There is a mistake in the above, I got Ma Liang's number wrong, it should be the 39th Division, please forgive me!

Mengxi took the stack of telegrams she received and continued to report: "Deputy Chief of Staff Li called, our army in Taiyuan has successfully controlled the whole city of Taiyuan, and won the 37th Division of the Jin Sui Army in Taiyuan Anyway, Zhou Shilian Army Chief of Staff Li Yaoming, Shanxi Military Police Commander Zhang Dasan, and Shanxi Police Department Chief Kong Wei have agreed to join our army. ”

"It's just that although Deputy Chief of Staff Li now controls the officers above the 37th Division, most of the troops of the 37th Division are now concentrated at the Taiyuan Railway Station, and they are still a little unstable, and it is necessary for troops to arrive as soon as possible and disarm them in order to completely stabilize the situation in Taiyuan."

Meng Xi, who was looking at the telegram report, paused slightly, and said after considering the words: "Deputy Chief of Staff Li asked the commander for forgiveness in the telegram, and he did not ask the commander for instructions, so he promised on behalf of the commander, including Zhang Dasan and Kong Wei, and the officers of the 37th Division that after joining the Fourth Route Army, their positions will not be reduced......

Li Wentian is a prelude to this, and Wang Xu is a little worried about Li Wentian. Seeing that Song Zhewu didn't say anything, he explained for Li Wentian with a smile: "With the support of these people, Canxuan can control the situation in Taiyuan so smoothly, and Canxuan is also forced by the situation. ”

Song Zhewu understood what Wang Xu meant, and waved his hand to signal Mengxi to continue reporting.

"After Zhou Shilian handed over the command to Li Yaoming, Li Yaoming, according to the instructions of Deputy Chief of Staff Li, transferred the 39th Division and the 38th Division very smoothly, according to the investigation and verification of the Taiyuan side, not only Ma Liang's 39th Division has rushed to Linxian, but the 38th Division has also left Jinzhong."

"After Zhang Yafei's army launched a successful raid on Lingqiu, he carried out a surprise attack on Fanzhi at 10:20, and the Jin Sui army defending the city was defenseless and was successfully broken into the city by our army. However, there was fierce resistance at the Jinsui Army Brigade Headquarters in the city, and by 11 o'clock the department had been resolved, killing more than 200 people below the enemy's brigade commander, but a few routs might have taken advantage of the chaos to break through. Zhang Yafei's department did not stop in Fanzhi, and the forward regiment has now arrived at Zhang Mill and forced modern county. Because there was no garrison of the Jin Sui Army along the road from Daixian to Taiyuan, the vanguard regiment was equipped with trucks, and they could arrive in Taiyuan three hours later at the latest. ”

"In Laiyuan's large troops, except for the planes of the Air Force Corps and some garrison troops, the rest of the troops and personnel have already been on the road, and they can all pass through Lingqiu before dawn tomorrow morning. The planes of the Air Force Corps will be led by Chief of Staff Gao to Wusu Airport after dawn, and the garrison will then march to Shanxi. ”

"In the direction of Jingcheng, the garrison of the Jin Sui Army after the Niangzi Pass and the Pass has been tightly surrounded by Li Sichi's troops, and they can be disarmed or annihilated on the spot just after dawn. The vanguard of the mountain division had already safely passed through Yangquan and arrived at Jiujie in five passenger wagons, and it should be possible to reach Beizhang near Taiyuan before two o'clock in the morning. A regiment of the Mountain Division was marching towards Yangquan, and if they could reach their destination before dawn, they would solve the garrison of the Jin Sui Army in Yangquan. ”

"The vanguard of the two divisions of the Mountain Division and Zhang Yafei's Army, together there are nearly 7,000 troops, and I suggest that the two of them cooperate with the Taiyuan troops to disarm the troops of the 37th Division assembled at the Taiyuan Railway Station."

