1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"Don't worry, we will definitely kill Liu Zhenhua and avenge your elder brother Ma Wende!"

As he spoke, the man surnamed Li waved his hand behind him:

"superior!"

At the command, the troops began to move silently and "captured" Nanyang City with 0 casualties.

The senior officers were eating, drinking, and having fun in the headquarters, and listening to Ji Hongchang's lectures. The city defense forces were all slacking off, and it was unintentional. Needless to say, the fate of the 15th Army.

“Who…who are you?!”

Liu Zhenhua, who was caught and forced to kneel on the ground, raised his head and roared: "I am Liu Zhenhua, the commander of the Nanyang Garrison! Which unit are you from?" "Humph!"

The leader of the attackers stepped out from the crowd and shouted:

"I'm Li Yunlong!"

That's right, the ones who attacked Liu Zhenhua were none other than the Shaanxi Army that Yang Hucheng had announced to the whole country some time ago to be sent to follow the Red Army north to fight against Japan. They were led by Yang Hucheng's good friend Li Yunlong (Li Huchen).

Except for a small number of people in the CCP who knew about this, the whole of China thought that this unit had followed the Red Army to northern Shaanxi. But they never thought that they would appear here!

When Liu Zhenhua heard the other party introduce himself, he was stunned at first, and then his face turned pale.

He knew that the other side had launched such an unannounced war and completely tore off their relationship in order to avenge the attack on Xi'an that he had led, resulting in the deaths and injuries of nearly half of the residents of Xi'an.

You know, in order to force the entire city's military and civilians to surrender, Liu Zhenhua not only sent troops to besiege the city, but also ordered the burning of more than 6600 hectares of wheat fields outside Xi'an, and forced civilians to dig a trench outside the city to block traffic inside and outside.

This move was a plan to wipe out entire families and was the main cause of the famine in the city. Tens of thousands of Xi'an residents died of starvation alone, not to mention the evils committed by his "Zhensong Army" during their stay in Shaanxi, such as forcing the people to grow tobacco, colluding with bandits, and allowing soldiers to harm the people.

Therefore, Liu and Li were sworn enemies who wanted to destroy each other and it was impossible for them to reconcile easily. Forced to do so, Liu Zhenhua could only try to use the Kuomintang Central Government to intimidate Li Yunlong:

"You are breaking the law! You are breaking the law!" "Breaking the law?"

Li Yunlong laughed again, waved his hand to let the man who had just reported the news come over, and said sarcastically:

"No matter how much they break the law, they can't be as bad as you, General Liu, right? How did you kill Ma Wende at the beginning of this spring?"

"Well.."

Looking at Ma Wende's former loyal subordinate, Liu Zhenhua was speechless. Who was Ma Wende?

He was originally a big bandit in Nanyang, Henan. He was later recruited by the Nationalist Army and settled in Nanyang. Because he had close ties with Liu Zhi and intended to contain Liu Zhenhua, he was attacked by Liu's troops. Ma Wende was captured and publicly shot.

That's right, two Kuomintang generals fought each other because of some political conflicts. After one of them won, he publicly shot his opponent without asking anyone for permission.

Breaking the law?

This is called lawlessness.

Therefore, when Li Yunlong used this incident to confront Liu Zhenhua, he really had nothing to say. After all, they were all generals of the National Government in name only.

"Okay, no need to say more."

Li Yunlong was too lazy to talk nonsense with Liu Zhenhua, so he waved his hand and ordered:

"Someone! Drag Liu Zhenhua...ah, and his brother Liu Maoen down and execute them! Avenge the casualties in Shaanxi and Ma Wende!"

"You dare! You dare! I want to see the Chairman! I want to see the Chairman!!"

The Liu Zhenhua brothers were dragged to the central courtyard crying. After a few gunshots, they fell in a pool of blood, ending their sinful lives.

By the way, in history, Liu Maoen was the guy who defeated part of the Red Army heading north to fight against the Japanese, captured and executed the martyr Fang Zhimin, was promoted to lieutenant general, and finally fled to Taiwan.

