Chapter 12 Chapter 11 Looking for a Guide

Gao Shuxun, courtesy name Jianhou, was the deputy commander-in-chief of the 11th war zone of the Kuomintang and the commander of the New Eighth Army. He is such a prominent figure in the upper echelon of the Kuomintang, but he made a touching story.It was just after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan. Chiang Kai-shek, president of the Kuomintang and chairman of the Military Commission, invited Mao Zedong, the leader of the Communist Party of China, to Chongqing for peace negotiations three times in a row. Yan Xishan, the commander-in-chief of the second war zone, had already been arranged to mobilize 30,000 troops to gather in Shangdang and attack the liberated areas, thus launching the Shangdang Campaign.Then he mobilized dozens of armies to advance side by side on the Tongpu, Pinghan, and Jinpu lines to snatch the fruits of victory.Its vanguard is the 30th Army, the 40th Army, and the New Eighth Army of the Kuomintang, which belong to the Eleventh Theater on the Ping-Han Line.

At this moment, in order to maintain peace and oppose the civil war, General Gao Shuxun declared an uprising in Matou Town, Handan, bravely stood with the people, and smashed Chiang Kai-shek's anti-Communist and anti-people plots.Gao Shuxun's righteous deeds shocked the entire Kuomintang's military and political circles. What is even more admirable is that Gao Shuxun's righteous deeds surpassed a million soldiers. , Bravely abandoning the dark and turning to the bright, there have been more than 180 uprisings in the Kuomintang army, and more than 1.8 million people have stood on the side of the people, hastening the demise of the Jiang family dynasty...

Speaking of this, it still reminds me of that long history, which was in 1945... July 29: Wang Dingnan sued that he was going to Taihang.On a whim, Gao Shuxun actually brought a letter to Peng Dehuai. In the past few days, Gao Shuxun has been in a very bad mood. Shangfeng has not paid him a military salary for more than two months. He has sent several telegrams to the commander-in-chief of the First War Zone stationed in Hanzhong, but there is no reply. He has to send Hu Zongnan again. The commander-in-chief sent a telegram in person, and Hu replied that "it will arrive soon", but he couldn't wait.

His team was really poor. The soldiers wore worn-out military uniforms and their equipment was even more incomplete. During that deployment, when they passed the Kuomintang Tang Enbo's defense area in Sixian County, Henan Province, the middle-level officers of the Tang Department knew that they were the third The Nineteenth Group Army, however, deliberately slandered them, "You are the fucking beggar army? What are you doing here?" His soldiers were very annoyed when they saw that their troops were well-equipped and well-dressed, with cars and cannons. The same national army received different treatment. What's even more irritating is that they are compared to beggars. The blood of the soldiers rushed to their foreheads, "Your grandma is a bear. When she is old, she wears clothes to fight against the devils on the front line. Fuck you!" They are well dressed, but when the Japanese come, they just slip into their crotches."

Just like this, the scolding became louder and louder. Some soldiers got angry and simply went up and grabbed the guy who called them a beggar and knocked him to the ground. Others rushed to beat him up.In this way, a large-scale group fight clashed between the two armies. When will such days end! At this time, Wang Youdu, deputy chief of staff of the Jicha Theater Command, walked in, "Mr. Gao!" Although Gao Shuxun was the commander-in-chief of the Hebei-Chahar War Zone at this time, according to the titles in the Kuomintang army, he would generally be called "Chief Executive" or "General Manager Gao", but Gao Shuxun didn't like that kind of name, and the "official" was called majestic , It is also called condescending, and the distance between the superior and the subordinate is getting farther and farther, so he still likes the title "Sir" that not only respects but also reflects the unity of officers and soldiers.

Deputy Chief of Staff Wang called "Mr. Gao", waking Gao Shuxun from his bored thoughts. Gao Shuxun raised his head and said, "What's the matter?" Deputy Chief of Staff Wang hesitated to speak. "Just tell me what's going on, what's the matter with being so hesitant?" Wang Youdu said in a low voice: "Sir, Commander-in-Chief Qiao of the Hebei Civil Army sent someone to ask us to give him some military support." "Didn't Qiao Mingli's Hebei People's Army have Commander Kong Cong Zhou of the 35th Division of the 38th Army to help him?"

"Mr. Kong is also in a lot of difficulties. He can't protect himself and can't provide for the militia. That's why General Qiao came to ask us... wasn't we the one who helped them a while ago?" "Hey," Gao Shuxun smiled helplessly, "I've also been confused by these difficult things these days, yes, we have been helping Old Qiao for several months. We are friends, that's still the old rules, Are you sharing weal and woe, you should arrange to allocate some money to him." "But……" "But what?" "The food and salaries of our headquarters are about to run out, and the military salaries in the theater will never come." Deputy Chief of Staff Wang said awkwardly.

In fact, Gao Shuxun is also very aware of this point, isn't he just worrying about this matter?But Old Joe was his friend, and they had known each other for more than twenty years. In 1916, sixteen-year-old Gao Shuxun was poor because his family was poor, so his father asked him to go outside to make a living. He packed his luggage and came to Tianjin. He first sold cigarettes, and then worked as a clerk in a grocery store. He suffered a lot, but He just couldn’t make ends meet, so he had to go to Feng Yuxiang’s army to find his uncle who was a military doctor, and his uncle introduced him to join the army. In the Northwest Army, because he was good at military technology, he was excellent in horizontal bars, parallel bars, wooden horses, and assassination. He served as platoon leader, company commander, battalion commander, and regiment commander. In 1926, he participated in the "Wuyuan Pledge" and was promoted to the commander of the 12th Division in 1928. After Jiang Fengyan's defeat in the Great War in 1930, his troops were scattered and dispatched by the Nanjing government into the 26th Route Army, with Sun Lianzhong as the commander-in-chief and Gao as the commander of the 27th Division.It was in Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army that he met Qiao Mingli. At that time, Qiao was also serving in Feng's department, and the two had a very good relationship.In Feng Yuxiang's Anti-Japanese Allied Army in Zhangjiakou, Qiao served as the deputy commander of the Fifth Division of the Second Army.The two later separated.After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, Gao Shuxun, who lived in Tianjin, couldn't sit still. As a soldier, how could he not leave the mountain when the war started?He ran to Peiping to find Song Zheyuan, his old superior in the Northwest Army.

