Chapter 3 Storm (Nine Middle School)

I have to say that An Huating was very good at playing this trick, and through the public reception of the division headquarters, not only did he express his feelings to Fu Zuoyi, but he also made the visitors lose space to play conspiracies.

Tao Ketao was originally a smart guy, and the scene he saw with his own eyes along the way touched him. At this moment, seeing that Anhuating had already been prepared for himself, he did not dare to act too rashly. He submitted Sakurai's handwritten letter in front of the core figures of the temporary 10th Division, and as an intermediary, he clearly conveyed the Japanese concerns about the mining experts trapped in Wuyuan City, and begged Fu Zuoyi's troops to remember that the latter was a non-armed person and allowed the Japanese to redeem them with any materials other than arms.

"Not armed personnel," An Huating curled his lips and questioned loudly, "I heard that these people were holding guns in their hands when they were captured."

"Misunderstanding, that's a misunderstanding." Tao Ketao quickly stood up and explained with a smile on his face, "They didn't know that the Northern Army was a benevolent and righteous army. They were afraid that their personal safety would not be guaranteed, so they picked up weapons and tried to resist to the end. But a group of nerds didn't know how to use guns. In the end, they had to put down their weapons and wait to be captives of your troops."

"I don't know whether the weapons were put down. Anyway, those who refused to surrender at that time must have been dead. As for those who were alive, whether they were allowed to redeem the Japanese or to be taken to Chongqing for trial, it depends on our Chief Fu's mood. I, a small temporary commander, can't speak." An Huating shook his head and continued to block the other party's mouth with the words.

"I know, I know." Tao Ketao bowed again and bowed, as obedient as a third grandson. "So I don't dare to make things difficult for me. I just want you to tell General Fu Zuoyi for me. If General Fu Zuoyi is willing to nod, there will naturally be higher-level people coming to discuss the details of the specific redeem of the prisoners with your subordinates."

"It's okay to spread a message." An Huating frowned and thought for a while, and agreed in a low voice, "But our Chief Fu is very busy recently and may not be able to take the time to study this matter. Let's do this, brother, stay with me for a few days first. When Chief Fu has a reply, I will send someone to notify you immediately."

"How dare you cause so much trouble," Tao Ketao quickly waved his hands and explained with a smile, "I am just a message for the Japanese. When the words are delivered, it should be back. You also know that the Japanese have always been suspicious. I have been marginalized in the pseudo-Mongolia autonomous government over the years. If I delay too long on your side, I will definitely be a lot of trouble after going back."

"That won't be true. I've come from all the way. How can I leave without a few meals?" An Huating put on a look of sincere guest appearance and opened his voice and made a loud noise. "Besides, if Chief Fu agrees, if you are not here, who will I inform you? You can't let me contact the old Japanese Sakai directly, right?"

"I, I will leave a few trustworthy followers here. They are all old men who have been with me for many years. They know the importance of doing things." I can't figure out Fu Zuoyi's attitude towards him, so Tao Ketao was willing to stay. While shaking his head vigorously, he added loudly, "At that time, they will take the letter back to me. I will come over to visit Brother An again. Anyway, this place is not far from Guisui. As long as the road returns to smooth flow, it will take only two or three days to drive."

"No, no, I will recognize your brother, I'm not sure about the others." An Huating pulled Tao Ketao's sleeve and continued to be enthusiastic about staying guests. "Stay here, stay here, we two haven't seen each other for several years, so we have to chat up carefully. Come on, set up a few more marching tents next to the division headquarters, wrap it thickly in felt, Brother Bai is thin, so let's not freeze him."

"Brother An, Brother An, I really can't, I can't stay here." Tao Ketao was so anxious that tears were almost flowing out, and while struggling, he quietly moved his suitcase to Anhuating with his feet. "Although I have always been in the same position as the Japanese, I have held positions there. If I am targeted by someone with a heart, it will be a problem for you guys."

"Please, when did I, An, have been afraid of trouble?" An Huating was seven dissatisfied, eight were angry, and shouted, "You can live here with peace of mind. I see who dares to gossip, let alone we knew each other. Even if we didn't know each other, we would not kill the envoys in the first place. Let's stay there, just stay there."

The guest and the host and the host argued for a few more times. After all, Tao Ketao was very powerful and was forced to stay by An Huating. He drank and reminisced. After a while of drinking, he got drunk. Then he was supported by An Huating's guards and went to the tent that had just been set to rest.

The drunk person naturally couldn't remember his own belongings, so An Huating understood it and quietly took Tao Ketao's suitcase back to his tent. He opened it and checked it carefully. After a few copies were read quickly, the cold sweat on his forehead rolled down. He quickly called his nephew Wang Haicheng to his side, gave it a careful advice, and then ordered the man to bring a company guard and deliver the box to the front headquarters of the Northern Route Army overnight.

In the front headquarters of the Northern Army, Fu Zuoyizheng and Lu Yinglin and Dong Qiwu and other core generals of the Northern Army discussed the next action plan. When they heard An Huating's confidant adjutant asked for a visit with important information, they were stunned. They looked at the people around them and said in surprise: "What kind of tricks do this An Mengzi want to do? Didn't the Japanese on his side have been completely removed long ago?" (Note 1)

"Maybe there will be some new discoveries on the battlefield." Chief of Staff Lu Yinglin was very satisfied with Anhuating's temporary 10th Division recently in battle and took the initiative to speak for the powerful general who was born in the Green Forest. "He has a long defense line. If the Japanese lost something important when they escaped, they would almost be able to pick it up now."

