The meaning of Chen Gongbo's words, how Song Zhewu did not understand, was to provoke Song Zhewu's dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek. It's just that the matter of Outer Mongolia is the key point of Song Zhewu, and Song Zhewu has long been dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's failure to completely hand over Outer Mongolia to him, and the importance of Outer Mongolia to his plan is not something that Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Gongbo can understand.

Song Zhewu sighed, shook his head helplessly and said: "Mr. Gongbo is right, we are really a good time to take back Outer Mongolia, even including the battle of the Middle Road, now is indeed the weakest time for Soviet Russia, we have a chance, otherwise don't say that my Fourth Route Army, even if we raise the strength of the whole country, we may not be able to destroy tens of thousands of enemies and recover a large area of lost territory." Moreover, Mr. Gongbo's last sentence Zhewu especially agreed, Soviet Russia will never give up, sooner or later they will stir up trouble in Outer Mongolia, we should now vigorously take positive measures to stabilize Outer Mongolia and strengthen national defense, otherwise we will all become national sinners, and it will be too late to regret it! ”

Song Zhewu's depressed expression, Chen Gongbo saw it in his eyes, with his years of experience, he knew that Song Zhewu was telling the truth. Just as he was about to open his mouth to add another fire, Liang Bi came in and handed Song Zhewu a note, Song Zhewu read it, quietly put the note into his jacket pocket, and waved Liang Bi out. He raised his glass and said: "Mr. Gongbo, Zhewu has joined the army, except to protect his family and defend the country, and develop the people's livelihood, but now Zhewu is confused, Mr. has rich experience, and he also asks me." ”

Although Chen Gongbo was very strange about the note that Liang Bi handed to Song Zhewu, it could be seen that Song Zhewu put it away carelessly, and did not mean to interrupt their conversation, so he did not take it to heart. Besides, Song Zhewu's attitude made him very excited, and today he can finally have a good talk with Song Zhewu "from the heart", this opportunity is rare.

Ever since Wang Ching-wei took refuge in France under the pretext of recuperating from illness in order to avoid suspicion, Chen Gongbo came forward to organize the reorganization faction and the Xishan Conference faction to echo each other and confront Chiang Kai-shek politically, intending to make the majority of people of all strata of the Kuomintang turn to Wang Ching-wei and their reorganization faction through their propaganda and agitation, and then achieve the goal of ousting Chiang Kai-shek from power.

At the beginning of 1928, Chen Gongbo published articles and books in which he comprehensively expounded his ideas of bourgeois reformism, which produced strong repercussions within the Kuomintang and among young intellectuals in society. Under the organization of some members of the Guangdong Committee, dozens of periodicals were published to publicize them in a big way. Chen Gongbo also founded the magazine Revolutionary Review. In this journal, Chen Gongbo published a series of articles in which he put forward a whole set of ideas for "reorganizing the Kuomintang" in the hope of restoring Sun Yat-sen's "13-point spirit of reorganization."

For a time, Chen Gongbo was in the limelight and attracted a considerable number of young people. Chen Gongbo also initiated the establishment of a mainland university in Shanghai to propagate the ideas of the "reorganization faction" and train cadres.

However, in the past two years, although many grassroots party members have leaned towards them, Chiang Kai-shek's position has become more and more stable, and he even indulged in the Third National Congress of the Kuomintang to expel him, Gu Mengyu and others from the party. All this made Chen Gongbo realize that in today's China, it is impossible to successfully realize any political proposition without the backing of a strong army, and the reason why Chiang Kai-shek's position is as stable as Mount Tai is because he has the support of a military force dominated by Whampoa students. As the former leader of the Kuomintang, Wang Jingwei was repeatedly defeated in battles with Chiang Kai-shek because he did not have a strong military force to back him up.

This is also the reason why he has tried his best to win over Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, Zhang Fakui, and Tang Shengzhi since last year. It's just that the strength of these people is not very strong, and they have failed one after another as soon as they fight with Chiang Kai-shek. Now in his opinion, only Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan had enough force to oust Chiang Kai-shek from power. If Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and the Song Zhewu in front of them united, they would have a military advantage, and it would not be a problem to oust Chiang Kai-shek.

Among these three people, Feng Yuxiang was the most resolute against Chiang, but he was not good in other aspects except for his strong military strength, whether it was economic strength or political prestige; The Song Zhewu in front of him not only has hundreds of thousands of horses, but also has the means to do it economically, but he is a good candidate, but his prestige and qualifications are not enough, not enough to command the heroes, and he and Yan Xishan seem to be very close, and even moved his lifeline subsidiary to Taiyuan; Only this Yan Xishan is strong in all aspects and is the most suitable anti-Chiang military leader.

It's just that this Yan Xishan is not only calculating, but also extremely ambitious, and has never expressed his position on Wang Jingwei's promise to make Yan Xishan a military leader after driving out Chiang Kai-shek, and it seems that this Shanxi rich man is very unwilling to replace half of Chiang Kai-shek's position. But if Chiang Kai-shek is driven out and the position of national leader is given to Yan Xishan, then for Wang Jingwei and their reorganization faction, it will be a struggle for several years, but they will make wedding dresses for others, and there may even be another "Yan Kai-shek", which once made him very annoyed and worried.

