Yan Xishan was very satisfied with the scene where everyone was listening to him calmly and carefully, and he was very excited, the feeling of the superior was really amazing. Yan Xishan didn't care about how others felt, even Feng Yuxiang.

Yan Xishan put away his smile, glanced around majestically, and continued: "Meng saw that everyone was not very enthusiastic about the formation of the New Deal Axe, and Meng thought that this was a big mistake, or Mr. Wang was far-sighted!" This move is very clever. ”

Yan Xishan did not forget to put on a top hat for Wang Jingwei that did not cost money, nodded slightly to Chen Gongbo and continued: "If the new political axe is not formed, even if Chiang Kai-shek is wrong in a thousand ways, all kinds of mistakes, the name and righteousness are also on his side, because he represents the central political axe, the people will think that we oppose him Jiang someone, that is, we are against the central political axe, we are a local rebellion, and the hearts of the people will never be towards us." ”

"The Third National Congress of the Kuomintang was single-handedly connived by Chiang Kai-shek, and it does not represent the will of the whole party, but he Chiang Kai-shek imposed his personal will on the whole party, so it is also illegal, Chiang Kai-shek has completely deviated from the line of the former premier, as stated in the "Declaration of the Chinese Kuomintang to the Third National Congress" issued by the Chinese Kuomintang Reorganization Comrades Association in February of the 18th year of the Republic of China, "The Chinese Kuomintang has been corrupted, entrenched, stolen, and controlled by warlords, bureaucrats, politicians, compradors, inferior gentry, and local tyrants; Premier Sun's three clear meanings have been tampered with by them; The programme decided by the First and Second Congresses has been spurned by them; The revolutionaries of their own party were regarded by them as enemies. Therefore, the central government in Nanjing has become the stronghold of all reactionary forces, capitulating to imperialism and capitulating to all feudal forces. ’”

"Therefore, the new political axe must be established as soon as possible, only in this way can more party comrades awaken and see clearly the true face of Chiang Kai-shek's anti-party and misguided country, and we can also gather more patriots, accumulate greater anti-Chiang forces, and successfully force Chiang to go into the wilderness."

Yan Xishan tilted his head slightly and said to Chen Gongbo: "I also want to bother Lao Gongbo to urge Mr. Wang to return to China as soon as possible and set a major political strategy." ”

Yan Xishan said very cautiously that he would invite Wang Jingwei to return to China and set a major political strategy. Instead of asking Wang Jingwei to return to China to preside over the overall situation, the difference between these words has a very different connotation, and only those who are present can understand it, and Chen Gongbo is of course one of them.

Without waiting for Chen Gongbo to say something, Feng Yuxiang took over the conversation very politely and said unhappily: "Baichuan, it is important to establish a new political axe, and everyone understands this truth, but if there is no military victory, the new political axe will not only not be recognized by the foreign powers, but even the domestic people will not agree with us, let alone gather party comrades in this way, such a new political axe will only increase the laughing stock." Therefore, the formation of a coalition army is the most important thing at the moment, how can you not understand this truth? ”

From the position where Song Zhewu was sitting, it could be clearly seen that the generals of the Jin Sui Army were very dissatisfied with Feng Yuxiang's rudeness, if Yan Xishan hadn't been smiling when Feng Yuxiang accused him, these people would have had a seizure a long time ago.

Yan Xishan didn't care at all, and said with a smile: "Brother Huanzhang, don't be impatient, don't be impatient, please listen to Meng's words." ”

Yan Xishan took a sip of the teacup and said, "Meng thought that it was important to form a new political axe, but the formation of an anti-Chiang coalition army was not only more important, but also as soon as possible. What Brother Huan Zhang said is very true, without a military victory, it will be difficult for the New Deal Axe to be recognized by the people, and it will not even exist at all, only with strong military strength as a backing, the New Deal Axe will be recognized, of course, it is legal, and Brother Huan Zhang's opinion is supported. As for Brother Huanzhang's nomination of Meng as the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces, Meng's talent is shallow, so it is better for Brother Huanzhang to take on this big responsibility. ”

Feng Yuxiang was very satisfied with Yan Xishan's agreement to form an anti-Chiang coalition army first, and he would not be fooled by Yan Xishan's pretentious recommendation to be the commander-in-chief, let alone humiliate himself.

Feng Yuxiang waved his hand and said: "Baichuan, I don't have to mention this again, if it was last year, I would still consider it, but now the Northwest Army has only more than 200,000 people, and it is still scattered in the four provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu, Qingdao, and Ning, and its strength is not as good as before." ”

Then Feng Yuxiang said self-deprecatingly: "Besides, the land of my four provinces is not only vast and sparsely populated, but also suffered from severe droughts, and now it has become a problem to just feed the Northwest Army itself, and my old Feng dare not do it, the commander-in-chief of the coalition army." The four provinces of Shanxi, Hebei, Sui, and Chacha in Baichuan are full of anointing, and there is abundant money and food, and we all have to rely on Baichuan, a rich man, so don't shirk this commander-in-chief. ”

For Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang's hypocritical resignations, everyone felt very disapproving, in their opinion, the position of commander-in-chief of the anti-Chiang coalition army did not need to be promoted at all, and they all came to Taiyuan to explain the problem. Yan Xishan was waiting for the "yellow robe to add to his body", obviously he wanted this position very much, but he had to pretend to do it as a last resort.

However, Song Zhewu somewhat understood what Yan Xishan meant, and Yan Xishan wanted to convey two messages to Feng Yuxiang and Chen Gongbo through the unanimous recommendation of everyone: What Yan Xishan wanted to tell Feng Yuxiang was that the position of commander-in-chief was not given to him by Feng Yuxiang, but by everyone; What I want Chen Gongbo to understand is that through Chen Gongbo, Wang Jingwei finally understands that he Yan Xishan is not only strong in his own strength, but he also has the support of many local forces, and whoever is on his head in Yan Xishan will not have a good time. Yan Xishan is doing his homework on the aftermath after the victory against Chiang.

