"Give my grandson a family heirloom?" Xu Shijiu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why isn't it my son?"

"Stupid, you have lived to be one hundred and eighty years old, and you have become an old monster, and your son is afraid that he will die a long time ago.

"Old Gao, you guy." Xu Jiu couldn't cry or laugh, pointing at Gao Shenxing but didn't know what to say

Gao Shenxing smiled and said, "But Lao Xu, do you really trust me so much?" Aren't you afraid that I will take the troops to defect to the Communist Party? ”

Xu Shijiu sighed and said: "The national government has rotted to the roots, I'm afraid there is no hope, I don't know much about the Communist Party, but from the Communist Party members I have contacted, such as Hu Zhijing, such as How Keqi, and such as Awen, and Shang Wen, all of them are good, and the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui follows you to join the Communist Party, which is better than following Zihan to return to the National Army." ”

Gao Shenxing said: "Lao Xu, weishenme, can't you take us to join the Communist Party?" ”

"I'm not like you." Xu Shijiu shook his head and said, "If I wanted to defect to the Communist Party, in Fujian in the twenty-third year of the Republic of China, I would have already voted for the Communist Party. ”

Gao Shenxing persuaded: "Lao Xu, the times are advancing, and the situation is constantly changing, you should ......"

"Okay, Lao Gao, don't persuade me, in short, it's impossible for me to join the Communist Party." Xu Shijiu waved his hand to stop Gao Shenxing and then continued.

Just as Li Shuanggun walked in, he asked Xu Shijiu: "Old Xu, you are in such a hurry to call me from Hewan Town, is there something big about it?" ”

Xu Shijiu nodded, called Li Shuanggun to him, and then said to Gao Shenxing: "It just so happens that Lao Gao, you are also here, let's sum it up together." ”

"Here's the thing." Xu Shijiu flipped through the map and said, "Just now, the underground party of the Communist Party of China in Yixian County sent us an important piece of information, Xinpei, who is entrenched in the area of Tiger Cave in the northwest of Yixian County, is secretly assembling, Lao Gao, Lao Li, what do you say Tian Zhongyi is thinking about?" ”

Gao Shenxing said: "It has been a while since the end of the first battle in Hulu Valley, and the entire small Japan in southern Anhui has passed the difficult moment when the grass and trees are all soldiers, Tian Zhongyi did not move at that time, so he gathered troops at this time, definitely not to attack small Japan, if I am not mistaken, it should be Gu Zhutong who exerted pressure on Tang Shizun, and Tang Shizun had to order Tian Zhongyi to try our soldiers. ”

"Lao Gao, you and I want to go together, Tian Zhongyi must be coming for us." After Xu Shijiu finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Li Shuanggun and asked, "Lao Li, you are also from the Sichuan Army, and you are familiar with the warlords of the two Sichuanes, tell me, what kind of character is this Tian Zhongyi?" ”

Li Shuanggun said: "This Tian Zhongyi I know that he is a rare tiger general in Sichuan, who has participated in the Protectorate War, the Protector War and many warlord melee battles such as the Tang Dynasty, the Liu, and the Dragon, etc., can be described as experienced in a hundred battles, after leaving Sichuan, in Guangde Si'an, he fought side by side with our 14 Pei, and then fought a series of bloody battles with small Japan in Tongling, Chikou, Guichi and other places, and almost all the original independent 13th Brigade was killed. ”

"In this way, this Tian Zhongyi is also a character." Gao Shenxing was in awe when he heard this.

Li Shuanggun nodded and said, "Lao Xu, I have a reluctant request, if possible, don't go against the Sichuan saber soldiers, okay?" ”

Xu Jiujiu smiled, patted Li Shuanggun on the shoulder and said: "Old Li, don't worry, I said a long time ago, the Chinese do not fight the Chinese, I know that the Sichuan army is really anti-Japanese, for the real anti-Japanese troops, how can our anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui face each other?" ”

Xu Shijiu said this, and Li Shuanggun was worried that the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army in southern Anhui was coming, and said: "But Old Xu, Tian Zhongyi gathered troops at this time, obviously he didn't have any good intentions, I'm afraid we can't be beaten passively, if he really doesn't know how to bully him, we can't say it, and we can only see the truth with his subordinates." ”

Xu Shijiu waved his hand and said, "Lao Li, do you have many acquaintances in Xinpei?" ”

"That's a lot of acquaintances." Li Shuanggun said, "During the Battle of Jiujiang-De'an, our division has been fighting side by side with Tian Zhongyi's independent 13th Brigade in Tongling, Chikou and Guichi, and later in the battle of Baima Mountain, Tian Zhongyi's independent 13th Division was hit hard, and only more than 200 veterans survived, but more than 200 veterans became officers of the new 7th Division, so there are almost no officers in Xinpei that I don't know." ”

"Then it'll be easy." Xu Shijiu rubbed his hands, suddenly turned his head and shouted out the door, "Liu Da Bone."

