Two modified vans crossed the winding mountain road of more than 20 kilometers in Longquan Mountain, and slowly drove down the Shiziyan Pass Highway east of Longquanyi, and from a distance, they saw several military police officers of the Sichuan Army Headquarters wearing white steel helmets and red epaulettes on their shoulders standing at the head of the bridge.

The two gendarmes stepped forward to check the documents presented by the captain of the Sichuan Army in the car, saluted, and then took three steps back, waved the green signal flag in their hands, and pointed to the intersection to the north, without the slightest intention of letting the two cars cross the bridge.

The captain and the driver in the car looked at each other and were surprised, thinking that our car was hung with the license plate of the Yucheng Garrison Headquarters, how could we still be treated like this?

The captain jumped out of the car with some annoyance, and went up to inquire about the reason, but the captain of the gendarmerie squad just said that he was ordered to do so, and his attitude was extremely serious, and there was no room for negotiation.

The captain knew that all the gendarmes selected from the elite soldiers of various armies were not easy to provoke, and even if the general made a mistake, he would be questioned by the military police headquarters, and the ordinary officers and men did not dare to provoke at all, and if they made mistakes, they would be beaten in vain, and all the officers and men of the army now saw the gendarmes like mice and cats, so the captain did not dare to get angry, so he had to swallow his anger and ask where the road along the river bank to the north leads? The commander of the gendarmerie squad replied that it led to the barracks of the engineer regiment directly under the headquarters, and that he did not know anything else.

Where does the bewildered captain dare to call the shots? Hurriedly ran to the back door and reported to Liu Bingxian, the commander in the car, in a low voice.

Liu Bingxian frowned, suddenly remembered a secret in the army, smiled and told the captain to do what the military police said.

The two military vehicles turned into the northern junction and quickly disappeared at the end of the winding mountain road, which was covered by lush woods on both sides of the road, and the cars looked extremely lonely on the sun-dappled concrete road.

The young man sitting next to Liu Bingxian was handsome and extraordinary, and the ordinary silver-gray literati robe with some wrinkles on his body could not hide his heroic spirit, under his tall nose, his tightly closed lips were clearly contoured, his eyes were bright, his eyes were plain and firm, and he revealed a unique temperament that was different everywhere.

The young man in a long shirt didn't care when he saw the car suddenly turn into the forest road, and continued to tell Liu Bingxian his feelings, praising the more than 20 kilometers of winding mountain road just now for being solid and smooth, and the signs set up along the way let people know the road conditions ahead in advance, so that they can prepare for turning or slowing down in advance.

What's even more rare is that the edge of each section of the dangerous road is poured with thick concrete fence, and the eye-catching arrows on the fence with blue paint brushes are very intuitive, and he bluntly said that the whole highway is extraordinary, and the cost is huge, I am afraid that there is only one in the whole country.

Liu Bingxian nodded, and explained in detail that this road was built on the basis of a century-old road, and all the projects were completed by the engineering regiment directly under the Sichuan Army General Headquarters, with a total length of 25 kilometers, costing as much as 750,000 yuan, and using nearly 100 tons of explosives.

Since the completion of this road last autumn, Liu Bingxian himself has only walked it twice, and this is the third time.

As he spoke, the car drove two kilometers away, and after turning the corner, he immediately saw a gate hewn out of a huge stone in front of him, and more than a dozen officers stood outside the majestic gate, as if they had been waiting for a long time.

When he was more than 20 meters away from the gate, the captain officer on the first car saw that it was the commander-in-chief Xiao Yimin standing in the middle of the road, and immediately ordered the driver to pull over. ”

Xiao Yimin returned the salute with a smile, stepped forward to pat Liu Binghua on the shoulder, and strode towards Liu Bingxian, who opened the car door.

Although Liu Bingxian was still angry in his heart, he didn't dare to slack off when he saw such a solemn welcome, so he could only jump out of the car after thinking about it, and solemnly saluted Xiao Yimin: "Liu Bingxian, commander of the Yucheng Garrison Command, has seen the commander-in-chief, and the commander-in-chief Lao has greeted him from afar. ”

Xiao Yimin stepped forward quickly, grabbed Liu Bingxian's hand, stared at his emaciated and gray face, and felt guilty in his heart: "Second brother, the younger brother can't stand you, don't go to your heart!" ”

Liu Bingxian's nose was sour, and all his anger disappeared in this sincere apology, he took a deep breath, turned sideways to the side, and introduced the person to Xiao Yimin:

"This is the Kai-shek brother I often mention to you, a native of Fenghua, Zhejiang, who gave up the opportunity to enter the non-commissioned officer school after graduating from the Zhenwu Military Academy, and resolutely returned to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to launch a revolutionary ...... under the call of Mr. Zhongshan."

When the surrounding generals heard this, they tried their best to hold back their laughter, and the look on their faces was extremely strange.

Where did Chiang Kai-shek dare to snub the famous Sichuan army general Xiao Yimin in front of him? hurriedly stepped forward and saluted with fists: "Brother Yiming's reputation has already spread all over the world, like thunder, and it is a blessing to be able to see it today, how can you let Brother Yiming ride away in vain?" In addition to being moved, Zhongzheng was uneasy! ”

Xiao Yimin showed a kind smile on his face, stretched out his hand, and shook Chiang Kai-shek's hand tightly:

"Brother Kai-shek is polite, it is not the luck of the younger brother to see my brother in this life! There are many businessmen and idlers in the past, so the younger brother made his own opinion, and asked the elder brother to meet here, and hoped that the elder brother would not be surprised that the younger brother was a few years younger, and if the elder brother did not mind, he could call the younger brother the name, otherwise he would be ashamed of the younger brother. ”

"Where, where! It's been very thorough. ”

Chiang Kai-shek had a good impression of the smiling and polite Xiao Yimin in his heart, and felt that the Xiao Yimin in front of him was far more energetic than the photos in newspapers and pictorials, and his well-defined face was more mature and handsome than in the photos.

Liu Bingxian looked around and urged: "Standing under the sun, don't be too bored!" ”

Xiao Yimin couldn't help but laugh when he heard it, and introduced Xu Xiaogang, Zheng Changze, Lu Yixuan and other generals to Chiang Kai-shek with a smile, and led everyone into the camp after greetings.

After sitting down with each other, Xiao Yimin asked with concern:

"Brother Kai-shek, please drink tea, if my brother doesn't like tea, these two cups on the side are specially prepared mountain springs, the taste is quite sweet, much more delicious than boiled water."

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and smiled politely: "It's okay, tea and boiled water are fine, I'm not very picky." ”

Liu Bingxian was quite strange in his heart and asked, "Yiming, how do you know that Brother Kai-shek likes to drink boiled water?" ”

"Huh? Oh...... A few years ago, the eldest brother told me in a letter that the eldest brother said that Brother Kai-shek once said: Time is like a white horse, every minute is extremely precious, drinking boiled water is always more time-saving than drinking tea, and the younger brother only remembered it a few days ago. ”

This time, Xiao Yimin told the truth, Zeng Chaoran did mention it in the letter, combined with some previous memories, Xiao Yimin attached great importance to these details and was unwilling to leave a bad impression on each other.

Liu Bingxian nodded and smiled, extremely relieved in his heart, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had achieved nothing so far, was even more moved.

Xiao Yimin, who has more than 100,000 troops and is in a high-ranking position, is so careful that he can remember what he said a few years ago so clearly, which is enough to see the importance and respect he attaches to himself.

Chiang Kai-shek felt that he was just a nobody, how could he not be grateful to be treated so favorably by Xiao Yimin.

(To be continued)