Li Zongren's representative, Pan Yizhi, reacted the fastest, and preemptively said: "Baigong has been in the north for many years, and his prestige is outstanding, and even the former prime minister is also highly appreciated. ”

Although Pan Yizhi had something to say in his words, although he nominated Yan Xishan as the commander-in-chief on behalf of Li Zongren, he emphasized that Yan Xishan had outstanding prestige in the north, just to remind Yan Xishan that Li Zongren was still very influential in the south.

With Pan Yizhi's speech, the other deputies from all walks of life were not far behind, and rushed to nominate Yan Xishan as commander-in-chief, Yan Xishan just smiled and looked at everyone but remained silent, until under Feng Yuxiang's signal, Li Xingzhong, Liu Zhizhou, Deng Zhexi, and Chen Jiyan of the Northwest Army also reluctantly expressed their support for Yan Xishan as the commander-in-chief, and Yan Xishan reluctantly agreed to take up the post of commander-in-chief.

Yan Xishan, who had achieved his goal, impassionedly encouraged everyone and gave an optimistic description of the anti-Chiang prospects, and then said happily: "Since the anti-Chiang coalition army is called the coalition army, there should be a joint general headquarters, and Brother Huan Zhang, Brother Delin, Zhang Hanqing from the Northeast, and Wen Ge as the deputy commander-in-chief. In addition, with regard to the direction of military operations, Mongolia has a preliminary plan, and I will give you a clear idea first, so that all localities can make preparations as soon as possible. Mongolia planned to launch military operations in four directions, namely Jinpu Road, Longhai Road, Pinghan Road, and the Guangxi direction of Delin, taking advantage of our absolute superiority in troops, and the four armies launched an offensive at the same time, so that the Central Army was exhausted. ”

Yan Xishan looked at Song Zhewu with a caring look on his face and said: "Wen Ge's troops have just traveled thousands of miles back and forth, and they have fought a vicious battle with the Soviet army in Manchuria, and they are very tired, and your troops have been replenished with a large number of new recruits and are being trained and rectified......

As soon as he heard Yan Xishan say that the Fourth Route Army should be used as the general reserve of the coalition army, Song Zhewu couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in his heart, which was too beneficial to the implementation of his plan, so he couldn't hear Yan Xishan's speech anymore, but he was nervously thinking about the purpose of Yan Xishan's move in his heart.

According to his consistent impression of Yan Xishan, and even of these local forces, his troops will be pushed to the front line in such a big war, unless the original Jin Sui Army is not on the first line, which is understandable, after all, the Fourth Route Army has now joined the Jin Sui Army, although it is a queen mother, it is closer than other troops. However, as the commander-in-chief of the anti-Chiang coalition army, Yan Xishan, if he put the Jin Sui army in the rear and let other people's troops go to the front to fight hard, it would be unjustifiable in any case, if he really wanted to do that, there would be no war with the central army, and the coalition army would have collapsed, Yan Xishan would not fail to understand this, and he would never be confused to this point.

Could it be that Yan Xishan really didn't have any prejudices and really regarded the Fourth Route Army as the Jin Sui Army? Is it good to let the troops of the original Jin Sui Army retain their strength in the rear, and instead let the Fourth Route Army stay in the rear to preserve their strength, waiting to pick up the fruits of victory? With Yan Xishan's surname, it is absolutely impossible to do this, which Song Zhewu firmly believes.

Could it be that it is really as Yan Xishan said, because the Fourth Route Army is a tired army, so the Fourth Route Army took the opportunity to rest? Song Zhewu quickly eliminated this possibility, Taihang Administration and Shanxi were close at hand, how could Yan Xishan not know about the extremely superficial information about the combat effectiveness ......of his troops and the current mental outlook?

Regarding Yan Xishan's appointment of Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Zhang Xueliang, and Song Zhewu as deputy commanders-in-chief, everyone has no objection, most of these people's troops are only 10,000 or 20,000 people, Ren Yingqi's people are only a few thousand, Fan Zhongxiu's troops have not yet been seen, and they are still recruiting the old department in Henan at this time, after all, at this time, they are speaking with strength, whoever has a hard fist is the uncle, Feng Yuxiang, Zhang Xueliang, and Song Zhewu are all people who hold hundreds of thousands of troops.

Among the many local forces, only Han Fuyu and Shi Yousan are the only ones who have the strength and Li Zongren's 40,000 or 50,000 remnants of the Gui lineage, and the troops of these two people are claimed to have 100,000, although everyone estimates that the actual strength will be greatly reduced, but it should also be about half, however, everyone understands that Yan Xishan values Li Zongren's prestige and fame, and this point, Han Fuyu and Shi Yousan, the two generals of the Northwest Army, cannot compare. Moreover, Shi Yousan's representative Shi Guangyuan had already returned to Henan with Zhao Pilian on the evening train via Zhengtai Road, and Han Fuyu's representative Liu Xizhong had an absent-minded and dispensable expression, and did not express the slightest dissatisfaction, let alone say anything.

Only Feng Yuxiang looked at Song Zhewu with a deep meaning and smiled after listening to Yan Xishan's appointment.

Feng Yuxiang's smile made Song Zhewu, who had long been at a loss, even more uneasy, knowing that he must have been calculated by Yan Xishan, but he didn't know what the problem was? Song Zhewu couldn't help but feel a little depressed in his heart, although he was a person from the past, he was still much more tender than Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang in terms of scheming and scheming......

(To be continued)