Marshal He Long was resourceful and resourceful in military strategy. In the long-term struggle with the enemy, he did not know how many vicious, dangerous, and difficult battles he had fought, nor did he know how many battle achievements he had made. He was a man of honor and integrity. Chairman Mao Zedong gave Marshal He Long high praise, and during the three-bay reorganization, Mao Zedong often encouraged the troops with the example of "starting with two kitchen knives".
In November 1936, Mao Zedong met with He Long in northern Shaanxi and talked about the Long March of the Red Army troops. For the Red Second and Sixth Armies to skillfully get rid of the enemy's command three times, Mao Zedong praised He Long as a "stroke of God.".
At the ceremony for the placement of The ashes of Mr. He in Beijing, Premier Zhou went to the auditorium with a serious illness to participate in the placement ceremony, bowing once, bowing twice, and bowing three times, and just when everyone thought it was over, Premier Zhou bowed seven times in a row. It all starts with two kitchen knives.
Start with two kitchen knives
One day in September 1916, a personable young man with a short beard and a robe boarded the "Dai Shengchang" steamship at the Xiananmen Wharf in Changde, crossed the 800-mile Dongting Lake, and headed for Changsha.
This young man was He Long, who was 20 years old at the time. He stood on the deck of the steamship, looking at Dongting Lake, where the smoke waves and white mist rose, and the Junshan Mountain in the distance, like a beauty covered with a light veil, haunted and entangled, if it was about to leave.
"Baling looked at the cave garden in autumn, saw the lone peak floating on the water, smelled the gods and immortals, and the heart followed the lake water." He Long's mood at this time was like this leisurely lake and hidden mountains. The mud and sand grabbed the gun and the Xiangxi uprising, which was vigorous, but was suppressed by the Beiyang warlords.
In February of the following year, He Long led the townspeople again, slashed the Salt Bureau of Bamaoxi, rebelled again, served as the commander-in-chief of Sang Zhi's Yuan Minjun, captured Sang Zhi County, and declared Sang Zhi's independence for Yuan.
Soon, his troops were officially incorporated into the ranks of the National Protectorate Army, and he became the commander of the Second Battalion of the First Echelon Regiment of the Xiangxi Protectorate Army. However, the good times did not last long, and they were secretly calculated by Tan Yanmin, the overseer of Hunan, and the troops were disarmed and fled to Hongjiaguan alone. He was very unconvinced by this, and from then on he understood the despicable means of the bureaucrats and politicians and how to deal with them.
This time, it was his cousin He Lianyuan who wrote to him to Go to Changsha to "discuss important matters." Of course, the so-called "important things" cannot be separated from the revolution, but he is very confused about whether he can make a difference in his current trip to Changsha, so when he looks at the water of this hundred-mile lake, he is really overwhelmed with emotion and emotion.
He Long
After crossing Dongting Lake, it didn't take a few days to get to the provincial capital Changsha. A few days later, He Lianyuan accompanied him to Lin Dexuan's mansion.
As soon as He Long came in, Luo Zhanhou, a revolutionary in Dayong County, introduced: "This is the commander-in-chief of the Sang Zhi People's Army, a revolutionary, He Yunqing. ”
"I've been famous for a long time!" Lin Dexuan, an old revolutionary senior, stood up and shook hands with He Long and said, "I heard that you have a brother-in-law named Gu What, who is your military master, and who is very strategic, so why didn't he come to Changsha?" ”
He Long replied, "His name is Gu Jiting, and after my team was broken up by Tan Yanmin in Changde, he changed his name to Gu Hu and ran to Tang Rongyang in Yuzhou to become the commander of the detachment." ”
"His name was Gu Hu?" Lin Dexuan smiled and said, "You change it to a dragon, you He Yunqing has clouds, 'clouds from dragons, winds from tigers', a dragon and a tiger, each showing divine powers!" ”
All the princes present laughed and agreed, "Good, good change!" However, He Lianyuan hesitated: "Call the dragon, I'm afraid not." ”
"Why?" Lin Dexuan asked.
"I'm afraid of repeating the offense against the Ancestors!" He Lianyuan replied, "He Long! This name was used by the third generation of ancestors of the He family! ”
"Did you have a ancestor named He Long?" Lin Dexuan asked in surprise.
"Yes!" He Lianyuan said. He's original surname was Qing, but because of the name of Emperor An of the Eastern Han Dynasty, his surname was changed to He. Ancestor He first entered Xiang from the army, and then settled in Hongjiaguan, with three sons, Ying Guigong is the second generation of the Xianghe clan ancestors. There are five sons of Ying Guigong, who are named elephants, tigers, dragons, phoenixes, and phoenixes. Except for He Huang, who went out to Yungui in his early years to make a living, the other four were the third generation ancestors of the Hongjia GuanHe surname.
