An Yi, who respectfully saw off the high-ranking officials of the Quanxu Section of the headquarters and restored the rank of major general, did not show any joy, but sat under the tall heavy eaves at the entrance of the division department, looking at the gloomy sky in a daze, his eyes showed a heavy sadness, his heart was up and down, chaotic, and it was difficult to calm down for a while - the news that Jiang Xianyun died in battle under Linying City, Henan Province, made An Yi extremely sad.

General He, deputy section chief of the Quanxu Branch, said that Jiang Xianyun was killed in battle on 28 June, and that the Wuhan side had already publicly announced yesterday that a memorial meeting would be held at the Wuhan Central Military Academy on 8 June, that is, the day after tomorrow. Before leaving, General He left a newspaper for An Yi, which said that Jiang Xianyun, commander of the 77th Regiment of the 26th Division of the 11th Army and a representative of the party, led his troops to engage in a fierce battle with the Feng warlords in Linying, Henan Province on 28 May. Charge! Kill forward", and said to the division commander who rushed to his side, "I, Jiang Xianyun, will never get out of the line of fire until I catch Zhang Zuolin", and finally ignored the division commander's dissuasion, and let the soldiers escort the heavy straddle of the war horse, and was hit by shrapnel in the forward charge, and finally died on the battlefield.

An Yi was so excited that he could not understand the battle reported in the Wuhan newspaper "Guide", which said, "The situation at that time was touching and tragic!" In this campaign, our National Revolutionary Army has only two divisions, while the Feng Army has more than seven divisions, and has also used tanks, planes, artillery, and even poison gas, and after the young marshal Zhang Xueliang was passive in the war, he immediately removed the army commander and killed a brigade commander and three regiment commanders, but in the end he was still defeated in a hurry." The article in the "Guide" newspaper finally praised Jiang Xianyun for "being wounded in battle, fighting three times, and still chasing the enemy without retreating; what a brave general this is!" ”。

This report that showed Jiang Xianyun's heroic spirit made An Yi very angry, he really couldn't imagine that Zhang Fakui was also the commander of the 11th Army would be reckless enough to challenge the seven divisions of the Feng Army with the strength of two divisions, and also use their own rudimentary weapons to fight against the Feng Army with tanks, aircraft, artillery, poison gas bombs, such a big battle with such a huge disparity in strength, how did it come about? Especially in the final result, it is also said that the Feng army was outnumbered by many people and defeated in a hurry, is it really possible that this is the case? Could it be that the Feng army commanded by the Zhang family's father and son is really so incompetent?

As far as An Yi knows, now that the Wuhan side has completely stopped attacking, and the entire Henan war has been at a standstill, this fully shows that the situation on the front line is already very critical, and the reason why the "Guide" newspaper said this is to cover up the incompetence of its commander, in addition to boosting the morale of the army.

If the situation is really as he guessed, it proves that Zhang Fakui does not care about the lives of his soldiers at all, and he is not worthy of being the commander of an army at all! But no matter how angry An Yi is, the senior brother Jiang Xianyun can't survive, and he can't alleviate the sadness in his heart through futile anger, you must know that Jiang Xianyun is only four years older than An Yi, and the two have been together for a short time, but they have always been sincere, and Jiang Xianyun is a rare senior brother among Huangpu colleagues who is deeply admired by An Yi in terms of morality, character, and martial arts.

…… Two days later, An Yi saw the newspaper that the former director of the Political Department of the Huangpu Military Academy, whom he was familiar with, presided over Jiang Xianyun's memorial service at the Wuchang Central Military and Political School and delivered a painful speech. Luo Zhanglong, secretary of the Hankou Municipal Party Committee, wrote a eulogy: "The battle between the southeast and the north is still difficult, and the soldiers rise to the top and win the pass." The eternal sad wind is on Ying Road, and the Central Plains forbears the star. Guo Moruo, director of the General Political Department of the Wuhan National Revolutionary Army, said: "Xianyun died in battle, but his spirit will never die." I would have liked to write an article to commemorate him, but I think that we have an article with the surname of time, which is not enough to commemorate the martyr with the surname of time, and the only thing that is enough to commemorate the martyr is his own actions and oaths during his lifetime. ”

Jiang Xianyun, the most dazzling star of the Whampoa Military Academy, fell prematurely like a brilliant meteor across the dark night sky! At the last moment of his life, he chose a way to say goodbye like a murderer, and also left An Yi with permanent regret and nostalgia!

