Chapter 43 1. Ma Jiyuan fled to his hometown in Qinghai and cried bitterly

Lanzhou was successfully liberated, as Mao Zedong once said, in the future our army will take over other cities on foot. The Northwest that Ma Bufang and his son worked so hard to manage is completely over. Ma Jiyuan later fled to his hometown of Qinghai. At this time, Ma Hongkui was dancing with the secretary at home. Since he formally accepted this little girl as his concubine a few days ago, he has not cared much about the war. Have fun, and pretend to be retiring at any moment. The adjutant hurriedly opened the door, looked at him and said, "Report to the old sir, the PLA has entered Lanzhou City."

Ma Hongkui was deeply surprised: "What did you say? Did you hear me wrong?" "No, Ma Bufang and his son have already run away, and Lanzhou has been occupied by Peng Dehuai." "I didn't expect that in just one day, Peng Dehuai brought Ma Bufang and his son down! It's God's will, Zixiang, the military and political officer in the Northwest, is finished before his butt is hot. It's very satisfying." The adjutant knew in his heart that after the two horses fell out, Ma Hongkui had always held a grudge against Ma Bufang, and often cursed Ma Bufang in private.

Ma Hongkui was full of contradictions in his heart. Although he did not agree with Ma Bufang, when the People's Liberation Army really occupied Lanzhou, it would have an impact on their safety in Ningxia, and he was still very afraid. The adjutant asked, "What shall we do?" Ma Hongkui sat down and sighed, "What else can we do? Now that the Communist army is very strong, we can't fight it." At this time his son Ma Dunjing walked in. He said, "Dad, Lanzhou is over." "I see." "What shall we do?" "Where is Lu Zhongliang's troops?"

"In the Wuzhong area." "Let him retreat to Yinchuan and try to defend it. The communist army may attack in the near future." "It's too hard to fight hard!" "I know it well, let's talk about it when the time comes." Ningxia has entered a state of combat readiness again. I heard that the People's Liberation Army is coming soon. There are many rumors in Yinchuan that the rich have begun to move to Xinjiang. Ma Jiyuan escaped from Lanzhou. He originally wanted to gather up the remnants in Wuwei area and fight against the People's Liberation Army.

Ma Bufang had already fled to Chongqing, Xining was leaderless, and no one came to work in the provincial government compound. At this time, Ma Jiyuan got in touch with Qinghai. People from the provincial government told him that Wang Zhen's troops had arrived. Everyone Hope he goes back. Ma Jiyuan led the remnant troops to flee towards Xining. Along the way, there were remnants of retired soldiers from Qinghai. They robbed people's property everywhere, and spread rumors that the Han people had colluded with the Communist Party to rebel. If you want to survive, run! Many herdsmen who didn't know the truth also abandoned their homes and fled. Looking at this scene, Ma Jiyuan was extremely sad. He rarely spoke along the way, and he stopped letting people collect remnant soldiers.

At this time, the city of Xining was even more disturbed. The mayor of the city, Ma Xuerong, suddenly said to the people: "It's terrible! The Han Chinese have colluded with the Communist Party, and hundreds of spies from the Communist Army have sneaked into Xining City." He is the highest official of the city, and no one would disbelieve his words.So a large number of military and political officials fled out of the city and went to the outer suburb of Menyuan. These people are not clear about the situation in Lanzhou. Gao Wenyuan, Ye Chengrong, Ma Quanyi, Ma Lu and other government officials had just fled to the Datong River when they happened to meet Han Qigong, the commander of the cavalry army who had just fled back from Linxia.

This person was retreating steadily in this battle, and Ma Bufang was still scolding him for his ineffectiveness in fighting before leaving.Now that he was back, these officials naturally wanted to trouble him. Gao Wenyuan stared and asked, "Why is Commander Han back? How is the Lanzhou war going?" Han Qigong said: "Lanzhou has fallen!" "Where's Commander Ma Jiyuan?" "I don't know." "The commander didn't come, but you fled back first." "I have no choice but to." "The old chief has a warrant saying that you were ineffective in fighting in Linxia and retreated without a fight. How do you explain this?"

Han Qigong took Ma Bufang's warrant and cried, "I'm wronged..." "What's wrong with it?" "You don't know that the cavalry army is a makeshift recruit. There is no time to train. The old officer said that I didn't fire a shot. I am responsible for this. But this army and horses can't fight. How can I take full responsibility? Woolen cloth?" "The military salary of the cavalry army has been paid two hundred taels of gold. As far as I know, you have not paid it. You should hand it over immediately, so as not to add to the crime!"

Han Qigong was a little frightened, and hurriedly said: "This money was handled by the Military Supplies Department, and I will definitely order them to hand it over." "Okay, you can hand it in tomorrow." Only then did they learn that the Communist Party had not arrived in Xining, so they all returned to the court one after another. Ma Jiyuan has not yet disappeared, and people are even more disturbed. When they returned to Xining, the situation became more and more chaotic.In the courtyard of Huangzhong Industrial Company, Ma Lu stood under the high eaves with a submachine gun in his hand, and shouted at Ye Chengrong with his eyes wide open:

"Where did you go? When the old officer left, he told you to be in charge of the aircraft. Now our army commander (Ma Jiyuan) has no news, and it's too late to look for it. You are responsible for this matter!" Ye Chengrong didn't know how to deal with it. Seeing that Ma Lu had pointed the gun at him, his legs were trembling and his face was pale.At this time, the adjutant standing behind him also drew a pistol from his waist. Ma Lu did not dare to shoot, the two sides still looked at each other, and the atmosphere was tense.Chen Bingyuan, secretary-general of the provincial government, hastily stepped forward and said:

