Xihui is located near Tanshang Village, 12 miles north of Hebian Village, Wutai County, because it belongs to the jurisdiction of nearby Jian'an, outsiders think that Yan Xishan's Xihui Villa is located in Jian'an.

It is close to the Purple Mountain in the south, the Hutuo River in the north, Tan Village in the east, and Yaochi Village in the west, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with ups and downs, covering an area of about 200 acres. From a distance, it looks like a big dustpan; Approaching, the spring water at the foot of the mountain is flowing out, the flowers are fragrant and the fish are jumping, and the environment is very beautiful.

After Yan Xishan bought Xihui, he adopted the method of adapting measures to local conditions, building according to the high and low, and asked his engineer Sun Yan Shusong to draw up an overall plan, and be responsible for the design and installation of water, heating and electricity; Li Qichang, director of Shanxi Engineering, was in charge of civil engineering, which was reviewed by Yan Xizuo, the chief housekeeper of Yan Mansion, and finally approved by Yan Xishan for construction.

The villa has a total of six buildings and a grove of trees as planned. These buildings are called the ancient building, the Xiuqing building, the purple building, and the forest is called the age tree. At this time, small Hangzhou was under construction, and buildings such as basements and night pearls had not yet been built.

The ancient building is surrounded by water on all sides, and there are pine shots around it. The rockery fountain in front of the building, strange flowers and plants, cool and quiet. The building is surrounded by intricately carved white marble balustrades. Climb the majestic and magnificent building along more than 30 steps, look down on the railing, and enjoy the beautiful scenery, which really feels like a fluttering fairy. Every time Yan Xishan goes to Xihui, he will go to this building to climb high and overlook.

Xiuqing Building flying eaves and corners, railings are numerous, 10 buildings, 24 columns, 32 ridges, is Yan Xishan specially built for his parents to build a place for summer pastime. Standing in front of the stage and looking into the distance, the heavy rocks are stacked, rising from the ground, the mountain waterfall, the flying beads splash the jade, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

The Purple Tower is a Chinese-style octagonal three-storey building located on the east side of the villa. Because of the view of the building, it can be seen that the purple gas comes from the east, and the golden light is named. Outside the building, the green porcelain cylinder tile, the eaves roll the waves, the carved beams and the painting building, the momentum is extraordinary.

Around several buildings, there are cloisters connected by corridors, surrounded by various buildings. In general, Xihui Villa not only covers a wide area, is large in scale, but also has a variety of shapes and styles. The thatched hut and the hall are contrasted, the western-style building and the palace are set off, there is not only the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, but also the northern style, the taste is very different, which is unique in the local area.

Feng Yuxiang was doing a five-bird show on the grass in front of the Zijin Building at this time.

Wufowl Opera is a traditional Chinese fitness method that consists of five movements that mimic animals. It is also known as "Five Birds", "Five Birds Qigong", "Hundred Steps of Sweat Play" and so on. It is said to have been created by Hua Tuo, a physician in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is one of the fitness methods widely spread in Chinese folk and has been circulated for the longest time, and its fitness effect has been praised by generations of health practitioners, and it is rumored that Wu Pu, the apprentice of Hua Tuo, has reached the age of 100 because he has practiced this method for many years. Feng Yuxiang has been practicing this method for more than ten years, but there are too many things to worry about recently, and he has not been active for several months.

Feng Yuxiang's huge body imitates the posture of tigers, deer, bears, apes, and birds, which is a little ridiculous, but Feng Yuxiang does it with relish and meticulousness, and looks very good.

In order to be afraid that Feng Yuxiang would make trouble again, Zhao Chengxia had already informed Feng Yuxiang last night according to Song Zhewu's instructions that they would visit early this morning.

For Song Zhewu and Zhao Pilian to visit together at this time, Feng Yuxiang can imagine with his toes that this is Yan Xishan preparing to officially oppose Chiang, his house arrest life is coming to an end, and he can command his hundreds of thousands of troops to crisscross North China, and it is time for him and Chiang Kai-shek to fight to the death.

It's just that Feng Yuxiang didn't want to happily agree to Yan Xishan to send troops against Jiang, although his bitter plan achieved his goal, but he was also deceived by Yan Xishan very badly, and the Northwest Army paid a huge price for it. In October last year, the Northwest Army was deceived by Yan Laoxi into going out of Tongguan to oppose Chiang, but he did not expect this Yan Laoxi to turn his face and refuse to admit it, saying that he would send troops together, but instead he sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, and even called on the Northwest Army to settle the dispute peacefully with Nanjing, as if he Yan Laoxi was an outsider at all, and the Northwest Army's opposition to Chiang had nothing to do with him, the initiator of the anti-Chiang war. If he hadn't sent Lu Linglin back to Shaanxi in time, and Ji Hongchang and others led his troops from Ningxia and Gansu to support, the Northwest Army might have been driven to Ning and Qing by Tang Shengzhi.

For all kinds of "bad deeds" of this Yan Laoxi, Feng Yuxiang not only will not forget it, on the contrary, he will remember it very clearly, but his Northwest Army is now pressing forward step by step with the Central Army outside, and there are discordant generals inside, and there is a lack of food and ammunition, and his strength is not as good as when he was the first Wuyuan oath, and at this time he has no way to take this damn Yan Laoxi. The most important thing now is to urge this Yan Laoxi to raise the banner of anti-Jiang as soon as possible, so that he will no longer have the possibility of turning around gorgeously. Based on Feng Yuxiang's grasp of the situation, it is definitely a good time to oppose Chiang Kai-shek, as long as the war is together, Chiang Kai-shek will be defeated, his Northwest Army will be developed and strengthened again, and Feng Yuxiang will soon become strong again.

