Tao Rong smiled slightly, looked at Zhao Pilian and said: "I can't say whether you want to deal with others, but I believe that Chiang Kai-shek's next person to deal with must be Chairman Yan." ”

Then he teased: "It's just a pity! If only Chairman Yan had thought of this four months ago, Chairman Yan would not have been as anxious as he is now. If that's the case, the Gui system will never collapse so quickly, now that the Gui system is over, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army is only half a surname left, the good situation has been lost, the Jin Sui army is already lonely, and it is very difficult to confront Chiang Kai-shek by force! ”

Tao Rong obviously accused Yan Xishan of being short-sighted, if Yan Xishan and the Gui family joined forces at that time, Bai Chongxi would not have been forced to flee the sea in a panic, and the Fifth Route Army would not have easily fallen into the hands of Tang Shengzhi, and even Bai Chongxi would have solved the pro-Tang faction officers led by Li Pinxian with the cooperation of Zhang Yinwu and Fu Zuoyi.

Song Zhewu even believed that if that were the case, perhaps the Central Plains War would have broken out in advance, and since Chiang Kai-shek was not very well prepared, the Central Army would definitely be in a more dangerous situation in the struggle with the local coalition forces led by Li, Feng, and Yan than the later Central Plains War, and even the outcome of the Great War might be changed.

Zhao Pilian is nearly fifty years old and has been in the officialdom for many years, and he can't hear the meaning of Tao Rong's words. I couldn't help but blush slightly. At the beginning, only a few people such as Zhao Daiwen and Fu Zuoyi advocated uniting with the Gui family, or at least secretly supporting the Gui family. However, he and most of the people in the Jin Sui army advocated sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, and then reaping profits from it, and then fighting with Chiang Kai-shek after the strength of the Jin Sui army increased.

But now it turns out that Yan Xishan not only did not get any benefit from it, but on the contrary, he was startled by the rumors made by Chiang Kai-shek, and transferred heavy troops to garrison along the Yellow River to guard against Feng Yuxiang's idea of attacking Shanxi. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek successfully forced Feng Yuxiang away, and now Chiang Kai-shek is already preparing to deal with Shanxi, which is no secret, and Yan Xishan has also been secretly mobilized, starting to expand the army, preparing to compete with Chiang Kai-shek.

Although Yan Xishan did not complain about them, he also regretted it, and wanted to re-join hands with Feng Yuxiang to resist Chiang, and was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would take advantage of the aftermath of the victory, so he even solved it with his Jin Sui army, because Yan Xishan was not ready to fight with Chiang Kai-shek, and he was just thinking about delaying the time as much as possible to prepare for war.

If it weren't for the Fourth Route Army, which suddenly appeared, Yan Xishan would have fewer worries, but this strong Fourth Route Army not only had an ambiguous relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, but also nested in the Taihang Mountains and did not go out. The existence of the Fourth Route Army made Yan Xishan feel like a thorn in his back, unable to feel at ease.

Now as long as the Fourth Route Army does not express its attitude for a day, Yan Xishan will not be able to make up his mind to resist Chiang, and if he wants to resist Chiang, he must first solve the problem of the Fourth Route Army. You must know that the Fourth Route Army has more than 200,000 horses, and whichever side it joins, it has a lot more chances of winning, and even the chance of deciding the surname.

Thinking of this, Zhao Pilian sighed helplessly, and said with some embarrassment: "Chairman Yan fell for Chiang Kai-shek, obviously he wanted to deal with Feng Huanzhang, but he spread rumors that Feng Yuxiang was going to fight Shanxi, and when Chairman Yan understood, Han Fuyu had already pulled his team through the Black Stone Pass." Han Fuyu's hand greatly damaged the strength of the Northwest Army, and it was temporarily unable to confront Chiang Kai-shek by force. As he spoke, he glanced at Song Zhewu.

That means to say, 'You crows don't just talk about other people's black, if it weren't for you Song Zhewu taking Han Fuyu through the Black Stone Pass, Feng Yuxiang might not have been defeated so quickly.' ’

Zhao Pilian was afraid that Song Zhewu would be unhappy, so he thought about it and said: "It's too late to say this, you don't know yet, right?" Although Feng Huanzhang went to Huashan to study behind closed doors, Chiang Kai-shek still refused to let him go, and now he is forcing him to go abroad, and even called Chairman Yan, asking Chairman Yan to persuade Feng Huanzhang to go abroad. Chiang Kai-shek is hiding all the birds and bows, and the rabbits are dead and the dogs are cooking, if Feng Huanzhang goes out to the sea, the Northwest Army has no leader, and it is easy for him to reorganize. Then he could calmly deal with Chairman Yan. ”

