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Chapter 86: Compete in the Central Plains 2

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After class, Ye Yuexia went straight to the Xinsheng Bookstore. There were only three or four customers inside. She found the book "Pride and Prejudice", quickly took out the slip of paper inside and secretly put it in her pocket, then strolled around for a while, and left the bookstore. Her every move was seen by a nearby old man with gray hair and reading glasses. In fact, this old man was not someone else, it was Zhang Fengshan.

Ye Yuexia returned home, opened the note, and after reading the content, the signature was "Fisherman Today", and a small line beside it: "Destroy after reading."

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Ye Yuexia came to Caojia Alley. At the corner, she saw a shop assistant walking towards her with a food box. She spread her clothes and messed up her hair, pretending to be very flustered, and ran towards him, grabbing His arm said: "Brother, someone wants to insult me, please help me."

A middle-aged man ran over angrily, swearing: "Smelly lady, dare to play Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu wants you to look good today."

Ye Yuexia eagerly asked the shop assistant: "Brother, I have 5 silver dollars here. As long as you help, these are all yours." As she said, she stuffed the silver dollars in his hand.

The shop clerk was hesitating, the middle-aged man came over and grabbed his two arms, like two iron tongs, making him immobile. "Did you dare to take my money?" Ye Yuexia took the food box in the shop's hands, put it aside, and said, "Big brother, don't believe him, this is my own money."

At this time, Zhang Fengshan was wearing a colonel's uniform with a group of soldiers passing by. Since the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Wencheng Economic Guerrilla Brigade was withdrawn, and Liu Chenglong reappointed him as the commander of the quarters and the rank of colonel.

Seeing it, Ye Yuexia cried out as if for help: "Sir, come here to comment."

There were more and more onlookers, and an old woman took advantage of the chaos and dropped the food box.

After listening to Zhang Fengshan, he said to the store clerk: "You return the money to this girl, it's nothing for you." Then he turned around and said to the middle-aged man: "You said this girl stole your money, and you were on your body. How much money does it have?" The middle-aged man murmured, "5 silver dollars, she was stolen by her. She is a little thief." Zhang Fengshan said, "I think you drank a lot of alcohol. You look for it on your body, yes. Didn’t you make a mistake?” The middle-aged man was skeptical and said: “She hit me and heard the silver dollar clinking on the ground. She picked it up and ran, and I followed.” He said while turning his pocket. When it came out, 5 silver dollars fell on the ground with a crisp sound. Zhang Fengshan said: "What's this? Apologize to this girl." The middle-aged man flushed, bowed and apologized to Ye Yuexia: "I'm sorry!" When everyone saw it was a farce, he broke up.

But when Xu Yuqing came home from get off work, her son gave her a one-hundred-yuan fiat currency and said: "Mom, just now an old grandmother said that she borrowed your money and asked me to hand it over to you."

Xu Yuqing felt strange that she had never lent money to an old woman, not to mention that she couldn't even buy a piece of steamed bun with one hundred fiat currency. Who would borrow this amount of money? She took the paper money and took a look, and found that there were words on the paper money: "There are orchids in Huaxi, and the fragrance of rain is stronger." Xu Yuqing knows that this is a code word, "youlan" is "youlan"? And "Yuqing" refers to himself? Xu Yuqing was so excited that her sister came, and she was in Huaxi. Huaxi is a famous flower market in Old Street. Xu Yuqing immediately went out and called a rickshaw to Huaxi. She saw an elderly woman standing under the white marble archway, holding a food box in her left hand, and a small mirror in her right hand, looking at her face. . This old woman was Xu Youlan. She looked in the mirror to see if there was a "tail" behind Xu Yuqing. When she found out, she waited for Xu Yuqing to walk behind her and said, "Sister, I know you are here. Let's keep going forward like this. From now on, you "sleeper" should be awake. The superior sent a comrade named "Fisherman" to Wencheng. From now on, you must follow his command." Xu Yuqing said excitedly: "Great, I I've been looking forward to this day. When can I meet Comrade Fisherman?" Xu Youlan said, "You only need to know that there is such a superior in your heart, because Comrade Fisherman never shows up, and you want to tell me I promise that no one is allowed to mention his existence." Xu Yuqing said: "I promise." Xu Youlan said: "Then you go back, your house has a task assigned by Comrade'Fisherman' under the bell tolling, and I secretly let it go. Going up." After speaking, she hired a rickshaw and left without looking back.

