front armies. After that, he advanced to Xi'an and pursued the army headquarters.

Liu Yimin himself led the cavalry regiment non-stop, exceeding the 12th and 13th divisions, and rushed directly to Hanzhong.

Hanzhong is north of the Qinling Mountains, south of Pingba Mountain, get the benefits of the north and south, and the beauty of the north and south, not only have the crested ibis, the giant panda, the golden monkey, the takin four national treasures, but also the two Han Dynasty and the three kingdoms have a profound cultural heritage, and the strategic position is important.

At this time, it was almost a year old, and along the way, you could meet people who were doing New Year's goods, and there were also enthusiastic mountain people who invited the Red Army to the village to rest and eat.

With Liu Yimin's surname, I really want to experience Hanzhong folk customs, but unfortunately the task is in my body, so I can only keep hurrying.

After entering Hanzhong City, Liu Yimin didn't have time to talk to Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong when he saw Tang Xingying running in in a hurry, his face flushed, and beads of sweat were dripping down.

Seeing Tang Xingying, Liu Yimin couldn't help but think of [***] teasing him, and his face was a little feverish. As soon as he looked at Luo Ronghuan, he found that Luo Ronghuan was also smiling, and he knew that this loyal big brother was the same as himself, and he remembered [***]'s words.

Before he could ask anything and be so panicked, Tang Xingying reported with a crying voice that the reading master was going to shoot a cooking squad leader, and begged the regiment commander to hurry up and rescue him.

Liu Yimin asked what was going on, and Tang Xingying said that when the cooking squad leader went to buy vegetables, the vegetable seller was not there, so he put the money in the vendor's basket and took the vegetables away. When the peddler returned, he saw that there was no food, and when he heard that the Red Army had taken it, he reported it to the troops, so they decided to shoot him.

When Liu Yimin heard this, this was simply a careless disregard for human life, thinking about the fact that a cooking squad leader was shot dead during the Long March of the Red Sixth Army in history, and the mistakes he made were similar to those made by this cooking squad leader. When I used to read history, although I admired the strict discipline of the Red Army, I could not agree with that kind of ruthlessness.

After listening to Tang Xingying's report, Liu Yimin knew that this must have been done by troops adjusted from several legions, because the old troops of the Seventh Army Corps, under the influence of Liu Yimin, valued the lives of soldiers above everything else, and would not act so hastily.

Liu Yimin didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately got on the horse and rushed to the reading division with Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong.

When I arrived at the reading division, I saw that the second regiment and the fourth battalion formed by the troops drawn from the first regiment were enforcing discipline. The leader of the cooking squad who had violated discipline had been tied to a tree, surrounded by civilians.

A Red Army cadre, probably an instructor of the 4th Battalion, was loudly preaching Red Army discipline and justifying the shooting of this Red Army soldier.

That vendor just wanted money for vegetables, but who ever thought he was asking for his life? When he heard that he was going to be shot, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging the Red Army to let the big brother go.

It is a pity that the Red Army cadres were unmoved, and the soldiers who were executed were already in place, waiting for an order to enforce discipline.

After the Red Army cadres finished speaking, they raised their hands and were about to give an order to carry out the order, when they saw the crowd parting on both sides, and when they saw it, it turned out that it was the corps commander and the political commissar who had come, and they hurriedly rushed forward to report.

Liu Yimin didn't look at the cadre, and went directly up to untie the rope on the cooking squad leader, and asked him where he was from and when he became a Red Army.

It turned out that the leader of this cooking squad was named Zhang Dayou, a native of Xingguo, Jiangxi, and joined the Red Army after the Autumn Harvest Uprising troops went to Jinggangshan. Because he is illiterate, he has always been the leader of the cooking squad, but he often participates in battles and has good marksmanship. When he went to buy vegetables this morning, he took a fancy to the vegetable seller's Luo Bu, and he waited left and right and saw no one coming, fearing that if the troops had a task, he put the money in the vegetable basket and took the vegetables back to the army.

Seeing that the corps commander personally came to untie the rope for him, Zhang Dayou cried and said: "I have violated the discipline of the Red Army and embarrassed the Red Army, corps commander, you can shoot me, I will still be a Red Army in the next life, and I promise not to make mistakes." ”

Liu Yimin turned around and asked the vegetable vendor if what Zhang Dayou said was the truth.

