Li Wentian's words had a great impact on all the personnel of the Jin Suijun present.

Zhou Shilian's face was discouraged, and his frustration was overflowing; Zhang Dasan and Kong Wei's expressions changed, and they exchanged glances with each other from time to time; Li Yaoming, Deputy Brigade Commander Liu, and Deputy Commander Wang of the 112th Regiment did not change much, but Deputy Brigade Commander Liu and Deputy Wang Tuan looked at Li Yaoming with their eyes, and Li Wentian even saw some expectations in their eyes; The officers of the rest of the 37th Division, although they were also a little panicked, were silent.

Li Wentian saw the expressions of the people in his eyes, and further tempted him and said: "You are all smart people, and you should understand that once the Jin Sui Army accepts the reorganization of the Central Committee, the Central Committee will definitely not agree to the Jin Sui Army to maintain such a large establishment, and it must be greatly reduced. Based on the performance of your 37th Division in Taiyuan this time, do you think there will still be your place in the Jin Sui Army? ”

Li Wentian paused, observed everyone's expressions, and then said: "You have been in the army and politics for many years, and it is really a pity if you are disarmed and returned to the field!" If you are willing to join our Fourth Route Army, I, Li Wentian, can guarantee that your positions in our Fourth Route Army will definitely not be lower than now, including Commander Zhang and Director Kong. ”

Everyone is still silent, it seems that no one is moved, but no one wants to be this bird.

Li Wentian knew that as long as he added another fire, these people would make a choice, after all, few of these people were willing to go home and farm.

"Taiyuan is not only the capital of Shanxi, but also the economic center of Shanxi, but also the essence of Shanxi's development for many years, I believe that many of you have family members in Taiyuan City, if we fight in the city, not only Shanxi decades of development of the industrial base will be destroyed, hundreds of thousands of Taiyuan people in the city, including your family members will inevitably suffer from the fish pond. I hope you will think twice. I won't say anything more, so those who are unwilling to join our Fourth Route Army stand up. ”

Li Wentian decided to put up a big stick behind the sweet dates and put some pressure on them, and the effect might be better.

As soon as Li Wentian's voice fell, Zhou Shilian did not hesitate at all, stood up and said to his subordinates resolutely: "This war has ended, Taiyuan City can have today, it is the result of many years of hard work, and it must not withstand the war, for the sake of the people of Taiyuan, I, Zhou Shilian, will never order a war." I, Zhou Shilian, have betrayed Baigong's trust, I'm sorry for him, this has nothing to do with you, I Zhou Shilian will take this responsibility with all my might, and I will personally ask Baigong for guilt. ”

Zhou Shilian looked at Li Yaoming, and his expression became very lonely and said: "Chief of Staff Li, any of you who wants to join the Fourth Route Army can do it, I will not join the Fourth Route Army, now I will hand over the command of the Thirteenth Army to you, you can take the brothers to find a good home!" ”

Zhou Shilian then said to Wang Bi, the commander of the 37th Division: "Yizhi, you were admitted to the Baoding Military Academy's predecessor, the Baoding Military Academy, in the 32nd year of Guangxu. You are actually a condescend in the Jin Sui Army, and in the fifteenth year of the Republic of China, you were the deputy commander of the Eighth Army of the Central Army, although you are Yang Xingru's sworn brother, and Baigong also trusts his nephew very much, but he only gave you a division commander, which is really wronged by you. This time, Baigong wanted to appoint you as the commander of the first military station, but I didn't agree, I just wanted to wait for the opportunity to ask you to be the deputy commander of the 13th Army. ”

Zhou Shilian sighed and said: "Just now Chief of Staff Li said that Baigong blindly reuses Shanxi people, which is neither right nor true. said that what he said was wrong, it was because he didn't know our Jin Suijun very well. In fact, there are indeed very few people from other provinces among the middle and low-level officers in the Jin Sui Army, and there are still many senior officers from other provinces among the senior officers, including Zhu Shouguang, Gu Renfa, Shi Rongxi, Yang Xiaoou, Guan Fuan, Zhang Yinwu, Chu Xichun, Chen Changjie, Guo Zongfen, Lu Ruiying, Peng Yubin, Li Jungong, Liu Fu, Liang Chunpu, Liang Peihuang, Sun Fulin, Guo Zongfen, Zhang Zhengyu, Zeng Yanyi, and Shi Zebo. said that he was right, that is because the people from other provinces who have achieved the regiment commander or above in the Jinsui army have made meritorious achievements in the previous battles in the past few years, and now in this situation, I am afraid that there will be no more major wars in the future, so it is difficult for you, a Shandong person, to stand out in the Jinsui army. I advise you to stay in the Fourth Route Army. ”

After Zhou Shilian finished speaking, he patted Wang Bi's shoulder and didn't speak again.

Ye Changgui waved his hand, and immediately two special combat team members stepped forward to take Zhou Shilian out.

Wang Bi watched Zhou Shilian come out of the house, sighed and didn't speak.

Zhang Dasan and Kong Wei have always had a good relationship, the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and they didn't move while sitting.

Li Wentian couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that except for Zhou Shilian, the rest of the people were still cooperating, and with the support of these people, the receipt of a complete Taiyuan would be guaranteed.

