Chapter 18 The old Guangxi faction mutinied

Yu and Li sent troops to attack Jiang and failed, faster than people expected. On October 3, Li Mingrui had just arrived at the brigade headquarters of Huang Quan (who was also the commander of the 15th Division) in Guiping, and was about to supervise the battle in person.Chiang Kai-shek also issued a telegram: remove Yu Zuobai from the position of chairman of the Guangxi Provincial Government and be wanted; remove Li Mingrui from the position of Guangxi Appeasement Commander and Director of the Fourth Division Commissioner's Office and be wanted; appoint Lu Huanyan as the chairman of the Guangxi Provincial Government and the Eighth Route Rebel Army Deputy commander-in-chief (Chen Jitang as the commander-in-chief); Yang Tenghui was appointed as the commander of appeasement in Guangxi and the director of the dispatch office of the fourth division.

Before the war started, most of Li Mingrui's military strength was lost in an instant, only Huang Quan's division and a brigade were left. Li Mingrui was worried about sending troops rashly to challenge Chiang this time, but he didn't expect that Lu Huanyan and Yang Tenghui would openly defect to Chiang so soon.Both Lu and Yang are close friends of Li Zongren and Huang Shaohong. After the defeat of the master in the Jianggui War, they had to submit to Yu and Li's subordinates to wait for the opportunity. Now that the curtain of battle has been drawn, the outcome of fighting or not fighting is the same, he can't just stop here without firing a single shot!In Li Mingrui's military career, he has never fought such a useless and frustrating battle!

Li Mingrui was burning with anxiety, but his expression was extremely stern.He summoned the brigade and regiment officers under Huang Quan's jurisdiction to redeploy the combat plan. Huang Quan has a kindness to Li Mingrui and has always regarded him as a "righteous brother".During the Northern Expedition, Huang Quan was only a battalion commander, but he fought bravely, took the lead, and made many military exploits. When Li Mingrui led hundreds of death squads to raid Sun Chuanfang's headquarters, Huang Quan asked Ying to be the captain of the death squad. The battle was successful. Huang Quan was very popular with Li Mingrui. Favored, was exceptionally promoted to brigade chief of staff and brigade commander, and now Jiang was promoted to commander of the 15th division.

"Weiyuan (Huang Quanzi), how do you say we should fight this battle?" "Brother Yi, you know the current situation better than I do. Even though I, Huang Quan, have three heads and six arms, I can't help myself." "It can't just end without farting, right?" "Forgive me, I can't fight this battle." "Weiyuan! I didn't expect that you, like Lu Huanyan and Yang Tenghui, are a bunch of soft bones!" "There is heaven above, and earth below. I, Huang Quan, was born and died with the commander. How have I ever been a soft bone? I don't want to wipe out all my money!" "Now I have to fight and kill! Even if I fight all It's worth more than his mother's Lu and Yang's generation who live in poverty and beg for mercy!"

"Lu and Yang's rebellion has already made our army unstable and our officers and soldiers panicked. Commander Li, this situation is very difficult to control." "I am no longer the commander, don't call me the commander, I will lead the brothers to the front with you now!" In Huang Quan's headquarters, Li Mingrui told the officers of the brigade and regiment, "Kill the thief to the death, go to the party and the country without shame!" , I am not ashamed of the common people". But the Huang Quan at this time is no longer the Huang Quan of yesterday.He has been bought by Zheng Jiemin 300,000 yuan and the letter of commission granted by Chiang Kai-shek to him with the rank of lieutenant general and the post of division commander. He has already written a telegram to support Chiang and the arrest warrant for Li Mingrui in his pocket.But under the urging of Li Mingrui, he had to make a small concession, mobilized his two regiments to follow Li Mingrui to advance eastward first, and at the same time issued a secret order to his cronies: After he turned his back and switched on the telegram, he immediately withdrew his troops. Guiping and arrested Li Mingrui. ——As a "meeting gift" to join Chiang Kai-shek.