Zhao Pilian looked at Song Zhewu and said: "Chairman Yan is now disheartened, and he does not want the Sanjin father to suffer another war, he has decided to go abroad with Feng Huanzhang. On the 27th of last month, Li Shucheng had gone to Huashan in person and invited Feng Huanzhang to Taiyuan, and Chairman Yan had already sent someone to Yueben to buy a house. ”

Regarding the fact that Li Shucheng, a classmate of Yan Xishan's non-commissioned officer school, came forward to take Feng Yuxiang to Taiyuan, Song Zhewu had already received Wang Xu's report, so he was not surprised. He knew that this was Yan Xishan's fall into the ground, and he wanted to take this opportunity to control Feng Yuxiang and then control the Northwest Army, just to increase his bargaining chips with Chiang Kai-shek, and Yan Xishan would never go abroad. But Xiao Guodong and Tao Rong were both surprised when they heard it!

You must know that if Yan Xishan leaves, then the Jin Sui Army will also have to accept the reorganization of the central government, and once Chiang Kai-shek solves the two major problems of the Northwest Army and the Jin Sui Army without using his sword, it is difficult to say whether Shanxi will be handed over to Song Zhewu, and it is not even impossible for Song Zhewu to hand over his troops.

Xiao Guodong glanced at Song Zhewu and didn't speak, Tao Rong said with some disbelief: "Mr. Lutai, does Chairman Yan really want to go abroad?" He is not afraid that the Jin Sui army will be reorganized? ”

Zhao Pilian pretended to be helpless and said: "Chairman Yan has no choice, the Northwest Army has agreed to accept the reorganization of the central government, and other powerful factions are all doing their own thing, all of them are 'everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, who cares about the frost on the tiles'." Chairman Yan just wants to make a difference now, but he doesn't have that power! ”

Then he said to Song Zhewu: "When I came this time, Chairman Yan asked me to tell Wen Ge, 'He is in Shanxi, and he can often help your Fourth Route Army, once he goes abroad, he will not be able to take care of these things'." The ordnance and ammunition I brought this time are probably the last batch that Chairman Yan gave to the Fourth Route Army. As soon as he leaves, the most powerful local forces in the country will be the strongest of your Fourth Route Army, 'Chairman Yan asked me to tell Wen Ge that you must deal with it carefully, and if you really can't do it, hand over the army to Chiang Kai-shek, or go abroad or do business, and it will save you the trouble and effort, and it will not be thankless.'" ”

Song Zhewu understood that this was Yan Xishan's request for Zhao Pilian to test his attitude, if he didn't express his position, Yan Xishan would find a way to deal with him first, in order to deal with his elbow trouble, Yan Xishan would even make some kind of compromise and concession with Chiang Kai-shek at any cost, and it was even very likely to use the strength of the Northwest Army to eliminate the Fourth Route Army.

Song Zhewu said with a sincere expression: "Please Mr. Lutai go back to Taiyuan as soon as possible to tell Chairman Yan that it is absolutely not feasible to go abroad, once Chairman Yan goes abroad, it is absolutely impossible to return to Shanxi, and the Jin Sui army that he has worked hard to build for many years will also disintegrate and cease to exist." Now all the forces in the country will also be leaderless, and they will all become lambs to be slaughtered, waiting to be reorganized by the central government one by one. Now that the Gui faction and the Northwest Army are unable to confront the central government alone, everyone hopes that Chairman Yan will stand up at this time and uphold justice for everyone. If Chairman Yan wants to make a difference, he must obey Chairman Yan's orders, and he is willing to be the forerunner and let him be driven. ”

Zhao Pilian finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief at this time, Yan Xishan's biggest headache these days is this Song Zhewu's attitude, he has now mastered Feng Yuxiang, and he has indirectly mastered the remaining more than 300,000 horses of the Northwest Army, in addition to Tang Shengzhi, who has already made a promise to him. If you add Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army, these human troops alone have more than 900,000 troops, not counting Liu Wenhui, He Jian and others who have long been in contact with Yan Xishan, even the remnants of the Gui family will also help Yan Xishan and Chiang Kai-shek when they make a move.

On the other hand, Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army, this time through the crusade against the Gui faction, although Chiang Kai-shek vigorously expanded the army regardless of the decision to reunite, but now there are only 500,000 or 600,000 troops directly under him, and counting those miscellaneous troops with a resolute attitude, there are only about 780,000 troops that can come in handy.

