Chen Cheng had no countermeasures, because this was a letter that Liao Fan transferred to him through Wang Haoran's hand, and the content of the letter was also simple, if you want people, you should come and pick them up yourself. Give you a month, and in addition, we will add the food money and various expenses consumed by 38,000 people in Taihang Mountain in this month, a total of 1.5 million oceans, and the money will be released.

Of course, Chen Cheng would not be stupid enough to send money to Liao Fan, because he knew that there was an enemy-occupied area separated by thousands of miles between them and Liao Fan, even if Liao Fan really wanted to release people, how could such a soldier return to the nationalized area through the enemy-occupied area was obviously an impossible thing.

So Chen Cheng was embarrassed, this is obviously an impossible errand, after a long time, how much can Liao Fan give him of these 38,000 people? Ten thousand or five thousand?

So Chen Cheng decided to go to Wei Lihuang and He Yingqin, after all, one of the two of them was the former governor of those people, and the other was the current chief, hoping that they could come forward to solve this matter.

Wei Lihuang has been idle at home since he was transferred out of Zhongtiao Mountain, although he has a lot of scary names on his head, but they are all some false positions, and he has no real power at all. However, He Yingqin still held the position of commander, Zhongtiao Mountain was newly defeated, the troops needed to be stable, and the frequent changes of horses and generals made it difficult for the orders of the troops to flow unimpeded.

"General Chen is busy with official business, why do you have time to come to my idler's house?" Chen Cheng's first stop was Wei Lihuang's home, and after Wei Lihuang saw Chen Cheng, he immediately expressed a warm welcome.

"General Wei, don't be sarcastic about me, I also have nothing to do in the Three Treasures Palace, I really have something to ask you for today!" Chen Cheng lowered his body as much as possible, after all, he was asking for help.

"Oh?" Wei Lihuang glanced at Chen Cheng strangely, "You, General Chen Cheng, have great power in your hands, and you still use it to beg me, a useless person?" ”

"General Wei, don't talk about it, Chairman Jiang is already angry, and I can't protect myself this time!"

Wei Lihuang looked at Chen Cheng and said, "No, right?" Even if General Chen pierces the sky, Chairman Jiang will not cut off your arm, right? ”

"General Wei has heard about Zhongtiao Mountain?"

Hearing Chen Cheng talk about Zhongtiao Mountain, Wei Lihuang's originally radiant eyes immediately dimmed, and he even behaved a little decadently: "Hey! This incident has caused a lot of uproar throughout the country, and it is impossible for me not to hear anything even if I am idle. ”

"But what does this matter have to do with General Chen? All the responsibility should be borne by Chairman Chiang and He Yingqin, and they have nothing to do with General Chen, right? Wei Lihuang asked curiously.

Chairman Chiang was furious about the Zhongtiao Mountain incident, which is indeed due, but this matter should not be blamed on Chen Cheng's head, could it be that Chairman Chiang wants Chen Cheng to bear this black cauldron and then eliminate the dissatisfaction of the people of the whole country.

"Does General Wei know about Taihang Mountain?" Chen Cheng continued to ask.

"The New Thirty-third Army launched an active offensive in Jindong, trying to delay the little devil's attack on Zhongtiao Mountain's troops, although it did not achieve obvious results, but it eliminated thousands of puppet troops in Jindong, which can be regarded as a good result." Wei Lihuang said.

"General Kewei knows why the New Thirty-third Army is fighting so actively in Jindong?" Chen Cheng continued to ask.

"Isn't it to support Mt. Nakajo?"

"The Japanese army captured 50,000 people of the national army in Zhongtiao Mountain, and now 40,000 people have appeared in Taihang Mountain!" Chen Cheng said.

Wei Lihuang frowned, he didn't understand what was going on, how could the national army captured by the little devil appear in Taihang Mountain.

"Liao Fan used the troops in his hands to rescue nearly 40,000 troops from the hands of the Japanese, and these troops were all captured in the Japanese army at Zhongtiao Mountain!" Chen Cheng looked at Wei Lihuang's appearance and was sure that Wei Lihuang didn't know about this matter yet.

Wei Lihuang clapped his hands happily after hearing the news: "Good boy, he really didn't mistake him, he is the only one who can snatch so many people from the Japanese army, it is estimated that the Japanese army in Shanxi should also be mad when they capture Zhongtiao Mountain." Wei Lihuang cheered for Liao Fan, if it is really as Chen Cheng said, then the final result of Zhongtiao Mountain is not bad.

"But I still don't see that this matter has anything to do with General Chen!"

"The matter is Liao Fan, he saved 40,000 prisoners, according to the report of the Taihang Mountain Office, the four divisions under Liao Fan are dividing up these soldiers, and Commissar Jiang is angry and asks to get these soldiers back!" Chen Cheng said embarrassedly.

"Get it back? Where do you get it? Nearly 40,000 prisoners of war were sent all the way back to Chongqing from Taihang Mountain? Wei Lihuang asked incomprehensibly.

Chen Cheng nodded silently, if according to Chairman Jiang's intentions, they should indeed be sent all the way back to Chongqing, but this is not realistic at all, firstly, there is no unified command, and secondly, Liao Fan will not issue them weapons, and the way from Taihang Mountain to Chongqing is completely sending them to death or sending them back to the hands of the little devils again.

"You're crazy, aren't you?" Wei Lihuang looked at Chen Cheng and nodded, and said with a secret smile in his heart, 40,000 people is 400,000 people, and it is impossible to fight back to Chongqing from Taihang Mountain.

"That's why I'm looking for you, General Wei!"