…… In the next few days, although he was on the front line of the Northern Expedition, while the troops were resting, An Yi still continued to use a special radio station to contact the old Nanchang base, so he was able to keep abreast of the news from the outside world, especially the news published in the newspapers.

On 5 June, Commander-in-Chief Chiang finally issued an order to arrest Borodin, the representative of the International Communist Party in China, Chen Duxiu, the leader of the [***], Xu Qian, the representative of the left wing of the Kuomintang, and Deng Yanda, the former director of education of the Whampoa Military Academy. Zhu Peide, chairman of Jiangxi Province, who was appointed by the Wuhan Central Political Axe, finally issued an expulsion order to 22 leading figures of the Jiangxi [***] organization, including Liu Yifeng, Li Songfeng, Fang Zhimin, Wang Chengxin, and Li Xiaolong, expelling the above-mentioned persons from Jiangxi, and ordering the confiscation of guns and ammunition from the workers' Red Guards and peasant associations, and the prohibition of all workers' and peasants' movements; General Yan Xishan finally held a grand rally in Taiyuan and announced his inauguration as commander-in-chief of the Northern Army of the National Revolutionary Army; The 11th Army occupied the city of Kaifeng, which the Feng army voluntarily evacuated; Wang Jingwei, Tang Shengzhi, Xu Qian, Gu Mengyu, Sun Ke, and other military and political leaders in Wuhan will rush to Zhengzhou by train from Hankou in the Ming Dynasty to meet with Feng Yuxiang and discuss the national plan with Zhengzhou...... An Yi, who was extremely depressed, did not know at this time that his senior brother Zeng Guangqing secretly arrived in Sichuan with the edict of Commander-in-Chief Chiang, and successfully persuaded the Sichuan warlord Yang Sen to lead the 20th Army to attack Xiantao, Hubei, and launched a fierce battle with Lu Diping's Second Army under Wuhan Political Axe and Cheng Qian's reorganized Sixth Army, in an attempt to conquer Wuhan and slow down the pace of Wuhan Political Axe.

Among all the news, the only thing that made An Yi secretly vigilant was that the political axe suddenly changed its tune, reversed the public promise not to send troops to Jinan, and brazenly announced that more than 1,800 people from a brigade and regiment that had rushed from Yueben to Qingdao had "entered" Jinan.

This news finally gave open and positive support to the "An Yi's remarks" that caused an uproar at home and abroad some time ago, so that An Yi finally washed away the grievances of "alarmist", and also won the reputation of worrying about the country and the people, and having a unique vision.

However, An Yi didn't be happy for a few seconds, and was immediately awakened by the impending crisis, he hurried back to the conference room, opened the heavy curtains, pondered repeatedly against the large military map on the wall, and gradually saw clearly what his unscrupulous intentions were:

By occupying Jinan to block the Northern Expedition of the National Revolutionary Army, he bought time for Zhang Zuolin, the agent of Yueben, to calmly set up the formation.

Moreover, An Yi saw very clearly that even if the Northern Expeditionary Army bypassed Jinan and attacked northward, the sinister and rogue Yue himself would take the initiative to provoke trouble under such and such pretexts, and even create conflicts to trigger local wars, blocking the road of the National Revolutionary Army's Northern Expedition in order to protect its vested interests in Northeast China and North China.

Seeing the enemy's intentions clearly, An Yi couldn't help but worry about the Third Route Army that attacked Lunan, and at the same time, why Yingqin's First Route Army and his brother troops of the Second Route Army were deeply worried.

The staff officers and guards of the division headquarters saw An Yi pacing back and forth with a heavy heart, and no one dared to come forward to disturb them, until An Yi sat down to pick up the pen and write, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Commander-in-Chief Chiang, who was about to go to the conference room to continue the consultation meeting, sat on the sofa in his office and talked in a low voice with Zhang Jingjiang, a veteran of the Kuomintang who was highly respected and kind to him.

"Principal, An Yi sent an urgent call from the front line, with more than 500 words, and the student didn't want to disturb at this time, but An Yi's tone was hurried, and he asked to submit it to the principal urgently, and the student could only forward it."

