After the aftermath of the war subsided, Su Ming first told his senior brother Huo Diange his plans. Huo Diange naturally wouldn't stop it, but just advised Su Ming to be careful on the road. Then I found a time to meet the brigade commander Zhang Xueliang.

After returning to Shenyang, Zhang Xueliang was busy with trivial matters after the war, and finally became idle, and when he saw Su Ming coming, he smiled and said: "Master Su, you are here, it just so happens that I have made tea here, let's have a cup together." ”

Su Ming thanked him, sat down to drink a cup of tea with Zhang Xueliang, and said solemnly: "Brigade commander, I came this time to bid farewell to you." In the past few months, thanks to the brigade commander's care, I am grateful. Now I have decided to travel around the country to hone my boxing skills, and I have asked the brigade commander for approval. ”

When Zhang Xueliang heard this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Why is it so sudden, but what did I do badly?" Master Su, but it doesn't hurt. ”

Su Ming shook his head and said, "It's not the brigade commander's reason, but my own true thoughts." ”

Zhang Xueliang said again: "Master Su is depressed because of the death of his comrades-in-arms? Why don't you take a month off and come back when you're in a good mood? You have made a lot of contributions in the war, and when you come back, your position will naturally be promoted. ”

Su Ming sighed and said, "I understand the brigade commander's intentions, but it is not my heart's intention to be in the army." When I came to resign, I also made a plan, and I hope that the brigade commander will approve it. ”

Zhang Xueliang still didn't allow it. Although Su Ming has only been the leader of the guard squad for three months, he has always been by his side. Especially in times of war, we will never leave an inch and do our duty. Moreover, Su Ming came from later generations, and his vision of many problems was different from that of the contemporaries, often giving him a sense of novelty, as if he had invisibly opened up other ideas and insights. After combining several aspects, he really didn't want Su Ming to leave.

Su Ming looked at Zhang Xueliang in front of him and was slightly distracted. At this time, Zhang Xueliang, although his private life was romantic, he was broad-minded, accepted a lot of Western knowledge, and also had a strong desire to serve the country and save the country. He didn't get infected with drugs, but he didn't get corrupted to the extreme, even his father Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese, and the Northeast was invaded and occupied by the Japanese, but he couldn't do anything The person who was almost ruined by drugs.

At the moment, he said calmly: "Not to hide it from the brigade commander, joining the army to serve the country was originally one of my wishes, but now in the land of China, warlords are divided, and there are non-stop wars. Calling around, it is still the Chinese who beat the Chinese themselves. A few days ago, my comrades-in-arms died beside me, which greatly stimulated me. I really don't want to meet my compatriots on the battlefield again, and my hands will be stained with the blood of my compatriots. ”

"Just like in this war, the number of soldiers sacrificed on both sides was as high as 20,000. There are also many soldiers who have scattered and fled, and they may fall into the grass and harm the surrounding people. We fought on the battlefield with rivers of blood and mountains. Countless people's wives and wives have been separated, and their families have been ruined. In the end, it's just that Dashuai and Cao Kun and Wu Peifu are competing for the interests of ****. ”

"I joined the army to save the country and save the people, not to fight for power and profit with the blood and bones of countless soldiers!"

After saying a word, Zhang Xueliang heard it fiercely, and he felt ashamed in his heart, and he didn't know what to do. After a while, he said slowly: "I also understand what Master Su said." However, from ancient times to the present, if the land of China is to be reunified, war and bloodshed cannot be avoided. ”

Su Ming sneered: "The brigade commander's words are not bad, but what I want to ask is, does the brigade commander really think that the marshal can dominate the motherland?" ”

When Zhang Xueliang heard this, he was silent for a moment and shook his head, but his heart was bitter. Zhang Zuolin's actions and purposes, he is clear. Zhang Xueliang has received a lot of Western knowledge and teaching since he was a child, and he usually takes saving the country and the people as his own responsibility, but now he is directly broken by Su Ming, and he is not annoyed and angry, but he can't help but feel uncomfortable.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Xueliang sighed: "Master Su, you have far-reaching knowledge, and you are very incomparable. Can't you stay and help me work together to rejuvenate China? ”

Su Ming said: "The brigade commander's wish, I naturally know. Saving the country and the people is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. I know that I don't have the ability to save the country and the people, and I don't want to kill my compatriots, so I can only stick to my heart, hoping that I can travel all over the motherland, sharpen my body, and be able to go farther in boxing. If he resists foreign insults one day, I am naturally duty-bound. ”

Zhang Xueliang saw that Su Ming was determined, so he could only agree.

Su Ming said again: "Saving the country and saving the people is not a one-day effort. Since the brigade commander has the heart to save the country and the people, he hopes to persevere in the future and never give up. ”

Zhang Xueliang said solemnly: "My mind can show the sun and the moon." "The eyes were bright, as if there was a raging fire burning in them.

Looking at this fashionable and high-spirited Zhang Xueliang, who pointed out the country and inspired the words, Su Ming sighed in his heart, and said: "In the future, the brigade commander must be careful of the Japanese." Now that they are helping the marshal, they must have something else to ask for. Although Japan is a small country, it has touched the heart of China, and we must guard against it. ”

Speaking of this, Su Ming got up, said goodbye to Zhang Xueliang, and said: "I am going to travel, the motherland is east and west, the north and south of the river, there will be my footprints." If we say goodbye today, I don't know if we can see each other again. In the future, if the brigade commander encounters difficulties, I hope to remember what he said to me today, and it will be a blessing for the nation to persevere and save the country and the people. ”

Zhang Xueliang got up and saluted: "In this life, I will never dare to forget." ”

Su Ming said goodbye to Zhang Xueliang and went through the formalities. When I left the barracks, all of a sudden, I felt that the world was big and I couldn't go anywhere.

