Chapter 8 Chapter 7 Settling in Northern Shaanxi

On September 13, 1935, together with Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai and others, Zhang Wentian led the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment of the Red Army to leave the Russian border and head north quickly. The oncoming pass is Tianxian Lazikou.This mountain pass is only 30 meters wide.After passing this pass, you can enter the open area of ​​Gannan.At that time, Lazikou was already under the control of the Lu Dachang Department of the 14th Division of the Kuomintang. If Hu Zongnan's reinforcements arrived and sealed the pass, it would be difficult for the Red Army to pass.At this critical juncture, the Red Fourth Regiment, the vanguard of the Red Army, bravely and wittily wiped out the two battalions defending the enemy on September 17, captured Lazikou, and opened the passage for the main Red Army to march northward to Gannan.

On September 18, the vanguard troops entered Hadapu, an unguarded town in southern Gansu (now part of Dangchang County, Gansu Province).Mao, Luo, Zhou, Bo and others crossed Minshan Mountain and arrived on the 20th.On the same day, Zhang Wentian presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee in a Guandi Temple in Hadapu, mainly discussing the work of the Organization Department and the reorganization of troops.According to the minutes of the meeting, those present at the meeting were: Luo (Luo Fu, that is, Zhang Wentian), Bo (Bo Gu, that is, Qin Bangxian), and Ze (Mao Zedong).Participants are: Jia (Wang Jiaxiang), Mai (Luo Mai, that is, Li Weihan), Dehuai, and Shangkun.

In Zhang Wentian's speech, he emphasized the need to care for cadres, saying that some old comrades are capable, but they are thinner.The treatment of cadres should be "lenient" and "if there are horses now, there is no need to cancel them."According to the minutes of the meeting. Mao Zedong supported Zhang Wentian's opinion and said in the discussion: Our current cadres are the essence and should be protected.The Organization Department should investigate and understand cadres, not only senior cadres, but also mid- and lower-level cadres. The meeting decided on the reorganization plan: the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment had three columns, the original First and Third Corps were changed to the first and second columns respectively, and the central government and the Red Army General Political Department formed the third column.Ye Jianying was the commander of the third column, and Deng Fa was the political commissar.The meeting also discussed the work in the White Areas. Zhang Wentian proposed, "Try to send people to get in touch with the White Areas and establish work in the White Areas." The meeting agreed with his proposal and decided to send Xie Juezai and Mao Zemin to Xinjiang to establish a traffic station, "maybe Words and international connections".According to the minutes of the meeting.Xie and Mao did not make the trip at that time, and then Mao Zemin went to Xinjiang.

After the meeting of the Standing Committee, Zhang Wentian, Mao Zedong, Bo Gu, etc. read a batch of newspapers, mainly the Tianjin "Ta Kung Pao" in July and August.Most of these newspapers were obtained from the local post office when the vanguard entered Hadapu two days ago.In addition, the Red Army reconnaissance company also seized several newspapers in the luggage of a major officer of the warlord Lu Dachang's department, and Nie Rongzhen immediately gave them to Mao Zedong.Zhang Wentian, Mao Zedong, and Bogu read these newspapers and were overjoyed.They knew exactly from the news published in the newspaper: there are still Red Army in northern Shaanxi!There are guerrillas!There are still Soviet bases!And it has grown a lot from the original!For the 8,000-strong Red Army team that finally rushed out of danger after going through thousands of rivers and mountains, the joy cannot be described in words. "Even if we are scattered by the enemy, we can still do work in the white area" - the worst plan that Mao Zedong made at the Russian border conference can now be completely avoided!Originally, I wanted to establish a base in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu, but I missed the opportunity because of Zhang Guotao's delay, wavering, opposition, and split. Now I know that there is a territory of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi. Then, go to northern Shaanxi and establish a base there—— This decision really came naturally.

