I saw that these people knelt on the ground one after another and said, "Comrade of the Eighth Route Army, you are finally here, are you here to fight devils?" Can we go home and not leave? ”

Deng Xianxian and Xu Xiangqian hurriedly dismounted, helped the people up and said, "Everyone, fathers and fellow villagers, get up quickly, don't be like this, you can't help it." ”

An uncle cried and said, "Comrade of the Eighth Route Army, you have come and gone, the little devils have come and gone, and we ordinary people have been tossed miserable, I beg you, you can completely drive the little devils away." ”

Deng Xianxian had no choice, and said loudly, "Fellow villagers, our Eighth Route Army will not ignore you, now the Japanese army is only a hundred miles away from Taiyuan, and Taiyuan is likely to become a battlefield, you go to the countryside to hide first, you can rest assured." We will definitely drive the little devils out of Shanxi completely! Driven out of China, let us all go home and live a good life, everyone be patient a little longer, okay. ”

It was only then that the refugees were able to disperse. Deng Xianxian and the others entered Taiyuan City at this time, and were welcomed to the reception room by Yang Aiyuan, who had been waiting for a long time, and then, Yang Aiyuan claimed to invite Yan Xishan, except for two guards who served tea for the two of them, no one came in.

Xu Xiangqian smiled and said, "It seems that our Chief Yan wants to dry us." ”

Deng Xianxian snorted and said, "He saw that we were fighting with the national army, probably what he had in mind, wait and see how patient our Chief Yan is." ”

After about half an hour, the two of them heard a sound of footsteps, the two looked at each other, Xu Xiangqian shook his head and said, "I thought I would have to wait for a long time, it seems that our Chief Yan is still in a hurry." ”

I heard footsteps slowing down, and a laugh came in with the sound of the door opening, "Ahhhh This Chongqing just came to the emergency call, I had to call Chongqing back first, delayed a little time, really neglected the two, come, the two of you please sit down. ”

Three people are seated. Yan Xishan looked at Xu Xiangqian and the two, as if waiting for something, Deng Xixian's eyes rolled, and he didn't take Yan Xishan's words just now, but said, "It's okay, it's just that when we just entered Taiyuan, we saw that many people were leaving, how is the war now?" Is it bad? ”

Yan Xishan's eyes narrowed, in fact, everyone knew what to say when the two parties met this time. It is nothing more than a joint response to the Japanese counterattack and the resolution of the friction between the 129th Division and the 14th Army, but who is in the lead is extremely crucial. Yan Xishan is good at calculation, and naturally knows the truth that he must not give the initiative to the other party.

Yan Xishan pretended to be "Okay, the Japanese army has been blocked by us, Fu Zuoyi fought well in Gujiao, but the distance between the front line and Taiyuan is too close, I also want to thank your air force, it's really amazing." Japanese planes simply could not reach our battlefield. When the 14th Army arrives, we will be ready to counterattack. By the way, what the hell is going on with you and the 14th Army? With this great enemy at the head, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to attack friendly forces like this. And this front line is in urgent need of reinforcements, what do you think? ”

Xu Xiangqian hurriedly said, "Chief Yan." Since the 14th Group Army entered Shanxi, it has been burning and looting everywhere, and we have been begged by the people to send troops, and even Commander Wei Lihuang has sent a telegram to reprimand Liu Maoen, and we have also released the soldiers of Liu Maoen's troops who were captured by us. And decided to escort them all the way to Taiyuan. ”

Yan Xishan was stunned for a moment, "Escort? ”

Deng Xianxian smiled and said, "Yes, we dispatched eight regiments, front and back to protect them, there is no way, they have too much public resentment, we are really afraid that some people will kill any of them, and what can we do if the rescue front line is delayed, so we will escort them to Taiyuan, of course, they will not be hungry to thirst for them, their food and we are a standard." ”

Yan Xishan glanced back at Yang Aiyuan, and secretly complained in his heart, what kind of escort, to put it bluntly, Liu Maoen was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, Yan Xishan couldn't help but say, "Is it inappropriate for you to be like this?" After all, they are friendly forces, and there will be a lot of cooperation in the future. ”

Yan Xishan also hoped that the Eighth Route Army would come to help him defend Taiyuan, so he couldn't say anything hard.

Deng Xianxian pressed his hands and said, "Chief Yan, let's open the window and say something, the Japanese army has arrived in Gujiao, as far as the military discipline of Liu Maoen's department is concerned, how much combat effectiveness do you think such a force can have?" How many times can you withstand the Japanese charge? Does Chief Yan still want to rely on such troops to defend Taiyuan for you? ”

Saying that, Deng Xianxian approached Yan Xishan and said, "Look at what Liu Maoen did in Jinnan, grabbing land everywhere, even if he held Shanxi, I'm afraid I won't talk about the Shanxi in Chief Yan's heart." ”

Liang Huacheng behind Yan Xishan hummed, "That's also the Shanxi of the Chinese." ”

Yan Xishan remained silent, nor did he scold Liang Huacheng, obviously agreeing with Liang Huacheng's words.

