Chapter 85 Anecdotes of Li Miaozhai

Li Miaozhai was one of the main founders of the Shaanxi-Gansu Bianzhaojin Revolutionary Base in the early 1930s.To this day, there are still many exciting stories about this all-powerful Red Army general in Zhaojin.This Shanxi man with a burly figure and a clear face has won the support and love of the soldiers and civilians in the border region with his excellent command skills, superhuman strategy, outstanding organizational skills, decisive style and unique working way of thinking. Li Miaozhai was the pioneer of various works in the Zhaojin Revolutionary Base Area. With the hard work of Li Miaozhai, the first peasant party organization was established in Zhaojin.In the autumn of 1932, based on the good mass base in Yuyuan Village, Li Miaozhai actively carried out Liu Zhidan’s instructions. Under the guise of looking for villagers to get jobs, he lived in the home of Han Tiancheng, a fellow villager in Shanxi. In this case, go to villages and households at night to propagate revolutionary principles.Shuangmiaozhai mobilized the masses extensively. On the basis of the continuous improvement of the awareness of the broad masses of poor people, it secretly developed Deng Yunqian, Deng Keqin, Wang Jinhai, Han Tiancheng, Pan Shizhen and others to join the party, and established the Yuyuan Village Party branch.This is the first rural party branch established by our party in Zhaojin, and at the same time.It is also the first peasant grassroots party organization established by our party in Zhaojin.

With the unremitting efforts of Li Miaozhai, the first peasant guerrilla group was established in Zhaojin.When Li Miaozhai established the party organization in Yuyuan City, he organized the three brothers Han Tiancheng, Han Wei, and Han Heizi, Deng Keqin, He Ganfu, Huang Dengwen, Tian Defa and others to secretly manufacture sabers, spears and other weapons, and purchase cabin ammunition. In October 1932, the Yuyuan Peasant Guerrilla Brigade was established, which was also the first peasant guerrilla brigade established by our party in Zhaojin. Li Miaozhai was the first to board the Xuejiazhai. He was the pioneer of the Red Army's construction of Xuejiazhai, the political, economic and military center.In the winter of 1932, Zhu Jixiang and his son from Yuyuan Village, who used to worship gods and practice Taoism in Xuejiazhai, once enshrined statues of mountain gods in cave No. 4 of Xuejiazhai. At that time, cave No. 4 was filled with smoke and incense.When the Red Army was fighting guerrillas in the Zhaojin area, Zhu Jixiang and his son were very moved when they saw that the Red Army had strict discipline and helped the rich and poor.At first, Zhu Jixiang led the way, Li Miaozhai, Wang Jinhai, Tian Defa and other more than 20 Taro Garden guerrilla members first boarded the Xuejiazhai at an altitude of more than 1,600.Xuejiazhai became an offensive and defensive maneuver area for the Yuyuan peasant guerrillas.Until the spring of 1932, Li Miaozhai mobilized the army and civilians in the border area to repair and reinforce Xuejiazhai, built the Beishao Gate, Xiufanggou whistle gate, and reinforced Dangjiashan, Jiermu and other checkpoints.A large number of mines and rolling stone barriers were laid around the checkpoints, and sidewalks were built between the checkpoints.At the same time, repairs were carried out to the five wide natural caves lying across the eyebrows of Xuejiazhai.On the narrow road between the caves, thick wooden piles were inserted, wooden fences were tied between the piles, and battlements were built around the caves to ensure safety.Through the unremitting efforts of Li Miaozhai and the Yuyuan guerrillas, the party, government, military aircraft and logistics departments of the border area were successfully relocated to Xuejiazhai in April and May 1933. Jiazhai became the rear base for the 26th Red Army and various guerrillas to maneuver in offense and defense, resist "encirclement and suppression", and rest and reorganize. At the same time, it is also the political, military, and economic center of the Zhaojin Revolutionary Base in the true sense.

The first initiative was to establish a market trade in Tingzigou under Xuejiazhai, the leading authority of the border region, breaking the enemy's economic blockade against the gold revolutionary base.When the Red Army first entered Xuejiazhai, life was extremely difficult, and coupled with the siege and interception of the Kuomintang reactionaries and reactionary militias, it was very difficult to provide for them.Shuangmiaozhai discussed with Feng Yansheng, who lived in Xiatingzigou, Xuejiazhai, and asked Feng Yansheng to contact the surrounding people to build a market in Tingzigou, so as to activate the economy of the base area.After the market was established, people from all over the world came to trade with food and vegetables.Food varieties include flour, bracts, wheat, strips, and beans; vegetables include potatoes, red and white radishes, cabbage, green onions, beans, and peppers, as well as tofu, live chickens, fresh eggs, and sometimes meat.In the market, the Red Army not only adhered to the principle of public buying and selling, but also adhered to the rule of "let the masses buy first".Very popular with the masses.At the beginning of the market, it was stipulated that there would be an episode every five days, and as the number of listed coins increased day by day.Naturally, the rule of one episode every five days was broken, and the market was established almost every day.Not only are the stockpiles of the people in the Jinsu District listed and traded, but many people in the Bai District also do everything possible to bring food and other important items to their relatives for sale.Through the establishment of bazaar trade, on the one hand, it solved the problem of supplying the Red Army, and on the other hand, it activated the economic exchanges of the masses.Thus breaking the enemy's economic blockade of the border area and expanding the influence of the Red Army and the Soviet area.