However, the Song Zhewu who was born out of nowhere in front of him made his eyes shine. This Song Zhewu is not at all different from other warlords and local powerful factions, he doesn't seem to care too much about territory and power, he only seems to care about his Fourth Route Army. What is particularly rare is that this young man is extremely patriotic, which can be seen from his two events of conquering Manchuria and recovering Outer Mongolia. If such a person can be of the same mind as them, it will be of great benefit to Wang Jingwei's checks and balances in the future to control various local forces. Moreover, precisely because this Song Zhewu has very little qualifications, the asking price in the future will not be too high, and he will even listen to Wang Jingwei's words very much, if he is only in charge of the military, Wang Jingwei is still acceptable.

Chen Gongbo would not let go of such a good opportunity, and first talked to Song Zhewu in detail about his theory of the reorganization faction. Tell Song Zhewu that the Kuomintang has degenerated to a certain extent, and that it must be reformed before it can be rejuvenated, so that the Kuomintang will not become a tool for individuals to read their talents as it is now, and only then will the country embark on the road of prosperity and strength......

In his view, it is simply unrealistic for Sun Yat-sen's "13-point proposal" to be re-implemented in today's China, not to mention the fundamental differences in the political views of the KMT and the CPC, even if the various local forces do not easily agree to it. These are all feasible methods for a certain period of time to cure the symptoms but not the root cause, and it is ridiculous to turn them out now. It's just that Song Zhewu doesn't want to offend Chen Gongbo now, at least not before the Central Plains War, and it still needs their help.

In front of Chen Gongbo, who was talking eloquently, Song Zhewu interjected a few sentences from time to time, sometimes asking Chen Gongbo to explain clearly on a specific issue, and sometimes putting forward one or two innocuous suggestions, among which he also toasted from time to time, which made Chen Gongbo very happy, thinking that Song Zhewu supported their proposition very much.

Chen Gongbo, who was excited, wanted to add more bargaining chips to completely encircle Song Zhewu's powerful support, and said to Song Zhewu on his own: "Wen Ge, Mr. Wang believes that in today's country, only a young general like Wen Ge, who takes the future of the country and the nation as his own responsibility, can shoulder the burden of national army building. ”

"Do it for me? So what about Commander-in-Chief Yan? In terms of prestige and qualifications, only Commander-in-Chief Yan has the qualifications to provoke the banner of opposition to Chiang Kai-shek today. Please tell Mr. Wang that I, Song Zhewu, absolutely support Commander-in-Chief Yan. Song Zhewu said.

Chen Gongbo, who had drunk twice in a row, was drunk, he thought that Song Zhewu was afraid that he would not have the strength to meet the challenges of various factions, including Yan Xishan, so he raised his head and drank a glass of wine, and said with a red face: "Wen Ge, don't worry, once Chiang Kai-shek is driven away, Mr. Wang will agree to merge the Central Army into the Fourth Route Army, and of course the name of your Fourth Route Army will be changed to the Central Army." ”

Seeing that Song Zhewu was still a little hesitant, Chen Gongbo said again: "As long as Chiang Kai-shek steps down, the Central Army will be leaderless, and Mr. Wang has a high status in the party and is also very influential in the Central Army, so there is absolutely no problem with the ownership of the Central Army at that time......

The conversation with Chen Gongbo lasted for more than four hours, and Chen Gongbo broke up with Song Zhewu satisfactorily at more than three o'clock in the afternoon.

Surrounded by Ye Qing and other guards, Song Zhewu, who was riding on a horse, took out the note that Liang Bi gave him from his jacket pocket and looked at it. On the note, it read, "The people of the political and health team are monitoring next door", and there is no payment underneath.

Song Zhewu asked Liang Bi beside him, "What's going on?" ”

Liang Bi whispered: "Commander, not long after you entered, two young students came out next door to the private room where Chen Gongbo was located. One of the guests was only one person, and he only stayed in the private room for a while before going downstairs and leaving. Then the guy sent this note, saying that the guest who had just left asked him to send it. ”

Liang Bi said with some worry: "The private rooms in the restaurant are all separated by board walls, and I am worried that the commander's conversation will be overheard, so I will immediately show the commander." ”

The person who can send such a note must be his own person, there is no doubt about this. Before leaving Laiyuan, Xiao Guodong specially told him that he had asked Wang Xu and Ye Changgui to send someone to secretly protect Song Zhewu's safety. The people in Ye Changgui's special brigade were all sent from Laiyuan, even if someone secretly monitored him, those who were born in two lives would not necessarily find out, it seemed that the person who sent the note must be Wang Xu's person.

The Political and Health Group and the Taiyuan Special Police Command Office are both Yan Xishan's secret service organizations, which specialize in secretly supervising and spying on the movements of various strata in Shanxi and the Jin Sui army, acting secretly and efficiently, which Song Zhewu has known for a long time. These people are not recognizable to ordinary people, this must be a hint secretly given to Song Zhewu by the intelligence officers placed in Taiyuan by Wang Xu's intelligence bureau.

Wang Xu's intelligence bureau has developed rapidly over the past year or so, and in accordance with Song Zhewu's requirements, intelligence stations have been set up in Shanxi, Suiyuan, Outer Mongolia, Pingjin in Hebei, and northeast China.

Song Zhewu reined in his horse, took out a match and lit the note, and after watching it burn out, he said to Liang Bi: "Let's go, let's go see someone again." ”

(To be continued)