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"What does this mean? Wu Hao has arrived in Ganzi? ”

After reading the telegram sent by the Central Committee, Chen Haiquan, then political commissar and director of the Political Department of the Fourth Front Army, was very puzzled and turned his attention to Xu Xiangqian, commander-in-chief of the Fourth Front Army, who handed him the telegram.

Xu Xiangqian didn't speak, but Zhang Guotao first slapped the table hard and shouted: "Impossible, from the northwest to Xikang, there must be thousands of miles to go, the road is full of dangers, and it is impossible for the central government to let Wu Hao take risks." Moreover, we had just retreated to Ganzi and had not contacted the central government at all, so how did they know that we were in Ganzi and rushed to Ganzi so quickly to wait for us? ”

Looking at Zhang Guotao, who was angry and angry, Xu Xiangqian said after half a while: "According to the report of the telegraph personnel, the source of the telegram is indeed Wuqi Town in the northwest, which is the location where the central government is currently entrenched, and it is also the same radio station used last time. I think that the source of the telegram should not be false. ”

"The source of the telegram is not fake? But what about the content? Zhang Guotao knocked on the telegram that Chen Haiquan put on the table and said, "We have only been in Ganzi for a few days? The central government will know our specific location? Can you still send Wu Hao to Ganzi? There is no such childish means of deceiving people. ”

"The telegram said that tomorrow morning, Wu Hao will land in Ganzi by plane, so that we can prepare for it." Xu Xiangqian didn't care much about Zhang Guotao's anger, but clicked on the content of the telegram and said, "Since you are by plane, it is not impossible to get to Ganzi in a short time." ”

"Airplanes? Where did the plane come from in the center? USSR? Let's not forget that the northwest is still a long way from the USSR. Zhang Guotao was very disdainful of the planes mentioned in the telegram, and he did not know what was going on with the Central Red Army; when the two armies met last year, the Central Committee had less than 10,000 remnants of the defeated generals, so where to get the planes.

"Maybe it's the Northwest Soviet District." After saying it inadvertently, Chen Haiquan felt that his thoughts were quite naïve, in that barren land in the northwest, how could Liu Zhidan have a plane.

"We don't have to think about where we got the plane in the center, anyway, it won't be clear tomorrow morning." Although Xu Xiangqian also felt that there were many problems with the telegram from the central authorities, and he could not explain it clearly, it was better to go and see it tomorrow morning, seeing is believing than guessing by himself.

"If you want to go by yourself, I won't go." Zhang Guotao shook his hand and got up, strode away, leaving only Xu Xiangqian and Chen Haiquan, you look at me, I look at you.

After leaving the conference room, the more Zhang Guotao thought about it, the more angry he became, and he felt that he had come to see him laugh at the telegram from the central government. After winning the first battle after going south, he took the initiative to contact the central government, in order to prove himself right.

However, he did not expect that the central authorities did not care about his victory at all, but instead pointed out the various difficulties that the Fourth Front Army was about to encounter after it moved south, and said that it was sure that it would fail when it went south, and persuaded it to return north.

Regarding this kind of exhortation, Zhang Guotao felt that the central government could not pull down and refused to admit his correctness. In this case, he Zhang Guotao has to prove himself with a bigger victory.

On the way south, the armies of the four fronts were like bamboos, and no warlord could stop them, and he sent his victories back to the central government again and again, not only did he not get approval, but the central government sent a working group to the south, and the first thing he said when they met was to stop going south.

Faced with this situation, Zhang Guotao was naturally dissatisfied, and with a wave of his hand, he detained the working group, and no longer contacted the central government, determined to go to Chengdu, establish a base in central Sichuan, and prove his ability with practical actions.

It's just that he didn't expect that the warlords in Sichuan, who were originally scattered, would be unified, and they would lose the decisive battle at Baizhang Pass, and they had to choose to retreat westward.

After withdrawing to Ganzi, Zhang Guotao already felt that the army's morale was unstable, and some people below had already begun to discuss the question of whether to go north.

He did not fail to consider this, but it was absolutely impossible for him to admit his mistake to the group of people in the central government, and his southward strategy was not wrong, it was just bad luck, as long as he eased the early stage of the unification of the opinions of the warlords in Sichuan, and when they became a plate of scattered sand, his opportunity would come.

But at this critical moment, the central government actually sent Wu Hao south, although it is not possible to distinguish the truth of the matter, but as long as there is a possibility, his future will be in trouble.

Although the central government only said that he wanted to let go of the detained working group, gather troops and return north to join the Central Red Army. But how could he, who was familiar with the rules and regulations of the Datong Party, not understand that as long as he returned north to join the Central Red Army, the command of the four front armies would definitely be cut. The loss of authority is only a trivial matter, and if you are charged with something, you will be killed, and then there will be nothing.

In any case, at this critical moment, he absolutely cannot let the Central Committee snatch the command of the Fourth Front Army from his hands, nor will he wait to be criticized by the Central Committee.

After making up his mind, Zhang Guotao found his henchmen Xu Kexun and Huang Chao, ready to solve the martial arts who will come tomorrow.