The vegetable seller replied that he had a bad stomach, he had been going to the toilet for a long time, and when he came back, he had disappeared from the vegetables, and he heard that the Red Army had bought it, so he hurried to look for it, but he didn't expect the Red Army to shoot the cooking squad leader, and he knew that he would not come to look for it.

Liu Yimin asked the amount of money for the vegetables, and asked Tang Xingying to pay the vegetable seller at double the price. Then he said loudly to the crowd of onlookers: "Fellow villagers, our Red Army is a contingent of workers and peasants, and we are here to fight the world for the people. This old soldier made a mistake just now, and we must punish him according to discipline. However, he is not guilty of death, and if he is shot for this trivial matter, everyone will definitely feel guilty when they think about it in the future. Let's leave him a chance to correct his mistakes and let him go to the front line of the North China War of Resistance to kill the devils, okay? ”

The onlookers shouted, "Good! ”

Liu Yimin shouted loudly again: "I am the commander of the Red Army, I thank the villagers in Hanzhong for their magnanimity, I salute the villagers for this soldier!" After speaking, he saluted the crowd of onlookers in a dignified manner.

When a group of ordinary people heard that it was the commander of the Red Army who saluted them, they did not know what tricks the commander of the Red Army had when he came down. ”

After Liu Yimin let the villagers disperse, he directly took the second regiment and the first battalion to the headquarters of the Reading Division.

Feng Dafei saw that the corps commander, political commissar, and Director Cai came to the division headquarters with the second regiment and the first battalion, and he didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly came out to greet him.

Liu Yimin had a black face and ordered Feng Dafei to gather the cadres above the company level in the various units in Hanzhong, and he had something to say.

After the cadres gathered, Liu Yimin said: "The Reading Division is a newly formed unit, and the backbone comes from the 11th Division, 12th Division, Engineer Regiment, and Baggage Regiment of the 1st Army, 3rd Army Corps, 5th Army Corps, 9th Army Corps and our 7th Army Corps. It should be said that the proportion of the old Red Army in the Reading Division is very high, and I have high expectations for the Reading Division, hoping that the Reading Division can run in with the troops as soon as possible, pull it to the battlefield, and become the main division of the Red Army of the first class. ”

Seeing that the cadres were a little proud on their faces, Liu Yimin changed his words and said: "However, an incident that happened today made me feel that there is a big gap between the reading division and the three main divisions. This gap is not only a matter of military quality, but more importantly, ideological concepts cannot keep up. I'm saddened! Leaders of the 2nd Regiment and 4th Battalion, you came out to tell you. ”

The battalion commander and instructor of the fourth battalion all stood up, and the instructor explained the situation.

After they finished speaking, Liu Yimin asked: "Let me ask you two, what is the basis for you to shoot Zhang Dayou?" ”

The instructor of the fourth battalion replied: "Report to the corps commander that Zhang Dayou has violated the three major disciplines and six points of attention, and should be shot."

Liu Yimin said: "Let me correct you, we are now paying attention to the three major disciplines and eight points, which is two more than the six points of attention. Okay, even if there are three major disciplines and six points of attention, let me ask you, which one of the rules is not stipulated, and to what extent should the violation be shot? ”

The instructors and battalion commanders of the fourth battalion, you look at me, I look at you, and no one can answer.

Liu Yimin looked at the fourth battalion commander and instructor: "Let me tell you, the three major disciplines and eight points of attention only stipulate the discipline to be observed, but the punishment level is not listed. In my opinion, Red Army soldiers were shot only in four situations: the first was a mutiny, the second was the killing of civilians, the third was disobedience on the battlefield and feared the enemy, and the fourth was due to personal mistakes, causing heavy losses to the Party, the Red Army and the common people. In addition, if other mistakes are made, they can be sentenced and convicted, and the punishment can be whatever it should be, and no one can increase the punishment. ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin paused for a moment, and when he saw that the cadres were thinking, he continued: "When I was in the Soviet area, there were Soviet courts, and major cases were tried by Soviet courts. Now that we are in the process of transferring, the situation is special, and it is okay for cadres to be strict in enforcing discipline, but they must not go out of line. I have said many times that the most valuable asset of our Red Army is not territory, not money, not weapons and ammunition, but the lives of our Red Army soldiers. If you shoot a soldier because of a trivial matter, and you can't wait to go to the front line, the soldiers will be shot by you, what will I do to fight this devil? ”

