[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 280: Yan Laoxi in Ma Zheng's Eyes (Ask for a monthly ticket!) ）

To say that in China now, although the Nationalist Government has nominally unified the whole country, the situation inside is not like this, and the warlords are fighting each other, which is even more chaotic than the Three Kingdoms in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In addition to Lao Chiang's own, the Jin Sui Army, the Sichuan Army, the Dian Army, the Guizhou Army, the Northeast Army, the Northwest Army, plus the people and horses of Yan'an, the whole of China is still a plate of scattered sand, which is one of the reasons why Japan dared to invade China in an all-out way as a country of projectiles.

In the eyes of Japan, they were not fighting a completely united country at all, but with a loose alliance, and victory was almost predictable.

Among so many warlords, it is said that Ma Zheng admires Yan Xishan, the founder of the Jin Sui Army. Although he is a famous political figure in the history of the Republic of China, Yan Xishan, like Lao Jiang, still has not jumped out of the limitations of the times. But compared to other warlords, Yan Laoxi is not comparable to others in terms of words and deeds or the level of governance.

As one of the earliest members of the "League" who studied in Japan for five years and a member of the "Iron and Blood Husbands" veteran, Yan Xishan is a very important figure in modern history who has had a very important influence on China. The reason why Ma Zheng admires Yan Xishan is not because he has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, but because of the development of Shanxi's economy and people's livelihood under his governance.

In the early days of the Republic of China, Yan Xishan was coerced by the powerful forces of the Beiyang warlords in Shanxi and wanted to seize it. At this time, Yan Xishan adopted the policy of "protecting the territory and securing the people, but the force is to see", vigorously developing the people's livelihood economy, making Shanxi the most prosperous province in the country.

In addition, the Republican period. Yan Laoxi formulated grand plans for Shanxi's national education, the building of political power at the grassroots level, and the development of industrial and agricultural production, and carried out large-scale implementation and promotion, unlike warlords in other places who only said but did not do anything. Especially in education. Even now it seems surprising.

Yan Xishan implemented national compulsory education very early, and he said in the "People's Notice, People's Wisdom" that the homework of the national school is self-cultivation, national literature, arithmetic, gymnastics, painting, handicrafts, etc., and he will graduate after four years of hard work, and learn the skills of abacus, letter writing, and bookkeeping. If you have a little money, you will go to a higher primary school; Those who are really poor can also fend for themselves. This is the first thing that is important in the quest for knowledge.

At the same time, Yan Xishan put forward the three major governance programs of "people's morality, people's wisdom, and people's wealth." For a long period of time, Yan Xishan made great efforts to build various projects in Shanxi. Considerable progress has been made in industry, agriculture, and farmland and water conservancy construction, and in particular, the military industry has made even more outstanding achievements in the production of military industry. With these relatively solid material foundations, it was possible to resist the armed attacks of the various factions of the Beiyang warlords and the success of the Northern Expedition.

Even Zhang Zuolin, who is known as the king of the Northeast, also had a grudge in Shanxi, when Zhang Zuolin sent 200,000 troops to attack Shanxi, which took 8 months, Shanxi was still impregnable, and Zhang Dashuai could only withdraw his troops and return.

As the 1930 "Time" wrote: "As the 'model overseer' of Shanxi Province. Yan actually stood in the middle of an independent kingdom - surrounded by warlords. Although there is still a food shortage in the southwest of Shanxi, Yan has brought prosperity to 11 million people. In China, they are the wealthiest, which makes him stand out. Yan's hobbies were not women, wine, opium, or even money, but good roads, textiles, defense troops, orderly police, good cattle, horses, farming implements, poultry, fertilizer—all things that would directly benefit his fellow villagers. ”

Although Time magazine glorified Yan Laoxi. Ignoring his exploitation of the people of Shanxi, but in the twenty years before the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Shanxi was indeed a rare place of tranquility in all of China, and tranquility was the most precious for the Chinese at this time.

However, although Ma Zheng admires Yan Xishan, it does not mean that he can tolerate Yan Laoxi's unreasonable trouble. If friction comes, then it will be counter-friction, but I don't know if Yan Laoxi's Jin Sui army can withstand that loss.

Now that I think about it, Yan Laoxi is also quite frightened of the Suicha Military Region, otherwise he would not have sent his confidant Yang Aiyuan to Suicha to investigate the reality of the Suicha Military Region at this time. However, this is not a chance for Ma Zheng's department and the entire Eighth Route Army, as long as this scene is performed well, Yan Xishan's idea of engaging in friction will be much weaker, and he will even directly give up his original plan, which is good for both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and it is also a blessing for the entire Chinese nation.