"What are you guys doing? Why don't you have something to say? The army commander didn't even send someone to meet him before he arrived. What's the point of making such a fuss?" Neither side spoke.Ma Lu was alone, afraid of being plotted against, so he had to put down his gun. Ye Chengrong said: "I'm going to contact the plane. I heard that the army commander has arrived for mutual assistance. You can send someone to pick it up." After he escaped, he went to the air station and called Chennault's plane in Chongqing. At this time, Xiangtang and Xunhua's troops had fled. Ma Chengxian picked up the phone and ordered them to fight against the PLA, but the person who answered the phone said: "The army has disbanded long ago, who can we ask to deal with the communist army?" Ma Chengxian stopped talking, and his mood became more and more depressed. The situation in Xining was very bad. The remnant soldiers who had retreated from the front line took the opportunity to rob the people with arms, and the sound of cannons at the city gate could already be heard.Several key officials of the provincial government began to flee again. Ma Quanyi's family fled towards Yun's house. He said that the terrain was remote and the communist army would not be able to get there for a while, so it was safer, but others didn't want to go. Chen Bingyuan took some people to Hexi. These people are not Ma Jiyuan's cronies, and they don't think too much about their personal future. They think that it's up to them to escape to, and we'll talk about it at that time. Ma Buluan, Ma Chengxian and others did not leave, they said they must wait for Ma Jiyuan to come back. On the evening of August 30, Ma Jiyuan suddenly called from Huzhu to inquire about Xining.Ye Chengrong hurriedly said: "Commander, this side is still safe, everyone hopes you will come back soon." "Has the communist army come yet?" "Not yet." "You send a car to pick me up!" "You wait, I'll pick it up." In the middle of the night, Ma Jiyuan returned to Xining.When he came to his home, the building was already empty, and his father had fled to Chongqing with the whole family. In this large empty courtyard, Ma Jiyuan walked around with tears in the moonlight, and then said to Ye Chengrong and Ma Chengxian with a very depressed expression: "I didn't expect that the achievements made by the ancestors would be ruined by us descendants. This is really God's will!" Ma Chengxian deliberately said: "Commander, we are not finished yet, we can retreat to the pastoral area to fight guerrillas with the communist army!" Ma Jiyuan didn't answer directly, but turned around and asked Ye Chengrong: "What do you think we should do?" "I listen to the commander." "I'm asking you." "In my opinion, you won't be able to hold on for long if you retreat to the pastoral area. It's better to save your life." Ma Chengxian objected: "How can this be done? Could it be that it's over like this, you can't escape!" Ye Chengrong said: "This is reality. The national government is gone, so what else can we do?" Ma Jiyuan waved his hands and said, "Stop arguing. We have changed from hundreds of thousands to dozens of people. This is God's will. We failed. The problem is not with us, but with the Nationalist government. Let's all go." They emerged from the garden and entered the provincial government office.It was a mess here. When people fled, they overturned the furniture and threw all kinds of papers all over the place. What is even more strange is that someone is still writing on the opposite wall: Alas, Qinghai, where to escape. Ma Jiyuan looked at the eight big characters for a while, but said nothing. He asked Ye Chengrong: "When will the plane arrive?" "Tomorrow morning." "Okay, you guys go back and tidy up too, let's go together." 10 o'clock the next morning. The small airliner sent by Chennault landed at Lejiawan Airport. Ma Jiyuan brought Ye Chengrong, Gao Wenyuan, Ma Buluan, Ma Jirong, Ma Quanyi, Ma Bukang and other cronies to the airport. At this moment, Zhao Long also came to get on the plane, but Ma Jiyuan refused to let him board, and said viciously to him: "You'd better stay here, there can't be so many people." With a plop, Zhao Long knelt down on the ground and hugged Ma Jiyuan's legs, weeping and said, "Please take me with you, Commander!" With a blank expression on his face, Ma Jiyuan pushed him away and boarded the plane. The plane has started and the propellers have turned. Zhao Long is still kneeling on the ground and said: "Commander, don't you know what I'm going to do? If you don't let me go, I will die in front of you and never stay , and became the ghost under the knife of the Communist Party.” The plane couldn't move, so Ma Jiyuan reluctantly let Zhao Long sit on it. At this time, the trouble came again. Gao Can, the two major generals who had served under Ma Bufang, also came with his family members to get on the plane, because Ma Jiyuan had brought several large boxes of gold, which were already overweight, and it was very difficult for the plane to take off. , These few people came again, Ma Jiyuan naturally wouldn't let them come up. The tall major general cried and said: "I have been with the old officer for decades. Before he left, he told me to go to Chongqing with you. How can you not let me go?" Ma Jiyuan stuck his head out of the window and said, "What's your name? Get out of the way, or I'm going to shoot." The major general jumped up and scolded: "You boy dare to touch a hair of my hair, try it?" Ma Jiyuan stared at him, and while ordering to take off, he pointed his gun at the old and young general and said, "I'll let you call!" The shot rang out and the plane vacated.Those who didn't get on the plane jumped up, looked at the plane butt and cursed. The family of the major general, after crying for a while, took all the ocean from her husband, and ran away with the others.This is a young and beautiful woman who later ran off to a pastoral area with a bandit. Ma Jiyuan flew to Chongqing, and later went to Taiwan.