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In 1863, Shi Dakai led the remnants, under the siege and interception of the Qing soldiers, to the Area of the Dadu River, preparing to break through by the Trail.
However, with the local Yi people and the Dadu River rising, Shi Dakai was trapped in the Dadu River area and eventually arrested.
In 1935, during the Long March, the Red Fourth Army led by Liu Bocheng encountered the same situation, but the Red Army was able to break through smoothly.
All this is due to a Yi leader named Xiao Yedan, who made an alliance with Liu Bocheng and became a brother with a different surname, not only helping the Red Army to cross the Yi area, but also joining the revolutionary forces.
However, it was this incident that later became a heart disease of Liu Bocheng, and until his death, he still remembered the promise of that year.
So, who is Xiao Ye Dan? Why did Liu Bocheng never forget it?
There are pursuing soldiers in the front and interception in the back
In 1934, due to the erroneous line of Wang Ming, Bogu and others, the Fifth Anti-"Encirclement and Suppression" campaign of the Red Army failed, and in order to retain the revolutionary forces, Chairman Mao made a great resolution on the 25,000-mile Long March.
In 1935, the Red Army went north to the Mianning area of Sichuan, which was inhabited by the Yi people, and slavery was still being practiced, and the hierarchy was strict, and the fights between various clans were not uncommon.
Coupled with Chiang Kai-shek's policy of "using yi to control yi" in this area, the contradictions are particularly acute.
For this reason, after the arrival of the Red Army, Chairman Mao immediately demanded a truce, and then convened a meeting to discuss the line of the breakthrough.
Chairman Mao was familiar with the history books and knew Shi Dakai's experience very well.
He understood that shi Dakai did not handle his relationship with the Yi people well, which led to the final rout of the army.
However, the actual situation is quite urgent, because Chiang Kai-shek is also very familiar with the local environment, and he understands that as long as the Red Army involves the territory of the Yi people, it will be blocked to a certain extent.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek ambushed the main pursuing troops on the main road, waiting for the Red Army.
The time was pressing and the situation was critical, but at the moment of the first attack, Chairman Mao, instead of panicking, did not hesitate to find a local centenarian and exchanged with him the customs and customs of the Yi people.
This old man had experienced all the rebellions since Shi Dakai and knew the history of the Yi-Han struggle very well.
According to him, there are two main reasons why the Yi people have such an attitude.
First, some merchants knew that the Yi people were isolated from the world, and they deliberately traded them with some high-quality and low-priced items.
Second, during the warlord melee, Liu Wenhui's troops killed a large number of ethnic groups.
After learning of the situation, Chairman Mao nodded to the other side, but the Red Army was a civilized division, and it was even more caring for the people, and should be able to gain the trust of the Yi people.
Therefore, he sent two generals, Liu Bocheng and Nie Rongzhen, and let them take the lead in contacting the Yi people to relieve the guard of both sides.
The sappers explored the way and were plundered
Chairman Mao's choice has its own deep meaning, liu bocheng and Nie Rongzhen are not of the Yi ethnic group, but they are natives of Sichuan.
In particular, Liu Bocheng, who was born in Kaixian County, Sichuan Province, received a local private school education from an early age, and established the ideal of "saving the people from water and fire".
Later, he joined the army, and in the Sichuan Army, he was known for his strict military discipline and self-improvement, and was known as a "bodhisattva" in the army.
It was not until 1926, when Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the Revolution, that Liu Bocheng left Sichuan.
It can be seen that Liu Bocheng was born and grew up in Sichuan, and he was also quite famous in the Sichuan Army, so it was natural for him to go to negotiate.
After receiving Chairman Mao's task, Liu Bocheng also attached great importance to it, and he immediately set up an investigation team to conduct in-depth investigation of the situation of the Yi people.
The results were no different from Chairman Mao's analysis, and the prejudice of the Yi people was rooted in Chiang Kai-shek's barbaric policies, the fraud of merchants and the plunder of warlords.
Subsequently, Liu Bocheng began to think about how to eliminate prejudice and prove the friendliness of the Red Army to the locals.
After tossing and turning all night, Liu Bocheng decided not to send soldiers to the road for the time being, but to open the way first by the engineer company.
Therefore, the engineers saw the mountains to build roads and bridges in the water, laying the foundation for the arrival of the large red army, but before their project was completed, they met the Yi people unexpectedly.
It turned out that the Yi people were already a little nervous when they saw the Red Army building roads in the mountains, and they took advantage of their familiarity with the terrain to ambush in the grass and woods, and whenever they found an opportunity, they attacked the Red Army.
