Zhang Xueliang, who was anxious, didn't want to mention his own affairs anymore, so he turned the topic to Shi Yousan.

According to the intelligence of Tianjin, he sent Shi Yousan a large number of arms, and we can't help but say that I can't let go of Shi Yousan, a traitor who is a tiger. I agree with Tingwu and Xiaohou's opinion, increase troops from the northeast, it is better to ask for others than to seek yourself, and at a critical time, it is still our own people to rely on, so we will do what Tingwu wants, transfer the four brigades of Liaoning into the pass to quell the rebellion, and we must slaughter Shi Yousan, an ungrateful villain. ”

Zhang Xueliang's tone of words was very angry, as if all his helplessness and anger towards himself were sprinkled on Shi Yousan.

Seeing that Zhang Zuoxiang and Rong Zhen were about to stop him, Zhang Xueliang waved his hand and said, "It's so decided, these four brigades will return to the Northeast Yuan Station as soon as they pacify Shi Yousan." ”

Seeing that Zhang Xueliang had obviously made up his mind, Zhang Zuoxiang and Rong Zhen were no longer easy to talk to.

They know Zhang Xueliang very well, as long as he really decides something, no one can make him change his mind. If Zhang Xueliang is most like Zhang Zuolin in any place, that is it. It's just that the decisions made by the extremely intelligent Zhang Zuolin have been carefully considered by him, and Zhang Xueliang's decisions are often more impulsive and impulsive.

Of course, it doesn't mean that no one can persuade Zhang Xueliang, but such people are extremely rare, and now if someone can persuade Zhang Xueliang, there is only one person who has this ability, and that is Miss Zhao Yidi and Zhao Si, who have been in a uproar in the past two years.

Zhao Yidi was born in a well-known family of eunuchs. His father, Zhao Qinghua, was a native of Lanxi, Zhejiang, and served as the director of the Jinpu, Shanghai-Nanjing, Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway Bureaus in the era of Beiyang Political Axe, and served as a diplomatic adviser to the three eastern provinces. In 1928, Zhao Yidi and Zhang Xueliang met in Tianjin, and eloped to Shenyang in March 29. Yu Fengzhi had no choice but to agree, and has been accompanying Zhang as a secretary since then. After Zhang Xueliang became ill, he has been accompanied by her.

Today, because he knew that these people were going to talk about important things with Zhang Xueliang, Zhao Yidi had avoided it. And this Miss Zhao Si will never say this to Zhang Xueliang for him, although this Miss Zhao Si is very favored by Zhang Xueliang, she is very measured, and she will never say anything for anyone in political affairs.

Thinking of this, Rong Zhen couldn't help but look gloomy.

"Director Hong. Send a telegram to Chairman Chiang, asking the Central Army to prepare for it, and once Shi Yousan openly rebels, he will join forces with the Northeast Army to flank Shi Rebellion; In addition, Chairman Chiang was asked to order Xu Yongchang, Song Zheyuan, and Sun Dianying to send troops to jointly suppress the rebellion. After the rebellious army is assembled, if the stone rebel is afraid and does not dare to make trouble, we will disarm it by force, and leave no scourge. ”

After saying this, Zhang Xueliang, who was weak, seemed to have exhausted his physical strength, his face was pale, and he leaned on the head of the bed very tiredly.

Everyone knew that this was Zhang Xueliang's addiction to cigarettes again, and there would be no result if the discussion continued, except for Hong Fang, everyone else got up and said goodbye.

After everyone went out, Hong Fang hurriedly took out a silver box from the drawer, took out a special cigarette from it and handed it to Zhang Xueliang. Zhang Xueliang hurriedly put it in his mouth, lit it on the lighter in Hong Fang's hand, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and leaned on the head of the bed, and spit out a puff of cigarette for a long time.

Zhang Xueliang was infected with the vice of smoking big cigarettes very early, and later tried to quit several times without success, but now he wants to pay attention to his identity, and it is very indecent to smoke big cigarettes again, so he changed to smoking this "special cigarette".

After smoking a cigarette, Zhang Xueliang's spirits were much more uplifted, and he closed his eyes and rested for a while before sitting up, and said to Hong Fang, who was standing aside: "Call Chief of Staff of Shenyang Rong." ”

Zhang Xueliang's words startled Hong Fang, Rong Zhen obviously just left this ward, and he will return to Shenyang tonight, and he will not be able to arrive until tomorrow at the earliest, Zhang Xueliang's telegram to Rong Zhen is going to be sent to Shenyang? Could it be that Zhang Xueliang smoked too much just now?

