After Tao Rong left, Song Zhewu thought for a while and asked his adjutant Liang Bi to find Li Rujuan, who wanted to send a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek in Hankou and Han Fuyu, who was in the car, to inform them of the situation at Wushengguan. If Han Fuyu had known about the situation at Wushengguan earlier, he would have made more preparations, which would have been more conducive to Han Fuyu's mastering of Wushengguan's troops as soon as possible.

The correspondence and telegrams with Chiang Kai-shek and Han Fuyu were all absolutely secret, and only Song Zhewu, Xiao Guodong, Wang Xu, Li Rujuan, and Liang Bi knew the inside information in the Fourth Route Army, and the codebook was kept in Li Rujuan's hands.

As soon as Song Zhewu and his entourage returned to Xiaogan from Hankou, they clearly told Xiao Guodong, Zhang Yafei, Gao Zongbao and other senior officers about his relationship with Li Rujuan. Everyone was very happy, especially Xiao Guodong and Zhang Yafei. The two of them have been trying their best to match the relationship between Song Zhewu and Li Rujuan, Xiao Guodong transferred Li Rujuan to Song Zhewu's side as a confidential secretary, just to let Li Rujuan always be by Song Zhewu's side and enter the relationship between the two. Zhang Yafei not only secretly informed Li Rujuan of Song Zhewu's reaction, but also secretly gave Li Rujuan a lot of ideas. As soon as Song Zhewu clarified the relationship between him and Li Rujuan, Zhang Yafei shouted that he had to ask Song Zhewu to treat him and invite them to a big meal. It wasn't until Song Zhewu promised to invite them to the best restaurant for a meal after arriving in Zhengzhou. However, after Zhang Yafei's shouting, first the people from the headquarters, and then the guards company, the guard brigade, the cavalry brigade, and the various units of the first and second divisions. In less than half a day, there was no one in the whole army who did not know, and no one did not know.

Unexpectedly, the next day, Xiao Guodong found Song Zhewu, who was inspecting the reorganization of the army with Zhang Yafei, for the sake of Li Rujuan's matter, and proposed to give Li Rujuan the rank of colonel. This made Song Zhewu very strange, Xiao Guodong attached great importance to the military rank, thinking that it was a symbol of military honor and must not be awarded easily. Even those people in the Literature and Art Section of the Political Training Department were awarded the rank of lieutenant as soon as they came to the Fourth Route Army. If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Guodong would be unwilling, Song Zhewu would even think about giving them a captain directly. In addition to the rapid expansion of the Fourth Route Army, and also because of Xiao Guodong, the ranks of officers in the Fourth Route Army were generally lower than those of officers in other units. But this time, Xiao Guodong took the initiative to propose to Li Rujuan, advance to two levels, and be promoted directly to colonel by skipping the lieutenant colonel, which made Song Zhewu very puzzled. Is Xiao Guodong trying to curry favor with Song Zhewu and Li Rujuan? As soon as this idea came out, it was ruled out by Song Zhewu without hesitation. If there is only one person in the Fourth Route Army who will not do this, it will be Xiao Guodong, which is why Song Zhewu has always respected Xiao Guodong.

Song Zhewu, who was puzzled, looked at Xiao Guodong and said with a smile: "Brother Xiao, Li Rujuan has been in our Fourth Route Army for less than a year, and her promotion from lieutenant to major has been very fast. If I am promoted to colonel again because of me, others will laugh at me Song Zhewu for being virtuous and not avoiding relatives. ”

Zhang Yafei's mind was lively, and he understood as soon as he heard Xiao Guodong's words, looked at Xiao Guodong and said with a smile: "Chief of Staff, you are not right, how can you be a colonel, how can you be a major general?" ”

Xiao Guodong saw that Song Zhewu was still a little puzzled, so he had to explain helplessly: "Wen Ge, now because of Rujuan, the work of the General Staff Office has been affected. ”

"What? Is she interfering with your work? Song Zhewu frowned, and said in his heart: "Li Rujuan shouldn't be the kind of person who is pampered and arrogant, and commanding?" ”

Xiao Guodong saw that Song Zhewu had misunderstood, and said with a wry smile: "It's not Rujuan who took the initiative to interfere with the work of the staff, it's their own ......."

Seeing that Song Zhewu still didn't understand, Xiao Guodong had no choice but to say: "That's the case, Rujuan is only a major now, and the section chief and section chief in the staff office are all lieutenant colonels and colonels, and the major has to salute when he sees them!" Now, the lieutenant colonels and colonels in the staff office did not dare to stay in the house for long, and they all hid Rujuan. Aren't you saying that this is interfering with the work of the General Staff? ”

Now Song Zhewu understood it, and he couldn't help laughing. He could imagine Li Rujuan's embarrassed expressions when she saluted those lieutenant colonels and colonels.

Xiao Guodong said seriously: "Wen Ge, it's okay for me to talk to Yafei and Master Gao, no matter what, it's still your old classmate, and the age is like Juan, and we can stand it if Juan gives us a salute." But those brigade commanders and regiment commanders are all lieutenant colonels and colonels, you can't let Rujuan salute them all when she sees them, say something unpleasant, that won't scare their souls. In this case, they will all hide from Rujuan, and even the headquarters will not dare to come. After speaking, even Xiao Guodong, who has always been calm, couldn't help laughing.