In the autumn of 1932, when Liu Zhidan left Li Miaozhai to work in Yuyuan Village, Li Miaozhai established a friendship like fish and water with the local people.He worked with the masses during the day to learn about various situations, and visited villages and households at night.Secretly propagate the revolutionary truth.Under his leadership, many poor peasants embarked on the revolutionary road.As the leaders of the revolution, a deep relationship has been established between them. After the defeat in the Miaowan battle, our army was once again guided by Du Heng's wrong route, and was forced to fight a positional battle with the Kuomintang troops that were several times our size, and fell into a situation surrounded by powerful enemies. The entire Zhaojin revolutionary base was in a relatively critical situation. period.Shuangmiaozhai first transferred the Red Army wounded to the more secluded Longjiazhai.Due to the secrecy of the masses, although the enemy searched everywhere, none of our wounded soldiers were found.After the Second Red Regiment switched to outside operations, most of the enemy troops chased after them, but the militia groups in the four counties and local militia groups were still frantically searching for our wounded soldiers.However, due to Li Miaozhai's good mass base, the enemy failed to capture a wounded soldier from our army.One day, the Tuqiao militia went to Houchuan of Jiaojia to carry out a campaign of suppression, searched out Comrade Wen Zhiguo, a wounded soldier of our army, and killed him.Most of the wounded of our army live in the small temple on the shady slope very close to here.As soon as the enemy left, the people of Jiao's family took advantage of the darkness to send the wounded to a broken kiln for burning charcoal on the long beam behind the relatively safe Tu'er Liang.Thanks to the good mutual trust established between Li Miaozhai and Li Miaozhai, a family who fled from Sichuan took the initiative to deliver meals to the wounded of the Red Army, which solved the problem of feeding the wounded.A few days later, Li Miaozhai learned through intelligence that the reactionary militia was going to the Tu'erliang family to search, so he organized party members and mass school elements overnight to safely transfer the wounded to Heitianyu Village.Thanks to the strong party and mass organization established by Shuangmiaozhai in Heitianyu City, the wounded were well cared for.One morning, the Miaowan and Liulin militias took advantage of the thick fog and united to suppress Cunqing in Heitianyu City. Li Miaozhai organized the masses to risk their lives and help the wounded up the mountain in the thick fog.After the enemy rushed to the sky.Just take it out on the crowd.The masses in Heitianyu let the enemy beat and scold them, and no one told where the wounded Red Army soldiers were hiding.At night, when the enemy withdrew, the masses assisted the guerrillas led by Shuang Miaozhai to use mules to safely transfer the wounded to Tuerliang to hide their relatives.During the frequent transfers, the wounded recovered well due to the meticulous care of the masses.During the low ebb of the revolution when the powerful enemy "encircled and suppressed", the friendship between Li Miaozhai and the masses ensured the safety of the wounded in our Red Army.

Li Miaozhai was kind and amiable to the masses. When the Red Army built Xuejiazhai, the masses voluntarily went to work to help the guerrillas break down the battlements and repair checkpoints.For the masses who actively participated in the construction of Xuejiazhai, Shuangmiaozhai always paid wages. Although the masses refused to accept it, Shuangmiaozhai resolutely paid them labor remuneration.At that time, every family in Xiufanggou had the task of making military shoes. After the shoes were finished, Li Miaozhai paid wages according to the regulations, and never let the masses suffer. In order to break the blockade of the Kuomintang reactionaries on the Jin Revolutionary Base, Shuang Miaozhai took advantage of his extensive mass base and asked Feng Yansheng, who lived in Tingzigoukou, to be the head of the group.A bazaar was established in Tingzigou, allowing people from all over the world to come here to trade, sell food and vegetables, and adhere to the principle of fair trade so that people buy first and sell first.In this way, not only the people in the Soviet area actively traded in the market, but also many people in the white area also tried their best to bring food and some important materials to sell.Li Miaozhai entrusted Feng Yansheng to buy all the remaining grain and vegetables every time when the gathering was about to start.After the raw grain was sent to the village by Feng's family milled flour, Li Miaozhai paid them a certain amount of remuneration.Through the establishment of the market, Shuangmiaozhai and the Feng family established a profound friendship.When the Red Army had financial difficulties, the Feng family also tried their best to find ways to serve the Red Army.Whenever the enemy attacked, Shuang Miao Zhai also specially sent people to shout to Feng's family, and sometimes took their whole family to the stockade to avoid the enemy. The Red Army and the common people established a close relationship between fish and water.Through the strong mass base of Shuangmiaozhai, under extremely difficult conditions, it facilitated the masses and activated the economy of the border area.

