Lin Wei's words made Shang Zhen very happy: "Brother Weiwen, I have worked hard for you this time, please tell the chairman of the committee that Shang Zhen will be loyal to the party and the state from now on, and he will never think of anything else." ”

"Good! Good! Lin Wei nodded again and again.

Shang Zhen said with some regret: "It's just that this time, for the sake of secrecy, I didn't bring out all the old departments, and there were only more than 9,000 people." ”

Lin Wei said nonchalantly: "Brother Qiyu, please rest assured, the chairman asked me to tell you that no matter how many people you can bring out, it is not the most important thing, the most important thing is your brother Qiyu, no matter where you go, you will leave with the number of the 32nd Army, which means that now the Jin Sui Army only has three armies." As soon as you get out of the Niangzi Pass, the chairman will immediately replenish your weapons, ammunition, and military salaries, and your 32nd Army will be fully equipped again. ”

This time, it was Shang Zhen's turn to say yes again and again, and he couldn't stop thanking Chairman Jiang.

It turned out that although Shang Zhen was the commander of the 32nd Army, several division commanders and the vast majority of officers and soldiers were not his old troops, and now in the 32nd Army, only the two brigades of Gao Hongwen and Huang Guanghua of Feng Pengzhuo's division were Shang Zhen's old troops.

Especially these generals of the Jin Sui Army all guarded against him, Fu Zuoyi, Wang Jingguo, Sun Chu and others didn't even greet him in person, which made him very isolated. In addition, he abolished the village administration office personally appointed by Yan Xishan, and replaced 25 county magistrates at one time, which made the generals of the Jin Suijun and the officials at all levels under the provincial political axe jealous, he could not stay in Shanxi anymore, and he wanted to leave Shanxi for a long time.

This time, Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed Xu Yongchang to send troops to attack Shi Yousan, although the generals of the Jin Sui Army resolutely disagreed, but Shang Zhen thought that this was a good opportunity for him to break away from the Jin Sui Army, and he secretly got in touch with Nanjing through Miao Peicheng, director of the provincial party department, and expressed his willingness to obey the orders of the Central Committee, secretly pull away his old department, and go to Hebei to crusade against Shi Yousan.

Shang Zhen's statement made Chairman Jiang very happy, thinking that this was an excellent opportunity to divide and disintegrate and weaken the Jin Sui army, and immediately instructed Lin Wei to plan all matters to assist Shang Zhen to break away from the Jin Sui army, and personally called Song Zhewu, asking Song Zhewu to actively cooperate with Shang Zhen. Lin Wei came to congratulate Song Zhewu on his marriage this time, and his secret task was to deploy Shang Zhen's action to break away from the Jin Sui army.

They had already planned that they would take this opportunity to transfer Li Shengda and Li Fuying, who were closest to the two brigades of Gao Hongwen and Huang Guanghua of Shang Zhen's old army, out of the troops, because Shang Zhen's 32nd Army garrison had to pass through Li Shengda's Feng Rui defense area if it wanted to reach the area of the Taihang Administration, and Li Shengda was not there, so as to facilitate Shang Zhen's actions.

After all, Shang Zhen is the commander of the 32nd Army and the chairman of Shanxi Province, Li Shengda can not care about Shang Zhen, but his subordinates are still not good at making things difficult for Shang Zhen. Therefore, on the pretext that the troops were ordered to be mobilized, Shang Zhen not only brought out the two brigades of Gao Hongwen and Huang Guanghua, but even coerced out the military academy with the battalion, with a total of more than 9,000 people.

"How's it going?" Song Zhewu asked Pang Bingxun.

"Report to the commander, the Fiftieth Army is on full alert. The Jin Sui army has discovered Chairman Shang's actions, Feng Pengzhuo and the rest of the 32nd Army chased to the front of our army's defense area, but was blocked by us, and now they are confronting our army, and Chief of Staff Wang is directing the troops on the front line to closely monitor the Jin Sui army. ”

Song Zhewu nodded and ordered Pang Bingxun: "If the Jin Sui army does not enter our army's defense area, ignore him, otherwise he will be resolutely attacked and there will be no mercy." ”

"Yes. Commander, don't worry, my old Pang is itching these days. Pang Bingxun happily agreed.