When Song Zheyuan saw him, he was very happy: "Brother Jianhou, you really came here uninvited. I am about to send someone to invite you." Gao Shuxun nodded and said, "Aren't I here?" Then he asked with concern, "How, is the Sino-Japanese war really inevitable?" Song Zheyuan sighed, "Hey, the Japanese army has been plotting for a long time. They have hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Pingjin, and they have already been eyeing them. Now that they are on fire, do you think they will stop here?" "What's the attitude of the government?"

"The chairman's attitude is very clear this time. He has issued a call in his speech at Lushan: 'If the war starts, there will be no distinction between the north and the south, and no distinction between people, old or young. make the determination to sacrifice'." "Okay, as long as the chairman has this determination, I don't believe in a small country with egg balls. What can I do? Song Gong, what do you think I can do?" Song Zheyuan commanded confidently: "The most important thing in war is the source of troops. No matter how brave you are, how can a bare-handed commander go into battle? I think so. Sun Lianzhong has now driven to Baoding. He is your old superior. Go find him." He, hurry up and train the recruits, and pull out a team in a short time." He wrote a letter to him hastily, before the ink dried up, he hurriedly folded it and handed it to him.

Things in Peking were too busy, so Gao Shuxun stopped talking and hurried to Baoding by car.The streets of Baoding are already in chaos. The officials of the Kuomintang government have already begun to flee. Cars, rubber carts, mules, horses and donkeys, all kinds of things, are clustered on the street. Looking at the panic-stricken officials and wives... Gao Shuxun found the headquarters of the First Army Corps in the former Zhili Governor's Mansion and met Sun Lianzhong.He didn't even bother to exchange pleasantries, so he took out Song Zheyuan's letter and said, "I'm here to report." At the time of employing people, Sun Lianzhong was of course very happy. He said without even reading the letter, "The Hebei Provincial Civil Training Department has been newly established in the Baoding camp. You are all old acquaintances of the Northwest Army, so you can go to be the deputy director, Lao Zhang doesn't know much about training, you should work harder." In this way, Gao Shuxun started a new job.The next day, as soon as he arrived at the office, he heard someone calling him, "Mr. Gao, when did you come?" When he turned around, it was none other than Qiao Mingli, "Old Qiao, why are you here?" "It's hard to say." Qiao Mingli said: "After the Anti-Japanese Allied Army was drawn down, our division was reduced into an independent 46th brigade. I served as the deputy brigade commander. Lao Jiang dragged us to Jiangxi to suppress the Communist Party. I didn't want to. Later, I managed to enter the Nanjing Military Academy for training, and when I was worried about what to do after graduation, Yan Xishan sent his chief of staff, Chu Chunxi, to find me, saying that Zhang Yinwu was organizing a volunteer army in Hebei, and he lacked a commander, so let me come here.” They set up a team at the civil training department. Within a few days, Zhang Yinwu was transferred away, Gao Shuxun took over as the director, and organized a training team at the civil training department to train the team with Qiao Mingli.Soon after, Gao Shuxun recruited four or five regiments and organized the Hebei Provincial Security Brigade. On September 11, Song Zheyuan's 29th Army was expanded into the First Army, and it was included in the sequence of the First Army, and it was temporarily organized as the Ninth Division, with Gao as its commander.Qiao Mingli formed the Hebei Civilian Army with Zhang Yinwu, and Qiao served as the deputy commander and commander of the Second Civilian Military Region. In September 1943, Gao Shuxun, then the commander of the 39th Group Army, was ordered to defend the Yellow River north of Mianchi. The original river defense force was the Hebei People's Army under the command of Qiao Mingli. At this time, it was assigned to Commander Gao. Lao Qiao got together again a few years after parting, and the two got along very well.Soon, Qiao Mingli was transferred to Chongqing for training. Qiao said goodbye to Gao Shuxun and entrusted his team to the command of the deputy commander Qin Yimin. Unexpectedly, this Qin Yimin was a perfidy. In May 1944, the Japanese army attacked the civilian army. At this dangerous moment, instead of leading his troops to fight the enemy, Qin Yimin led more than a thousand people to join the enemy.In this battle, only regiment leader Yan Shaotang led more than 300 people to break through.When Qiao Mingli returned, the army was completely changed. The original army of more than 3,000 people was now only one of ten troops, and he was suddenly taken aback.The remnants surrounded him and wept uncontrollably. After a long time, he calmed down from his grief, so he could only comfort him, "We must stand tall and continue to fight the Japanese devils to the end." Since the Hebei-Chahar war zone in the upper part had been transferred to the Funiu Mountains, Qiao had