Yan Xishan was very excited when he learned that Song Zhewu was invited to Taiyuan, and he thought that as long as Song Zhewu dared to come to Taiyuan at this time, he could basically determine that Song Zhewu had no evil intentions against him Yan Xishan, after all, he was still under de facto house arrest Feng Yuxiang.

Song Zhewu's willingness to come shows that Song Zhewu wants to oppose Jiang with him Yan Xishan. Therefore, Yan Xishan attached great importance to welcoming Song Zhewu, and not only brought back his thirteenth Taibao Yang Aiyuan, Sun Chu, Liang Peihuang, Yang Chengyuan, Fu Zuoyi, Wang Jingguo, Zhao Chengshou, Li Shengda, Li Fuying, Chu Xichun, Lu Yinglin, Dong Yingbin, Chen Changjie, etc., but also invited hundreds of Shanxi celebrities and gentry.

In addition, all the young students of Shanxi Normal were brought to greet Song Zhewu to set off the atmosphere. As soon as these students heard that they were welcoming Song Zhewu, the hero who had recovered Outer Mongolia, they all enthusiastically participated, and without the orders of others, they themselves took the initiative to prepare the colorful flags, and they all wanted to see the demeanor of the anti-Soviet heroes.

Of course, Yan Xishan will not forget to bring in more than 50 representatives of various factions and warlords of all sizes who participated in the overthrow of Chiang in Taiyuan, and he hopes to make Song Zhewu feel great pressure, because he Yan Xishan is not alone in opposing Chiang, but more than half of the powerful factions in the country are supporting him, and he wants Song Zhewu to feel that he must adapt to the situation.

Among these people were Chen Gongbo, Gu Mengyu, Bai Yunti, and Wang Maogong, representatives of Wang Jingwei of the Kuomintang reorganization faction; There are also Zou Lu, Xie Zhi, Qin Zhen, Li Xijiu, etc. from the Xishan Conference faction of the Kuomintang; There are also Feng Yuxiang's representatives Li Xingzhong, Liu Zhizhou, Deng Zhexi, Chen Jiyan, etc. Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who hated Chiang Kai-shek to the core, were even more unwilling, and also sent representatives Pan Yizhi.

In addition, there is Liu Wenhui's representative Hu Weisan; Liu Xizhong, Han Fuyu's representative; Shi Yousan's representatives Bi Guangyuan and Nie Xiangxi; Deng Hongye, Fan Zhongxiu's representative; Sun Dianying's representatives Hu Jiesan and Gao Mengqin; He Jian's representative Huang Yiou; Chu Jingwei, Liu Zhenhua's representative; Wan Xuancai's representative Wan Dianzun and others; Ge Guangting, Zhang Xueliang's representative; Tang Shengzhi's representative Yuan Huaxuan; Liu Juemin, Ren Yingqi's representative; Liu Shaoting, the representative of Jing Yuexiu; Ma Hongkui's representative Kang Yushu; Yue Xiangru's representative Ma Jicai; Liu Xiang's representative Hongji and others, as well as representatives of Song Zheyuan, Chen Tiaoyuan, Jin Shuren, Liu Maoen, Liu Guitang, Liu Chunrong, and others.

Song Zhewu and his entourage arrived in Taiyuan on the afternoon of the third day of departure. As the distance got closer, Song Zhewu could see that there were a large number of senior officers of the Jin Sui Army, as well as many celebrities and gentry in suits, leather shoes, robes and horse coats, as well as thousands of young students and citizens, and he even saw a huge red banner exaggerated by Yan Xishan, which read, "Warmly welcome General Song Zhewu, the anti-Soviet hero who recovered Outer Mongolia, to Taiyuan."

The content of this banner made Song Zhewu smile bitterly in his heart, thanks to the fact that he already knew Yan Xishan's character, and sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek to report the matter before leaving Laiyuan, otherwise Chiang Kai-shek would definitely misunderstand him.

Yan Xishan played this hand just to let everyone know that Song Zhewu had come together with him Yan Xishan. Of course, Yan Xishan wanted Chiang Kai-shek to know about this matter the most, and he just wanted Chiang Kai-shek to be suspicious of Song Zhewu.

He thought that Chiang Kai-shek would also know that even an hour or two later Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking would have a detailed report on his arrival in Taiyuan on his desk. As long as Chiang Kai-shek was suspicious of Song Zhewu, then Chiang Kai-shek would make a move to win over or test Song Zhewu, so that Song Zhewu would be on guard against Chiang Kai-shek, and even if he stood on Chiang Kai-shek's side, he would have great concerns, after all, Chiang Kai-shek would not forget those who opposed him. In this way, Song Zhewu will also be branded as anti-Chiang in Chiang Kai-shek's mind.

In front of the crowd, a short and stout soldier wearing the blue uniform of the Jin Sui Army and holding the rank of general was very conspicuous, Song Zhewu knew that this must be Yan Xishan, and the rank of general was the only one in the Jin Sui Army.

Song Zhewu jumped off his horse from a distance, handed over his fur coat to Liang Bi, and strode towards Yan Xishan with his military uniform straightened.

Song Zhewu has a very strong impression of the time when he stayed in Germany in the memory of this world, especially in the military appearance, which is very rigorous, at this moment Song Zhewu is wearing a straight grass green woolen military uniform, and the gold stars on his shoulders are shining, and his already tall figure looks more majestic and heroic.

