Ye Ting was dressed neatly, riding fast on the road with his guards, and various pictures of Xiang Ying and the New Fourth Army constantly appeared in his mind.
"Stop! Stop!!" Shouts came from behind Ye Ting. Ye Ting turned around and saw Xiang Ying chasing after him. Ye Ting whipped the war horse hard and shouted loudly, "Xiang Ying, go back.
I'm going to open a way for our New Fourth Army to come out. If something happens to me, the New Fourth Army will still need you, Xiang Ying!"
"Stop!" Xiang Ying shouted loudly, whipped his horse, and hurried over.
The two groups of people chased and ran, and soon arrived at the foot of Huangshan Mountain.
"Pa!" There was a gunshot, and Ye Ting, Xiang Ying and others quickly reined in their horses, found cover after jumping, and hid.
"This is the garrison of the National Army. Who are you?" a National Army sentry came out of the forest and shouted.
Ye Ting waved his hand and asked his guards to answer.
The guard loudly replied, "We are from the New Fourth Army. We have come to see Commander Gu Zhutong to discuss important matters."
When the sentry heard that they were from the New Fourth Army, he quickly said, "Okay, wait a minute, I'll report to the superiors right away."
Ye Ting and the guards came out. Xiang Ying walked forward quickly and said to Ye Ting, "Come back with me now. I won't count you as a traitor to the party!"
When Ye Ting heard about rebelling against the Party, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Xiang Ying, am I still a Party member in your eyes?"
Xiang Ying was choked by these words. He looked at Ye Ting, struggled for a long time, and then breathed out and said, "Comrade Ye Ting, I was a little careless in what I said before. Please go back with me to Gu Zhutong's side.
..I’ll go talk.”
Ye Ting shook his head and said, "I know the National Army is uneasy and well-intentioned, but this is the only way to use weapons and weapons. If we fight with the National Army and the Japanese army attacks again, the New Fourth Army will be in danger. Besides, where is my identity? Can the National Army still be there?"
What do you dare to do to me? Who are you? You are a real Red Party member! You are an enemy in the eyes of Chongqing! You will be really caught only if you go."
Xiang Ying was speechless by these words. He pulled Ye Ting and said, "Then don't go. Let's go back and find a way. If it doesn't work, we'll fight!"
"Guys, hurry up! Our commander invites you!" A shout came.
When the two of them looked, a group of soldiers came out.
"Our chief, please go up the mountain." The leading officer said.
"This way, when I go up the mountain, this officer will go back and bring a message." Ye Ting said and pushed Xiang Ying. Xiang Ying glared at Ye Ting. He also knew in his heart that if the troops fought desperately with the Japanese army, they would indeed suffer great losses.
He also hoped that Ye Ting could persuade Gu Zhutong, and thinking that Ye Ting was a famous general in the Northern Expedition after all, the National Army would not dare to do anything to him, so he said, "Then you should be more careful."
Ye Ting nodded and went up the mountain with the soldiers. Xiang Ying looked at Ye Ting's back at the bottom of the mountain and suddenly felt that he had been a little too harsh on Ye Ting before.
——Huangshan Mountain
When Gu Zhutong and Chen Cheng got the news that Ye Ting went up the mountain, they looked at each other. Chen Cheng said to Gu Zhutong in admiration, "Brother Mo, what did you do? Why did Ye Ting suddenly go up the mountain?"
Monk Gu Zhutongye said confusedly, "I don't know either. I heard it was someone from the New Fourth Army. I thought it was some kind of messenger. Who would have thought it was Ye Ting? What do you think we should do now?"
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Chen Cheng squinted his eyes and said, "It's easy to handle. Let's talk first. If we can't reach an agreement, we will detain him on the spot. If Ye Ting is arrested, we can take action with peace of mind. Now Chen Yi, Su Yu and others in the New Fourth Army are in northern Jiangsu, Gao Jingting is in Jiangbei, and Ye Ting is one of them."
Catch them, they only have Zhang Yunyi and others in the army, and they are leaderless, so it will be much easier to fight."
Gu Zhutong nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, let's do it this way. I will immediately ask Shangguan Yunxiang and others to prepare for the attack."
While the two were talking, Ye Ting was observing the defenses on Huangshan Mountain. What surprised him was that there were many more troops on Huangshan Mountain than he had imagined, and there were not many defensive positions designed. Ye Ting deliberately walked around and found that
There are more and more doubts. Huangshan is not so much preparing for defense as it is preparing for attack. It looks very abnormal.
"Commander Ye, why are you here? I wonder who it is from the New Fourth Army." Gu Zhutong came out to greet him and said with a smile.