Two days later, Yang Aiyuan and his entourage, accompanied by Deputy Chief of General Staff Zuo, rushed to Guisui, and the principal leaders of the Suicha Military Region greeted them at Luojiaying, 30 miles outside Guisui City.

After the meeting, of course, there was a period of greetings, and the deputy chief of general staff Zuo first introduced Ma Zheng: "Comrade Ma Zheng, let me introduce to you, this is the confidant and favorite general of the Second Theater Commander of the Nationalist Government, Yan Xishan, and the commander-in-chief of the Sixth Group Army, Yang Aiyuan, the defense area of General Yang's headquarters is connected to the defense area of your department, and we will have to deal with more in the future, so I will talk more about it this time." ”

"General Yang's famous Ma Zheng has heard of it for a long time, and when I saw it today, it was really extraordinary, and I knew that it was better to be famous than to meet, and it was better to be famous than to meet!" Ma Zheng said with a smile.

Yang Aiyuan also said with a smile: "Where is it, General Ma is a young hero, and now he is a famous anti-Japanese general in the country, Xingru doesn't dare to compare with General Ma!" ”

After speaking, Yang Aiyuan pointed to several officers in light blue military uniforms behind him and continued: "Let me introduce General Ma, this is Zhang Yinwu, Zhou Yu, Chu Xichun, Yang Chengyuan, Wang Jingguo, ......."

Ma Zheng was amused when he heard it, and it sounded like these people were all officers from the Baoding department, and they were all characters in the "Thirteen Taibao" under Yan Xishan, such as Zhang Yinwu, Chu Xichun and others.

At the same time, Ma Zheng was secretly frightened in his heart, this time it was really not three or two kittens, but a senior general in the Jin Sui Army, and the backbone of the Jin Sui Army. It seems that Yan Laoxi has really sent these people here to learn and communicate, and it seems that they are not all used to find out.

As Ma Zheng expected later, the purpose of Yang Aiyuan and others coming to Guisui this time was to explore the reality of Ma Zheng's department, but more importantly, they wanted to see the combat effectiveness of Ma Zheng's department head-on.

In fact, Yan Laoxi's diary is very sad, and the king of Shanxi is now only a name. Although Yan Laoxi still controls most of Shanxi and half of Suiyuan, the real big cities have all fallen into the hands of the enemy, including his old nest Taiyuan. In the vast rural areas, it has become the territory of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army in the northwest, southeast, and north of Shanxi is very powerful, which makes Yan Laoxi very frightened.

Especially in the war against Japan, the elite of the Jin Sui army suffered heavy losses, and about 30% of the 200,000 Jin Sui army lost about 30% of the place where the war began.

The more important loss is the loss of territory, and Yan Laoxi, who has come from the warlord melee, understands the importance of territory better than anyone else. Having territory is equivalent to having money and potential soldiers, and with these two things he is equal to having soldiers. also has the capital to speak, so Yan Laoxi no longer thinks about retaking his Shanxi all the time.

However, fighting with the Japanese army made him lose face again and again, and he had no choice but to pay attention to the Eighth Route Army.

As a warlord, Yan Xishan values his own "capital" the most. Although he is not as short-sighted as other local warlords, Yan Xishan is still wary of the Communist Party in his bones, and he is afraid that one day his Shanxi will become the second northern Shaanxi.

From Ma Zheng's point of view, this is extremely absurd, ignorant, and short-sighted. But if you think about it from another perspective, you can't say that Yan Xishan is wrong, after all, from Yan Xishan's own point of view, the Eighth Route Army did seize a lot of territory from the Jin Sui Army, although these territories were taken back by the Eighth Route Army from the Japanese army.

It is difficult to snatch from the Japanese army, and it is even likely that the loss of troops will outweigh the losses. But it is okay to grab territory from the Eighth Route Army, after all, the current Shanxi is still the largest in Yan Laoxi, who made him the commander of the Second World War Zone.

But now suddenly there is a killing star, slaughtering Japanese devils, which is called ferocious, that is called cruel. At this moment, Yan Laoxi had scruples in his heart, the achievements of Ma Zheng's department were too brilliant, and the troops stationed in Mongolia had no power to fight back, and in the end, the commander of the corps, Lieutenant General Lian Nupan, was also killed by Ma Zheng and ended up miserable. Seeing Liannuma Pan's unpretentious appearance, Yan Laoxi felt a drum beating in his heart, so he wanted to touch the bottom of Ma Zheng's department. (To be continued.) )

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