In the Fourth Route Army, now only Song Zhewu and Xiao Guodong are lieutenant generals, Wang Xu, Zhang Yafei, Gao Zongbao, Zhang Tao, Wei Guanghui, Liang Fang, and Ye Changgui are major generals.

Although Song Zhewu also felt that for this reason, it was too childish to promote Li Rujuan's rank. But what Xiao Guodong said is also the truth, otherwise, there is really no other good way. However, the promotion of Li Rujuan to major general is something that Song Zhewu would never think of, if this is the case, the whole country will know that he Song Zhewu promoted his wife to a general in the future.

Song Zhewu thought to himself, it seems that in the future, it is necessary to let Li Rujuan leave the army quickly, otherwise this salute is really difficult to handle. Fortunately, if he and Li Rujuan get married in the future, except for Xiao Guodong, the big brother, there is really no one in the Fourth Route Army who can calmly accept the salute of his Song Zhewu's wife.

After Zhang Yafei left, Xiao Guodong suggested that the financial power of the military that he was now managing should be handed over to Li Rujuan. Xiao Guodong's reason is that Li Rujuan graduated from economics and is better at managing money than him. In fact, Song Zhewu understood that this was Xiao Guodong avoiding suspicion. Every year, a large amount of money flows through Xiao Guodong's hands, although Song Zhewu absolutely trusts him and never asks where the money goes. He Xiao Guodong also has a clear conscience, but it would be more appropriate to hand it over to Li Rujuan.

Of course, Song Zhewu clearly rejected Xiao Guodong's suggestion, and he had already made up his mind that he wanted Li Rujuan to leave the army in the future, and to develop the economy, Li Rujuan was needed more for Song Zhewu to expand financial resources.

While thinking about his thoughts, Song Zhewu took out a pen and paper and quickly drafted two telegram drafts. One was a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek in Hankow, informing Chiang Kai-shek of the movements of the Northwest Army at Wusheng Pass, and the possibility of blowing up Wusheng Pass. He also informed Chiang Kai-shek of the movements of Shi Yousan, Pang Bingxun, and Ma Hongkui that Han Fuyu had told him. He knew that Han Fuyu must have told Chiang Kai-shek as well, but Han Fuyu's report was different from his Song Zhewu's report. He remembered a book about career success by the American writer Carnegie that he had read in his previous life, and there was a sentence in it, "Attitude is everything." It seems that Milu, the famous coach who led the Chinese football team to break out of Asia for the first time, often put this sentence on his lips. Even the training attitude of the players is an important selection criterion for the main players. Even if Chiang Kai-shek knew about what he had reported to Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek would still be very satisfied with him.

The content of the telegram to Han Fuyu was to tell Han Fuyu about the situation of Wushengguan, so that Han Fuyu could be mentally prepared for the situation of Wushengguan. If Han Fuyu can successfully return to Wusheng Pass to control the troops, he can ensure that his troops pass the pass smoothly, and now is not a good time for him to provoke the Northwest Army. As soon as his troops entered Henan, they were immediately surrounded by the Northwest Army, and only when they reached Zhengzhou and held the iron bridge over the Yellow River could he advance and retreat freely.

After finishing writing, Song Zhewu read the two draft telegrams again, thought for a while, picked up his pen, and crossed out the sentence in the telegram to Chiang Kai-shek about the Northwest Army's intention to blow up the Wushengguan tunnel. He was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would ask him to ensure the safety of the tunnel at Wusheng Pass, which would be troublesome, and it would be very likely to clash with the Northwest Army.

Li Rujuan, who was in an excellent mood, happily came to Song Zhewu's box. She wasn't happy that she was promoted to colonel, she was happy that she finally had the happiness she had longed for. As long as the man in front of her who she loves deeply also loves her, she feels that she is the happiest woman in the world.

As for this inexplicably promoted colonel rank, she doesn't care, and even hates this rank a little now. In the past two days, whenever she saluted the regimental commanders, brigade commanders, and even the chiefs of their staff offices with the rank of lieutenant colonel and colonel, these officers, who were used to being with them, were in great embarrassment. She knew that it was all because she was the man in front of her who she loved so much. None of these people wanted to enjoy the salute of the wife of their supreme commander, the founder of the Fourth Route Army, even if it was only a prospective lady now.

While satisfying her woman's strong vanity, Li Rujuan went around mischievously, and when she saw a higher rank than her, she took the initiative to come forward and salute. The effect is surprisingly good, and now these lieutenant colonels and colonels have reached the level of talking about Li Color, which makes Li Rujuan very excited!

But since she was promoted to colonel yesterday, she found that the happiest person was not her Li Rujuan, but those lieutenant colonels and colonels. It seems that it is not her Li Rujuan who has been promoted, as if they have been promoted themselves, and they are all elated. Even rushed to salute her, a freshly baked colonel. This made her not annoyed, and a large group of people she was teasing had come to tease her. Now, except for the guard brigade commander Ye Changgui, who is still avoiding her, the others actually took the initiative to come to her.

However, she had no interest in teasing Ye Changgui, this person was his lover's very beloved subordinate, and she didn't want to make him too ugly.

(To be continued)