Chapter 37 Chapter 37 Towards Peace

Zhang Zhizhong completed the layout of Xinjiang in one winter.During this period, the biggest event in the country was the retirement of Chiang Kai-shek, and Vice President Li Zongren stepped onto the stage of history. The Nanjing government has collapsed, and the Communist Party is set to rule the world.An unprecedented panic-buying trend also hit Xinjiang. A large number of "golden dollar coupons" were thrown out on the market, and a box of matches would sell for one million French coins! This is Bao Erhan's first problem after becoming the chairman of Xinjiang Province. At the same time, Acting President Li Zongren sent an order to Tao Zhiyue: Except for one brigade of the Xinjiang garrison to serve as frontier defense, all the rest will be transferred to the pass.And he flew to Nanjing to discuss the big plan.Obviously, this is the problem facing Tao Zhiyue.

At that time, the Xinjiang garrison consisted of Zhao Xiguang's 42nd Division, under the jurisdiction of the 128th, 65th, Qiba, and Qi9 brigades; Ye Cheng's 78th Division, under the jurisdiction of the 176th, 178th , 1793 reorganized brigades.In addition, there is Ma Chengxiang's First Reorganized Cavalry Division, which governs the first and second reorganized brigades.Together with the headquarters, the three divisions have nearly 100,000 horses.Except for the old relationship between Zhao Xiguang and Tao Zhiyue, the others have their own masters.Ye Cheng and Luo Shuren, commander of the 179th brigade, are Hu Zongnan's direct descendants, while Ma Chengxiang's troops are under Ma Bufang's orders from personnel to supplies.

That night, Tao Zhiyue could not sleep all night.How amazing is the troops going out!Xinjiang is located in the frontier, with strong neighbors outside and complex ethnic groups living inside. Once the defense is breached, the consequences will be disastrous.Besides, how many lives will be destroyed if one hundred thousand people are thrown into the inland battlefield?Is it disrespectful to resist the order, or... He decided to hold a meeting of officials above the commander of a division and brigade in the name of reorganizing the troops.At the meeting, try to bring up the issue of troops entering the customs, and see the reactions of all parties.

Who knew that before the meeting, Ma Chengxiang ran to the police headquarters and started cursing on the street: "Damn it, I can't stay here any longer. The monthly salary of the company commander and battalion commander is not enough to buy a few packs of cigarettes. Gold dollar coupons, gold dollar coupons, if this goes on, they will only be used as wipes!" Tao Zhiyue pulled him aside, and said in a soft voice: "The situation of gold dollar coupons is not the same in Xinjiang. As a party-state soldier, we should share the worries of the central government. How can we have no occasion to speak? How can we be inappropriate at all?" Say? The situation in Xinjiang will get better, isn’t Chairman Bao of the provincial government already thinking of a way?”

Bao Erhan's "method" was to make up his mind to cut ties with the Nanjing government financially, and issue "silver notes" as the local currency in Xinjiang's independent circulation, so as to get rid of the depreciation of the legal currency and curb the panic-buying trend that is getting worse every day in Xinjiang.Right now, while rejecting a large number of gold dollar coupons from the central bank to enter Xinjiang, he secretly encourages the whole society to refuse to use gold dollar coupons through underground revolutionary organizations. At this time, Xinjiang was really like a huge explosives depot. Underground organizations such as the "Democratic Youth League" and "Xinjiang Democratic League" were flying all over the sky with underground publications, and revolution became a fashion for young people.And those old-fashioned nationalists continued to fish in troubled waters, making trouble everywhere.Mark Nan, the US consul in Xinjiang, farted on his deathbed and ran to Usman and said, “Mr. Our American territory, you can take all the Kazakhs there, and you can get American assistance there.”

These words undoubtedly injected a dose of stimulant into Usman and the provincial finance minister Janim Khan who shared his stink.Janim Khan vowed to part ways with Bao Erhan, and did not go to work in the provincial capital, yelling, "You Bao Erhan wants to defect to the Communist Party, I will not do it! I am a Muslim, and I do not believe in communism..." Then, he drove hundreds of herdsmen and thousands of cattle and sheep on the Nanshan Guan Ranch to find Usman. All these lawless things cannot do without the help of Ma Chengxiang, Ye Cheng, and Luo Shuren.Bao Erhan asked Tao Zhiyue anxiously: "Mr. Zhang has always opposed military interference in politics. What are you going to do?"