Li Wentian personally poured wine for everyone, picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "On behalf of Commander Song, I welcome everyone to join the Fourth Route Army, come and drink this cup together." ”

After speaking, Li Wentian took the lead in drinking the wine. Li Yaoming, Deputy Brigade Commander Liu, and Deputy Wang Tuan did not hesitate, and followed with a drink. Zhang Dasan and Kong Wei glanced at each other and drank along. The remaining officers of the 37th Division were all looking at Wang Bi.

Wang Bi looked at his subordinates and said: "What Chief of Staff Li just said is very right, this time the reorganization of the Central Army, we people will have nowhere to go, and I have experienced such a reorganization. ”

After speaking, he didn't wait for everyone to express his position, he drank it himself. The remaining 20 or so officers of the 37th Division couldn't help but see that Li Yaoming had surrendered to the Fourth Route Army, and their division commander also decided to join the Fourth Route Army.

Seeing that the general trend had been decided, Li Wentian finally put his mind at ease, but he was a cautious person, and he would not fully trust these people, at least not yet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation outside is complicated now, and everyone still has to stay here, and they can't return to the army for the time being. I would like to ask Chief of Staff Li Yaoming to call Ma Liang, commander of the 39th Division in Xinzhou, and Liu Fengji, commander of the 38th Division in Jinzhong, and say that Feng Yuxiang ordered Liu Yufen to lead the Northwest Army to stay in Shaanxi and Gansu, Lei Zhongtian, Ma Qi, and other units of the Northwest Army with the intention of entering Shanxi, and ordered the troops of the 39th and 38th Divisions in Jinzhong to immediately set off overnight and rush to Linxian to fortify. If they wanted to ask Zhou Shilian, they would say that the military situation was urgent, and Zhou Shilian had led his troops to Linxian. ”

If Ma Liangshi, who was stationed in Xinzhou, went to Linxian, it would open the north gate of Taiyuan; And if Liu Fengji, who was stationed in Jinzhong, left, it would also make the mountain division go to Taiyuan with a lot less trouble.

"Please give an order from Division Commander Wang, order the headquarters of the 37th Division stationed in Taiyuan City to stay in the city, and then the regiment commanders will order all troops to urgently drive out of the city and assemble at Taiyuan Railway Station to stand by."

Li Wentian said to Zhang Dasan and Kong Wei in an unquestioning tone: "Please also ask Commander Zhang to give an order to withdraw the military police unit protecting Chairman Shang Zhen." At the same time, it was ordered that the gendarmerie units in the city of Taiyuan should not leave the garrison; Director Kong also ordered all the police officers belonging to the police stations in Taiyuan City to withdraw to the police stations and stand by, and not to go out without orders. ”

Then he ordered Ye Changgui: "After the troops of the 37th Division leave the city, inform Captain Han to lead his troops into the city and take over the city defense." You must personally take charge of it, and send people to take over the military headquarters of the 13th Army and the headquarters of the 37th Division with Chief of Staff Li and Division Commander Wang, as well as the Overseer's Office and the Provincial Political Axe, and all the radio stations in the above four places must be turned off. Send someone to bring Chairman Shang Zhen here; Send people to take over the warehouses in the city and control the Taiyuan Arsenal ......"

After issuing a series of orders, Li Wentian asked Li Yaoming, Wang Bi, Zhang Dasan, and Kong Wei in an inquiring tone: "Is there any problem?" ”

Because of Shang Zhen, Li Yaoming understood that he would not have any future in the Jin Sui army at all, and no matter how loyal he was, Yan Xishan would never rest assured that he would be appointed. In this case, Zhou Shilian handed over the military power of the Thirteenth Army to him, and he had to behave well.

At that moment, Li Yaoming stood up: "I promise to obey the command of the chief of staff, and everything will be done according to the instructions of the chief of staff." Just ......"

Seeing that Li Yaoming was a little hesitant, Li Wentian said with a smile: "Chief of Staff Li, we are now a family, if you have anything to say, don't talk about it." ”

Li Yaoming plucked up his courage and said: "Chief of Staff, there is a battalion in the 37th Brigade and the 112th Regiment that is Chairman Shang's old unit, and it is also a unit that Deputy Brigade Commander Liu and Deputy Wang Tuan can absolutely control. ”

Li Yaoming's proposal to leave two battalions in the city somewhat made Li Wentian a little uneasy. Although if there were two more battalions of troops in the city, the strength would be strengthened and the situation in the city would be more certain, but these two battalions were not the troops of the Fourth Route Army after all, and he could not be careful at this special time.

After pondering for a while, Li Wentian decided that in order to hold Li Yaoming, Deputy Brigade Commander Liu and Deputy Wang Tuan, it was still worth taking some risks, nodded and asked: "Deputy Brigade Commander Liu and Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, you two guarantee that you can control these two battalions?" ”

Seeing that Li Wentian had the intention of leaving these two battalions behind, this made the two of them feel very happy, which showed that Li Wentian trusted them very much.

"Please rest assured Chief of Staff Li, the two of us came out of these two battalions, and the battalion and company commanders are both old subordinates of the two of us, as long as we come forward, there will be absolutely no problem."

"Okay, these two battalions can stay in the city, but you can't return to the troops until the other troops of the 37th Division are out of the city and Captain Han's troops enter the city, and I will send someone to assist you."

Li Wentian was still a little uneasy, thought about it, and added: "I can also tell you that if Chairman Shang Zhen can control the troops again, if you are willing to go back, I think Commander Song will definitely agree." ”

(To be continued)