That night, Yan Xishan was very angry that Chiang Kai-shek wanted his life again, and despite his fatigue, he returned to the Overseer's Mansion for a short rest, and immediately summoned the representatives of the anti-Chiang forces gathered in Taiyuan to discuss the matter overnight. The meeting took place in the hall of the Hall of Introspection.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Yan Xishan's meeting layout this time was modeled after the pattern of a military meeting, the redundant furnishings in the hall were removed, and in the center of the hall was a long table, covered with dark green tables, the delicate texture made Song Zhewu recognize at a glance that this was the product of his woolen mill. Around the long table is a circle of chairs, and on either side of the hall are a cluster of high-backed wooden chairs.

There is only one leather chair at one end of the long table, which is naturally the position of Yan Xishan, the first position on both sides is Chen Gongbo and Song Zhewu's, below Chen Gongbo is Feng Yuxiang, and the lower row is the position of Gu Mengyu, Xie Zhi and other reorganization factions and Xishan Conference factions, Zou Lu has already gone to the northeast with Ge Guangting, but Xie Zhi and Zou Lu have differences on the ways and means of opposing Chiang, and they have not left. Behind them are representatives of small forces in various places. However, as Li Zongren's representative, Pan Yizhi was ranked in front, next to Song Zhewu, and Feng Yuxiang made a face.

As for the personnel of the Jin Sui department, except for Jia Jingde, the secretary general, who sat behind Yan Xishan's side, the other civil and military officials all sat on the chairs against the wall on both sides.

Everyone came to their respective seats under the guidance of Yan Xishan's guards, and Song Zhewu noticed that Feng Yuxiang saw Yan Xishan's seat, pouted slightly, and sat down first without waiting for Yan Xishan to sit down. Regarding Feng Yuxiang's rudeness, Yan Xishan only pretended not to see it, and asked everyone to sit down with a smile on his face.

Yan Xishan first made a warm welcome speech welcoming Feng Yuxiang back to Taiyuan to discuss the plan with everyone, in which Yan Xishan praised Feng Yuxiang and his Northwest Army, which was so full of praise that Song Zhewu felt a little numb.

However, to Song Zhewu's surprise, although Yan Xishan convened this meeting to form an anti-Chiang coalition army, he never mentioned the word anti-Chiang throughout his speech, and even kept silent about his "protection" of Feng Yuxiang in Xihui, and did not even say a word of apology, as if that incident had never happened at all, and he was like two people when he was in Xihui.

Song Zhewu, who was a little surprised, looked at Feng Yuxiang who had long known that Yan Xishan would be like this, and Song Zhewu couldn't help but admire the two of them from the bottom of his heart.

Song Zhewu believes that Yan Xishan's mentality should be: "Since you, Feng Yuxiang, obediently returned to Taiyuan with me from Xihui and sat in this house, even if you Feng Yuxiang got on this boat, it would be easy to get up and down against Chiang, and Chiang Kai-shek would never let you go." Those things that can only be done in Xihui can only be done there, in front of these people, I, Yan Baichuan, must not lose points, that is detrimental to the image, I Yan Baichuan does not only want the position of commander-in-chief. As for the anti-Jiang Na, if you want others to bring it up, you can't sit in the position where you should sit, and Meng Yan Baichuan won't play with you. ”

And Feng Yuxiang's mentality should be: "I Lao Feng already knew about those fancy intestines in your belly Yan Baichuan, let you turn your hands into clouds and cover your hands into rain, as long as you provoke the banner of anti-Chiang, at that time, no matter how capricious you think about it, Lao Jiang will not believe you, you can only carry out the anti-Chiang matter to the end, and when Chiang Kai-shek is driven away, let's settle the new accounts and old accounts together." ”

Next, Yan Xishan did not let Feng Yuxiang, the protagonist who was invited back by him after being humiliated, speak, but directly asked Chen Gongbo to speak.

Chen Gongbo, who was slightly surprised, stood up and thought for a while, and then began to talk eloquently.

Chen Gongbo's speech was very direct, clearly expressing that Feng Yuxiang was welcome to join the anti-Chiang ranks, and that because of the addition of the Northwest Army, which was capable of fighting well, the anti-Chiang matter would be as easy as digging for something. However, Chen Gongbo quickly changed the topic and began to convey Wang Jingwei's meaning to the attendees.

"Before forming an anti-Chiang coalition to launch a military operation, Mr. Wang's opinion is that a new national political axe should first be formed and the political initiative should be ......."

Chen Gongbo's words can be understood by everyone, that is, if you want Wang Jingwei to return to China and politically support Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang and many local powerful factions who overwhelmed Chiang Kai-shek, you must first establish Wang Jingwei's status.

Chen Gongbo's next speech was even more explicit, "Mr. Wang repeatedly called, although he was recuperating in France, but he was extremely worried about the domestic political situation, and he really couldn't bear to see the great foundation created by the blood and sacrifice of the former prime minister and the pioneer comrades of the League was destroyed in the hands of someone Jiang, in order to complete the will of the former prime minister and realize the prosperity of the great harmony in China, once everyone here decided to oppose Chiang, he was willing to return to China with his sick body to preside over the overall situation." ”

Chen Gongbo looked at Yan Xishan's expression, and then said: "Mr. Wang said that he does not understand military affairs, and he completely entrusts you with military affairs, and will never interfere, he is only willing to be responsible for party affairs and government ......affairs."

