The Chinese nation has 56 nationalities, and they love each other and are as close as a family. It wasn't like that in the beginning, and they had their own stories. There is a Yi people in the Yi people who call Liu Shuai an uncle, what is going on here?
The guards were skeptical about the Yi people's request, after all, everyone knew that Liu Shuai did not have relatives of this nation, they were afraid of the enemy's conspiracy, and finally brought this Yi people to investigate, which opened the prelude to the matter.
1. Worship brothers
Everyone knew through understanding that this matter was real, and it had to start from the long march. At that time, the Red Army was isolated and helpless, and although there were two routes to choose from, they were full of dangers.
The Red Army's long-distance raids made them exhausted, and although the soldiers would feel much better on the flat road, the danger would be greater, and more people might lose their lives. After some discussion, Liu Shuai decided to block the enemy on the one hand, and on the other hand, to break the siege through the Yi area.
Chiang Kai-shek did not seem surprised by Liu Shuai's decision, but he also knew that the Yi region was very closed, and it was still a system of slaves and slave owners. The black Yi is the master, and the white Yi is the slave, and can be scolded at will.
Knowing clearly the situation of the Yi people, Chiang Kai-shek was very relieved, and he thought that the Red Army could not solve these things. Moreover, if one is not done well, it will also cause a bad impact and even produce disputes, which chiang kai-shek hopes.
He arranged for people to go to the Yi areas in advance to do some propaganda, and before the Red Army arrived, the Yi people had a deep resistance to them. By the time the crowd got there, there was no one there.
On the one hand, the propaganda of the Kuomintang in the early days was related to the long-term living environment of the people. The Yi were also the areas ruled by the Han in the beginning, but the Han did not regard these people as people and frantically exploited their values.
The Yi people hated those who wore military uniforms very much, and they suffered a lot at the hands of those people. So whether you are good or bad, as long as you wear military uniforms, you are the enemy of the Yi people. In order to counter these people, they even set up a special armed force.
It so happened that there were also Yi people in the Red Army, and he knew very well where the point of contention between these people was, so he told the command headquarters what he knew. It can be said that this was a timely rain that quickly solved the problems faced by the Red Army. Liu Shuai also sent someone to get in touch with Xiao Yedan to help them.
With the support of the Red Army, the Yi area soon stabilized. Even after the Red Army left, it left the political commissar to help Xiao Yedan govern the Yi area. The Yi army also slowly developed better and stronger.
But even so, they were powerless to resist the sophisticated weapons of the Kuomintang, and finally failed. In order to protect the commissar, Xiao Yedan was eventually killed by the Kuomintang. When Liu Shuai was there, he also became a brother with Xiao Yedan, and even left a banner.
After Xiao Yedan's death, his wife was afraid that the flag would be discovered by the Kuomintang, so she sealed it in her clothes. After all, this is not a simple banner, but a promise to Liu Shuai, which is to be handed over to Liu Shuai by hand.
This flag can also be seen in the museum now, which is not only the brotherhood of Liu Shuai and Xiao Yedan, but also a symbol of friendship between the Chinese army and the Yi people. Later, Liu Shuai went to the Yi tribe to find Xiao Yedan, and only then did he know that he had died, which made him very sad.
When he knew that Xiao Yedan's family was still there, that sad heart had a little comfort. He had been looking for the descendants of the Yi brothers, but he had never found them. The arrival of this Yimin really solved the problem that Liu Shuai could not let go of for many years.
2. Red Yi friendship
Until later, Liu Shuai recalled the scene at that time and sighed, saying that if there was no Xiao Yedan, the Long March of the Red Army might have been more arduous and the losses would have been greater. If Xiao Ye Dan insisted on confronting the Red Army, as long as he dragged the crowd for three days, it would definitely be a different scene.
It turned out that after the Red Army left, Deng Xiuting, the warlord ruler of the yi tribe, began to find trouble for Xiao Yedan, and he knew of the existence of the banner and threatened Xiao Yedan to hand it over. In his heart, this flag was more important than his own life, how could it be handed over.
Xiao Ye Dan was finally arrested by Deng Xiuting, and he also knew what his fate would be next, so he had already explained to his wife before he was arrested, which led to the fact that the flag was sewn into his clothes.
After the founding of New China, in order to commemorate the friendship of the Red Yi, a special monument was also built. It can be said that without Xiao Yedan, there would be no later Red Army, and the people in the Yi area sent the Red Army to a new region and let them start a new journey.
Third, Liu Shuai's regrets
Later, Liu Bocheng had been looking for Xiao Yedan's descendants, until the appearance of this Yimin could be regarded as the real completion of Liu Shuai's regrets for many years. After Liu Shuai's death, his son Liu Taixing also inherited his brotherhood with Xiao Yedan and often visited them.
Later, Liu Taixing even hosted Xiao Yedan's grandson Shen Jianguo at a banquet in the Great Hall of the People, which can be said to be of a very high standard. This is not only the embodiment of Liu Taixing's affinity for the Yi people, but also the inheritance of the friendship of the previous generation.
He even offered to bring them all to Beijing and arrange schools for them. After Xiao Yedan's descendants returned from their studies in Beijing, they returned to their hometown and contributed their own strength to the construction of their hometown.
Even if they are far apart, Liu Taihang will often go to Sichuan. Someone asked Liu Taixing what he was going to do, and he said that he was going to visit his relatives. Liu Shuai and Xiao Yedan have a brotherly love, and Liu Taixing and Xiao Yedan's descendants have also inherited their feelings, which is something they should all be pleased with.
4. Summary
For this feeling, there must be some people who have doubts, after all, the two of them have only been together for a few days, how can they have such deep feelings, this is where Liu Shuai's personality charm lies, but also the unique quality of the Red Army. Because they treat others with sincerity, what they will definitely exchange for is the kindness of others.
After the liberation of all of China, the Yi changed to what everyone now knows. At that time, the Yi people were barbarian Yi people, and its meaning was not very good, so Chairman Mao changed it to the Yi people, which was an affirmation of this nation, and it was also the result of the efforts of the ancestors for generations.
The descendants of Liu Shuai and Xiao Yedan have made this friendship a continuation, for people, this is a witness to the unity of the Chinese nation, and they are even more close to the family. This is very precious whenever it comes.