Although Zhao Pilian was happy in his heart, his face did not show it, and he sighed and said: "I will definitely tell Chairman Yan what Wen Ge said, but the troops of the Fourth Route Army and the Jin Sui Army together are only about 500,000, and it is still impossible to compete with Chiang Kai-shek's Central Army." ”

Song Zhewu looked a little excited and said: "Mr. Lutai, if Chiang Kai-shek wants to use force to solve the Jin Sui Army and my Fourth Route Army, even if we only seek self-protection, as long as Chairman Yan withdraws all the troops from Hebei to Shanxi, our more than 500,000 troops will stick to Shanxi, and Chiang Kai-shek will definitely not be able to help us if he does not have one million troops." What's more, there are already lessons from the Gui family and the Northwest Army, and the powerful factions in various places should understand it more deeply now, they will not honestly watch Chiang Kai-shek let go and beat us. ”

Zhao Pilian sighed and said: "Wen Ge's words are very reasonable, but the hearts of the people are separated from each other, and Chairman Yan can't believe those local powerful factions now." ”

Although Zhao Pilian's words were not explicitly stated, Song Zhewu heard it, and he was still a little worried about himself.

Song Zhewu smiled secretly in his heart, pretended to think for a while, raised his head and said to Zhao Pilian: "Mr. Lutai, you also know that the economic source of my Fourth Route Army is supplemented by the military funds given to me by the central government, and the rest is made up by the money earned from several of my factories. These factories are located in Laiyuan, because of the inconvenient transportation, it is not easy to operate, I want to move these factories to Taiyuan, and ask Mr. Lutai to talk to Chairman Yan. ”

Song Zhewu's words surprised Zhao Pilian a lot, the Fourth Route Army's military salary is high, but most of it is paid by himself, which is a well-known thing, although Chiang Kai-shek gives him military salary, but there is still a big difference, and this difference is provided by these factories. Now Song Zhewu actually took the initiative to move these factories to Taiyuan, which undoubtedly handed over the economic lifeline of his Fourth Route Army to Yan Xishan, if Song Zhewu was disobedient, as long as Yan Xishan took over the factory, Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army would have a shortage of military spending. Song Zhewu's move was to show Yan Xishan that he had no two hearts, and he would definitely obey Yan Xishan's orders from now on.

After Zhao Pilian was surprised, he said with emotion: "Wen Ge still has vision, much stronger than those powerful people from all walks of life who think they are extraordinary, and now at this time, we can only tide over the difficulties by working together in the same boat; If they are guarding against each other and deceiving each other, they will inevitably be broken by Chiang Kai-shek. I will go back to Taiyuan tomorrow and report to Chairman Yan, and I believe that Chairman Yan will be very happy. Chairman Yan was a little dissatisfied when he knew that Wen Ge did not get Henan this time, and before I came this time, Chairman Yan specially asked me to say to Wen Ge, 'You are the chairman of Henan Province, and you will be wrapped up in him'. ”

As he spoke, Zhao Pilian took out a cashier's check from his arms and said: "This is a promissory note of 1 million oceans from Citibank in Tianjin, Chairman Yan knows that Wenge is short of military spending, so this money is for you to keep for emergencies." ”

Song Zhewu knew that at least he had won Zhao Pilian's trust, otherwise he would not have taken out this million oceans.

After expressing his gratitude "excitedly", Song Zhewu decided to add a little more sincerity and said to Zhao Pilian: "Mr. Lutai, I have bought some planes, and now I have formed an air force corps, which can use a total of more than 50 bombers, and is now undergoing training. I mean, once something happens, these planes will come in handy, but if there are planes, there must be an airport, and Taiyuan already has an airport, and I would like to ask Chairman Yan to build airports in Fenyang, Linfen, Yuncheng and other places, and in the event of a war, my air force will fly to help in the war. ”

"Okay!" Zhao Pilian slapped the table and said happily.

Regarding Song Zhewu's purchase of a large number of planes, Yan Xishan knew about it, and Fu Zuoyi, who was in Tianjin, had already reported it to him. It is precisely because of this incident that Yan Xishan is even more jealous of Song Zhewu. Zhao Pilian didn't expect Song Zhewu to take the initiative to say it, which is enough to show that Song Zhewu's statement that he would obey Yan Xishan's order is credible. Yan Xishan also had more than 20 planes in Taiyuan, and if he really wanted to fight Chiang Kai-shek, dozens of planes from the two families would really play a big role.