Yan Xishan actually has a deep study of redism, in the nineteenth year of the Republic of China, Yan Xishan was forced to go into the wilderness, he constantly reflected on the reasons for his failure in Dalian, thinking that one is not strong enough, the foundation is not thick, after returning to Shanxi, he began the "ten-year construction", on the other hand, he thinks that no matter how strong the army is, he will not succeed without the support of political theory, and Jiang has the "Three People's Doctrine" What does he have.

Yan Xishan set up a theoretical research society, not only to study capitalism, but also to study redism, not only to study Marx, but also to study Trotskyism, and finally believed that redism had its reason but nothing to do, and could not succeed, he not only agreed that distribution according to work was a reasonable social system, but also believed that the problem of exploitation in capitalist society was a problem of transaction rather than distribution, and finally formed his so-called "fairness", the essence of which is the Confucian golden mean. Therefore, Yan Xishan did not believe in redism at all, nor did he believe that the Red Party could really make China rich and powerful.

Deng Xianxian frowned and said, "Aren't we Chinese?" ”

Yan Xishan didn't want to stiffen things, and said haha, "Ah, yes, misunderstanding, misunderstanding, but it's really inappropriate for you to do this, after all, are they all friendly troops, so let's do it, I give an order, Liu Maoen's military discipline is lax, and it must be severely punished, so send it to Taiyuan, and the special military court of the Second Military Region will punish it, and I will send a telegram to Wei Lihuang and Chairman Jiang to explain this matter." ”

As soon as Deng Xianxian heard this, he understood that this was Yan Xishan's desire to take the opportunity to annex Liu Maoen's troops, and he smiled and said, "I'm afraid this will make Chief Wei unhappy, Chief Yan, I want to talk to you secretly for a while." ”

Yan Xishan squinted at Deng Xianxian. After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Xu Xiangqian and Liang Huacheng went out together, and Deng Xianxian said, "Chief Yan, how many years have you been in charge of this place in Shanxi?" ”

Yan Xishan sighed, "From the third year of Xuantong to the twenty-eighth year of the Republic of China, it has been the 29th year, and time flies." ”

Deng Xianxian nodded and continued: "How is Shanxi now? If there had been no Japanese invasion. How many years does Chief Yan think he can accumulate enough strength to sweep the whole country? ”

Yan Xishan is usually used to playing Tai Chi, and it was a little embarrassing to be asked so bluntly by Deng Xianxian, he wanted to play haha, but looking at Deng Xianxian, who had been staring at him, for some reason, he thought about it seriously and said, "The opportunity is not big, people are determined." ”

Deng Xianxian said with a smile: "I don't know what Chief Yan's wish was when he enlisted in the army and made trouble in the Ming Dynasty?" Can you forget your roots today? ”

The earliest wish? Yan Xishan hadn't heard anyone ask him why he was doing Geming in the first place. Yan Xishan couldn't help but recall his youth. At that time, he was still a small clerk, because his family was in the middle of the road, and when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, he was arrested and sent to the branch, carried water and cut grass for the Qing army, fed the horses and walked the horses, he found out for the first time that the Qing Dynasty was so corrupt and incompetent, and he was also full of curiosity about the outside world. A few years later he enlisted in the army and was sent to Japan to study. There, he became acquainted with Sun Yat-sen, and realized the gap between China and foreign countries, and all of them had only one goal at that time, to go back to make trouble and bring down the Qing government. Establish a clear regime, prosper the country, and enrich the people.

Looking back on those years, how many comrades died on the road of Geming, and countless people parted ways after Xinhai. If you beat me, I will beat you, will those comrades who sacrificed for Ge Ming in those years feel relieved or unworthy when they see today's China?

Seeing that Yan Xishan fell into deep thought, Deng Xianxian knew that he was halfway to success, and continued, "Chief Yan, you don't believe in our Red Party, and think that our Red Doctrine is impossible to succeed, I don't know if you have been to Yan'an today?" Have you ever learned about our current Red Party? If you think that we are strong because we are aided by the Soviet Union, then I can tell you that the Soviet Union did not strongly support us, and the Soviet Union really supported Chongqing, not Yan'an! ”

Yan Xishan looked at Deng Xianxian, he knew that everyone would not lie at this time, and asked suspiciously, "You have not been aided by the Soviet Union?" Then where did your weapons come from, don't say that they were all made by you, I understand industry, where did you make so many weapons in a year, as well as tanks and airplanes! ”

