Chapter 26 Chapter 26 From the Cliff to the Smooth Road

At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was staying at the Shanzhong Hotel of the Taiwan Sugar Company, eight miles away from Taipei, and the clouds and rain were resting in front of him. After all, the climate on the island was quite peaceful and pleasant. The mainland's defeat is set.Shanghai fell within a few days of Chiang's departure, and the East China and South China campaigns were advancing day by day, and Li Zongren moved the "central government" to Guangzhou, which was the birthplace of the Great Revolution. He played Yan Xishan's card vigorously and tried his best to promote Chiang's comeback, so that Chiang Kai-shek couldn't get any comfort even in the deep mountains, and he was dizzy to express his opinions every day.

Things have come to this point, how can Jiang have the mind to "consider personal advances and retreats"?The most important thing right now is to make money!The corner of South China was precarious and there was no retreat; the southwest was steep and narrow, and it was inconvenient to use it in the future;At this juncture, the American lords who have been friends for many years actually adopted a policy of "non-interference" when the "central government" needed them most!When the country is in crisis, where are the heroes? Ma Jiajun's invitation to fight is tantamount to lightning in the dark night, suddenly illuminating Chiang Kai-shek.Since Hu Zongnan can't do it, why not let Ma Jiajun try?An urgent telegram was sent to Hu's homeless office.

Hu Zongnan's heart was dripping with blood, he cleaned up his grievances, so he bite the bullet and recruited Luo Lie, Pei Changhui, Dong Zhao and others, saying: "The Ministry of Horses took the initiative to ask for troops, and the old man repeatedly urged us to cooperate. I would like to hear your opinions." Everyone cautiously looked frustrated, and no one spoke for a long time. Hu Zongnan looked up at Pei Changhui's face for a moment, raised his chin and said, "Deputy Director Pei, tell me." Pei sneered helplessly, showing a self-deprecating expression.Then, sighing and sighing again, the voice was like a mosquito moaning: "That's... well, since they are willing to send troops to counterattack, I think it's better to push them out under the soup. If they can resist the Communist army in Guanzhong, why not for?"

"It makes sense, it makes sense..." Hu Zongnan heard interest.He echoes while seeking support from everyone's faces. Dong Zhao disagrees.He frowned tightly, concentrated for a long time, shook his head and said: "You guys should know what the horse department is. They are willing to spend money to do it for you? They just want to show off in front of the central government, that's all. It may not be true...Anyway, I dare not have such extravagant hopes!" "No!" Luo Lie got up and spoke full of strategy: "The horse department has gained a lot from the Communist army. It is brave and has always underestimated the enemy. It is unknown if they will take back Xi'an in one go! I am worried that once they succeed, I will wait in front of the Central Committee." There is even less room to speak. Instead of sitting and discussing, it is better to use the strategy and 'coordinate' with the Ministry of Horses. If you succeed, I will have a share; if you lose, it will not matter... let Mr. Hu decide! "

This opinion listed moved Hu Zongnan, and also made Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui "very satisfied".Their purpose is to blackmail Chiang Kai-shek to order the Northwest. They are afraid that Hu Zongnan's dead pig will not be afraid of boiling water, pretending to be a bear and ignoring him, and refusing to mobilize troops.As long as Hu agrees to send troops together, they think it will be a great success. In fact, before Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui sent Chiang Kai-shek the war telegram, each other had their own ghosts.In front of Guo Jiqiao in Sanaitang, the two of them fought each other like they were trading in a mule and horse market.Ma Hongkui claimed to send out Lu Zhongliang's main force, the 128th Army, and boasted that although Lu was a Han Chinese, he was so loyal to his master; Boasting, talking about how young and mature Ma Jiyuan dared to fight vicious battles, etc.Before the play even started, it was like a demon king beating treasures, making the sacred Sanai Hall very dark.

Hu Zongnan dispatched the Eighteenth Corps of Pei Changhui.Since the spring campaign, Pei's wisdom has been gradually manifested in specific campaign operations, and this time he dispatched troops with more control.He embraced Chen Ziqian's 90th Army, Xie Yifeng's 69th Army, Liu Chaohuan's 36th Army, and Li Zhengguang's 27th Army together as a virtual group of troops. On both sides, slowly advancing towards Xianyang, but in fact, the one who is actually singing the big show is still Yang Deliang, the 17th Army directly controlled by Hu Zongnan. As soon as the four armies of the Pei Corps moved, the five armies and two cavalry brigades of Ma's "Ningqing Combined Corps" with a total of 100,000 soldiers and horses also advanced along the Xilan Highway and its sides.The commander-in-chief of the horse department is the young and vigorous Ma Jiyuan, and Lu Zhongliang is the deputy commander-in-chief.

With such a huge team of Hu and Ma, the command and operation method is quite funny.The two armies ordered to conduct their own affairs. Although they agreed to launch a general offensive on June 5 to occupy Xianyang first and then regain Xi'an, on the way in, everyone was like a donkey on a grinding road. No one could know exactly whose position was blindfolded.When the two sides reported the progress, they both kept a hand.Especially Pei Changhui, Hu Zongnan repeatedly explained before sending troops, saying that Ma Jiajun has always been more slippery than loaches, and he must not be fooled.Hu's intention was to give Xianyang to Ma Jiyuan to fight, "If we can recover it smoothly, it will not be too late for us to move forward; if we fail to attack Xianyang, we will turn around and leave, and we will not suffer much loss at that time!" The only task is to pour Ma Jiyuan with ecstasy soup desperately, coax the 100,000 soldiers of Ma's army out of Longdong, push them to Guanzhong, and bet them in front of him as a shield.

This is a lot of work for Yang Deliang, he has to build up his momentum so that Ma Jiyuan can see and hear, and generate a minimum sense of trust. Since losing Xi'an, Yang Deliang has been carrying the blame.The Hu Zongnan who secretly gave the opportunity was gone, and there was only one Hu Zongnan with an ugly face.Yang was thrown in the Dongjiangkou area in the north of Ningshan, keeping a distance of 50 to 60 kilometers from Xi'an, and he waited there every day with wide-eyed fear. After such a hasty evacuation, the troops lost their fighting spirit.Among the officers and soldiers below the regiment, some committed suicide by shooting, and some turned their backs to the light. The commander of the communications battalion of the military department and a platoon leader surnamed Sun from the radio station all fled back to Xi'an after entering the mountains.Yang Deliang thought that instead of procrastinating so exhaustingly, he might as well find a chance to fight.Therefore, when Hu Zongnan ordered him to cooperate with the Majiajun and Pei Corps to counterattack, he really didn't know whether he should complain or be thankful. He immediately led the army and the 144th Division out of the mountain, and at the same time ordered the troops directly under the army to enter Ziwukou. The division marched from Ziwukou to Weiqu, the 48th Division marched from Fengyukou to Doumen Town, and the 144th Division went out of Tangyu to Baqiao. Potential.

