"Of course not." Shu Tongwen said, "Although I believe that the captain and Zihan will not really be traitors, they put on dog skin and their hearts are still towards our China. However, we should try our best to keep them. After all, if no one insists on resisting on the battlefield, the captain and Zihan and their endurance will be meaningless."

Liu Chang said: "If you want me to tell me, you don't need to pay that and just kill them."

Shu Tongwen frowned and said, "Old Liu, what's wrong with you? I found that something is wrong with you recently."

"I'm just a little worried about what you're talking nonsense." Liu Chang was secretly surprised and quickly changed the topic, "Okay, since you insist so much, what else can I say, but I still have to say that the remnants of the 19th Detachment can not be eliminated, but Li Zihan must be solved. This man has a high prestige among the remnants of the 19th Detachment. If you don't solve him, you may not be able to take the 19th Detachment away."

Shu Tongwen stopped talking. From a party standpoint, it is undoubtedly necessary to solve Li Zihan, not only because Li Zihan has a high prestige among the remnants of the 19th Detachment, but also because Li Zihan is a dead-hard member of the Kuomintang and has an extreme hatred towards the Communist Party. If he is not solved now, he will inevitably become a major threat to the New Fourth Army in the future.

But from a personal perspective, Shu Tongwen really was unwilling to do so.

No matter what, Shu Tongwen and Li Zihan were both members of the 19th Brigade. They both fought side by side in the battlefield of Songhu, Nanjing, and Lanfeng. They both fought side by side and formed a friendship between life and death in the battle. Now, Shu Tongwen wanted to attack Li Zihan. This was not only a great question of his human nature, but also a great trampling on his principles of being a human being.

"Awen, I remind you, don't abolish the public because of your own private matters." Liu Chang said in a deep voice, "You must distinguish clearly what small righteousness is and what big festival is."

"Old Liu, stop talking, let me think about this matter again." Shu Tongwen said, "After all, this is not an open and upright matter, right?"

"Awen, my comrade brother, what else do you have to think about and what else to hesitate about? What a simple thing, yes, you and Li Zihan have fought side by side and were once as close as brothers, but this is Xiaoyi after all, and you decisively dealt with Li Zihan and saved a group of anti-Japanese armed forces that are about to slide into the abyss. This is the big festival, this is the big festival."

"Who is more important, Awen, you have to think clearly." Seeing that Shu Tongwen was still hesitant, Liu Chang was so anxious that he even had farts out. He had to worry, because if he dragged on, Li Zihan really led his troops to the Japanese, and Yu Jiaxi fell into the hands of the Japanese. Yu Jiaxi was almost a devil for him.

(Split Line)

Shu Tongwen led the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment and finally caught up with the remnants of the 19th Detachment after a day of marching.

However, in order to avoid misunderstandings among the remnants of the 19th Detachment, Shu Tongwen ordered the troops to keep a certain distance, and did not get too close to the 19th Detachment, nor did he mean to rashly converge.

Then, Shu Tongwen sent someone to invite Li Zihan over.

After receiving Shu Tongwen's invitation, Li Zihan was not suspicious and immediately went to the appointment happily.

After meeting, Shu Tongwen looked at Li Zihan with a complicated expression and said, "Zihan, I want to talk to you."

Li Zihan smiled faintly and said, "I'm here, Awen, just say whatever you have."

After saying that, Li Zihan looked around again. In addition to Liu Chang and Gao Shenxing, there was also a strong man carrying two box cannons. From his expression, he must be Wang Laohu of the Qingyang Independent Regiment. This is also a famous tiger general in Qingyang County. It is said that before joining the New Fourth Army, he was a blacksmith, and he could lift two hundred kilograms with one arm.

Behind Wang Laohu were two New Fourth Army soldiers. The two soldiers were carrying submachine guns on their chests. Moreover, their eyes would always pass over Li Zihan's body intentionally or unintentionally, and the expression on their faces was not very friendly. Seeing this situation, Li Zihan understood everything. If he didn't explain it clearly today, it would be difficult for him to go back alive.