Deng Xianxian knew that in order to persuade Yan Xishan to cooperate with him, he had to dispel all his concerns, and he said, "This matter is our secret, but please believe me, our Chinese Red Party is dedicated to China, and Red Doctrine is not a flood beast, but a good way to save the country." It's been more than 20 years, and we in China have been fighting ourselves for more than 20 years, so why can't we sit down and talk about it? ”

Yan Xishan shook his head and said, "The doctrines are different, how can we talk about them?" You are the Red Doctrine, we are the Three People's Doctrine, this is simply incompatible! ”

Deng Xianxian shouted loudly: "Nonsense!! What Mr. Sun said clearly is that we want to unite with Russia to help farmers and workers, and we are all trying to make China stand up, so why can't we work together? You say that your doctrine is right, I say that my doctrine is right, then you can try it, who is right and who is wrong, the people will vote with their feet, why is our Red Party so supported by the people, it is because of our policy, our ideas are beneficial to the people, Sir Yan, the Japanese army is outside the city of Taiyuan, and now we have to fight inwardly, why bother? Why can't we join forces against the enemy? ”

Yan Xishan closed his eyes, took a breath, and asked, "Tell me about your conditions." ”

Yan Xishan thought very clearly, the reinforcements from Chongqing were no longer available, and if he wanted to hold Taiyuan, he had to help the Eighth Route Army.

Deng Xianxian said: "It is very simple, the establishment of a joint anti-Japanese democratic regime, in cooperation with our implementation of rent and interest reduction, the three-three system and other system proposals, militarily, and we jointly resist Japan, the establishment of the Second Theater Military Committee, the Second Theater Military Committee is under the command of the Military Committee. ”

Yan Xishan shook his head and smiled, "Tu poor dagger, you are asking for my Yan someone's life, that is to say, either I am just waiting for the Japanese army to drive me out of Taiyuan, or I will be annexed by you, right?" ”

Deng Xianxian shook his head and said, "No, even if you don't cooperate with us, we will send troops to fight devils, and we are not annexing, but cooperating, the original generals of your Jin Sui Army can still lead troops, but we must set up a soldier committee and instructor system, in addition, our democratic regime is a three-three system, our Red Party actually only has one-third of the seats, if you really do a good job, you can get the support of the centrists and others, you can naturally surpass us." ”

Yan Xishan frowned and asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will get more support?" After all, I have been in charge of Shanxi for many years. ”

Deng Xianxian said with a smile: "Chief Yan, I said it at the beginning, the people all understand, who is good to the people, the people know very well in their hearts, our Red Party is not afraid of competition." Our Vice Chairman Zhou also specially asked me to bring you eight words."

Yan Xishan asked curiously, "Which eight characters?" ”

Deng Xianxian said word by word, "Seek common ground while reserving differences, and govern together!" ”

Yan Xishan was stunned for a moment when he listened, and kept repeating these eight words, slowly his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he nodded admiringly and said, "These eight words of Zhou Gong are really every word, I have seen your confidence and sincerity from them, okay, as long as you can really beat the Japanese army out, I will cooperate with you to form an anti-Japanese democratic regime." ”

Deng Xianxian secretly laughed in his heart that Yan Xishan was cunning, it was really the Eighth Route Army that drove the Japanese army out, I am afraid that this Yan Laoxi would not admit it at that time. But Deng Xianxian didn't care, as long as Yan Xishan said this, even if he didn't want to do it, he had a way to make it true.

Deng Xianxian immediately conjured a document from his bosom, handed it to Yan Xishan, and said, "Since Chief Yan agrees, then let's sign it here, without further ado, we won't go through any procedures." ”

Yan Xishan looked at the document in front of him dumbfounded, just like Deng Xianxian thought, he was really prepared to not admit it once the Japanese army retreated, Yan Xishan smiled awkwardly, took the document and looked at it, but found that it was an order, announcing that the anti-Japanese unified democratic regime jointly established by the Red Party and himself and other democrats had the supreme power in the Second War Zone, and the Second War Zone Military Committee was the highest military organ in the Second War Zone, etc., Yan Xishan couldn't help but ponder the consequences of signing it, this sign, I'm afraid that the Red Party will have the name to create political power in the whole Shanxi, instead of first demarcating a place for them in itself, but if you don't sign it, this Deng Xianxian said it sounds, and will send troops, I'm afraid it will come out when your Jin Sui army is exhausted, and at that time, these Red Parties may still go to other places to create political power, and themselves, without soldiers and generals, I'm afraid they can only do a public service, these Red Parties will also hold themselves hostage, and make a thing to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes, this is not signed than the benefit of signing, the danger is greater, It's better to sign first, and after the Japanese army retreats, I will play Tai Chi with the Eighth Route Army. (To be continued.) )