When Xu Yuqing returned home, she found an envelope under the self-ringing bell, which contained instructions from Comrade "Fisherman", asking her to cooperate in punishing the traitor Li Xingwang. After reading the letter, Xu Yuqing struck a match and burned the letter together with the envelope as required by the letter.

In the evening, Xu Yuqing was on duty in the hospital when a female patient suddenly came over, wearing a summer hat with lace on her head, the brim of which covered most of her face.

Xu Yuqing asked her what's uncomfortable? She didn't say a word, but stretched out a hand with "Secret Talk" written on her palm to Xu Yuqing. Xu Yuqing was surprised when she saw him, and sent the nurse out.

The woman took off her hat and revealed her face. It turned out to be Li Yuzhu.

"It's you? It shocked me. What are you doing? Is it uncomfortable?" Xu Yuqing groaned.

"It's not me, someone in my family is sick, can you go to a doctor?" Li Yuzhu said anxiously.

"Others dare not say, you are here, can I not give you this face? Who calls us good sisters. Go, I will go with you now."

The two came to Li Xingwang's residence in a rickshaw. Xu Yuqing saw Zhou Jin and the group of people gathered around the bed with an anxious look on his face.

Zhou Jin saw Xu Yuqing and said, "Doctor Xu, I'm causing you trouble."

"This is the responsibility of the doctor. Tell me about the patient's condition?"

"Since dinner, I have been vomiting and diarrhea."

Xu Yuqing saw the patient's eyes closed tightly and his face was sallow. He took out a stethoscope and listened to his chest for a while. Then he took his pulse and said, "This is acute food poisoning. He needs to be sent to the hospital immediately."

Li Xingwang suddenly opened his eyes and said, "I'm not going to the hospital. This is the Communist Party looking for me to seek revenge." As soon as he finished speaking, he convulsed all over his body.

Xu Yuqing said: "The patient is very dangerous now, and it will be too late if he doesn't send him to the hospital.

Zhou Jin whispered a few words to a tall subordinate, and then said: "Go to the hospital, I have to see what the Communist Party can do, dare to kill people under my nose?"

A military jeep drove to the gate of Huasheng Hospital. Four men in black brought a stretcher from the car. There was a person lying on the stretcher, covering the whole body with a sheet. Zhou Jin and a few people followed the stretcher. Xu Yuqing entered the hospital behind her and headed to the emergency room.

Soon afterwards, a rickshaw also stopped at the entrance of the hospital, and the round-waisted coachman picked up a bandaged man in the car and walked towards the entrance of the hospital. At this moment, a middle-aged man in a hospital gown appeared in the aisle, chasing after him. The driver said that the person on his back had dropped something, and while talking, he stuffed a piece of paper into Li Xingwang's hand, then turned and walked back.

Li Xingwang woke up suddenly, and he saw the paper with the light at the door saying: Brother Xingwang, knowing that you will come to the hospital to seek medical treatment tonight, so a single post is prepared for you to use: greedy for life, fear of death, not enough for training; selling friends for help Glory, man and god punish. He shouted: "There is a Communist Party!"

At this time, the gunshot rang, and Li Xingwang was shot in the head, and he fell down and couldn't move. The coachman turned around and took the gun. Before he could pull the trigger, he was shot in the chest, and then another shot in the face. , Half of his face is gone. The coachman fell to the ground, and the middle-aged man stepped forward and fired three shots at Li Xingwang's body. Then he took off his hospital gown and disappeared into the boundless night.

On July 1, 1947, the party’s birthday, an old man came to Dai Changchun Hotel. He was wearing a melon hat and a pair of reading glasses on his face. His gray beard was dragged to his chest, and he was squatting with his waist. Entering the door with a cane, I saw Dai Changchun and said, "Boss, help my old man."

Dai Changchun hurried over to support him, and the old man wrote the word "mountain" on the back of his hand.

Dai Changchun understood, and said, "You have been walking a lot, go to the back room and rest."

