Chapter 30 8. Struggle

Under the leadership of Dong Zhentang, the Fifth Red Army reluctantly went south with Zhang Guotao's left army and returned to Aba. On September 13, Dong Zhentang received a notice to bring cadres above the Fifth Army Battalion to Aba Kirti Monastery for a meeting.These days, there has been an ominous premonition that has been haunting him from time to time. He slowly got up and went outside the house.Looking at the desolate and lonely meadow in the distance, in the howling cold wind, Dong Zhentang had mixed feelings and was extremely depressed.The long-awaited reunion turned into this situation in a blink of an eye.Zhang Guotao's various actions, needless to say, the Party Central Committee must be in danger now.Where is the future of the Red Army?Could it be that the career I pursued and fought for was buried in this wild grassy prairie?Looking at the exhausted soldiers behind him, Dong Zhentang felt ashamed from the bottom of his heart.What a good fighter, they set out with themselves from the Jiangxi Soviet Area and fought all the way to this point, without any complaints or complaints, and once again defeated the grassland with their tenacious revolutionary fighting spirit.They are human beings, not gods, they can withstand a few times of such tossing...

The guard platoon leader Ma Jinfu came quietly behind him and reminded the chief that it was time to get on the road.Only then did Dong Zhentang turn around and step onto the bony old horse. When they came to the meeting place, around the Kirti Monastery, there was a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps, and they were extremely vigilant.When they entered the temple, several banners read: "Oppose Mao, Zhou, Zhang, and Bo to flee north!" "Go south to create the Chuankang base!" "Go to Chengdu and eat rice!" What Dong Zhentang had been worrying about for the past few days happened, but he looked unusually calm at this moment. He turned his head and glanced at the cadres of the Fifth Army, and said calmly, "Let's sit down first!"

At 10 o'clock in the morning, the meeting was held on time. Zhang Guotao stood up on the rostrum and spoke first: "I tell you a very unfortunate news. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhang Wentian, Bo Gu and others, after deceiving a small number of Red Army, escaped on the night of September 10th. !" There was a sudden bang in the audience, and Zhang Guotao's cronies Huang Chao, Li Te and others standing aside raised their arms and shouted: "Oppose Mao Zedong's separatism! Oppose Mao Zedong's separatist behavior!..." After a short pause, Zhang Guotao said again: "I have to mention a very sad thing to everyone, that is, our Red Army now has only tens of thousands of people left. We should boldly admit that the Long March has failed. Now , although it is not the time to pursue responsibility, we should think about it, how did we get into this situation? Now that Chiang Kai-shek has taken control of the power in the whole country, the revolution is in the middle of two climaxes, and it is a stage of general retreat. In this situation Now, if someone insists on going north to resist the Japanese, that is simply a joke, it is petty bourgeois fantasy, it is opportunism, it is retreat and escape!" Having said this, Zhang Guotao proudly pointed his finger at the cadres of the Fifth and Ninth Armies of the Front Army Said: "Is there any opportunism among you? The little pentagonal hat you wear (referring to the military cap of the Central Red Army) is an opportunist hat! Is there no opportunist head under the opportunist hat? There is no opportunist thought? I I don’t believe it. However, most of the Red Army in the Right Army have bright eyes, and I believe they will wake up sooner or later!”

Zhang Guotao was worthy of being a gifted speaker. He was eloquent and eloquent, and he occasionally pretended to be wronged and painful. He pushed all the responsibility for the split between the Fourth Front Army and the Central Committee to the Party Central Committee headed by Mao Zedong.Most of the cadres present here are not aware of the true inside story of this struggle, but the fact that the Army on the one hand has suffered heavy losses and the Army on the Fourth Front has flourished and grown, convinced them that Zhang Guotao was right, and that the central government could only make mistakes.Then, Zhang Guotao said: "Comrades, why is the path of our Red Army becoming more and more difficult? In the past, it was the fault of Li De and Bogu, but they have collapsed. Whose fault is it now?" The banners and slogans said: "Obviously! They know that going north will not work, but they still force our fourth front army to follow them. Their intentions will ruin the entire Red Army. Is such an ignorant, incompetent and determined person worthy of being the leader of the Red Army?" They have dragged down the 100,000-strong Central Red Army, and now they are trying to bring our hard-working Fourth Army to a dead end. Comrades, are you willing to go with them? Are you going to die with them? I believe Every comrade here will bravely stand up against them. Now, they ran away without saying hello. I think this is a good thing. It is better to run sooner than later. They take their single-plank bridge, and we take our sunny road!"