Lu Huanyan and Yang Tenghui echoed each other from a distance and turned to support Jiang. This was like a row of heavy artillery to Yu Zuobai, and he was blown away! In his headquarters in Nanning, adjutants and staff officers came in and out with panicked faces, and he didn't seem to hear the call of the dispatcher and the urgent ringing of the telephone. He didn't seem to see either.Veins popped out on his forehead, like a few earthworms wriggling repeatedly. He stared blankly at the battle map on the wall with bloodshot eyes, wishing to immediately turn the tide of battle and turn defeat into victory.This is obviously impossible!He only felt his head buzzing, and his seven orifices were filled with smoke, and he couldn't figure out a clue for a while.As soon as he heard that the communication line in Wuzhou was connected, he grabbed the microphone and scolded: "Lu Huanyan, you bastard, I'm blind! What? You want to get my head? Throw your mother, come on, come on, come on! Come and ask me for an egg!"

After a while, the line in Liuzhou was about to be connected, and he grabbed the microphone and cursed again: "Shameless! Yang Tenghui, you are a despicable villain! I, Yu Zuobai, have treated you well, and you shouldn't spoil my plan like this! Oh, no! Poisonous husband? What kind of man are you if you lose your mother! Shameless! Shameless" After scolding and venting, he didn't seem to feel any better, and he was more and more immersed in the painful depression. When Yu Zuoyu came in to report the news that Li Mingrui was leading the Huang Quan division to march to the front, he immediately cheered up as if he had taken a puff of smoke, and immediately issued an order: all five garrison brigades were incorporated into the Huang Quan division's organizational system, and they went to the front immediately. front.

"Brother, you are so confused!" Yu Zuoyu stopped immediately, "At this time, it is useless to dispatch the security brigade to do anything. Huang Quan is absolutely unreliable, and I am worried about my cousin's situation." Yu Zuobai said: "Deploy the security brigade to drive over. First, you can rescue your cousin, and second, you can hold Huang Quan hostage. If he does anything wrong, take him out immediately!" Yu Zuoyu said: "As soon as the brigade leaves, Huang Shaohong's 'underground army' will take advantage of the situation and enter, and Nanning will be plunged into a catastrophe and a sea of ​​blood!"

Yu Zuobai was startled when he heard that, he shook his head and sighed, pacing back and forth violently and helplessly like a trapped animal.Suddenly he said: "Then keep your fifth brigade, and the other four brigades will all go over! Quickly notify Zhang Yunyi, Xu Tingjie, and Xiong Hao to carry out my orders. Anyone who violates the order will be severely punished!" Half an hour later, Zhang Yunyi, Yu Zuoyu, Xu Guangying, Feng Dafei and others rushed over and reported to Yu Zuobai all the signs of deliberate rebellion planned by the first, second and third security brigades under the plan of the brigade captains Xu Tingjie, Xiong Hao and others: Xu Tingjie colluded with the "underground army" in an attempt to blow up the arsenal. Fortunately, the fourth and fifth brigades were well prepared and the attempt to destroy it failed; The first and second brigades pulled out, as soon as Huang Quan's leader arrived, they counterattacked Nanning and won the first prize. The purple sand teapot that he played with freely fell from his palm like a gray meteor, and he threw it violently and hit the wall. Loud!

"elder brother--" "Chairman Yu—" "Chairman Yu—" "..." Yu Zuobai, who lost his sanity for a few seconds, slowly raised his head again, propped himself up, then tightened his facial features, held his breath, and finally sneezed a majestic and loud sneeze—Ah! Yu Zuoyu knew what he needed at this time, so he hurriedly lit a special cigar (which contained a small amount of opium) and put it in his mouth. He greedily inhaled several times, and two streams of smoke flowed out of his nostrils slowly like gossamer, which made him suddenly feel as if he was rising above the clouds, and his face also looked stretched, calm and solemn.