At the turn of the spring and summer of 1949, Chiang Kai-shek announced at the beginning of the year that the golden cicada had escaped from the wild, and Li Zongren would serve as acting president.At that time, there were three major battles between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party: Liaoshen, Huaihai, and Pingjin. Most of the Kuomintang's so-called "elite" main force was wiped out and faced with the fate of destruction. They fantasized about preventing the People's Liberation Army from crossing the Yangtze River through "peace talks" and sent a delegation to Peking negotiated, but finally refused to sign the "Domestic Peace Agreement" on the peace conditions of the CCP.Mao Zedong and Zhu De issued an order to march across the country in April, and the People's Liberation Army's million-strong army crossed the Yangtze River. After capturing Nanjing on April 23, the "central government" of the Kuomintang retreated to Guilin and Guangzhou successively, supported by the thankless Li Zongren.

What else can Tao Zhiyue, who is far away in Xinjiang, do in the face of desperadoes like Ma Chengxiang, Ye Cheng, and Luo Shuren?He is in a state of desperation for the troops to leave the customs. Every day, he delays Li Zongren on the grounds that "large troops need to be fully prepared for operations and crossing the Gobi". It really feels like a year.Fortunately, the "Guangzhou government" that governs the whole country is also in jeopardy, and Li Zongren seems to have no energy to ask too much about this matter. But the troops of the three divisions under him have been watching.Ma Chengxiang, Ye Cheng, Luo Nuren, etc., hardly a day did not stop watching the garrison headquarters, forcing Tao Zhiyue to make up his mind to enter the customs.As the commander-in-chief, Tao Zhiyue acted like walking on thin ice, and he dared not say a word or take an extra step.After many years, he wrote in his self-report: "At that time, in addition to being in contact with Peng Mingding, deputy chief of staff of the Northwest Military and Political Office of Lanzhou, and Zeng Zhenwuchang, commander of the eighth supply zone stationed in Zhangye, I also expressed my reluctance to them. Apart from the idea of ​​participating in the civil war, he never dared to confide his true feelings to others. Liu Mengchun often contacted Zhang Zhizhong, and he would tell me the outside news from time to time. He has brotherhood with me, and I have kept my mouth shut to him, which has caused him to misunderstand me..."

This "misunderstanding" is very natural. The two Taos are not brothers, but the same ancestor, and their temperaments are different from each other.Tao Jinchu's thoughts have long been too radical. Although he was the senior staff officer and chief of staff of Song Xilian's Eleventh Army Command, he has a deep affection for the Communist Party.Especially after reading the "One Week International Review" in Chongqing and getting to know the editor Qiao Mu (Qiao Guanhua), they were even more blatant, so that during the negotiations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, they kept providing information to the CCP through Qiao Guanhua, and even sent a letter to Mao Zedong, writing He said such thoughtful and considerate words as "ask yourself to love your husband, no less than all Communist Party members".In the end, he simply ran to the office of the 18th Group Army in Hongyan Village and asked Zhou Enlai to work in the liberated area.

This matter could not be realized because of Hu Zongnan's precautions.However, Tao Jinchu's political color has been obvious to all, and Tao Zhiyue certainly understands it in his heart.He can accept Tao Jinchu as his chief of staff, which is enough to prove that the above self-reported text is true and credible. Tao Jinchu couldn't stand Tao Zhiyue's "silence".On the eve of the liberation of Lanzhou, he finally found Tao Zhiyue one night and said: "Commander, I have thought about it for a long time, and I should go home and forget it. I don't want to do it anymore... This is my resignation." He sent a letter of resignation to Tao Zhiyue.

