The story of Chiang Kai-shek's gloomy gaze intertwined with Guo Moruo's indignant inscription and Ye Ting's resignation.

Ye Ting returned to Wuhan from Yan'an with great ambition, and then came to Nanjing, at this time when the Japanese invaded Shanghai, hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops fled from Shanghai in disarray, and a week later Suzhou was lost, and Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing ** was in an emergency.

At this time, the historic city of Nanjing was in chaos. Chiang Kai-shek's Nanjing** institutions are like ants on a hot pot, and they are in a hurry. Some packed up and moved from the Yangtze River wharf to Wuhan; Those who do not transfer for the time being also organize documents and materials, and are ready to flee at any time. Rumors spread throughout the city, and the people were terrified. The sound of a car horn like a wail, the shouting of an anxious "dodge", the panicked footsteps of people, like a symphony orchestra without a conductor, are noisy, chaotic, and more and more unsettling.

"Frightened Bird!" Ye Ting was very dissatisfied with the Kuomintang's "fear of Japan". These people started the civil war, but they were experts, and their methods were vicious, their faces were brutal, and their arrogance was fierce, which can be described as the best in the world. However, in the face of the wars of aggression launched by foreign powers, especially against the Japanese invaders, they were like suffering from hypochondriasis, and their waists could not be stiffened, and they were subservient and submissive, cowardly and afraid of death, and the "heroism" of the Chinese people in the past was swept away. This kind of person is the scum of the Chinese nation and the most inferior descendant of Yan and Huang.

Ye Ting felt that it would be easy to achieve his goal by proposing to meet Chiang Kai-shek at this special moment.

Sure enough, Chiang Kai-shek received Ye Ting's request to "face Chen" and immediately replied to summon him.

Today's presidential palace has lost its former solemnity and solemnity. The flow of people and panicked faces seemed to be plagued.

"Sit down." Chiang Kai-shek deliberately put on the generalissimo's military uniform at this moment, but he also looked magnificent and majestic. With this intention, he not only wanted to "kill" Ye Ting, a famous general of the Northern Expedition, but also showed his majesty as the supreme commander of the National Revolutionary Army in front of Ye Jianying, chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, who was summoned with Ye Ting.

After Ye Ting introduced Ye Jianying to Chiang Kai-shek, the two of them sat down on the two Taishi chairs on Chiang Kai-shek's left at the same time.

"Xiyi, I heard that you just went to Yan'an?" Chiang Kai-shek was sitting precariously, his face as heavy as iron, and asked in a long voice.

"Yes". Ye Ting bowed slightly and replied politely.

"What is the CCP's attitude towards the reorganization of the New Fourth Army?" Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of tea from the teacup and glanced at Ye Ting, his expression was still cold, in stark contrast to the heat of the rising teacup.

"The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China agreed to reorganize the Red Army guerrillas in the eight southern provinces into the newly organized Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and suggested that the reorganized Fourth Army be composed of two divisions, four brigades, and eight regiments." Ye Ting's answer was like a stream.

"Didn't the CCP mention any other conditions?" Chiang Kai-shek seemed to deliberately prevent Ye Jianying from speaking, and his eyes kept staring at Ye Ting.

Ye Ting observed Chiang Kai-shek's intentions. Since Chiang Kai-shek didn't want Ye Jianying to speak, then don't provoke him first, lest he cause trouble again. So, he replied: "The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China agrees with the 'approval' of the chairman, and I will be the commander." At the same time, they hoped that Xiang Ying would be the deputy commander, Chen Yi would be the commander of the first division, and Zhang Yunyi would be the deputy commander of the first division; The commander of the second division is Zhang Dingcheng, and the deputy commander of the second division is Tan Zhenlin. And ......"

"What else?"

"In addition, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed that the Red Army guerrillas in the eight southern provinces should use the vicinity of Quzhou, Zhejiang Province and Jiangxi as the meeting sites, and suggested that the chairman of the CPPCC National Committee allocate 180,000 yuan for the assembly and opening expenses......

