In the face of revolutionary old-timers like General Ye Jianying, Wang Haitao always puts himself in the position of juniors, but in fact, General Ye Jianying is in his early forties, not much older than Wang Haitao, and General Ye Jianying is only a lieutenant general, and Wang Haitao is already a general. In terms of popularity, General Ye Jianying, the chief of the general staff of the 18th Group Army, is far from being compared with Wang Haitao, the commander of the 90th Army and a famous anti-Japanese general. Therefore, Wang Haitao's performance made the CCP people a little confused.

In fact, before Ye Jianying came to Yichuan, several major leaders of the Central Committee, including General Zhu De, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army, talked to Ye Jianying, hoping that Ye Jianying could be more tolerant of the general of the national army.

Ye Jianying also assured the central leadership that he would warmly receive this General Wang Haitao, so that this General Wang Haitao could fully appreciate the broad mind of the Communists and the sincerity of their treatment of friends. But as soon as Ye Jianying came into contact with this General Wang Haitao, he found that this General Wang Haitao did not have the arrogance of a general of the national army, but was like his own subordinate, which made General Ye Jianying a little surprised.

However, General Ye Jianying is also experienced in the battlefield, and he and General Zhou Enlai have been responsible for foreign exchanges, and they are extremely experienced. Although Wang Haitao's behavior surprised him a little, in the reception, General Ye Jianying was still neither humble nor arrogant, and showed the due responsibility of a communist everywhere. The two sides talked for a while, and when it was time for dinner, Chen Zheng, the magistrate of Yichuan County, as the host, hosted a banquet to entertain Wang Haitao and his party.

The banquet was placed in the compound of the county government, and dozens of square tables filled the county government compound, surrounded by four long benches. On a square table are eight clay bowls and a jar of wine. Although Lai has not served yet, he can also see that this banquet is not too rich. General Ye Jianying, as the master, said to Wang Haitao with a smile: "General Wang, now our Eighth Route Army is still in a very difficult period, so this banquet can only be some coarse tea and light rice, and I hope General Wang will not be strange." ”

Wang Haitao naturally knows what the actual situation of the CPC in northern Shaanxi is, and he will definitely not be unhappy because of this, otherwise there would not be this trip to northern Shaanxi. Therefore, Wang Haitao also smiled and said: "General Ye is polite, I have heard about the situation of your Eighth Route Army, it is not easy for General Ye to do this, how can Haitao be surprised." ”

Everyone sat down around the square table, Wang Haitao was naturally accompanied by General Ye Jianying, as well as Xiao Jinguang, Cao Lihuai, Chen Zheng and others, and He Changgong went to entertain Tangshan Leopard and their Wang Haitao's men. After a while, the dishes were served, a pot of braised pork, a pot of roast chicken nuggets were the main dishes, and the others were some vegetables. To be honest, when I was in Longzhou, the daily food in the barracks was about the same, or even stronger.

Chen Zheng opened the wine jar and poured all the wine for everyone, Ye Jianying stood up with the wine and said loudly: "Comrades, today General Wang of the 90th Army and his entourage have come to visit us in northern Shaanxi, and on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the people of northern Shaanxi, I would like to extend a warm welcome to the arrival of Commander Wang and his entourage. At the same time, we hope that more friends from the national army like General Wang will come to our northern Shaanxi to have a look. This bowl of wine, we salute Commander Wang and his party. ”

Wang Haitao also hurriedly stood up with the wine and said, "Thank you General Ye for your hospitality to us, we will do this bowl of wine first as a respect!" After speaking, he tilted his neck and dried the bowl of wine. And Wang Haitao's subordinates also dried up the wine in the bowl. After drinking this bowl of wine, Wang Haitao also felt that this wine was light and a little sour, and it was really not a good wine, but in terms of the conditions of the CCP, it was said that it was too late to be able to come up with such wine.

The next atmosphere became warm, you toast me a bowl of wine, I salute you a bowl of wine, and call each other brothers and sisters between words. As soon as the three bowls of wine were drunk, Ye Jianying and the others began to consciously test Wang Haitao's intention this time, but they were very careful between their words. But Wang Haitao is also a person who has dealt with those high-ranking officials of the Kuomintang many times, so how can he not understand the meaning of the CCP's words.

However, Wang Haitao has not yet decided whether to throw himself into the CCP, so he has added some caution to his words, and he also takes care of some sensitive words. Fortunately, the CCP side also made a little temptation, and when Wang Haitao avoided some questions in his words, he consciously let go of his temptation, and Wang Haitao was also relieved at this time. After a few hours of the banquet, Wang Haitao and Tangshan Leopard were arranged to rest in a separate courtyard, except for a dozen or so guards who were also in the courtyard, and the rest of his subordinates were arranged to live temporarily in a school.