no choice but to seek refuge with Kong Congzhou, the 35th Division of the 38th Army, who was nearby, and there was a hole to provide food and pay.A few months ago, he recruited troops and formed two regiments, which were close to Gaobu. Gao Shuxun provided Qiaobu again for old love and to strengthen his own strength. Thinking of this, Gao Shuxun asked, "How is the situation of the New Eighth Army?" "It's also very difficult to hear." Gao Shuxun called the guards in, "Send someone to inform Deputy Commander Ma and Director Fan of the Military Supplies Department to come to my place." After ten or twenty minutes, Deputy Army Commander Ma and Director Fan of the Military Supplies Department walked in. They both said in unison, "Mr. Gao." "Sit down, I invite you to ask you to know how much is the salary of the New Eighth Army?" Deputy Commander Ma looked at Director Fan, and Director Fan said, "There are only more than 6,000 yuan left. If there is no more money, I'm afraid I will starve." "That's not what I mean," he said to Deputy Chief of Staff Wang. "The New Eighth Army's 6,000 yuan, plus the headquarters' 3,000 yuan, we can still get together about 10,000 yuan. Let's do it, according to the situation in the world." It's a habit to share half of the meeting, so let's give him 5,000." "What?" Deputy Commander Ma and Director Fan were still confused. Wang Youdu said, "Commander Gao ordered us to pay 5,000 yuan to the Hebei People's Army." "Then what should we do?" Deputy Commander Ma said unwillingly. Gao Shuxun explained: "Let's think about our solution again. In short, we have money in our hands, so we can't let the brothers of the militia go hungry." He said, "Call me Director Li of the Secretariat." The director of the secretariat is Li Jingpu, who is from the same hometown as Gao Shuxun, and is also from Yanshan, Hebei. He used to be a teacher in Yanshan Middle School. Director of the Secretariat.Li Jingpu walked into his office, and he immediately said: "Immediately draw up another telegram to Hu Zongnan, and see if he will return it to the army?" Seeing that Commander-in-Chief Gao lost his temper, Li Jingpu didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly agreed and retreated. The others also left one by one, and Deputy Commander Ma couldn't say anything more, so he quit after a word of greeting. Gao Shuxun sighed and fell into infinite deep thought... That was more than a month ago. Two months ago, the Eighth Route Army successively marched from Taihang, Taiyue, and northern Shaanxi to four detachments in western Henan, and formed the Henan Military Region. They soon occupied a large area of ​​land, and successively captured Zhifang, Jiliao Street, Beizi Street, Daying and other places south of Linru. The third detachment has already moved to Funiu Mountain, preparing to capture Lushan and Nanzhao areas.Lushan was still occupied by the Japanese army, and his New Eighth Army lived in Nanzhao County, starting from Dongcun in the west, passing through Mashiping, Liqingdian, and arriving in Xiatang in the east, the headquarters of the Hebei-Chahar Theater and the headquarters of the New Eighth Army They are all located in Mashiping, Nanzhao County.Facing the offensive of the Eighth Route Army, they were at a loss. Within a few days, there was news that the Eighth Route Army had captured Xianghe, Shangtang, Zhongtang, Zhaocun, Erlangmiao, Wangping, Nanwawumiao and other villages and towns west of Lushan Mountain. At this time, the Eighth Route Army and the New Eighth Army are close at hand. Seeing that the conflict between the two armies is inevitable, the situation is very tense. Is it war or peace?A major question lay before Gao Shuxun.Gao immediately convened important officials from the two ministries to discuss: some people advocate war, and the Eighth Route Army must not let the Eighth Route Army occupy Nanzhao, so we will have no foothold; The Eighth Route Army's occupation of Funiu Mountain was not the real purpose, but to march into the Chaya Mountain area in central Henan and join hands with the New Fourth Army.Several points of view have their own truths, what should we do? Gao Shuxun said: "War, regardless of the victory or defeat, there must be casualties on both armies. Besides, our army is short of ammunition. Besides, we are exchanging fire with the Eighth Route Army in the front. If the Japanese army in Nanzhao County takes the opportunity to use my back and be pinched by the two armies, wouldn't it be better?" Dangerous? It makes sense to avoid it, and peace is also beneficial to me. However, each has its own disadvantages. Difficult to end the war..." At this moment, Wang Dingnan and Wu Jinglue, the counselors of the headquarters, walked in, "Mr. Gao, we would like to go." Gao Shuxun knew that they were the Communist Party, so he released the two on bail and gave them preferential treatment, which happened to be useful today. "Okay, let's take a trip, both of you." "The two armies have been facing each other for dozens of miles. Where should the siege be resolved first?" Wu Jinglue asked. Gao Shuxun said, "Now that the Eighth Route Army is attacking Dongcun, how about going to the front line of Dongcun first?" "Okay." The two walked away.The next