Entering the house, the old man took off his reading glasses, took off his beard, and said, "Boss Dai, I'm fine in this outfit, right?"

Dai Changchun smiled and said, "Fengshan, no, Comrade'Fisherman', if you don't remind me, I don't even know it's you."

Zhang Fengshan laughed and said, "Famous teachers make high apprentices. My makeup skills are still passed down by the'Carpenter'. He is the living treasure of our party's underground front." The "Carpenter" is what Zhang Fengshan said, Zhu Dapeng. After many years, the country will be safe. The department posted a "Notice" saying that Comrade Zhu Dapeng passed away due to illness at the age of 89. The comrade joined the Communist Party of China in 1927 and has been working in the central security department. He has made outstanding contributions to the party and enjoys the status of deputy military. The resume is very "Jane", but what people are interested in is "enjoying the treatment of a deputy military position." Why don't you recognize such an old revolutionary in the Ministry? People were talking about the "Pu Gao". At this time, an old man came to see "Pu Gao" crying and said, "Carpenter, you phoenix has finally left us." Then they knew that Zhu Dapeng was The famous "Carpenter".

Dai Changchun said in surprise: "No wonder you turned out to be his apprentice. He is a legend in our party's underground work. I have only heard of him but haven't seen him yet."

Zhang Fengshan said: "After the victory of the revolution, I will recommend you to meet. Today is the party's birthday. Let's celebrate. You are not so stingy that you are reluctant to give me a sip of wine, right?"

Dai Changchun said: "Usually I am afraid of drinking and mishaps, but today is an exception. I will make an exception. You wait, I will get the wine and prepare a few dishes. Let's celebrate."

The two of them were drinking and chatting, and there were many things to celebrate.

Dai Changchun said: "The Northwest War Situation has achieved the'three wars and three victories'. On May 14, Vice Chairman Zhou appeared at the Zhujie meeting held by the Northwest Field Army and announced that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao have stayed in northern Shaanxi since they withdrew from Yan'an. All the soldiers and civilians in the border areas work together. He demanded that the soldiers and civilians in the border areas, under the leadership of the Party Central Committee and Mao Zedong, be united and determined to persevere in the struggle to completely eliminate Hu Zongnan, regain Yan'an as soon as possible, liberate the entire northwest, and liberate the whole of China."

Zhang Fengshan said: "I listened to the radio and Hu Zongnan's military adventure was liquidated. In less than two months, he lost three brigades. He is now stuck in northern Shaanxi, unable to advance or retreat, and unable to retreat. The turning point of the war in the Northwest. At the same time, it was a turning point in the national war."

Dai Changchun said: "You are right. The big turning point is happening quietly. It was yesterday that Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the 130,000-strong Jin-Hebei-Lu-Yu field army to cross the Yellow River south to advance to our Dabie Mountains, with Chen Su and Chen Xie. The other two armies have a strategic layout in the shape of a'product'. After taking a tour of the Central Plains, it seems that a big battle against the Central Plains is about to take place.

Zhang Fengshan said excitedly: "They sing the lead role, but we can't do without the tricks."

The army of Liu and Deng advanced into the Dabie Mountains, like a sharp knife inserted into the heart of the Kuomintang. The Kuomintang mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops along the Longhai Line and surrounded the Central Plains army. The decisive battle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party for the Central Plains kicked off.

In Liu Chenglong's headquarters, an enlarged military map was hung on the wall of the conference room. It was just replaced. Zhang Fengshan saw arrows marking the marching route of Liu Deng's army and the signs of the Kuomintang army.

Liu Chenglong cocked Erlang's legs, humming a small tune.

Zhang Fengshan said, "Commander, I am in a good mood today."

Liu Chenglong said: "Reserve soldiers for thousands of days, and use them for a while. Now that Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping are invading Dabie Mountain, Lao Tzu should come in handy. Lao Tzu waits for work and will destroy them in Dabie Mountain."

Zhang Fengshan said: "The Tiger of the Twelfth Army is in front of him. I'm afraid they won't be able to reach Wencheng. The commander can safely drink and watch the show."

