Chapter 1 Ask about the relationship (A moment)

After several parties agreed to the same point, the next thing became much simpler. Soon, two "accurate and detailed" reports were handed to Yan Xishan through the telecommunications department.

"Damn it." Yan Xishan swept the telegrams signed by Zhao Rui and Zou Zhankui in a rough manner. A dark cloud quickly surged from his face, and two cold lights shot out from his eyes like knives.

As a hero in troubled times who had been fighting for nearly 30 years in conspiracy, the tricks played by Zhao Rui, Zou Zhankui and others were impossible to hide from him. These brave things were fooled by him in partnership. Although they deliberately chose different words in the telegram and deliberately different descriptions of the specific process, the fake ones were fake, and Yan Xishan could see at a glance that there was something tricky.

The general who had heavy troops was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and was in a sympathy with the important military and political guards who were secretly sent to monitor him, deliberately deceiving the emperor. Such things must be strangled to death in the bud. With decades of experience in controlling the army alone, Yan Xishan hesitated for a moment and reached out to the phone on the table, "Change it, pick me up Sun Cuiya, immediately."

"Yes." Yan Xishan's cousin and confidential secretary Liang Dunhou heard a strong murderous aura from his uncle's voice. He agreed and immediately switched the route himself and connected the phone number from the Eighth Army Command. (Note 1, 2)

However, Sun Chu, the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army, was not on duty. The deputy commander Chu Xichun, was on duty. When Liang Huazhi said that Commander Yan asked Sun Chu to answer the phone in person, he quickly explained loudly: "The Eighth Route Army He Long's unit was abnormal. Commander Sun was worried and went to the front line to inspect. At present, the new 66th Division is closest to the commander-in-chief. Please tell the commander-in-chief that if there is a task, Bei Zhi can lead the 66th Division to execute it."

"Please wait." Liang Huazhi did not dare to spread the message randomly, and quickly led the other end of the line to Yan Xishan himself. After listening to Chu Xichun's report, Yan Xishan was shocked, and the murderous intent in his heart immediately dissipated for nearly half.

In the December incident last winter, Sun Chu led his troops to attack the rear hospital of the Eighth Route Army and slaughtered all the wounded inside. After the news spread, He Long, the commander of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army, once swore in public that he would capture and kill this person in his lifetime to sue the wounded for the spirit of heaven. Although the two sides later calmed down the war due to Wei Lihuang's mediation, the hatred was too deep after all, and it was difficult to guarantee that the war would suddenly come to face each other.

If Chu Xichun was ordered to take the 66th Division to arrest Zhao Rui and Zou Zhankui at this moment, it would probably create a chance for He Long to take revenge. With the gambler's character of Zhao Rui and Zou Zhankui, if he didn't do it well, he would simply lead his troops to rebel and run directly to He Long for asylum. In that case, the previous transactions between the Jin army and the Japanese would be exposed in broad daylight. With Yan'an's propaganda and agitation ability, the Jin army would probably become the object of condemnation for the people of the whole country in a blink of an eye. The Jiang, who was forced to be frustrated by the establishment of the Wang puppet government in Chongqing, probably would not miss this opportunity to send him to the door to divert his sight. (Note 3)

Yan Xishan never knew how to do wedding dresses for others. His eyes turned slightly, and he immediately changed his mind. He called Chu Xichun's words and ordered, "Qingbo, continue to be in the command center, and be optimistic about the rear of Cuiya. Don't give He Long any opportunity to take advantage of it. I called Cuiya today, and I heard that there was something unusual in the Eighth Route Army, so I reminded him to prepare early. Let's do it. When he comes back from the front line, he will ask him to call me back."

"Yes, boss, I promise not to let you down." The sound of horse boots stomping on the ground sounded very clean and neat.

Yan Xishan nodded with satisfaction, put down the phone, and then took out the third report on the detailed confrontation on the Nalin River from the drawer at hand, and placed it side by side with the reports of Zhao Rui and Zou Zhankui, and browsed it again.

This time, his anger was slightly reduced and he looked more seriously. Slowly, from the lines, he found other hidden problems, "The deputy stationmaster of the Military Control Commission's Chasui Station actually stood up for a local army of the Eighth Route Army. Didn't he go crazy? What's the benefit of doing this? Is it really like the waste Zhao Rui wrote in the report? In fact, this person was ordered and the instructor behind it came from Chongqing."

Thinking of the grievances between Chiang Kai-shek and himself, he immediately shuddered. The bald man betrayed others, but without hesitation, if he suddenly wanted Wei Lihuang and Zhu De to join forces to deal with him, it would probably be the best opportunity. Although he made up his mind to turn against the Eighth Route Army last year, he was secretly instructed by this person.

"Damn it, it must be like this. Otherwise, how could the military commander arrive at the battlefield with the Eighth Route Army? The surname Peng has long known that the Eighth Route Army's cavalry brigade will come, so he deliberately used nonsense to confuse Zhao Rui and Zou Zhankui to delay time." After all, he was a veteran of Xinhai, and he had eaten more salt than others had eaten. Within just a few dozen seconds, Yan Xishan cleared away the fog on the surface and found the "truth hidden behind him."

As for why the truth is like this, why Chiang Kai-shek suddenly changed his mind and colluded with Yan'an. The answer was very simple. He discovered that the establishment of a connection between the Jin army and the Japanese was discovered, so he immediately changed his course and took the minority of the two evils.

How could Yan Xishan, who had never suffered any loss in his cooperation with others in his life, watch Chongqing play conspiracy with him? Soon, he grabbed the phone again and said loudly: "Huazhi, please inform Yin Fu and the Public Security Bureau to come to me for a meeting immediately, and invite Mr. Cilong and Mr. Cilong. I have something important to discuss with them." (Note 4)

1: Liang Dunhou, whose courtesy name is Huazhi, was deeply trusted by Yan Xishan. He has always been trained by Yan Xishan as his successor. He has been "commissioned" to the Japanese army as Yan Xishan's personal representative many times. Liang did not agree with Yan's behavior of seeking Japanese, but did not have the courage to object. He could only vent his dissatisfaction in his diary. In 1949, the Jin army was destroyed and Liang committed suicide.

Note 2: Sun Chu, whose courtesy name is Cuiya, was a "famous general" of the Jin army. He was in trouble during the Pingxingguan battle. When the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army obtained a great victory in Pingxingguan, he passively avoided the war and ruined the previous good situation. In the winter of 1939, he captured the rear hospital of the Eighth Route Army and ordered the killing of all the wounded. When Taiyuan City was captured by the People's Liberation Army in 1949, he was captured with Japanese consultants. Because of his merits during the War of Resistance, he was not sentenced to death. He was pardoned in 1961 and died of illness the following year.

Note 3: Wang Jingwei ran away in 1938 and published a public telegram to respond to the Japanese, but his pseudo-government was not officially established until March 1940.
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