Liu Yimin's tone eased and said: "Of course, it is right for the fourth battalion commander and instructor to strictly enforce the discipline of the Red Army, and no one can undermine our iron discipline, and those who violate discipline will be punished, including me. However, the implementation of discipline must grasp the scale, and you can't shoot it at every turn, people's brains are not leeks, and they can't grow if they are cut! I would like to reiterate here that our army should establish military courts, and cadres and soldiers who violate discipline will be punished by the troops. Before the establishment of the military tribunal, all units of our Seventh Army Corps, except for rebellion and battlefield disobedience, which require on-the-spot execution of battlefield discipline, will be subject to our approval before they can be executed. Did you hear me clearly? ”

The cadres shouted in unison: "It's clear! ”

Liu Yimin waved his hand, ordered the disbandment, and then entered Feng Dafei's division headquarters with Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong.

After inquiring about the training of the readers, Liu Yimin said to Feng Dafei: "Today's incident is a small matter, but in fact it is a major matter involving the concept of governing the army. You have to write out the check to the regimental party committee. ”

Feng Dafei's face turned red, and he said repeatedly, "I will definitely review it carefully." ”

Liu Yimin looked at Feng Dafei and said: "Hanzhong is a good place, it is not only the granary of Shaanxi, but also a good base for replenishing soldiers. I will hand over Hanzhong to you, and there are three tasks, one is to develop production and ensure that the troops eat. The second is to train soldiers and ensure the replenishment of troops. A county should develop a garrison regiment, and a township should develop a militia battalion, that is, like the Red Guards in the Soviet area, they will not take off their jobs, but they will find time for training, and they will be qualified soldiers when they are added to the troops, and they will strive to draw out two or three more reading divisions in Hanzhong. The third is to defend Hanzhong, strictly guard against the enemy's sneak attack, and be ready to support Guangyuan, Tongguan and march into Gansu at any time. In order to accomplish these three tasks, it is necessary to get the local political axe up as soon as possible to ensure social stability. As for the cadres who are lacking, when we arrive in Xi'an, we will hold a party committee to study and deploy them in a unified manner. The main force of the Reading Force Division should take the army as its goal, strengthen training, and be ready to fight tough and vicious battles at any time. If you and the reader can't do it, speak in advance, and I'll transfer Gao Yuan, Liu Jianjian, and Li Qing to them. ”

The last words made Feng Dafei's face flush with excitement, and he immediately stood up and saluted: "Please rest assured, Commander, I promise to complete the task." ”

Liu Yimin nodded: "When we arrive in Xi'an, there will be specific execution orders, you explore first." ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin turned to Luo Ronghuan and said: "Political commissar, after entering Xi'an, the central government will definitely set up a political axe and develop production, we don't have to worry about this." However, you should take the lead in handling the matter of military tribunals, and you must come up with a military legal clause for our army, so that many tragedies can be avoided and individual leaders can be prevented from arbitrarily creating unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. There is a cadre in the political department named Yang Dalin, who has studied the law quite well, so you ask him to cooperate. ”

Luo Ronghuan now feels that this corps commander is full of confusion, thinking about problems with foresight, and always thinking more than others. Now even military laws have to be worked out, if there had been such a law earlier, how many comrades-in-arms who died unjustly would not have died! Busy nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely get it out." But you can't let go, after the first draft comes out, you have to check it. ”

Liu Yimin said with a smile: "The political commissar also said the same, it was a sincere desire to exhaust me." Okay, let's go to Xi'an. It was too late to go, and Gao Yuan and Huang Su entered Xi'an City. ”

After leaving Hanzhong City, the troops directly under the Red Seventh Army advanced along Mianxian and Liuba, preparing to cross the Qinling Mountains and advance into Xi'an.

When the troops marched to the foot of Dingjun Mountain in the south of Mianxian County, Liu Yimin remembered that the cemetery of Zhuge Wuhou, which he admired very much, was here, so he ordered the troops to continue to advance, and he took Li Chengyi to pay homage.

When I arrived at the tomb of Wuhou, it was a bit desolate, but the building was still very complete, and the cemetery was surrounded by bamboo and different trees, and the ancient trees were forested. Looking at the topography again, it is indeed like the introduction in the books of later generations, the former Liangshan, the back Bifeng Mountain, the left soil ridge, and the right Wushan Gang are really a piece of feng shui treasure land made in heaven.

