Xiao County, Anhui Province, Huangkou Railway Station, heavy troops gathered, three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry, the blue sky and white sun flag hunted and fluttered over the station, the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army, Chiang Kai-shek, and the generals will welcome the largest ally in the north, General Feng Yuxiang, commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Alliance.

A train dragged black smoke from the west, drove into the station and slowly stopped, and in the burst of steam, an extremely burly soldier wearing a coarse cloth military uniform with a cow belt around his waist jumped off the train, followed by a group of officers dressed in the same coarse cloth military uniform.

The honor guard who had been waiting for a long time drew his command knife and said sharply: "Salute, play music." The energetic soldiers of the Northern Expeditionary Army raised their guns to salute Feng Yuxiang in the sound of military music, and their brushing movements, shining bayonets, and resolute eyes made the grinning Northwest Army colleagues awe-inspiring.

Chiang Kai-shek stepped forward quickly, stretching out his hands: "Commander-in-Chief Feng, if you miss the distance, you still look at Haihan." ”

Feng Yuxiang took a step back and looked surprised: "Isn't this Commander-in-Chief Jiang, why bother you to come here, you really killed my old Feng, a sin." ”

The two had a polite exchange, Chiang Kai-shek introduced his revolutionary comrades to Feng Yuxiang, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Chen Zikun, Chen Tiaoyuan, etc., when Chen Zikun was introduced, Feng Yuxiang laughed: "I am an old friend with Zikun, and Zikun is still the guide of my revolution." ”

Chen Zikun knew that Lao Feng liked to exaggerate when he spoke, and he didn't explain anything, he shook hands warmly and praised each other, and when the generals of the two sides met, he noticed a familiar figure in Feng's team, and now Wang Dongliang has hung a major epaulette.

At the end of the meeting, the generals got on the car and drove to Xuzhou, Xiao County is only a few dozen miles away from Xuzhou, the special train arrived soon, a group of reporters have been waiting outside the railway station, saw the two commanders-in-chief come out and hurriedly stepped forward to take pictures, Chiang Kai-shek was very easy-going and invited Feng Yuxiang to take a group photo, the two left a group photo in front of Xuzhou Station, Jiang's meticulous military uniform and sword and Feng Yuxiang's coarse cloth big-headed soldier costume formed a great contrast.

Staying in the best hotel in Xuzhou, the Garden Hotel, as soon as he entered the gate, Feng Yuxiang saw that the hall was full of sturdy and bulky camphor wood boxes, there were dozens of mouthfuls, and he was wondering, Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand, a group of soldiers ran over, lifted all the box lids, a piece of silver was brilliant, and the eyes of the people flashing in the light of the crystal chandelier could not be opened.

It's an ocean full of white flowers!

The Feng generals' eyes were straight, and they couldn't move their steps, Feng Yuxiang asked knowingly: "Commander-in-Chief Jiang, what does this mean?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "The first time we met, this was a small gift prepared by the brothers to Commander-in-Chief Feng, a mere 500,000 oceans, which made Commander-in-Chief Feng and the brothers smile. ”

Although this sentence is a kind word, it doesn't sound like a taste to the generals of the Feng Department, and they will give 500,000 when they meet, which is also a bit bigger, and the meeting gifts that are rewarded casually are enough for the expenses of our whole army for several months, it is really more popular than people, so much money, there are always thousands of children and eight hundred in their hands, enough to eat and drink and sleep with girls, looking at the ocean of these white flowers, I can almost hear the sound of them sucking saliva.

Feng Yuxiang was a cheerful person, without pretending to excuse himself, he immediately accepted it, and couldn't help but say: "I thank Commander-in-Chief Jiang on behalf of the brothers." ”

After accepting the 500,000 yuan gift, the subsequent talks will be much simpler, this time Feng Yuxiang came to the east with the intention of mediating the differences between the two central committees of Wuhan and Nanjing, but soon the mediation changed its flavor, and Feng Yuxiang explained the matter of the negotiation with Wang Zhaoming not long ago, leaving no bottom at all.

"Chairman Wang invited me to attack Nanjing, recapture Guangzhou, and purge the rebels in Lianghu and Jiangxi, although I, Feng Yuxiang, am a big boss, but I still understand the general principle of the revolution, our common enemy is the reactionary and decadent Beiyang government, Zhang Zuolin is still in Beijing, how can we fight in the same room, and do things that are happy for relatives and enemies."

Feng Yuxiang was full of words, Chiang Kai-shek nodded yes, now Feng Yuxiang occupies the northwest, has great power, and holds the title of the National Revolutionary Army, and has an excellent relationship with the Soviets.

Wang Zhaoming's price for buying Feng Yuxiang was the military and political power of the entire Henan and Northwest, and Chiang Kai-shek was not ambiguous, but he did not have a ready-made territory for Feng Yuxiang, and his advantage was that he had a lot of money.

"Commander-in-Chief Feng, the Nanjing government will pay your troops two million yuan a month, do you think this figure is generally appropriate?" Chiang Kai-shek dropped a bombshell.

The generals of the Northwest Army who attended the meeting looked at each other, and then whispered, they are all reckless soldiers, not treacherous politicians, it is really difficult to hide the excitement and confusion in their hearts, the excitement is because the money is too big, and the confusion is also because the money is too big.

Feng Yuxiang coughed lightly, and immediately fell silent, the Northwest Army is a patriarchal style, whether it is a military commander, a division commander or a big-headed soldier, if Lao Feng says a word, he will be punished for kneeling and being beaten with a military stick.

