November 1927, late at night. Zhu De is camping in Haotouwei Village. Suddenly, several gunshots pierced the night sky. Zhu De woke up and found that he had been surrounded by bandits, what to do?
Haotouwei Village is a small village located in the middle of nowhere on the border of Xianggan and Gansu. Zhu De, who had experienced hundreds of battles, how could he be surrounded by bandits here? #WAR STORM#
It turned out that after the completion of the Sanheba blockade mission, Zhu De led his troops on the way south, and hundreds of remnants of the main force of the Nanchang rebel army who retreated after encountering the defeat of Chaoshan in the Raoping area learned that the main force was scattered, and tens of thousands of rebel troops were only left with the more than 2,000 people he led.
For a time, the shadow of the defeat in the battle hung over the officers and men of the troops, and everyone's morale was low and the people's hearts were scattered. After the troops arrived at Tianxinwei, this sentiment became even more serious, with some people resigning first and then saying goodbye, and some people saying goodbye without quitting. It seems that this team is about to collapse.
At the crucial moment, Zhu De stood up, and with the support of Chen Yi and Wang Erzhuo, Zhu De turned the tide with his firm conviction and carried out a rectification of the troops, which was called the "Three Rectifications of Gannan Province" by posterity.
After the "Three Rectifications of Gannan Province," although there were only more than 800 people left in the troops, everyone felt a firm belief in the victory of communism from Zhu De, Chen Yi, and Wang Erzhuo, and morale was significantly improved.
However, at that time, it was nearly winter, the officers and men of the troops were still wearing single clothes, and there was a serious shortage of food and medicine, so if we wanted to preserve this revolutionary fire, we must solve the problem of survival.
During the training at Shangbao, Zhu De had already begun to consider this issue. One day, he saw in the newspaper that the 16th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, of which Fan Shisheng was the commander, had moved to the area of Chenzhou and Rucheng in Hunan Province, so he consulted with Chen Yi and others and decided to cooperate with Fan Shisheng's department.
Because Fan Shisheng and Zhu De were classmates of the Yunnan DaowuTang, the two had fought side by side in wars such as defending the country. Moreover, Fan Shisheng's contradictions with the Warlords of the Guangdong and Guizhou clans were numerous, and the contradictions with Chiang Kai-shek were also sharp and complicated.
At the same time, when Fan Shisheng's department was reorganized into the 16th Army of the National Revolutionary Army as early as 1926, Zhou Enlai sent Zhao Guanyi, a yunnan communist, to Fanbu through Wang Maoting (also known as Wang Desan), a yunnan communist, through Wang Maoting (also known as Wang Desan), a political instructor at the Whampoa Military Academy. After the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, Fan Shisheng shelved Chiang Kai-shek's order to clean up the party, and the party organization still remained in the army.
In early November 1927, Zhu De wrote to Fan Shisheng hoping for cooperation. Half a month later, I received a reply from Fan Shisheng: "... I want to discuss good strategies with my brother in order to seek self-reliance and self-reliance. Xi Ji drove rucheng in vain and met with Yue Wei (zeng Yue Wei, commander of the 47th Division of the 16th Army). We look forward to it. ”
Shangbao is more than 80 miles away from Rucheng, and in the middle is the steep Monkey Ancient Pass, Monkey Mountain, and a band of bandits, which is a long way and full of dangers. However, despite the persuasion of the crowd, Zhu De still decided to personally lead the guards of more than 50 people to negotiate.
When passing through Haotouwei, it was late and I had to camp here. Before camping, Jude deployed and designated a meeting point in the event of an emergency.
Due to the steep and slippery slope, everyone rushed and was tired, and soon fell asleep.
Unexpectedly, the bandits had already targeted them.
It turned out that notices from Chiang Kai-shek in the Gannan area offering a reward for the arrest of Zhu De could be seen everywhere. When Zhu De passed through a village near Haotouwei, he was discovered by the pseudo-township mayor He Zengzhi. He Zengzhi wrote a secret letter and sent it to the bandit leader He Qilang's station, and He Qilang gave this beautiful messenger who could receive the reward to his brother-in-law Zhu Longnu, who immediately led a group of bandits to arrest him.
It was the bandits led by Zhu Longnu who broke into Zhu De's camp.
After finding himself surrounded, Zhu De was in a hurry, ran to the kitchen and took an apron to tie around his waist, and when he went out, he ran into Zhu Longnu. Zhu Longnu asked, "What are you?"
Jude replied, "Brother-in-law." Zhu Longnu looked at Zhu De and saw that he was wearing a rotten military uniform, wrapped in rotten straw shoes, and his beard was slagged, indeed like a guy's head.
"What about you Commander Zhu?" Zhu Longnu no longer doubted and continued to ask.
Judd pointed to the back room, "Over there." Zhu Longnu immediately left Zhu De and went inside. Jude took the opportunity to sneak out. Zhu De's guards took advantage of the enemy's lack of preparation and shot Zhu Longnu to death.
After breaking out and arriving at the meeting point, Zhu De found that a warrior named Huang Zhizhong had unfortunately died in the breakout. Everyone was indignant and expressed their desire to severely punish the bandits, eliminate harm for the people, and avenge Huang Zhizhong.
Therefore, Zhu De commanded the soldiers to divide into two roads. A route led by Wang Haiqing was ambushed on the enemy's way back to the mountain to prepare for ambush. A route led by Jude rounded the back of a small plateau where bandits had gathered to attack the enemy.
After the enemy was attacked, he panicked and fled in the same way, just in time to enter the ambush circle of Wang Haiqing's troops, and received another fierce blow. After the bandits were killed and wounded more than a dozen people, they fled back.
After dawn, Zhu De commanded the troops to advance in two ways. All the way from the main road to HuamuQiao, he rendezvoused with the rest of the troops at Shexi; Zhu De led 13 people from the pit under Songtong Mountain behind Haotou Wei. With the help of enthusiastic villagers along the way, Zhu De finally reached Rucheng.
After 2 days of negotiations, Zhu De and Zeng Yuewei signed an agreement, and Fan Shisheng's department also conscientiously fulfilled the agreement. The revolutionary fire of more than 800 people led by Zhu De was finally given a break, supplemented with salaries, clothes and ammunition.
@Fly in the Clouds says
Zhu De disguised himself as a "gangster head", which not only showed his resourceful, brave, and decisive ability to cope with danger, but also explained the difference between the communist army and the reactionary army: officers and soldiers are equal, and they share weal and woe.
It was precisely because Zhu De lived a hard and simple life in peacetime, shared weal and woe with the soldiers, mingled with the masses, and did not look like an "official" that he helped Zhu De to avert danger at a crucial moment.
Zhu De, on the other hand, took advantage of the enemy's contradictions and cooperated with Fan Shisheng to solve the difficulties of this revolutionary contingent and enable the contingent to gain the conditions for survival, growth, and development. In the subsequent revolutionary struggle, many high-ranking generals emerged in this rank.
It can be said that this team was able to survive under extremely difficult circumstances, and Zhu De made a significant contribution.
