At this moment, the communications staff officer of the division headquarters hurriedly rushed into the headquarters with a telegram and came to the front of two people: "Report to the chief, political commissar, telegram from the Central Military Commission." ”

"Central Military Commission telegram, so fast! Minister Li, it must be the central authorities who have replied to us, the specific candidate of the negotiation delegation, hurry up, give me the telegram" Political Commissar Luo Ronghuan said with excitement on his face, took the telegram handed over by the communications staff officer, and began to read it.

Sure enough, the content of the entire telegram began with an affirmation of the achievements of the reading master, and the next thing was about this negotiation with Jin Suijun. In the end, after deliberation and decision by the Military Commission, a negotiation delegation headed by Liu Hua, supplemented by Li Qing and Li Fuchun, was formed to secretly negotiate with Jin Suijun.

With a specific task, Li Fuchun, who had just entered Taiyuan City, couldn't take a break, so he took the guards and rushed to Jiexiu non-stop, preparing to conduct specific negotiations with the Jin Suijun. Finally, in the anxious waiting of the two sides, the representatives of the two sides finally came to the negotiating table and prepared for concrete negotiations.

"Division Commander Liu, Chief of Staff of the Second Theater Command. Here today, it is my honor to see the reading division commander Liu who makes the little devil frightened, and it is my honor to sit with the division commander Liu" Seeing that the very young division commander Liu Hua walked into the conference room, the chief of staff was surprised at the same time, and quickly raised his right hand to salute and said.

"Chief of Staff Wang, don't dare to be it. I'm just a junior, how can I compare with you seniors? Staff Officer Wang, please take a seat" As he spoke, the representatives of the two sides sat down in their seats. Concrete negotiations began.

"Division Commander Liu, according to the order of the Ministry of Defense of Yucheng, our department opened Taiyuan City and prepared to enter Taiyuan. I don't know why Division Commander Liu ordered the troops to disarm all my two reorganized divisions. Come today, I hope that Division Commander Liu will give us an explanation, and at the same time, return all the officers and soldiers of our department, and lead the Reading Division to withdraw from Taiyuan City" With the beginning of the negotiations, the chief of staff of the Jin Sui Army first took the lead and issued a series of questions to the division commander Liu Hua in front of him. I want to take the initiative in the whole negotiation process.

However, it was unexpected by the chief of staff. After listening to his repeated questions, Liu Hua in front of him did not have any reaction, but smiled and said nothing. Because Liu Hua knew that the chief of staff in front of him, although the tone of his mouth was very tough. However, in my heart, I must be very anxious. Because, the 30,000 officers and soldiers of the Jin Sui Army are in their own hands, and the Jin Sui Army at this time is asking for themselves.

"Master Liu, could you please give us an explanation. Our Jin Sui Army was stationed in Taiyuan City in accordance with the order of the Ministry of National Defense. Seeing Liu Hua, who had not spoken in front of him, the chief of staff, who had been silent, and seeing Liu Hua with a smile on his face, he couldn't help but start to get anxious, and then asked, and kept putting the Ministry of Defense in front of him.

"Okay, Chief of Staff Wang, since you have been reminding us that the opening of the Jin Sui Army is an order of the Ministry of Defense. My current opinion is very simple, that is, we should stop the negotiations, report this matter to Chairman Jiang in Yucheng, and ask Chairman Chiang and the Ministry of National Defense to give us an explanation so that Chairman Chiang can make a final decision. I don't know what Chief of Staff Wang means: If you agree, we will send a telegram immediately? Facing the chief of staff who was anxious in front of him, Liu Hua hit the nail on the head and said the weakness of the Jin Suijun.

"Ah, Senior Commander Liu, Senior Commander Liu, don't worry. This matter is only a matter for you and me, and there is no need to bother Chairman Jiang in Yucheng. Please tell Division Commander Liu what you want, as long as the requirements are appropriate, our Jin Suijun will definitely do it. I only hope that Division Commander Liu will immediately release all the officers and men of our two integrated divisions. "Although the chief of staff in front of him is very old-fashioned. However, from his tone, it was still very good to expose his panic at this moment after listening to Liu Hua's words.