Chen Changhao standing next to him immediately stood up and preached: "Comrades, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and others did not say hello to General Political Commissar Zhang in Brazil, dragged the 1st and 3rd armies, and left overnight without saying goodbye. This is a shameful act of division! It is so sad Mao Zedong’s behavior of violating party and military discipline is rare in the history of our party. This is the vicious development of his defeatism and guerrilla habits, and he has fallen to this world.” The slogan rang again at the venue: "Oppose rightist escape! Oppose opportunism! Oppose Mao Zedong's splitting of the Red Army!"

"We will use our blood and lives to defend General Political Commissar Zhang! Long live the Red Army!" ... Zhang Guotao on the stage smiled triumphantly, while Zhu De and Liu Bocheng sat there solemnly. Zhang Guotao smiled and said to Zhu De: "Commander-in-Chief, can you tell me! What is your understanding of this issue? Are you going south or going north? " Zhu De gave Zhang Guotao a serious look, and said coldly: "You have already set the tone, what else can I say!" "Why don't you express your opinion, do you support Mao Zedong's route to the north, or draw a clear line with him?" Zhang Guotao said disapprovingly.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu stood up calmly and said: "The Party Central Committee's policy of going north to resist Japan is correct! Now that Japanese imperialism has invaded and occupied the three northeastern provinces of our country, our Red Army should shoulder the responsibility of resisting Japan and saving the country at this critical moment of national peril. Going north to resist Japan , I raised my hand at the Politburo meeting, and I can’t go back on my word. I’m a member of the Communist Party, and my obligation is to implement the party’s decisions. I think there’s no way out for going south! As for asking me to draw a line with Comrade Mao Zedong, that’s I'm afraid I can't do it. Everyone knows that Mao Zedong and I have been together since we met in Jinggangshan. The KMT called us the Red Army of 'Zhu and Mao'. How could 'Zhu' come to oppose 'Mao'? The Zunyi meeting confirmed Mao Zedong came out to lead the Red Army, I agree, Mao Zedong was not wrong."

After finishing speaking, Zhu De turned to Zhang Guotao and asked: "The central government telegraphed the Fourth Front Army about the decision of the Zunyi meeting. Have you seen the telegram?" Zhang Guotao was not interested in these at all, and said to Zhu De unhappy: "Don't go too far, you must answer everyone's questions and admit that Mao Zedong and the others went north to escape!" Zhu De looked at Zhang Guotao on the platform, turned to face the cadres in the audience, and said kindly: "I repeat, the central government's policy of going north to resist Japan is correct, and I will never oppose it. You can send me Splitting it in half will also cut off my relationship with Mao Zedong!"

Zhu De's eloquent answer silenced the entire venue.Zhang Guotao stood up angrily, his face was ashen and his eyes were fierce.His secretary, Huang Chao, jumped out first, pointed at Zhu De and shouted, "You are an old fool, you are an old rightist, you are old but not dead!" Immediately following the audience, someone shouted viciously: "Since you support going north, you should go now, go!" Zhu De glanced at the man calmly, and said slowly: "I was sent by the central government to work here. Since you insist on going south, I have no choice but to go with you!"

When Liu Bocheng saw some people besieging Zhu De arbitrarily, he became angry: "What are you doing? This is a party meeting, not a case. How can you treat Commander-in-Chief Zhu like this!" As a result, the target of some people's attacks turned to Liu Bocheng. "Blind Liu! Since you are opposed to criticizing Mao Zedong and others' separatist behavior, why don't you run with him? You are basically the same thing." Liu Bocheng dismissed these insults, and retorted firmly: "I agree with the Party Central Committee's policy of going north. From the perspective of the national situation, going north is beneficial, but going south will hit a wall. The enemy Xue Yue, Li Baobing and other ministries did not go. If you go, you will meet Xueyue's troops and the Sichuan army. If you fight well, you can stay for a while, but if you fight poorly, you will have to move north."

