Chiang Kai-shek, Yang Yongtai, He Guoguang, and Yan Daogang grabbed the map and looked at it, and their hearts lit up, the time when the red bandits withdrew from Guyuan was basically the same as the time when Ma Hongkui marched to Tianshui, needless to say, this red bandit army was following the main force of Ma Hongkui's Seventh Division, so the intention was not obvious?

Chiang Kai-shek still had a bit of luck in his heart, and ordered to send a report to Ma Hongbin, telling him that Pingliang was an empty city, and asking him to capture Pingliang immediately, and be sure to find out the whereabouts of the Pingliang Red Bandits.

After waiting for half an hour, Ma Hongbin did not call back, and Chiang Kai-shek angrily scolded Niang Xipi and scolded the warlords for all deserving of death.

Yang Yongtai said: "Commission, the current situation can be made two assumptions, one is a better situation, that is, Liu Yiming's cooking force has not moved on the front line of Xi'an Tongguan, and the Pingliang defenders are only going south to reinforce Tianshui, playing a role in containing and disturbing and assisting the Tianshui defenders to defend the city." The second situation is more serious, that is, Liu Yimin used Tianshui as a bait to attract Ma Bufang's main force to attack, and wanted to solve the main force of Ma Jiajun in Tianshui City in one fell swoop. It's a terrible situation. My personal judgment should be the second one, because judging from Ma Bufang's telegram, it was the first time that it said that there were 8,000 casualties and 3,000 red bandits killed. The second time, he even said that his troops were less than 50,000 men, and demanded that the attack be stopped and that he should withdraw to the Gangu front line to set up defenses. And said that if the fight continues, the Qinghai armed forces will all be handed over to Tianshui City. This shows a problem, that is, it was Liu Yimin's elite troops stationed in Tianshui, and they were replenished from the weapons and ammunition hoarded in the south of Hu Zong, so that the Ma family's army, which was known as fearless of death, was bleeding and unwilling to fight again. At the same time, the fact that the defenders of Tianshui were able to destroy Ma Bufang's artillery with artillery fire is enough to prove that the defenders have strong firepower, are well-trained, and have strong fortifications. I think Liu Yimin is afraid that he wants to use Tianshui City Defense to consume Ma Bufang's main force, and then encircle and annihilate it. If my judgment is correct, Liu Yimin's main force is afraid that he is rushing to Tianshui day and night, trying to solve the problem in Tianshui. ”

Yan Daogang said: "If Liu Yimin's attempt succeeds, won't Gansu, Qinghai, and Ningxia all become red bandits? That's terrible, once Ma Bufang's troops are annihilated, our army will no longer have a military group to compete with the red bandits in Ganningqing, in that case, the entire northwest will be over, not just Shaanxi. ”

Chiang Kai-shek was so shocked by this that he immediately ordered the air force to send planes to reconnoiter the Tianshui area and ascertain the situation on the battlefield. At the same time, Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui were ordered to quickly report the number of the Tianshui defenders to investigate whether there was any movement of the main force of the red bandits around the battlefield.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Liu Yimin had already led the troops directly under the corps and the 11th Division to Zhongliang.

Zhongliang is located on the road from Tianshui to Gangu and Lanzhou, and it is the only way for the main force of Qingma to withdraw to Gangu.

The troops came around from the south side of the home river, marched all night, and were very tired.

Liu Yimin asked the troops to rest for an hour, and he took Luo Ronghuan, Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Gao Yuan, Huang Su, Yuan Guoping, Zhao Jie, Zhou Yi and the political commissars of the regiments to see the terrain.

This middle beam is only called the middle beam, because of the terrain named, it is in the middle of a beam, and below the beam is a large earth ditch. At this time, the avenue connecting Xi'an and Lanzhou passes on the beam. Liu Yimin knew that in later generations, National Highway 310 was changed to pass through the ditch.

