After Liu Dagutou took the person down, Gao Shenxing, Li Zihan and Shu Tongwen walked out of the inner room.

Shu Tongwen said gratefully: "Captain, thank you. I know you did this to delay the 5th Army and reduce the pressure on the main force of the New Fourth Army. However, if you do this, it will be easy to put the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in a dangerous place."

Li Zihan looked complicated and said, "Yes, Lao Xu, you really shouldn't have withheld Zhang Wenqing, something big will happen."

Zhang Wenqing was both the commander of the First Army and was a senior general of the National Army. His identity was extraordinary. No matter what, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui was at least nominally a part of the National Army. Xu Shijiu withdrew from his colleagues without authorization, which was of very bad nature.

Moreover, Xu Shijiu still suppressed Zhang Wenqing because of helping the New Fourth Army, which was particularly intolerable to Chairman Jiang. Li Zihan could imagine how angry he would be when Chairman Jiang and Gu Zhutong knew the news.

If nothing unexpected happens, Gu Zhutong should do his best to deal with the anti-Japanese and national rescue army in southern Anhui.

At that time, Li Zihan will be trapped between the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui and the Party and the country, and will be in a dilemma, and there will be no one inside or outside.

Xu Shijiu waved his hand and said lightly: "There are people already detained. What's the point of talking about these? However, I want to see what can Shangguan Yunxiang and Gu Zhutong do to me? Send troops to suppress them again? It's really not that I underestimated them. For those like the army, there will be 100,000 people. Our southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army is not afraid at all, just a group of mobs."

After pausing for a moment, Xu Shijiu continued: "I'm just worried. Even with our help, the main force of the New Fourth Army may not be able to break through the encirclement and blockade of the Army. When Xiang Ying chose to go to Maolin and Ningguo to southern Jiangsu, it was really a mistake. If he had gone to Qingyang and then crossed the river from Guichi and Tongling to retreat north, he might have crossed the Yangtze River, alas."

Shu Tongwen also sighed, his eyes gloomy. There were indeed two different opinions on the transfer route. Some commanders led by Ye Ting did propose to cross the river from Guichi and Tongling. Unfortunately, Xiang Ying's opinion was the upper hand in the end, which led to today's tragedy.

If I had left Qingyang and found an opportunity to cross the river from Guichi and Tongling, how could I have been like this today?

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"What did you say just now?" Gu Zhutong looked at Huang Baitao in surprise and said in disbelief, "Xu Shijiu suppressed Zhang Wenqing?"

"It's not just Zhang Wenqing, but also Zhan Zhongyan and Tang Yunshan." Huang Baitao replied with a wry smile. To be honest, when he first received a telegram from Shangguan Yunxiang, Huang Baitao couldn't believe it. Xu Shijiu was so bold that he wouldn't dare to do this, right? But soon, Huang Baitao realized that Shangguan Yunxiang was so stupid that he was so stupid that he accused Xu Shijiu of this matter, because it was easy to confirm.

Realizing this, Huang Baitao didn't even spend any effort to verify it, so he came to report to Gu Zhutong directly.

"What, Zhan Zhongyan and Tang Yunshan were also detained by Xu Shijiu?" Gu Zhutong was angry when he heard this, and was even more worried. Zhang Wenqing, Zhan Zhongyan and Tang Yunshan were detained, and all the three chief officials of the Di Army lost their positions. Doesn't it mean that the three divisions of the Di Army have lost their effective command?

By this time, Gu Zhutong did not dare to transfer the army to the bee cave.

Otherwise, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui would collapse directly after the suppression of the army.

Huang Baitao knew what Gu Zhutong was worried about, so he shook his head and said, "Master General, Xu Shijiu should not be so despicable."

Although he had never met Xu Shijiu or had direct communication with Xu Shijiu, Huang Baitao dared to assert that Xu Shijiu would never take this opportunity to attack the 5th Army.

Because if Xu Shijiu does this, he will be despised by thousands of people and scolded by thousands of people.

As the leader of the national government, Chairman Chiang must be careful when he attacks the New Fourth Army, for fear of causing domestic excitement and international criticism. Xu Shijiu is just a mere army commander. If he dares to attack friendly forces, wouldn’t he betray the world?

What's more, Xu Shijiu's previous performances were not like a villain who took advantage of others' dangers.