There probably won't be a chance in this lifetime.

Soon, all the trusted officers of the Liu brothers followed suit. Only Ji Hongchang revealed his identity in time and escaped death. Instead, he was invited to Li Yunlong's headquarters to be appeased.

From an outsider's perspective, the two sides had a common experience of attacking Liu Zhenhua's troops outside the city of Xi'an, so it was normal for Ji Hongchang to receive such treatment.

But no one knew that as soon as Ji Hongchang entered, Li Yunlong burst out laughing: "Hahahaha... Hongchang! What a good plan! What a good acting skill!!" "Haha, it's a great comfort to be able to kill this beast Liu Zhenhua..."

Ji Hongchang stroked his mustache, feeling extremely pleased that he had completed the Party's mission:

"Now, Nanyang falls into our hands."

That's right, assisting in killing Liu Zhenhua and destroying the 15th Army was a condition that Yang Hucheng insisted on adding when Li Desheng negotiated with him. After careful consideration, he finally agreed.

Liu Zhenhua had a terrible reputation; even Li Desheng had heard of him. He had committed countless crimes from the Qing Dynasty to the present day. He was worse than a bandit and truly deserved to be killed.

After Liu Zhenhua was killed, Nanyang fell into the hands of the Red Army, or at least into the hands of the Shaanxi Army, which was friendly to the Red Army. It was then connected to Xiangyang, and could threaten Xinyang in the south and advance towards Luoyang in the north, making the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area much safer.

After the two sides reached an agreement, the Shaanxi Army, which nominally followed the Red Army northward, quietly hid at the Shaanxi-Henan border, waiting for an opportunity to attack.

Soon, this opportunity came.

Nanchang announced that it would publicly try and execute foreigners, which immediately attracted the attention of the whole country. Chiang Kai-shek was busy watching the Red Army evacuate from Wuhan and had no time to pay attention to anything else. At this time, a common "warlord infighting" broke out, and no one would care.

To outsiders, this was nothing more than Yang Hucheng's attempt to avenge Xi'an and take advantage of the chaos in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui region to attack the "Zhensong Army". There was nothing surprising about it, and Chiang Kai-shek could not put the blame on the Communist Party of China.

Moreover, from a moral point of view, Yang and Li avenged the Shaanxi army and civilians, and Ma Wende, Yang Hucheng's former subordinate and "good friend". Even if the means were a bit drastic, it was justified and the whole world could not say a word!

Survival of the fittest!

Survival of the fittest!

This is the "rule" recognized by all the warlords in the Republic of China! So, the final result is:

Ji Hongchang completed the organization's mission;

Yang Hucheng captured Nanyang and expanded his territory;

Li Desheng gained Yang Hucheng's friendship and a safe buffer zone; only Liu Zhenhua and Chiang Kai-shek were unlucky.

One lost territory and life, the other lost an important strategic location, and the intention to encircle and suppress the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area completely failed.

Of course, the Red Army gained more than just friendship and a buffer zone.

"Then, Yunlong, according to the agreement, you should send 3000 men north to fight against the Japanese."

"Okay! No problem!"

Because of the mission, Li Yunlong, who already knew that Ji Hongchang had become a Communist, readily agreed:

"Rest for the night, and I'll prepare military supplies for you tomorrow. Once our reinforcements arrive, you can take your troops with you! Don't worry about the rest. I'll discuss it with Old Fan (Fan Shisheng, who was stationed in Xiangyang)!"

"it is good!"

As colleagues had predicted, the "Nanyang Incident" later broke out, but like the "Shaanxi Incident", it did not cause any waves in the country.

No, that's not quite accurate.

To be precise, apart from Chiang Kai-shek cursing a few times, all sectors of society applauded, and no one spoke for this guy with a terrible reputation.