After Yang Deliang's actions were infinitely puffed up by Hu Zongnan, he reported to Ma Jiyuan, and without losing the opportunity, he added a few words of praise to Ma, saying, Commander Ma is in command, which time is not invincible!He also said that Ma Jiyuan's famous name had been widely spread in Guanzhong, and the Communist army was terrified when he heard about it, and all the officers and soldiers of the national army fought hard.Hu Zongnan has never praised others so nakedly before, which shows that he has a very personality in extraordinary times, and Hu also has a flattering and well-behaved side.It doesn't matter that he is "well-behaved", Ma Jiyuan is fascinated and furious, yelling that he wants to "step down the Guanzhong and build a great cause that will last forever", and has long since forgotten his father Ma Bufang's advice before departure. rear.

It was just after the military meeting at Sanaitang, Ma Bufang called his son Ma Jiyuan to drive back to his official residence from the Northwest Military and Political Chief Office of the Kuomintang.The father and son went into the secret room, and Ma Bufang said: "This battle is unusual. I have nothing to say if you lead the battle. Don't let others see that Fengxingchuan tricked us. When marching and fighting, remember the word 'independence'. Don't be reckless. The old man in Ningxia Things, always scheming, with different minds; Hu Zongnan is also a vixen, a Garen, you have to give me weight for everything you say..."

Ma Jiyuan agreed wholeheartedly, but he still had his own idea in his stomach.He is Ma Bufang's only seedling, and he entrusts Ma Bufang's great hope.In order for this precious lump to inherit the family business, and even "one generation is better than the next", Ma Bufang really exhausted his efforts... Seeing that his son promised too quickly, he looked at his son suspiciously, and there were thousands of words in his heart. Can't tell either. Counting it, Ma Jiyuan, who has just turned 30, should be the fourth-generation proud son of the entire Ma family army.Since he was a child, he had a lot of blood and was deeply loved by his clan. He was named Jiyuan, which means to inherit Ma Yuan and follow the achievements of General Fubo in the Han Dynasty.Ma Bufang made up her mind to cultivate "this good seedling". At the age of 8, she opened a school in the Baiyuxiang Mansion and selected Ma Shilong, a relative's child, to study with her companions. Subjects such as history, geography, and nature, while practicing military subjects such as chopping, punching and sticks with specially selected soldiers such as Xian Ziliang.In order to equip his son with both civil and military skills and new knowledge, Ma Bufang specially bought a set of theoretical experimental equipment and the series of "Wanyou Library" from Shanghai and Tianjin, and hired famous teachers to be tutors. He studied until he was 19 years old and had not graduated. Cultivate his son's feeling of commanding the army, and gave him the post of chief of staff of a colonel in the southern border region of Qinghai.Ma Jiyuan graduated the next year, and at the age of 20, he became a colonel and brigade commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Independent Cavalry of the 82nd Army.Two years later, he was promoted to Major General and Deputy Commander of the 82nd Army. At a young age, Ma Jiyuan went to the Party and Government Class of the Chongqing Central Training Corps and the first class of the First-Class General Officer Class of the Army University for training. After graduation, he returned to Qinghai and immediately served as a member of the provincial government.He is indeed very competitive. He is a young man who has achieved great success, has no bad habits of eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and has a grand career style, which has impressed the civil and military dignitaries in the Kuomintang. Even Chiang Kai-shek had three long talks with him in three days in Qinghai, and invited him Accompany to eat!When Ma Jiyuan came to Beijing, he never forgot to call on the military and political officials of the central government on behalf of his father. As for Jiang Jingguo and others, they fought fiercely regardless of each other, and Ma Bufang was so happy that he would sing a ditty in his dreams. Relying on his proficiency in civil and martial arts and his new ideas, Ma Jiyuan looked down on his father's group of illiterate and reckless warriors.He took up the posture of a military officer in the new era, held research classes in the army, taught Chinese to the officers, and he couldn't put them down.At the same time, he dabbled in literary masterpieces extensively, studied the war history of various countries, worshiped Hitler like crazy, and blew up the spirit of Japanese Bushido to the sky.Naturally, he also hated the Communist Party extremely, and threatened that in future international wars, he must defeat the Soviet Union!For the Kuomintang, Ma Jiyuan actually did not like it. He thought it was too conservative and lacked "revolutionary vigor". What is his political ideal?A ball of paste. Stevenson's quotations are regarded by Ma Jiyuan as his motto: "Any laurels of honor in the world are made of thorns." "Heroes never despise labor." The heroes in his mind are arrogant, arrogant and conceited.Therefore, he asked his subordinates to "be a good soldier", that is: not