If you can lure the green horse cavalry into the ditch, it will be easy to do. Pity. Liu Yimin knew that it was impossible, cavalry combat had strict requirements for the terrain, and entering the ditch was equivalent to death. The green horse will not leave the road on the beam and not walk, but go to the ditch.

After looking at the terrain, Liu Yimin decided to block the slope along the main road after Tianshui came out, and used the fire of artillery regiments and heavy machine gun regiments to kill and injure the enemy in large numbers. Let the 11th Division set up a blocking position along the 4-kilometer width of the mountain beam, completely block the main force of Qingma back to Tianshui City, and then carry out fire strangulation.

After Liu Yimin made up his mind, he asked Zeng Zhongsheng, Cai Zhong, Gao Yuan, and Huang Su to lead the cadres to divide the defense area, and organized the troops to set up positions in strict accordance with the requirements of the infantry training. He returned to the temporary headquarters and contacted Liu Jianli's 12th Division and Chen Dayong's 4th Division to inquire about the progress of the troops.

The 12th Division and the 4th Division called back, they were all in place and were building fortifications.

Liu Yimin contacted Li Qing and Feng Dafei again, inquired about the battle situation, reported that the main force was in place, and praised the 28th Regiment and the only regiment that held Tianshui City.

Seeing that the troops were all in place and waiting for the decisive battle after dawn, Liu Yimin sent a telegram to the headquarters that had arrived at the battlefield and was fully deployed.

[***], Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, and Liu Bocheng in Xi'an did not sleep all night, waiting for news from the Tianshui front. As soon as he received Liu Yimin's telegram, [***] immediately ordered to inform [***], Peng Dehuai, Xu Xiangqian, Tongguan Front, and Hefang Frontline Command that the main force of our army on the Tianshui front was in place, and the decisive battle was about to begin, and all departments were required to enter a state of emergency to strictly prevent a sneak attack by the Kuomintang army.

After sending the telegram, [***] smiled and said to Zhu De and Zhou En: "Enlai, boss, it's about to start, Ma Jiajun is about to become a historical term, and we will sleep in the General Staff for a while." I guess it's going to be chaos in Nanjing soon. ”

Liu Bocheng said: "Is it necessary to remind Liu Yimin to pay attention to beware of Chiang Kai-shek's dog jumping over the wall in a hurry and dispatching the air force to bomb him." ”

[***] waved his hand: "No need, Liu Yimin fights, these questions are common sense." Let's not be verbose, just sit back and wait for the good news. ”

Mr. Zhu said: "Chiang Kai-shek may have a big fight, and he will not watch the Ma Bufang clique collapse." ”

Zhou Enlai also said: "This is indeed the case, once the main forces of Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui are destroyed, there will be no more enemy main forces in Qinghai and Gansu." Ma Hongbin in Ningxia is not the opponent of our army, and seeing that this Gan Ningqing is about to become a red base area, if Chiang Kai-shek knows the battlefield situation at this time, I am afraid that he will keep scolding his mother. I estimate that he will take three measures: First, he will ask Zhang Qun to meet with us immediately, ask for a ceasefire on the battlefield, and let Ma Jia's army retreat. The second is to order the air force to dispatch and blow up a bloody road to cover the breakthrough of the Ma Jiajun. The third is to launch a powerful offensive in northern Sichuan, Tongguan and the Yellow River, forcing our army to withdraw from Tianshui. ”

[***] yawned and said with a smile: "The soldiers will block, and the water will flood." Zhang Qun is here, and he has the grace to deal with it, so he can say whatever he wants. There are Lao Peng, [***], and forward them in northern Sichuan, and Chiang Kai-shek can't please them. Liu Yimin of Tongguan and Hefang has already made arrangements, and it doesn't matter if he wants to give up Xi'an. Anyway, this main force of the green horse must not be let go. After the Qingma is solved and the Seventh Army returns to the division, the enemy of Tongguan and Hefang will naturally be honest. Okay, I'm going to sleep, who of you doesn't want to sleep and sleep. Wake me up when the good news comes. With that, he went to rest.