Liu Da's burly figure walked in proudly, and he didn't stand upright, and asked with a grin: "Commander, what's the matter."

"Go, please ask the Communist Party magistrate Liu to come over." Xu Shijiu thought about it and added, "Invite the Kuomintang County Magistrate Hu to come over as well." ”

"Whoa." Liu Dagu agreed, turned around and took the order.

Gao Shenxing asked, "Lao Xu, are you looking for them?" ”

"Prepare supplies." Xu Jiu smiled and said, "I want two thousand sets of cotton uniforms, two thousand pairs of cloth shoes, and five hundred quilts, and the two of them who can prepare them for me in the shortest possible time will be the official county magistrate of Longkou County." ”

"So many supplies?" Gao Shenxing wondered, "But Lao Xu, we don't seem to be short of quilts, right?" ”

Not to mention that the former Imperial Allied Army's southern Anhui garrison division has uniforms issued by Little Japan, after the Hulu Valley annihilated the two infantry brigades and cavalry brigades of Little Japan, there were 2,000 sets of cotton military uniforms and cowhide shoes stripped from the Japanese soldiers, as well as materials hoarded by the small Japanese military police in the terracotta stronghold.

Xu Shijiu smiled: "Old Gao, these materials are not prepared for us. ”

"Lao Xu, are you going to take these materials to Tian Zhongyi?" Gao Shenxing suddenly realized.

"Lao Xu, this is a good idea." Li Shuanggun shouted, "After our Sichuan army went out of Sichuan, the most lacking thing was not weapons and ammunition, but clothing, Lao Xu, you don't know, this winter, our brothers in the Sichuan army are all still wrapped in single clothes, wearing straw sandals, and they are hungry and full of food, and they can't rob the people, not to mention how hard life is." ”

Xu Shijiu said: "Then let the two big county magistrates prepare another 50,000 catties of grain for Xinpei, I don't believe it, Tian Zhongyi has taken so many benefits, and he can still deal with them, as long as he is willing, those Sichuan army brothers under him may not be willing." ”

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The Communist county government is next to the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui.

When he received Xu Shijiu's notice, Liu Changzheng convened a meeting of the chairmen of the township peasant associations and the women's directors to arrange this year's spring plowing work.

In the battle of Hulu Valley, the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui completely annihilated the main force of the 14th Brigade of the small Japanese independent mix, and the little Japan realized that it was difficult to launch an offensive in southern Anhui before Changsha was occupied and the Pinghan railway was not cut off, so it was very wise to take the defensive, which was undoubtedly good news for Liu Chang, which meant that he would no longer need to provide intelligence to small Japan.

Haneda's hint to Liu Chang was also to enter the stage of slumber until someone came to wake him up.

So during this period of time, Liu Chang devoted himself to the reconstruction of the anti-Japanese democratic government in Longkou.

In less than half a month, the organizational structure of the Longkou anti-Japanese democratic government at all levels was basically complete, and all towns and towns reorganized peasant associations, women's associations, and children's leagues, and in the county seat, Liu Chang even initiated and formed the first Communist Youth League in southern Anhui.

Of course, a large part of all this is actually due to the sacrificed first two county magistrates, Yin Shangwen and Liu Xin, especially Yin Shangwen, who basically eradicated the stubborn shili in Longkou County, and the remaining squires and tyrants were forced to resist the government and basically did not dare to confront the government, so after the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui recovered Longkou, the anti-Japanese democratic government could quickly reopen the situation.

The only thing that made Liu Chang feel unhappy was Hu Renjie, the county magistrate Hu sent by the national government.

After Gu Zhutong left, Hu Renjie did not leave, but stayed in Longkou.

Although Xu Shijiu did not give Hu Renjie any substantial help, Hu Renjie was not discouraged, but ran around actively, trying to obtain the support of the county chamber of commerce and the remnant squires and tyrants, so far, the attitude of the chamber of commerce has not changed, Liu Chang's greeting can basically be heard, but the attitude of the remnant squires in the townships has become ambiguous.