"Niang Xipi, no!" Before Chiang Kai-shek could finish Ye Ting's words, he slapped the armrest of the Taishi chair and was furious, his already pale face seemed to be smeared with a layer of white lime in an instant, and his eyes glowed with a fierce light like a vulture, "They should know that the reorganized New Fourth Army belongs to the National Revolutionary Army and is no longer a guerrilla, you are the officially appointed army commander, and the deputy army commander and division commander must also be appointed by **, and they cannot have the final say." Also, the Eighth Route Army refused to be inspected, and this time the reorganization of the New Fourth Army must send someone to conduct an inspection, and the number of guns will be determined, and it cannot be decided by their Communist Party! ”

Ye Ting listened to Chiang Kai-shek's chattering roar, and felt that his voice was not small, but his confidence was insufficient, which made people feel light and fluttering, lacking the strength and power of the mainstay.

Ye Ting is no stranger to Chairman Jiang in front of him, and he should be said to know the roots.

Ye Ting had known Chiang Kai-shek as early as nineteen years ago. At that time, after Ye Ting, who graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, went to Germany to study because of lack of funds and was stranded, he was introduced by his classmate Deng Yanda to Zhangzhou, Fujian Province to meet Deng Keng, chief of staff of the Guangdong Army Headquarters for Aiding Fujian, and was appointed as the adjutant of the major of the first detachment. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek served as the director of the operations section of the Guangdong Army Headquarters, and the two had a friendship with Deng Keng.

Two years later, Sun Yat-sen was inaugurated as the president of the very large army in Guangzhou, and Ye Ting served as the commander of the second battalion of the guard regiment of Sun Yat-sen's base camp. When Ye Ting accepted the urgent order of the base camp and led the officers and soldiers of the whole battalion to Guilin to escort Sun Yat-sen, when the fleet they were riding turned north from Wuzhou to Guilin to sail, the fleet was just about to sail, and the herald came to report to Ye Ting, saying that there was a senior officer of the Cantonese army who wanted to take a boat to Guilin together. Ye Ting hurriedly rushed out of the cabin to take a look, and saw Chiang Kai-shek, who had been promoted to chief of staff of the Second Army of the Guangdong Army, standing on the shore. Ye Ting immediately politely welcomed Chiang Kai-shek into the cabin, and asked the orderly soldiers to make tea and pour water, so that he could entertain him. Chiang Kai-shek felt that Ye Ting was a talent, a top student of the Baoding Military Academy, and a figure appreciated by Deng Keng, so he began to call Ye Ting a brother and a brother, and started a routine. He told Ye Ting that he was going back to his hometown in Fenghua, Zhejiang Province to mourn his mother, and suddenly received an "urgent edict" from Generalissimo Sun Yat-sen, asking him to rush to Guilin as soon as possible. Ye Ting has great respect for this young Cantonese army general who has not yet entered the age of confusion, and all the daily arrangements are not only generous but also appropriate and thoughtful. During the voyage for a few days, Ye Ting often saw Chiang Kai-shek reading Sun Yat-sen's books. During the conversation, Chiang Kai-shek talked about Sun Yat-sen's "Three People's Doctrine", bowed to Sun Yat-sen, and showed that he did not hesitate to show even if his liver and brain were smeared. Ye Ting was deeply moved by Chiang Kai-shek's loyalty to the generalissimo, and secretly cited him as a model for learning. However, he also had grievances against Chiang Kai-shek. Because every night when he docked at the wharf, Chiang Kai-shek went to Fireworks Willow Lane to prostitute and sleep with prostitutes, and as soon as he got ashore, he used a sedan chair to travel and squandered extravagance. Later, Ye Ting learned that Chiang Kai-shek had wandered in Shanghai and was in the company of underworld leaders, and was a typical gambler and prostitute.

Soon, Chen Jiongming's rebellion against Sun Yat-sen's presidential palace occurred, and Chiang Kai-shek became a hero who defended Sun Yat-sen on the Yongfeng ship. From then on, Chiang Kai-shek wore the laurel crown of the "Kuomintang left" and soared to prominence. Commander of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army, President of the Whampoa Military Academy, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, Commander-in-Chief of the National Revolutionary Army......