Chen Zikun knew that Feng Yuxiang was born in hardship, and the Northwest Army was a group of poor ghosts, when he lived in Nanyuan in Beijing in his early years, he also went to Li Yanqing with him to ask for military salaries, and he suffered all the idleness for a mere 100,000 yuan, and later reversed the direct line, reversed the Feng family, fought in the northwest, and has been active in barren areas, coupled with strict management of the army, not growing opium, not robbing the people, Feng Min's life has been tight, the Soviet Union gave him ordnance, but it is impossible to give military salaries, and the Wuhan government's own purse is still deflated, and it is impossible to have spare money to feed Feng Bu's hundreds of thousands of mouths, as soon as Chiang Kai-shek opened his mouth, it was two million a month, this temptation is really not small, it seems that Lao Feng is going to turn against him again.

Unexpectedly, Feng Yuxiang was surprisingly calm and said calmly: "Thank you to the Nationalist Government, thank you Commander-in-Chief Jiang, I don't know what Commander-in-Chief Jiang thinks about the current situation?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "Brother thinks, the outside must first be secured, there is Wuhan to hinder, the Northern Expedition can not continue, if Commander-in-Chief Feng can return to Hankou and ban the illegal central government, we can continue to go north and unify the country." ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Feng Yuxiang, expecting him to nod.

Feng Yuxiang said with a straight face: "The thing of stabbing the knife in the back, my old Feng can't do it, whether it is Wuhan or Nanjing, they are all students of the prime minister, and the first prime minister in the spirit of heaven does not like to see our party killing each other, and the central government of Wuhan is just controlled by the Soviets, and Chairman Wang is also involuntarily, I will send a telegram to the whole country to make this position clear, and please ask Commander-in-Chief Jiang to think about it again." ”

In the face of a huge temptation, Feng Yuxiang actually refused on the spot, which really shocked **, but Chiang Kai-shek's next words were even more surprising.

"Commander-in-Chief Feng Gao Fengliangjie, brother admires, you are right, the differences within our party do not necessarily have to be resolved by force, but for the CCP elements mixed in our party, we should really vigorously clean them up...... Oh, two million monthly salaries, in cash or bills of exchange? ”

Feng Yuxiang was shocked, he did not hesitate to refuse Chiang Kai-shek's request just now, because he expected that the other party would not really give him so much money, even if it was a one-time 2 million, it was a huge amount of money, not to mention 2 million per month, you must know that just ten days ago, when he asked the representative of the Wuhan government for military salaries, the other party could not even take out 200,000 yuan.

By now, it is clear where to go, Feng Yuxiang curry favor with both ends, not only received the territory of Henan Province in Wuhan, but also received 2 million military salaries from the Nanjing government every month, and the price paid was just to send all the *** in the jurisdiction out of the country.

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Jiangdong Province, Provincial Federation of Trade Unions Office, Special Committee Secretary Mai Ping and Deputy Secretary-General of the Federation of Trade Unions Zheng Zeru sat opposite each other, both of them had a worried face, Feng Yuxiang, a guy who has always shown a righteous face, finally exposed the true face of the warlord, and parted ways with the party under the lure of interests, this news is very depressing.

"I remember someone told me that Feng Yuxiang couldn't be trusted, and sooner or later he would betray the revolution, but unfortunately I didn't ......believe it at all," Zheng Zeru took a deep breath of his cigarette and snuffed out the cigarette butt in the mountain of ashtrays.

"What if you believe it? We do our own thing, and a spark can start a prairie fire. Mai Ping said in high spirits, during this time he presided over the work in Jiangdong Province, with the enthusiasm of young people and the identity of the provincial chairman's nephew, he carried out a sound and impressive development, but also proved his strength, and now he does not have the feeling of lack of confidence when talking to Zheng Zeru.

Zheng Zeru said: "What are the recent instructions of the central government? ”

Mai Ping said: "After Comrade Chen Duxiu was dismissed, Comrade Zhang Guotao temporarily acted as the agent of the Central Committee, and it is understandable that the recent organizational work has lagged behind. ”

Zheng Zeru said: "You mean ......"

Mai Ping was just about to answer, when suddenly the phone rang, answered a few words, put down the phone, picked up his hat and said: "Grandmother came from her hometown, just arrived at the uncle's house, the car that picked me up has already gone downstairs, I will go and take a picture and come back." After that, he hurried away, and when he reached the door, he stopped and said, "By the way, how are you doing with the traitor?" ”

Zheng Zeru said gloomily: "It's not certain whether Liu Ting is a traitor or not, but I still followed your instructions to arrest her father." ”

Mai Ping nodded: "Kill it, and it can be regarded as a lesson for the traitor." ”

Zheng Zeru still wanted to argue a few words, but Mai Ping left without looking back.

The car drove away from the CGT in the back seat, and McPin, who was sitting in the back seat, did not notice the many trucks covered with tarpaulins lurking in the alleys on both sides of the road.

When he arrived at the Mai Mansion, Mai Ping hurriedly entered the living room, looked left and right but didn't find his grandmother's figure, and couldn't help but wonder: "Where is Mrs. Tai?" ”

Without answering left and right, Mai Zilong turned out from behind the screen with a gloomy face: "Your grandmother hasn't left her hometown for half a step, how can she be here." ”

Mai Ping knew that he had been fooled, and turned around and walked out, but was forced by four guards with guns.

The sound of explosions in the distance was heard, and the glass of the mansion trembled, followed by the dense sound of gunfire.

At this moment, Mai Pingquan understood and sat down on the ground in a dejected manner.