Chapter 51 Section 10

Disappointment, resentment, self-blame, in short, all the anxiety is inexplicable even he himself can't explain it.For North China Customs Defense, he had always looked to Fu Zuoyi.Unexpectedly, Fu Zuoyi would be helpless under the siege of Lin Biao's Siye and Nie Rongzhen's Huaye. After the Communist Party won, he would declare a peaceful uprising without firing a single shot.In this way, once the Northeast and North China are lost, and the Central Plains change hands, the Kuomintang's defeat is doomed. Seeing this situation, Yan Xishan, the local emperor who had lost Shanxi, advised Chiang Kai-shek that Fu Zuoyi had to take this step due to the situation, but his influence could not represent the whole of North China.

When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, his heart was filled with infinite enthusiasm. He signaled Yan Xishan with encouraging eyes and said, "Brother Bochuan, please tell me, how can you say that?" Stream out. Yan Xishan took the opportunity to analyze: "Fu Zuoyi is sleepy and sad, but Beiping has never been a place to sit and guard since ancient times." Hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek stood up immediately, and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, "Didn't he have the reputation of 'the general who defended the city'?" Is it more than a year?"

"Commissioned seat. Under the prestigious name, it's really hard to be a deputy." Yan Xishan shook his head in disappointment. When he thought of Fu Zuoyi dragging away his troops and throwing them at Chiang Kai-shek, he felt like a knife was twisting in his heart. But the three cities of Da (Tong), Xuan (Hua), and Zhang (Jiakou) are all in my hands. To the south, there is Feng Huanzhang. In the hands of Deng, the Northeast and North China are occupied by Lin Biao and Nie Rongzhen, and Peiping is alone in it, how can it be defended?" "This can be a reason to betray the party and the country and betray the prime minister's creed? Life and death are important festivals. This is the creed that soldiers of our party and country should always follow. How can we let people like Fu Zuoyi who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and love the rich and the rich? presumptuous?"

"That's natural, that's natural." Yan Xishan's eye-catching two-twist beard trembled, and he looked more and more aggressive, but he changed the subject, "Beiping is an isolated city, isn't Fu Zuoyi just an 'lonely man'? ?” "Mr. Bo Chuan's meaning?" Hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek's eyes widened in surprise. "Suiyuan and Huaihua are still in the hands of Dong Qiwu. Fu Zuoyi announced his peaceful uprising long ago. Why did Dong Qiwu stay still and did not make any statement? Considering that he has followed Fu Zuoyi for decades, based on their friendship, in the past there was a disturbance , he didn’t follow. Now, he has 100,000 troops in Suiyuan, and he hasn’t expressed his opinion at all. Doesn’t this mean that he has other ideas? At least, Dong Qiwu is still hesitating.”

Chiang Kai-shek touched his bare head and nodded slowly.At this time, Suiyuan had nearly 100,000 Kuomintang regular troops and miscellaneous armed forces, and was connected with the Northwest and Inner Mongolia, so its political and military influence was very important.If Suiyuan is lost, there will inevitably be a chain reaction in the Northwest and Inner Mongolia, especially in the military. "I don't know what Dong Qiwu is thinking in his heart?" Chiang Kai-shek said distressedly, "We ordered his troops to retreat westward to the Gansu-Ningxia line, but he stood still. No, Director Yu (Military Affairs Director) has reported to me and stopped sending them The funds, but that Dong Qiwu is simply another Ye Mingchen."

Ye Mingchen was the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi during the Opium War of the Qing Dynasty.Before and after the fall of Guangzhou by the British army, he did not fight, defend, reconcile, or surrender. He was plundered to Calcutta, India, and died of a hunger strike.No one can explore his true psychology and unimaginable actions. "Otherwise." Yan Xishan persuaded Chiang Kai-shek's gloomy gaze, "I know I'm lost but I still haven't returned. Suiyuan is a bitter, cold and barren place. Between gains and losses, it doesn't hinder the overall situation, but the key is to win the 10 Wan Dajun, especially Dong Qiwu. Once Dong Qiwu can be persuaded not to join forces with Fu Zuoyi, it will be a great victory."

"Uh... this," Chiang Kai-shek nodded, "I understand Mr. Bo Chuan's meaning. If Dong Qiwu can be pulled out, it will be a model for other party-state soldiers. In this way..." After a moment of pondering, Chiang Kai-shek stretched out a With an exaggerated wave of his hand in the air, he decided decisively, "I'll send a plane to Baotou right now. If I can't handle the 100,000 troops, I'll take Dong Qiwu alone." Baotou in April is shrouded in a dim yellow sand.The season is almost in the middle of the month, and apart from the sprinkling of Asakusa, it seems that it is difficult to hear the creeping footsteps of spring in this famous city outside the Great Wall.At this time, passing through a dilapidated street in the city, a sudden and gorgeous mansion seemed to be facing an enemy, surrounded by Kuomintang guards with live ammunition.

Dong Qiwu, Chairman of Suiyuan Province and Security Commander of the Kuomintang, leaned against the window and watched Zhao Siwu, Major General of the Special Training Department of the Garrison Headquarters roaring away through a corner of the curtain, feeling relieved. Just now, the military special agent stationed in the Northwest with the radio code "Four", known as "Killer No. 4", personally sent an urgent telegram to Nanjing to make him ready. The Nanjing side will send a special plane to pick him up and leave Baotou. Although he had already been on the assassination list of Juntong, Chiang Kai-shek still did not hesitate to make a final bet and sent a special plane to pick up Dong Qiwu, which shows the weight of Dong Qiwu in his heart.

Dong Qiwu, born in 1895, was born in Hejin, Shanxi.When he was young, his family was poor and helpless. When his grandfather died of illness, his father was forced to borrow usury in order to buy a coffin for his grandfather, and even worked for 30 years for free. When he was 6 years old, his uncle, who was a private school teacher, couldn't bear his nephew to follow the old path of his father's generation, so he took him home to study. At the age of 17, Dong Qiwu was admitted to a high school in Hejin County.Two years later, he learned that the Wenwu Middle School founded by Yan Xishan, the governor of Shanxi at that time, was recruiting students. In order to survive and change his school, he borrowed 10 yuan from his classmates, put on a pair of straw sandals, and walked more than 840 miles to the provincial capital Taiyuan. He won the first place in the examination and specialized in military affairs.When he was about to graduate, Dong Qiwu, who had a stubborn personality, accidentally offended a senior staff officer of Yan Xishan's military governor's mansion. He was unwilling to put a dwarf on the opponent and wrote a letter of repentance, so he was forced to leave the school angrily.