Of course, Xu Shijiu would not openly launch an attack on the Di Army, but small actions behind the scenes are inevitable.

"Isn't it so despicable?" Gu Zhutong didn't think so, and retorted coldly, "Chief of Staff, do you look down on him too highly?"

Huang Baitao closed his mouth and refused to say another word. After all, Huang Baitao's background was not good enough, neither the Baoding Military Academy nor the Huangpu Department. After reaching the third war zone, he was always cautious and kept a low profile. He just said something fair to Xu Shijiu, which caused Gu Zhutong's cold eyes. He would not be foolish and continue to argue for Xu Shijiu. He did not owe Xu Shijiu favors.

Gu Zhutong pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, let Tian Zhongyi's Xinpei enter Jingxian immediately and control the situation first."

Like most generals of the National Army, Gu Zhutong always had a grudge against the Sichuan Army. After the New Fourth Army withdrew from Yunling, it was logical that Tang Shizun's 23rd Army should have been taken nearby, because the territory controlled by the 23rd Army was too small and could not support too many soldiers at all. However, Gu Zhutong would rather transfer the reserve division of the Army from the far distance of western Zhejiang than give the territory to the Sichuan Army.

After all, Gu Zhutong, Chen Cheng and others were Chairman Jiang's confidants, and their minds were exactly the same as Chairman Jiang. They all regarded the Sichuan Army as their opponents, so they wanted to use the War of Resistance to weaken the Sichuan Army, and would never give the Sichuan Army a chance to grow. In fact, only Li Zongren, the commander-in-chief of the Fifth War Zone, treated the Sichuan Army, the Central Army and the Gui Army equally.

"Yes," Huang Baitao agreed and turned around.

When Huang Baitao left, Gu Zhutong picked up the thermos from the table and slapped it hard on the ground. The thermos shattered with a bang, and the boiling water splashed on the ground, and it splashed on Gu Zhutong's trousers. He was so hot that he bared his teeth. He became more and more angry. He kicked the thermos shell again, kicking the bamboo shell flying and hitting it directly on the wall.

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Huang Baitao guessed very accurately. Xu Shijiu never thought about taking advantage of the opportunity of the Di Army losing effective command to attack the Di Army. Because this happened, the nature immediately changed. The matter of suppressing Zhang Wenqing, Zhan Zhongyan and Tang Yunshan was actually big or small, and the initiative was also in Xu Shijiu's hands. But if the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui took the initiative to attack the Di Army, it would be different.

Chairman Chiang dared to attack the New Fourth Army because he was the leader of the National Government. He could blatantly say that the New Fourth Army was a rebel, so he would fight after fighting. At most, he would be scolded by the whole Chinese people. But if Xu Shijiu dared to attack the Di Army, the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui would immediately become a real rebel. At that time, Chairman Chiang sent troops to fight the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui and would stand on the moral commanding heights.

Although Xu Shijiu does not like to participate in politics, it does not mean that he does not even have this minimum political vision.

But then again, Xu Shijiu would not be stupid enough to take the initiative to launch an attack on the Di Army, nor would it be stupid enough to take the initiative to give Chairman Jiang the commanding heights of morality, but it also does not mean that he would wait in Yunling obediently and do nothing, just waiting for Gu Zhutong to finish the New Fourth Army first, and then turn around to deal with his southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army.

Faced with the army's morale being disintegrated and had lost effective command, Shu Tongwen gave Xu Shijiu a good idea.

It is not possible to directly attack the Di Army, but military means do not work, which does not mean that political means do not work either. Yes, most of the officers and soldiers of the Di Army are newly arrested men, and they can't even know a few words of big fights, so naturally they can't understand any great truth. But if you conclude from this that they are not enlightened, then you are wrong, and they are very wrong.

Mao insisted on taking the rural route. If the vast majority of poor and lower-middle peasants really had no awareness, how could the revolution succeed?

After all, no matter how big the truth is, it is not as good as filling the stomach. To make the vast majority of poor and lower-middle peasants realize their thoughts, you have to make their stomachs awake first, you have to make them believe that if you follow the party, you can fill your stomachs and have a good life. They believe this, that is, they have a thorough enlightenment. It is precisely because the people of the whole country have realized that all the 8 million Chiang soldiers were wiped out, and Jiang Bald Head finally ran away in shame.
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