Mr. Zhu and Zhou Enlai also went to rest one after another, only Liu Bocheng couldn't rest assured, pulled the chair to the map and sat down, staring at the map and pondering.

Under Tianshui City, Ma Yuanhai went to Ma Hongkui's tent again, briefed him on the battle situation and the losses of Qingma, and asked Ma Hongkui to see that he was in the same line as the Ma Jiajun in the northwest, and he must urge the main force of the Seventh Division to quickly launch an attack. Otherwise, Chairman Jiang would pursue it, and everyone's faces would not look good.

Ma Hongkui and Ma Bufang have different surnames, Ma Bufang is brave and ruthless, but Ma Hongkui is more slippery, because he has stayed by Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong, and he is used to deceitful things in politics and officialdom, so Ma Yuanhai said such things to him is tantamount to playing the piano to a cow.

After listening to Ma Yuanhai's introduction to Qingma's losses, Ma Hongkui thought to himself, all you have lost are the militia groups, at most a little security group, the elite loss is not big. At this time, let's attack, obviously let Lao Tzu touch the stone like you, can Lao Tzu do this kind of thing? However, since he came, it was not good to move for a while, and in case Ma Bufang reported to Nanjing, Chairman Jiang would not be able to explain it. Besides, the troubled waters have been wading, but they have not seriously fought with the red bandits, which is a bit of a wretch. It's still necessary to fight, and if things are not right, retreat immediately.

So Ma Hongkui told Ma Yuanhai that the New Second Army and the Fifth Cavalry Division would continue to attack the city, and the Seventh Division would immediately launch an attack on the red bandits guarding the mountain. If the attack goes well, take down Tianshui in one go. If the attack doesn't go well, stop the attack immediately and fence it up first.

After the two discussed, Ma Yuanhai went back to adjust the deployment, the infantry brigade of the 5th Cavalry Division was still responsible for attacking the north gate, the security regiment continued to attack the south gate, transferred a cavalry brigade of the 5th Cavalry Division to replace the 100th Division to attack the west gate, and led two cavalry brigades of the New Second Army, the 100th Division, and another cavalry brigade of the 5th Cavalry Division as the second wave of attack troops.

Ma Tingxiang was annoyed when he saw Ma Yuanhai deploy like this. But there was no way, the New Second Army attacked desperately at night, and the casualties were indeed too large. Without further ado, he urged the troops to quickly reach the attack position and prepare for the attack.

Ma Yuanhai saw that all the troops were in place, so he ordered an attack.

At this time, it was 6 o'clock in the morning, and the sky was gradually clear. Standing on the roof of the temporary headquarters of the Zhongliang Legion, holding a telescope, you can see the real scene of the fierce battle between the two armies under Tianshui City.

Liu Yimin observed the situation on the battlefield and saw that the Ma Jiajun was rushing up in waves, like a mad tiger, and the troops defending on the hillside were properly equipped with firepower, and the Ma Jiajun who was rushing up was firmly stopped in front of the hillside. Looking at the Ma Jiajun who attacked Tianshui City, carrying ladders and shouting, they rushed forward to the city wall, and rows of soldiers were hit.

When Liu Yimin saw that the sky was clear, he sent a report to Li Qing and ordered all the artillery of the 13th Division and the 1st Division to open fire to completely destroy the will of Ma Jiajun's attack.

At this time, Ma Hongkui could no longer sit still, and a group of shells smashed into the dense offensive formation of the troops, bringing a bloody storm, and if this continued, the troops would be crippled immediately. He immediately ordered the troops to stop the attack, and the various units reorganized their formations and sorted out their baggage.

As soon as the troops withdrew, Ma Hongkui received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek asking him and Ma Bufang to immediately report the number of the Tianshui defenders and check for signs of the movement of the enemy's main force in the surrounding area. Ma Hongkui thought to himself, there is no flag at the head of the city, and no prisoners have been caught, how can he know the number of the other party? But the phrase that there is no main force movement of the enemy army around is too crucial, what does Chairman Chiang mean? Could it be that the red bandits still have the ability to leave their entire army behind?