Because Zhu De and Liu Bocheng did not support Zhang Guotao's attack on the Party Central Committee and the southward route he advocated, Zhang's followers began to abuse the audience, which caused the Fifth Army (Fifth Army Group) and the Thirty-Second Army of the former First Army in the audience (Ninth Army Corps) The majority of cadres are strongly dissatisfied.After the meeting finally ended, the cadres of the Five Armies walked out of the venue angrily.Along the way, they followed the army commander Dong Zhentang and discussed: "It's too shameless, how can you treat Boss Zhu and Chief of Staff Liu like this! He Zhang Guotao is just a few more birds, dare to contend with the Party Central Committee, refuse Carry out the orders of the Party Central Committee..." Some spoke even more fieryly: "Our Fifth Army Corps went north alone to find Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee." "If he (Zhang Guotao) obstructs, let's do it with him! Don't we still fear that he won't succeed!..." Dong Zhentang turned his head calmly, and everyone fell silent again. Back at the military headquarters, Dong Zhentang was in a very heavy mood. He was mainly worried about the safety of Boss Zhu and Chief of Staff Liu in this situation. Moreover, if Zhang Guotao continued to do so, what was the way out for the Red Army?He guessed that Chairman Mao and the Party Central Committee led the first and third armed forces to go north alone, and they must have made the decision only when there was no other choice.He actively supported the northward anti-Japanese policy formulated by the Party Central Committee, but it was a pity that the 5th Army was divided into the Left Army.Under the current situation, it's not right to go, and it's not good to not go. Thinking about what the commander-in-chief by the Gachu River had said to him, Dong Zhentang was at a loss. After a few days, the situation gradually deteriorated.First of all, Zhang Guotao sent his confidant Huang Chao as the political commissar of the Fifth Army.After he came, he kept clamoring for a fundamental reform of the Fifth Army, and seized the radio stations of the Fifth Army, which caused Dong Zhentang's communication with the Party Central Committee to be interrupted.Then Zeng Risan, the former political commissar of the Fifth Army, and Cao Lihuai, the chief of staff, were transferred away, and a group of battalion and company-level cadres were replaced.He also spread rumors at a general meeting of military cadres, saying: "Zhou Enlai and Chen Geng are spies sent by Chiang Kai-shek, and Dong Zhentang is an opportunist and an old warlord..." and so on.Dong Zhentang didn't go to this meeting, and after hearing that these things were fabricated out of nothing, Dong Zhentang smiled and chose to remain silent. But the soldiers of the five armies were not convinced, and came to the old chief Dong Zhentang one after another.Zhang Lixiong, who was then the political commissar of the 5th Red Army Teaching Brigade, once asked him: "Chief, why didn't you go to the meeting today? We all want to hear your speech. If you went, he (referring to Huang Chao) would not do the same. Arrogant." Dong Zhentang thought about it for a while, and said cautiously: "I didn't go because I had something to do, and besides, I don't want to say anything." After hearing this, Zhang Lixiong understood that the real reason why the army commander did not go to this meeting was to use silence to counter Zhang Guotao's wrong line. Afterwards, many comrades approached him one after another, and Dong Zhentang patiently taught them: "The interests of the revolution are above all else, and it is nothing to be wronged personally. The key is to adopt correct methods and strategies of struggle, and we must not let them catch anything. .” General Ouyang Yi, who was the deputy political commissar of the Artillery of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, recalled this historical struggle with Zhang Guotao: ...One day, a battalion of the Fifth Red Army was ordered to go to a place more than 20 miles northwest of Aba to perform a mission. Zhang Guotao used the battalion's disobedience and wanted to betray the Red Army as an excuse, and wanted to disarm them, and arrested the battalion commander. Admitting is treason.In order to blame Zhu De for the so-called "betrayal" of the Red Army, Zhang Guotao forced Zhu De to express his position on this matter.Zhu De said sternly: There is no fact, no evidence, how can you say that this battalion does not obey the command and wants to mutiny?Didn't you do this on purpose to create divisions and undermine the internal unity of the Red Army?Seeing Zhu De's strict attitude, Zhang Guotao had to let the battalion commander go.I was ordered to bring the battalion commander back. When he came back, he burst into tears. He told me that these people beat him to death just to make him tortured.On the one hand, I called a doctor to treat his wounds, and on the other hand, I persuaded him that Zhang Guotao was the one who split the Red Army. The comrades who interrogated and beat him were deceived