Since before leaving, Liu Bocheng had already ordered that "the Yi people are not bandits, we must not shoot, and no armed conflict can occur under any circumstances."
Therefore, even if the engineer company suffered a loss, it did not raise its gun to fight back, but only showed its purpose to the incoming Yi people and begged them to let the Red Army pass.
However, the Yi did not take care of it, and when they saw that the Red Army did not shoot, they took all the supplies from them.
At the same time, the news also reached Xiao Yedan's ears, and the incident began to turn around.
Blood is an alliance, forming a brother with a different surname
"Ye Dan" is the title of the leader of the Yi people, Xiao Ye Dan was originally named Guo Ji Yoda, during the period of Xiao Ye Dan's administration, the Territory of the Yi people expanded by hundreds of square kilometers, and the population increased by tens of thousands.
With these feats, he had a high prestige among his people.
After learning that the Red Army was coming, Xiao Ye Dan was first extremely vigilant, and he arranged for the old and weak women and children of the clan to go into the deep mountains to take shelter, leaving a large number of young elites to prepare for a bloody battle with the Red Army and drive them out of the Liangshan Mountains completely.
However, he was caught off guard by the red army's performance after its arrival, as it did not plunder the Yi-populated areas like the Kuomintang, nor abused violence like the warlord Liu Wenhui.
Not only that, in order not to disturb the lives of the local people, the Red Army preferred to eat the dry food it had brought with it rather than ask for it from the Yi people.
Xiao Ye Dan saw all kinds of situations in his eyes, and he realized that the Red Army was somewhat different from others.
Therefore, he decided to make contact with the Red Army, and in mid-May, the Yi emissaries conveyed a message to Xiao Hua and Feng Wenbin of the Red Army, indicating that Xiao Yedan was willing to meet with them.
Xiao Hua and the others were overjoyed, and rushed to Xiao Ye Dan's residence with gifts, only to see that Xiao Ye Dan was tall, calm in face, and quick in vision, and among more than ten Yi hans, he could be seen at a glance.
Seeing the situation, Xiao Hua opened the door and made clear his intentions: "When the Red Army passed by here, it only passed by the road, never disturbing the lives of the local people, and never occupying the land of the Yi people."
Xiao Ye Dan saw xiao Hua's sincere attitude, nodded slowly, and said, "I want to have a direct dialogue with your General Liu, please arrange it."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Hua understood that the matter was already halfway through, and he did not dare to be sloppy, so he immediately bid farewell to Xiao Yedan, returned to the military camp, and explained the situation to Liu Bocheng.
Liu Bocheng directly called out, "This is a pillow when you are dozing off", and then he went happily and met with Xiao Yedan on the Yi Seashore.
As soon as they met, Xiao Yedan was about to kneel and prostrate his head, just like he had seen the Kuomintang officials before, when Liu Bocheng quickly pulled him up: "Our Communist Party is not happy with this set, whether it is soldiers or ordinary people, they are equal."
Subsequently, Liu Bocheng openly and frankly recounted the situation of the Red Army.
He said that the Red Army was a unit that respected local traditions and safeguarded the interests of the masses, and was only forced to pass through the Territory of the Yi Nationality after being pursued by the Kuomintang, hoping to form friendship with the Yi people and jointly oppose the Kuomintang reactionaries.
In the face of Liu Bocheng's frankness, Xiao Yedan was greatly moved, and he immediately said that he wanted to marry Liu Bocheng as a brother with a different surname.
Supposedly, the Communists did not have a tradition of worship, but this time Liu Bocheng made a rare exception, nodded his head, and accepted Xiao Yedan's request.
Immediately after, the two faced the vast Yi Sea and knelt down to worship as brothers.
Xiao Ye Dan found a rooster and scooped out two bowls of water in the Yi Sea, and then, he took the knife in his hand, cut off the neck of the chicken, and dripped the chicken blood into the bowl, and the two drank the water of the Yi Sea in a big mouth, and became good brothers without saying anything.
Join the Red Army and guard the flag
After the Alliance of Yihai, the Red Army and the Yi people completely laid down their defenses, and in order to show friendship, the Red Army took out a lot of grain from the originally poor military salaries and distributed them to the local people as gifts.
The Yi also repaid the favor, invited the Red Army to come into their homes to eat and stay, and also used their knowledge of the local terrain to reconnoiter the movements of the Nationalist army for the Red Army.