On September 22, Zhang Wentian wrote a "Newspaper Reading Notes" titled "The Developing Revolutionary Movement of the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet", which summarized the base areas of the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area and the Red 25th Army and Red Second Army disclosed in Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao". The situation of the Sixteenth Army and others was quoted and analyzed, and on this basis, it expressed the intention of the Central Red Army to settle in northern Shaanxi. Zhang Wentian used materials from newspapers in the White Area to tell everyone some exciting news:

First, the Red Twenty-Sixth Army is quite powerful and has controlled a large base in the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area.In the words of Yan Xishan in the "Ta Kung Pao", "There is almost no county in the twenty-three counties in northern Shaanxi that is not red, eight counties are completely red, and more than ten counties are half red. Now the Communist Party has the power to expand the area without using force. Prestige".The entire situation in northern Shaanxi was similar to that in the Jiangxi Central Soviet Area in 1931. Second, the 25th Red Army "has achieved many great victories", and under the leadership of Xu Haidong, it has "broke through" from Lantian to the north and left Zhongnan Pass, threatening Xi'an.It is estimated that "we have already made contact with the 26th Army of Northern Shaanxi".

Thirdly, in the eastern part of Gannan, especially in the Qingyang area adjacent to Shaanxi and Ningxia border areas, there are also Red Army guerrilla activities. Zhang Wentian concluded from the above-mentioned materials: "The Red Army and the red guerrillas are generally developing in Shaanxi and Gansu Provinces", "One of the main forces of our Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army has begun to enter important areas in southern Gansu." Based on this, he proposed the direction and tasks of the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment: "Respond to the activities of the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army and the Red Guerrilla Army", "cooperate with the 25th and 26th Armies and the Tongnanba guerrilla area, coordinate actions and Converge, and help, organize, and lead the guerrilla movement in this area", and complete the tasks set forth in the "Supplementary Decision of the Central Committee on the Current Strategic Policy" at the Maoergai Conference on August 20: "The connection exists between Shaanxi and Gansu The border Soviet guerrilla areas became a single soviet area".

Bogu also wrote an article based on the materials in the newspaper: "The Development of the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet Movement and the Tasks of Our Detachment", proposing that "transforming the developing Shaanxi Soviet Movement into a solid Soviet base area" is "the strategic goal of our detachment ". Zhang Wentian's and Bogu's articles were simultaneously published in the third issue of "Forward News", which just resumed publication on September 28.These two articles generally reflect the intention of the central government to settle in northern Shaanxi.

Mao Zedong also put forward the idea of ​​"going to northern Shaanxi" in his speech at the meeting of cadres above the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment. Leave Hadapu and move on, break through the blockade of the Weihe River, and arrive at Bangluo Town, the county seat of Tongwei County. On September 27, Zhang Wentian presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee here, discussed the current situation, believed that the course of action determined by the Russian border meeting should be changed, and formally decided to go to northern Shaanxi to defend and expand the revolutionary base areas in northern Shaanxi. , "Leading the national revolution with the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area".Quoted from the minutes of Mao Zedong's report at the Politburo meeting on October 22, 1935.In his report, Mao traced the decision of the Bangluo town meeting.This is a decision of great historical significance.As a result, northern Shaanxi became the center for leading the liberation struggle of the people across the country.

After a long journey of more than 20,000 miles, across thousands of rivers and mountains, and breaking through the enemy's siege and interception, it seemed that the Red Army could settle down in northern Shaanxi and open up a new base.Mao Zedong was very excited.He later described his mood at this time: "The long march of thousands of miles, with thousands of twists and turns, the success was less than the difficulty. I don't know how many times, the mood is gloomy. After passing the Minshan Mountain, I suddenly became enlightened, and it turned into the opposite, and another village was born. ", Central Literature Publishing House, 1996 edition, pp. 53-54.