afraid of death, not loving money, showing loyalty, loving the group, and tempering their character.And he himself wears suits and leather shoes, watches foreign movies, eats Western food, attends balls, speaks in English, and even throws his original wife aside, and goes to Nanjing Huiwen Girls' High School to find a foreign-style Miste to be his second wife... Ma Bufang can tolerate all this, but Ma Hongkui is different.He has always looked down on Ma Jiyuan's flamboyant fists and embroidered legs, so this time he handed over 100,000 soldiers and horses to Ma Jiyuan, and Ma Hongkui felt a little uneasy.The day before his departure, he rushed to Pingliang without hesitation, inspected the two corps, and shouted that Ning and Qing should not be distinguished, "We should unite and defend the Northwest", but secretly said to Lu Zhongliang Word: "Ningxia troops are not allowed to pass through Xianyang..." Ma Hongkui not only lost his money, but also spent tens of thousands of silver bills.He gave a watch to each of the officers above the regiment commander of the Qinghai Corps, and each army, division, and regiment headquarters of his Ningxia Corps received 200 yuan in silver coins.This hand frightened Ma Jiyuan.He couldn't do nothing, he simply gave a "BMW" to each officer above the commander of the Ningxia Corps.In this way, when shaking hands with Ma Hongkui, the "predecessor", he will not feel weak. At that time, Ma Jiyuan was unaware of Ma Hongkui's tricks in private.Unexpectedly, Ma Hongkui played too much, and he was still not at ease when he returned to Lanzhou, so he sent two confidantes Ma Quanliang and Ma Youmei back to the front line to pass on the imperial decree to Lu Zhongliang and others, asking Lu to "preserve his strength and not fight tough battles", and told Ningxia All actions of the Corps are under the orders of Ma Hongkui, and the orders of Ma Bufang and his son can be ignored.Only then did Ma Jiyuan hear about the narrow-mindedness of the "senior".He didn't say much, but unceremoniously put the main force of the Ningxia Corps on the front line of the Central Route Army, while the Qinghai 82nd Army and other departments were in cover positions.This one action alone turned Ma Hongkui's good intentions into a complete mess. Hu Zongnan saw the matter in his eyes, and 10,000 words of "sorrow" crawled out of his heart, thus doubting whether this vigorous "counter-offensive" operation was a battle or a game. However, the atmosphere in Xi'an was different.Hu and Ma's momentum stimulated those leftovers who were too late to escape so that they couldn't eat well or sleep soundly. They pricked up their ears every minute to listen to the gunfire from the direction of Xianyang. Even if someone threw a grenade outside the west gate, the city would Some people rushed to the street with disheveled hair, shouting wildly. There is another person who is restless, and that is He Long.At this time, the 18th and 19th Corps were still not in place, and the main force of the 1st and 2nd Corps had assembled to the west of Xianyang and waited in full force. Not a single soldier of the People's Liberation Army can be seen on the street! He Long asked Luo Yuanfa: "If son Hu and the horse bandit gang really come to fight, how much of your victory will be accounted for by you defending the city alone?" Luo Yuanfa held his breath and was speechless.There are more than 30 divisions (brigades) and more than 200,000 people in the Hu and Ma armies. It is by no means an easy situation.The strength of the First and Second Corps is for one squad and one squad, which is seriously insufficient.Therefore, the main force of the Sixth Army must be gathered in Liquan and Zhaocun Towns to meet the "top priority" of the overall situation, and only the 18th Division really stayed behind in Xi'an.Xi'an, this is the fat that the enemy really wants to grab!Not to mention its four-city defense, even the regular positions from Xianyang to Xi'an and the Weishui River have to be garrisoned by a regiment. How pitifully, the strength of a division is not enough!He's the commander of the garrison really well.Luo Yuanfa faltered for a long time, but couldn't answer He Long's question. He just said: "Fortunately, there are you, the boss, and political commissar Xi...everyone is here..." "What do we care about?" He Long said dissatisfied, "A person is a person, even if he is covered in iron, he can't get a few needles!" Smoking a pipe, "Comrades, don't underestimate it. Don't think that the main force of the field army is blocking Xianyang, and the enemy will not be able to get through. You must prepare for it to come, and don't expect it to come! If it comes, Xi'an's defense force is so weak. The two corps led by Boss Peng can’t catch up, and if the situation arises, there is no one-size-fits-all plan, it’s dangerous!” The new mayor Jia Tuofu said: "Yes, the situation of the enemy and the community in the city is very complicated. Before the joint counterattack of Hu and Ma started, there are rumors everywhere. Someone is creating chaos for you everywhere in the small streets. The power of stocks cannot be underestimated..." "I heard that a radio station was discovered?" Xi Zhongxun asked Luo Yuanfa. Luo replied: "Currently, there is more than one radio station. The underground activities of the enemy's armed forces are very rampant. A fight will make it better, but it will not solve the