However, the occurrence of the "Zhongshan Ship Incident" exposed Chiang Kai-shek's true face as a counter-revolution and tore off the disguise of his betrayal of Sun Yat-sen's three major policies of "uniting with Russia, uniting with the Communist Party, and supporting peasants and workers." Later, Chiang Kai-shek planned and launched the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup d'état in Shanghai, and he became the culprit of openly sabotaging the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.

After Chiang Kai-shek established the Kuomintang in Nanjing, he used the positions of chairman of the Military Commission and chairman of the Central Committee that he stole to control the military and political power, implement dictatorship at home, and surrender to imperialism abroad. After the "September 18" incident, Chiang Kai-shek, in the face of the armed aggression of Japanese imperialism against China's northeast region, betrayed the country to seek glory, adhered to the doctrine of non-resistance, and vigorously advocated that "if you want to fight abroad, you must first settle inside", continued to carry out the civil war, and launched five "encirclement and suppression" against the Central Workers' and Peasants' Red Army; At the same time, it has constantly created new warlord scuffles, pushing the Chinese people into the abyss of disaster for a long time. "Xi'an Incident". It was only through the efforts of the Communists that Chiang Kai-shek was forced to end the decade-long civil war and begin the second Kuomintang-Communist cooperation......

At this moment, Ye Ting looked at Chiang Kai-shek's menacing appearance, and felt that he was a typical "two-faced", an authentic "chameleon", like the two-faced god Ianos who guarded the gate in ancient Rome, one in front and one behind his back. Hiding a knife in a smile, a honey-bellied sword, a strong and inward-looking, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.

Through Chiang Kai-shek's dictatorship, Ye Ting painfully felt that the power held by an unscrupulous leader would turn into a scourge and a butcher's knife to slaughter the country and the people. The authority of a wise leader will become a sharp sword for the country and the people, and draw a magnificent picture.

Ye Ting saw that Chiang Kai-shek had finished roaring, and he sat down with a teacup and took a sip of tea, as if he wanted to moisten his dry throat, and took the opportunity to interject: "Chairman, now that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are cooperating, the Communist Party has agreed to reorganize the Red Army guerrillas in the eight southern provinces into the newly organized Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army from the overall situation of resistance against Japan, and the people should welcome it." As for the cadres at the major division level nominated by the CPC Central Committee, they are all excellent commanders who can recruit and fight well. It is said that even Mr. Song Ziwen, in his light words to foreign reporters, said: "The Eighth Route Army has won victories one after another against the well-armed enemy forces in northern Jin, which is a powerful proof that the Chinese people defeat the strong with the weak and win more with less." 'So ......"

"Alright, you've said a lot!" Chiang Kai-shek angrily interrupted Ye Ting's words. Chiang Kai-shek not only regarded Ye Ting's singing praises for the Communist Party as secretly contradicting him, but he especially thought that Ye Ting's praise of the Eighth Route Army through the mouth of his brother-in-law Song Ziwen was embarrassing him in front of Ye Jianying, a representative of the Communist Party, so he was obscene and arrogant, pointing at Ye Ting in a tone of lesson and saying, "You know, these cadres arranged by the Communist Party are all Communist Party members, but you are the only one who is not the commander, how will you lead in the future?" And how do you command? Besides, who can guarantee your safety? Have you thought about this? Well?! ”

Ye Ting didn't expect Chiang Kai-shek to open a divisive plan in front of Ye Jianying, openly regard the Communist Party as a heresy, create contradictions between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and really wanted to refute him with the importance of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but he changed his mind again, and now he is a small and unbearable plot, and he still has to pay attention to controlling his emotions. Moreover. Ye Ting has made full ideological preparations for the various difficulties in the reorganization of the New Fourth Army.

That was before Ye Ting came to Nanjing from Wuhan, and he had already learned about the difficulty of reorganizing the New Fourth Army. When he began to negotiate with Zhou Enlai and Dong Biwu, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Hankou, and Ye Jianying, who was stationed in the office of the Eighth Route Army in Wuhan, with some military and political officials of Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang, about the establishment, funding, and appointment of cadres of the New Fourth Army, he was met with all kinds of biased resistance.