When he arrived in Tongwei, Mao Zedong's poems flourished, and he wrote a poem called Qilu, singing about the unprecedented Long March.When speaking at the cadre meeting, he used his strong Hunan dialect to recite impromptuly loudly and crisply: At 5 o'clock in the morning on September 28, 1935, in order to avoid the harassment of enemy planes, the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment held a meeting of cadres above the whole detachment in an empty wheat drying field to break through the last two blockades of the Long March and arrive in northern Shaanxi. Political mobilization in revolutionary base areas.Mao Zedong, Peng Dehuai, Zhang Wentian, and Lin Biao spoke one after another. Afterwards, the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment of the Red Army passed through the Muslim area, successively broke through two road blockades between Huining-Jingning and Pingliang-Guyuan, and arrived at Qingshizui, Guyuan County on October 7.Mao Zedong commanded the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment to adopt the tactics of detours on both sides and frontal assault, defeated the two companies of enemy cavalry who were chasing after them, and successfully crossed Liupan Mountain, which is about 3,000 meters above sea level.Ascending Liupan Mountain, seeing that victory was in sight, Mao Zedong wrote a poem "Qingpingle·Liupan Mountain" again, expressing the pride of victory and the desire to enter a new battle—— After crossing Liupan Mountain, the Central Red Army passed through Huan County and marched towards the northern Shaanxi base. On October 18, the troops arrived at Tiebian City (now Wuqi Town) via Dingbian County, Shaanxi Province.Going forward, you will enter the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area. On the eve of entering the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area and joining forces with the 25th and 26th Red Army, Zhang Wentian presided over a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee in Tiebian City to discuss future policies. Zhang Wentian made a speech on the current situation and tasks.He pointed out that in the past it was decided to reach a certain area, but now the Soviet area is already ahead, and this task has generally been successfully completed.He estimated that in this situation, the enemy's "trend" in dealing with the Red Army would be from pursuit to suppression.Therefore, our current task is "to consolidate and expand the Soviet area, not to let it rest."Zhang Wentian proposed that "should approve" the decision of the last Bangluo town meeting on "creating a Soviet area in northern Shaanxi".Zhang Wentian also pointed out that the relationship with the 25th and 26th armies should be more open-minded, not negative criticism, but positive suggestions.Tell the troops to respect the heads of the 25th Army and 26th Army instead of boasting.According to Zhang Peisen editor-in-chief: "Zhang Wentian Chronicle" (Volume 1), Central Party History Publishing House, 2000 edition, p. 270.At the time when the Central Red Army ended its Long March and settled in northern Shaanxi, and on the eve of joining up with the 25th and 26th armies to create a new situation, these opinions of Zhang Wentian were of great significance to the overall situation. One day after the Tiebiancheng meeting, on October 19, 1935, the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment arrived in Wuqi Town.This is already the border between Shaanxi-Gansu and Northern Shaanxi.The Long March of the Central Red Army, which traveled 25,000 miles across 11 provinces, was finally successfully completed here.A new and arduous task was placed before Mao Zedong and Zhang Wentian, which was to consolidate and expand the base areas in the Soviet area, implement the transformation from the Agrarian Revolutionary War to the National Liberation War in a timely manner, and in the process of this great transformation, realize the three main forces of the Red Army. The victory join forces. On October 19, 1935, the Central Red Army entered Wuqi Town.The local people ran away because they couldn't figure out what troops were coming.In this ancient town where it is said that Wu Qi, a famous general of the Warring States Period, once stationed troops here, there are no historical sites related to Wu Qi.On the streets of the town, on the walls of dilapidated cave dwellings, slogans such as "Beat the local tyrants and divide the land", "Support Liu Zhidan", "Long live the Communist Party of China" and other slogans can be seen everywhere. There is also a sign hanging on the door of a cave dwelling: "The Soviet Union of the Sixth District of Chi'an County government".For the Red Army on a long journey, there is nothing more intimate and exhilarating than this.It shows that this is