"Then let Adjutant Wang come in and report to everyone what treasure they had picked up by Commander An." Fu Zuoyi had always obeyed Lu Yinglin, thought for a while, and gave orders with a smile.

When the guards heard this, they quickly agreed to call Wang Haicheng. After a while, Tao Ketao deliberately "leaved" the suitcase of the temporary 10th Division headquarters was placed in front of Fu Zuoyi. According to Anhuating's prior instructions, Wang Haicheng first reported Tao Ketao's purpose, then looked around and lowered his voice to ask for instructions, "Our division commander has put him under house arrest. As long as the commander gives him an order, he can immediately send someone to tie him up and take him to the court."

"He has submitted his letter of fame, why am I so embarrassed to kill him again?" Fu Zuoyi opened the box with no secret hand, and while looking through the documents inside, he commented with a smile. Tao Ketao's actions did not make him feel strange at all. In fact, several groups of messengers have come to see him in the past few days with handwritten letters and generous gifts from senior officials of the pseudo-Mongolia Autonomous Government, asking for a meeting, just to get a relationship so that he can prepare a way out for the future when the wind direction is wrong.

"Yes, this kind of person is more beneficial to staying with the pseudo-Mongolia Autonomous Government than killing him to the great cause of the war of resistance." Chief of Staff Lu Yinglin also smiled, picked up a few points of the document that Fu Zuoyi had read, and read it casually. So far, it was not new. Although the confidentiality level on it was very high, some time ago, the Military Control Commission alone inserted more than a dozen spies into the pseudo-Mongolia government through the German King, eroding the pseudo-Mongolia government like a sieve, and almost no secrets could be hidden.

Before he finished speaking, Fu Zuoyi's face suddenly changed. He pointed to a handwritten document and asked Wang Haicheng in a very low voice, "Who has seen this box and what I thought about box? When will Tao Ketao come to your teacher, and when will your teacher give you the box?"

"Report to the commander, we only saw the 10th Division of the temporary assembly." Wang Haicheng had already received guidance from An Huating, stood attentively and responded loudly, "That Tao Ketao couldn't bear to be the official position of the Japanese, so he pretended to be drunk tonight and secretly left the document box in the hands of our commander. After our commander opened it, he found that the things inside might be very important, so he immediately re-enclosed and sent a cavalry company to escort the commander."

"Well, I understand." Fu Zuoyi thought about it and nodded helplessly. Wang Haicheng's words were obviously prepared in advance. He seemed to be very happy, but in fact he escaped the most critical question. But he could not continue to figure it out. After all, Anhuting sent someone to deliver the documents to him as soon as possible, without any concealment or spreading.

"What's wrong, Yisheng," Lu Yinglin was startled by Fu Zuoyi's abnormal behavior. He was still in a state of consciousness. He asked Fu Zuoyi's word "expression" in confusion.

"Look at this, after reading it, give Qiwu, Wanjiu and others a look, and then burn it immediately." Fu Zuoyi shook his head sadly again, handed a completely handwritten document to Lu Yinglin, and asked him to circulate it to several other core generals of the Northern Army present.

"Who wrote it, Tao Ketao?" Lu Yinglin took the document in surprise and looked at it. After only two or three lines, he immediately stood up and stared at Wang Haicheng and asked sternly, "When Commander An saw this document, are there anyone else around you? Who else Tao Ketao had contact with in your tenth Division? Hurry up and say, don't hide anything."

"When we, our teacher, was reading this document," Wang Haicheng immediately saw sweat on his forehead and quickly reposted according to An Huating's instructions. "When our teacher, we, never liked the person next to us, Tao Ketao was immediately placed under house arrest after dinner. Without our teacher's handwriting, no one could get close to his tent. We, our teacher, also said that he had little reading and short-sighted knowledge, and did not recognize many words in the document, and could not understand what was written in it at all."

"This Ang Shatou." Lu Yinglin also put the documents on the table helplessly and whispered to comment. Dong Qiwu, who was sitting next to him, couldn't bear the surprise in his heart. He quietly stumbled half of his head and peeked at it. The next moment, all the hairs on his body stood upside down.

The first page of the document reads, "On the seventh day of the first lunar month, General Zhao Chengshou met with Sakai's consultant to discuss the Jin army's joining the Asian Anti-Red Alliance and cooperating with the Communist Party of China" (Note 2)

Note 1: Lu Yinglin, an anti-Japanese hero, Fu Zuoyi made friends, Chief of Staff of the Northern Army, and the great victory of Wuyuan was his plan. He was good at planning but could not make a decision. In 1948, he was defeated and committed suicide in the civil war.

Note 2: Yan Xishan believed in the philosophy of survival. During the War of Resistance Against Japan, he found that the Japanese army was strong, so he developed a sense of dependence and sent Zhao Chengshou to communicate with the Japanese side many times. However, because Zhao himself was unwilling to vote for Japan, several communications did not achieve results that satisfies both sides. However, Yan's army still had several divisions, which took the initiative to cooperate with the Japanese army's attack on the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese base.
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