From the fourth generation onwards, according to the sixteen characters of "Great Court Liangshi, Literary Xingbang, Guangzong Yaozu, Generation Yongchang". He Wenchang, also spelled Yunqing, is the fifth-generation grandson of Changfang He Xiang. If Wen is often called Dragon, wouldn't it be the name of the third generation of ancestors? He Lianyuan finally said: "In that case, I am afraid that the clan will oppose it and will be angry." ”
He Long smiled and said, "Brother Lian Yuan, I am not afraid of making any mistakes!" ”
Lin Dexuan said, "I'm afraid of what kind of anger, a martial artist, I'm not afraid of anger, but I have to be a little murderous." Yun Qing is in his twenties leading soldiers, there are plates and eyes, I am afraid that it is more than your ancestors, that is, the name of the ancestors is heavy, it does not matter, there are old dragons opening the road before, and there are small dragons churning after, what is bad? ”
Liao Xiangyun said: "We Hunan revolutionaries sacrificed a courageous and insightful literati, Yang Yupeng, and now we have come a dragon with courage and strategy, and we have succeeded the former servants and successors. I see that the name of Brother Dexuan was changed well, and it was called He Long. ”
Liao Xiangyun was a member of the Old League, participated in the Wuchang Uprising, was highly respected, and spoke with great weight.
He Lianyuan listened to what he couldn't say anymore, and after a while of deep groaning, he said, "Yunqing, the dragon is the dragon." However, you dragon teng wants to let Gu Hu ah! ”
He Long said, "You don't have to worry about this." He walked his Yangguan Road, and I crossed my canoe bridge. ”
Sister Xiang said to me, "I will not forget what is on the right path." "Big Sister Xiang is He Long's eldest sister He Ying."
In this way, He Wen often changed his name to He Long. Since then, this name has also occupied a place in the history of China's modern revolution.
In September, the Beiyang government Duan Qirui announced the repeal of the Provisional Covenant Law and the dissolution of the National Assembly. In response to the perverse actions of the Beiyang government, Sun Yat-sen organized the Guangzhou military government and became the grand marshal, calling for the launch of a "dharma protection movement" to oppose Duan Qirui and unify China.
The Hunan revolutionaries rose up and responded. Lin Xiumei raised an army in Shonan and Zhang Rongchuan in western Hunan Province. He Long again participated in the uprising and served as a guerrilla commander under Zhang Rongchuan, commander-in-chief of the Western Hunan ProtectorAte Army.
However, in December, when He Long drove with Zhang Rongchuan from Tuoling to Changde, a sudden disaster fell from the sky. Lin Xiumei, commander-in-chief of the Shonan Protectorate, sent his left-wing guerrilla commander Luo Fulong to visit He Long in Changde, but was jealous of Zhang Rongchuan, lest Luo Fulong take He Long's troops to Shonan and attach himself to Lin Xiumei and weaken his power.
Therefore, on the pretext of inviting He Long and Luo Fulong to meet, the two of them were detained, and He Long's troops were transferred to Huarong and reorganized. Seven days later, due to the obstruction of Lin Xiumei, He Long and Luo Fulong were released.
After his release from prison, He Long became a commoner again, living in a Yao Ji business in Changde. At this time, Gu Shunrulai Yao Ji Shang looked for him.
Gu Shunru was a cultured man in Hongjiaguan, nicknamed Shunling, who was related to the He family and followed He Long out of the revolution. After He Long's troops were transferred to Huarong by Zhang Rongchuan, he secretly left the troops and sneaked away from Changde to find He Long.
Coincidentally, He Long's father, He Shidao, also came to visit his son from Hongjiaguan, and they met at Yao Ji's business. He Shidao taught in the tone of an elder, "Shunling, you and Chang Ling are not mixing well outside, and they all turn back to farming with me." ”
"Afraid of this move?" Gu Shunru touched his head and said to He Shidao, "Third Uncle Dao, your old man knows that the gu and He surnames of Hongjiaguan are both descendants of the military family, and if you put aside the rebellion of He Tingbi in the early years, let's say that in recent years, we have gu zhuangyou of the Gu family..."
Gu Zhuangyou, who studied in Japan in his early years, was a member of the Old League, participated in the Wuchang Uprising, and in the first two years, in order to oppose Yuan Shikai's restoration, he prepared to organize an armed uprising in Lizhou, and as a result, he was killed by the lizhou town guard. Before his execution, Gu Zhuangxian shouted: "Dan's heart is full of blood, and posterity will not stop killing!" "It's tragic.