Ma Hongkui did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent a cavalry company to reconnoiter in the direction of the Wei River, and then found Ma Yuanhai and asked if he knew the number of the defenders.

Ma Yuanhai said that it was the 13th Division of the Red Seventh Army that defended the city, and it was known from the mouths of the common people before the battle began.

Ma Hongkui was so angry that he was furious, and asked Ma Yuanhai why he didn't tell him that it was the Red 13th Division that was guarding the city?

Ma Yuanhai was disheartened by the failure of the siege at this time, and when he saw Ma Hongkui so angry, he said: "It doesn't matter what kind of army he is, who is he not fighting?" ”

Ma Hongkui smiled angrily, pointed at Ma Yuanhai and said, "I think there are still few people who have died in you?" Do you know what kind of unit this Red Seventh Army is? Why don't you listen to the radio and read the newspaper? ”

Ma Yuanhai stiffened his neck and said, "I can't read, how can I read the newspaper?" Anyway, Zixiang will beat whoever he wants, why am I so close? ”

Ma Hongkui was extremely angry and said to Ma Yuanhai: "Okay, good, you have a kind." Let me tell you, do you know who wiped out Hu Zongnan's first division? It's the Red Seventh Army guarding Tianshui City! You dare to fight this army. I knew in Pingliang that it was the 12th Division of the Red Seventh Army that was guarding Pingliang City, and the cordon was fifty miles away from them, for fear of provoking them and letting them take a bite. It's good that you don't understand how powerful the enemy is, so you open it. You send a telegram to Zixiang now, I'm going to withdraw my troops. You guys are so good, you guys are up, I won't fight. Just this time, one of my regiments will be gone. Although many of you have died, they are all militias. I'm a regular soldier who died. ”

Ma Yuanhai said: "I sent a telegram to Zixiang at 5 o'clock in the morning, telling him that he couldn't fight. He had to attack again, and this time thousands of them were gone. I want to withdraw to Gangu to set up defenses, let's go to Gangu together, right? ”

Ma Hongkui was about to say that he was going back to Ningxia when he saw the commander of the cavalry company who had sent out a reconnaissance to recklessly break in. Ma Hongkui grabbed the horsewhip and slapped it on his head and face, scolding while smoking: "Wang Ba Lamb, didn't you see that I was discussing the military situation?" Not long-eyed. ”

The company commander covered his face and shouted: "Sir, the main force of the red bandits has been found by the Wei River."

Ma Hongkui stopped fighting now, and ordered the cavalry company commander to slowly explain clearly.

The commander of the cavalry company said that he and his brothers were ordered to go to reconnoitre, and when they were about to reach the Wei River, they encountered a large army of red bandits, and one company ran back to him alone.

Ma Hongkui asked how many people?

The cavalry company commander said: "I don't know how many there are. But the Weihe pontoon bridge was still passing troops, there were many cannons and machine guns. His brothers were all killed by the heavy machine guns of the Red Bandits. ”

Ma Hongkui and Ma Yuanhai looked at each other, and they couldn't close their mouths in shock.

Finally, Ma Hongkui came back to his senses, quickly called the staff officer, and called Chiang Kai-shek back, reporting that the garrison was the 13th Division of the Red Seventh Army. At present, the main force of the Red Bandits was found on the Weihe River on the north side of our army, and it is suspected that the main force of the Red Seventh Army Corps has arrived, and our army has suddenly attacked under the fortified city, and the troops have suffered too much loss, and the situation is like a dangerous egg, so I asked the chairman of the committee to immediately send the air force to cover the retreat of our army in the direction of Gangu.

As soon as Ma Hongkui finished sending a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, Ma Bufang's telegram came.

