In mid-June 1935, after the Central Red Army and the Fourth Front Army met at Maogong in Sichuan, Zhang Guotao began to split the Red Army. In order to achieve his ulterior motives, he took the opportunity of Commander Peng Dehuai's crossing of the river in Vigu and Yinian to welcome the Four Fronts Army, and sent his right-hand secretary Huang Chao as a lobbyist, quietly coming to the residence of Commander Peng.
After the meeting and greetings, Huang Chao said falsely: "Chairman Zhang (Guotao) specially sent me to see you." Oops, hard work along the way! It is very difficult to provide for this place, and it is especially comforting. Chairman Zhang asked me to bring a few pounds of beef jerky and dozens of pounds of rice to talk about my heart. "So I asked my retinue to take things."
Then Huang Chao took out a bag of silver yang from the suitcase: "Please use these three hundred silver oceans!" Commander Peng said expressionlessly, "Thank you Chairman Zhang for your concern." Although Huang Chao was in his thirties, his face was full of smoke and a mouthful of yellow teeth, and he approached Commander Peng, pretended to be concerned, and suddenly asked about the meeting. This made Commander Peng immediately alert, but calmly said: "The battle was not fought well, and it was a bit right-leaning." ”
When Huang Chao met, why did he ask about the meeting? How did he know that there had been a meeting? Did the organization talk to them? Now that you know, why are you asking me again? Huang Chao asked a question, which aroused the suspicion of Commander Peng.
Originally, in the middle of May, the organization held a meeting in Huili, and the meeting decided to immediately move north, join the four fronts, and establish the Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu Soviet districts. Shortly before the Zunyi conference, the Military Commission appointed Comrade Liu Shaoqi as director of the Political Department of the Three Armies, and Comrade Yuan Ping, former director of the Military Commission, was transferred to the Central Military Commission to assign work separately. Commander Peng Shaoqi once told Comrade Liu Shaoqi about his proposal to the central authorities: The Third Army advanced toward Xiangtan and Ningxiang and threatened Changhe; the central authorities led the main force to quickly advance and occupy the area centered on Pupu to mobilize the masses and prepare for battle; and the three corps tried their best to negotiate with the enemy in the Ningxiang, Xiangtan, and Yiyang areas for a period of time.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek's troops were exhausted, but the Dian and Sichuan armies were still strong. Our army should get rid of the situation of blockade and encirclement by the enemy on all sides; at an appropriate time, it should choose favorable fighters, fight one or two victorious battles, turn to the initiative, get close to the second front, and create base areas, so that we can get rid of the temporary predicament. Commander Peng's proposal was based on the interim measures put forward at that time under the situation in which the enemy was strong and we were weak, and the enemy was facing the enemy on all sides, and it was not impossible to implement it.
Comrades Liu Shaoqi and Yang Shangkun sent telegrams to the Central Military Commission on the basis of Commander Peng's suggestions and their own opinions. Lin Biao also wrote a letter to the central authorities, asking the political commissars Runzhigong, Zhu De, and Zhou to preside over the grand plan, and commander Peng Ton to serve as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy. At the meeting, Commander Peng read Lin Biao's letter and did not care. The First Corps and the Three Corps have worked well together for a long time, sometimes the First Corps commands the Three Corps, and sometimes the Three Corps commands the First Corps. Therefore, he believed that Lin Biao was well-intentioned and was just concentrating on command.
At the meeting, Commander Peng was criticized by the leaders of the organization, saying that Lin Biao's letter was written at the instigation of Commander Peng. In fact, before the meeting, Commander Peng did not know that Lin Biao had written this letter. He also criticized Peng And others for their right-leaning sentiments of dissatisfaction with the loss of the Soviet zone.
Commander Peng was humble and did not declare or refute it; he held the attitude of being naturally clear about everything in the future, proceeded from the party's cause, and openly examined his own problems because the two battles of Lubanchang and Qishui were not well fought, and his mood was not very good. He also put forward the idea that it would be inappropriate to change the commander-in-chief of the former enemy.
Huang Chao came to give gifts for no reason and talked about the situation of the meeting, which could not but make Commander Peng Bing vigilant. He believed that Zhang Guotao had an ulterior motive in sending Huang Chaolai, and to put it bluntly, he wanted to win people over in order to expand his own power, further blackmail the central authorities, and usurp the leadership of the central authorities. Therefore, Commander Peng was serious and asked him to bring things back, looking very cold. Huang Chao saw this scene, realized that the conspiracy and trickery had been exposed, and left awkwardly.