"Yes. Then let Canxuan bring Wang Bi and other officers of the 37th Division, and they will cooperate in disarming to prevent accidental firefights. I also want Canxuan to explain clearly to the officers and men of the 37th Division that we are doing this entirely to prevent misunderstandings, and to grieve them for the time being, and as soon as the situation in Taiyuan is stable, I will formally integrate them into the Fourth Route Army. ”

Song Zhewu glanced at Wang Xu and said to Mengxi: "Canxuan's ability to control the situation in Taiyuan so smoothly is a great contribution to our Fourth Route Army. With the situation at that time, he was able to make a decision on the spot, save Taiyuan, and hand over the operation of directing Taiyuan to him, and I was not wrong. I, Song Zhewu, am not a person who knows right from wrong, and I tell Canxuan that I completely agree with what he promised. Let's keep debriefing. ”

"I just received a report from Commander Zhang Tao that the Second Division in Lushan has arrived at Huayuankou. Now only one regiment of the cavalry division and part of the listening staff of the Chief of Staff of Wang Intelligence Bureau are left in Zhengzhou. ”

Wang Xu continued: "Commander, based on the reports of the intelligence stations in Beiping, Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, and Zhengzhou, up to now, not only Feng Yuxiang of the Pinghan Line has not discovered our movements, but also Yan Xishan in Dezhou has not found any anomalies in our army. Because the cavalry troops in Lushan had a long way to Huayuankou, did they order them to evacuate Lushan and return now? ”

Wang Xu was afraid that the cavalry troops in Lushan would be intercepted by the Northwest Army on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Feng Yuxiang, who was angry at that time, was likely to take these cavalry out of his anger.

Song Zhewu nodded in agreement: "Not only Lushan's troops, but also our troops in Zhengzhou and the people of your intelligence bureau must also be ready to evacuate at any time, and leave as soon as they find out that the Northwest Army of Zhengzhou has abnormal behavior." ”

He also ordered Mengxi: "Tell Zhang Tao to let the troops guarding the north of the bridge be ready to meet them at any time." ”

At this time, the communications staff officer sent Mengxi another telegram that she had just received, and Mengxi read the telegram and reported: "Commander, this is a telegram from Deputy Chief of Staff Li of Taiyuan. Deputy Chief of Staff Li said in the telegram that Liu Shaoting, Jing Yuexiu's representative in Taiyuan, suddenly came to our deputy commander's office in Taiyuan in the middle of the night to convey Jing Yuexiu's telegram to Deputy Chief of Staff Li. The telegram was to the effect that 'Jing Yuexiu has received information that our army has tens of thousands of troops stationed in Daqingshan. Jing Yuexiu said that he had asked the prince of Tumut to prohibit the herdsmen from entering Daqingshan again, and he would never allow the news of the presence of troops in Daqingshan to spread to the outside world. He also asked to join our Fourth Route Army, and at the same time told Deputy Chief of Staff Lee that his 86th Division would be at his disposal if we needed it. ”

"Yan Xishan has no abnormality?"

This news startled Song Zhewu, although Wang Xu had just finished saying that Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang did not act abnormally, he still couldn't help but ask Wang Xu.

If it is really as Jing Yuexiu said, Xu Fang and Zhao Fengwu's troops were found in Daqingshan, that is, two or three days ago, if Yan Xishan had received Jing Yuexiu's report more than ten hours ago and mobilized a large army from Jinan to return to reinforcements, even if it was to transport troops along the Pingsui line, at this time the reinforcements of the Jin Sui army would have arrived in Zhangjiakou, and there would have been more troops in Shijiazhuang. It is likely that he will follow him back to Shanxi immediately.

"Nope!" , Wang Xu said with great certainty.

"If Yan Xishan mobilizes troops to come back, his radio communication will never be without anomalies."

"It's just that this Jing Yuexiu's news is very well-informed." Wang Xu said strangely.

Song Zhewu reached out for a cigarette, but only took out an empty cigarette case, and Liang Bi, the adjutant on the side, hurriedly took out a box and tore open the seal and handed it over.