Hearing that the central government has sent Wu Hao south, and he will be able to arrive by plane tomorrow morning, Xu Kexun and Huang Chao were a little surprised, and their first reaction was similar to Zhang Guotao's beginning, and they both looked in disbelief.

Seeing the two of them questioning, Zhang Guotao sighed helplessly, then shook his head and said: "Actually, I don't believe very much, the central government has been defeated by that little remnant, and the intelligence system has already been completely destroyed, where can we know our movements." It's just that at the moment we are in a special period, and the people in the army are unstable, and it is inevitable that some people will leak information. ”

"What the main seat said is reasonable, it's just that Wu Hao arrived so quickly, it doesn't make sense, and where did they get the plane?" Tsui Kexun didn't doubt Zhang Guotao's words, but he still couldn't believe it.

"It's better to believe it than to believe it, in case Wuhao really arrives tomorrow, we are not prepared at all, wouldn't we sit and wait for death." Huang Chao thought about it, but still felt that he couldn't let his guard down.

"Sit and die?" Zhang Guotao snorted, "The Four Front Army belongs to me Zhang Guotao, and no one can take it away, without my order, they don't want to mobilize a single soldier." ”

Although Zhang Guotao said it impassionedly, Xu Kexun still knew that at this moment, as long as Wuhao occupied the righteousness of the central government, it was not impossible for the four front armies to fall apart. When he went south, there were a lot of objections in the army, all of which were suppressed by Zhang Guotao, and in the end, he did achieve a lot of victories in the south, and only then did he truly fully control the army's heart.

However, after the battle of Baizhang Pass, the troops suffered huge losses, and many people were already beginning to think about whether it was right to go south. Under such circumstances, it is somewhat unrealistic to say that he can control the army.

However, as Zhang Guotao's diehard, Xu Kexun knows that there is both prosperity and loss between the two, otherwise Zhang Guotao would not have found him and Huang Chao at this time.

Last year, he broke with the central government, and in order to seize control of the army, he discussed with Zhang Guotao to poison President Zhu Wei and Liu Yumingzhao, but later the conspiracy did not succeed.

This time to deal with Wu Hao, Xu Kexun felt much easier than last time, after all, it was on his own territory, even if Wu Hao brought the guards, he would not be able to turn the sky in their hands.

Because they didn't know the specific situation, the three of them didn't come up with a decision, and there was only one central idea, prepare the henchmen and guns, and wait for the opportunity to relieve the henchmen after Wu Hao arrived tomorrow.

It's just that this kind of thing can't be done blatantly in the dead of night, and once it is implemented, it can only succeed and not fail.

The three of them are civilian, and there are not many soldiers under their actual control, so they have to choose a military attache to cooperate, for this candidate, Xu Kexun first thought of Xu Siyou and Monk Xu last time.

Where did he think of Zhang Guotao, but he shook his head and said: "Monk Xu can't do it, I felt very strange about what happened last time, obviously a nirvana, how could I let a group of Tuyu bandits stir it up." ”

"Does the main seat mean that Monk Xu deliberately let go of Zhu Wei and Liu Yu Mingzhao?" Tsui Kexun looked at Zhang Guotao suspiciously.

"I don't know, I just can't rule it out." Zhang Guotao was silent for a while before saying, in fact, he didn't dare to imagine that Xu Siyou would betray him, it was a tiger general he promoted from countless soldiers, according to the ancient saying, he was a grace to Xu Siyou, and he could deliver his life in this era.

"If Monk Xu can't believe it, I'm afraid the other generals will be unreliable." As one of his henchmen, it was impossible for Huang Chao not to say anything, and expressed his opinion in a timely manner, "I don't think it's as good as this, Monk Xu and other army commanders and division commanders need to be contacted, but they can't tell them about the assassination of Wu Hao, we just need to draw them all to our side, and the actual assassination operation is still carried out by our own guards." These guards have been with us for many years, and there is no problem with trust. ”

"Okay, that's how the matter is settled for the time being, both of you will go down first to contact your own guards, and by the way, find out the tone of a troop general." After retreating westward, Zhang Guotao has not rested much, and now he has been tossed by the central telegram so late, his body is obviously tired, and he waved his hand and ordered the two to go down to do errands, and he went back to rest.

Although his body was very tired and sleepy, Zhang Guotao always couldn't sleep when he lay on the bed, and he always saw in a trance that he was deprived of the command of the Fourth Front Army, and was tied up by a group of swarthy and thin soldiers to show his might, and the villagers kept throwing rotten rotten leaves and rotten eggs at him, surrounded by the indifferent expressions of the soldiers, and the opponents in the center pointed at him from afar, with ridicule on their faces.

In a daze, he remained half-asleep until he was awakened by a deafening shout.

"Comrades of the Fourth Front Army, I am the deputy commander of the ** Xi Wuhao, after the Central Committee knew that the comrades failed to go south, they specially sent me to comfort everyone, and by the way, invited everyone to return north to meet the Party Central Committee."