indeed the Soviet area, and the Central Red Army has indeed arrived at the northern Shaanxi base! Zhang Wentian, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Bogu and others lived in the Youfang courtyard behind the Guandi Temple in Zongwanzi, the town.They decided that the troops would rest here for a few days to find out the situation, and then go to join forces with the 15th Red Army.A month ago, the Red Twenty-Five Army, originally in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, led by army commander Cheng Zihua and deputy army commander Xu Haidong, traveled through southern Shaanxi and eastern Long March to northern Shaanxi for ten months. Yongping Town, Yanchuan County, and the 26th Red Army and 27th Red Army in northern Shaanxi led by Liu Zhidan successfully joined forces and were jointly organized into the 15th Red Army. At this time, there were only more than 7,000 people left in the Central Red Army, and they were stationed around Wuqi Town.The local party and government, the guerrillas, and the general public soon learned that "our Red Army is here," and they all ran back to raise food, send pigs and sheep, and welcome the Red Army. At this time, Ma Hongbin's cavalry and the cavalry of the Northeast Army followed behind.Mao Zedong said: Cut off the tail and don't bring the enemy into the base area. On October 21, Peng Dehuai commanded a "tail-cutting" ambush against the cavalry, annihilating one cavalry regiment of the enemy, defeating three cavalry regiments of the enemy, and cutting off the "big tail" chasing the Central Red Army. The security of the northern base area.Mao Zedong wrote a poem praising Peng Dehuai: On October 22 and 27, Zhang Wentian presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee in Wuqi Township. Mao Zedong made a report and conclusions on the current course of action at the Politburo meeting on the 22nd.Mao Zedong pointed out in his report that the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment had traveled two thousand miles from the Russian border, "the task of reaching this area has been completed, and the enemy's pursuit and interception of us has to come to an end."Our task is to defend and expand the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area and lead the national revolution through the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area.Shaanxi, Gansu and Shanxi provinces are the main areas for development. Zhang Wentian agreed with Mao Zedong's report, and in his final speech he analyzed the situation after the victory of the Long March and the new tasks he faced.He pointed out: After reaching the base area in the Soviet area, the task of the Long March was finally completed.This is the end of a historical period and the beginning of a new historical period.Now the new task is to defend and expand this soviet area and turn it into a direct national revolutionary war.It is necessary to directly combine the anti-imperialist and agrarian revolution.Zhang Wentian had already put forward the task of consolidating and expanding the Soviet area at the Iron Border Town meeting on October 18. At this time, he linked this specific task with the political situation of the Japanese imperialist invasion of North China and the rising national anti-Japanese and national salvation movement, and pointed out a new The strategic task of the historical period: to turn the agrarian revolutionary war into a national revolutionary war. Mao Zedong pointed out in his conclusion: After a year of long-distance marching, a new mobile warfare with a rear began.Improving combat effectiveness, expanding the Red Army, and solving material problems are the core tasks of the current army.It is necessary to strengthen cooperation between the work of the White Area, the White Army and guerrilla work.We must respect the opinions of local cadres and the masses and rely on them. The Politburo meeting approved the strategic decision of the Bangluo town meeting to settle in northern Shaanxi, announcing the end of the Long March of the Central Red Army. Regarding the direction of military action, at the Standing Committee on October 27, Mao Zedong proposed: go south to join forces with the 15th Red Army, resolve the battle before the depths of winter, break the "encirclement and suppression", and expand the Soviet area.Zhang Wentian supported Mao Zedong's "going south" policy.At that time, there were more than 7,000 people in the Red Fifteenth Army. After the joint compilation on September 18, they sent troops south to oppose the enemy's third "encirclement and suppression" and fought two beautiful battles in Ganquan County: on October 1, they fought at Laoshan and wiped out the 110th Division of the Northeast Army; On the 25th, in the Yulin Bridge battle, the 619th Regiment of the 