by him, and we should not argue with them. This stabilized his mood.One day on the way to the south, the Fifth Army received a telegram in the name of Zhu De and Zhang Guotao, to the effect that a platoon of the Fifth Army planned to organize a reactionary armed force and attempted to defect, and the Fifth Army was required to send competent cadres to deal with it.The situation was serious, and the leaders of the Fifth Army Corps finally decided to let me handle it.After accepting the task, I analyzed the situation and thought that it was impossible to have a row of reactionary armed forces. It might be a misunderstanding between the lagging comrades and the comrades of the Ninth Red Army.Falling behind is a common occurrence. When starting out, let the wounded and sick go first, and the legion will move later. Sometimes the marching route is changed suddenly, and it is too late to inform them, so they fall behind.There is nothing to eat during the period of falling behind, and it is not impossible to do something that violates the discipline of the masses.So, I ordered an investigation of those who were left behind, and there were exactly 30 people in one platoon.I quickly reported the situation to Commander-in-Chief Zhu.Commander-in-Chief Zhu said: "Be careful, don't cause trouble!" Commander-in-Chief Zhu's words revealed his delicate situation.At this time, Commander-in-Chief Zhu had been tossed by Zhang Guotao into an empty commander. Not only could he not command any troops, he even lacked guarantees for his own safety.I said: "Commander-in-Chief, will the headquarters also send a comrade to go with us?" "Okay!" Commander-in-Chief Zhu agreed, and sent his secretary with me to the Ninth Red Army to deal with this matter.After an in-depth investigation, the situation was finally cleared up.It turned out that when the platoon was performing a mission, it suddenly encountered a group of enemies. They wiped out the group of enemies and seized a batch of guns.On their way back to Aba, they met a unit led by a company commander under Zhang Guotao. When the company commander learned that it was someone from the Fifth Army Corps who had captured something, he asked them to hand over the captured things, but they were rejected , the two sides quarreled.The company commander detained all the members of the platoon because he thought he had a large number of people, and charged him with "defecting".When we returned to the headquarters, we couldn't find Commander-in-Chief Zhu.Someone quietly told me that Commander-in-Chief Zhu was fighting at the Lama Temple.I hurried to the Lama Temple.After a while, a little soldier who was instigated and brought in on a stretcher cried and complained to the headquarters that he had been beaten.Some people shouted outside: The Fifth Army Corps beat our people, please ask Commander-in-Chief Zhu for an examination!This is clearly a problem for Commander Zhu.Commander-in-Chief Zhu walked to the stretcher and said to the little soldier: "Little comrade, let me see where the fight happened." Zhang Guotao also came gloatingly, without saying a word, waiting to see Commander-in-Chief Zhu's joke.Zhu De looked at it seriously and said, "Little comrade, you have to tell the truth. If you hit someone, you will get hit. If you don't hit someone, you won't get hit. If you hit someone, you will be shot. If you didn't hit him, you will be shot. It's not wronged." Well! Comrade, if you want to talk about class friendship, you can’t wrong a good person.” Liu Bocheng looked at it and said, “It’s not hurt.” Zhang Guotao pretended to glance at it and said, “Well, it’s a little bit hurt.” After the farce, they continued Besiege Commander Zhu and Liu Bocheng.They forced Commander-in-Chief Zhu to express his position, asking him to oppose Chairman Mao and oppose going north to fight against Japan.Commander-in-Chief Zhu replied firmly: "Chairman Mao's leadership is correct. I agree with the central government's policy of going north to resist Japan. Even if you split me in half, you can't cut off the relationship between me and Chairman Mao." Zhu Mao ’, everyone thought it was one person, how could ‘Zhu’ oppose ‘Mao’?” Zhang Guotao continued to attack Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, saying that they created divisions and fled to the north, saying: “When Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai left, they put them in the warehouse. The guns, ammunition, food, and some wounded were all set on fire." I didn't like it when I heard it, isn't this a vicious rumor?The chief culprit who incited the antagonism was Zhang Guotao, and he blamed others. I retorted: "Chairman Zhang, is it wrong? We treat prisoners preferentially. How could we burn our wounded to death? How could we burn food?" Zhang Guotao said to me dissatisfied: "Who are you speaking for? The comrades below have seen it with their own eyes. Can they be wrong?" Commander-in-Chief Zhu said angrily: "This is purely a rumor. Starting from Jinggangshan, Comrade Mao Zedong Just advocate the equality of officers and soldiers, and these rumors are fabricated