Hong Fu hesitated for a moment, and asked cautiously: "Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff Rong will not go far, I will send someone to call him back?" ”

Zhang Xueliang waved his hand with a melancholy face and said: "No need, there is no shortage of middle- and lower-level officers in our Northeast Army, and I am afraid that they will not be able to suppress them with just a few words from the Chief of Staff Rong, I will give him a telegram, and he will have a certificate." ”

Only then did Hong Fang understand that the emotion was not that Zhang Xueliang was too excited because he smoked this cigarette with morphine, and forgot that Rong Zhen had just left, but that he was afraid that Rong Zhen would not be able to suppress the Northeast officers and soldiers in Shenyang, and he would clash with the Kwantung Army.

Hong Fang hurriedly took out a pen and paper and prepared to record.

"Brother Rong Zhen: Now that the diplomacy of the other side is becoming more and more tight, it is urgent to strive for prudence in dealing with everything. For the people, no matter how they seek trouble, we must tolerate them in all respects, and we must not resist them and cause trouble. That is, I hope that all subordinates will be ordered quickly and secretly, and it is necessary to follow the attention carefully. Chang. Fish. Child. Secret Seal. In addition, Rong Zhen was told that in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, the weapons of the Beidaying garrison could be confiscated and stored in the warehouse. ”

After recording the telegram dictated by Zhang Xueliang, Hong Fang turned around to generate electricity, but was stopped by Zhang Xueliang again.

Zhang Xueliang hesitated for a long time, and finally whispered to Hong Fang: "Call Dai Yunong to inform Yan Xishan that he is about to leave Dalian and return to Jin, and if necessary, you can contact Wang Tingwu in Tianjin." Also, tell Wen Ge the news that Yan Xishan is going back to Jin. ”

When Song Zhewu got the "Fish Electricity" intercepted by Wang Xu's military intelligence bureau, he couldn't help but be stunned and speechless for a long time.

Song Zhewu held that the war between the two countries is a major event, and it is necessary to deal with the provocations of the other side in a prudent and calm manner, but prudence and calmness do not mean that they completely give up reasonable and restrained resistance. Giving up resistance altogether will encourage the arrogance and ambition of the enemy.

Although Zhang Xueliang's "Fish Electricity" was aimed at small-scale conflicts, he thought that he was still just asking for benefits after creating an incident as in the past, and he did not expect that the Kwantung Army was going to occupy the entire Northeast this time, but it was still a wrong decision.

In his previous life, all the mainstream media, and even the history education he received, said that before the September 18 Incident, when the Kwantung Army was provoking and urgent, Chiang Kai-shek had a "Milling Electricity" to Zhang Xueliang: No matter how the army provokes in the northeast in the future, our side should not resist and try to avoid conflict. My brother must not be angry for a moment and ignore the country and the nation. Legend has it that Zhang Xueliang once conveyed this "Milling Electricity" to the military commanders in charge of the Northeast and complied with it as one.

It was precisely because Zhang Xueliang obeyed Chiang Kai-shek's telegram that he ordered the Northeast Army not to resist on the night of the September 18 Incident. There is even a saying that on the night of the September 18 incident, Zhang Xueliang asked Chiang Kai-shek for advice, and it was Chiang Kai-shek who ordered no resistance. However, the market outlook has proved that Zhang Xueliang did not tell the Nanjing side that night that the Kwantung Army occupied the Beidaying camp, and the Nanjing side only learned about what happened in the northeast the next day.

Chiang Kai-shek received the news of the incident in Shenyang from Shanghai the next day, and immediately sent a telegram to Zhang Xueliang, asking Zhang to "vigorously dispel" the pretext of aggression spread by the other side during his propaganda campaign, that is, the Northeast Army "has a plan to demolish the railway," without saying a word about military preparations and military action plans. This can also confirm that the order not to resist was not given by Chiang Kai-shek, and Chairman Chiang was indeed wronged.

Some people even said that Zhang Xueliang has been carrying this telegram with him since then, so that he can clear himself of the charge of not resisting the general if necessary.

However, it was found that it was still difficult to determine whether "Milling Electricity" existed or not, after a large number of confidential Kuomintang archives were declassified. This is due to the fact that the electricity is never found in various documentary archives. Professor Liu Weikai of Taipei's Chengchi University has searched all kinds of archives on the mainland and Taiwan, including the "Archives of President Chiang Chung-cheng," which preserves the most complete information on Chiang Kai-shek. There is a saying that this "Milling Electricity" is now in the United States at Columbia University, but no one has confirmed it. Even when Zhang Xueliang was released from house arrest and interviewed in New York, he himself denied it.

However, this "Fish Electricity" does exist for Zhang Xueliang himself to deny, Song Zhewu thought in his previous life that Zhang Xueliang had a noble personality, and he was unwilling to slander the deceased Chiang Kai-shek, and Song Zhewu was embarrassed at that time.