afternoon, Wang Dingnan and the other two returned to report to Gao Shuxun, "We met with General Guo Linxiang, Deputy Political Commissar and Director of the Political Department of the First Detachment of the Henan Military Region of the Eighth Route Army at the front. After some discussion, General Guo agreed to cease fire, but he Ask us to give up the East Village to show our sincerity." Gao Shuxun remained silent for a long time, closed his eyes for a long time before saying: "Okay, as long as the fire can cease from now on, I will follow him." In this way, Gao Shuxun ordered the Dongcun garrison to withdraw, and at the same time sent Wu Jinglue to the front command post of the Eighth Route Army in Erlangmiao to inform General Guo Linxiang.Unexpectedly, at this moment, the Eighth Route Army that attacked Mashiping turned up fire there again. Wu Jinglue was very anxious when he heard the news, "General Guo, we have an agreement. Why did Ping start a war again?" Guo Linxiang explained: "The troops there are not under my command, wait for me and you to go to the political commissar Dai of the military region." Wu Jinglue and Guo Linxiang approached Dai Jiying, political commissar of the Henan Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, and Dai said: "The military region's truce order has been issued, how could there be an exchange of fire..." Wu Jinglue said: "The situation is urgent now. Political Commissar Dai needs to open a way for me. I will take your order to the front line to inform the ceasefire." Commissar Dai agreed to his proposal, and immediately wrote him a road note.Wu Jinglue hurried back overnight, and by the time he hurried back to Mashiping, the fighting had ceased fire. It turned out that the Eighth Route Army began to attack Mashiping just after Wu Jinglue set off. Because the headquarters is here, Gao Shuxun cannot lose Mashiping no matter what.He immediately organized troops to fight against it. At this time, someone said to Gao Shuxun, "Wang Shenshi is the Communist Party. He said it was a mediator. Maybe he is going to report the news. Otherwise, why would he attack our headquarters?" At this time, some people even echoed, "Yes, it's better to kill this spy." Wang Dingnan also felt that the problem was serious, so he immediately went to see Gao Shuxun and asked to cross the line of fire for mediation. Gao Shuxun was quite calm, even though someone was slandering him, he was still thinking, "Wu and Wang, I, Gao, treat you well. I rescued you from prison, so you can come and harm me?" Wang Dingnan came again Ask for orders, Gao still sent him without any doubt. Soon the fire ceased, and Wang Dingnan returned and said, "Mr. Gao, I saw General Chen Xianrui, the commander of the third detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and he said that the exchange of fire was a misunderstanding, because before the exchange of fire, no ceasefire order from the military area had been received. Please forgive me... In addition, I also asked Commander Chen whether I would like to negotiate with Mr. Chen personally, and Chen has already agreed. I don’t know what Mr. Sister agrees with?” Gao Shuxun thought for a while and said, "Okay, how to act is up to you." Soon, Wang Dingnan led the two parties to negotiate. In the summer in western Henan, it is hot, and there are a few faint clouds floating in the sky, which can't bring a little coolness at all. The golden yellow wheat waves around it set off the blazing heat like a fire. The negotiations were held on a river beach in the middle of the battle between the two armies in the Mashiping area.In order for the two negotiating generals to suffer less from the heat, Wang Dingnan led his messengers and made careful arrangements for this. He specially arranged the negotiating place among a few bushes, which finally provided some shade.A few stones were brought in to be used as seats, and a piece of military canvas was spread in the middle, which was regarded as a negotiation table.Gao Shuxun deliberately took off his military uniform today, wearing silk clothes, a top hat, and black sunglasses, holding a civilized stick in his hand, and sat there calmly. We brought some soda and beer to entertain.Chen Xianrui was wearing plain Eighth Route Army uniform, and he was leading four cadres, and behind him stood a guard squad.The two sides chatted a few words and started negotiations. Chen Xianrui began to talk: "General Gao, first of all, let me explain to you that our army's march into Lushan and Nanzhao areas this time is not to grab your territory, but to resist Japanese aggression and establish an anti-Japanese base area. Our army's policy is: unite all People from all walks of life who do not want to be subjugated and actively resist Japan, including the Kuomintang army, together resist Japan and defeat Japanese imperialism. The current situation of the War of Resistance is in my favor. The general situation that Japan must be defeated and China must win is set. No one can resist the inevitable trend of historical development.” Gao Shuxun said: "I believe in the reason for your army's coming, but anyway, your army and our army have already exchanged fire. I sincerely hope that we will cease fire