"Since An Yi is in such a hurry, there must be an urgent military situation, and his report must not be ignored. Remember, in the future, as long as it is An Yi's emergency call, it must be submitted immediately. ”

Today's Commander-in-Chief Jiang attaches more importance to An Yi's telegram, he took the long telegram and read it, smiled slightly, and handed it to Zhang Jingjiang with both hands:

"Elder Jing, please take a look, our little general's sensitive political sense is not below the high-level officials, he actually saw the topic we are going to discuss tonight, and sent an urgent report listing three possible surnames, which is what Kai-shek is most worried about!"

Zhang Jingjiang took the message, took out his reading glasses, put them on and read it carefully, gently put down the message and praised it with satisfaction:

"This son is a rare handsome man, and he actually analyzed and predicted the actions of the army from a military point of view, with a unique point of view and no far-fetchedness, which proves that this son always has the heart of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and has the wisdom to take precautions, such a talent only needs a little allocation, and the future is unlimited."

"There are not many young people who can get such praise from the elderly! Isn't Jing Lao planning to hold a national commodity fair in Hangzhou next spring? It is estimated that nearly half of the enterprises will be put into operation by the end of the year, and when the time comes, we will see if their products can enter the eyes of Jing Lao, and if they can be sent to the exhibition, it will also add a lot of color to the expo. ”

Commander-in-Chief Jiang suddenly turned the topic to the economic issues that Zhang Jingjiang was interested in, and when he saw that Yu Jishi was still standing solemnly by his side, he remembered that he had not replied, so he dictated the content of the call back to Yu Jishi:

"Tell An Yi that I will inspect the front line in Xuzhou within a week, and I will summon him specifically for this purpose at that time."

"Yes!"

Commander-in-Chief Jiang saw that Zhang Jingjiang was looking at his watch, and hurriedly stood up to help Zhang Jingjiang, and the two walked side by side to the conference room, Zhang Jingjiang was very interested and said that next time there was a chance for him to meet An Yi, Commander-in-Chief Jiang agreed.

An hour later, An Yi got a call back from Commander-in-Chief Chiang, walked to the map to check the route of the various armies advancing northward, and calculated the general progress of each army, and then returned to the table and sat down quite reassuringly, knowing that it would be impossible for all armies to reach Jinan in the next fifteen days, and as long as they could attract enough attention from Commander-in-Chief Chiang, they would basically complete their task.

After a while, Hu Jialin and Yin Ji returned from the southward company, and An Yi told the two of them his analysis and the content of Commander-in-Chief Jiang's reply, and the two were also very worried about this, but An Yi turned around and comforted:

"Don't worry, I guess I'm thinking too much. I still want to wait until I get to Hebei to meet the old man at Jinan's house, and then go to Cangzhou to meet the bearded Gao Tang and his brothers and sisters, and mobilize the two old people to move to the old Nanchang to live, and the north is not stable! ”

"No, when we defeat Yanjing City and drive the Feng Department out of the Guanwai, won't the areas of Henan and Hebei be stable?" Beard asked with a smile.

An Yi said with a smile: "Tell me, after defeating Yanjing, what will the two generals, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, do?" With such a large area in the north, is our army enough? You still have to count on these two northern second and third ranked warlords, and one of them will definitely control the land of Hebei and Beijing, right? ”

Yin Jinan nodded: "It's basically like this, our army under the central government is not enough to control such a vast north in a few years. ”

An Yi smiled and asked, "Okay, since I know everything, I'll ask you again, under the rule of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, will the people in the north be better?" ”

Hu Zi and Yin Jinan glanced at each other, not knowing how to answer, Hu Zi thought for a while and said: "If it is Yan Xishan, I am a little confident, Shanxi has been stable under his rule in the past few years, and the common people can get by, so I don't dare to pack a ticket if I change to Feng Yuxiang."

People in the north all know that in order to fight the war in the past two years, Feng Yuxiang issued tens of millions of yuan in military tickets and vouchers in Shaanxi, and the common people did not dare not accept them, but they could not cash them in, and they depreciated exponentially within a few days. In the past two years, Shaanxi can be said to be a poor livelihood, otherwise it would not have seen so many Shaanxi people who went south to make a living.