In this way, because of the 30,000 officers and soldiers of the Jin Sui Army, the two integrated divisions were in Liu Hua's hands. In the next negotiations, the chief of staff of the Jin Suijun in front of him no longer had any arrogance. The whole negotiation process went exceptionally smoothly. Of the 30,000 captured officers and soldiers of the Jin Sui, except for the ordinary soldiers who were willing to participate in the reading division, all the remaining officers and soldiers were returned to the Jin Sui army.

However, for the seized weapons and ammunition. All the equipment and ammunition of the two mountain artillery battalions and the anti-aircraft machine gun company were retained by Liu Hua on the grounds of sending troops to pay for the army. As for the other kinds of equipment, because all the readers at this time were replaced with the equipment of the Yue type, plus at this moment, the readers could not annoy the Jin Suijun. Therefore, all of them were returned to the Jin Suijun.

However, in terms of ammunition, except for leaving a certain amount of ammunition for the Jin Sui Army for self-protection, all the rest went into the bag of the reader. In Liu Hua's words, although the main force of these ammunition cannot be used. However, it can be handed over to the militia equipped with domestic equipment, as well as to local garrisons.

Similarly, Liu Hua was exchanging prisoners of Jin Sui officers and soldiers at the same time. Yan Xishan could only endure the pain and cut his love, and paid a lot of price. The entire Jin Sui army returned to its original station, and was forbidden to enter the range controlled by the reader without the permission of the reader

Of course, all of this was the result of secret negotiations between the two armies. As for Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Chongqing, he didn't know anything. Chiang Kai-shek, who had great expectations for the plan he had drawn up a week after the Jin Sui army sent out his troops, not only did not hear anything about the Jin Sui army and the reading division fighting for a week. Instead, he saw a telegram sent by Yan Xishan to himself, which was unexpected by everyone.

"Chairman of the Committee, the entire Shanxi Province was taken back from the hands of the Eighth Route Army with the lives and blood of a large number of soldiers. In a reasonable way, the Jin Sui army entered Taiyuan. I am not only sorry for the Chinese [***] people who died on the battlefield, but also sorry for the fathers and villagers in the entire Shanxi Province. Taiyuan was lost in the hands of the Jin Sui army, and if the Jin Sui army wanted to return to Taiyuan, it must be recaptured in the hands of the Yue army. Instead of going to the fruits of the victory achieved by the Eighth Route Army's Reading Division, after a long period of thought, I decided that the Jin Sui Army would retreat to the original commander of the Second Theater of Defense Zone: Yan Xishan. ”

"Niang Xipi, how can this be, is this still Yan Xishan, who was born as a landlord?" After reading this telegram of nearly 1,000 words. Chiang Kai-shek's entire forehead was twisted into a Sichuan character, and at the same time, a pair of eyes also showed a hint of sharpness, and scolded the staff adjutant in front of him in disbelief. Obviously, this telegram sent by Yan Xishan surprised him.

"Niang Xipi, these warlords don't have a good thing, and they don't obey the orders of the Ministry of Defense. Adjutant Wang, immediately call me Dai Li, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, by the way, and Bai Chongxi here, hurry up." Looking at the telegram in his hand, which he had read countless times, Chiang Kai-shek took a deep breath and calmed the anger in his heart. Facing Adjutant Wang, who was also full of horror and fearful of being implicated, he ordered loudly.

"Yes, chairman" After listening to Chiang Kai-shek's order, Adjutant Wang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves couldn't help but relax, and he quickly turned around and left this place of right and wrong.

Although the office once again fell into silence, in less than two minutes, several henchmen stood in front of Chiang Kai-shek one after another. However, when they saw Chiang Kai-shek, who was frowning and angry, the four of them all lowered their heads for some reason and did not say a word.