by people with ulterior motives." Zhang Guotao was so refuted that he blushed and couldn't say a word.Before long, Zhang Guotao reorganized the Fifth Army, appointed his secretary Huang Chao as the political commissar of the army, transferred the former acting political commissar, the director of the political department, and me, and emptied the army commander Dong Zhentang... One day, Dong Zhentang, who was silent, waited for several people from the Security Bureau. They came to the military headquarters aggressively, and handed Dong a list, which included: Wei Zhongtong, Wu Ruilin, Fu Chongbi and other three people.Then he said: "Commander Dong, we are here to arrest these counter-revolutionaries under the order of General Political Commissar Zhang." Dong Zhentang was angry when he heard this. During this period of time, the Security Bureau came to arrest people every three days. Even Cao Lihuai, his chief of staff, was taken away, and his life and death are still unknown.After reading the list, he suppressed the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "Where are there so many counter-revolutionaries! They are all Red Army cadres who have been tested and survived the hail of bullets. I still think there are few such cadres!" Deputy Army Commander Luo Nanhui on the side followed closely and said, "These comrades are trustworthy, and I can assure you that there will be no problems with them." "How many brains do you have! These people are small intellectuals, swaying left and right, we will strictly censor them! Go, take people!" Once these comrades are taken away, most of them will never come back.what to do?Could it be that they just watched them take people away?Dong Zhentang went all out, frowned, and shouted angrily: "Slow down!" The people from the Security Bureau were stunned. Dong Zhentang stood up slowly, pulled out the pistol from his waist, slapped it on the table with a "snap!", and said forcefully, "If you say they are counter-revolutionaries, I am theirs." Head! If you want to kill them, kill me first!" Facing this steadfast star of the Red Army, the Security Bureau had nothing to do and walked away in despair.This sentence requires courage and courage. Dong Zhentang saved a lieutenant general and two major generals for the new China. During his trip to the south, Dong Zhentang tried his best to save many comrades, but some comrades were still plotted and killed by Zhang Guotao.For example, Hu Di, Chief of the Investigation Section of the Headquarters, one of the famous "Three Heroes of Longtan" on the espionage battlefield of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, was evaluated by Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai as a person who had made great contributions to the Chinese revolution.When crossing the grass, he was poisoned by eating mushrooms and lost his mind. He cursed the words of dissatisfaction with Zhang Guotao that had been accumulated in his chest.Someone immediately reported to Zhang Guotao. After hearing this, Zhang became furious and called him a counter-revolutionary. He immediately canceled his horse and guards and asked him to march with his own burden on his back.Hu Di was sick and followed the team, he was in a state of embarrassment, and often fell behind. Ouyang Yi, the chief of security of the Fifth Army, found out that Dong Zhentang ordered him to keep it secret and protect him properly.Despite this, Hu Di was searched out and taken away by Zhang Guotao, and he was secretly killed on the march soon after. Facing the increasingly tense situation, Chen Bojun, the former chief of staff of the Fifth Army, wanted to act first, actively contacted some cadres, and prepared to pull away the former front army team, and rescued the commander-in-chief Zhu De and chief of staff Liu Bocheng. Zhang Guotao controlled it together.When Chen Bojun informed Commander Dong of this plan, Dong said approvingly: "This action plan is good, but two conditions must be met to implement it. First: This must be a last resort. It is not a critical moment. It is densely covered and cannot be implemented. The two bosses (Zhu De and Liu Bocheng) are still with them and are doing his (Zhang Guotao) work. We must hold our breath. Second: we must obtain the consent of the two bosses before we can implement this plan. The two conditions are indispensable. In addition, we must warn our comrades that we must adopt rational methods of struggle, and we must not act blindly under the current circumstances. Comrades such as Cao Lihuai, Hu Di, and Peng Shaohui, who were detained at the headquarters, offended them because of their usual words and deeds , life and death are still unknown. In the future, we must proceed with caution and minimize unnecessary losses.” After bidding farewell to Dong Zhentang, Chen Bojun came to Hongda University to ask Liu Bocheng for instructions.Liu Bocheng was demoted by Zhang Guotao to be the principal of the Red University not long ago. After listening to Chen Bojun's narration, he fully agreed with Dong Zhentang's two opinions, and immediately preached: "Zhang Guotao went