Although there was no battle in Taiyuan City, not only Wang Bi's division successfully drove out of the city and was disarmed in the morning, but also Zhou Shilian's military headquarters and Wang Bi's division headquarters that remained in the city, as well as the military police battalion and guards of the Overseer's Palace, as well as all the military and police forces, including the Special Police Constitutional Office and various police stations in the city, were also successfully taken over by Li Wentian, Ye Changgui and Han Guangdi, who led the military cadets into the city, with the cooperation of Li Yaoming, Wang Bi, Zhang Dasan, Kong Wei and others, and even the provincial political axe was also successfully taken over by Shang Zhen. It started working overnight.

However, early in the morning, Ye Changgui posted notices in various traffic intersections and prosperous areas of Taiyuan in the name of the Taiyuan Garrison Command, and the citizens had already learned the news of the occupation of Taiyuan by the Fourth Route Army.

The citizens were very surprised that Taiyuan had changed its owner overnight, but they saw that the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Route wearing grass-green military uniforms were very kind to the ordinary citizens, although they were loaded with guns and ammunition and blocked all the traffic arteries. In addition, although all factories, including schools, were closed except for workers at water and power plants, and banks and banks, including larger shops and restaurants, were also ordered to close their markets, citizens were not prohibited from buying daily necessities on the streets, even from farmers and hawkers who came into the city outside the city to sell vegetables.

Therefore, after the initial surprise, the citizens gradually calmed down, but Song Zhewu could still feel that the atmosphere in the city was still a little tense.

On the way, Song Zhewu had already talked to Zhao Pilian about his plan to govern Shanxi in detail, and Zhao Pilian not only fully accepted the grand blueprint described by Song Zhewu, but was even very excited and excited, and made it clear that he absolutely supported Song Zhewu's development in Shanxi.

With the support of Zhao Pilian, who is very influential in Shanxi, Song Zhewu's confidence in the smooth development of Shanxi has increased a lot. He has already negotiated with Zhao Pilian, and Zhao Pilian will be busy appeasing people from all walks of life in Taiyuan tomorrow.

Song Zhewu and his entourage, under the leadership of the staff officer of the headquarters who greeted him at the gate of the city, came directly to the headquarters of the Fourth Route Army in the city, which was his original "Deputy Commander's Office".

Although the Overseer's Mansion was extensive, it was the most suitable place to serve as Song Zhewu's Northern Frontier Governor's Office. However, it was just taken over by Ye Changgui's special brigade in the early hours of this morning, and not only did it need to be cleaned up by personnel and various items, materials, and documents, but for security reasons, the layout of various buildings and their respective structures, even including the design of water and electricity, and the drainage pipes had to be carefully inspected, and the deployment of protective facilities should be rearranged, and some specific areas may need to be redesigned and renovated, and it is estimated that it will take about a month to move in at the earliest. Therefore, Song Zhewu's Fourth Route Army Headquarters had to temporarily squeeze together with Ye Changgui's Taiyuan Garrison Headquarters.

Although the office of the deputy commander that Yan Xishan arranged for Song Zhewu at the beginning covers a very large area, due to time reasons, many institutions have not yet found their own stationing and office locations, and now they are crowded here, which is very crowded.

More than a dozen wings on the left side of the front yard are occupied by Ye Changgui's garrison headquarters, and on the right side are occupied by the institutions directly under the Fourth Route Army Command who came to Taiyuan with Xiao Guodong and Tao Rong, such as logistics, security, political training, propaganda and other institutions. The main hall is the temporary office of the newly established "Shansui Mong Military Control Commission". Throughout the front yard, people came in and out, and there were busy soldiers everywhere.

Xiao Guodong, who got Song Zhewu's report back, just quietly greeted Ye Changgui and Tao Rong, who was nervously arranging the mobilization of troops in the war room, without alarming anyone, and quietly came to the gate alone to greet Song Zhewu.

The two, who had been separated for a few months, did not exchange too many pleasantries, but just shook hands tightly in the affectionate eyes of the two, and walked into the courtyard side by side.

When the people in the courtyard saw that their leader and backbone Song Zhewu had returned, they all saluted with joy on their faces.

Song Zhewu had a very high prestige among the veterans of the Fourth Route Army, especially among the veterans who followed Song Zhewu when he raised troops in Tianjin, because since then, Song Zhewu led them not only without defeat, but also never suffered any losses, among these people, Song Zhewu has simply become synonymous with victory.

Song Zhewu did not stop in the front yard, but followed Xiao Guodong into the backyard in a hurry, where the operational command organization of the Fourth Route Army Headquarters was located.

Because Mengxi, the chief of operations, followed Song Zhewu to Zhengzhou, Tao Rong, the deputy chief of staff, had to personally preside over the work in the operations department. At this moment, more than a dozen staff officers were busy nervously by the wall covered with a large military map of Shanxi.

Although there were many people in the war room, they were busy and orderly, and the conversation between them was as low as possible.

At this time, because there were no field military telephones, and all command orders between the various units were transmitted by personnel and telegrams, there was no non-stop ringing of telephones in the war room. Although there were a few regular telephones in the war room, and there were staff officers on duty next to them, most of the time they were silent and did not make any sound.