However, Feng Yuxiang is very loved by his subordinates, he not only shares weal and woe with his officers and soldiers, but also has strict military discipline, no crime in autumn, only his army in the whole north is strictly forbidden to smoke opium, and his combat effectiveness is also very strong, he can even personally feed the sick soldiers, help the injured soldiers wash their feet, so that the soldiers under his command are all grateful, so most of his troops are not afraid of death when fighting, and move forward bravely, which is really not to be underestimated! ”

An Yi laughed when he heard this: "I often say that the Chinese people have been bullied and insensitive for thousands of years, and you still don't agree, so I will take this opportunity to talk to you today."

Let's talk about Feng Yuxiang, if Lao Tzu gives the current Feng Yuxiang a comment, it will be a hero in troubled times, and he will be loyal!

Think about it, what is the value of washing the feet of one or two wounded soldiers compared to the livelihood of millions of people? Isn't this often the case with our instructors at all levels and company platoon commanders? Ji Nan joined the army until now, hasn't he done this? Even Lao Tzu can heal and feed his brothers, and it comes from the heart, what is Feng Yuxiang's little? Didn't he just want to stabilize the morale of the army and make his soldiers loyal to him?

What does it mean to be innocent? If you don't steal or rob the people, even if you don't commit any crimes? His mother issued so many military tickets and vouchers, how many ordinary people were displaced and sold their children? That's the biggest violation! A great evil against the people! You two...... I said you two, it's unbelievable that you've been messing around with Lao Tzu for so long. ”

Yin Jinan and Hu Jialin were stunned for a moment, blushing and embarrassed to look at An Yi.

An Yi went on to explain: "Why do people always only see phenomena, but not the essence through them? Especially your beard, when you talk about economic issues, you don't want to listen, you only know that military tickets bring harm to the people, but you don't think about the extent of the harm at all.

For example, Jiangxi's total tax revenue last year was 100 million oceans, and if another 50 million military tickets were issued, it would be virtually equivalent to letting the people pay an extra 50 million in taxes, and for the time being, Jiangxi's total population would be counted as 10 million, that is, each person would pay an extra five oceans in taxes according to the capitation, which is unbelievable!

Everyone is from a poor family, and they all know what the five oceans mean to a family, not to mention that only half of the family is a strong laborer, and the children and the elderly can't earn back an ocean a year, and it is unbearable to calculate carefully, not to mention that Shaanxi is not the land of fish and rice Jiangxi, although the area is vast but has to rely on the sky to eat, and both of them cannot be guaranteed a year, and tens of millions of yuan of military tickets are really terrible! Judging from this point alone, do you still think Feng Yuxiang is better than other warlords? ”

Yin Jinan sighed: "The little brother has been taught!" It's still much better in the south! ”

Hu Zi couldn't help but nodded: "That's the case, I've never thought about it like this before, listen to your analysis...... I learned a lot. ”

An Yi smiled self-deprecatingly: "We are soft-spoken, and we can't control the fate of the country, but we can completely control our own destiny, so that all the brothers and their families under our command can live a little better, which is why we have been funding the veterans under our command to take their families to the old Nanchang An important reason, in addition to allowing the brothers' families to live a better life than others, there is also an important reason, that is, our cause needs a large number of people with one heart and one mind to do it together, Let us gain a lot of valuable development experience in this troubled era.

Don't think I'm talking big, we don't lack anything but power now, as long as we do it steadfastly, we will be able to achieve great things one day, at least we can bring some benefits to the people in the station, and make some contributions to the revitalization of the country, how can we say that we can't fight a lifetime of war, right? ”

Yin Jinan and Hu Jialin nodded with a smile, and Peng Jianqing strode in at this time to report: "Report, the commander of the third regiment Gu called, they intercepted forty-seven merchant ships at the Xinhekou checkpoint, and the people on the merchant ships first opened fire on our army, killing one brother of the third regiment and wounding four.

Commander Gu has already taken control of the situation, and arrested all the more than 300 people on board, and asked the division to give advice on how to deal with it. ”

An Yi immediately stood up: "Give a fart opinion!" Who is so domineering that he dares to beat Lao Tzu's brother to death? Ji Nan, you watch at home, and the beard runs with me. ”

"Yes!"

(To be continued)