After the death of Comrade Li Miaozhai, the masses were very sad.Qi Zhenhai, a member of the Heitian Valley, voluntarily donated two coffins to the village, and buried Li Miaozhai and his guard Wu Gong on the hillside to the north of No. 1 Zhaidong.After the enemy occupied Xuejiazhai.The tombs of Li Miaozhai and Wu Gong were crazily and cruelly removed. On a snowy night, Yang Yucai and other people sneaked up to the village spontaneously and repaired the tombs of Shuang Miaozhai and Wu Gong that had been destroyed by the enemy.Since then, on the festival day of Shuangmiaozhai, the masses will spontaneously go to visit the tomb.To this day, the local people still maintain this way of nostalgia.

According to the old people, Li Miaozhai has a strong and distinctive personality.If Shuang Miaozhai walks to you with a smile, then you must have done something wrong, and in severe cases, you may even be decapitated.Once, a guerrilla captain and a landlord colluded with each other. Taking advantage of the landlord, they often tipped off the landlord, resulting in the sacrifice of several guerrilla members.After Xing Miaozhai got the conclusive evidence, one day, Li Miaozhai walked up to the captain with a smile. Just when the captain was feeling guilty, Xing Miaozhai raised his knife and killed the scum in the revolutionary ranks.If Li Miaozhai approaches you with a serious expression, you must have made great contributions or done something beneficial to the masses, and you will definitely be rewarded or will take on a more important job.

A blacksmith in Zhaojin was designated as the pseudo-baochang when Sun Youren (also known as Sun Canglang) from the May 11 regiment of the Kuomintang invaded Zhaojin.After the May 11th regiment lived in the street, the blacksmith arranged board and lodging for the Kuomintang troops. Seeing that the blacksmith worked for the counter-revolutionary, Li Miaozhai planned to get rid of him.On this day, watching the security chief enter the home of the mayor Duan Jincai, Shuang Miaozhai was hiding behind the door of the village chief Duan Jincai's back room, waiting for an opportunity to kill the security chief.After the security chief entered the gate, he handed over the sixty-nine bullets and three grenades left behind by Sun Youren's troops to Duan Jincai, the mayor of the village.After Li Miaozhai saw it, he immediately changed his mind.When he learned that the blacksmith had a good mass base, but had no choice but to be appointed as the chief security officer by the Kuomintang, Li Miaozhai had a heart-to-heart exchange and communication with him.The stepfather of the blacksmith used his Taiwan-French status to do many things beneficial to the people.

According to Jin Dayazi, there is a woman from the Zhai family who is pretty and has a good impression of Li Miaozhai.She likes to invite Li Miaozhai to her for dinner on weekdays, and Shuang Miaozhai is not too shy.This woman also revealed some information about the 511th Regiment of the 86th Division of the Kuomintang to Shuang Miaozhai from time to time while eating. Using this information, our guerrillas also won several battles.Therefore, gradually, the women of Zhai's family and Li Miaozhai have a relatively close relationship.But at the same time, this woman from the Zhai family had an affair with Sun Youren, the head of the May 11th Regiment, and from time to time unintentionally disclosed some information about the Red Army to the enemy, causing our Red Army guerrillas to suffer considerable losses.Li Miaozhai came to Zhai's house one day after figuring out the whole story.When the woman from the Zhai family greeted her kissingly, Li Miaozhai suddenly pulled out her pistol, and the woman from the Zhai family said coquettishly: "You hit. You hit..." Shuang Miaozhai said seriously: "Go to the back of the house ” When the woman from the Zhai family walked coquettishly to the open space behind the house, Li Miaozhai had already raised his pistol and shot the coquettish woman who stepped on two boats.

Sometimes, Li Miaozhai's distinctive personality will also bring losses to the guerrillas.For example, Shuangmiaozhai pays too much attention to the habits of green forests, and is too emotional for speculators such as Chen Kemin (also known as Chen Liansheng) and Ning Laoba, who have hard-to-change bandit habits.Although he resolutely suppressed the gangster Ning Laoba who raped women, he trusted Chen Kemin too much.When Chen Kemin was in the Shaanxi-Gansu guerrillas, he rebelled and killed Cheng Shuangyin, the leader of the special service team.When the revolutionary situation was better, he was pro-speculative revolution.Li Miaozhai trusted him too much, and it was a fatal mistake to organize his troops into three teams and let him garrison the strategically important Longjiazhai.After Chen Kemin's pro-bandit nature remained unchanged, he resumed his old career not long after. He was attracted by Lei Tianyi's beauties and high-ranking officials, and once again rebelled against the revolution and joined the reactionary militia to confront our army. Lessons.For this reason, the Special Committee of the Border Region asked Huang Ziwen to replace him as the commander-in-chief of the guerrillas for a period of time.It was Li Miaozhai's huge mistake.This made Longjiazhai an important tool for counter-revolutionary forces to capture Xuejiazhai.In addition, Li Miaozhai's sacrifice is also absolutely related to Chen Kemin.The enemy took advantage of Chen Kemin's familiarity with the terrain of Xuejiazhai to climb up the small tree village from the base where our army had fortified in front of the village, and captured Xuejiazhai, a large camp of our Red Army and guerrillas. It caused immeasurable losses to the establishment and development of the Zhaojin Revolutionary Base.Today, we revisit this period of history, which is also a kind of profound reflection and lesson.