immediately and there will be no more disputes in the future. The Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese enthusiasm has long been known. I admire it very much. , I also cooperated with the Eighth Route Army in Hebei, Shandong and other places to fight against Japan for a long time.” "I have heard about this. It is because of this that we can sit together today to negotiate and cooperate in the fight against Japan." Chen Xianrui continued: "The Japanese devils are rabbits whose tails can't grow! The fate of failure is waiting for them. Now The vast rural areas in Northeast China, North China, Northwest China, and Central China have been controlled by our Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army. The population of the anti-Japanese base areas opened by the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army has reached nearly 100 million, the regular army has grown to more than 1 million, and there are six to seven million local armed forces and militias. 69% of the total number of Japanese invaders, and 90% of the total number of counter-puppet troops.” "Yes, I admit that the Eighth Route Army did make great contributions in the War of Resistance Against Japan." Gao Shuxun nodded and said that he was not flattering, because he fought the Japanese invaders on the North China front for nearly six years and saw the Eighth Route Army fighting the Japanese invaders with his own eyes. situation. Chen Xianrui also said: "General Gao, your department has also made great contributions on the anti-Japanese battlefield, but, as far as I know, within the Kuomintang, your department is discriminated against. The troops are completely different. You are fighting in the front, and his direct descendants are hiding in the rear, so as not to be eaten by the Japanese army, and use you miscellaneous troops to decorate the front line to deceive the world public opinion. I sincerely hope that General Gao can understand the situation and be a Conscientious Chinese, join hands to fight against Japan.” Chen Xianrui's words really hit the nail on the head.Gao Shuxun really felt it. He took a bottle of beer to Chen Xianrui, and then took a bottle for himself, "General Chen, drink! You are right, I, Gao Shuxun, will never be a subjugated slave, let alone a traitor or a traitor. When the time is right in the future, I will choose the path I should take. However, today I want to propose to your army, I hope you will not attack Nanzhao. If Nanzhao is occupied by your army, it will not only be difficult to explain to my superiors, but more importantly, I will There's nowhere to go." Gao Shuxun said very sincerely, he is so straightforward.Chen Xianrui also expressed deep sympathy. Chen turned his head and discussed with Huang Chaotian, the head of the seventh regiment who accompanied him, and said, "Okay, I agree with General Gao. Since we have a common desire, we can reach an agreement. General Gao Tell me." Gao Shuxun thought for a while and said: "According to the opinions of our two sides just now, I think it can be summarized into three points: first, the two sides immediately cease fire and withdraw from the fighting; Keep in touch often." "Okay." Chen Xianrui readily agreed.So, the two shook hands and made peace, and the two coaches and four entourages drank beer together. This matter was soon known by Chen Xianzhou, the director of the New Eighth Army's Dispatch and Control Office. Chen Xianzhou was sent by the Chongqing side. On the other hand, Hu Zongnan, the commander-in-chief of the war zone, encouraged Ma Runchang, the deputy commander of the New Eighth Army, to come forward and said to Gao Shuxun: "Wang Dingnan and Wu Jinglue colluded with the Eighth Route Army to attack Mashiping, and they should be executed." Gao Shuxun ignored this and knew that this was Chen Xianzhou's ghost idea, so he found a reason for Chen to go to the military academy to study.When Gao Shuxun did this, the Chongqing side became even more panicked, and immediately ordered Hu Zongnan to monitor the situation. Hu Zongnan then sent Li Wen's Ninety Army from the Lu family to Song County to approach the Gaobu and conduct close monitoring of the Gaobu. These days Later, the Ninety Army often sent some spies into Nanzhao County. Since Hu Zongnan came like this, controlling his supplies must be one of the steps to monitor him. Hu Zongnan's molestation really made it hard for him to swallow, but what can he do?In terms of position, Hu is the commander-in-chief of the First Theater, and he is the commander-in-chief of the Jicha Theater. According to the order of the Military Commission, the Jicha Theater is under the control of the First Theater; Chiang's cronies have always been the direct descendants of Chiang Kai-shek's direct descendants.What can he do? "Are you just swallowing your anger like this? Are you just sending someone under the fence like this? I am still the commander-in-chief of the Jicha theater, can I try to return to the border of Jicha? It might be better to stay away from him..." Gao Shuxun thought about it, and felt very Difficult, "One is that the deployment needs to be approved by the central government, and the other is that North China has long been ruled by the Communist