against the law, fought against the Party Central Committee, and persecuted and attacked the Red Army. Cadres and soldiers, your action plan is just, and I fully agree with it. Then, I will discuss it with Boss Zhu and will inform you soon." The plan was proceeding quietly. Liu Bocheng invited Zhu De to a barren slope far away from the camp, and signaled the guards to retreat tens of meters away. How are you?" Zhu De smiled wryly and shook his head: "This man (Zhang Guotao) has a problem in his mind. He insists on leading the team to the south, always saying that the Sichuan Army is easy to deal with. In fact, he doesn't understand that the various warlords of the Sichuan Army have always been intriguing. I don’t want to compete with the Red Army. It seems that he won’t give up until his head is broken. Bocheng, how are you doing? You invite me here, don’t just greet me! What’s the matter? Just say it." "I really can't hide it from you, the commander-in-chief!" Liu Bocheng looked around with a smile, and continued: "It's like this..." He reported the action plan to Zhu De in detail.Finally, Liu Bocheng said angrily: "Zhang Guotao leading the team to the south will definitely cause heavy losses to the Red Army. Instead of doing this, it is better to take the team and quickly go north to join Chairman Mao of the Party Central Committee! Of course, this is just everyone's opinion. What do you think about asking for your consent?" Zhu De frowned, pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "I completely understand the feelings of comrades. I have had this kind of thought, but it is difficult for me to make up my mind. The Fourth Front Army is also a party team, and has nothing to do with Zhang Guotao. It’s okay to carry out military remonstrance, but if it can’t be dealt with, what should we do? If the First and Fourth Fronts really take action, you and I will become sinners in history! I cannot agree to this plan.” Liu Bocheng sighed deeply, and said: "Commander-in-Chief! Please stop having any illusions about Zhang Guotao. You must act decisively to save the revolution. This is the only way to deal with Zhang Guotao, a conspirator." Zhu De shook his head and said: "You are wrong. I disagree with this plan. It's not that I can't do anything with Zhang Guotao, but that this plan is not safe. You see, the plan we implemented is to win more with less, and we no longer use The Red Army is against the White Army, but against the heroic Fourth Front Army led by our party! If it is not well controlled, it will lead to tragic internal conflicts. If Chiang Kai-shek knew that the Red Army was fighting with real knives and guns, I don’t know what would happen. How happy I am. Even if I take 10,000 steps back and take a few teams back to the north, I don’t know how much a heavy price will be paid.” "Then let's just let Zhang Guotao manipulate us and follow him to perdition!" Liu Bocheng was obviously anxious. "No! It seems too hasty to use force against Zhang Guotao now. There are too many risks and the timing is not yet ripe. Remember the Nanchang Uprising? It was also Zhang Guotao who came to disrupt the situation. He firmly disagreed with the uprising. Fortunately, the former party secretary Zhou Enlai and other comrades fought hard with him, so that the uprising was carried out smoothly. Now it is different, Zhang Guotao has a large army in his hand, and he thinks he can do whatever he wants, but he is completely wrong. The Fourth Front Army is the party's army. It's not his army alone, as long as we do a good job and unify the thinking of the soldiers of the Fourth Front Army on the northward route, I believe that sooner or later we will embark on the northward route." Zhu De licked his dry lips and continued: " How about the Fifth and Ninth (Fifth and Ninth Army Corps)? It seems that I have to go there. The current situation is like this, you and I have a heavy burden on our shoulders!" The hands of the two CEOs were tightly held together again. After saying goodbye to each other, the two hurried back to their respective residences. Shortly thereafter, Commander-in-Chief Zhu came to the headquarters of the Fifth Army on purpose.Dong Zhentang secretly summoned some cadres above the battalion in the army to hold a meeting in his room. Seeing that Commander-in-Chief Zhu was safe and still as amiable as before, they applauded excitedly. Quiet quickly. "Now, Commander-in-Chief Zhu, please give us a speech!" Commander-in-Chief Zhu nodded slightly, and said in a slow tone: "Comrades! I wanted to visit you a long time ago and talk to you. How are you, comrades?" Hearing Commander-in-Chief Zhu's cordial greetings, many cadres could no longer restrain their emotions, tears filled their eyes with excitement, and a comrade said loudly: "We are all well! Commander-in-Chief, you should pay more attention to your health! " Zhu De smiled and spread his hands: "Look! I'm not good!" After speaking, he changed the subject: "Now the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao have gone north, and they have achieved great victories. This is the correct