Unexpectedly, the direct order not to resist was really given by Zhang Xueliang, at least judging from this "Fish Electricity", Zhang Xueliang already had this meaning.

Surprised, now Song Zhewu has finally determined that he cannot change the trajectory of history, and the beginning of the Chinese catastrophe of 918 is destined to happen. Since this is the case, then he must step up his preparedness. Although he could not avoid the occurrence of the 918 Incident, he would try his best to avoid allowing the Kwantung Army to obtain huge wealth and a large amount of weapons and equipment after occupying Shenyang as he did in his previous life.

Shi Yousan, who stepped up preparations for the war, ordered Zhang Yunzhi, the secretary general sent by Zhang Xueliang to the army, to be buried alive in order to prevent the leakage of the truth. Subsequently, Shi Yousan expanded the army into nine armies, with Sun Guangqian, Mi Wenhe, Cheng Xixian, Shen Ke, Zhang Xuecheng, Liang Fangqi, Wang Xinzhai, and Tang Bangzhi as army commanders.

On 18 July, Shi Yousan was sworn in as commander-in-chief of the Fifth Group Army appointed by the Guangzhou Political Axe Office in Guide and sent a telegram asking Zhang to lead all units to march north along the Pinghan Road, preparing to take Shijiazhuang first, Baoding second, and Pingjin third.

On 24 July, the Nanjing political axe ordered Shi You's three offices to be dismissed from his posts and wanted to be arrested. At the same time, with Liu Zhi as the commander-in-chief, the "South Road Group Army" was formed, with three corps under its jurisdiction; With Chiang Kai-shek's explicit support, Zhang Xueliang appointed Zhang Zuoxiang to lead the formation of the "North Chi Road Group Army", under the jurisdiction of two corps; Four brigades of the Northeast Elite Army were transferred to Guannei, ready to attack Shi Yousan with the Central Army at any time.

Chiang Kai-shek also called Song Zhewu, Xu Yongchang, Han Fuyu, and Sun Dianying, asking them to send troops to participate in the extermination of Shi Yousan.

However, Chiang Kai-shek's telegram came unfortunately, and Song Zhewu was busy preparing for the wedding at this time, so he naturally could not lead his troops to the battle.

It turned out that Song Zhewu had already promised Li Rujuan that he would get married in June, because of Shi Yousan's matter, the time of the wedding was postponed again and again by Song Zhewu, and after Song Zhewu knew that he was unable to return to heaven, he just took this opportunity to refuse to send troops, which was just right.

Song Zhewu's wedding was very simple and simple, and it was also a group wedding, which he and Zhang Yafei held together.

Zhang Yafei and Wang Yali have been together for two years, and they have long wanted to get married, but Song Zhewu has been delayed, and Zhang Yafei is not good at getting married first, so they have been dragging it out.

The brief wedding ceremony was presided over by Jia Jingde, and Xiao Guodong and Zhao Pilian witnessed the marriage. Although the ceremony of this new type of collective wedding was not long, it was also carried out from morning to noon, and most of the time was spent reading the congratulatory messages of the members of the National Government.

After the ceremony, the officers above the division level of the Fourth Route Army, senior officials of the Taiyuan Administration, Suiyuan, and Nanmeng, as well as representatives from all walks of life in Taiyuan were invited to watch the ceremony. Because Beimeng is a long way away, and military preparations are being stepped up there, Song Zhewu, a military and political official in Beimeng, did not let any of them come.

Because he was busy suppressing bandits in Jiangxi, it was impossible for Chiang Kai-shek to get out, so he sent Lin Wei to Taiyuan to congratulate him on his behalf and send him a handwritten "national hero, national model." There was also a congratulatory message to Zhang Yafei. Mrs. Song Meiling gave Li Rujuan and Wang Yali a necklace with diamonds each; Han Fuyu and Yang Hucheng also sent representatives to Taiyuan.

Xu Yongchang and Yang Aiyuan led Yang Xiaoou, Li Fuying, and Li Shengda to congratulate the Jin Suijun on behalf of the Jin Suijun, while none of the other Jin Suijun generals and Shanxi Provincial Political Axe officials came.

This is not only because they still resent Song Zhewu for defecting and seizing Taiyuan before the battle, but also because Song Zhewu carried out land reform, so that these generals of the Jin Sui army all received losses, so they hated Song Zhewu very much.

Because of these generals of the Jin Sui Army and the officials of the provincial political axe, many of them have a large amount of land in the Taiyuan Administration, and the new policy is that no tax is paid on their own land below 30 acres, and the more land they have above 30 acres, the more taxes they will pay. These generals of the Jin Sui Army thought that since they accepted the reorganization of the national political axe, they were also officers of the National Revolutionary Army like Song Zhewu, 'I just don't pay taxes, what can you Song Zhewu dare to do to me'.

