Therefore, in the telegram, Zhang Xueliang not only persuaded Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang in a stern tone, asking them to immediately stop the armed attack on the Fourth Route Army, but also explicitly ordered Mu Zhongheng, commander of the Forward Brigade of the Northeast Army, to speed up the march, be sure to occupy Shijiazhuang in the Ming Dynasty, and make preparations to enter Shanxi and assist the Fourth Route Army in resisting the Jin Sui Army and the Northwest Army.

However, in a private telegram to Song Zhewu, Zhang Xueliang mentioned the deep friendship he and Song Zhewu had formed in the fight against the Soviet army, and said that he would do his best to force Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang to go to the field to strike the battle.

But he also euphemistically said that his Zhang Xueliang's strength is limited, and the Northeast Army that followed him out of the customs this time is only 100,000 people, and these troops want to quickly occupy large and medium-sized cities in Hebei, fill the vacuum left by the sudden withdrawal of the Jin Sui army, and maintain local law and order.

Although Chiang Kai-shek's telegram was also very harsh, for some reason, he softened his attitude towards Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang a little, so that he no longer insisted on arresting Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, but urged them to go into the field as soon as possible and hand over their troops to wait for reorganization, otherwise, the remnants of the Jin Sui Army and the Northwest Army would be wiped out, and it would be too late to regret it.

In his personal telegram to Song Zhewu, Chiang Kai-shek once again greatly praised Song Zhewu and said that the Central Committee and Chiang Chung-cheng himself would never forget Song Zhewu's outstanding exploits for the party and the state. He also asked Song Zhewu to make persistent efforts, eliminate all evil, and lead his troops to severely attack all warlord troops who dare to continue to resist. The implication is that Song Zhewu had better eliminate the forces of these two great warlords.

Of course, Chiang Kai-shek did not forget to tell Song Zhewu that he had called He Yingqin in Zhengzhou, asking He Yingqin to cooperate with Song Zhewu and force Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang to submit as soon as possible.

However, Chiang Kai-shek also said the same as Zhang Xueliang that the Central Army in Henan was now busy clearing and absorbing the remnants of the anti-Chiang coalition army, and it was difficult to draw out a large number of troops to cross the Yellow River to support Song Zhewu for a while. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek's words were to put it bluntly, that is, to tell Song Zhewu that you have to do this matter yourself.

Regarding the attitude of Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek, Song Zhewu was actually mentally prepared, and even he never expected the Northeast Army and the Central Army to enter Shanxi and assist him in subduing the Jin Sui Army. Moreover, even Song Zhewu was a little worried that Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek would really send troops to support. He instructed the publication of this anonymous article only to exert indirect pressure on Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang to force them to leave the wilderness early.

In addition, Song Zhewu also has a meaning, that is, he wants to win the sympathy of the people and pave the way for his follow-up actions.

Song Zhewu just laughed at the dissatisfaction expressed by Xiao Guodong, Tao Rong, Mengxi and others with Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek's only verbal support.

However, the next Li Sichi report made Song Zhewu very excited. Li Sichi reported that he had blocked the Jin Sui army that had fled south of Niangzi Pass near Xu Ting, and that Li Ruifang's mountain division had also blocked the retreat of the Jin Sui army from behind.

The temporary commander of this Jin Sui army was Chu Xichun, who had retired from Beiping, and Chu Xichun had already sent someone to contact him, and Chu Xichun said that as long as the safety of the Jin Sui army officers who were willing to leave was guaranteed, he was willing to order the Jin Sui army to disarm and surrender.

"Good! Very good! ”

As soon as he heard that he had blocked Chu Xichun, the general he had admired for a long time, Song Zhewu was very happy, and immediately asked Mengxi to call Li Sichi back, he could agree to Chu Xichun's request, but Chu Xichun himself couldn't leave.

After Song Zhewu waited anxiously for an hour, Li Sichi called back: "Chu Xichun agreed to disarm and surrender, and he himself is willing to obey the commander's arrangement." ”

"Good! Tell Li Sichi to bring the captured weapons and ammunition back to Taiyuan, especially Chu Xichun, and send a special escort to escort him safely. ”

Tao Rong shouted to Mengxi, who was about to give an order, and turned to Song Zhewu and said: "Commander, now there is no war on the front line of Niangziguan, there is Li Sichi's army there to ensure the safety of this direction, it is completely enough, do you have to adjust the strength there?" ”

Song Zhewu knew that he was a little too excited, nodded to Tao Rong and said, "Yes, Niangziguan really doesn't need to keep so many troops now. ”

After thinking for a while, Song Zhewu said to Mengxi: "Order Li Ruifang, after assisting Li Sichi to disarm the Jin Sui army, lead the mountain division to enter Meng County overnight, and cooperate with Zhang Yafei tomorrow to attack the Jin Sui army's troops in the Wutai Mountains; Then he ordered Li Sichi to occupy Jingcheng, although it is the Hebei region, but he is still under the jurisdiction of my Taihang Administration, and the coal mines there cannot be handed over to Zhang Xueliang casually. Also, he told Li Sichi that he should lead a division of troops and the troops directly under his army to withdraw to Jinzhong, and set up his military headquarters in Jinzhong to protect the safety of Taiyuan. ”

After conveying the order, Mengxi quickly trotted back excitedly, and handed a telegram in his hand to Song Zhewu and said, "Chief He Yingqin is calling." ”

From Mengxi's expression, it can be imagined that He Yingqin's telegram definitely brought good news.