107th Division of the Northeast Army was annihilated, and the enemy's southern battle was defeated. The Standing Committee meeting on October 27 also discussed the division of labor among the Standing Committee and organizational and personnel arrangements.The meeting agreed to Zhang Wentian's proposal as follows (recorded as "proposed plan"): Mao Zedong was in charge of military work, Zhou Enlai was in charge of the Central Organization Bureau and rear military work, and Bo Gu was in charge of the work of the Soviet government.The meeting decided to appoint: Li Weihan as the head of the organization; there is no suitable candidate for the Propaganda Department, and Wu Liangping will do the work first; Wang Jiaxiang will be the director of the Political Department of the Red Army; Liu Shaoqi will be in charge of the trade union; Wang Shoudao is the deputy.The meeting agreed to the proposal proposed by the General Secretary.According to the meeting minutes of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee on October 27, 1935.As a result, Mao Zedong was formally in charge of overall military leadership not only in fact but also in name. Another important matter that Zhang Wentian and Mao Zedong intervened in Wuqi Town was to correct serious mistakes in the elimination of counter-revolutionaries in a timely manner. Zhang Wentian and Mao Zedong asked the local cadres about Liu Zhidan after they arrived in Wuqi Town, and learned that Liu Zhidan was arrested and detained in Wayaobao; the Red Twenty-six Army in the front also carried out anti-rebellion, and there were hundreds of cadres above the Red Twenty-six Army Battalion were arrested, and some of them were mistakenly killed as "counter-revolutionaries".Liu Zhidan joined the party in 1925 and was the founder of the northern Shaanxi base.He has a high prestige among the cadres and masses in northern Shaanxi.People affectionately called him "Old Liu".At that time, he served as the deputy commander and chief of staff of the Red Fifteenth Army.Taking such "mass leaders" and "revolutionary heroes" as the targets of the eradication of counter-revolutionaries is obviously a kind of extreme "Left" madness.This serious mistake plunged the Northern Shaanxi Party, the Red Army and the base areas into crisis. Zhang Wentian, together with Mao Zedong, immediately took emergency measures to stop and correct the mistakes.First, Jia Tuofu was sent to Yongning Mountain to bring the radio station to ask the secretary of the Shaanxi-Gansu Special Committee to gather in Xiasiwan, Ganquan, and organize Minister Luo Mai to go with him.After Jia Tuofu met the comrades in charge of the Shaanxi-Gansu Special Committee, he confirmed Liu Zhidan's arrest and other things, and immediately telegraphed Zhang Wentian, Mao Zedong and others.Zhang Wentian and Mao Zedong issued an order in the name of the Party Central Committee: stop arrests, stop censorship, stop killing, and let the central government handle everything! After a brief rest and reorganization in Wuqi Town, the Central Red Army followed the policy decided by the Standing Committee of the Politburo on October 25 along the Luohe River, and arrived at Xiasiwan, Ganquan County on November 2.The northern Shaanxi plateau has entered early winter at this time.Sleeping in the open air in Wuqi is already "covered with cotton clothes in the open-air wheat field", "I feel frost all over my body at dawn" (Xie Juezai's poem), and it is snowing in Xiasiwan.Jia Tuofu and Luo Mai, who set off a few days earlier, have already contacted Guo Hongtao (Deputy Secretary of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Shanxi Provincial Party Committee) and Nie Hongjun (Chairman of the Northwest Military Commission).When the Central Red Army arrived at Xiasiwan, they were welcomed by the Border Region Government, teachers and students of Lenin Primary School, and local people. After Mao Zedong and Zhang Wentian arrived in Xiasiwan, they directly listened to the report on the elimination of counter-revolutionaries by Guo Hongtao, deputy secretary of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Shanxi Provincial Party Committee.Guo Hongtao recalled the situation back then and said that after listening to the report, Luo and Mao "unanimously stated that the suppression of counter-revolutionaries in northern Shaanxi had made a mistake, we must correct it, and release Comrade Liu Zhidan as soon as possible." "Later, we dealt with the unjust cases in the past and released Liu Zhidan and other comrades. These tasks were all led by Comrade Zhang Wentian." After listening to Guo Hongtao's report in Xiasiwan, Zhang Wentian immediately sent Wang Shoudao, the executive director of the Security Bureau, to Wayaobao to take over the Security Bureau of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Region