After Chen Gongbo finished speaking, Yan Xishan enthusiastically invited Feng Yuxiang to speak. Feng Yuxiang was not polite, and after standing up, he first said that he was very happy to see so many anti-Chiang comrades gathered here, which shows that Chiang Kai-shek has gone against the grain and has lost the hearts of the people, and now is a great time to oppose Chiang, we have missed several opportunities, and we must not make mistakes again and again. ’

Feng Yuxiang's words were clearly accusing Yan Xishan, but Yan Xishan didn't care, just smiled and listened carefully to Feng Yuxiang's words.

Feng Yuxiang pointed out very unceremoniously that the most important issue at present is to form an anti-Chiang coalition army and to determine the leader of the anti-Chiang coalition army, and that Chiang Kai-shek can only succeed by relying on strong force to drive out Chiang Kai-shek, and that Chiang Kai-shek will never go into the field on his own without the backing of strong force. Therefore, he believed that the matter of forming a new political axe could be put aside for a while, and that after the formation of the anti-Chiang coalition army, the direction of the subsequent military action should be roughly determined, so that everyone could step up military preparations. At the same time, Feng Yuxiang said that he had elected Yan Xishan as commander-in-chief of the anti-Chiang coalition forces, and that he and his Northwest Army had pledged to obey Yan Xishan's command.

Regarding Chen Gongbo's proposal to form a new political axe first, not only Feng Yuxiang, but everyone was not very enthusiastic, but they generally agreed with Feng Yuxiang's proposal.

Of course, no one expressed any objection to Feng Yuxiang's nomination of Yan Xishan as commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. Don't say that Yan Xishan has territory and financial resources, even if Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army joins the Jin Sui Army and serves Yan Xishan as the main body, no one will want to get involved in this position, even Feng Yuxiang will not be confused to this point.

However, on the issue of making the direction of military action suggested by Feng Yuxiang, various local forces had their own small abacus, and for the sake of the interests of their own factions, they did not give in to each other, and they quickly quarreled into a pot of porridge.

Seeing that everyone was not enthusiastic about the formation of the New Deal Axe, Chen Gongbo was very dissatisfied, and secretly scolded these Qiu Eight soldiers for only knowing how to fight, kill, and kill, and completely ignorant of the huge role of political means. However, dissatisfaction is dissatisfaction, Chen Gongbo has no way at all, and they have no soldiers in their hands for the reorganization faction, and now they can only rely on these people, which is also the reason why Wang Jingwei has no choice but to say that he will not interfere in military operations.

As soon as he thought that Wang Jingwei did not have an army, Chen Gongbo suddenly remembered Song Zhewu, and he was full of reverie for Song Zhewu, a young man who had recently risen. But Song Zhewu turned a blind eye to his eyes asking for help, and Song Zhewu, who was wearing a grass-green military uniform, was like a green leaf, silently accompanying Yan Xishan, the red flower, which made Chen Gongbo both annoyed and helpless.

In fact, Song Zhewu understood what Chen Gongbo meant, but he couldn't express his support for the formation of a new political axe. He had already had a tacit understanding with Chiang Kai-shek on this matter, and Chiang Kai-shek would never use this matter to trouble him in the future. However, if Song Zhewu was in favor of supporting the formation of a new political axe, it would be completely different, and it would not be just a simple military rebellion, but a political issue, which Chiang Kai-shek feared the most.

Song Zhewu believed that Chiang Kai-shek would definitely know that any excessive remarks would leave a shadow in Chiang Kai-shek's heart. What's more, he is now the deputy commander-in-chief of the Jin Sui Army, and Yan Xishan, the commander-in-chief, has not expressed his position, and he must not express his personal opinion.

Everyone quarreled for a long time, but there was no result, and gradually everyone found out that Yan Xishan, the great god, had not yet expressed his position, no matter what decision was made in the end, as long as Yan Xishan did not nod, everything was empty talk. In the end, everyone's eyes gradually focused on Yan Xishan, who was smiling and harmless.

Yan Xishan wants this result, he wants everyone to understand that without his Yan Xishan's consent, nothing can be decided, and he Yan Baichuan is the leader of the anti-Chiang Kai-shek, and it is the kind that naturally does not need to be elected, so that he will occupy a more advantageous position in the struggle for supreme power after Chiang Kai-shek was forced to go into the wilderness.

Under the attention of everyone, Yan Xishan slowly put away his smile, coughed lightly, and then said slowly: "Fang Cai, everyone's speeches and discussions have been heard, and there are basically three aspects: First, Mr. Wang's suggestion conveyed by Gongbo is to first form a new political axe. Yan Xishan bit the two words of suggestion very hard, the meaning is very clear, no matter how prestigious you Wang Jingwei is, your words are just suggestions here in Meng, only the words of Meng Yan Baichuan are resolutions.

"Second, Brother Huan Zhang's suggestion is to first form an anti-Chiang coalition army, elect a coalition leader, and determine the direction of military action; Third, there are some differences of opinion on the direction and tactics of military operations. ”

After scanning the audience, Yan Xishan summed up and said: "Meng thinks that everyone's opinions and suggestions on these three aspects are reasonable. ”

Feng Yuxiang glanced at Yan Xishan, and was full of slander in his heart for Yan Xishan's kind of muddy approach. As an excellent leader, especially a military leader, he must not only be resourceful and decisive, strategize, but also resolute and resolute, and even sometimes act arbitrarily.

(To be continued)