Although Ma Bufang is murderous, he is indeed a smart person. As soon as he saw that Chiang Kai-shek had sent troops to reconnoiter whether there was a movement of the main force of the Red Bandits in the vicinity, he understood that he might have fallen into the trap of the Red Bandits, otherwise Chairman Chiang, who was far away in Nanjing, would not have sent a telegram to ask such a question of common sense. So, he didn't delay at all, and immediately sent a telegram ordering Ma Yuanhai to retreat to Gangu, asking Ma Hongkui to retreat with Ma Yuanhai, and then stop after Gangu stabilized the defensive line.

After reading Ma Bufang's telegram, Ma Yuanhai said: "Although this red bandit is the main force, they have just arrived, and their foothold is not stable, and this is the time to play the role of cavalry. We should concentrate our cavalry on them, and perhaps we can defeat them in one fell swoop and drive them into the Wei River to feed them. ”

After thinking about it, Ma Hongkui said: "Since Zixiang has retreated, we should retreat immediately." Still, your idea makes sense. The infantry moved slowly, and it was necessary to beware of the red bandits on Tianshui City and the mountain coming down the mountain to attack, so I think the cavalry should be concentrated and divided into two parts, one part will attack in the direction of the Wei River, and the other part will quickly advance to Gangu, first control the key points on the sorghum, and cover the retreat of the large army. The infantry drew a brigade to block it, and the rest retreated with the cavalry to Gangu. ”

In the end, the result of the discussion was that three militia regiments served as the rear of the palace, and Ma Yuanhai commanded the Mapu Cavalry Brigade of the New Second Army, the Malu Cavalry Brigade of the Fifth Cavalry Division, and the Han Qilu Cavalry Brigade to assault the Weihe River and defeat the Red Bandits' river-crossing troops.

Ma Hongkui commanded the Seventh Division to seize and seize the Zhongliang area, covering the retreat of the whole army to Gangu. The 2nd Cavalry Brigade, the 100th Division, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Security Regiments, the remnants of the militia regiments, and the infantry brigade of the 5th Cavalry Division of the New Second Army were all under the command of Han Qigong, followed by the 7th Division, and retreated to Gangu.

Out of Ma Hongkui's tent, Ma Yuanhai hatefully scolded the eight lambs of the king, playing slippery and annihilating. In fact, he doesn't need to scold, the place where Ma Hongkui went is now safe, and it will become a sea of death in a while.

Ma Hongkui, who thought he had a plan, immediately ordered his troops to take two cavalry brigades as the vanguard, followed by the infantry, and quickly retreated to Gangu.

Finding that Ma Jiajun was about to run, Li Qing immediately ordered the troops on the hill to squeeze downward, and the artillery and heavy machine gun battalions quickly shifted their positions to shoot at close range at the enemy. This time, the escape speed of Ma Jiajun was accelerated, and the baggage was no longer needed, and the wounded soldiers were no longer needed, and they fled in the direction of Gangu in a chaotic manner.

Ma Yuanhai gathered the three cavalry brigades, and after sweeping the faces of the cavalrymen with a wolf-like gaze, he roared: "The red bandits are rushing to cross the Wei River in an attempt to encircle and annihilate us. I will lead you to crush them and drive them into the Wei River to feed them. Do you dare to go? ”

This is a one-color green horse cavalry, which is extremely fierce. Listening to Ma Yuanhai's agitation, the knights, who had long been stimulated by the anger of revenge and had nowhere to vent, all raised their sabers. He shouted Allah and rushed to the Wei River with Ma Yuanhai.

After receiving the telegrams from Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui, Chiang Kai-shek, Yan Daogang, Yang Yongtai, and He Guoguang were shocked. It was Yang Yongtai who judged correctly, and after his conjecture was confirmed, there was no joy on his face, and he muttered to himself that he was a red bandit.

Chiang Kai-shek sat down in his chair and was speechless for a long time. I carefully planned and did it back and forth, but the result was that I jumped into Liu Yimin's trap. This guy is simply not human. How could he know that he would let Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui attack Tianshui? It seems that it is all the fault of greed, what is the lonely army prominent, it is purely a fragrant and big bait! I thought I had grasped the weakness of the gangsters, but it turned out that I had hit the anvil of the hard state!