fundamental problem..." At this time, a staff officer of the Garrison Headquarters reported: Zhang Xianyue, political commissar of the Sixth Army, brought more than 7,000 people from Beiping to Weinan! He Long's eyes lit up, he was busy knocking on his pipe, and asked, "What is it? Zhang Xian's appointment is here?" "Here we are, less than 100 kilometers away from Xi'an!" The young staff officer sent the telegram to Luo Yuan directly to He Long. He Long didn't even look at it, and threw it to Luo Yuanfa casually, and ordered: "Quickly, send a report to Zhang Xianyue and tell him to stand by on the spot!" He came to the map, stretched out his hand, and measured it on the map. Liang said: "Look, there is Yang Deliang's troops in Baqiao, we asked Zhang Xianyue to make the momentum bigger..." Luo Yuanfa and others suddenly realized.That's right, the enemy has long mistakenly thought that the regiments led by Zhang Xianyue were the North China Corps, so why not use their tricks to hide it, at least they can bluff Yang Deliang, who is the main force of Hu and Ma. The Corps has arrived in Xi'an, and it has to be weighed in its actions! He Long said to Xi Zhongxun: "Add some burdens to Chen Xiyun and Liu Haibin. The logistics department of the military region will mobilize and try every means to transport 100,000 shi of grain to the city. Within three days, it must be transported in! Otherwise, the enemy will be surrounded After entering the city, the army and civilians ran out of food, and the reinforcements couldn't arrive for a while, so why don't you fight yourself!" He said to Luo Yuanfa and Zhang Jingwu, chief of staff of the Northwest Military Region: "The three regiments of the garrison deployed to the south to deal with Yang Deliang; government officials and soldiers all Take up arms; the receiving work in the city will continue as usual..." He lowered his voice: "Zhang Xianyue's words only reach us here, and when he goes down, he will say that the 18th and 19th Corps have arrived in Shaanxi, and we must vigorously publicize them. , can you register the house first! Comrades in the public security department work hard, work hard, organize forces to dig deep, attack hidden Kuomintang spies, and kill a batch..." In the next few days, the Sixth Army adopted various methods to create public opinion that the North China Corps entered Shaanxi to fight.The 18th Division sent seven or eight groups, under the designation of the North China Corps, to number houses and put up slogans everywhere in Xi'an and outside the city, making it very powerful.Soon, the troops brought by Zhang Xianyue were ordered to arrive, Xi'an organized a grand welcome ceremony for the military and civilians, and then the advance division of the 18th Corps really arrived, and it was another grand welcome. The news was reported to Hu Zongnan on the same day, and he was so angry that he raised his hand and dropped a teacup. Just at this time, Yang Deliang reported that his 48th Division was ambushed by the Communist army in Qindu Town, most of them disarmed, and many abandoned their guns and fled. The division also had the same experience, "receiving the enemy in many places, the loss was enormous", the vanguard of the 144th division entered the vacated area, heard the news in front, did not dare to move a step, and retreated to Tangyu... Hu Zongnan added fuel to the flames, and suddenly found a reason to vent his anger. He yelled at Yang Deliang for his poor command and was a "stupid pig", which affected the situation of the counterattack in Xi'an.He immediately announced that Yang Xi'an was dismissed from his post as the garrison commander and his command of the 144th Division was revoked.Thinking about it was not enough, so he simply canceled the designation of the 48th Division and ordered the division to go to Baoji to wait for the reorganization, while Yang Deliang only led the troops directly under the army and the 12th Division.The troops directly under the army are in Tuliang and Zaoerling at Ziwukou; the 12th Division guards Ziwu and Fengyukou.Hu Zongnan ordered: No further retreat is allowed.Otherwise, see you soon! This slap slapped Yang Deliang to death, and his dream of officialdom was wiped out. In the troubled times, as a defeated general, the only thing he can ask for is to fill his stomach and save his life!At that time, Hu Jun's supply channels had all been cut off, and the troops were barely clothed, and food became a big problem.Yang Deliang heard that there were two grain warehouses in Todiliang and Zaoerling, and the flour stored in them was enough to feed the 17th Army for half a year.Unexpectedly, when I went to the location, I found that there were two real warehouses, but the flour had been looted long ago.Yang Deliang was dumbfounded.So many people want to survive, there is neither food nor salt, how can we "not take a step back"?There was no other way, he gritted his teeth and issued a death order, ordering the troops under his command to go out with armed forces, and take advantage of the opportunity before the Communist army arrived to compete with the common people! It was the wheat harvest season. People hid from soldiers and bandits during the day, and went to the fields at night. The half-ripe wheat was pulled to the liberated area on the outskirts of Xi'an to grind it, and dried it all night under the moon.Once the soldiers of the Seventeenth Army are