Tao Zhiyue was quite surprised, but he burst out laughing: "When did you learn to be so rigid? This is not your character!" He casually took the resignation letter and threw it aside, "It's really true that you behave like me. It's a bit like singing on a stage..." "Sixth brother, don't make fun of me, I'm serious." Tao Zhiyue still smiled and said: "I know you are real. But resigning doesn't have to be so simple. Don't say you came to be my chief of staff. Even if you come to visit a relative, you have to have a meal before leaving! Like this Come on tomorrow night, I'll prepare some side dishes for your farewell." "No, I've already bought the plane ticket." "Oh, so urgent..." Tao Zhiyue wiped off his smile, "Is it my elder brother who annoys you so much?" Tao Jinchu said: "This has nothing to do with brotherhood. Everyone has his own ambitions. I just don't want to work for my husband anymore. I hope the sixth brother will forgive me." "Excuse me? Forgive me for what, since you have said that everyone has their own aspirations, what else is there to forgive! However, I would like to ask you a word, what aspirations do you have, and what aspirations do you think I have? ?” Tao Jinchu remained silent. "Let me tell you. The last time I went to Chongqing to settle down in my home, the letter you asked Peng Mingding to forward to me didn't you ask me to think about the future of the Republic of China and the lives of 100,000 officers and soldiers in Xinjiang? I think I deserve this Two sentences. Is your 'thinking' just a slap in the ass? As the commander-in-chief and chief of staff, you and I have the responsibility to work together to defend the land; I don’t even look at the current situation in Xinjiang, which is full of crises and difficulties. At this time, you don’t think about your responsibilities or your family, and you see me alone, but you want to walk away, thanks for thinking about it!” Tao Jinchu looked at Tao Zhiyue in despair and doubt, for a long time, and said, "Sixth brother, are you really willing to die for the Kuomintang? Why don't you think about the ideas advertised by the CCP!" "Nonsense! How can you be 'sacrificed' by being loyal and doing your best? Isn't the nationalist ideal of a free China worth fighting for? You are not afraid of people saying you are 'red' when you say such things? You are too bold and too disrespectful! " Tao Zhiyue blurted out. Tao Jinchu burned to the ground on the fifth day of his life, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and vomited like a cannonball: "Don't talk about democracy or democracy, freedom or freedom! If it was ten years ago, these counterfeit people might still be able to deceive people. Today, go to hell! I advise you to care about your own life! Why allow some people to suck the blood of most people to enrich themselves, while most people are trapped in poverty, starvation, and death! "Central Daily" scolds the CCP every day They are demons. Since they are demons, why are there so many ambitious and well-cultivated scholars and young people flocking to them? The more they read, the more confused they become. Will they pursue the 'devils' wholeheartedly? Why is the number of people in the CCP increasing day by day, while the national army has mountains and rivers? Under the sun, every battle is defeated? Why..." "Okay, okay!" Tao Zhiyue raised his hand and forcibly stopped Tao Jinchu, "Everything in the world is judged by the people of the world. I don't want to carry it, and I don't want people from the Secrecy Bureau to arrest you as a Communist. Isn’t the lesson from Hu Zongnan not enough? How about this, I’ll give you a day, and come to have dinner tomorrow night. We should work together, and we should say goodbye, so it won’t delay your plane, right?” Tao Jinchu was surprised that Qu Wu was also present at dinner the next night.He was secretly startled. On April 1, Qu Wu flew to Beijing with Zhang Zhizhong as an adviser to the KMT-CCP ​​peace negotiation delegation. After the draft of the "Domestic Peace Agreement" was signed, it was brought to Nanjing by Qu Wu and Huang Shaohong to be signed by Li Zongren.Li refused to sign, and the peace talks broke down. Qu and Huang returned to their headquarters, but Zhang Zhizhong stayed in Beijing and never left. When Qu Wu returned to Dihua, he brought Zhang Zhizhong's intention to resolve the Xinjiang issue peacefully. He secretly planned with Liu Mengchun, Liu Zerong, and Tao Jinchu. , There was almost an uproar... Tao Jinchu thought, what did Tao Zhiyue mean by asking Qu Wu to be present? When Zhang Zhizhong failed to return to the peace talks, the central government of the Kuomintang withdrew his post and issued a wanted arrest warrant.When the news reached Lanzhou, Ma Bufang was overjoyed.The throne of the Northwest Military and Political Chief's Office just happened to fulfill his last arrogant days. The first thing Ma Bufang did when he became the "chief officer" was to ask Tao Zhiyue for Ma Chengxiang's first cavalry division. The reason was high-sounding-Peng Dehuai will attack Lanzhou and needs reinforcements from the east. As a result, Ma Chengxiang became even more anxious in Xinjiang, chasing Tao Zhiyue every day to give orders.Tao said: "Since Commander Ma has something to say, this commander is determined to follow through! It's just that such a large force is moving and the journey is