What to do? As soon as the main force of Ma Bufang was annihilated, Qinghai, Gansu, and Ningxia became a big problem. If the entire northwest falls into the hands of the red bandits, then the problem will be big, and [***] will inevitably become a prairie fire. What to do?

Chiang Kai-shek's gaze did not have the imposing appearance of the past, he looked pitiful, and asked in a pleading tone: "Changqing, Yuanzhang, Zu Rong, what should you do now?" ”

Seeing that the committee was talking to himself in this tone, Yan Daogang, Yang Yongtai, and He Guoguang all had sour noses.

Yan Daogang thought for a while and said: "For today's plan, the only way to solve it is through negotiation." Zhang Qun should immediately be asked to protest to [***], demanding that he immediately cease fire and let the two horses retreat. It is also necessary to create public opinion and accuse [***] of violating the armistice order and fighting a civil war. It is necessary to stop military operations and return to the negotiating table. ”

He Guoguang said: "We should also order the entire air force to go out to open a bloody road for Ma Bufang and help him break through, and how much he can run out." ”

Yang Yongtai looked out the window and didn't seem to hear the words of Yan Daogang and He Guoguang.

When Chiang Kai-shek saw that he didn't speak, he asked, "Changqing, tell me your opinion." ”

Yang Yongtai then spoke: "Commission, there is a sentence I have to talk about first, please don't blame the commission." ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "You speak! ”

Yang Yongtai said: "We can't fight [***] anymore, since this Liu Yimin appeared, every time we fight, we have failed." If the fight continues, I'm afraid that the red bandits' strength will grow faster. It is necessary to negotiate with them and solve the problem by political means. Otherwise, last time it was Hu Zongnan's first division, and this time it was Ma Jiajun. Next time, I'm afraid that Jiang Dingwen or Xue Yue will follow in their footsteps. If you agree with me, I'll go on, and if you don't, I won't say it. ”

Chiang Kai-shek thought about it, and what he thought was that if the Tianshui attack failed, he would negotiate immediately. This Yang Yongtai's statement is not unreasonable, it seems that he can't fight anymore. Even if you fight, you have to think about getting rid of this Liu Yimin. Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek nodded and asked Yang Yongtai to continue.

Yang Yongtai saw that Chiang Kai-shek agreed with his statement, so he said: "Director Yan's words, I agree." I don't agree with Director He's words. Our air force claims to have more than 500 aircraft, but only 91 of them can actually take off for combat. Last time, Liu Yimin's troops were brought down by the Wujiang River, and now there are only about 80 planes that can be put into battle. What's more, distributed in various airports, only Luoyang's plane can rush to Tianshui. remembered that Liu Yimin had already threatened to blow up Luoyang Airport, and it was Zhang Qun who made a clear request to Zhou Enlai, so Liu Yimin did not do it. I'm worried that once the plane leaves here, it's hard to say whether the other side will be able to come back. We can't afford to lose. Therefore, I do not agree to use planes to bomb Tianshui. ”

Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek was not angry, Yang Yongtai continued: "I have a way, although I can't save Erma, but I can save Gan Ningqing and make the red bandits happy." ”

As soon as Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he came to his senses and immediately said, "Come and listen." ”