dispatched, who dares to go to the ground!Yang Deliang has gained a lot.However, they robbed the wheat and couldn't grind it to get flour, so they had to cook it whole to satisfy their hunger.In addition, when the weather was fine, Hu Zongnan's Shiquan Military Station also brought a limited amount of salt and food, and the remnants of the Seventeenth Army's garrison could still be dealt with carelessly, day by day. Hu Zongnan dismissed Yang Deliang and scolded Ma Jiyuan.Ma Jiajun's performance in recent days has made him quite disappointed.Originally, he thought that as long as the Ma family army was pulled out of Gansu, Weibei could be handed over. He had a few troops guarding the area south of the Weihe River, and everyone could jointly hold up the sky in the northwest.Now it seems that Ma Jiyuan's reputation is in vain. He has neither the mighty virtue to win over Ningma nor the courage to go forward.So, how can we share the great cause?He had never felt so lonely and desolate like now. He sighed and said to Luo Lie: "Most of the Communist Party's world is donated by the national army!" Luo Lie understood what Hu Zongnan was referring to, and said: "The one surnamed Ma has become a famous actor now, and once he sings, he comes out. He is also a hero when he advances, and he is also a hero when he retreats. He is full of drama!" Hu Zongnan remained silent for a long time, and then said: "Is there any way, the national crisis is at the head...Hmph!" In all fairness, Hu's sour criticism of Ma Jiyuan is unfair.Regardless of whether he has this qualification, as far as Ma Jiyuan's actual performance since he led his troops to the expedition is incomparable to Hu Zongnan, a "shrinking turtle". On June 10, the main force of the Pei Changhui Corps attacked Qishan and Caijiapo along the north and east of the Wei River.At this time, the Longdong Corps under Ma Jiyuan had already moved eastward along the Xilan Highway to the line of Yongshou and Cuimu Towns.This position is far ahead in the sequence of Ma Jiajun.It changed the formation when it set off, showing Ma Jiyuan's loyalty and bravery to a certain extent.You know, at this time, the 11th Army, the 128th Army and the nine security regiments of the Lu Zhongliang Ningxia Aid Shaanxi Corps, who were on the front line, had just entered Shaanxi not long ago, and the 119th Corps and a division of the Longnan Corps commanded by Wang Zhiqi , and only entered Fengxiang. The guiding ideology of the initial deployment of the first and second corps of the First Field Army of the People's Liberation Army is "to block the horse and fight the horse."The task of stopping Hu was taken by the three armies. At this time, the troops were already deployed on the front line of surrendering accounts and martial arts. The front was the four armies of the Pei Changhui Group.Reinforcement was impossible, and other troops were concentrated on Ma Jiyuan: the three armies were stationed in Qianxian County, the fourth army was stationed at Yijing and Linping towns, and the first army was guarding Fufeng and Landian towns.In addition, the main force of the Sixth Army gathered in Liquan and Zhaocun Towns.Using less than three armies to deal with Ma Jiyuan's 100,000 people, the degree of suspense can be imagined. Ma Jiyuan is a "crazy man". After a few small encounters, his desperate wildness swelled up, and he was determined to attack Xianyang. Zhang Zongxun and Zhao Shoushan were sweating in their hearts.After all, there is a huge disparity in military strength. If the internal contradictions of the enemy are not taken into account, if Ma Jiyuan acts aggressively, it will not be fruitless.Whether Xianyang can keep it is really uncertain.Once Xianyang is lost, Xi'an, which is empty of troops, is in danger.Although the enemy is a grasshopper after autumn, the situation of the National Liberation War is here. If such a big setback occurs in the Northwest, who can afford it! Peng Dehuai always firmly believed that Ma Jiyuan's three somersaults must reveal his truth.In the case of not having an advantage in military strength, he was very accurate in the combat policy of "actively defending, luring the enemy to penetrate deep, and stopping the enemy and destroying the horse".It is Boss Peng's trick to strike later.Starting from "three battles and three victories", in which battle did he not wait for the enemy to be arrogant enough before closing the net?To fight his battle, you have to have enough confidence and patience to wait, and you have to have enough courage to withstand the first punch of the enemy.At present, the most important thing is to "wait and see". When the two horses are fatigued and their attack is blocked and food is in difficulty, they will counterattack with all their strength to encircle and annihilate them.Of course, it also contains the courage to not care about the gains and losses of a city or a pool. This kind of romantic way of thinking based on the basis of reality can precisely grasp the reality of the development of war in the unpredictable changes, and reach places that people cannot reach.Therefore, it can always be surprising, outstanding, and has extraordinary charm.It is at this point that Peng and Mao's military thought reached a resonance.War has a certain romance in its essence, which is similar to the word "revolution".Specific warfare always has a gambling mentality, because it uses human life as a