Gu Shunru became more and more excited the more he spoke, and finally said, "Third Uncle Dao, the ancestors of our two families have died at the hands of the government." Can we go back to farming now, can we eat our own food and live a peaceful life? ”
He Shidao smoked a cigarette and said, "Cough, I'm afraid you won't be able to become a climate!" You have no one, no guns. ”
He Long said, "Don't be afraid, the gun can be done again!" ”
Gu Shunru told He Long: "There are already many people in our troops who have run out and gone back to their hometowns, as long as you go back and shout, someone will come." ”
"Someone has a way." He Long was very happy, so he consulted with Gu Shunru and went to mobilize the personnel and organize the armed forces. And agreed that Gu Shunru would return to Sangzhi, He Long would go to Cili, and meet at Sangzhi at the end of the year.
Old Man He Shidao could not convince his son, and sighed and said, "Well, let's go your separate ways!" I went home to farm. Useful to me, study it, study it, and you will write me a letter. "On the same day, they broke up.
He Long came to a place called Liangshuijing and stayed in an inn called Wang Chunhe. This place is located at the junction of Taoyuan and Cili counties, and is a mountain town. There is a spring in the town, which is continuous all year round. People use a stone to separate it into two wells, one well belongs to Taoyuan, and one well belongs to Cili, so it is called two wells, which is a place where two things are ignored.
One day later, He Long set off and met a young man who was hurrying to find out how Changde was going.
He Long saw that this young man was tall and big, and his eyes were full of spirits, and he liked him very much, and casually asked: "Young man, when you arrive in Changde, you don't need to be in such a hurry, seeing that you are sweating profusely, what is the urgent matter?" ”
"I went to Changde to find He Long."
He Long was stunned, glared at the young man, and said, "What are you looking for him for?" He was no longer in Changde, and he went back to his hometown. ”
"Not in Changde? Do you recognize He Long? The lad asked.
He Long nodded and asked, "Do you have an emergency?" Can I help you? ”
The young man looked up at He Long. When he saw this man with a small beard, a tall man, a burly figure, a face that made people feel affectionate, and looked like a good man, he said, "I have come from the Dayong Official's home." There was a villain named Zhou in the government, Ma Baihe, who wanted to shoot me. ”
The lad has a gun? He Long suddenly came to his senses and asked busily, "Did the gun go away?" ”
"Nothing. He was going to shoot me, and I went first and broke him. ”
This guy really has a kind, good look! He Long deliberately said, "Ah, your boy is a murderer." ”
"The officials force the people to rebel, and they don't kill him before they see the devil." After killing the people in the government, they wanted to arrest me, I buried the gun, and my grandfather asked me to go to Changde to find He Long. The young man was not afraid at all, and said with a straight face.
"Which is your grandfather?" He Long asked busily.
"My grandfather's name is Wu Peiqing." I am his grandchild, named Wu Yulin. ”
Ah, Pei Qing, Wu Peiqing, who grabbed guns together in the muddy sand town and armed the riot. He remembers me and asks his nephew to come to me, okay! He Long was happy in his heart and said busily, "Young man, do you know who I am?" ”
Wu Yulin shook his head and said, "I don't know." I'm going to hurry, is He Long really not in Changde? ”
"I am He Long!"
"Ah!" Wu Yulin was shocked and carefully examined He Long. He circled around He Long, and suddenly, he knelt down on his knees and said, "Uncle He, please accept the worship of your nephew and grandson!" ”
He Long quickly lifted him up and said, "Don't do this, don't talk about it from your grandfather's generation." He is him and you are you. Let's make our friends, you call me Brother Chang! ”
"How does that work?" Wu Yulin was embarrassed. "What did your grandfather ask you to do with me?" He Long asked. "Rob the rich and help the poor with you."
He Long laughed and said, "Yulin, is this what your grandfather said?" Obsolete! Now it is necessary to make a revolution, overthrow the warlords, unify China, and implement equal land rights. ”
"I follow you, what do you do, what do I do." However, I don't have guns, only these two guys. Wu Yulin said, pulling open his black placket sleeves. I saw two kitchen knives sticking obliquely in his waist. "I grind them very fast."
He Long smiled. This young man is so cute, he patted Wu Yulin's shoulder and said: "The poor people make a revolution, and the kitchen knife is also a good weapon." When it is time to use it, two one add to five, one person and one hand, okay? ”
"Okay!" Wu Yulin nodded.