"Niang Xipi, Yu Nong, you are in charge of intelligence work. It's been a week since Yan Xishan from Shanxi sent troops, has anything happened between him and the Eighth Route Army's Reading Division? "I saw the four people in front of me who didn't say a word. Chiang Kai-shek first turned his gaze to Dai Li, who had disappointed him many times.

"According to the intelligence sent back by the scouts who were lurking inside the Jin Sui Army, the main force of the Jin Sui Army led by Yan Xishan suddenly stopped advancing three days ago. At present, the main force of the Jin Sui Army is stationed in the area of Jinniu Mountain, 60 kilometers south of Jiexiu. As for the specific reason for the stop, we have not yet figured out the specifics. In addition, because of the anti-encirclement and suppression of the Reading Division several times, the intelligence agency hidden within the Reading Division was basically detected by the intelligence personnel of the Eighth Route Army. Now there are only a few low-level intelligence officers left, who are not able to provide us with any valuable information at all. Looking at Chiang Kai-shek, whose face was full of anger in front of him, Dai Li quickly stood up and replied.

"Niang Xipi, you gang are all rice buckets, every time the government allocates so much money to you, what do you do. Look at it, this is the telegram that Yan Xishan just sent. Yan Xishan didn't know if he was in the devil or what, he actually asked to withdraw from Shanxi and no longer march into Taiyuan, you all take a good look! Chiang Kai-shek said angrily, throwing the telegram in his hand in front of the four people.

"Impossible, how can this be? Shanxi is the foundation of the Jin Sui army, how could Yan Xishan make such a choice. Impossible, Chairman, absolutely impossible. "After reading the telegram in my hand. Bai Chongxi, the proposer of the entire plan, was the first to stand up and asked rhetorically in disbelief.

"Jiansheng, I can't believe this matter, but Yan Xishan has indeed done it. According to the telegram sent by the Second War Zone, the main force of the Jin Sui Army led by Yan Xishan is now withdrawing its troops, and it will only take less than a day to withdraw to the original defense area and continue to confront the Yue Army. Chiang Kai-shek also shook his head speechlessly and said.

"Chairman, I think there must be something strange about it. Otherwise, why did Yan Xishan march with confidence in the first place. But after three days here, they asked to be discharged? After reading the content of the telegram in his hand, the old and spicy He Yingqin frowned tightly and said.

"Well, respectfully, you go on." Listening to He Yingqin's words in front of him, Chiang Kai-shek's face looked a little better, and he nodded with deep understanding and said.

"Yes, Chairman. I think that in the past few days, in the vicinity of Jiexiu, something must have happened that we didn't know about. And it was because of these things that Yan Xishan changed his initial decision to march. At the same time, I think that there may have been some kind of agreement between the Jin Suijun and the readers" Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's puzzled gaze, He Yingqin said his thoughts.

"Well, the agreement? Keiyuki is very right, there must have been some agreement between the two forces that we don't know about. Niang Xipi, they don't even pay attention to our center. Yunong, I will give you another chance to make meritorious contributions, and ask the nearby investigators to be dismissed, and the intelligence officers will immediately find out all the ins and outs of the matter. I'll give you two days, and after two days, I'll know the results. "Face the mystery of the neighborhood. Chiang Kai-shek once again set his eyes on Dai Li, who was in front of him.

"Yes, principal, the students will not disappoint your kindness, and they will definitely investigate the ins and outs of the whole matter clearly within two days." Seeing Chiang Kai-shek's cold gaze in front of him, Dai Li hurriedly replied.

However, because the entire negotiation process was only clear to the high-level officials of both sides, even after a few days, although Dai Li poured into his own power and knew that he did not hesitate to expose some high-level intelligence officers, he still did not detect the slightest bit of information. But that's all for later

Just when Chiang Kai-shek in Yucheng was discussing countermeasures with his henchmen about the matter in front of him. The negotiations in Jiexiu have been a complete success. Of the 30,000 officers and soldiers captured by the Reading Division, except for 7,600 soldiers who were willing to join the Eighth Route Army, the remaining troops and all light weapons were all returned to the Jin Sui Army.

