After repeated consideration, Song Zhewu felt that it was time to return to Laiyuan, and he now needed to reorganize his troops as soon as possible and prepare to participate in the Central Plains War.

Now that his troops are expanding too fast, he needs to integrate these incorporated Northwest Army, the Nineteenth Army of the Gui Department, and the recruited recruits in the shortest possible time to improve the combat effectiveness of the troops. The Great War of the Central Plains, it was not the current small fight, it was a desperate battle between several of the largest local powerful factions in the country and Chiang Kai-shek, and they all fought for their lives! More than 1.5 million troops from all sides participated in the war alone.

If his troops were still at the current level of combat effectiveness, it would be impossible to suffer losses, but would they be able to complete their own tasks? Song Zhewu thinks that there is probably still some gap. Therefore, in the past few days, he has sent several telegrams to Chiang Kai-shek and Yan Xishan one after another, asking them to return to Laiyuan, Hebei.

Yan Xishan received a telegram from Song Zhewu and readily agreed. He also thinks that Han Fuyu's departure has greatly damaged the vitality of the Northwest Army, and Feng Yuxiang does not have the ability to attack his Shanxi now. And it is not only the problem that the Northwest Army is incapable, but also Feng Yuxiang's idea of attacking his Shanxi now, and the 300,000 or so troops in Shanxi cannot cope with it. The crux of the matter is that Feng Yuxiang does not dare to make any reckless moves now, and as soon as his Northwest Army makes any changes, Chiang Kai-shek will seize the excuse and immediately move his troops westward, taking the opportunity to completely dismember the Northwest Army.

Sister, the elimination of the Northwest Army, this is not the result that Yan Xishan is willing to see, Chiang Kai-shek and Feng Yuxiang are both defeated, that is what he Yan Xishan is happy to see. If the Northwest Army is really finished, he Yan Xishan will really be alone, and he will be rubbed by Chiang Kai-shek.

But how can we help Feng Yuxiang stabilize his position, but not let the Northwest Army have a chance to bite him in the future, not offend Chiang Kai-shek, and even better so that Chiang Kai-shek himself is not capable of attacking Feng Yuxiang's troops in Shaanxi, and still rely on him Yan Xishan?

These problems made Yan Xishan very sad, and he found several of his henchmen and generals in Shanxi, and after discussing them for a long time, he couldn't come up with a good solution, but he had a lot of bad ideas. Yan Xishan knew that it was okay for these people to let them fight and kill, and even many of them were still good generals, but let them use their brains and tricks, these people were far behind! They know almost nothing about politics. If only Ci Long was here! Yan Xishan couldn't help but think of Zhao Daiwen again, Zhao Daiwen is now temporarily acting as Yan Xishan's Minister of the Interior in Nanjing.

For these difficult things, Yan Xishan wrung his eyebrows all day long, wandering around the room, until he received Song Zhewu's telegram, Yan Xishan felt suddenly enlightened. It was not that Song Zhewu gave Yan Xishan any idea, but that Song Zhewu asked to return to Laiyuan, and this telegram gave Yan Xishan a lot of inspiration.

At that time, at the request of Chiang Kai-shek, Song Zhewu was sent to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Route Army, originally thinking that he would take Song Zhewu to deal with Chiang Kai-shek's errand, but he did not expect this Song Zhewu to fight all the way to Hankou. But for the sake of Song Zhewu, he wouldn't do this, he really wanted to give Song Zhewu a provincial land, and Henan in the middle, so that he would lose control of a rising star, and in the end, making a wedding dress for others would not be his Yan Xishan's style. He, Yan Xishan, never does business that is unfavorable to himself.

Originally, Yan Xishan was still fighting that if Song Zhewu could gain a foothold in Zhengzhou, as soon as Chiang Kai-shek and the Northwest Army went to war, the position of chairman of Henan Province would be vacant, and he could just come over with Chiang Kai-shek, if he handed over Henan to Song Zhewu, Song Zhewu would definitely be grateful to him Yan someone. I believe that Chiang Kai-shek will definitely agree in order to pull him.

But I didn't expect that this Han Fuyu, who had suffered a thousand knives, would turn his back on the Lord to seek glory, so soon Feng Yuxiang lost the confidence to do it with Lao Jiang, and the position of chairman of Henan Province should not be considered. Since this is the case, what else do you want Song Zhewu to do in Zhengzhou? Let's let him come back, right? Returning to Laiyuan's mountain nest is not only convenient for himself to control, but also for him to be released and bite anyone who dares to beat him when needed. Song Zhewu took the initiative to ask to return to Laiyuan at this time, but it was in the hands of Yan Xishan.

Since Song Zhewu's return to Laiyuan can be easily controlled by himself, can he control the Northwest Army? Although it is impossible for him to co-opt and buy the generals of the Northwest Army like Chiang Kai-shek. He didn't have Chiang Kai-shek's right to divide the provincial chairman, nor did he have Chiang Kai-shek's vast ocean, but he Yan Xishan still had a convenient condition that Chiang Kai-shek did not have, that is, compared with Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang would trust him more, and he could only believe him, and only by joining forces with him Yan Xishan, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army would not be eaten by Chiang Kai-shek. Didn't Feng Yuxiang pretend to go to Huashan to study and think about it now? Where to go is not the same as studying, if Feng Yuxiang can come to Shanxi to study and think, it would be great, he Yan Xishan can ......