Regarding the appointment of cadres, there is still room for accommodation for division-level cadres such as Chen Yi and Zhang Dingcheng, but the Kuomintang military and political departments do not agree with Xiang Ying's appointment as deputy commander.

There is also the issue of military spending. Ye Ting proposed that the new Fourth Army would need more than 100,000 yuan a month for various expenses, but the Kuomintang military and political departments only allocated more than 60,000 yuan to the budget, which was just over one-third of the actual military expenses of the New Fourth Army.

What's even more funny is that Ye Ting proposed that the weather was already cold, that there would be no fires in the south in winter, and that after the Red Army guerrillas in the eight southern provinces were assembled, they needed 10,000 sets of cotton clothes to survive the winter. However, the Kuomintang military and political departments absurdly said: "The New Fourth Army is fighting guerrillas, what kind of cotton clothes do you wear?" ”

Ye Ting was really angry at the Kuomintang's various difficulties. However, on second thought, the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was not originally motivated by Chiang Kai-shek's will, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to eliminate the Communist Party in his bones, and the main reason why they agreed to reorganize the New Fourth Army was to let the New Fourth Army serve as a shield for the Kuomintang troops, and at the same time to eliminate the Communist guerrillas with the help of the Japanese invading army. Therefore, just as Zhou Enlai said, in the entire struggle against the Kuomintang in the reorganization of the New Fourth Army, it is necessary to be reasonable, beneficial, and responsible, to grasp the strategy and not lose the principle, and not to blindly compromise, which will only encourage the arrogance of the stubborn forces of the Kuomintang.

On this day, Ye Ting came to Guo Moruo's apartment, which served as the director of the Third Department of the Political Department of the National ** Military Commission.

It is said that Ye Ting is a general who gallops on the field, a hero; Guo Moruo is a well-known scholar with profound knowledge and talent, and the two are quite incompatible. However, Ye Ting and Guo Moruo are old friends who love each other. The reason is that Ye Ting is not only outstanding in martial arts, but also full of scriptures, and is also very insightful in poetry and songs, plus Guo Moruo is called "Shangwu", and he has admired the talents of Anguo since he was a child, so the two often talk about literature and martial arts together, and they are like siblings, Guo Moruo is four years old when Ye Ting is four years old, and Ye Ting is commensurate with Guo Moruo as a brother.

"Xiyi, which gust of wind is blowing you here?" As soon as Guo Moruo saw Ye Ting's thick eyebrows slightly locked, he knew what was on his mind.

"Brother Shangwu, it's the southeast wind." Ye Ting implicitly pointed in the direction of Nanjing, where Chiang Kai-shek was located.

Guo Moruo smiled bitterly and said wistfully: "Xiyi, 'Jun is in the net today, why do you have wings'." Be sure to judge the situation, don't be in a hurry! Guo Moruo was well aware of the various difficulties encountered by Ye Ting in the process of reorganizing the New Fourth Army, so he advised him earnestly.

"Brother Shangwu, now he is under the fence, and the eldest husband has the ambition to serve the country, but he can't get his wish, why not be in a hurry." Ye Ting said, suppressing his anxiety and exhaling softly.

"Okay, it's really 'Jiangdong's children are talented, and the comeback is unknown'! Xiyi, as long as you are unswerving and unremitting, you will be able to succeed if you show your talents to serve the country. Guo Moruo habitually used his right fist to hit the palm of his left palm while speaking.

"Thank you Brother Shang Wu for your encouragement." Ye Ting frowned.

"What do you need me to do?" Guo Moruo knew that Ye Ting was not here to set up the Dragon Gate Formation this time, because he was entangled in military affairs and was very busy.

"Those who know me are still martial brothers." Ye Ting smiled knowingly, "I want to ask my brother to give Mobao." ”

"What Mobao, that's just a handy graffiti." Guo Moruo said humbly.