Zhao Pilian trotted in front of Song Zhewu and came to Yan Xishan, who came up to him, and introduced Song Zhewu and said, "Wen Ge, this is Chairman Yan. ”

Song Zhewu gave Yan Xishan a standard military salute with a "snap", and said loudly: "Song Zhewu, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army and deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern National Army, greets Chief Yan." ”

Song Zhewu's humble attitude of his subordinates meeting the commander made Yan Xishan very satisfied and happy, and Song Zhewu clearly emphasized that he was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, which was to show that he was Yan Xishan's subordinate in public, and you must know that he Yan Xishan was the commander-in-chief of the Northern National Army of the Republic of China.

Song Zhewu is a dignified general who has hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, has gathered and annihilated tens of thousands of Soviet troops, and has made great contributions to the recovery of Outer Mongolia, not only came to Taiyuan in person, but also treated him Yan Xishan very politely, which made Yan Xishan feel very face-saving, and also made Yan Xishan very confident in completely persuading Song Zhewu to follow him against Chiang.

Yan Xishan was full of spring breeze with joy, laughed "haha", stepped forward in a few steps, grabbed Song Zhewu's hand, shook it affectionately and said: "Brother Wenge has a heroic appearance, worthy of being a young man who resisted the Soviet Army in the east and conquered Outer Mongolia in the north, you, the big hero, have won great glory for our Jin Sui army, and Meng Ke is looking forward to Brother Wenge's longing for it!" ”

Song Zhewu saw a few suits standing in the front row with disapproving looks, knowing that these people felt a little ridiculous for Yan Xishan to say that Song Zhewu was Jin Suijun.

In fact, Yan Xishan's words are not false, he accepted Chiang Kai-shek's appointment and became the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, and theoretically all the northern troops were under his jurisdiction, not only Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army, but also Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army. It's just that Yan Xishan secretly changed his concept, he can attribute Song Zhewu's merits to the Northern Route Army or him, the commander-in-chief of the Northern Route Army, but he can't count it on the Jin Sui Army.

Song Zhewu's credit is naturally something that others can't snatch away and can't grab, Yan Xishan naturally won't be stupid enough to think anything wrong, his real purpose is to let those factions behind him understand that Song Zhewu is my Yan Xishan's person, without me Yan Xishan Song Zhewu will never stand with you, I, Yan someone, is the real boss of the anti-Jiang forces, and the anti-Jiang leader has no second candidate except for him Yan Xishan.

Song Zhewu naturally heard Yan Xishan's words, although he also had some contempt for Yan Xishan's thoughts, but he still said: "This time, Zhewu collected the Eastern Mongolian and Eastern Resistance Army in the north, thanks to Chief Yan who gave him a large amount of weapons, ammunition and other materials, this credit Zhewu did not dare to share alone." ”

"Brother Wenge, you are the big hero of our Jin Sui Army, don't call Meng like this in the future, let others think that we are born, Meng is a few years older than Brother Wenge, let's call Brother Meng Baichuan in the future."

Song Zhewu's cooperation made Yan Xishan very happy, he really wanted to call Song Zhewu a brother, so that at least outsiders would feel that they were one, at least very close.

Song Zhewu hurriedly shook his hand and said: "This is absolutely impossible, Yan Gong is the elder of the Alliance, he has made outstanding achievements in governing Shanxi for more than ten years, and even the former prime minister has praised it. ”

Although Song Zhewu no longer called Yan Xishan as Chief Yan, he did not dare to call Yan Xishan Brother Baichuan. First, because Yan Xishan's qualifications are really old, in terms of age Yan Xishan is nearly 50 this year, joined the League in October 1905, met with Sun Yat-sen and participated in the formulation of the League's strategic decision of "South Echo and North Ying", that is, the League must respond in Jin Province when "the southern provinces revolt." He was a graduate of the sixth phase of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, a member of the Qing Dynasty Army Infantry Imperial Examination, an associate military academy, and a member of the League, who organized and led the Taiyuan Xinhai Uprising. During the Republic of China, he successively served as the governor of Shanxi Province, the governor of the army, the governor of the province, and the commander-in-chief of the Northern National Revolutionary Army.

When Sun Yat-sen inspected Taiyuan in September 1912, he said: "The Wuchang Uprising last year was successful in less than half a year. …… If it weren't for the Shanxi uprising and the severance of north-south communications, the world would not be known." Yan Xishan will ascend to the throne of the governor and receive Sun Yat-sen's evaluation, and he is the only one in China.

Secondly, although Song Zhewu was very disdainful of Yan Xishan's performance during the War of Resistance against Japan, he, a later person, really had some psychological obstacles to Yan Xishan, a celebrity, calling him a brother and brother. Therefore, he borrowed the donkey from the slope and changed the chief of Yan to the prince of Yan. Although this title is also an honorific title, it is different from the title of superior and subordinate after all. He didn't want to be treated as Yan Xishan's subordinate by others, just to make Yan Xishan happy.

Song Zhewu's sentence "the veteran of the alliance" made Yan Xishan very excited, this veteran Yan Xishan is not qualified enough, and the recognized core veterans of the alliance are Song Jiaoren, Huang Xing, Wang Jingwei, Lin Sen, Cai Yuanpei, Yu Youren, Chen Qimei, Wang Chonghui, Ju Zheng, Zhang Ji, Hu Hanmin, Zhu Binglin, Sun Yuyun, Liu Kuiyi, Zhang Taiyan, Tao Chengzhang and others. As for Sun Yat-sen's praise of him, that is what Yan Xishan is most proud of in his life. Song Zhewu mentioned that this made Yan Xishan even more happy.

Yan Xishan said with a smile: "Meng is from Shanxi, so he naturally wants to seek peace for the people. Come, Wenge, Meng will introduce you to seniors and friends from all over the world......"

(To be continued)