When Liang Huazhi heard this, he became more and more convinced that something was wrong. He quickly agreed loudly and called the relevant person to notify him.

Yin Fu is the name of Zhao Chengshou, commander of the Seventh Army. Public Security refers to Wang Jingguo, commander of the 13th Army. Both have attended the meeting at the Jin army's temporary base camp, Ke Nanpo, in recent days. According to Yan Xishan's instructions last year, he arranged the iron-blooded military reorganization matter. After receiving a call from Liang Huazhi, he did not dare to neglect. He immediately jumped into the special car and rushed to the core of Ke Nanpo as quickly as possible, Commander Yan's mansion.

Since last year, the security level of the Eighth Route Army has been at its highest level in the military center that took two years to build. The already narrow and rugged bluestone roadside was filled with sandbags of large and small. The checkpoints were separated by twenty or thirty meters, and the traffic passengers were strictly inspected, and the procedures were stricter than the other. Even if the people waiting to pass outside the checkpoint were lined up in a long queue, they would never let them go easily.

Due to the level reasons, the special cars of Zhao Chengshou and Wang Jingguo were of course not within the inspection scope of the guards. Despite this, the two of them were delayed a lot of time on the road. When they arrived at the gate of Yan Mansion, the head of the guard Zhang Fengji had been waiting there for a long time. Without waiting for the car to stabilize, they immediately led several guards to step forward and opened the door. At the same time, they said loudly: "Report to the two commanders, the boss is waiting for you in four holes. Secretary-General Liang said that he went to pick up Mr. Chi Long, and let you two go in first after you arrive, and you don't have to wait for him specifically." (Note 1)

"Ah, Mr. Cilong is coming too." Zhao Chengshou and Wang Jingguo were slightly stunned and asked in unison.

"Of course, the boss ordered Secretary Liang to pick him up in person." The head of the guard Zhang Fengji responded loudly without thinking, with a little admiration. After the words came, he was stunned and quickly turned his head outside the door, his eyes full of confusion.

In the entire Jinsui Army system, there is only Zhao Daiwen, the director of the Executive Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee who is over 70 years old. Although this man is not intoxicated with military power, he is a close friend that Yan Xishan made when he was studying in Japan in his early years. He accompanied the latter from the Xinhai Uprising, vowed to the Northern Expedition, and the Central Plains War to the present, and participated in all the major decisions of the Jinsui Army. Every time Yan Xishan makes in his career, there is almost the shadow of this man behind him. Therefore, in the Jinsui system, he is known as a hidden figure. All the senior figures in the system, including Yan Xishan himself, respectfully call him Mr.

However, in the past two years, Mr. Seilong has become increasingly far away from the core of power. First of all, because of his active promotion to form a new army, it has caused dissatisfaction among many veterans within the Jinsui system. Secondly, last autumn, when the Jin faction decided to solve the new army by force, he vigorously dissuaded the news, and the old army lost the best opportunity, which made many people begin to doubt his loyalty to the Jin army and Commander Yan. Again, the most fatal problem is that at the end of last year and at the beginning of recent years, the Jin faction decided to contact the Japanese and save the country in a curved manner. He actually slapped the table with Commander Yan in front of a group of generals, announcing that if the Jin faction surrendered, he would jump to the Yellow River immediately, rather die than join the crowd here.

This time, it completely touched Commander Yan's Ni Lin. He was immediately rebuked by Commander Yan and ordered the guards to go home to "study and cultivate their spirits". At that time, Zhao Chengshou, Wang Jingguo and others believed that even if Commander Yan forgave this person, he would not ask him for any suggestions. However, he did not expect that just a few months later, Commander Yan actually forgot the quarrel between the two, and generously sent confidential secretary Liang Huazhi to pick up the Mr. Qilong.

Since Commander Yan has decided to ignore the old evil, as Yan Xishan's confidant general, Zhao Chengshou and Wang Jingguo naturally have to be more enthusiastic. They simply stand at the door and greet Mr. Cilong's great deeds with the guard Zhang Fengji. On the one hand, this can moderately express their respect for Mr. Cilong, reflecting the spirit of "respecting the elderly and respecting the virtuous" that Commander Yan has always advocated. On the other hand, by waiting for Mr. Cilong during this period, they would also make some preparations, so as not to perform too poorly in front of Commander Yan, which will affect their own image.

The attendant Zhang Fengji is a very pure martial arts master. He has never been very versatile in the officialdom. Although he does not understand why Commander Yan's attitude towards Mr. Cilong suddenly turns cold to warm, it does not affect his respect for this person at all. Seeing that Zhao Chengshou and Wang Jingguo decided to stay at the door to wait with him, he nodded in understanding and suggested with a smile: "The two generals might as well go in and report to the boss first, and then come out to wait. I guess Commander Yan will come out to greet the military advisor in person later."

"Thank you, General Zhang." Although it was just a very ordinary suggestion, Zhao Chengshou and Wang Jingguo's eyes lit up. They immediately thanked Zhang Fengji seriously, then left the personal guard, handed over the matching gun, and walked into the yard quickly side by side.

