Bright Sword's Minion Interspersed

Chapter 167 You Dare to Surrender, Russia Jumps into the Yellow River

(One)

A donkey cart slowly parked outside the yard of an inconspicuous cave dwelling in the north of Jixian County.

Yan Xishan lived in this place a few days ago, and after two days when the rain stopped, he planned to change another place.

Jixian County is a small city in the southeast of Shanxi Province. It is located on the east bank of the Yellow River, surrounded by mountains on three sides and waterfront on one side. It is high in the east and low in the west.

Hukou Waterfall is located in Hukou Town at the southeast end of Jixian County, so it is also the southernmost point of the middle reaches of the Yellow River suitable for crossing into Shaanxi. It is known as "the thoroughfare of Qin and Jin Dynasties".

Ji County, which is high in the east and low in the west, is 62 kilometers long from east to west and 48 kilometers wide from north to south. There are five mountains across the eastern and central parts. The county has undulating mountains, ravines and complex terrain.

This kind of terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Even if it is captured, it is impossible to fully occupy it.

If Jizhong is Ukrainian in North China, the terrain of Naji County is almost considered Afghan.

Luliang Mountain, Taiyue Mountain, and Taihang Mountain have many terrains that resemble Afghanistan.

After the Japanese army captured Jixian County, they tried many times to fight westward to the bank of the Yellow River but failed. Therefore, they changed their tactics. Especially after the Hundred Regiments War, Yoshio Shinozuka came to Shanxi, and his attitude towards Yan Xishan was different. From "tough suppression" to "inducement and wooing", don't talk about doctrine, talk about business.

In order to express his sincerity, Shinozuka Yoshio had already taken the initiative to give up the county seat of Ji County to Yan Laoxi, so that Yan Xishan could grow grain, do business, collect taxes and raise soldiers. This was also the first area where the two sides achieved "coexistence".

Of course, Shinozuka Yoshio also had his gains. For example, in the Battle of Zhongtiaoshan, the Jinsui Army in Southwest Shanxi was "in a hard fight" and was unable to form a response. As a result, the Central Army in Shanxi was wiped out, and Lao Jiang was furious because of this. Yan Xishan was punished with the suspension of military pay.

Regarding the suspension of military pay, Yan Xishan didn't do anything particularly drastic. He just cried poor, cried poor and then cried poor again... After thinking about it here, Lao Jiang couldn't really turn his face and push Yan Laoxi into the enemy camp. I can only scold my mother Xipi angrily from the air.

(two)

On the donkey cart, the person who was helped into the rain was an old man in his 70s with white beard and hair. This was none other than Zhao Cilong, known as the "Prime Minister of Shanxi".

As soon as the car stopped, Yan Xishan came out of the cave in a hurry, followed by his fourth son Yan Zhimin with an umbrella.

At this time, Yan Laoxi is already in his fifties and almost 60 years old, and his actions are no longer as agile as when he was young, but Yan Xishan still respects Mr. Zhao, whom he compares to "my Xun Yu". .

Mr. Zhao is not only Yan Xishan's military adviser, elder brother, and think tank, but also the first principal of Shanxi's "General School Research Institute" in 1912. Since then, Shanxi's "Shanxi Military Education Corps", "Student Corps", and "Shanxi Military Academy" are all Developed on the basis of this research institute, more than half of the high-level officers in the Jinsui Army are disciples of Mr. Zhao.

Yan Laoxi supported Mr. Zhao, and complained, "Why are you in such a hurry, Tianqing doesn't want to wait, I told you to rest well, and I will visit you in a few days!"

"Hurry up!" Mr. Zhao paused on his crutches, and said, "I'm afraid... that's fine, let's talk in the room!"

Seeing Mr. Zhao's appearance, Yan Laoxi basically knew what Mr. Zhao was up to.

Needless to say, the old man finally found out about his sneaking contact with the Japanese!

I have strictly ordered to keep it secret from the old man. Who stabbed you to the old man?
Is the old man's only son Zongfu?Impossible, Zong Fu, who just graduated from Yenching University in his 20s, is helping him run education in the western Shanxi area with great fanfare. It is impossible for him to have access to this news.

other people?Everyone around the old man was arranged by himself. Didn't you hear the report on this?
While being suspicious, Yan Xishan carefully helped Mr. Zhao into the cave.

(three)

"Crack!" The old man took out a piece of paper from his pocket and slapped it on the table without saying a word.

Yan Xishan picked up the paper, watched the fourth Zhimin put the tea on the table, and waved his hand to let his son go out.

Yan Laoxi had five sons in total, but unfortunately the eldest and third child died at birth. The second son Zhikuan, who had high hopes and was married to a big family surnamed Zhao in Shanxi, died unexpectedly two years ago when he was only 21 years old. West hits hard.

Now there are still four Zhimin and five Zhihui left. Yan Laoxi actually prefers Zhihui, who is only 15 years old at this time, and thinks he is more like himself, while the fourth Zhimin... Sigh!

When Zhimin was sent by Yan Laoxi to study in the United States, he met Peiping’s daughter, the two of them were admitted to a master’s degree together, and had a Western-style wedding. This was a good thing, but unexpectedly, a few years ago, Pei’s Coexistence and common prosperity", so the fourth child wants to succeed the Jinsui army and Shanxi industry, and his dream is broken.

At that time, Zhimin majored in radio, and now he has to deal with some confidential affairs, including letting Zhimin and his wife listen to some American radio stations and European radio stations, to keep abreast of the latest situation... It is also wronged them.

After watching Zhimin go out, Yan Laoxi casually opened the colorful leaflet and saw a photo on it, he stood up and walked a few steps to the window, held up his reading glasses to take a closer look, hehehehe laughing up.

"You can still laugh?" Mr. Zhao said dissatisfiedly: "Oh Baichuan, this will be infamous forever!"

"Who brought this here for you? It shouldn't be airdropped to our side... Oh, I know, it's from Xi'an, right? Why, did you letter from Xi'an?"

Yan Xishan basically straightened it out. It was Chongqing who instructed Xi’an to send people over to test it out. Mr. Zhao was a veteran of the 18 Revolution. He is still a member of the Executive Committee of the Kuomintang Central Committee. Once succeeded Cai Yuanpei as the superintendent of the national government.

Yan Laoxi sighed, threw the flyer on the table casually, shook his head and said, "Lao Jiang still doesn't believe me, you can just ask me about this matter, it's not like I won't tell him!"

"Baichuan, is this... is it true or not, huh? Have you really met the devil? And you are going to Taiyuan to meet the devil?" Mr. Zhao asked.

"What did you hear?" Yan Laoxi asked.

Mr. Zhao said: "It is rumored that there is a compromise with Japan. If there is, then everyone is against it. If you go back to Taiyuan, no one will go with you."

"What about you? What do you mean?" Yan Laoxi continued to ask calmly.

Without hesitation, Mr. Zhao said loudly, "Of course I am against it. Needless to say!"

"Then what would happen if you really talked with the Japanese?" Yan Laoxi continued to probe.

Zhao Daiwen said without hesitation: "Then I must jump into the Yellow River!"

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