Coming out of Comrade Chen Yun and Li Fuchun's house, it was still early to see that it was still early. Liu Yimin did not rush back to the Red Army headquarters, nor did he return to the station of the accompanying cavalry company. Instead, he took Li Chengyi and Tang Xingying for a walk on Zunyi Street.

At that time, although Zunyi was known as the second largest city in Guizhou, from Liu Yimin's perspective, it was still a small mountain town.

Along the way, Liu Yimin admired Yang Zhen who originally chose to build the city in Zunyi.

According to folklore, Yang Zhen took a tiger cart to Mujiachuan. When he saw the lush water and grass, the lush trees, and the aura of a king, he chose to build a city here as the center of his rule. Liu Yimin didn't see it that way. Looking at it all the way, Liu Yimin felt like a king.

Understandably, Yang Zhen only built the city here mainly because of Zunyi's topography.

The old city of Zunyi is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces water on one side. To the west is Fuhou Mountain, to the north is Xiaolong Mountain, to the south is Honghuagang, and to the east is the Xiangjiang River. There are barriers on all sides. The city wall runs from Modao River to Fuhou Mountain.

Then go to Xiaolong Mountain, follow the Xiangjiang River along the foothills of Xiaolong Mountain to the intersection of Biyun Road, build momentum along the mountain, and defend the river in danger.

In the era of cold weapons, such terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack, basically ensuring safety.

Liu Yimin thought, fortunately Liu Bocheng adopted the method of cheating to open the city gate, otherwise, without artillery, Zunyi City would be really difficult to fight. Historically, when the Red Army occupied Zunyi for the second time, they sacrificed their lives including Deng Ping, Chief of Staff of the Third Army Corps.

Including the huge casualties, the three armies fought so hard that they could basically cancel their formation.

While walking and thinking, he unknowingly made a circle around the old town of Zunyi. After completing the circle, Liu Yimin had a clear understanding of the topography of Zunyi.

Judging from observations, the old city is the political and cultural center of northern Guizhou. It has only schools, hospitals, and libraries, as well as Confucian temples, Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, churches, and mosques. The Zhou family in the east gate, the Li family in the north gate,

Ximen Cai Family, Nanmen Jian Family, Dabazi Yang Family, Xietaiba Luo Family, Daren Pavilion Jiang Family, Yangliu Street Liu Family, Si Tang Family and other elegant family courtyards and Wang Jialie, Bai Huizhang, Liu Jianqun

, You Guocai, Guo Huicang, Liu Siqi and other generals of the Guizhou Army, and the residences of important officials of the Republic of China are scattered among them. There are also industry gathering areas such as Ximatan, Macao Street, Jiaozi Street, etc. that specialize in serving dignitaries. Liu Yimin was dazzled by what he saw.

I can’t help but sigh that although this small famous city in northern Guizhou is not big in size, it does have a rich cultural heritage.

The new urban area on the other side of the Xiangjiang River is a commercial and industrial area. Most of the shops, financial institutions, banks, warehouses, factories and workshops, and bazaars are concentrated here. Because the silk weaving industry is relatively developed, and the Tongzi warlords regard Zunyi as their own

The most important base area is where large-scale construction is carried out, so there are many workers in Zunyi. Historically, after the Red Army occupied Zunyi, Mao Zedong and Zhu De both gave speeches to the masses in person. The Red Army also organized trade unions in various industries. These trade unions alone organized workers for

The Red Army processed 100,000 kilograms of rice, 10,000 sets of military uniforms, and transported 5,000 worker recruits, which restored the strength of the Red Army. Now that the Red Army has occupied Zunyi, it has changed a lot compared to the historical situation. More people should join the army.

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After reading it, it was getting dark, and Tang Xingying was tired from walking. Liu Yimin and the other two went into a snack bar to try Zunyi's famous food.

The boss was a man in his 40s. As soon as he saw that he was a Red Army soldier, he took the initiative to recommend the shop's popular bean curd noodles and mutton noodles to Liu Yimin.

Liu Yimin asked how the bean curd noodles are made, and the boss said: "This Red Army officer, bean curd is water tofu. It is made from the cellar water from the previous order of tofu and stored for a few days to become sour soup. The tofu ordered with this sour soup,

There is no bitter taste of gypsum or brine, it is tenderer than ordinary tofu and tighter than tofu. After the noodles are fished out, put the tofu pudding on top, let the noodles soak in the soy milk, and then put the cooked meat tips on it, the taste is delicious

!The shop has been operating for a long time and customers like it very much.”

When Liu Yimin heard this, his appetite was whetted and he said, "Here are three bowls."

The boss said okay and went to make some noodles.

Not long after, the boss served three bowls of noodles, and three small bowls of meat tips made of lean meat, chili, soy sauce, MSG, green onions, ginger, and coriander. He said, "Please use it with caution, sir."

Went aside to greet other guests.