bargaining chip, so it has to appear sacred, so people always hold a negative attitude towards it.People deny the romantic nature of war itself, and naturally, it is impossible for one man to defeat ten men. Peng Dehuai dares to think, and every "think" he must have the certainty and reason for winning.But this time, Mao Zedong raised objections.In his reply to Peng on June 9, he pointed out: "As far as the existing forces are fighting with Mahu with all their strength, it seems that there is no surety of victory. It is better to lure the enemy to go deep, and it is more appropriate to fight after the troops are concentrated." This is obviously not true. order, but only a kind of "discussion".Immediately afterwards, he corrected his thinking to an appropriate position and added: "If you think there are good opportunities to annihilate the enemy, we also agree to fight first." In other words, Peng Dehuai's decisions to annihilate the enemy can only be as a stopgap measure. "Fight a battle first" is of course not the solution to the fundamental problem, nor is it the main theme, but just a small episode in the big decision, a bit of whimsy and genius. Mao Zedong still believed in "luting the enemy to go deep."This is the best way to break the rules and display your wisdom.He likes to lure wild dogs into the inner room, and once the door is closed, he doesn't care if the pots and pans are smashed to pieces, he only cares about the ending.This is called death and survival, which not only has the thrill of fighting for life, but also has the certainty of winning, and also has full of poetic passion.At the end of Mao Zedong's reply to Peng Dehuai, he asked Peng to "analyze and report the difficulties and disadvantages" that lured the enemy into the enemy. This remark inspired Peng Dehuai.He decided to fix himself. On June 10, when Ma Jiyuan was shaking his feathers desperately, Peng Dehuai sent another telegram to Mao Zedong.This telegram tried to distinguish the current battle between Wei and Wei that he was optimistic about from the past style of fighting in the Central Soviet Area to resist the enemy outside the mountain gate. Peng Dehuai felt that although Ma Jiyuan was in good spirits, after all he had to work on an expedition and his foothold was not stable.Moreover, Hu Jun's morale was very low, and Hu and Ma were suspicious of each other.In terms of terrain, there happens to be Linyou Mountain, which can naturally separate the relationship between Hu and Ma, which is beneficial for me to restrain one and attack the other.Although the strength of our army is not dominant, the 18th and 19th corps are rushing to Xi'an day and night, and after a few rounds here, they will arrive.As soon as they arrive, our troops will be slightly superior from a disadvantage.In short, you can't wait until everything is ready to start, you have to fight while waiting, and eat him when you have the opportunity.In this way, "good for me".On the contrary, if we waited until the end of June or the beginning of July, when the two North China corps arrived in Xi'an before starting the fight, "it would be disadvantageous to me." The "disadvantage" mentioned by Mr. Peng is based on "benefit".The so-called "benefit" basically lies in the fact that the enemy is afraid of losing money inside. Between Hu and Ma, and between Ning and Qing, they are not monolithic.When there is no risk, everyone shows off their abilities and has longer legs than anyone else; once the danger is in front, it will not be the same.If one of them takes a bite, even a small bite, it will hurt his heart piercingly.This pain will be infinitely magnified, so that it will spread from the front to the rear base camp. Therefore, the internal balance of the enemy will be broken immediately, and mutual complaints will be made, and internal strife is inevitable.This is probably the psychological basis for Peng Dehuai's unwillingness to give up "fighting between Wei and Wei". There is no doubt that the presupposition is reasonable.The next day, Mao Zedong replied and agreed with Peng's operational policy.But he reminded Boss Peng, "When fighting, please pay attention to annihilating the Ningma army first, and then annihilating the other army, defeat each one, and don't fight too much at once." It is Mao Zedong's consistent style to pick the hard ones.If Ma Jiyuan is leveled with one shot, Hu and Ma, even if there are 100,000 people, no one will be able to jump up again! After receiving the telegram, Peng Dehuai felt relieved, and devoted himself to the big article of "luting the enemy to go deep".He took a step back from the third, fourth and sixth armies that were planning to besiege Ma Jiyuan, and transferred them to the front lines of Yunyang, Shiqiao, and Jingyang; Hehu County, and let the 61st Army, the head of the 18th Corps who rushed to arrive, stick to Xianyang.In this way, our army was actually divided into two groups, one group was transferred to the Jinghe River, and the other group was transferred to the Weihe River. The triangle between Jing and Weihe was voluntarily given up, and a naked Xianyang was thrown in front of Ma Jiyuan. When Ma Jiyuan received a telegram from Ma Zhenwu, the commander of the 190th Division, from near Xianyang in Qian County, his excited heart almost jumped out of his chest!He read the telegram several times, and it said that there were very few Communist troops in Xianyang, and