Zhang Xueliang in history, what he did in the future was mixed. If there can be some changes because of his words, it will be a good thing for the countries and nations of this time and space. Although this was a chaotic period and the people suffered deeply, there were also a large number of revolutionary martyrs who took it as their mission to save the country and the people, and to strengthen the country and the people. It is precisely because of the existence of these people that this country and nation can be passed down for thousands of years and have never been broken.

The country is breaking mountains and rivers, and people with lofty ideals and revolutionary martyrs are also there.

Su Ming went to say goodbye to Huo Diange, and after getting ready, he embarked on a journey alone again on the second day.

Participating in the first Zhifeng War, Su Ming experienced the bombardment of guns and cannons on the battlefield, accepted the baptism of blood and fire, and his heart became more and more firm and unshakable.

Masters of boxing in the past generations, who can go to the battlefield without dying, can almost become a generation of grandmasters. The most recent example is Li Cunyi and Shang Yunxiang's master and apprentice, when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, he once participated in the Boxer Rebellion, and with the big knife in his hand, he killed dozens of foreign foreigners, and finally successfully escaped. Mr. Li Cunyi combined Xingyi Quan and Baguazhang, and Mr. Shang Yunxiang formed Shang's Xingyi with his own characteristics, both of which are a generation of grandmasters in the history of boxing.

Su Ming set off from Shenyang this time, all the way to the north, out of the border of Liaoning, and stepped into the Inner Mongolia region of later generations. Along the way, the grassy plains are vast and sparsely populated. Walking alone, with the blue sky above his head, his feet on the earth, and his soul flying infinitely.

At this time, there are many wild animals in the grassland, among which the most ferocious and dangerous is naturally the steppe wolf. Su Ming has a big steel gun in his hand, and he is not afraid of the grassland wolves. A person walks around the grassland, encounters a yurt and goes to spend the night or buy some food. Walking on the grassland and inquiring, I slowly walked to the north of Shanxi and entered the area of Datong City.

Datong City is located in the northernmost part of Shanxi, and Beijing, Taiyuan, Hohhot are about 300 kilometers away, for the capital of the barrier, the throat of Jin, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, is the place of the past generations of soldiers. From the beginning of its establishment to modern times, Datong has always been at the forefront of the war, and it is the life and death line between the Central Plains Dynasty and the northern nomads.

Walking from north to south from Datong City, passing through Shuozhou, and arriving at Xinzhou, Su Ming also made a special detour to visit Wutai Mountain. After seeing the scenery of Wutai Mountain, I went all the way south to the Taiyuan area.

At this time, Taiyuan and Jinzhong areas are one of the extremely important areas for the development of Xingyiquan. At the beginning, Mr. Li Luoneng, in Qi County, Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, worshiped Mr. Dai Longbang as a teacher and learned Dai's Xinyi Liuhe Boxing. Later, Mr. Li Luoneng reformed and innovated it and founded Xingyi Boxing. Mr. Li Luoneng selects the best apprentices and is widely passed on. The disciples who can be called national players in Shanxi are: Che Yonghong, Song Shirong, Song Shide, and Li Guangheng; Hebei has: Guo Yunshen, Liu Qilan, Liu Xiaolan, He Yunheng four people. These eight people are also known as the eight disciples of Mr. Li Luoneng.

Among them, Mr. Che Yonghong created a car-style Xingyi, and Song Shirong created a Song's Xingyi, each with its own playing characteristics, both of which are widely spread.

At the beginning of the Tianjin Chinese Warriors Association, although I fought with Xu Yijiang and his son, I saw the fighting style and power of Xingyi Boxing, but after all, the time is short, and I always feel that I can't know everything in the future. This trip to Shanxi, naturally, I hope to see and learn the real Xingyi boxing.

However, Su Ming was also a little worried in his heart, when he was in the Chinese Warriors Association, he was young and vigorous, and when he saw Xu Yijiang and others going too far, he said, "The Chinese Warriors Association, such a big name, but that's it." More than a year has passed, and I am afraid that this sentence has already spread to Shanxi. is also Xingyi Boxing, if he encounters Su Ming, he will naturally want to get back the field. Although I don't want to, I also feel that this trip to Shanxi will not be too calm.

At this time, Shanxi was already the territory of Yan Xishan. After the successive failures of supporting Yuan as emperor and opposing the protection of the law, Yan Xishan accepted the lesson and pursued the "three no-two principles", that is, "do not join the party, do not ask about provincial affairs, do not use troops for personal rights, obey the orders of the central government, and protect local law and order." Externally, Yan Xishan repeatedly refused to participate in the warlord melee, which maintained peace and stability in Shanxi for several years. Internally, he took the promotion of the good and the elimination of the bad as the main point of his governance. As a result of these measures, Shanxi has seen a relatively stable society and a certain development of production.

When Su Ming arrived in Taiyuan, he walked on the street, and sure enough, he saw that the people were living and working in peace and contentment, and it was peaceful. It was in stark contrast to the scene where he participated in the big war before.