In front of the statue of Wuhou, he stood silently for a while, and then went to the mausoleum to take a look. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong also come in, followed by Tang Xingying, Ni Hua, Zhao Xiaoman and the reporter named Jingjing.

Luo Ronghuan saw Liu Yimin's surprised face, so he said: "Passing by the tomb of Wuhou, I can't help but come to pay respects." I didn't expect the regiment commander to leave us alone and run here, usually shouting comrades, and running alone when something good happens, or else! ”

Cai Zhong also smiled and said: "Although my cultural level is limited, I still know that Wuhou is not indifferent and has no clear ambition, and he is not quiet and far-reaching, so it will not make the army commander so disdainful!" ”

Liu Yimin heard that the tone of the two people was full of banter, so he said: "I didn't know that you were also interested in Wuhou, if I knew it, I would have called you to come together." Okay, I've seen it, you can keep watching, but hurry. ”

Sitting on the steps of the main hall of the tomb of Wuhou, Liu Yimin thought that this Hanzhong is surrounded by mountains and basins in the middle, and the products and customs are the same as those in northern Sichuan. If it is well managed, it will definitely be a good place to raise troops, train soldiers, and develop people's livelihood and military industry. I don't know if we can hold Mianyang and Guangyuan, if we can hold it, we must build the future military industrial base here, at least build a set of ammunition production lines to ensure the supply of bullets and shells. If possible, try to build an arsenal of American or Soviet-style weapons to ensure the supply of equipment for the Red Army. If this can be realized, with the fighting will of the Red Army soldiers and the relatively advanced weapons, the process of the war of resistance against Japanese aggression can be greatly accelerated. It seems that the pace of development must be accelerated. When I arrived in Xi'an, I could put off everything, but I had to write a proposal to the central government for building a base area in Shaanxi.

If we can occupy Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and even Xinjiang Province, which is adjacent to the Soviet Union, it should not be difficult to obtain a Soviet-style weapons production line. However, in that case, it is estimated that the Soviet Union's control over [***] will increase, perhaps Wang Ming and his ilk will return to power, the intra-party struggle will become more and more intense, and Stalin is likely to have an appetite and increase the erosion of Chinese territory. If you don't do it well, you will become a national sinner.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that the bottom line of westward expansion must be placed on the blockade and blockade between the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union, and it absolutely cannot be completely connected with the Soviet Union for the time being.

The best way is to establish relations with the United States and seek the support of the United States and the Soviet Union at the same time. However, Stalin's bread was not tasty, and the bread of the United States was not tasty. It's hard!

If you can't, just read and develop on your own. As long as there are some talents, with their own level, a few points and discussions, the mine is there, the equipment is there, what are the others afraid of?

As for the problem of money, open a gold mine, anyway, there is a big gold mine in Tongguan, before crossing, I have also been to several big gold mines in Tongguan Lingbao, and even the trend of the mine line is clear. With the gold, plus the seizure all the way from the channel to Chengdu, you can set up a bank and issue currency. When the time comes, let the RMB appear on the stage in advance, and it is very strong, and nothing can be bought!

Lao Tzu had money, talent, and an arsenal, so he specialized in making weapons to restrain the army. Xiao Yue is waiting, there is a time for you to cry.

The more I thought about it, the more beautiful it became, and the saliva on my mouth flowed out.

When Luo Ronghuan and Cai Zhong led a few female soldiers out, they saw Liu Yimin sitting on the steps and pondering, Li Chengyi and the soldiers were on guard around, knowing that the regiment commander must be thinking about something. I didn't bother him, and stood quietly by and waited.

It wasn't until the saliva at the corner of Liu Yimin's mouth went down that several people couldn't help laughing, and now, Liu Yimin woke up from Yiyin.

When he turned his head, several people were looking at him and laughing, only to know that he was embarrassed this time, so he hurriedly wiped his mouth.

Tang Xingying walked up, wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, and whispered, "It's ugly!" ”

Liu Yimin laughed and said self-deprecatingly: "I dreamed of Wuhou, he told me that the real hero is informal, informal!" ”

Cai Zhong said with a smile: "I'm afraid that Wuhou will also tell you that heroes are salivating, the more they flow, the more heroes they are, and the ones who flow the most are the big heroes!" ”

A few people laughed and walked down the mountain.

(To be continued)