Party. Will I have a foothold when I return to Jicha? Sigh..." It is really a dilemma. At this moment, Wang Dingnan, Gao Shen from the headquarters, walked in. "Mr. Gao, hello!" Wang Dingnan greeted politely. Gao Shuxun nodded and agreed, "Sit down. What's the matter?" Wang Dingnan said: "I want to take a few days off. I will go to Taihang Mountain." "Oh?" Gao Shuxun's heart skipped a beat. Wang Dingnan is a Communist Party, he is clear about this.Moreover, it was specially arranged by Wang Dingnan to serve as a senior counselor in his headquarters.Then we have to talk about the spring of 1944. At that time, his troops were stationed in Zhenping County at the southern foot of Funiu Mountain. One day, several guards escorted three prisoners, two men and one woman, passing through Zhenping.When Gao Shuxun heard that the escort was the bandit leader who organized a bandit team in western Henan, he was curious, so he asked the adjutant to escort the prisoner to see what it was like. Gao Shuxun sat on the field outside the village under a big tree to enjoy the shade, watching the three A prisoner passed before his eyes. Gao Shuxun saw that the three intellectuals were full of intellectuals and did not look like bandits at all, so he became suspicious, so he decided to detain the three, and he wanted to interrogate them himself.The three key criminals are Wang Dingnan, Wu Jinglue and Wang Dingnan's lover Tang Hongqiang. The next morning, Gao Shuxun asked Wu Jinglue first.His first sentence was, "I heard that you are bandit leaders, but I don't think you are a bandit." Wu Jinglue said confidently, "I'm not a bandit at all." "Then what do you do?" "I am a patriotic anti-Japanese element." Gao Shuxun smiled and said: "Your words are not true. You are not a bandit. How can you have the courage to play with those bandits? I know Li Changyou." This Li Changyou is a well-known bandit leader in western Henan, who has committed all kinds of crimes in this area, and he is well known to everyone. Wu Jinglue was not ashamed, "The country is in danger, everyone is responsible. In order to resist Japan, there is nothing you dare not do." Gao Shuxun said seriously: "There is a government in the Anti-Japanese War. What can you do if you do nothing?" "Government? The Japanese devils occupied so much land, where is your government? Back down, back down, this is your government. You don't need to talk big, aren't you the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang government's Hebei-Chahar theater? Zhenping is Hebei Province , or the procuratorate? Why didn’t you go to fight against the Japanese and hid here?” This young man spoke so sharply that Gao Shuxun was speechless.On the contrary, Wu Jinglue probably knew a little about Gao Shuxun's background and experience, and after a while, he said: "Commander Gao, you are a smart person, and you can see what kind of government the current government is. We cannot rely on them to save the country, we must On their own." At this moment, Gao Shuxun withdrew his serious face, showed a slight smile, and said kindly, "Young people speak too harshly, I admire your courage. It doesn't matter to me, but you can't speak like this when you are in the rear. Dangerous. I hope you and your companions will be aware of this." Wu Jinglue immediately turned a corner and said, "Commander Gao is right, thank you for your attention." Then Gao Shuxun found out why they were arrested.The big thing is that the three of them met in Peiping. They had to escape because they were being chased by the Japanese army at that time. Wang Dingnan said that he knew Sun Dianying, so he tried to find Sun and asked him to help, and Sun took the two back to Xinxiang.At this time, Sun learned that Wu was from Western Henan, so he deliberately asked them to go to Western Henan to recruit a team so as to expand their strength.Sun has bribed Li Changyou, the bandit leader in western Henan. After they arrived in western Henan, they took Li Changyou's team as the backbone, and soon gathered more than 2,000 troops to form the Henan People's Self-Defense Army.As soon as the self-defense army was established, the Japanese army in Jiaxian County sent out to destroy it. They hurriedly took the team to Baofeng County, and the Baofeng Japanese army sent out to expel them, so they had to retreat to Lushan. At this time, Li Changyou was bought by Tang Enbo's subordinates and suddenly rebelled. , they were detained. After Gao Shuxun asked about the situation, he asked Wu to be escorted back to the confinement room. The next day, the guard sent Mr. Gao a note. Gao Shuxun opened it and saw that the note was written by Wang Dingnan: Commander-in-Chief Gao, I beg you to see me.Wang Dingnan Oh?What does Wang Dingnan have to say?Anyway, it's okay to see him.So, in the afternoon of that day, Wang Dingnan was heard. After Wang Dingnan arrived, Gao Shuxun asked him to sit down, and said very politely: "You asked me to see you, what can I tell you?" Wang Dingnan replied: "Jing Lue told me that Commander Gao took great care of us, and Ding Nante came to express his thanks." "Oh? Just to say thank you?" "No, I still want to catch up with Commander-in-Chief Gao." "Hahahaha...a joke. We've never met before, so