Lin Wei looked at Pang Bingxun, who had a ruddy face and an excellent demeanor because he had quit smoking, and couldn't help but secretly praise Song Zhewu for having the means, and said with a smile: "With Commander Pang, a tiger general, Feng Pengzhu and his remaining remnants are not enough." ”

Lin Wei's words made several people who were in a very good mood laugh at the same time.

Looking at Shang Zhen's troops who were boarding the car in order, Song Zhewu said to Pang Bingxun again: "Commander Pang, contact Director Wang Maogong again, and ask him to organize the vehicle as soon as possible, and we must send Chairman Shang's troops out of Niangzi Pass this afternoon." ”

Shang Zhen's haze in his heart for the past year and a half had already been swept away at this time, and he said with a smile: "Wen Ge, don't urge Dongcheng anymore, in order to send my troops out of Niangzi Pass as soon as possible, he has stopped the passenger and freight transportation of the Zhengtai Railway, and he has done his best." ”

It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that all of Shang Zhen's troops left Yuci, and Shang Zhen and Lin Wei also left Shanxi with the last train.

Song Zhewu also got in the car and prepared to return to Taiyuan, thinking in his heart how to deal with Xu Yongchang and Yang Aiyuan, who must have been angry and full of anger.

Shang Zhen's addition made Zhang Xueliang more confident, and he simply telegraphed to Song Zhewu that his troops did not need to leave the Niangzi Pass, and they could just watch the Jin Suijun in Shanxi.

Zhang Xueliang and Chairman Jiang agreed that Zhang Zuoxiang would serve as the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Army and other troops in Hebei, and Yu Xuezhong would serve as the commander of the former enemy; Henan's Central Army was commanded by Liu Zhi, and the generals of the north and south sent a telegram to attack Shi Yousan.

Zhang Xueliang also sent a telegram to the generals in North China in the name of the deputy commander, once again condemning Shi Yousan and warning these people to see the situation clearly and not to go astray.

However, Han Fuyu, Sun Dianying, and Sun Chu of the Jin Suijun, who had agreed in advance to start an incident at the same time as Shi Yousan, had been stationary, and even the people sent by Shi Yousan to contact him were nowhere to be seen. This made Shi Yousan both angry and helpless, but he had no choice, he had already done everything to the end, and there was no way out, so he had to hold on.

Moreover, Shi Yousan still has a trace of luck in his heart, that is, as long as he quickly defeats the Northeast Army in the north and captures the Pingjin area, there is still hope. After taking the Pingjin area, he will be able to rely on his own support, actively expand his troops, stabilize his position, and wait for the opportunity to go down the entire Hebei with one blow.

After the war against Shi Yousan officially broke out, Shi Yousan began to fight very smoothly, and it didn't take much effort to defeat a division of Yu Xuezhong's department and occupy Shijiazhuang, which also made Shi Yousan feel confident and looked down on the Northeast Army even more. But then when advancing further north, it was attacked by the north and south, Shi Yousan had to fight on both sides, and the two sides fought fiercely for three days and nights, although Shi Yousan suffered heavy casualties, but still stalemate with the Northeast Army and the Central Army that were several times their own. Even Zhang Xueliang, who was recuperating in Beiping, had to sigh that Shi Yousan's troops were strong in combat.

However, after Shang Zhen's troops converged with the Northeast Army, they began to intercept Shi Shiyou's third rear road; Liu Zhi also took advantage of the superiority of troops and ordered Hu Zongnan's division to divide his troops to attack Shunde, Shi Yousan's old nest. At this time, Shi Yousan saw that he was attacked on three sides, so he completely gave up his intention to occupy Pingjin, relied on his own support to stabilize his position, and then sought development, and ordered to withdraw from the battle on the 31st, wanting to turn around and retreat to Shandong, in order to seek the protection of Han Fuyu.

It's just that at this time, it was catching up with the heavy rain in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, and the flash floods broke out, and the river water rose sharply. Shi Yousan had no choice but to tie up the raft and force the crossing of the Hutuo River......

(To be continued)