This telegram turned out to be a telegram from He Yingqin to Song Zhewu that he had sent Hu Zongnan, Xu Yuanquan, Shangguan Yunxiang, and other troops to cross the Yellow River from Kaifeng, Zhengzhou, and other places this morning, and to form a joint encirclement of the remnants of the Northwest Army stranded there in Xinxiang and other places.

Although He Yingqin didn't say much in the telegram, it was obviously that he was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's refusal to let the Central Army cross the Yellow River, so he didn't leave Feng Yuxiang a little mercy as soon as he made a move this time, and the Northwest Army now only has about 100,000 people left in Jinnan, and it is very difficult for Feng Yuxiang to make a comeback.

After reading the telegram, Tao Rong also smiled happily and said: "Surrounded and disarmed the Northwest Army left in Xinxiang, this should be He Yingqin's good advocacy, and Chief He Yingqin has helped us a lot this time." ”

Song Zhewu nodded and said in agreement: "Yes, this time not only hit Feng Yuxiang hard, but also gave Yan Xishan a dismount, if Yan Xishan continues to confront us by force, he will be worried that the Central Army may take the opportunity to enter Jinnan." ”

After a pause, Song Zhewu added: "I think Yan Xishan will go to the field in the next two days." ”

Sure enough, in the evening of the next day, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang successively issued a telegram from Shimono, saying that in order for the people to suffer less from the war, they were willing to stop the army and stop the civil war, and their troops would unconditionally accept the reorganization.

However, Yan Xishan's Xiaye telegram was not issued in Datong, but in the Tianjin Concession.

It turned out that Yan Xishan had already prepared to go into the wilderness, and the reason why he didn't do it for a long time was just because he still wanted to take advantage of this time to regain more territory, and if he wanted to make a comeback in the future, he would also have financial and human support.

However, when Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek both issued separate telegrams asking him to go into the field as soon as possible, he knew that it would definitely not work if he dragged it out any longer, so he arranged for his henchmen to contact his classmate Kenji Tohihara of the Non-commissioned Officer School to secretly deploy and leave. On the one hand, he urgently telegraphed Xu Yongchang in southern Jin to discuss the aftermath of the Jin Suijun.

After He Yingqin disarmed the Northwest Army troops in southern Henan, Yan Xishan, who had always been cautious, reluctantly secretly put on makeup and fled to Tianjin. Regarding his departure, except for Xu Yongchang and his nephew Yang Aiyuan, the two people he trusted the most, only Feng Yuxi, who guarded Datong, knew.

Yan Xishan appointed Xu Yongchang as the commander of the Shanxi garrison and Yang Aiyuan as the deputy commander-in-chief in the telegram, and the two were responsible for all the aftermath of the Jin Suijun, and then said that he would go to Dalian to recuperate.

In contrast, Feng Yuxiang is not as calm as Yan Xishan, although he also wants to be like Yan Xishan, find a place to hide, but after thinking about it, he didn't think of where it would be more appropriate to go, so in desperation, he had to say in the telegram that he would study in Daning, and would not ask about the affairs of the Northwest Army.

Due to the departure of Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, the two "culprits" who started the war, the Central Plains War, which lasted several months and suffered heavy casualties, finally came to an end.

The rapid depreciation of the Jin banknote surprised Song Zhewu, who had been prepared for a long time.

In fact, on the second day after Song Zhewu arrived in Taiyuan, the garrison headquarters according to Song Zhewu's order, forced the merchants to open the market soon after, began to depreciate, but because the market was stable at that time, the goods were sufficient, although the private silver number has generally stopped the exchange, but because the provincial bank that issued the banknote was still tightly blocked by the Fourth Route Army and did not open, the citizens still fantasized about exchanging at the provincial bank, therefore, the comparison between the Jin banknote and the ocean only hovered below 2:1, and there was no huge depreciation.

The citizens who were just anxiously waiting for the opening of the Provincial Bank, and after confirming that there was no loss of money and property in the Provincial Bank, Shang Zhen and other provincial political personnel such as Zhao Pilian and Shang Zhen, Xu Yiqing, and representatives of the Taiyuan gentry, as well as representatives of newspapers and a small number of citizens from all walks of life, and after the joint inspection of Xu Yiqing and Qiu Zengyi, director of the Provincial Department of Finance, confirmed that there was no loss of property and money in the Provincial Bank, Shang Zhen, who was waiting outside, excitedly and eagerly announced on the spot that the Provincial Bank would officially start business tomorrow.

The representatives from all walks of life who were invited as witnesses saw that Shang Zhen was so confident that they thought that the Shanxi Provincial Bank had enough ocean to cope with the run, and the Jin banknotes could avoid the doom of depreciation, so they left happily.

The citizens who got the news came to the provincial bank in groups early the next morning and lined up in front of the provincial bank, waiting for the provincial bank to open for exchange.

However, these citizens waited until the third pole, and the provincial bank did not open. While these citizens were puzzled, a shocking news began to circulate quietly.

(To be continued)