On May 23, Liu Bocheng bid farewell to Xiao Yedan on behalf of the Red Army, and on the occasion of parting, the two clasped their hands and clinged to each other.
Liu Bocheng took out a flag that read, "Chicken Gu detachment of the Chinese Yimin Red Army," and solemnly handed it to Xiao Yedan.
He also said that the organization had decided to include Xiao Yedan in the revolutionary ranks and appoint him as the leader of the Guji detachment.
Xiao Ye Dan was deeply touched by the kindness of the Red Army, and he held the flag, and tears were already flowing from his dark face.
Subsequently, he sent his cronies to escort the Red Army out of the country, and after 7 days and 7 nights, the Red Army finally left the Baili Yi people.
On the way, due to Xiao Yedan's call, a large number of Yi youths joined the Red Army, and the strength of the troops was also well replenished.
After the successful departure of the Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek was furious and learned that it was Xiao Yedan who let them go all the way, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent heavy troops to surround The Great Liangshan Regiment.
He also said that if Xiao Yedan did not hand over the banner, the Nationalist army would wipe out the Yi settlement area in Liangshan.
In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's coercion and inducement, Xiao Yedan was not moved, and he handed the banner to his wife's hand and instructed, "Only the Red Army treats us equally, and in case I die, you must protect this red flag and hand it over to the Red Army in the future." ”
Seeing that the threat did not work, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to withdraw his troops, but he forcibly captured Liu Bocheng's political commissar who remained in Liangshan.
In order to rescue him, Xiao Yedan handed over 12,000 taels of silver and 120 sheep, which can be described as a waste of family wealth.
Xiao YeDan unfortunately died, and Liu Bocheng said his last wish
After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Xiao Yedan organized his clan to resist Japan with all his might, while at the same time guarding against harassment by the Kuomintang.
However, the good times were short-lived, and in 1942, just as the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was in full swing, Chiang Kai-shek disregarded the tension of the situation and sent a large contingent of men and horses to carry out a sneak attack on Xiao Yedan.
Xiao Ye Dan could not have imagined that in the face of the great national righteousness and the rise and fall of the country, Chiang Kai-shek would actually attack the people of the country for his own selfish interests, and in the end, he would die on the battlefield and be honored and righteous.
Xiao Yedan's departure was a huge blow to the Yi people, and later, Chiang Kai-shek ordered people to search for the flag that Liu Bo had given him.
Fortunately, Xiao YeDan's wife was in a hurry and sewed the flag into her old pleated skirt, which escaped the disaster.
What I didn't expect was that this slit was 8 years, during which the Yi people experienced layers of exploitation by the Kuomintang, and their lives deteriorated.
However, in the darkest period, Xiao Yedan's wife always adhered to her husband's will and vowed to hand over the banner to the Communist Party.
It was not until 1950, after the founding of New China and the liberation of the Xikang region, that she handed over the flag to the local government, and today, the flag is treasured in the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution.
In the 1990s, the Yi people of Liangshan also built the "Monument to the Alliance of Yi seas" with the help of the government.
Later, Xiao Yedan's wife lived in seclusion in the mountains and did not ask about the world, and Liu Bocheng asked people to go to visit him, but Xiao Yedan's people refused his kindness and insisted on staying in the Daliang Mountains.
However, this incident has become a heart disease of Liu Bocheng.
After all, when the blood was an alliance, Liu Bocheng and Xiao Yedan agreed to support each other, and now that his brother is dead, his wife and children are left in the mountains, and Liu Bocheng's heart is naturally uncomfortable.
This regret lasted until the last moment of his life.
On October 7, 1986, Liu Bocheng died of illness in Beijing, and before his death, he said, "You... Be sure to find Xiao Ye Dan's descendants."
The children knew that this was the father's lifelong wish, and with tears in their eyes, they solemnly promised: "Rest assured.".
However, nearly forty years have passed, and it is not easy to find it until 1995, nine years after Liu Bocheng's death, that Liu Bocheng's eldest son Liu Taixing found Xiao Yedan's descendants in Daliangshan.
epilogue
The Yihai alliance, a banner, two bowls of lake water, the story between Liu Bocheng and Xiao Yedan is simple and touching, and their full cooperation is not only a clear proof of the revolutionary forces against the reactionary forces, but also a symbol of the unity of the Chinese nation and the connection of blood.
Now, decades have passed, Xiao Yedan's descendants have graduated from college, returned to Daliangshan, and participated in the construction of their hometown, and it is foreseeable that the revolutionary friendship and selfless spirit of their ancestors will be passed on and carried forward in this generation.