line! The chairman has already said: Going south is a dead end, regardless of the enemy's situation, terrain, residents, supplies, etc., it is extremely unfavorable to us, but some people say that going north is an escape, and only going south is a revolution. Who is right and who is wrong, history will draw conclusions... Comrade Ladies and gentlemen! Sooner or later we will follow the path taken by the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao! But now we must be patient, do more work, and not be too hasty!" Everyone listened with bated breath, and the room was surprisingly quiet. The commander-in-chief paused for a moment, and then continued: "We must take the overall situation into consideration, talk about revolution, and talk about unity. In any case, we must not expand conflicts, let alone act rashly! The Red Army wants to clash with the Red Army. That means a crime against the Chinese revolution! 1. The Fourth Front Army is the Red Army of Workers and Peasants led by the Party, and they are close class brothers. Comrades in the Fourth Front Army have many advantages. As pointed out by the Maoergai Conference of the Central Committee, they are brave and good at fighting. Bear hardships and stand hard work..." Dong Zhentang has become more silent and thinner these days. After listening to the commander-in-chief's speech, he stood up and expressed his position on behalf of all the cadres and soldiers of the Fifth Army: "Please rest assured, commander-in-chief! We must adhere to principles, deal with problems calmly and rationally, and decide Don’t act emotionally.” Then he turned to the cadres present and said: “Everyone must keep these words of the commander-in-chief in mind, and at the same time convey them to the troops. As long as every comrade can consider the overall and long-term interests of the revolution, even if there are Great difficulties can also be overcome!" After the efforts of Commander-in-Chief Zhu and Dong Zhentang, the mood of the Fifth Army quickly stabilized. At the beginning of October, Zhang Guotao led his troops to Zhuomu Tower and asked Zhu De tentatively: "Brother Yujie, you have a high prestige among the masses. Everyone hopes that you can provoke the heavy burden of revolution." Zhu De knew that Zhang Guotao must have some conspiracy , ignored him.Zhang Guotao saw that Zhu De didn't say anything, so he said brazenly: "We must respect the opinions of the masses, establish a new party center, and expel Mao Zedong and others from the party." Before the voice could finish speaking, the angry Zhu De slapped the table, "Zhang Guotao! What you are doing is usurping the party!" Zhang Guotao's face twitched a few times, and then he smiled cheekily and said, "Boss Zhu, why are you so angry! The establishment of a new Party Central Committee is precisely because we follow the trend of revolution... You are a person of high morals, now As long as you nod, I will give you the second seat." Zhu De shook his head, pointed at Zhang Guotao and said angrily: "Do you know? Your actions and ideas are a crime against the party!" Zhang Guotao saw that he could not move Zhu De, his face sank, he snorted and said: "Zhu Yujie! Let me tell you, there are only two roads in front of you now, either you follow me, or you go north to find Mao Zedong, we Zhang Guotao is a gentleman, let you go, unlike Mao Zedong, he is a villain, and he does things secretly." Zhu De reprimanded mercilessly: "Zhang Guotao, it is the decision of the Party Central Committee that I stay in the Left Army. You have no right to command me!" Zhang Guotao saw that he was bored, so he closed the door with a "slap!" and walked away.At this moment, Zhang Guotao, who was ashamed and angry, wished to clean up Zhu De immediately, but Commander Zhu's prestige among the masses was too high, so he didn't dare to act rashly for a while. Since then, Commander-in-Chief Zhu's situation has become increasingly difficult.First of all, the meal is not called eating, and he will be hungry a little later after the meal. Kang Keqing is deeply worried about the boss's health.She found the leader of the 32nd Army (formerly the 9th Army of the First Front Army) near the camp, and brought back a few bags of white flour, and the stomach problem was finally resolved.But within a few days, the guards around him were inexplicably removed again. There is not even a guard around the majestic commander-in-chief of the Red Army.Dong Zhentang slapped the table angrily when he heard the news: "It's unreasonable!" He immediately ordered Ouyang Yi, director of the Security Bureau of the Fifth Army: "You immediately arrange two comrades to go to Commander-in-Chief Zhu to do security work." Ouyang Yi understood and was about to go out. Dong Zhentang stopped him again: "If Political Commissar Huang asks about this matter, he will say that I arranged it. Remember! You want 'reliable' comrades! Also, I heard that the boss doesn't even have a horse. You can go to the guard to find one. Take the good horses there together." Ouyang Yi nodded and said, "Commander! Don't worry, I'll do it right away."