Liu Yimin took out a chopstick of noodles, dipped it in the meat tips, and took a bite. He felt that it was really delicious, tender and smooth. He glanced at Li Chengyi and Tang Xingying and saw that they were also eating with gusto, so he called the boss over and asked

: "How are your noodles made? I feel they are smooth and chewy. They are really good."

The boss said: "Sir, the noodles made in this shop are made of fine flour mixed with fresh eggs, and are hand-rolled with a small amount of cornstarch and alkaline water. Naturally, they taste different from ordinary noodles. Sir, I think they are delicious.

If so, eat more."

Liu Yimin asked again: "In addition to bean curd noodles, are there any other famous foods?"

The boss said: "Yes, sir, after eating the bean curd noodles, you can try the mutton noodles in the store. This is a famous Guizhou specialty!"

Liu Yimin said: "Okay, here are three bowls!"

When Liu Yimin finished eating the bean curd noodles, he looked up and saw that Li Chengyi had already finished eating and was eagerly waiting for the mutton noodles! Tang Xingying, on the other hand, looked like a lady, chewing slowly and only ate half of the bowl of bean curd noodles.

The boss brought the mutton noodles. When Liu Yimin saw it, he saw that it was actually rice noodles soaked in mutton soup. He cooked the rice noodles and put them in a bowl. The rice noodles were covered with thin slices of cooked mutton, and the original mutton juice was poured on top.

Soup, mutton fat, add simmered chili noodles, pepper powder, salt, chili oil, turnips, green onions and other condiments. It tastes good and can make you sweat after eating it. It is similar to the northern mutton soup and mutton braised noodles.

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Just when she was worried that it was too spicy and Tang Xingying couldn't get used to it, she saw that Tang Xingying had put down the bowl of bean curd noodles, took the mutton noodles and took a sip.

Liu Yimin thought that he was worried about the ancients. What era is it now? A girl who dares to run away from marriage to join the Red Army, a girl who dares to stare at the enemy's head with a pistol, how can she be so squeamish!

While I was eating, I heard a customer drinking in the tavern next door singing: "The eldest brother is a blacksmith and has no dishes to put on the chopping board. The second brother is a tailor and wears shabby clothes. The third brother is a carpenter and lives in a shabby thatched hut."

Liu Yimin asked the boss: "I think Zunyihe is more prosperous, but what I heard from that guy's song is that he doesn't have enough to eat and doesn't have enough to wear warm clothes!"

The boss said: "Sir, you saw that there are more mansions and shops in the city, so you feel that Zunyi is more prosperous! In fact, it is the same everywhere, there are fewer rich people and more poor people. These days, as long as you can survive, what else can you say?

Do you have enough to eat, and do you have warm clothes?"

Liu Yimin asked: "Does the boss have any opinion on the Red Army's occupation of Zunyi?"

The boss said: "We cook and sell food, what can we say? However, the Red Army is the most benevolent army I have ever seen in my life. If you don't take, don't want, don't rob, who else would dare to do business?"

Open the door? It’s a pity that the Red Army still has to leave. If they don’t leave, they will occupy Zunyi City. How great would it be?”

Liu Yimin was silent.

In fact, with the current strength of the Red Army, if it still wants to establish the red separatist regime in the past and establish a base area on the Sichuan-Guizhou border, Liu Yimin thinks it can be done. Historically, it was not possible because the Red Army's strength was too weakened. Now due to his arrival

, Mao Zedong has come to power in advance, with the strategies and tactics of a great man, and the constant instigation of his butterfly wings, separatism should be a piece of cake. But Guizhou is too remote, far away from the center of China and the future anti-Japanese battlefield.

It was too far. The Red Army wanted to build a brand new country, and the idea of ​​establishing a base in Guizhou was obviously to be abandoned.

After finishing eating, Liu Yimin put down his bowl and was about to pay the bill and leave. Li Chengyi said: "Sir, I want to have two more bowls. This meal is so delicious."

Liu Yimin looked at Tang Xingying. The girl lowered her head and said nothing. There were tiny beads of sweat on her forehead. Perhaps because she felt Liu Yimin was looking at her, her head was so low that it almost touched her rice bowl, and she was stained with crimson.

Her face and white neck are really as shy as she is, and as charming as she is charming.

Liu Yimin thought to himself, he never thought that this little girl is really beautiful! However, this is a person of his grandmother's generation, so he had better not look at it, because the girl would be too embarrassed to leave. He looked away and said to Li Chengyi: "

You can eat as much as you want, do you still need to ask for my opinion?"

Li Chengyi said "Okay" honestly, and shouted to the boss: "Bring two more bowls of mutton noodles, cut half a catty of mutton into them."

The boss said hello and went to work.

Li Chengyi remembered that the teacher and Tang Xingying were there, so he asked: "How many more bowls does the teacher want? How many more bowls does Comrade Xiao Tang want?"

Liu Yimin burst out laughing, pointed at Li Chengyi and said: "You think everyone is just like you, with such a big belly!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard Tang Xingying say in a low voice: "I also want to eat another bowl of bean curd noodles."