However, in the process of returning, in order to completely crush the Jin Sui army, he wanted to follow the ambition of Shanxi Province again. Liu Hua specially ordered the directly subordinate column stationed in Jiexiu to conduct a huge military parade in front of the captured Jin Sui army. Use strong military strength to crush the Jin Sui army's counteroffensive thoughts.

On the day when the prisoners were returned, the 36 105-mm heavy mountain guns of the heavy artillery regiment were all lined up in front of the prisoners of the Jin Sui Army under Liu Hua's order. At the same time, the 9 tanks of the armored regiment, with a huge roar, galloped in front of the prisoners of the Jin Sui army. Even more important, three infantry regiments carefully selected in the direct column. Carrying all kinds of weapons, he walked in front of these Jin Sui troops in high spirits

Looking at the three infantry regiments that walked in front of him, although the chief of staff of the Jin Sui Army was very red-eyed, he was more emotional. Especially to see the tanks speeding by, the heavy artillery with a door being dragged by the car. Because, in the entire 100,000-strong army of the Jin Sui Army, not only is there not a single tank, but even a heavy artillery regiment cannot be put together.

"Division Commander Liu, I really didn't expect your army's equipment to be so advanced, even equipped with tanks and heavy artillery. Now I finally know why Taiyuan City, which is heavily guarded by the army, can be easily recaptured by you. At the same time, the Kwantung Army, the most elite of the army, can be completely annihilated in your hands. Division Commander Liu, I am here to guarantee that in the future battles, our Jin Sui Army will absolutely follow the content of the negotiations and will never take the initiative to have any military conflict with your army. "Although I know that the military exercises in front of me are a demonstration to myself. However, thinking of the strong military strength he had just seen, the chief of staff was still very sure, and without reporting to Yan Xishan, he directly assured Liu Hua, the commander of the reading division with a smile on his face.

"Hehe, Chief of Staff Wang, I, Liu Hua, am here to assure you. As long as your army does not take the initiative to provoke our Eighth Route Army, our two troops will definitely be able to coexist peacefully on the battlefield of resistance in the future, because we firmly believe in one principle, that is: if people do not offend me, I will not offend others. If someone offends me, I will offend someone," after listening to the words of the chief of staff, Liu Hua also replied with great affirmation.

"Yes, Master Liu. I will surely convey your words to Chief Yan's ears word for word. I believe that our two troops will certainly be able to coexist peacefully." In this way, the chief of staff of the Jin Sui Army, with the remaining more than 20,000 officers and men, left Shanxi Province and retreated to his original garrison under the armed protection of the two brigades directly under the column.

At the same time, the plan formulated by Chiang Kai-shek in Yucheng to weaken the Jin Sui army and the reading division was completely crushed. More importantly, in this program, the Reading Force not only received 7,600 soldiers with rich combat experience, but also received a large amount of equipment and ammunition.

"Report to the division commander, Minister Li's results in this battle have been counted. According to your request, the more than 20,000 officers and men of Jinsui have been retained by us, except for carrying a base number of ammunition for self-protection. "With the departure of the Jin Sui army. For the various weapons and ammunition seized, Chief of Staff Li Qing, who was busy all day. Holding a list of statistics, he came to Liu Hua and Li Fuchun with a smile on his face.

"Huh? It's been counted so quickly. Chief of Staff, I've worked hard for you, please read it to us again, and look at this Yan Xishan, how much blood has come out this time? Liu Hua replied with a smile on his face, and even Li Fuchun, who was beside him, was full of expectations.

"Yes, Division Commander, Minister Li. According to statistics, all the results included two high-power radio stations and 24 low-power radio stations. 24 75-mm mountain artillery guns and 24 anti-aircraft machine guns. 248 light and heavy machine guns. All that remains is to leave all kinds of ammunition that are opened, which can be said to be countless, enough for all troops equipped with domestic equipment in the whole army in half a year. Here's a list of specifics, you guys take a look. Chief of Staff Li Qing replied with a smile.

(To be continued)