"Brother Shangwu's book has the style of 'two kings' and the charm of Zhang Xu and Huaisu; There is also the talented Su Dongpo. The ancients said: 'Talent, academic ability, mind, the three are indescribable', the martial arts brothers can be called all three, few people today can compare, isn't it Mobao? Ye Ting talked very excitedly, and there was no lack of praise, but it was not a compliment.

"Over-reputation, over-reputation." Guo Moruo waved his hand again and again, "Xiyi, what do you want to write?" ”

"Just write the Analects of Zihan, 'The three armies can win the commander, but the horseman cannot win the ambition'." Ye Ting replied immediately, obviously he had already proposed it after careful consideration.

"Okay, that's exactly what I want." Guo Moruo hit the palm of his left palm with his right fist.

"Brother Shangwu, so we are heroes, and we see the same thing."

"Hahaha!" The two of them laughed.

"Then I'll be ugly." Guo Moruo said that he grabbed the pen in his hand, full of thick ink, pondered for a moment, gathered his mind on his wrist, and wrote down the twelve big characters of "The three armies can win the commander, but the horseman cannot win the ambition".

"Well, it's amazing." Ye Ting looked at Guo Moruo's calligraphy repeatedly with appreciation, the pen and ink are hearty, relaxed and broad, every stroke and every painting, there is a kind of thunder-like tension, pulling out the mountains, running through the rainbow, just like Hong Zhong Dalu, white clouds and dogs, wind and thunder, its heroic spirit, its steel and iron bones, is none other than the famous general's Zheng Zheng integrity.

"Okay, I will frame it well, hang it in the room, read it every day, save it every time I read, and take it as my motto." Ye Ting said excitedly.

"I wish you a successful trip to Nanjing." Guo Moruo reached out to see Ye Ting off with a heart.

"Thank you." Ye Ting and Guo Moruo looked at each other and smiled.

At this moment, Ye Ting faced Chiang Kai-shek's ferocity and said decisively: "The reorganization of the New Fourth Army, the cadres nominated by the Communist Party will not work, and the military expenses needed will not be solved. Therefore, in order not to affect the overall situation of the anti-Japanese resistance, I ask the chairman to approve my immediate resignation from the post of army commander. Ye Ting's words are neither humble nor arrogant, but the knife splits and chops, and the words fall to the ground soundly.

Chiang Kai-shek didn't expect Ye Ting to be so arrogant and untamed, and suddenly proposed to resign, which made him, who was not mentally prepared, "hehe" twice, and fell into an embarrassing and embarrassing situation for a while. Chiang Kai-shek knew that Ye Ting was not the commander of the New Fourth Army that he liked, and the commander of the New Fourth Army that he was satisfied with was his confidant Chen Cheng. However, firstly, Chen Cheng had just been defeated in Shanghai and had a bad reputation, secondly, Chen Cheng had another important trust, and the CCP may not agree to appoint Chen Cheng as the commander of the army. Therefore, in comparison, only Ye Ting is suitable. However, he was not at ease with Ye Ting, afraid that he would sit on the side of the Communist Party. Now, Ye Ting publicly resigned in front of Ye Jianying, how could he answer? He also wanted the New Fourth Army to be "cannon fodder" for him, and to use the hands of the Japanese to eliminate the military forces of the Communist Party in the eight southern provinces; disagreed, Ye Ting publicly called the board again. What to do? The veteran Chiang Kai-shek smiled slightly: "Xiyi, don't be rash, your army commander still has to be the commander, as for some conditions, you and Ci Xiu (Chen Cheng) were classmates, talk to him specifically, I think some problems will always be solved!" ”

"Cunning old man!" Ye Ting knew that Chiang Kai-shek was borrowing the slope to get off the donkey, and he said something indignantly, so he stood up open-mindedly: "Since the chairman has instructions, then I will find a resignation." ”

"Chairman, I am leaving." Ye Jianying, who had never spoken, stood up at the same time as Ye Ting, saluted Chiang Kai-shek at the same time, and turned to leave. Ye Jianying walked ahead.

Ye Ting followed.

Neither of them looked back.