how did this old relationship come from?" Gao Shuxun suddenly noticed this young man, what on earth was he going to do? "Don't worry, although Commander-in-Chief Gao doesn't know Dingnan, Dingnan is indeed familiar with you for a long time. Your name has already been deeply reflected in my mind..." Wang Dingnan's words made Gao Shuxun feel like he was in a sea of ​​clouds, almost hazy. "You should be familiar with General Ji Hongchang, right?" "Oh, you know General Ji?" "This is just an acquaintance. I used to work under the command of General Ji." Then, Wang Dingnan narrated his experience: Wang Dingnan was a native of Henan. He was admitted to the Chinese Department of Peking University in 1929 and participated in the revolution. In the early summer of 1931, General Ji Hongchang of the Northwest Army sought cooperation with the Communist Party through Luo Qing, an underground member of the Northern Bureau, in order to strengthen his army.Because after the Northwest Army took the oath of office in Wuyuan, Feng Yuxiang used Liu Bojian, Chen Qiaonian, Liu Zhidan, Deng Xixian (Deng Xiaoping), Xuan Xiafu, An Ziwen and other more than a hundred Communist Party members as directors of political departments at all levels, laying a solid foundation for the political work of the Northwest Army. good foundation.At that time, Ji Hongchang was the division commander in Fengbu, while Gao Shuxun was the brigade commander in Jibu.Luo Qing informed the Beiping Municipal Committee of the news, and the underground party sent Wang Dingnan there.He immediately went straight to Henan by train, and met Ji Hongchang, commander-in-chief of the 22nd Route Army of the Kuomintang in Huangchuan County in southern Henan.According to Chiang Kai-shek's order, Ji was directing the suppression of the Communist Party in Hubei, Henan and Anhui.Ji Hongchang was afraid that there would be too many people in the military department, and someone reported that he was suspected of being a communist, so he took him to the field of Erdaohe Village, Guangshan County for a talk. He expressed his opposition to the Kuomintang and Chiang Kai-shek's advocacy of suppressing the Communist Party, and expressed his willingness to cooperate with the Communist Party and the Red Army in a friendly manner.In this way, he lived secretly in Jibu for a while. Through activities, he believed that the time was ripe. According to Ji Hongchang’s request, he could send a group of Red Army cadres to Jibu. He immediately returned to Beiping to report to the Northern Bureau of the CPC and the Beiping Municipal Committee of the CPC. At this moment, he found a news in the newspaper of the Kuomintang that Ji Hongchang had been dismissed because of his ineffectiveness in suppressing the Communist Party, and his department had been dispersed. Ji left the army and went abroad for inspection.During his conversation with Ji Hongchang, Ji talked about Gao Shuxun's character many times, which is the basis of Wang Dingnan's understanding of Gao. Ji returned to China in 1932, and organized the Anti-Japanese Allied Army in Zhangjiakou with Feng Yuxiang, Fang Zhenwu and others the following year. cavalry commander.At this time, Wang Dingnan was arrested and imprisoned for participating in the printing of the progressive book "Northern Red Flag". His family bought all the land and raised 400 yuan to rescue him. He immediately went to the Beiping Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the underground party notified him to go to Zhangjiakou. In Ji Hongchang's Second Army.Director of the Political Department of the Kyrgyzstan-Israel Army. In September, the Allied forces failed under the attack of Japan and Chiang Kai-shek.From then on, General Beeji never met again until his death.Later, he followed the instructions of the Northern Bureau of the Communist Party of China and came to work in Sun Dianying's Department in 1936. Due to the war, Wang Dingnan wandered around. It was not until 1939 that he and his wife Tang Hongqiang went to Pingxi to find Xiao Ke, the chief of the Eighth Route Army. According to needs, Xiao ordered him to return. Beiping was doing underground work, but because of being informed by a secret agent named Yang Yunqing who had infiltrated the underground party, he was imprisoned again.Afterwards, he was released on parole after many contacts were made, but he was still under the surveillance of the Japanese invaders.It wasn't until the spring of 1944 that he was rescued by Sun Dianying. Sun knew that he was a Communist and had great organizational skills, so he sent him and Wu Jinglue to western Henan to pull a team for him.Because Li Cai was bought by Tang Enbo, he was imprisoned again. Gao Shuxun listened to his narration, especially his relationship with Ji Hongchang, and believed that he was telling the truth, so he really felt that Wang was a talent, and fell in love with him from the bottom of his heart. "So you are a Communist Party?" "Yes, I don't hide anything from Mr. Gao." "Have you been in touch with the Communist Party recently?" "Of course there is a connection." "Well," Gao Shuxun nodded, "I have also seen the Communist Party. In addition to being in contact with Commander-in-Chief Feng's National Army