Yang Yongtai said: "The current situation of friend and foe is that the main forces of both sides are concentrated in northern Sichuan. The 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 9th Army Corps of the Red Bandits and Xu Qianqian all confronted our army in northern and eastern Sichuan, while Liu Yimin's Seventh Army Corps was strong in battle, but after all, its strength was limited. He must be leading the main force to encircle and annihilate Erma now. Tongguan is empty, the river air defense is empty, this is our opportunity. My method was to fight hard at Tongguan and Hefeng, causing a situation in which the Central Army wanted to take advantage of the situation to enter Shaanxi, and forced Liu Yimin's troops to quickly return to the rescue after destroying the Second Horse, so that he would not have time to send troops to control Xining and Lanzhou. Northern Sichuan wanted to fight a small battle, and let Tang Enbo command his 100,000 horses and Deng Xihou and Pan Wenhui's troops to hold the defensive line, constantly exchange fire, and carry out small force attacks, but not launch large-scale attacks. The defense line in eastern Sichuan was also a small fight, the troops did not leave their positions, small-scale exchanges of fire, and in addition, the Central Army assembled in Wuhan and Yichang was explicitly ordered to enter eastern Sichuan, in fact, not to go at all, just let [***] know that the Central Army went, just do it. In case Peng Dehuai and Xu Xiangqian's ambitions swelled, they took advantage of the situation to eliminate the Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army. The purpose of the operation in northern and eastern Sichuan is to contain [***], Peng Dehuai, and Xu Xiangqian, and they cannot transfer troops to control Gan Ningqing, nor can they transfer troops back to Shaanxi. Then, we dispatched 100,000 people from Xue Yue's department to quickly and secretly set out from the direction of Chengdu, and went north into southern Qinghai, controlling Xining, Yinchuan and Lanzhou, and letting Ma Hongbin evacuate Pingliang and return to Guyuan. As soon as Liu Yimin's ministry returned to Shaanxi, it immediately ceased fire on all fronts and seriously negotiated. In this way, although [***] won the victory of destroying Erma, the attempt to strategically control Gan Ningqing went bankrupt. At most, it is to let them occupy one province of Gansu, and the ideal result is to let them occupy only the eastern part of Gansu. ”

After Yang Yongtai finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek stood up excitedly, took Yang Yongtai's hand and said, "This method is good, this method is good." ”

After speaking, Chiang Kai-shek turned to Yan Daogang and said: "Immediately issue an order, ordering Zhang Qun to immediately meet with Zhou Enlai, lodge a strong protest to [***], and once again reiterate that the political axe is to negotiate in good faith and sincerity, let them restrain Liu Yimin not to destroy the railway and the airport, and we will not send planes to bomb Xi'an." Ordered Jiang Ding's Ministry of Culture to immediately storm Tongguan, ordered Yan Xishan's Department to immediately cross the river and march westward, ordered Xue Yue to immediately march to Qinghai, and ordered Zhu Shaowen to immediately dispatch other garrisons and militia groups in Gansu to resolutely defend Lanzhou, so that he would die in Lanzhou, and if he dared to abandon the city and flee, I would shoot people. Liu Xiang and Zhang Xueliang were ordered to start a war with the Red Bandits in eastern Sichuan, but they were not allowed to leave their positions and launched an attack. Tang Enbo, Deng Xihou, and Pan Wenhui were ordered to fire at the [***] division in northern Sichuan, firing more artillery and firing more shots, and small troops could be attacked, but the main force was not allowed to leave the position. The Air Force was ordered to strengthen the airport guards. In view of the sabotage of the armistice negotiations, 300,000 elites of the Central Army have gone ashore in Wanxian County and joined the battlefield in eastern Sichuan. ”

After Yan Daogang finished recording the order, he asked Chiang Kai-shek to sign it, and then went to send a telegram to give the order. Chiang Kai-shek said to Yang Yongtai and He Guoguang again: "You two go and send a telegram to Xue Yue, Tang Enbo, and Jiang Dingwen according to Changqing's intention just now, and make your words clear, so that they can seriously understand and implement them." As for Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui, if they can escape, let them come directly to Nanjing. There's really no way, so let them be senators! ”

Seeing that Yang Yongtai and He Guoguang were leaving, Chiang Kai-shek stopped them again and said, "After you finish these things, go and discuss with Yunong to see how you can take down Liu Yimin." Don't think about the assassination, it will easily invite his revenge. Let's see if we can put more effort into the female sex and make him stink, so that [***] can just do without him. He's young, and that should be a breakthrough. ”

Yang Yongtai and He Guoguang glanced at each other, said yes and walked out.

Chiang Kai-shek finally calmed down, picked up the water cup, drank a sip of boiled water, and began to work normally.

(To be continued)