"Go, follow me to Cili." He Long said and led Wu Yulin out of Liangshuijing Town. As they walked, they saw a group of people coming from the direction of Changde, surrounded by a large sedan carried by four people.
Seeing the two guns on their backs, He Long was moved, and the pulling team had to have guns, so why didn't these two guns in front of them get it down? He gently pulled Wu Yulin and secretly followed the two guards.
The two guards, humming a small song, lazily dragged one step at a time, and the farther they went away from the palanquin. The front was about to reach Liansan Bay, and He Long muttered a few words in Wu Yulin's ear. Here the mountains are densely forested, the ancient road is deep, and it has turned three times in a row, so it is called Liansan Bay.
Walking here, He Long gave Wu Yulin a look, which meant that the place to move had arrived. Wu Yulin drew out a kitchen knife and handed it to He Long. He Long looked at it, hey, lithium light tiles, really sharp grinding, a little scary!
When the palanquin turned the corner, He Long pulled Wu Yulin, and an arrow rushed up, raising his knife and slashing. The two guards were defenseless and fell down in response. The palanquin in front of it turned a corner, not noticing at all. They picked up two spears, swooped into the dense forest, and disappeared without a trace.
The next day, they moved to gepu town in Taoyuan County and took up residence in the home of a gentleman surnamed Yu, sheltering from the wind.
Later, He Long learned that sitting in the palanquin was the county grand master who had gone to Cili to take up his post.
After hiding for a few days, He Long rushed back to Hongjiaguan with Wu Yulin. Here, Gu Shunru was found, organized 18 of He Long's old subordinates, brought 3 guns, and automatically went to participate in the operation to assist the Hubei Protector Army.
Walking to the cold water boundary of Yu County, he met Prince, the guerrilla commander of the Emin Army aided by the prefecture, and brought more than 30 people and 20 guns, and was ordered to help E. The prince saw that He Long, with 3 guns and 18 people, automatically came to the aid of E, and was deeply admired. He took the initiative to appoint He Long as the battalion commander.
The prince led the team to Shishou, Hubei. It faces the Yangtze River and is within easy reach of the Beiyang Army. Wang Zicai's deputy commander Rong Quanfang was timid, saw the huge momentum of the Beiyang Army, did not dare to fight, and secretly fled back to Hunan with a dozen people.
The prince was very frustrated and said to He Long, "You see, I originally had only about 30 people, but the deputy commander escaped and took half of them, so how can I fight?" I think that leaving the rest of the people to you, you are young and handsome, you will make a difference. I'm going back to Li County. alas! ”
In this way, He Long became a guerrilla commander under the Xiangxi Aid First Route Army, leading 30 people to fight against the Beiyang Army on both sides of the Jingjiang River.
After the autumn harvest uprising in 1927, When Mao Zedong reorganized in Sanwan, he said to the troops: "Comrade He Long started with two kitchen knives, and now he has become a military commander, and he has also brought a whole number of military soldiers. We have more than two kitchen knives now, we have two battalions of fighters, are we afraid that the revolution will not be able to do it? Since then, everyone has known that He Long's two kitchen knives have made a revolution.
He Long's Three "Strokes of God"
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="325" > the first "stroke of genius"</h1>
In September 1935, Chiang Kai-shek believed that the Red Army troops in the Xiang'echuanqian base area would inevitably meet with the Central Red Army, so he mobilized more than 130 regiments to deploy heavy troops between Longshan and Yongshun to form a "pocket" formation and prepare to pack all the Red Army into it.
After Hearing the news, He Longtan did not lead his troops directly to the west, but unusually marched to Xiangzhong, breaking the defense line of the Nationalist army irrigating and sinking water, occupying the Xiangzhong region, and leading his troops to quickly march into Changsha.
Chiang Kai-shek saw that the plan had failed, and seeing that Changsha was about to be in a hurry, he urgently ordered Tang Enbo to lead two divisions to aid Changsha.
However, He Long attacked from the east to the west, avoided the Changsha battlefield, and marched rapidly to the southeast for 9 days, he Jian of the nationalist army believed that the Red Army was going to cross the Zijiang River, and urgently ordered the troops to pursue He Longbu, while the Red Army of the Gui clan entered Guangxi and also began to increase the number of troops to the north.
Just when the Nationalist army was fully mobilized, the resourceful He Long suddenly ordered the troops to attack Wuyang directly, pass through the Tao Guang column, cross the Wushui River to the north, and enter Guizhou to establish a base area according to the instructions of the superiors.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="342" > the second "stroke of genius"</h1>
In February 1936, Chiang Kai-shek gathered the strength of 10 divisions to attack the Red Second and Sixth Armies. Faced with a large number of enemies, He Long thought about it and immediately ordered his troops to enter the Umeng Mountains, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack.