Liu Chenglong laughed and said: "You kid is still a little insightful. Old Jiang's direct line is here. They not only have planes, artillery, tanks, armored vehicles, submachine guns, all American equipment, armed to the teeth, and they The milk they drank and the biscuits they ate were all from the United States. It is said that the cosmetics used by the women in the military were also supported by the old American. As for Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping’s field troops, all the heavy weapons they received from the Japanese were thrown in the yellow flood area. The disparity in military strength is too great, and they are afraid to come here to die."

Zhang Fengshan was also worried about this. The enemy is strong and we are weak, and the power is asymmetrical. So he said: "I recently read an article published in the Hong Kong "Ta Kung Pao". It was the record of an American female reporter Strong interviewing Communist Party leader Mao Zedong last year. Mao said He came up with a point of view, saying that all reactionaries are paper tigers, and that they are not even afraid of American nuclear weapons, but also our aircraft and artillery. I wonder what the commander thinks of his statement?"

Liu Chenglong smiled and said: "This is called idiotic dreams. Mao is a poet, and poets generally have romantic feelings. Do you believe his words, Xiaomi plus rifles can beat our aircraft cannon?"

Zhang Fengshan thought that the Japanese weapons were also very advanced at the beginning, but our weapons were lagging behind, and we eventually defeated them. The decisive force for the victory or defeat of the war lies in the hands of the people. To fail. "Believe it or not, I also asked the commander for advice when I was skeptical."

When the two of them were talking, there was noisy outside, and there were scattered gunshots from time to time.

Liu Chenglong was so scared that he got under the conference table and said: "The big thing is not good, Liu Deng's army is coming."

Zhang Fengshan smiled secretly when he saw him in such a fright. He was not ashamed just now, and now he almost peeed his pants. What about such a greedy and fearful soldier, even the best soldier who gave him the best weapon? I'm afraid it will stop sending in his hand. "Commander, don't panic, Liu Deng and the others are still in Henan at the moment. Could it be that they are heavenly soldiers and will not be able to fly?"

After Liu Chenglong reminded Zhang Fengshan, he suddenly realized that he quickly got out of the table and said, "Yes, they have to pass through the territory of the Eighteenth Army. Since the establishment of the Eighteenth Army, whether it is fighting the Japanese or the Communist Party. The army fought against each other, and I have never tasted defeat. I am really worried about it.” While speaking, he called the guards loudly and asked them to find out what happened outside.

The gunfire stopped, and the guard came in and said, "Report to the commander. It is the hungry people in the city who are making trouble."

Only then did Liu Chenglong completely relieved his heart and asked, "What's the matter with the gunfire?"

The guard reported: "The hungry people robbed rice, and Jiang Chengbo's guard team fired."

At this time, Fang Jiqing and Hu Kongzhao came in in a panic. Hu Kongzhao said: "Commander Liu, the big thing is not good. A group of poor ghosts are making trouble. Please send troops to suppress it."

Liu Chenglong asked: "How many people are there?"

Fang Jiqing replied: "Looking at the formation, there are thousands of people."

Zhang Fengshan said: "Commander, these are unarmed civilians. If you send troops to suppress them, they will be held accountable, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the commander."

Liu Chenglong was about to send troops. Hearing what Zhang Fengshan said, he hurried down the donkey and cursed at Hu Kongzhao: "Your county police and security teams eat dry food?"

Hu Kongzhao said: "These guys don't work hard. Seeing that many of them are their relatives and acquaintances, they neither shoot nor arrest people."

Liu Chenglong said: "This is your responsibility as the county magistrate. If you are hungry, will you make trouble?"

Hu Kongzhao said aggrieved: "The military rations increase every year, and the banknotes depreciate every day. It's really hard for my brother to be the county head.

Fang Jiqing said: "I suspect that it is the Communists who fan the flames and cause chaos, or ask the commander to send troops to suppress it."

Liu Chenglong said: "The arrest of Communists is the work of your county's party headquarters. Is it possible that I arrested thousands of hungry people. Can your prison be put in place?"

At this time, the captain of the county police team came to report that the hungry people had dispersed. The nursing home team killed two people and injured more than a dozen people. It was also destroyed.

Hu Kongzhao raised his hand and slapped the captain of the county police force, cursing: "How did you become the captain? Dare you not obey the command? I will withdraw you now."