Song Zhewu's arrival briefly disrupted the order here, and after the staff officers saluted Song Zhewu in surprise, they immediately went to work excitedly about their own work at hand.

Tao Rong stepped forward and saluted Song Zhewu. Song Zhewu also returned the salute very solemnly.

Tao Rong's body was obviously emaciated, and his bloodshot eyes showed that he must have been seriously deprived of sleep in the past few days.

"Chief of Staff Tao, thank you for your hard work!" Song Zhewu stretched out his hand to hold Tao Rong's hand and said emotionally.

Song Zhewu's words made Tao Rong obviously stunned. Although there has not yet been a major battle with the Jin Sui army, this major battle will happen soon, and the troops of the Fourth Route Army of hundreds of thousands of people still have a lot of things to urgently arrange and deploy. In particular, although the Fourth Route Army occupied some major cities along the transportation routes, including Taiyuan, the vast rural villages and towns and county towns were still not under their control, and the forces loyal to Yan Xishan would cause trouble for them at any time. In such an extraordinary period, Song Zhewu did not ask about the military situation first, but greeted him with words of obvious gratitude and recognition, which made Tao Rong feel warm in her heart.

The military situation was tense, Tao Rong knew that this was not the time for her to be emotional, so she tried to control her emotions, smiled and said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "I'm not hard, I only think about fighting, as soon as Mengxi comes back, I can be idle." The hardest thing is Chief of Staff Xiao, the chief of staff has to grasp the big and small things of these hundreds of thousands of people, and he hasn't closed his eyes for two days. ”

After Mengxi saluted Tao Rong, he immediately took over the work of the operations department and commanded the staff officers to work.

Tao Rong knew that Song Zhewu was very anxious to know the latest situation, so she didn't say more, and immediately brought Song Zhewu to the map to report.

"At present, except for a regiment behind the Air Force Garrison Division, which has not yet passed Fanzhi, and a regiment of the Fifth Army guarding Lingqiu that is still north of Fanzhi, all the combat units, non-combat units and other personnel of our army have all passed through Dai County and are rushing towards Taiyuan."

Speaking of this, Tao Rong said with emotion: "Although in order to get the troops to Taiyuan as soon as possible, our trucks are all used to transport the First Army, but our baggage transportation has long been carried out on pack horses, and the road conditions in Shanxi are very good, and all units of our army are moving quickly. Without railroads, there is such a speed of marching that cannot be done anywhere else except in the south, where there is water transport. ”

Song Zhewu also said in admiration: "Yes! Yan Xishan still did something for Shanxi, and from this point of view, Yan Xishan was still a good warlord who cared about local construction. ”

Tao Rong continued to report: "The Eighth Army completed the occupation of Youyu, Shanyin, and Yingxian this morning; The Fifth Army has also taken full control of Lingqiu, Fanzhi, Daixian and other places. After receiving the commander's order, the Ninth Army had changed its deployment and was now deployed in the areas of Yuanping, Yanmen Pass, Ningwu and Shuozhou; The regiment of the Fifth Army guarding Lingqiu had also withdrawn to Wutai, and they had reported an hour earlier that they had now arrived at Shahe, and they could reach Wutai after early morning tomorrow. ”

"It's just that the commander ordered the tank squadron left in Dai County......"

Without waiting for Tao Rong to continue, Xiao Guodong interrupted Tao Rong and continued: "Wen Ge, in the "Turtledove Plan", the deployment of our army was made on the basis of Datong being occupied by our army, but now Datong is no longer in the hands of our army, if the Jin Sui army returns to Datong, our army stationed in Lingqiu or even Fanzhi's troops may be cut off by the Jin Sui army that crossed Heng Mountain, and I and Chief of Staff Tao both think that your judgment is very correct, and the withdrawal of this regiment in Lingqiu to Wutai is also for this consideration. ”

"Chief of Staff Tao and I both think that this arrangement is very necessary. It's just that we think that the Fifth Army only deploys one division in Fanzhi, and the strength is still somewhat insufficient, and once there is a problem there, we may be blocked from sending reinforcements from Daixian, and in order to prevent accidents, we did not deploy the tank squadron in Daixian according to your order, but stayed in Fanzhi. ”

Tao Rong glanced at Xiao Guodong gratefully, did not speak, but looked at Song Zhewu with some apprehension.

After listening to Xiao Guodong's explanation, Song Zhewu understood in his heart that although Xiao Guodong was Song Zhewu's most trusted person, and even Song Zhewu's most powerful assistant, Xiao Guodong's military ability was much worse than Tao Rong, the chief of staff of the former main force of the Gui family, so it was Tao Rong who was in charge of operations who changed his order, not Xiao Guodong. Xiao Guodong said this, that is to share some responsibilities for Tao Rong.

Because it is a taboo in the army to change orders without Song Zhewu's consent, and this is a taboo in any army, and this is not only related to the prestige of the commander, but also to the commander's ability to control the troops.

(To be continued)