Even if it was Chiang Kai-shek, what else could he do besides a few curses? He couldn't even take care of his own affairs, so how could he have the time to care about anything else! It would be better to deal with the wave of public opinion brought about by the CCP first!

He was still worried about what to do with those French missionaries in Shanghai!

He didn't even care about things like fighting among his "subordinates" and seizing territory, and he was even less interested in another incident that happened in Changsha, Hunan.

In the newly built "He Mansion" near No. 2 Zhongshan Road, Kaifu District, Changsha City, in the middle building of the Xiangjiang Hotel, a middle-aged man with a head shaped like a date pit looked at the beautiful woman who suddenly appeared beside the bed in horror:

"You...who are you?"

The woman's hand quickly twirled a rare dagger, her expression calm.

"He Jian, I'm not mistaken, am I?" "I...I...yes..."

"Well, that's fine."

HK416 manipulated the dagger with exquisite skill, occasionally sending chills down He Jian's neck and face. He continued, "Is there anything I can do to He Jian?"

"My commander asked me to ask you a question." "Wha...what?"

Feeling the faint murderous intent, He Jian was so scared that he almost peed his pants. How could he have the energy to ask the other party about the "commander"?

"He asked me to ask you, digging up someone's ancestral grave to sever the so-called 'dragon vein'—this is such a stupid and immoral thing to do. What on earth do you think of it?"

He Jian's face suddenly changed!

The "plan to dig up Li Desheng's ancestral grave" was only reported to Chiang Kai-shek for approval beforehand. Because of the "Wuhan defeat," there was no time for anyone to carry it out. How could anyone have known about it?

Looking at He Jian's expression, HK416 sneered:

"Forget it. The commander didn't seem to expect an answer when he issued the order."

murdered Li Desheng's wife Yang Kaihui;

Killed all of Peng Lao Zong's eldest and second brothers' families;

Zhu Dezong's wife Wu Ruolan, who was four months pregnant, was disemboweled and her heart removed, and her head was chopped off and hung on the city wall for public display.

He poisoned the people of Hunan for decades and killed tens of thousands of revolutionary fighters. What's there to ask for answers from such a bastard?

No answer required.

Killing him is a personal vendetta, but also justice.

If it weren't for the restraint of moral sense and the fact that this gentleman's son-in-law was indeed very talented and had made significant contributions to history, the order HK416 received would have been to kill more than just He Jian.

"you.."

Before he finished speaking, the dagger pierced He Jian's jaw like lightning, pulled it horizontally, and cut his tongue with incredible precision. Then it was pulled out, severing his tendons in his hands and feet at an even faster speed!

He Jian was about to faint from the pain, but he couldn't even move or shout. He could only watch the beautiful woman with blood gushing out of her body, doing something with her eyes closed not far away.

"Eh? That's a good deal for him? A few more stabs? Tell the commander I don't want to get my hands dirty... Okay, okay... I've been wanting to give that guy an order in the name of the captain of Squad 404 for a while now..."

After a while, HK416, who had completed the cloud map long-distance communication and had an argument with a comrade around Li Desheng and conducted an electronic warfare, returned to the bed, sighed, and raised the dagger.

The next morning, the He family servants who had been knocked unconscious woke up rubbing the back of their necks. Before they could figure out what had happened, they heard a sharp roar coming from the master's room:

"Sarilang! Sarilang!"

Soon, the news that Hunan Provincial Chairman He Jian was killed in his home spread throughout Changsha and even the entire Hunan Province.

It is said that He Jian's mouth was stuffed with rags, his tendons in his hands and feet were cut, his tongue and eyes were gouged out, and his internal organs were smashed to pieces, but his heart, brain and other vital organs remained intact.

In other words, this guy probably died in agony while lying on the bed. Then, on the wall next to the bed, a line of large characters was written in He Jian's dirty blood: The murderer is Wu Jiu, the dog-beater!

363 Why are grassland peoples so good at singing and dancing?

"He Jian was killed?"