Liu Yimin shouted to the boss below: "Another bowl of bean curd noodles." After thinking about it, he was afraid that Tang Xingying would be embarrassed if he didn't eat it, so he said again: "This meal is really good. Boss, give it to me too."

Another bowl of mutton noodles."

After shouting, she felt Tang Xingying glance up at herself, then quickly lowered her head.

After the three people finished eating, they returned to the place where the cavalry company camped. As soon as they entered the door, the sentry told Liu Yimin that the headquarters had just sent someone to inform him to go to a meeting immediately, but he was not found, so he had to go back.

Liu Yimin turned around and walked towards the venue. Li Chengyi and Tang Xingying followed him one after another. Liu Yimin waved his hand: "You can go back and rest, there is no need to follow." The two said almost at the same time, "Political Commissar (Director)

You've told me, we have to follow you wherever you go."

Liu Yimin ignored them and strode ahead.

When I arrived at the venue, I saw that the meeting had already begun. Chairman Mao was sitting in the chair presiding over the meeting, and all the participants were already in place. Liu Yimin knew that he was late, so he quickly found a seat and sat down.

As soon as I sat down, I heard Mao Zedong's provocative Hunan accent: "Comrades, the morning and afternoon meetings went very smoothly. We have completed the summary of the experiences and lessons of the fifth counter-encirclement and suppression campaign and elected new leaders."

The general person in charge of the party. However, our meeting still has an important task that has not been completed, which is to discuss where the Red Army will move to and where to establish its base. Why do people have long butts? It’s just that when they are tired of standing, they leave

When you are tired, you can sit down and rest. Now, our Red Army has set out from the Soviet area and has traveled a long distance. We are already very tired and urgently need to find a place to stop and resume development. When the meeting was adjourned at noon, Comrade Liu Yimin came to see me and Vice Chairman Zhou

, Commander-in-Chief Zhu reported some of the intelligence they obtained, which I feel is very valuable. Comrade Liu Yimin, please report the situation to everyone."

Liu Yimin thought to himself, you just have to say it, but you have to ask me to say it. Doesn't this make me show my face in front of everyone?

After thinking about it, Liu Yimin immediately stood up and saluted the audience. Then he said in standard Mandarin: "Dear leaders, our guard division captured the enemy's 59th Division Commander Han Hanying and the 93rd Division Commander during the battle in Qingxi Town.

Tang Yunshan seized the documents they carried with them. From these documents, we learned that in addition to the Central Red Army, the Second and Sixth Red Army Corps and the Fourth Front Army, a Red Army headed by Liu Zhidan was also active in northern Shaanxi and had a base area.

Later, we interrogated Han Hanying and Tang Yunshan and learned that there was indeed the Northern Shaanxi Red Army. A very important task of Yang Hucheng's Northwest Army was to deal with the Northern Shaanxi Red Army. After the battle in Qingxi Town, I held a discussion with industrial and commercial representatives in Zhenyuan.

Shopkeeper Yan from the Zhenyuan branch of Qixian County, Shanxi also said that there is a craze in northern Shaanxi, and the leader is Liu Zhidan. Based on these circumstances, we judge that it is true that there is a Red Army base in northern Shaanxi. Report completed! "

After saying that, Liu Yimin saluted again and sat down.

Discussions began immediately in the meeting place. Some said that it would be better to rendezvous with the Fourth Front Army first, and then decide where to go; some said that the troops should be sent north immediately to meet Liu Zhidan in northern Shaanxi and develop the northern Shaanxi base area; some said that,

The place in northern Shaanxi is too poor to support so many Red Army troops. Wait, everyone has any opinion.

Zhou Enlai came to see that everyone was talking enthusiastically, but it was difficult to unify, so he talked to Mao Zedong in a low voice for a while. Then he raised his head and said: "Everyone, be quiet, Comrade Liu Yimin, tell me what you thought after receiving this information.

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Liu Yimin stood up again, saluted again, and reported: "Report to Chairman Mao, Vice Chairman Zhou, Commander-in-Chief Zhu and all leaders. After we received this information, we analyzed it and believed that our army should quickly move north to northern Shaanxi.

There are three reasons for establishing a base in the north: First, since Japan invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces, the domestic class contradictions of oppression and counter-oppression, exploitation and counter-exploitation may be temporarily alleviated, while the national contradictions of aggression and counter-invasion may rise to the main contradiction. According to

Han Hanying confessed that some people in Chiang Kai-shek's National Government were already considering how to respond if Japan invaded China in an all-out manner. This shows that the ambition of the Japanese to invade China in an all-out way was already well known to everyone on the road. As a Chinese nation composed of the best elements of the Chinese nation,

At the critical juncture of national survival, the Communist Party and the Red Army should stand up and stand at the forefront of the anti-Japanese war and lead the people of the country in the great anti-Japanese war. Second, by going north, we can implement the Red Army's long-proposed northward movement to resist the Japanese and win the victory.
To be continued...