Seeing Shu Tongwen keeping his head down and not talking, Liu Chang was a little anxious and kept looking at Wang Laohu to take action.

Unfortunately, Wang Laohu didn't even care about Liu Chang, but just looked at Shu Tongwen attentively. For some reason, Wang Laohu had always been a little disgusted with Liu Chang and felt that the Minister Liu from the headquarters was a bit sarcastic.

Finally, Shu Tongwen raised his head and looked at Li Zihan and said, "Zihan, don't you think about it anymore?"

"There is nothing to consider." Li Zihan said, "Awen, you have seen the situation of our 19th Detachment. Now that Fujido Takayoshi has withdrawn the mopping force, he can barely take a breath. If the little Japanese turns around and goes into the mountains to chase and suppress, we are afraid that we will not be able to hold on for even half a month. Therefore, instead of consuming our strength in vain, it is better to endure humiliation and preserve our strength for the time being."

"Zihan, you can take the troops to Qingyang for the time being. If you don't want to go to Qingyang, you can also go to Yixian. Why do you have to come up with this bad strategy?" Li Zihan advised, "I can understand the difficulties of you and Lao Xu, but others may not be able to understand. You are criticized today, and it may not be easy to clear them in the future."

Li Zihan smiled and said, "Old Xu said, why should you be a personal reputation for the sake of the country?"

Shu Tongwen continued to persuade: "But I always feel that this is not the best choice, you..."

"Awen, don't persuade him." Li Zihan interrupted him, "I have decided, you really don't need to persuade him anymore."

"Zihan, have you really figured it out?" Shu Tongwen's eyes became colder, and his expression suddenly became serious.

Seeing Shu Tongwen's change of emotions, Wang Laohu, who was standing behind him, quietly reached out to the box cannon hanging around his waist. The two New Fourth Army soldiers behind Wang Laohu also quietly put the trigger of the submachine gun with their right index finger. Seeing this situation, Liu Chang was immediately excited. At this time, Shu Tongwen only needed a small hint, and Li Zihan would be beaten into a sieve immediately.

Li Zihan narrowed his eyes and looked at Shu Tongwen and said, "Awen, I have already thought it clearly and decided."

Shu Tongwen nodded, and just when Liu Chang and Wang Laohu thought he was going to issue a secret code, Shu Tongwen continued, "Okay, since you have already thought it through, I won't say anything. I just hope that we won't meet on the battlefield in the future, so as not to kill each other."

Li Zihan was quite shocked, and Liu Chang and Wang Laohu were even more stupid. What did you say? Shu Tongwen actually changed his mind and wanted to let Li Zihan go?

"Awen, then I'm leaving?" Li Zihan saw Shu Tongwen nodding slightly, turned around and left. However, after walking a few steps, Li Zihan turned around and smiled and said to Shu Tongwen, "Awen, no matter when and in the future, I will never point the gun at you, because we are brothers, and we are brothers everywhere."

Shu Tongwen's tears flowed down, and she choked and said, "Zihan, so do I."

Li Zihan waved his hand and turned around and left. Soon, his tall figure disappeared.

"Awen, Awen, what are you good about you? Ah, what are you good about you?" Liu Chang was anxious and said, "Why did you regret the promised thing again? Now let the Tiger Battalion Commander take people to chase you, everything is still time."

Wang Laohu looked at Shu Tongwen with his eyes. As long as Shu Tongwen issued an order, he was confident that he would catch Li Zihan back.

But Shu Tongwen shook his head and sighed: "It was born with the same roots, why not be too anxious to fight each other? Tigers don't need to chase them."

"Awen, Shu Tongwen, you are making a mistake," Liu Chang stomped his feet in an anxious manner, "I need to remind you that you are a Communist Party member, not a hero in the world. Where is your principles and your party spirit?"
Chapter completed!