Liang Bi knew Song Zhewu's habits, and whenever there was a major event, he was addicted to smoking, so when he left Zhengzhou, he deliberately put two boxes of cigarettes that Song Zhewu usually smoked in his pocket, so that he could hand them over to Song Zhewu at any time.

As long as Yan Xishan didn't react, it meant that Jing Yuexiu didn't tell Yan Xishan the news. And he didn't tell Yan Xishan the news, the purpose was to think clearly with his feet.

Song Zhewu lit a cigarette, took a deep breath and said: "Don't underestimate Jing Yuexiu, although his eighty-sixth division has only a few thousand people and a pitiful number of guns, his troops are all veterans of more than ten years, and their combat effectiveness is still very good." In particular, Jing Yuexiu has a very good relationship with the princes of Inner Mongolia, and the princes trust him very much, and this person is very helpful to us in stabilizing the situation in Inner Mongolia. ”

Wang Xu didn't think too much about what Song Zhewu said about Inner Mongolia, he was just very interested in Jing Yuexiu choosing to join the Fourth Route Army so quickly.

"Daqingshan is hundreds of miles away from Yulin, he got the news that someone saw Xu Fang in Daqingshan three days ago, and it seems that he doesn't know about it when we occupy Suiyuan. This Jing Yuexiu is really exciting, he asked Liu Shaoting to tell Canxuan that he wanted to join our Fourth Route Army, he must have sensed our intentions. ”

Song Zhewu nodded in agreement: "Xu Fang and Zhao Fengwu's troops must have been discovered by the herdsmen, and then through the letter sent by the prince of Tumut to Jingyue Xiu. Our army of more than 100,000 people quietly moved south from Outer Mongolia, and Jing Yuexiu could easily guess our intentions. He should know very well that as long as our Fourth Route Army withdraws from the anti-Chiang coalition army, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang will inevitably fail, and Jing Yuexiu is looking for a way back for himself. ”

"However, Jing Yuexiu must know that the troops who joined our Fourth Route Army will be broken up and reorganized, can he be willing?" Wang Xu was a little skeptical of Jing Yuexiu's sincerity.

"He must not want to." Song Zhewu said with a faint smile.

"I guess Jing Yuexiu did this for two purposes, one was to test us to see if we really wanted to withdraw from the anti-Chiang camp. If we agree to adopt him, then he can determine our intentions. Of course, even if he did, he wouldn't tell Yan Xishan; Second, he also wants to see our conditions, and if the conditions we give him are not his heart, he can immediately convey his sincerity to the central authorities. I think this is the case, Jing Yuexiu can be special, as long as he can control the princes of Inner Mongolia. Moreover, we can slowly transform his troops in the future by sending our cadets to his troops. ”

Song Zhewu said decisively: "Telegraph to Canxuan and ask him to tell Liu Shaoting that I agree to incorporate him, and his 86th Division will remain intact, and the number is tentatively designated as the First Division of the Northwest Reading Force of the Fourth Route Army." ”

Song Zhewu threw the cigarette butt to the ground and extinguished it with his foot. Said to Mengxi: "Then telegraph to Xiao Tao's two chiefs of staff, asking Zhao Fengwu and Liang Fang to hurry up the construction of fortifications after occupying Youyu, Shanyin, Yingxian and Fanzhi, once Yan Xishan finds out that we have captured Shanxi, he will definitely transport troops to Datong through the Pingsui Line, which must be one of the main battlefields." ”

"After disarming the troops of the 37th Division at Taiyuan Station, we should ask the troops of Xu in Jingle and Gujiao to search for Ma Liang's 39th Division and Liu Fengji's 38th Division in the direction of Linxian and Jiaocheng, and it would be best if they could be absorbed, otherwise they would be eliminated, or at least they should be driven away in the direction of Linfen. When we are engaged in a battle with the Jin Sui Army and the Northwest Army, we must not allow a force of tens of thousands to exist in our rear. ”

(To be continued)