to control the situation and avoid further deterioration.A five-member "Party Affairs Committee" (commonly known as the "Five-member Group", members: Dong Biwu [Director], Wang Shoudao, Zhang Yunyi, Li Weihan, Guo Hongtao) was also organized to review incidents of wrongful suppression of counterrevolutionaries under Bo Gu's guidance.Zhang Wentian personally intervened in the work of the five-member team.After arriving in Wayaobao, Liu Zhidan, Gao Gang, Xi Zhongxun and other detained cadres were quickly released.In less than a month, on November 26, 1935, the Party Central Committee made the "Decision to Examine the Work of Eliminating Counter-Revolutionaries", pointing out that the Shaanxi-Gansu-Shanxi Provincial Party Committee "offended petty bourgeois 'ultra-leftism' and Madness' went horribly wrong". At the end of November, Zhang Wentian presided over a meeting of activists who had rehabilitated Liu Zhidan and others.The eradication of counter-revolutionaries in northern Shaanxi was promptly stopped and quickly corrected, saving the party, the Red Army and the base areas in northern Shaanxi, and creating important internal conditions for the Party Central Committee to settle in northern Shaanxi. On the second day after arriving in Xiasiwan, a welcome meeting was held in front of the old theater building. Before welcoming the meeting, Zhang Wentian presided over an enlarged meeting of the Politburo Standing Committee.Four members of the Standing Committee Luo, Mao, Zhou and Bo attended the meeting.Attending the meeting were Peng Dehuai, Wang Jiaxiang, Liu Shaoqi, Luo Mai, Lin Boqu, and Kaifeng.Li De also participated.At the meeting, Guo Hongtao and Nie Hongjun reported in detail the hard and tortuous development history of the Northern Shaanxi Soviet Area and the Red Army, and introduced the current political, economic, military, and geographical conditions of the northern Shaanxi base area.Learned: In February 1935, the Northwest Work Committee and the Northwest Military Commission of the Communist Party of China were established, realizing the unified leadership of the original two Soviet Party organizations in northern Shaanxi and Shaanxi-Gansu areas and the two Red Army Red 26th Army and Red 27th Army.Under the unified command of Liu Zhidan, the Red 26th Army and the Red 27th Army smashed the second "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang army and liberated six counties of Anding, Yanchang, Yanchuan, Ansai, Baoan, and Jingbian. The originally divided Shaanxi-Gansu border and northern Shaanxi were joined together.With an area of ​​30,000 square kilometers and a population of 800,000, more than 20 county-level Soviet governments were established, and the main Red Army expanded to 5,000 people. After welcoming the meeting, Zhang Wentian presided over a meeting of the Politburo to discuss the current course of action and organizational issues.Zhang Wentian analyzed the political and military situation inside and outside the base area in northern Shaanxi, and pointed out that the current urgent task is "how to completely crush the enemy's three 'encirclement and suppression'".Regarding the action policy, Zhang Wentian proposed: "The central government is divided into two parts", "some comrades go to the front, and some comrades can do mobilization work in the rear."Everyone agrees.The meeting also discussed the composition of the new Northwest Revolutionary Military Council.Zhang Wentian proposed that Mao Zedong be the chairman of the Military Commission and give the Military Commission full power to decide military command issues.He said: "For major strategic issues, the Military Commission will discuss with the Central Committee. As for the issue of combat command, they can decide with full power." After discussion, Zhang Wentian announced the list of members of the Central Military Commission: Mao Zedong as the Chairman of the Military Commission, Zhou Enlai and Peng Dehuai as the Vice-Chairmen of the Military Commission, The members are: Wang Jiaxiang, Nie Hongjun, Lin Biao, Xu Haidong, Cheng Zihua, Guo Hongtao. After the Xiasiwan Conference, the CPC Central Committee took action in two parts. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Peng Dehuai led the Red Army to the south, and arrived at the headquarters of the 15th Red Army in Daozopu, Ganquan County on November 5, where they joined Xu Haidong and Cheng Zihua.Mao Zedong commanded the battle in Zhiluo Town in late November, annihilating the 109th Division and the 617th Regiment of the 106th Division of the Northeast Army, completely smashing the enemy's third "encirclement and suppression", consolidating the base area, and spreading the revolution to the Party Central Committee. The foundation stone laying ceremony was held in the northwest of the base camp. After Zhang Wentian, Bogu, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Fa, Li Weihan, Dong Biwu, Lin Boqu and others sent Mao, Zhou, and Peng south on November 4, they did not leave Xiasiwan immediately. On November 5, Zhang Wentian held another central meeting here to discuss work in the base area.Zhang Wentian gave a relatively systematic speech on issues such as the struggle against tendencies, land issues, armed masses, Soviet elections, and party building.At the meeting, he also announced the decision to change the former Shaanxi-Gansu Special Committee into the Northern Shaanxi Provincial Committee.After this meeting, Zhang Wentian led the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to go northward, passing through Gaoqiao, Ansai, and Panlong, and arrived at Wayaobao, Anding County on November 10. In northern Shaanxi, Wayaobao can be regarded as a prosperous and decent town.There are many stone cave dwellings and brick and tile cave dwellings in the town, hence the name Wayaobao.There are arsenals, mints, and ammunition factories around the town.In Qingjian not far from here, there are machinery repair factories and bedding factories.There are oil deposits in the area of ​​Yanchang in the south.At that time, Wayaobao was the seat of the Shaanxi-Gansu Provincial Party Committee and the political and economic center of the northern Shaanxi base. On the day when the central authorities and the Red Army entered Wayaobao, it had just snowed.A grand welcome ceremony was organized locally. Thousands of people gathered in the area from the south gate to Ciyao, beating gongs and drums, which was very enthusiastic.Although the soldiers and cadres of the Red Army were ragged and exhausted, they were in high spirits.After being stationed, supplies such as food, vegetables, and clothing were quickly provided. Since October 1934, when the Red Army broke through the siege and left its hometown of Jiangxi Ruijin in the south, it has been moving around for more than a year, fighting without grounds, and going through untold hardships. Now it has finally settled in Wayaobao in northern Shaanxi. On the new home.This is a great victory achieved by the Chinese Communist Party and the Red Army over all difficulties and dangers. The revolution had a foothold, and Zhang Wencai became a family.The one who became his lifelong partner was Liu Ying, who traveled 25,000 miles with him.Liu Ying is from Changsha, Hunan. He joined the party in March 1925 and embarked on the road of a professional revolutionist during the May 30th Movement. After the "Ma Ri Incident" in May 1927, he turned to underground struggle and served as an alternate member of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Women. In the spring of 1929, he was sent by the Party Central Committee to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, where he met Zhang Wentian.Liu Ying later transferred to the International Radio School. In the winter of 1932, he was sent back to China by the Communist International.In the Central Soviet Area, he successively served as the Minister of Propaganda and the Minister of Organization of the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China.After the start of the Long March, she served as the director of the political department of the third echelon of the "Red Badge" column.Soon after the Zunyi meeting, he succeeded Deng Xiaoping as the secretary-general of the central team.Getting along with Zhang Wentian day and night, developed feelings.After arriving in Wayaobao, they made a home in a cave dwelling in Xiahe Tantian Family Courtyard.No ceremony was held, and no guests were entertained.Familiar comrades come to sit down, say a few words of congratulations, and the happy event will be done.On the contrary, after Mao Zedong arrived in Wayaobao, he came to the cave dwellings to make troubles, which can be regarded as making up the lesson of "making new houses".Mao was joking, and he had just won a big victory in Zhiluo Town, so he was very emotional. When he stepped into the cave, he yelled, "You guys want to treat me! You don't treat me when you get married! You don't admit it! It doesn't count!" When it came to joking, Zhang Wentian was dumb and didn't know the answer.Liu Ying was clever and pungent: "What kind of treat are you getting? I have no money and nothing!" Mao still didn't relax, and said with a smile: "That——I don't admit it!" After a while, Mao Zedong said: "I really do Congratulations to you, and I wrote a doggerel!" Then he read it on the spot.In addition to congratulating the new marriage, this poem also exaggerates Zhang Wentian's democratic style.At that time, the two of Mauro not only had the same line and strategy, but also had very harmonious thoughts and feelings.