The interior of the yard was cleaned very clean, and Yan Xishan himself did not like luxury, so the appearance of several caves was also very simple. Except for the large pieces of glass embedded in the doors and windows, it was no different from the private houses of other wealthy country landlords. From a distance, people could clearly see through the glass in the fourth hole. Commander Yan was working at the desk, his head was pressed very low, and his back was already a little carried, but his hand holding the brush was still very calm and powerful. Every time he moved, it showed the strength and calmness of the owner.

In an instant, Zhao Chengshou's mind jumped back to the eve of the Central Plains War. At that time, Commander Yan and Mr. Ci Long had disagreements. One insisted on fighting, and the other insisted on compromising with the Nanjing Central Government in exchange for the opportunity to rest and rest in various places under the rule of the Jinsui Group. As a result, Mr. Ci Long threatened to jump into the river, but was ordered by Commander Yan to hug the guards and dragged them into the back house to "calm." Then, 250,000 Jinsui Army and the Central Army fought back and forth on a thousand-mile front, blood flowing. At the critical moment, Zhang Xiaoliuzi led the Northeast Army to a knife on the back of the Jinsui Group. Commander Yan had to give up the prosperous Beiping, Tianjin, Hebei, western Henan, and retreated to Jin and Suiyuan. From then on, the Jinsui Group took a downhill road and was unable to restore its former glory. (Note 2)

Just as he was a little distracted, Wang Jingguo had already run to the door of the fourth hole first, saluted through the glass, and shouted loudly: "Report, Wang Jingguo and Zhao Chengshou, the commander of the Seventh Army, are ordered to come to meet him. I wish Commander Yan good health and victory in every battle."

"Nothing." Yan Xishan immediately got up and opened the door from inside, and scolded him with a smile, "I am healthy and have nothing to do with winning every battle. You lazy guy, you are unwilling to work hard to make me happy and make the bullshit and smooth, and you are so embarrassed to shout so loudly."

"Hehe, hehe!" Wang Jingguo scratched his head as if he was honest and blushed, and explained in a low voice, "Isn't this what makes you happy when you are too tired? If you are healthy, you will naturally increase the morale of the entire army a hundred times. This will definitely win every battle."

"Bad." Yan Xishan smiled and cursed again, but the anger left in his heart quickly disappeared without a trace. "Since you two have arrived, let's go out with me to pick up Mr. Ci Long. He is old and is not very easy to get on and get off the car. He needs a careful person to help him."

"Yes." Wang Jingguo and Zhao Chengshou quickly exchanged winks and responded in unison.

Yan Xishan looked at the two of them with satisfaction, and walked slowly outside the yard with his hands behind his back. Wang Jingguo followed half a step behind, and while walking, he whispered: "If Mr. Cilong knew that you had been waiting for him at the door, even if there was still grudge in his heart, it would probably disappear. To be honest, I can't see him during meetings these days, and I really feel a little uncomfortable."

"He has a bad temper. It would be nice if he didn't go to the newspaper to issue a statement to break up with me, so he wouldn't care whether I greet him or not." Yan Xishan smiled and shook his head slightly. After so many years of friendship with Zhao Daiwen, they could understand each other's temper and character clearly. Zhao Daiwen would never forget the last quarrel, but this did not prevent him from continuing to give advice to himself, nor did he prevent him from continuing to regard him as his brother and military advisor. However, when discussing matters, he tried not to mention the words of compromise with the Japanese.

"Mr. Cilong is old, so he doesn't want to watch our Jinsui Army take risks. In fact, in his heart, he still puts the interests of our Jinsui Army first." Although Zhao Chengshou could not bear the face and deliberately pleased Yan Xishan like Wang Jingguo, he slowly caught up and whispered to find a way for both parties involved.

However, Yan Xishan didn't need this step at all. He shook his head and continued to smile and said, "I know his thoughts very well, and he also knows his difficulties. It's just that he regards fame and wealth as dirt in his life, and he has always struggled in the world of fame and fortune, and he can't be as detached as him, so sometimes his opinions are inevitable."

"It was also because we, the boss, did not hesitate to let himself down for a place to settle down in the future. If we were not dragged down by the unscrupulous younger generations, we would probably do something else." After hearing Yan Xishan's words, there was always a sense of depression. Wang Jingguo immediately spoke and shouted to share the other party's worries.

"Drag," Yan Xishan obviously first heard this statement. He turned around and looked surprised, but soon, he laughed loudly, and laughed so happily that before he knew it, two lines of old tears slowly slid down the corners of his eyes. "Drag, although you are unwilling to study hard, this word is used quite well, dragging down, dragging down, but I don't know if it was me who dragged the Jinsui Army or the Jinsui Army that dragged the me. Oh, I couldn't understand Zhang Xiaoliuzi back then, but now I think that he must be like this, so that he can stop being embarrassed and end up being imprisoned."

Note 1: The Sikong, Yan Xishan’s mansion in Kenanpo is a traditional Shanxi-style cave with seven kilns in total. Yan usually handles official business in the Fourth Hole.

Note 2: Zhang Xiaoliuzi, namely Zhang Xueliang, during the heyday of the Jin army, controlled the southern part of the Chahar and Henan. After the Central Plains War, except for Shanxi and Suiyuan, other areas were obtained by Zhang Xueliang.
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