The Umong Mountains have a harsh climate all year round, with high mountains and deep valleys, and cliffs are common everywhere. The Red Second and Sixth Armies, totaling more than 10,000 people, waged guerrilla warfare with the enemy for thousands of miles in such a harsh environment as the Wumeng Mountains with high enthusiasm for war and a strong will to fight.
Under the command of He Long, the soldiers of the Red Second and Sixth Armies would march eastward and southward. Just as the enemy discovered the whereabouts of our army, he immediately turned to the northwest, dragged the enemy's troops for nearly a month, and stubbornly threw the enemy's more than 100,000 troops far away, turned the crisis into a motive, and successfully jumped out of the enemy's heavy encirclement. At the same time, it also exhausted the three departments of the Kuomintang army, Wan, Fan, and Hao.
He Long was awarded the rank of Grand General
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="343" > the third "stroke of genius"</h1>
In March 1936, the Red Second and Sixth Armies broke through the Wumeng Mountains and arrived near Pan County for troop rest. The mass base in this area is very good, which is conducive to the red army to carry out various activities.
Just as the Red Second and Sixth Armies were resting in Dapan County, Zhang Guotao sent two telegrams to the Red Second and Sixth Armies in the name of the headquarters. The troops were required to quickly cross the Jinsha River north and meet the Red Fourth Front in the shortest possible time.
From this point, it can be seen that when the Red First and Fourth Fronts met, Zhang Guotao made small moves, and He Long, Ren Bishi, and others did not understand the situation at all. At that time, the secret code of the Red Army headquarters to contact the Red Second and Sixth Armies was also in his hands.
On April 25, the Red Second and Sixth Armies quickly arrived at Shigu, an important ferry port on the Jinsha River. After the troops arrived, they contacted the local people, found 28 boatmen, and built 7 boats in the fastest time to cross the river. What people did not expect was that the Red Second and Sixth Armies, with a total of more than 17,000 people, successfully crossed the river in only 3 days.
After successfully crossing the river, Liu Zhengfu and his troops of the Dian army arrived just in time, and only saw an open space, and no one was there. This is He Long's feint of Kunming and the crossing of the Jinsha River.
Marshal He Long
Bow seven times in a row
In June 1975, the ceremony for the placement of Comrade He Long's ashes was held in Beijing.
The entire auditorium was solemn and solemn, and the urn was placed in the center of the auditorium, covered with the Communist Party flag. Directly in front of the auditorium is a huge portrait of Comrade He Long. It is also surrounded by flowers.
When the preparations for the placement ceremony began, the planning team received a notice that Premier Zhou rushed from the hospital with a sick illness, hoping that the ceremony would be postponed. The news of Premier Zhou's coming spread among the crowd, and everyone was also happy for President He, whose arrival represented the greatest concern of the state and the party for President He.
Soon after, Premier Zhou came, and he slowly got out of the car, wearing a black veil on his left arm. Accompanied by Deng Yingchao, they walked into the lounge together, and the comrades in the lounge saw the premier coming, and all got up to greet them. Ye Jianying walked up quickly, clasped the premier's hands tightly, and said, "Premier, your health is not good, how come you are here?" ”
Premier Zhou nodded slightly and said softly, "How can you not come?" I can't stand the old comrade-in-arms anymore, he's gone, I must come. ”
He Long and Mao Zedong
The placement ceremony officially began, and Premier Zhou walked to the front of the stage to deliver a eulogy. He looked at the old comrades-in-arms and comrades in the auditorium and said slowly, "Comrades." ”
The auditorium was instantly quiet, only to hear Premier Zhou's voice a little choked, but full of affection, tears slowly flowing from the corners of his eyes.
Premier Zhou spoke highly of Mr. He's life and praised his great contribution to the revolutionary cause. After speaking, Premier Zhou bowed one, then bowed, and three times. When everyone in the auditorium looked up, they were surprised to find that Premier Zhou bowed to Mr. He again, again and again, again and again, a total of seven bows.
Premier Zhou
Premier Zhou's seven bows represent infinite nostalgia for Mr. He and the guilt of failing to share the pain and protect his old comrades-in-arms.
He Long is a famous general in the history of our army and a communist fighter. He devoted his whole life to the pursuit of truth and devoted his whole life's energy and efforts to the party and the masses. Bow down to the cause of the liberation of the country, and die after death.