When Li Desheng, who was far away in Shaanxi, saw the news in the newspaper, he also received a telegram from the Party Central Committee, written by General Zhu himself, which was full of excitement:

"...Runzhi! How happy! How joyful! Although you and I are thousands of miles apart, we should both be united! Sacrifice to Kaihui! Sacrifice to Ruolan!!"

Later, Li Desheng heard that after General Zhu confirmed the news of He Jian's murder, he hid in the house with a bottle of wine and cried secretly for a long time.

Li Desheng was also a human being. Of course, he was happy that his ex-wife and all his comrades' enemies were dead. He wanted to get drunk right away, but his duty did not allow him to indulge too much in romantic matters.

So, after wiping away his tears and sending a telegram to the central government saying "waiting for specific investigation results", Li Desheng quickly turned his attention back to his most urgent work at the moment.

Because except for Gao Shuangcheng's 256th Brigade, the entire 86th Division was wiped out, leaving Yulin empty of troops guarded by only the elderly, weak and sick. The Red Army advance division led by Xu Haidong easily occupied this place without encountering any resistance.

But almost immediately, the Red Army encountered a problem that needed to be solved:

After Jing Yuexiu's death, what should be done about the issues in Yulin area and the seven banners of Yili League in Inner Mongolia?

The Seven Banners of Ikh Ju League refer to the fact that in order to check and balance Mongolia, the Qing government divided the Ikh Ju League (i.e., Ordos) into Zasak Banner, Jungar Banner, Dalat Banner, Wushen Banner, Hangjin Banner, Otog Front Banner, and Otog Back Banner.

At this point, there were 7 more "Mongolian princes" in the Ordos region.

(In fact, this is not the right name. It should be called "Zasak" (banner master, governor). It's just that their actual status is similar, so people call them that for convenience. This is how titles like "King of Germany" and "King of Tsars" came about.)

(In addition, the names of the banners have changed in different periods. For example, Hangjin Banner was previously called Ordos Right Wing Rear Banner. Here we use the modern names.)

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Outer Mongolia was separated. Tsarist Russia and later the Soviet Union and Japan have been instigating Inner Mongolia to secede as well. The seven princes were hesitant and had different opinions.

At this time, Jing Yuexiu led his army into Yulin, and used horse racing and sworn brotherhood to bring the two sides closer together. Relying on his personal prestige and interest analysis, he persuaded the seven banners of the Yili League not to split, and has managed to maintain the alliance until now.

From the perspective of protecting national sovereignty and territory, Jing Yuexiu undoubtedly made contributions, and he also relied on the support of these seven banners to consolidate his position as the "King of Yulin";

According to the agreement between the two sides, every three years, the seven kings would come to Yulin for a formal meeting to discuss some important matters with Jing Yuexiu and decide on the "tribute ratio" of both sides.

This year happened to be the year of the alliance, and all seven kings had arrived in Yulin with their entourages. However, the problem was that the Red Army had also moved north to Shaanxi.

Upon hearing that the Red Army was coming, Jing Yuexiu had to show off his skills to demonstrate his increasingly powerless power. He originally planned to go back to join the alliance after the battle, but he died unexpectedly.

Xu Haidong, who was fighting in the vanguard, was unaware of this. After completely annihilating the 86th Division, he did not even formally take over the surrendered 256th Brigade. Instead, he led his troops quickly north to occupy Yulin. The Seventh King could not escape and was put on the fire.

The "Old Yulin King" has died, and without any preparation, everyone has to face the "New Yulin King" whose methods are completely unknown but obviously extremely powerful. What should we do?

Should you lick it immediately or struggle a little before licking it? Should you lick it directly or lick it in circles? This is a question worth thinking about.

The Seven Kings who were trapped in Yulin were in a panic. Li Desheng, who arrived in Yulin with most of the Red Army, the surrendered and captured remnants of the 86th Division and the body of Jing Yuexiu, was also in a headache.

As for the Mongolian issue, he had been active in the south for a long time and could only say that he had a general understanding of the situation, but he was completely clueless about the details.