coalition, I also had contacts with Bian Zhangwu and Tang Zheming of the Communist Party in Baoding. Later, when I arrived In southern Hebei, the Eighth Route Army also sent Zhong Hui to serve as the director of the political department of our department, they gave me great support, and I still miss them very much!" Wang Dingnan said at the wrong time: "To be honest, the Communist Party has always respected the brothers in the Northwest Army." They talked about speculation for a whole afternoon. The two sides were open and honest, and they were very harmonious. At the end, Gao Shuxun said: "You must not admit that you are the Communist Party outside. No matter where you go, you have the eyes and ears of the military. You must pay attention to this. From the file上看，你的夫人无有什么罪状，如果你信的过我，我先将她保释出来，就与新八军的眷属们住在一起。然后我再设法救你们出来。” 王定南辞谢。 第二天军法处要派一个班押解他们到汉中，高树勋不同意，他说，“一路上散兵、土匪太多，不要让出了什么事，等几天再说。” 过了几天，高树勋因公要到重庆，这才安排让他们一起与他坐车走，以免路上受罪，同时他也兑现了自己的诺言，将唐宏强保释出来。一路上果然险恶，没走多远到了内乡县丹水村，第一战区在这里设立一个前线指挥所，第一战区参谋长郭寄峤在这里亲自坐阵指挥，高树勋一到，他当然得请高吃饭，席间，知高还带了两个共党犯人，马上就吩咐属下，“因为两个共党犯人，何必劳总司令大驾，今夜干脆拉出去活埋掉算了，不必费心再派人解送。” 高树勋一听，马上放下筷子，说道：“郭参谋长，你管这么多闲事干什么？无论他们是什么人犯，送到后方既有军法执监部处置。” 郭寄峤以为高想去请功，也就不再强硬，“高总要是不同意，那就算了，明天，我派一个连长，带上一个班，给你护驾就是了，保证安全送到汉中。” 一路上高树勋心中思前想后，这两个共产党确实是个人才，若是留在军中，对我治军当有益处，然而，送到汉中凶多吉少，如何才能救出他二人呢？不知不觉到了汉中，在这里正好见到了西北军的老友第二集团军总司令刘汝明，突然计上心来，他对刘汝明说：“子亮（刘汝明字）兄，我的两个朋友被污陷为共党犯人，现在汉中禁闭，我想救他二人，仅我出面恐胡长官生疑，万望子亮兄帮忙。解救二人出狱，日后我当重谢。” 刘汝明笑一笑说，“你的朋友就是我的朋友，区区小事建候兄太多虑了，你我之间还用得着谢吗？现在我就同你去军监部说请。” 就这样，王定南和吴景略终于被保释出狱。之后二人又回到豫西，高部已移防南召，高树勋见二人不食前言，终于返了回来，于是任命王定南为总部高参，吴景略为总部机要秘书。 今天，王定南要到太行山，那里早已是八路军的天下，这一点他是十分清楚的，多少天来，他一直在想，利用冀察战区总司令的头衔设法把队伍带回冀察去，维恐八路军不允，王定南要去太行，何不托他联系，岂不是个机会？ “定南，你要去太行山，我同意，另外，我有一事相托，不知……” "What's up?" “我想托你给八路军的彭德怀副总司令捎一书信。” “哦，先生认识彭总吗？” “仅有一面之交。”那还是在1937年9月，当时中日战争刚刚爆发，国共再度合作，共产党部队改编为八路军开赴晋北前线。为出兵阜平，周恩来、彭德怀带边章五等人到保定会见宋哲元、刘峙等人，当时，高树勋奉命负责接待，于是他也就有了和彭德怀谈话的机会，特别是由于边章五原在高树勋的第二十七师任旅参谋长，两人关系密切，后来经过宁都暴动，参加了红军。他了解到八路军的治军方略，十分敬佩，就通过边章五向彭德怀提出请求，希望彭总派几个人帮他整顿队伍，指导抗日，于是，彭就把边章五留下，并派唐哲明等人来到他的队伍中。 王定南本来就是和高部的几位团长、营长的地下党员周树一、田树青、聂志超、李伯健等人商量好，要到中共北方局和八路军总部汇报对高部的统战情况，并请求下一步工作的指示，没想到高树勋主动要与八路军联系，马上说：“我一定帮忙。” 于是，高树勋就取出一方绸布来，挥笔写下一书。 写好后叠起来，拉过王定南的手按在手心里，语重心长地说：“定南兄，我心中的苦衷你该了解，书不尽意，一切都拜托你了。” “先生，你放心。”王定南点点头。 “千万保重。” 8月1日：南召日军撤退，鬼子投降突现端倪，他命新八军开进南召县城。 这两天南召的日伪军一改往日的行为，不再出城骚扰，龟缩在城中。于是街头巷尾有人传说，日本鬼子要投降了。 总部参谋处的张越万科长将他听到的这一切给高总作了汇报，高树勋想，去年春苏、美、英三国已在前苏联克里米亚半岛的雅尔塔举行会议，讨论对日作战及战后安排问题，还签定了雅尔塔协定，敦促日军投降，可是过了一年半时间，日本帝国主义不还是照样在中国横行霸道？“这消息仅供参考。国内的日军还很强大，恐其另有意图，不能乐观轻视，松懈戒务，马上传令范卓云、尹瀛洲两师长，加强注意。” 他们正在交谈，机要秘书马骏送来谍报科情报，“报告先生，据可靠情报，南召日军于8月1日全部撤走，侦察行踪，似去许昌。” “哦，果真如此迅速就要投降了？一定是盟国又施加了压力，是呀，侵略总是注定要失败的，意大利失败了，德国失败了，国际方面有精力来对付日本人了。” 张越万汇报说：“有消息说，美、英、中、苏这两天正在柏林郊外的波斯坦开会，确定让日本无条件投降。美、英、中三国首脑已经签字了。” “哦？这确实是个重要的消息，赶快通知廖高参。” 廖高参名叫廖安邦，原先在鲁西行署任副主任，与高树勋相处甚好。尤其是廖足智多谋，深受他的赏识，在他任第三十九集团军总司令时，设法调他到集团军总部任参谋长，可是后来一战区恐其发展亲信，以固军内实力，便给他派田西原来任参谋长一职，无法之下，高树勋只好安排他任有职无权的总部高参。直到去年7月，一战区司令长官兼冀察战区总司令蒋鼎文因怯于御侮，其部长官耽于宴乐，士兵疏于战事，日军在其辖区发动了豫湘桂战役，蒋鼎文指挥数十万精良之师，竟然让日军夺去数十座城池，迫于中外舆论，不得不引咎辞职，在此情况下，军委会才将冀察战区的总司令之衔给予他高树勋。本来，他认为此时该有一点自主权了，又欲启用廖安邦，无耐军委会又派来了刘会仓任斯职。总、军两部两位参谋长，虽为派来的座探，确是朝三暮四，吃不得深居伏牛山的军内贫困之苦，时常居于西安、重庆等闹市，这倒也好，廖高参又任起总军两部无冕之参谋长，全权处理两部军务。 张越万刚要走，高树勋突然又想起一件事来，“越万，你等一下。” 说着从抽屉中职出一封电报来，“将此电报存档。然后通知廖高参，明天我军移驻南召附近，总军两部驻进城内。立即安排总直处室打点行装。” 张越万点头称是，一边不由的将目光落在了高总递给他的那封电报上，不看则已，一看则使张越万傻了眼，电报上写道： 高总司令、刘参谋长、马副军长： 胡军长在渝逗留，军委会已决定任其为津沽警备司令，俟日军投降后，空运新八军去天津，望早作准备。what “先生，这是怎么回事？”张越万想从高树勋那里得到一个答案。 高树勋长叹一声，“唉——越万，老蒋其意已十分明了。我部在华北前线抗战出生入死近六年，粮饷无补，枪弹奇缺，实靠多方周旋之，四三年返回后方休整，本以为可稍作喘息，谁知就在我去重庆受训期间，汤恩伯使出诡计，竟将我部下之米文和的第六十九军调归他节制。军委会又将新八军从原来的两旅四团制之师缩编为一师三团制。这还不算，没过多久，中央又派胡伯翰来任集团军副总司令兼新八军军长。范卓云接替马润昌任六师师长。这个胡伯翰是老蒋的亲信，其用意不是司马昭之心路人皆知吗？自从这个胡伯翰一来，搅的我军中一团糟，他不仅撤换军部处室官员，并调兵离开总部到渑池一带，更不幸的是胡伯翰带新八军在洛阳战役中指挥无能，至使全军一败涂地……那天，正好有个朋友请我喝酒，胡伯翰带着残兵回到伏牛山，来给我汇报战况，他还恬不知耻地说，胜败乃兵家常事，当时我怒从心头起，借着一股酒劲，给了胡伯翰两个巴掌。这家伙就跑到重庆告状去了。看来他的状是告准了，老蒋要他带新八军去天津上任。我高树勋空有冀察战区总司令和第三十九集团军总司令两个头衔，可手中只剩孙元儒的特务营了……我还是什么总司令，我只是一个高营长呀。” 说着高树勋已经气愤万分了，张越万急忙给他倒了一杯开水，“先生，别急，事已至此，还得从长计议，眼下新八军调动未成事实，我们还当想法挽回局面才是。” 高树勋冷笑一声，“哼哼，我能看着自己一手建起来的新八军就这样轻意被人拉走吗？” “对，一定要保住。这年头有兵马才是资本。” “好了，不谈这个了，现在你马上通知廖高参，总军两部一起明天进驻县城，二十九师驻县城东、南两方，六师驻县城西、北两方，特务营负责县城警戒。” 冀察战区总部及三十九集团军总部开进了南召县城。 两总部驻扎在县城的文庙里。同时，高树勋让新八军的军部也驻在两部的隔壁院子里。 日军撤出南召县城，王定南走后，他心中非常不安。他想日军撤退，完全证明了日军面临失败的局面，日军要投降，国民党特务一定遍地猖獗，王定南万一出事，被中统或军统截获，后果不堪设想。 自王定南带走他的信以后，他的内心突然涌起了许多思绪…… “当时我的行动是不是太草率了……”高树勋这样想。确实，当时他一听说王定南要到太行山，马上就突发奇想，认为自己过些日想返回冀察，能通过此书与八路军相携手，乃是一件好事，可是王定南一离开马市坪（李青坪），他的心一下子就悬了起来，各种各样的问题都涌了上来，继而便头脑中空荡荡的，变成一片空白。 他与彭德怀仅有一面之交，而且那还是在国共刚刚开始第二次合作，中日战争刚刚开始，民族矛盾急剧，两党之间尚处于融洽之中，八年来，老蒋先后发动了三次反共高潮，并且他也是不自觉中参与了这些事件，中共方面会怎样看他？彭德怀能否相信他是诚意，还是故施伎俩？是合作，还是别有用心？ 王定南能否将他的态度给予解释呢？这就给他的心中留下了一连串问号。再说，从南召到太行山不远千里，王定南单人独马，万一路上有个闪失，那封信若是落在军统手中，那可是…… 想到这里他的心中突然一股凉意涌了上来，不由的打了一个冷颤。那还得了呀…… 对于他通共的事情，那可是早已在老蒋那里挂上了号。那还是在1937年，他的部队刚刚改编为暂编第九师时，彭德怀派边章五、唐哲明等人到他的军中办了一个培训班，为他训练干部，不久，他们要调回八路军中，高树勋见共产党的治军确实有效，不仅政治工作做得好，他们讲的游击战术、发动群众等也在部队的中下级军官中产生了很好的影响，为此，他请唐哲明返回晋北八路军总部请求再给他派几个人来，他要按照八路军的治军方法，来整建自己的队伍。于是八路军总部又派刚刚从抗大毕业到前线来的钟辉带领十余人来到高部。 他俩一见面，高树勋就自报家门，“鄙人高树勋，暂编第九师师长。” “鄙人钟辉，在八路军中当职，经唐哲明介绍，上级批准，到贵部听用。” “好呀，好呀，我可算把你盼来了。”他将钟辉请进屋子里，递上一支烟，然后迫不急待地问道：“鄙人想请教一下，在现在这样的情况下，怎样带好队伍？” 钟辉将烟点上，不紧不慢地说：“依鄙人之见，在国难当头之际，培养一支好的队伍是非常重要的，那么如何才能培养好队伍呢？我认为需四个字：严、勇、灵、联。这严，当指治军要严，也就是纪律严明，令行禁止；勇，则是培养官兵在战斗中的勇敢精神，敢冲、敢杀、敢拚；这里我要给你说一个笑话，当八路军刚往晋东北开拔时，一路上碰到前线溃退下来的中央军、晋绥军，他们说'你们真是傻瓜，日本人那么利害，你们还到前方干什么？难道不怕死吗？'我们八路军战士问，'你们见到过日本人吗？'他们回答，'没见着。听说十分利害。'连日本人的影子也没见着，就吓的溃不成军，如何能打仗？……” 高树勋见这位年轻人谈吐不凡，确实有带兵的水平，内心十分高兴，接着追问道，“那后两个字呢？”