It was with this in mind that these people instructed their families not to sell excess land or pay more taxes.

The time for the Taiyuan Administration to collect agricultural tax is also like the Yan Xishan period, which is levied every six months. When the tax was collected, these people had already discussed it and collectively refused to collect it, and these people, who thought that the law did not hold the people accountable, regretted it the next day.

The next day, the chiefs of the county police departments personally led a team, with the cooperation of the village security regiments, to forcibly confiscate all the land owned by the families who refused to pay the tax. This immediately made the middle and senior generals of Shanxi Provincial Political Axe and Jin Suijun blow up, and they went to Shang Zhen and Xu Yongchang one after another, and jointly accused Song Zhewu of robbing people's wealth to the Nanjing Central Political Axe.

The central political axe, which has always been procrastinating, is very efficient this time, and it will be dealt with the next day. To their disappointment, the central government did not blame Song Zhewu, but only lightly instructed Shang Zhen, Xu Yongchang and Song Zhewu to discuss and settle the matter.

There was no way, Shang Zhen and Xu Yongchang had to come to Taiyuan together to find Song Zhewu, and wanted Song Zhewu to return the confiscated land to these people.

However, Song Zhewu's attitude was very resolute, and none of the confiscated land would be returned. However, if these people are willing to make up the tax arrears, they can return 30 acres, and the rest of the land will be purchased at a parity price. In the end, these people all obediently paid their taxes.

This incident made these people full of resentment towards Song Zhewu, and now among the middle and senior generals of the Shanxi Provincial Political Axe and the Jin Sui Army, anyone who dared to say a good word about Song Zhewu would be hostile to his colleagues. Therefore, this time Song Zhewu got married, except for Xu Yongchang and Yang Aiyuan, only Yang Xiaoou, Li Fuying and Li Shengda came, and Li Fuying and Li Shengda came when Song Zhewu personally called and invited. And the Shanxi Provincial Political Axe not only did not come from the following officials, but even Shang Zhen did not come.

Song Zheyuan led Xiao Zhenying, Zhang Zizhong, Feng Zhi'an, Liu Ruming and other senior officers of the 29th Army to watch the ceremony and congratulate him. Song Zheyuan figured it out, his clan is great now, and if the 29th Army wants to survive, it is indispensable to ask this younger brother to take more care.

Lin Wei said that he was busy with military affairs, and after the wedding, he would not attend the banquet and would leave immediately. Lin Wei wanted to leave, and Song Zhewu naturally wanted to send it, but Lin Wei resolutely refused to send it to others. Song Zhewu had no choice but to arrange for Xiao Guodong, Jia Jingde, Zhao Pilian and others to accompany these people, the Jin Sui Army and the 29th Army.

Song Zhewu and Lin Wei came to Taiyuan Railway Station, and at this time, both inside and outside the station were crowded with people waiting for the train, and these people were cursing loudly. The station staff kept explaining and persuading. It is said that the railway in the area of Nanyanzhu is damaged, and the people of the Zhengtai Railway Bureau are rushing to repair it, and it is estimated that it will not be restored until the evening.

Song Zhewu and Lin Wei looked at each other and smiled, and entered the station directly from the VIP passage. There was only one bus parked in the station, and as soon as the two got on the bus, the bus roared away.

The train didn't go far and stopped at Yuci Station. It's just a little strange that the platform of Yuci Station is crowded with soldiers of the Jin Sui Army wearing khaki military uniforms.

As soon as Song Zhewu and Lin Wei got off the train, Shang Zhen, chairman of Shanxi Province and commander of the 32nd Army, and Pang Bingxun, commander of the 50th Army, who had been waiting at the station, immediately greeted them. Pang Bingxun, who had some inconvenience in his legs and feet, was tall and long, and he rushed to the front of Shang Zhen in a few steps to salute Song Zhewu and Lin Wei first.

Shang Zhen was full of smiles at the moment, he didn't care about Pang Bingxun's actions, stepped forward and held Song Zhewu's hand tightly and said, "Wen Ge, my brother wants to thank you this time!" ”

Song Zhewu also smiled and said: "Chairman Shang, don't thank me, we are all party members, and we all have to obey the orders of the chairman, if you want to thank you, thank the chairman." ”

Shang Zhen shook his hand and said, "Wen Ge, don't call me any more chairman, I'm no longer the chairman of Shanxi Province." ”

Lin Wei, who was on the side, interjected with a smile: "Brother Qiyu, it is difficult for you to be the chairman of Shanxi, the chairman of the committee has already heard about it, and it is okay if the chairman of this province is not appropriate." The chairman of the committee thinks very highly of you, and it is entirely possible to change places to become provincial chairmen in the future. ”

(To be continued)