"Yes, General Chen, don't call me General Wei, I'm just an idler, I can't afford to take care of such a big thing, and the new 33rd Army is subordinate to the Seventh Group Army, you should look for Fu Yisheng, it's useless to look for me!" Wei Lihuang knew that this was a tricky matter, and even if he could take over this matter, it would be impossible to bring the 40,000 defeated soldiers back to Chongqing.

"Brother Junru, I really had no choice but to come to you for help this time!" Chen Cheng had no choice but to tell Chairman Chiang what he thought, and Chairman Chiang would definitely be furious again, because the battle at Zhongtiao Mountain had just been lost, and Chairman Chiang was already holding back a fire in his heart, and if he told Chairman Chiang the truth again, I am afraid that Chairman Chiang would have to cut some people's heads.

"General Chen, it's not that I don't help you, why would he Liao Fan listen to me? He didn't listen to Chairman Jiang's orders, and I really didn't have such a big face. "It's not that Wei Lihuang doesn't want to help, but he really can't help anything.

The New 33rd Army was assigned to Fu Yisheng's Seventh Army from the very beginning, and the supreme commander of the Seventh Army was Yan Xishan.

"Brother Junru, but you are the supreme commander of Nakajo Mountain! Those 40,000 captives are your men! "Chen Cheng wants to play the emotional card.

Wei Lihuang seemed to remember something: "Hey! That seems to have been a long time ago, and now in addition to being able to mobilize a few people in my house, who can still listen to my command, and the current supreme commander of Zhongtiao Mountain is He Yingqin, no! It should be the ex! Now Nakajo Mountain is Japanese!"

"Even if Chairman Jiang is ashamed of you, but now that the party and the state are in turmoil, what is more needed is for us to work together to tide over the difficulties, I hope Brother Junru can help me this time, if Brother Junru has anything in the future, I Chen Cheng will definitely do my best!" Chen Cheng had no choice, otherwise he wouldn't have begged Wei Lihuang so hard.

Wei Lihuang looked at Chen Cheng's anxious attitude, and was a little unbearable: "I promised you to go to Taihang Mountain, but what is the final result, I hope General Chen will not have too much hope!" Wei Lihuang said ugly things in front of him, and this matter had little to do with him.

"Thank you, Brother Junru!" Chen Cheng looked at Wei Lihuang gratefully.

"But I have one condition, that is, let He Yingqin go with me! If he doesn't go, I won't either! ”

He Yingqin is the main person responsible for this big defeat, since the main responsible person does not want to come forward to mediate, there is no need for him Wei Lihuang to be this good man, thankless.

Chen Cheng was stunned, it was already a great difficulty for him to beg Wei Lihuang, and now he was going to beg He Yingqin, which made Chen Cheng cry in his heart, but for the sake of the 40,000 national troops in Taihang Mountain, he Chen Cheng could only beg one by one.

After leaving Wei Lihuang's home, Chen Cheng decided to go to Luoyang, and now He Yingqin is presiding over the work of the troops in Luoyang.

Just when Chen Cheng was asking for help everywhere, Ma Wanzhong and the others had already finished selecting the soldiers, with a strength of 5,000 people in each division, although many soldiers of the national army did not know that it had happened, but they still obeyed the order.

"After these people arrive at your respective stations, the first thing you have to do is to explain to them the current situation and our troop policy, if they really don't want to stay, they must not be forced, you can let them go at any time!" Liao Fan said to the four division commanders.

In fact, Liao Fan knew very well in his heart that even if they were allowed to go, I am afraid that they would not leave, out of the respective stations of the four divisions, and a radius of 20 kilometers was the enemy-occupied area, unless they were killed, they wanted to leave the army.

As for whether these soldiers can integrate into their respective units, it depends on the ability of their four division commanders, the new 33rd Army is originally capable of eating meat and drinking soup, and those who are incapable can only sit on the cold bench and watch the excitement.

"Brother Fan, you still have more than 10,000 people left here, do you want us to pick again?" Ma Wanzhong said.

"What's the matter, you've tasted the sweetness, and you want the lion to open your mouth?" Liao Fan raised his eyebrows and looked at Ma Wanzhong and said.

"Brother Fan, these 10,000 people are also a division of troops, if they can integrate into our troops and give full play to their combat effectiveness, the little devil will be in a trembling mood!" Ma Wanzhong said.

"Don't fight the idea of 10,000 people, I will have my own arrangements at that time, besides, when people come to ask us for people, we have to come up with some people to give them a little explanation, we can't let us take all the good things, you hurry back with the soldiers, if it's a step later, I will regret it, and you don't want to take it away."

Liao Fan's voice fell, and the four division commanders hesitated to salute, and then left the military headquarters with their gains.

"Brother Fan, what about the thousand people we picked out?" Li Lingfei asked.

"Let's go, take me to see them!" Liao Fan knew that if he wanted to keep these soldiers in Taihang Mountain, the best way was to make these people feel that Taihang Mountain was better than Chongqing.

More than 1,000 people were placed in the camp for the recruits, and the selected soldiers were luckier than those who were not selected, because their food standards were set according to the standards of the recruits.

"Everyone's eaten, yes, how does our food here compare to the food of your old army?" Liao Fan asked a few soldiers in front of him.

"Report ...... Report...... Good ......, sir, It's so much better! The soldier who was questioned was stuffing steamed buns in his mouth and stumbling to speak.

"Well, eat more!" Liao Fan said with a smile.

This was specially arranged by Liao Fan, in this era, many people joined the army just to eat a full meal, Liao Fan certainly would not let go of this opportunity to show these soldiers the delicious food of their troops.

"Beep~" A piercing whistle sounded, and all the soldiers raised their heads to look at Liao Fan standing in front of them.

"Brethren! I ate what I should eat, I drank what I should drink, do you know why I singled you out and brought you here to eat delicious food? Liao Fan asked all the soldiers.