Ye Ting smiled and shook hands with Gu Zhutong and said, "Brother Mo, there are some things I have to do. Your troops on Huangshan are really strong. I see the Japanese army coming to attack, but Brother Mo is not afraid at all."
Gu Zhutong smiled and patted Ye Ting's shoulder, stretched out his hand to guide and said, "Brother Xiyi, look at what you said. I think you are angry. Let's go in and talk later."
The two walked into the headquarters. Gu Zhutong asked someone to serve tea. Ye Ting took a sip, nodded in admiration and said, "Good tea, the best Huangshan Maofeng."
Gu Zhutong raised his teacup and said, "The tea leaves from Huangshan Maofeng are thin and flat, emerald green with a slight yellowish tint, and the color is oily and bright; the pointed buds are nestled tightly in the leaves, resembling a bird's tongue. After brewing, the top-quality tea leaves will be suspended vertically in the
In the water, and then slowly sinking, the buds are tall and the leaves are tender, which is very interesting, just like our cup. If you like it, I will bring you a pound."
Ye Tinggong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, thank you. Having said that, Brother Mo, our New Fourth Army has been resisting the Japanese army for more than half a month. We have suffered heavy losses and are in urgent need of repairs. I also hope that for the sake of the overall situation of the anti-Japanese war, Brother Mo can raise his hand and give way to the mountain road."
Let our troops cross the mountain and repair."
Gu Zhutong smacked his lips, rubbed his hands and said, "That's it...actually, the New Fourth Army is a member of the National Army, and they fought bravely. When you attacked Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, I thought of it as soon as I got the news.
It was you who did it, and the chairman of the committee also won many awards, but... in this important military location in Huangshan, we have to be more cautious..."
Ye Ting put down the teacup and said, "How cautious should we be? Do we need all the New Fourth Army to lay down their weapons? Brother Mo, we are all soldiers. We should know that a soldier's honor is a soldier's life, and we are not going to Huangshan.
As long as we are given a road to go to Shitai, our New Fourth Army can attack the Dongzhi and Wangjiang areas. This will break the Japanese army's siege plan. Secondly, our army can turn around and attack Jiangbei where the Japanese army has fewer troops. Isn't this good?
What? As for your army, you can defend Huangshan and wait for the opportunity to counterattack. If everything goes well, I believe Xuancheng can be recaptured."
Gu Zhutong looked at Ye Ting and swallowed his saliva. If Agent Jiang hadn't already issued an order to him, he would have been convinced by this plan. He looked at the famous Northern Expedition general in front of him with admiration and took a sip of tea.
, calmed down and said, "In this way, according to the request from the top, we can only allow the New Fourth Army to cross the border, but not the rest of the non-New Fourth Army troops."
Ye Ting immediately said happily, "That's great, let's talk about the details next."
Gu Zhutong waved his hand and said, "I probably didn't make it clear. It is the real New Fourth Army... The New Fourth Army personnel who were registered in the list of officers and soldiers of our People's Army in 1937 and after. According to my understanding, after these three years of bloody battles,
There are probably more than 27,000 people in your army."
Ye Ting stood up with a swish and said, "Sir Gu! What do you mean by this? We have hundreds of thousands of people in the New Fourth Army..."
"Have any of these people registered in Chongqing? Anyone who has not registered should not have the status of a member of the National Army, right? Who knows if they are bandits or traitors?" Gu Zhutong asked immediately.
"All our soldiers are real anti-Japanese fighters!" Ye Ting retorted, "And our soldiers are all volunteers! They joined voluntarily. This is the power promised to us by the chairman of the committee! We are allowed to replenish ourselves."
Saying that, Ye Ting took a deep breath and said, "We have selected the soldiers who come to join our New Fourth Army. If they are not within the scope of our recruitment, we will not accept them. We have complied with the military committee's orders to the greatest extent."
Order, not to mention that our troops are all anti-Japanese troops. In the past three years, our New Fourth Army has fought more than 2,000 times with the Japanese army! Our guerrilla zones are spread all over the country, and our soldiers never disturb the people, and none of our officers have surrendered to the enemy.
I don’t understand! Why should the Chairman be suspicious and worried about such a unit?”
"So I said, Xiyi, you should only be a general, not a marshal. You don't understand political things very well."
As he said that, a man in his early fifties wearing a military uniform came out from behind the scenes. Ye Ting looked at the man and said in surprise, "Ci Xiu, why are you here?"
Chen Cheng sat down, and the guard next to him quickly served tea. Chen Cheng thanked him and said to Ye Ting, "Xiyi, I won't lie to you. The New Fourth Army is expanding its troops everywhere and grabbing territory. The last commission has issued the final order, requiring
The New Fourth Army retreated to Hebei, but what now? You are all in Jiangnan. The Committee and the Military Commission have already considered the New Fourth Army to be suspected of being rebels. Now there are only two paths before the New Fourth Army, one is to accept the reorganization of the National Army, and the other is to be
Determined to be a rebel extermination.”