At night, Wang Haitao stood in the courtyard, looked up at the top of his head, and understood, Tangshan Leopard also walked to Wang Haitao's side and said: "Junzao, it's not early, you should rest early." Wang Haitao didn't reply: "I can't sleep! Mountain leopard, we have brought a lot of gifts this time, but they are all in the storage ring, why should we forget to take them out so that the CCP people will not know this secret and not arouse suspicion? ”

Tangshan Leopard thought for a while and said: "Junzao, you can't think of a way, and I'm even more at a loss." No, we won't take it out. Wang Haitao shook his head and said: "That's not good, you have also seen the situation of the CCP, it can be said that the shortage of materials is extreme, and these things I brought can greatly improve their situation, and it will not work if you don't take them out." In Wang Haitao's heart, he understands that sending charcoal in the snow is always better than icing on the cake. In the most difficult time for the CCP, this gift of mine is better than giving more things in the future.

Tangshan Leopard thought for a while, and said to Wang Haitao with a bitter face: "Junzao, I really can't think of it, I can't let Longzhou send someone over again!" Tangshan Leopard's words made Wang Haitao feel a lightning bolt in his heart, and he seemed to have some ideas, but they were very vague. Wang Haitao said to Tangshan Leopard: "Mountain Leopard, you have been busy for a day, rest early, I will think about it again." After saying that, he walked to a stone bench and sat down, thinking carefully.

Tangshan Leopard did not go back to the room, first checked the sentry, and then returned to Wang Haitao's side and sat down with Wang Haitao. It's just that the fatigue along the way made Tangshan Leopard sit down and rush to nap after a while, Wang Haitao saw Tangshan Leopard like this, so he drove him back to the house to rest, and then calmed down and perfected the plan in his mind little by little.

The next morning, after breakfast, Wang Haitao asked his subordinates to send a transmitter, publicly sent a telegram to Longzhou, reported his safety, and told Tang Renli some things in code. As soon as the telegram was sent, Xiao Jinguang came to the courtyard where Wang Haitao lived, and after the cold noise, Xiao Jinguang asked Wang Haitao when he could leave for Yan'an, after all, the main leaders of the Communist Party of China are now waiting for Wang Haitao's arrival in Yan'an.

Wang Haitao said to Xiao Jinguang: "Commander Xiao, my people can leave at any time, but I still have some things to discuss with General Ye, can I ask Commander Xiao to accompany me to General Ye's place?" Xiao Jinguang hurriedly led Wang Haitao and Tangshan Leopard to meet General Ye Jianying. After seeing Ye Jianying, before Wang Haitao could speak, General Ye Jianying asked enthusiastically, "How was Commander Wang resting last night?"

Wang Haitao responded: "Thank you, General Ye, I have a good rest." By the way, there is something I want to discuss with General Ye, originally we should go to Yan'an with General Ye today, but I visited for the first time, how can I not go empty-handed, I have asked people to prepare gifts, but we are few people, it is inconvenient to carry, so I asked people to send to the dividing line between the national army and your army in Xi'an, and now the telegram has been sent, the gift is coming, I must go to answer it. Therefore, please General Ye take his subordinates back to Yan'an first, and I will go straight to Yan'an when I get the things, I don't know what General Ye thinks?"

Wang Haitao's request was something that Ye Jianying didn't expect at all, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Then let's accompany General Wang on a trip." Wang Haitao said hurriedly when he heard this: "General Ye, you are the head of the Communist Party of China, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient to go, so it is better to ask Brother Wang Weikuan to accompany us." Although Ye Jianying didn't know what kind of medicine Wang Haitao was selling in the gourd, he must be a guest, so it was inconvenient to say more, so he agreed after thinking about it for a while.

Then Ye Jianying invited Wang Weikuan over, told Wang Weikuan about the matter, and told Wang Weikuan to pay attention to the safety of Wang Haitao and others, and to mobilize the garrison if necessary. At the same time, he gave Wang Weikuan all the formalities along the way, and then said to Wang Haitao: "Commander Wang is here to pay attention to safety, the gift is not important, and besides, hasn't Commander Wang already sent us a generous gift?"

Wang Haitao knew that Ye Jianying was talking about penicillin, so he smiled and didn't answer. Ye Jianying finally said: "Then let Comrade Wang Weikuan accompany Commander Wang on a trip, I hope Commander Wang will arrive in Yan'an as soon as possible, and I will wait for General Wang's arrival in Yan'an." Wang Haitao also promised that as soon as he got the things, he would rush to Yan'an immediately, and then he said goodbye to Ye Jianying and left Yichuan County with the team with Wang Weikuan.

As soon as Wang Haitao and the others left, Xiao Jinguang and others found Ye Jianying, Xiao Jinguang asked: "Chief of General Staff Ye, what the hell is this Wang Haitao doing? After all, he is a member of the Kuomintang, Chief of Staff Ye, should we be on guard?" Ye Jianying replied: "Old Xiao, although I don't know what the purpose of this Wang Haitao is, I believe that he has no ill will towards us." In this way, you notify the garrison of the county below and give them convenience. As long as they don't do anything that harms our interests, don't stop or interfere with them. ”

Xiao Jinguang was a little incomprehensible, and wanted to argue a few words, but his chief of staff, Cao Lihuai, pulled him and said, "Chief of General Staff Ye's vision is still not clear? Xiao Jinguang didn't say anything, and left awkwardly. As soon as he went out, Xiao Jinguang said to Cao Lihuai: "Old Cao, did you say that Ye Isn't Ye the Chief of General Staff the first time to see that Wang Haitao?