Xi'an was empty, and now was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to capture Xianyang and Xi'an.If the Longdong Corps doesn't strike first, others will definitely take the first place, and it will be too late to regret it! That's right, if the first contribution didn't belong to the Longdong Corps, what face would I have to return to Lanzhou as the commander in chief? "Zhenwu is really a man!" Ma Jiyuan laughed wildly, waving his horsewhip: "Pass on my order, Ma Zhenwu is the commander-in-chief of the infantry and cavalry, gather the 190th Division, the 248th Division and the Eighth Cavalry Brigade to encircle Xianyang City. Get up and make its mutton dumplings!" At this time, a person suddenly stood up and shouted: "Slow down!" Ma Jiyuan raised his eyebrows, who dares to be so bold?At first glance, it was Wang Zhiqi, commander of the 119th Army.As the commander of the Longnan Corps this time, this man surnamed Wang has been procrastinating and performing poorly. Ma Jiyuan had long intended to be contemptuous, but he didn't realize that he would jump out and get in the way at a critical moment.Ma immediately squinted his eyes and asked coldly: "Commander Wang, what do you have to say?" "Don't you think it's a bit strange?" Wang Zhiqi looked closer at Ma Jiyuan: "The 82nd Army came into contact with the Communist army at Yongshou, and you ordered the 8th Brigade to attack, but it was suppressed by the artillery fire of the Communist army. Waiting to attack, it is supposed that the communist army should pursue them, but instead of pursuing them, they disappeared without a trace; in Guankou Town, Lu Zhongliang's 128th army originally planned to attack at dawn, but the communist army remained silent the night before The Eleventh Army withdrew by itself; the Eleventh Army fought at Yangyu Ridge from the time the sun came out of the mountain to the afternoon, and sixty or seventy brothers were killed or injured, and they did not move forward. In the end, it was also the Communist Army that retreated without attacking..." Ma Jiyuan waved his hand impatiently: "Okay, okay! Why don't you tell me that I rode the Eighth Brigade and won a big victory in the north and south? The Eighth Ride Brigade beat the Communist army to pieces. They handed over the cannons, got the horses, and lost the position." If you took it, according to you, it was also the Communist army who let it out?" In this battle, as soon as the People's Liberation Army played, the Eighth Cavalry Brigade suffered a heavy artillery fire. The brigade commander Ma Ying couldn't take it anymore and asked Ma Jiyuan for help.At around 9 o'clock in the evening, the People's Liberation Army retreated while fighting, and moved to the northeast in a planned way in the dark. The four-legged Eighth Brigade chased after them wildly, while the 248th Division was in a mess, and the officers in the dark could not find it. Soldiers and soldiers couldn't find officials, so they lost their money.However, when reporting the results to the Northwest Military and Political Chief's Office, there was only the former but not the latter. Wang Zhiqi felt that there was no need to argue with Ma Jiyuan, but he just dutifully reminded him.So he said: "The Communist army has always been cunning in combat, and it doesn't care about gains and losses. The battlefield is full of maneuvers. In this regard, Hu Zongnan knows more than us!" Ma Jiyuan said: "You still mention him, what is he? If he is more capable than us, why would he throw Xi'an to the Communist army with three shots and two shots!" He squinted his eyes and pondered for a while, then said with a foreign accent: " No wonder you stay in Fengxiang and refuse to leave, so you are learning how to play tricks from others!" These words were not very pleasant to hear, Wang Zhiqi's face turned blue and white, and he walked away. Ma Jiyuan wasn't talking nonsense, Fengxiang did give Wang Zhiqi a little excitement.A month ago, Hu Zongnan's 30th Division and 57th Army capsized in Fengxiang, and the local people still talk about it in the same way.At that time, the 57th Army, which had less than three regiments in actual strength, was so dead that it could not be grasped. Together with the 30th Division, a total of 6,000 to 7,000 people were ordered to set off from Qianxian County, pass through Yongshou, and pass Linyou to Fengxiang. He is Chiang Kai-shek's favorite student and has no scruples. There are a lot of wives and children in the jeep, and the entire army is also working efficiently to bring the family and pack large and small bags.Because there are a lot of things and heavy supplies, civilian vehicles are forced to pull along the way, and the discipline of the soldiers is also corrupt. Raff catches chickens, goes through doors, rummages through boxes and cabinets, and commits all kinds of evil. People dare to hum "no" and shoot at them.结果，解放军在凤翔东20里亢家河的山隘口一个截击，就歼灭了它8000余人。徐汝城的吉普车打成一堆废铁，老婆受了伤，女儿滚到公路边的地沟里，成了一个泥猴子。惯于逞能的三十师师长王敬鑫声称“誓与共产党军队周旋到底”，又是拍胸脯又是打包票又是喝酒壮胆，最后不到三分钟脑袋便开了瓢。陕中战役的这——段，被凤翔一带老百姓越传越玄，王治岐当然有所耳闻，多少领到一点对于共产党军队今非昔比的感觉。 目睹王治岐的背影，马继援哈哈大笑。笑过之后，脸一沉，分别给一〇〇师和一九〇师发报。马振武的一九〇师距咸阳60里左右，原定攻击任务是兴平；而一〇〇师距咸阳只有30里，任务主攻咸阳。现在，马继援要一九〇师取代一〇〇师主攻咸阳，而一〇〇师改攻兴平。为给马振武助威，主力八十二师也经礼泉向咸阳发起攻击！ 当然不能让王治岐仍留凤翔，马继援命其沿咸阳至宝鸡公路向杏林镇前进。 胡宗南的目标是西安。李振所率十八兵团三个军向武功前进；第三、第十七、第六十九军由陇海路南的蓝田、子午镇，分两路北上进攻西安；第三十六军从眉县出发，沿陇海路南侧向东，向西安逼近。 不管怎么说，这是个多方密切配合的攻击部署，而且行动得紧锣密鼓。