Ye Ting felt like five thunderbolts struck his head. He opened his mouth, pointed at Chen Cheng and was speechless for a long time. After a while, he said, "Chen Cheng! It's complete nonsense to say that the New Fourth Army is a rebel! I, the New Fourth Army, fought the Japanese..."
"I know!" Chen Cheng interrupted Ye Ting, sat down and waved the others to leave, then said, "It's because the New Fourth Army fought so well and did so well, when our National Army came to the village, every household in the village
Close the door tightly, as if we are bandits. But wherever your New Fourth Army goes, you send chickens and meat. You don't want it, and you still have to spend money to buy it?
We only gave you equipment at the beginning of the war, but now you have more than 100,000 troops and no shortage of guns and artillery. The casualty ratio between our National Army and the Japanese is usually three to one. This is still a good fight. How about you? It is often ten to one.
One, but the problem is that you are the one!!
Your New Fourth Army has now reached the point where you can enter and leave Nanjing at will. Every day in Nanjing, your people are posting anti-Japanese slogans. I would like to ask, when the Japanese devils are driven out by us, our White Party will still be in Nanjing.
, and there are hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops that do not belong to us next to Nanjing, and there is even an army that can enter Nanjing at any time, do you think the Chairman can still sleep?"
Chen Cheng sighed, walked slowly to Ye Ting's side and said, "I know, maybe a hundred years from now, when the world evaluates this matter, I, Mo San, and even the Chairman will be stigmatized, but if we don't do this, maybe ten
A few years later, we people will not even be able to live in Nanjing... Xiyi, please cooperate with us. All of us know your talent. Needless to say, how suppressed you were in the New Fourth Army.
Will he lead troops to fight? He is the supervisor sent by the Red Party! The Chairman of the Committee said that as long as you are willing to lead troops for the Chairman, if you want to go to the front, I will give you a group army with all the latest Soviet weapons! You want it
If you want to take charge of one side and give you a war zone as deputy commander, I, Chen Cheng, am here to promise you! Within three years, you will definitely be able to reach the position of war zone commander."
Chen Cheng stretched out his hand with a sincere face and said, "Xi Yi, I regard you as my best friend. If you want to fight the Japanese, it's not a fight. Instead of leading troops in the Red Party who are not trusted, why don't you give yourself a chance again?"
, also give the Chairman a chance, the Chairman can do better than you think!"
Gu Zhutong looked at Chen Cheng in disbelief. He never expected that Jiang's intermediary would offer such a high price for Ye Ting. If according to this statement, wouldn't Ye Ting, who joined halfway, have to marry He Yingqin in more than ten years?
, Chen Cheng is on an equal footing with himself?
Ye Ting sighed and said, "Ci Xiu, the conditions you mentioned are very good, but just like back then, we have different ambitions. 90% of the officers of the National Army are from wealthy and educated families, while 70% of our officers and political commissars are from wealthy families."
% are from workers and peasants. I would like to ask, can the country established by the White Party allow a person like me from a rural background to get ahead?" Ye Ting stood up and asked, "In this way, am I surrendering myself to a trap?
If I don’t cooperate with you, will you arrest or kill me?”
Chen Cheng said quickly, "Xi Yi, what are you talking about? How could I kill you? I just hope you can go to Chongqing to rest for a while."
Ye Ting's heart sank. He didn't know whether Liu Dake and Xiang Ying could lead the troops through this hurdle. He said to Chen Cheng, "Yuanjia's dendrobium wine is not yet cold, and the blood of Shaoxing and Dali is still warm. Why is the country only half-way?"
Destroying the Great Wall with an unprovoked ax? Let’s go... But our New Fourth Army is not that easy to take down."
Chen Cheng took Ye Ting's hand and said, "You can think about it again, and we can discuss the conditions again."
Ye Ting shook his head and said, "Only the Red Party can realize my ideal. Ci Xiu, in the past we had a cabinet scandal, was it for the sake of official position? Do you still remember the saying back then that if you want to get promoted or make a fortune, please go another way; if you are greedy for life or afraid of death, don't enter this door."
What? If I betray my ideals for the sake of official position, then what qualifications do I have to say that I am a wise man?"
Chen Cheng looked at Ye Ting and knew that Ye Ting had made up his mind. He walked out helplessly and said to the soldiers, "Take Commander Ye down to rest."
After Ye Ting was taken away, Chen Cheng said to Gu Zhutong, "Now that Ye Ting has been captured, we are ready to take action."
Gu Zhutong nodded and said, "Okay, let's discuss how to march."