Therefore, Yan Xishan not only readily agreed to Song Zhewu's request to withdraw his troops back to Laiyuan, but also telegraphed Song Zhewu that he was about to send someone to transport the comfort materials to Laiyuan. This means saying, "Go back quickly, I won't give you supplies until you don't get anywhere." In addition, he personally drafted a telegram and sent it to Feng Yuxiang, who had studied and thought in Huashan, and warmly invited Feng Yuxiang to come to Shanxi.

However, Yan Xishan still played a trick on Song Zhewu, and he did not call Chiang Kai-shek to inform him that he wanted Song Zhewu to return to his source. Yan Xishan wanted Chiang Kai-shek to understand that he, Yan Xishan, had a lot of control over Song Zhewu, and he listened to me Yan someone, so you should pay less attention. As long as Song Zhewu held a meeting with Laiyuan without Chiang Kai-shek's consent, Chiang Kai-shek would automatically put Song Zhewu on his side of Yan Xishan.

Compared with Yan Xishan's cheerfulness, Chiang Kai-shek's silence is very intriguing. Song Zhewu sent several telegrams in succession, but they were like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no sound. Song Zhewu was a little puzzled, and after thinking about it for a few days, he finally understood the meaning of Chiang Kai-shek's non-return call, that is, he wanted to see whether you Song Zhewu listened to Yan Xishan or me, Jiang Zhongzheng.

Thinking of this, Song Zhewu naturally knew what to do, and immediately sent a long telegram to Lin Wei, telling Lin Wei: The reason why he wants to return to Laiyuan is that his troops are expanding too fast, and he needs to digest and absorb these recruited people, including many recruits, who also need to go back to step up training; Second, as long as his 70,000-strong men stay in Henan, he and Tang Shengzhi's Fifth Route Army will add up to more than 100,000 people, and many people will have scruples, and no one will dare to cause trouble again, which is inconsistent with the great plan of the party-state and the chairman. Song Zhewu knew that Chiang Kai-shek was now eager for someone to challenge his authority, and he showed in front of the people that the central government could not bear it anymore, and if he did not clean them up, "the country will not be a country."

Song Zhewu knew that Chiang Kai-shek would definitely agree to him return to Laiyuan, so as soon as this telegram was sent, he ordered Tao Rong, the chief of staff, to arrange for the transfer of unnecessary and unnecessary materials to Laiyuan in advance. Of course, his troops could not move until Chiang Kai-shek had received a telegram approving his evacuation of Zhengzhou. The evacuation of materials is also an explanation to Yan Xishan.

Because Tao Rong, the chief of staff, is too competent, no worse than Xiao Guodong, everything in the army is arranged in an orderly manner, and what he needs to do in person is really limited, fortunately, Li Wentian has no position now, and Tao Rong has arranged staff officers to accompany him to familiarize himself with the situation of the army in the past few days. Now that Song Zhewu has no worries about the affairs of the troops, he can accompany Li Wentian to familiarize himself with the situation of the troops, and he can also take the opportunity to observe Li Wentian to see if he is really talented.

In the past few days, Song Zhewu led Li Wentian from Huayuankou to Liulin Town, and then to the recruit training ground in Zhengzhou City, but he went around. Of course, Ye Changgui's special operations brigade is still something that Li Wentian cannot have in-depth contact with.

As Li Wentian learned more about the Fourth Route Army, the more he believed what Song Zhewu said to him at Wusheng Pass. Li Wentian is now very glad that he can become a member of the Fourth Route Army, although his time in the Fourth Route Army is short, but he already thinks that this unit is the real force that he has been thinking about night and night, and can defend the homeland and the country.

On this day, at the invitation of Sun Sihua and Sun Sirong brothers yesterday to invite Song Zhewu to a banquet at home. At noon, Song Zhewu took Li Wentian to Sun's house for a banquet. Originally, Song Zhewu would not normally go to such a banquet, but this time, he abducted two brothers at once, and it was a little unreasonable to say if he didn't go.

Although the Sun family runs the largest pharmacy in Zhengzhou, they do not build a mansion and still live behind their pharmacy on Datong Road. The front is a shop, and the back is a warehouse and a residence, but the area is large.

The Sun family had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and in addition to the Sun father and the Sun brothers, there were two other young people who Song Zhewu didn't know.

My grandfather was less than fifty years old, and he looked to be in his early forties because of his good maintenance. Sun Sihua and Sun Sirong's eldest brothers, Sun Sigui, and Song Zhewu have already met, but it is the first time that their grandfather has met. The other two young people are Sun Sihua's classmates in France, one is named Li Minghua, who studied electronics; The other is called Wang Xuezhi, who is studying smelting.

As soon as he heard that both of them were international students, Song Zhewu's eyes immediately lit up again. Song Zhewu has not only been looking forward to these talented people for a long time, but even the more the better.

Grandfather let everyone into the hall, there was already a banquet inside, after everyone sat down, the banquet began immediately, Grandfather first asked Song Zhewu to take care of his two sons, which is also the reason for inviting Song Zhewu.

Song Zhewu understood his grandfather's thoughts, and said with a smile: "Uncle, please relax, I will never let their brothers go to the battlefield, they are such talents, I will love them like a pearl, neither let them melt, nor let them fall." Even if I break Song Zhewu, I won't hurt them in the slightest. After speaking, I couldn't help but glance at Li Minghua and Wang Xuezhi again.

Naturally, Father Sun toasted and thanked him again and again, and Sun Sihua and Sun Sirong inevitably toasted Song Zhewu with a glass of wine each.

Song Zhewu was looking for a topic and said to Wang Xuezhi: "Where is Mr. Wang?" ”

Wang Xuezhi smiled and nodded, "Commander-in-Chief Song, you don't know me, but I know you." ”

(To be continued)