胡宗南在其中的表现虽然露骨了一点，但毕竟摆开了“反攻”的架势，显得自然、贴切，颇有诚意，且又都是在马继援的统一领导之下，所以，胡、马建立在共同利益基础上的攻击意志，达到了较高的和谐。这让彭德怀有点儿吃惊。他决定改变阻胡歼马的计划，同时进一步明确放弃泾、渭间三角地区，甚至咸阳和西安也不在话下，目的是争取时间，待四个野战兵团全部集中之后，再与敌决战。 这个缺口可开大了！毛泽东和中央军委一班决策人物个个提着心。但是，思前想后，又觉得除此之外，别无选择。于是6月15日，中央军委给彭德怀、张宗逊和赵寿山发来这样一份电报：“你们放弃三角地带，引敌深入准备反攻的部署是适当的，但请充分注意马匪有利用我军分置泾渭两路，中间薄弱，采取中间突破进取西安，使我两路不能联系之可能。” 其实，这时的战场情况已经有了变化，华北十八兵团在几天之内，又有五个师陆续赶到了西安，其他大部队也相距不远，正在跑步前进。西安的兵力加重，给三角地区提供了有力的支撑，也使原一、二兵团对“兵分两路，处泾北渭南，中间薄弱，马匪乘弱中间突破”的顾虑，逐渐消除了。试想，一旦“薄弱”的中间部位集结起两个兵团，其被割裂开的泾北与渭南两坨兵力，自然联结起来，不是“两坨”了，而成了“两翼”。胡、马胆敢闯入咸阳，顷刻间就会处在西安和泾渭的三面包围之中，成了瓮中之鳖。 6月19日晚，中共西北局、第一野战军前委在西安建国公园召开紧急会议。议题很简单，一个是西安要不要坚守问题，另一个是先收拾胡宗南还是先收拾马家军，也就是所谓“击南击北”问题。 对第一个问题，彭德怀的态度很明朗。他一直不主张放弃西安，认为那样会“对政治、军事和士气均不利”。他希望能够“利用西安、咸阳坚固据点诱敌深入”，然后用机动兵力寻找战机，把敌人消灭在西安附近地区。这正好抓住了胡、马（特别是马继援）功名心切的弱点，所以不难实现。只要守住西安，并利用西安和咸阳坚固的城防消耗敌人，就有可能“集中机动部队寻机打击敌人一路、歼敌一方面或另一方面的几个军”。 大家在会上仔细分析了一下当前敌我兵力比例情况。张宗逊和参谋长阎揆要算了一算细账，结论让人惊喜，我军兵力竟高于敌军！敌现有3个兵团、11个军、32个师共21.3万人；我方十八兵团抵达后，也有3个兵团、9个军、27个师。这些军、师都是刚整编完满编单位，不像敌人（特别是胡军）多数只有番号没有兵员，剩下空架子单位，所以，论人数我军是24.8万人。况且，我军在士气方面的优势，胡、马军无法相比。 “击南”还是“击北”？彭德怀说：“我看，打马是理想的，但在胡、马两军趁我十九兵团来到前即联合实施反扑，使我被迫过早决战的情况下，可能先击胡更有利一些。特别是敌威胁到我不能守西安，须集中力量歼敌一两个单位，迟滞敌人进攻是需要的。”不管打马还是打胡，彭德怀提出了一个原则性的要求，那就是“不怕困难，不为零碎动摇整体”。 赵寿山对彭德怀的这个原则要求极为欣赏，后来他同人聊起这一段，说：“人家讲'临危不乱''将帅风度'，我看没人比得上彭老总，就那一句大白话，恰恰当当；整个扶眉战役就稳住了！” 咸阳北垣坡头，是历代王侯陵寝之地。 那是个晴朗的上午，马继援的八十二军中校作战参谋李少白，伙同骑八旅旅长马英、第二四八师师长韩有禄登上一个大坟包，用望远镜俯瞰咸阳城内，发现从西安到咸阳的公路上，黄尘滚滚，军车如飞。进城的车辆满载兵员物资，而出城的全是空车。 这时，那位“好汉”级师长马振武还没有见到人影。他是午后1点多钟才随其一九〇师先头部队匆忙赶到的。李少白、马英和韩有禄三人因为登高望远招来了城内解放军的一顿炮火，此刻惊魂未定，一个劲地在那里叙说险情，感叹命大。马振武不耐烦地打断他们，立逼报告“情况”。谁知“情况”还没有报告完，马又嫌太啰唆，干脆，啥也别说了，部署攻城！ 攻城，是马振武唯一的欲望。来这里就是为了夺取咸阳，别的七拉八扯，都是放屁。老实说，他已经让马继援的嘉奖电弄晕乎了！ 马振武的莽撞在攻城发起一个多小时后，便带来了严重后果。咸阳城北各个据点，抗战期间都构筑了坚固的永久性工事，堪称铜墙铁壁，易守难攻。马振武的一九〇师及二四八师没打多一会儿，伤亡粗估就已逾千，官兵瘫了脊梁骨，全线处于相持状态。城内解放军依托工事，火力异常猛烈，攻城马部寸步难进。 恰在此时，在城西渭河北岸担任警戒的骑八旅，给马振武送来一个神秘的“俘虏”。此人二十七八岁，湖南口音，自称“不是俘虏”，有证为凭，是国民党中央军校十七期炮科毕业生。毕业后分配在阎锡山的部队，太原解放时被俘，到解放军第六十军任炮兵教员。六十军由潼关过黄河乘车前往咸阳，他趁下车混乱之机溜出城门，过桥转到城西，泅过了渭河，特地赶来报告消息。他说，解放军十八兵团先头之六十军已经抵达咸阳，大部队很快就到，“如果你们今天攻不下咸阳，明天恐怕在这里就站不住脚了！” 仗打得这么一团糟，狗屁“消息”对马振武一文不值。此刻，他只听命于马继援。他是发过誓的，死活也要把咸阳拿到手。但是，八十二军作战参谋李少白的眼光不一样，他认为这是一份重要情报，专门写了信，派传令兵把“俘虏”押送到设在礼泉的军部交给情报科长京让，并提议即刻复审。 这一情节成了胡、马联合“反攻”西安的重要转折点。 当天半夜，马振武和韩有禄、马英同时接到军部电令：限拂晓前撤出咸阳。刚好配属一九〇师攻城的西北长官公署重炮营摸黑赶到咸阳坡头，营长灰头土脸来向马振武报到，迎面撞上马那张凶巴巴的尊容，以为自己贻误了军情，吓得不知从何说起。结结巴巴刚要张嘴，马就打雷般地拍起桌子，一股无名之火全部撒到这个可怜兮兮的营长头上。这家伙不明就里，直挺挺地站在那里白挨了数记响亮的耳光之后，才有点觉醒，回去炮衣都没扒下，拉着队伍掉屁股就逃。 想不到马振武比那个倒霉的营长跑得更快。下面部队还在那里吆喝队伍，他的小吉普车已跑出咸阳40多里地。韩有禄的二四八师和骑八旅按部就班都慢了一步，被咸阳城里的解放军猛烈攻击，陷在泥坑里差点儿拔不出来。到第二天中午，队伍乱糟糟地撤出几百里地，才喘着粗气跟马继援联系。两人牢骚满腹，同声控诉马振武：不仗义，发誓攻城是他，夺路逃命也是他，只顾自己，不管别人！ 马振武的这点小毛病在马继援看来是碧玉微瑕。再说，马继援这会儿也没心思追究这些鸡零狗碎的小事。随着一道退却令下去，眨眼间，解放军又重新占领了南北竹竿、永寿梁、武功等一些地方，并且频频组织侦察，一派山雨欲来的势头。而胡宗南的秉性在这场弄巧成拙的“反攻”中，越来越暴露无遗，让他深感失望且厌烦。更讨厌的还是马家军内部，尔虞我诈，没有信任感。宁马卢忠良这个人，从出兵那天起，马继援就看着不顺眼。他青海八十二军在前方冲锋陷阵、浴血奋战的这几天，卢的宁夏兵团却一直按兵不动，缩在一边作壁上观。这倒也罢了，还要拿什么假间谍事件，闹个没完没了，不依不饶——想起这件事，马继援就头痛欲裂。 事情是由一二八军谍报队引起的。某日，该谍报队在营地查获了两名形迹可疑的人。一审，供认是八十二军派出的侦察人员，顺路过来买点东西。买东西为什么偏跑到一二八军营地上来买呢？放人之后，卢忠良起了疑心：莫非是马继援信不过咱宁夏部队，怕咱宁夏部队退却，派来监视咱们的？ 过一天，卢忠良派他的参谋长万和民拜访马继援。一来看马有无猜忌之心，二来看马有没有撤退的迹象。马继援心中有数却装作不知，按照礼节，盛情款待了万和民。万两手空空，一无所获。又过一天，卢忠良再派万和民登门拜访。马继援火了，拉下脸来说：“你的来意我也明白。回去告诉你们军长，宁青两家既然并肩作战，就要同舟共济，同时进退。我绝不干对不起人的事。” 这句话正是此地无银三百两，一下子点拨了万和民。返回时，万留心青马部队，发现沿泔沟一带的队伍，比前次来时看到的要少得多，尤其辎重部队，大部分已经撤走。卢忠良揪住了青马的狐狸尾巴，立刻部署撤退，并一问再问，要马继援给个说法。 马继援对此张口结舌，鬼要从自己心里先开始捉起，他只得王顾左右而言他，用几句不痛不痒的话搪塞过去，把矛头转向胡宗南，对胡、马部署忿忿然。 按照西北军政长官部和西安绥靖公署的协商，第一次“反攻”之后的胡、马部署是，马家军负责西兰公路西侧的永寿、麟游地区守备，胡宗南部队担任武功以西、渭河两岸袋形地带的守备，其结合部为麟游南山分水岭之线，线上各点本应由胡军负责，可胡宗南硬是以地形复杂、兵力单薄为由，把它推给了马继援。对此，马继援咬牙切齿，根本就不接受，所以，至今结合部还是个大漏洞，两人谁也不把部队往那里派。 胡宗南更赌着一口恶气呢！胡军以三个军的兵力，守备在扶风、眉县地区；又以三个军的兵力在盩屋（今周至）、眉县、宝鸡、南秦岭北麓各山口，封锁秦岭，并相机策应袋形地带作战，身上的担子千斤万斤呢。这个“袋形地带”是关中西部的要冲，囊括了武功、扶风、岐山、凤翔、宝鸡、眉县、盩屋等7个要点。它北依讲山山脉，南临秦岭山脉，西接关山山脉，形成南北100里左右、东西200里左右的天然口袋形。自古要想保兰州，不守住这块风水宝地是万万办不到的，因而，它必定是共产党军队重点突破的方向。胡宗南以残破之身守备此处，充当中流砥柱，难道还不足以表明心迹么？而好大喜功的马家军，充其量是敲边鼓而已。刚刚过去的联合“反攻”中，马家军从头至尾是雷声大雨点小，让现成的咸阳给他们占，结果连根毛都没拔到。打了几个钟头，才擦破点皮，听说共产党军队华北兵团上来了，比兔子跑得还快。在马继援，所谓“进攻”，不过是荡个小秋千罢了，而他胡宗南却为一个“秋千”付出了沉重的代价！ 这代价就是刘超寰的第三十六军。当时三十六军沿秦岭北麓进至眉县东南的宁堡、金渠镇地区，行动迟缓，与大兵团拉开了距离。解放军一兵团司令员王震一眼看出其孤军前进、战机可握，立刻命二军包围金渠镇。二军干得很漂亮，没费太大的气力，就歼灭了三十六军的一六五师大部，生俘2200余人。要不是统帅敌十八兵团的李振脑子反应快，及时把六十五军和三十八军拉过去救援一下，三十六军就彻底报销了！ 胡、马联手，不欢而散。虽然彼此都不死心，但初出场时盲目出击的那股“英雄”劲儿早没有了。现实迫使他们只能抱定侥幸之心，一方面把守西兰公路，同时以宝鸡底座，凭借“袋形地带”，扼制铁路线。并订立策应计划，以备不测；另一方面伺机反扑，策划新的攻势，做些诸如兵犯临泾、暗修石渡的小动作，企图突过泾河。这样，守，可以给兰州留住一口活气；攻，也有了一个较为稳定的大本营。 关中大地出现了短暂的宁静。 入夜，胡、马大营黑灯瞎火，一片惴惴不安。而百里之外的西安市却大放光明，欢声雷动。周士第的第十八兵团和杨得志的第十九兵团终于如数抵达。这一次贺老总让贾拓夫市长组织的欢迎仪式货真价实，空城计总算告一段落！ 几个月没见面，周士第一眼看到贺龙便惊呼：“啊呀我的老总，你瘦多了！” 贺龙喜在眉梢，烟斗衔在嘴上，一双大手早已伸过去了。一边紧紧握着，一边咬着烟斗说话：“还是前线好啊，养人呐！” 杨得志笑道：“听说西安吃紧，指战员们急的呀，白天黑夜跑啊，巴不得长出两个翅膀来。我那个通信连，战士们都拴在马尾巴上打瞌睡，一天一夜照样好几百里！” “嗬，你们慢一步啊，我们又得搬家啰！还好，彭老总手下留情，没搬成。这下好了，你们救了驾，我们各项工作接着干。西安已经永远为人民所有，再不会被任何反动派占去了！”贺老总问过一路上的辛苦，便笑眯眯地妙语连珠。 习仲勋插话说：“你们是不知道啊，接管工作刚开个头，好不容易哟！机关、学校、银行、企事业单位，什么行政、公安、金融、交通、电信、农林、文教、卫生……千头万绪，老总这阵子把心都操碎了，怎能不瘦！” 谈起西安的接管工作，军管会的同志都七嘴八舌议论起来。他们的感慨最多。刚进城那些日子，又是接管机关单位，又是清匪肃特、安定社会秩序，还要安置失业人员和难民。最头痛的是稳定金融，平抑物价。光是处理银圆贩子这件事，就折腾了一个多星期。贺龙给大家作指示，说：“不要眉毛胡子一把抓，要突出重点。重点是啥子？一个'管'字嘛！把规矩立起来，让政策说话，第一是企业，管他是公营还是私营，先把生产恢复起来。像大华纱厂这么大的企业，西北首屈一指，3万锭纱，800台织机，停一天就是一大笔损失，了得哟！前面要打仗，将来4个兵团40万张嘴，加上西安城里60万人，都问我们要吃穿呐！我们两个肩膀扛一个脑壳，啥子也没得……” 工厂复工了，将近10万失业和半失业人员陆续安置，地痞特务抓的抓杀的杀，难民资助还乡或是集体拉到黄龙山区开荒种粮，社会秩序也随之平和下来。接着，人民币运到了，银行成立，银圆收购价和各地物价指数也公布出来，市面上买卖才一步一步活络。那些民主人士都站出来给贺龙竖大拇指，说：“过去知道将军是马上英雄，如今看来，治国安邦也身手不凡啊！” 大把大把的溢美之词，贺龙躲都躲不掉。他要的是批评，见了民主人士、民众团体什么的，到处当学生，征求意见。他那诚挚的态度，打动了一大批人，都夸共产党的风度好，居官不傲，为官不贪，真心待人。 贺龙这方面的口碑是一贯的。在国民党阵营里，凡接触过他的人，对此无不感念在心。所以，当初西柏坡的七届二中全会之后，毛泽东要派他的差，让他到北平同聂荣臻等人跟傅作义和邓宝珊谈判。据说那是一次很有味道的交锋，贺龙的率真与诚恳在正式、非正式场合，留下许多花絮。眼下，那些花絮正在结出果子——国民党第二十二军已于6月1日在陕北重镇榆林宣布起义。 消息传到西安，全城欢呼。这时候，罗元发奉命去向彭总汇报部队进驻西安的情况。