Regarding Yan Laoxi's house arrest, Feng Yuxiang was only angry on the surface, but secretly proud in his heart. Feng Yuxiang felt a little guilty about Li Shucheng, who felt very sorry for him because he invited him to Shanxi, and was under house arrest by Yan Xishan, but he didn't expect that the honest Li Shucheng felt deeply sorry for him and would voluntarily accompany him under house arrest.

After Feng Yuxiang, who was in a good mood, finished the last action of the bird play, he took the towel handed over by the guard to wipe the fine sweat on his forehead, and Shi Shiran came to the living room to drink tea. Mrs. Li Dequan came to call him to eat, and Feng Yuxiang told her not to eat today. Li Dequan knew that Song Zhewu and Zhao Pilian were coming, and he also knew that their house arrest was coming to an end, and his husband would soon be able to return to the Northwest Army that he had been thinking about all night, and her husband must be very excited now. Therefore, he just instructed the guards to fill up tea for Feng Yuxiang in time, told Feng Yuxiang to put on his clothes so as not to catch a cold, and went back to take care of a few children.

Feng Yuxiang got dressed, sat down again and drank tea leisurely. Feng Yuxiang, who was breathless, looked at the watch on his wrist, and when he saw that there was still time, he called the chief guard to bring him a book. After a while, the chief guard took a copy of "The Art of War". Feng Yuxiang couldn't help but sink his face.

Feng Yuxiang knew that he had little knowledge, so he was very hard at reading, and even specially invited Wang Hu, a former Qing Jinshi who was the governor of Jiangsu Province and the governor of Shandong Province, to explain to him the "Analects" and other ancient books, and paid more attention to military theory, not only familiarizing himself with "The Art of War", "The New Book of Discipline and Effectiveness", "The Actual Record of Military Training", "Quotations of Zeng Hu Zhibing", etc., but also Clausewitz's "On War" and other Western military books that he often studied. It's just that Feng Yuxiang has a habit of reading these military books and the books he admires must be calm and quiet, and he prefers to flip through the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" when he is irritable and has something on his mind, since he arrived in Taiyuan, Feng Yuxiang's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" has often been held in his hand, and he has never read any other books, and even the calligraphy that he used to practice every day was put aside by him.

The chief guard naturally knew Feng Yuxiang's habits, and whispered carefully: "Commander-in-chief, Yan Laoxi doesn't come here often, his second son often lives here when you don't come, there is no "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" here, only "Dream of Red Mansions" and Jin ...... and other miscellaneous books, we brought the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" ......"

Feng Yuxiang suddenly remembered that the copy of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" he brought had been written by him with rice soup and handed it to Lu Linglin to take back to Shaanxi. Only then did his face soften, and he waved his hand to signal the chief of the guard to step back, and looked through "The Art of War" boredly.

When Song Zhewu and Zhao Pilian came in under the guidance of Li Shucheng, who was waiting at the door, Feng Yuxiang did not get up, but arrogantly put down the book in his hand, and nodded at Song Zhewu and Zhao Pilian as if they had said hello, and their expressions were very arrogant.

Li Shucheng also knew the purpose of Song Zhewu and Zhao Pilian's coming to Xihui, and he was very happy for Feng Yuxiang, although Yan Xishan broke his promise, he accompanied Feng Yuxiang to voluntarily put under house arrest for a few months, which can be regarded as worthy of Feng Yuxiang. Seeing Feng Yuxiang's arrogant attitude, Li Shucheng was afraid that Song Zhewu would be unhappy, so he hurriedly covered it up and said: "Huanzhang, Zhiqing doesn't need to be introduced, this is General Song Wenge who recovered Outer Mongolia, Huanzhang must not recognize it." ”

Feng Yuxiang owed a little bit of a debt to his body, and said with a flat expression: "Oh, please sit down." ”

Knowing that Feng Yuxiang was angry in his heart, Zhao Pilian opened his mouth and wanted to explain a few words for Yan Xishan, but Song Zhewu had already sat down arrogantly, and it was not good for him to stand, so he had to sit down.

Seeing that there was some coldness, Li Shucheng asked Zhao Pilian with a smile: "Zhiqing, Baichuan finally figured it out?" ”

Zhao Pilian replied with some embarrassment: "Baigong was deceived by Chiang Kai-shek, and he has wronged General Huanzhang these days......"

Without waiting for Zhao Pilian to finish speaking, Feng Yuxiang, who had been staring at Song Zhewu, suddenly interrupted Zhao Pilian's words and asked Song Zhewu: "General Song, Feng admires the recovery of Outer Mongolia very much!" However, I have seen the Soviet army, their combat effectiveness is not weak, is it true that the Fourth Route Army annihilated tens of thousands of Soviet troops in Manchuria? ”

Feng Yuxiang has a very good set of military training, although he is not the best choice in military affairs, but he is also a first-class figure, and the combat effectiveness of the Northwest Army brought up by him is indeed very strong, and he has always thought that his Northwest Army's combat effectiveness is the strongest in China, so naturally he does not believe in the results of the battle in Manchuria.

Song Zhewu didn't want to hide anything, and said calmly: "Yes, Mr. Feng is right, the combat effectiveness of the Soviet army is indeed very strong. I surrounded and annihilated 40,000 in Manchuria with 100,000, and I also caught the Soviet army by surprise, which was a bit tricky. As for the results of the battle, when I surrendered my prisoners at the meeting held by Hanqing in Harbin, Chinese and foreign reporters saw it. ”

Song Zhewu was a little dissatisfied with Feng Yuxiang's arrogance, and his answer was not very polite, especially when he did not call General Feng, but called Mr. Feng. This is an allusion to Feng Yuxiang having been dismissed from all posts by Chiang Kai-shek, and now he is a commoner.

(To be continued)