Zhao Pilian said excitedly: "There is no problem with this, Chairman Yan will definitely agree." ”

The conversation was speculative, Zhao Pilian and Song Zhewu raised their glasses again and again, and unconsciously opened the third jar of Fenjiu. Zhao Pilian's face was already slightly red, and he said to Song Zhewu with a smile: "Wen Ge, there is another small matter, Chairman Yan asked me to ask Wen Ge." ”

Seeing Song Zhewu listening carefully, Zhao Pilian said: "After the Second Northern Expedition, Qiyu opened a military and political school in Beiping, at that time, the central government had just issued an order that all localities were not allowed to open military schools without authorization. Qiyu was so angry that Chairman Yan slapped the table at that time, and thanks to Cilong's persuasion, Chairman Yan did not delve into it. It's just that Qiyu has continued to do his own thing since then, not only continuing to open his "Beiping Military and Political School", but also making the scale bigger and bigger. Chiang Kai-shek had been looking for Chairman Yan's fault, and had already told Chairman Yan several times about asking for the "Beiping Military and Political School" to be stopped, and Chairman Yan sent me to Peking in April to meet Qiyu and convey Chairman Yan's intentions. But Qiyu said that he had already handed over the military academy to you after New Year's Day, and now the school's funds are all paid by you, and you have also sent a teaching team to be stationed at the military academy. Qiyu said that although he still hangs the sign of this principal, in fact, you are in charge of the military academy. Is there such a thing? ”

When Song Zhewu was still in Hankou, he once received a telegram from Shang Zhen, in which Shang Zhen said in a vague tone, "If anyone asks, say that he has handed over the 'Beiping Military and Political School' to Song Zhewu." At that time, because he was busy dealing with all kinds of things in Hankow, Song Zhewu didn't care, but now he finally understands what happened.

Since the last time his guard unit and the cadets of the military academy confronted the drill, he had to accept the position of vice principal that Shang Zhen forced on him, since he was the vice principal, he couldn't do nothing, so Song Zhewu sent a thirty-person teaching team to the military academy to assist in the regular training. However, later, Wang Zhe, the training director of the military academy, actually asked him for funds, and said that Shang Zhen wanted him to ask Song Zhewu. At that time, Song Zhewu was holding back the fire in his stomach a little, but the cost was not very large, and Song Zhewu didn't care about him, on the contrary, Song Zhewu took the opportunity to install dozens of people in the military academy, saying that they were participating in the military academy.

The reason why Shang Zhen was like this, Song Zhewu understood that Shang Zhen was just to deal with Yan Xishan. Song Zhewu is very grateful to Shang Zhen for his strong support when he was in the Security Brigade, he has always been under the idea of a military academy for the great cause of the Anti-Japanese War, and he has long wanted to take those students for himself, but because of Shang Zhen's feelings, it is not easy to be too obvious. However, the current favor still has to help Shang Zhen.

Song Zhewu nodded and said: "That's true, before New Year's Day, I went to Beiping, and Chairman Shang told me about this matter, saying that he didn't want to cause Chairman Yan to misunderstand because of this matter, so he handed over the military academy to me." Because it was more convenient for the military academy to open in Beiping, I didn't move it to Laiyuan. ”

Zhao Pilian now completely believed in Song Zhewu, nodded and said: "Wen Ge, Chairman Yan has given you a lot of face, and I heard that the military academy has been handed over to you, so I never mentioned it again." ”

As he spoke, he deliberately sighed and said, "Qiyu and Chairman Yan have some misunderstandings, but this is all in the early years, and Chairman Yan even blames himself for this. But Qiyu always remembers it, and the grudge with Chairman Yan is getting deeper and deeper, and the discord between the generals and the commander is a taboo in the ancient and modern army! Wenge and Qiyu are closer, you can persuade Qiyu more. ”

Song Zhewu nodded and said, "I also know some of the misunderstandings between Chairman Shang and Chairman Yan, but those things have been a long time coming, and Chairman Yan has now realized that some things were overdone back then, and Mr. Long has already told me about them last time." If I have the chance, I will definitely persuade Chairman Shang again. ”

Zhao Pilian took another sip of wine and said: "Wen Ge, in fact, it is not right to Qiyu just about the military academy, you think, Chairman Yan ran the "Shanxi Military Academy" in Taiyuan to cultivate talents for the Jin Sui Army, but Qiyu ran the military academy for his own 32nd Army, these students will definitely enter the 32nd Army after graduation, how do you say this reassures Chairman Yan. Also, since Qiyu arrived in Hebei, he has been fighting with Chiang Kai-shek, and he has taken precautions against Chairman Yan everywhere. Let's just say that Chiang Kai-shek set up the Northern Parallel Battalion in Beiping, Qiyu not only vigorously assisted, but is still a frequent visitor there, and has a very good relationship with He Chengjun, the owner of the Northern Parallel Battalion, and now some people in Zhang Yinwu's troops are already saying that Qiyu is the Central Army, and Fu Zuoyi even suggested that Qiyu should be detained on the occasion of the meeting......"

(To be continued)