He stood up, patted Zhang Yunyi on the shoulder and said, "Brother Shengzhi, I really had a nightmare, and now I wake up, it's too late to regret it!" Zhang Yunyi comforted him and said: "People are not sages, no one can do anything wrong; a wise man has a lot of worries, and he will make mistakes. Although Chairman Yu's act of righteousness is too hasty, it is also out of compulsion and helplessness. We all understand. I hope Chairman Yu will not Too worried, just take care of your health." After hearing this, Yu Zuobai couldn't hold back his grief, and shed a few old tears: "I made a mistake in this game of chess right now, and I will lose everything. It's too late, it's all over..." Zhang Yunyi said: "Like-like will unite, and like-minded people must divide. People like Lu Huanyan and Yang Tenghui will part ways with Chairman Yu sooner or later and fight against each other. As soon as the current battle starts, they will jump out and reveal their true colors. This may not be true. It's not a good thing! Fortunately, our people are still there, and Nanning is still in our hands." Yu Zuobai felt greatly relieved, wiped away his tears, and said: "Shengzhi, you are the commander of the garrison, and the survival of Nanning depends on you and everyone." Zhang Yunyi said frankly: "Chairman Yu, I came here in a hurry to apologize to you." Yu Zuobai asked puzzledly, "What is the crime?" Zhang Yunyi said: "Thanks to Brother Yu's timely notification, I immediately withheld your order to dispatch the security brigade to the front line. If you follow this, the consequences will be disastrous. I am afraid that Chairman Yu will not be standing here to speak for a long time. " Yu Zuobai repeatedly said: "Well done! Well done! How can you be guilty, but meritorious! Now everything is up to Shengzhi to decide and direct!" Zhang Yunyi said: "I can do my duty as long as I can. Chairman Yu will decide everything." , was also dismissed." Mentioning Li Mingrui, his body trembled violently like an electric shock: "Ah! Yusheng! He is in a very dangerous situation now, Huang Quan, that son of a bitch, can't be trusted anymore." Yu Zuoyu said: "Brother Sheng has sent Li Qian, deputy captain of the brigade, to lead a company to rescue cousin." After Zhang Yunyi received the information sent by Yu Zuoyu, he decisively decided to withhold Yu Zuobai's order to mobilize five garrison brigades to the front line, and asked Yu Zuoyu to send a report to Li Mingrui in his brother's name, and asked Li Mingrui to return to Nanning to discuss military affairs. As a result, he quickly got rid of the hostage of the Ministry of Huang Quan and escaped from danger. At the same time, Zhang Yunyi quickly dispatched Deputy Captain Li Qian to lead a company of troops to Guiping on horseback and five large trucks, racing against time to rescue Li Mingrui before Huang Quan's rebellion.For this reason, Zhang Yunyi issued a death order to Li Qian: rescue General Li at all costs! In order to prevent Xu Tingjie and Xiong Hao from mutinying and attacking the provincial government, Zhang Yunyi issued the No. 1 curfew order in the name of the Nanning police commander, and ordered the Public Security Bureau of Gonghe Village and the Fifth Brigade of Yu Zuoyu to implement a secret sentry blockade around the provincial government resident . After all the arrangements were completed, Zhang Yunyi, Xu Guangying, Feng Dafei and others, accompanied by Yu Zuoyu, came to meet the provincial chairman who had been deposed by Chiang Kai-shek and ordered to be wanted. Yu Zuobai was relieved.He felt a rare peace in his heart.He seems to be talking to himself, and it seems to be talking in his sleep: "In adversity, you know what is important and what is important, and only in desperate situations can you show your true qualities as a hero. It is true to its meaning, never to forget!" The open-mindedness, passion and righteousness of the Communists made him understand: After all, there are things in this world that cannot be obtained with money and status! He held Zhang Yunyi's hand tightly, unable to speak for a long time. ——He could never have imagined that the Nanning Garrison Commander appointed by him in front of him would become Secretary of the Guangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Provincial People's Government, Commander and Political Commissar of the Guangxi Military Region, and a member of the Central Military Commission twenty years later , a member of the Central Committee, was awarded the rank of general in 1955. On October 7, Huang Quan sent a telegram to support Chiang in Guiping, and then ordered a reward for the capture of Li Mingrui on his way back to Nanning. Li Qian led more than 300 strong team members to travel day and night, and encountered the rebels who were chasing Li Mingrui in Daxu Town, southwest of Guiping. The two sides exchanged fire and fought fiercely.Fight until dusk and defeat the enemy.Cleaning up the battlefield, inspecting the corpses scattered all over the place, but still no trace of Li Mingrui was found...