so long, so we must make some material preparations. Otherwise, when we are on the road, there will be piles of problems, and we will be dragged down." Troops are not allowed!" As he spoke, he ordered the headquarters to make plans and documents, and put on the posture that the large troops were about to leave, just like the real thing. However, there was heavy thunder and little rain, and ten days and a half months passed.Until the liberation of Lanzhou, the day of Ma Chengxiang's departure is still far away. What is Tao Zhiyue busy with?He shuttles back and forth between various material warehouses in a car every day to check the logistics.This is indeed an inevitable link in the process of army operations.Before the soldiers and horses moved, the food and grass went first. Although Ma Chengxiang and the others had their stomachs swollen like a ball, they couldn't say "no". In mid-August, Peng Dehuai commanded various units of the People's Liberation Army to start dividing the Qinghai, Ningxia, and Hexi corridors. The situation was getting tighter day by day, and Tao Zhiyue's logistics work had not yet been checked.He came to Zhao Xiguang's Forty-Second Division that day, and naturally met Zhao Zaiyanqi in this small place.No one realized that this was an unusual secret date, let alone that Tao and Zhao had made three agreements in private: first, when the People's Liberation Army approached, they would send personnel to approach and hand over the troops; After finishing, both of them stood apart and had nothing else to ask for. Third, when the troops were reorganized, they were asked not to be under the supervision of the national army to avoid misunderstandings. However, this "no one knows" action aroused the suspicion of Luo Shuren, Ma Chengxiang and Ye Cheng.The relationship between the three commanders Ma, Ye, and Zhao is extremely delicate, and they have enough eyes and ears for each other.And Luo Shuren himself is a member of the Military Unification Secrecy Bureau. He just wants to know about big and small things, so he can't hide them. The most suspicious person is Luo Shuren.He called Ma Chengxiang and asked, "Liu Tao Tao went to the Forty-Second Division, did you know?" "I know, isn't it just to look at the logistics?" Ma Chengxiang was very annoyed. Luo said, "I'm afraid it's not that simple! Zhao has always been a shady person, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case!" When Ma Chengxiang heard this, he became vigilant and asked, "What do you think should be done? Are they playing tricks on men?" "Needless to say, you go to Lao Ye's right away, and I'll be there later, let's meet and talk!" Ma Chengxiang and Luo Shu rushed to Ye Cheng's house, but Ye Cheng was not at home.Mrs. Ye is a slick woman, of course she is not a first-time wife, she married a young woman on the way, she is decent and coquettish, she has endless things to say when she sees a man.Luo Shuren and Ma Chengxiang are both old acquaintances, and Mrs. Ye is even more unrestrained. She slapped one on the body and rubbed against the other for a while. With a few words, the two of them settled down, and they sat there honestly and giggled. Mrs. Ye told Luo and Ma that Ye Cheng had gone out to find a good friend, "I don't care!" She acted as if Luo and Ma should care. Seeing Mrs. Ye, Luo and Ma lost their seriousness and said happily, "Mr. Ye doesn't come back today, we won't leave!" Mrs. Ye made tea for the two of them, sat next to her with her crimson cheongsam raised high, and said, "Don't worry, he will be back before 5:30, if he is a minute late, he dares!" Laughed loudly, shaking his tense body. In fact, this woman knew that Ye Cheng had gone to Tao Zhiyue's house, but she just kept her mouth shut.After the liberation of Lanzhou, the Kuomintang officials in Xinjiang, big and small, were looking for a way out.Mrs. Ye said to her husband: "Nanjing is gone, Guangzhou is so far away, we can't go up to the sky, we can't go down to the ground, people like Luo Shuren and Ma Chengxiang are unreliable. I have seen and seen, and if you have an idea, you have to count Commander Tao. Don't blame me for being talkative, we will follow him in the future, and we will not suffer!" Ye Cheng is notoriously afraid of guilt.What he said made sense to him, so he often went to Tao's residence outside the East Gate to sit down if he had nothing to do.Today I heard that Tao Zhiyue had just returned from checking the logistics, so he hurriedly found an opening to slip over to hug his thick leg.Of course, this requires the permission of my wife in advance. For quite a long time, when Tao Zhiyue met Ye, Luo, and Ma, he had to do a lot of persuasion.Seeing Ye Cheng again today, I talked about the situation in the whole country, the characteristics of Xinjiang, and the way out in the future. It was nothing more than going to the customs and the Gobi for thousands of miles. "That's why I'm in a hurry," he said, "I finally checked all the warehouses, and I have a little foundation in my heart, if not..." Ye Cheng nodded again and again and said: "The commander's hard work is for the benefit of the officers and soldiers. Ye, I understand this from the bottom of my heart and admire it!" Tao Zhiyue also seemed very moved when he heard this, and took Ye's hand: "Everyone is as understanding as you, and things are much easier to handle! Think about it, there are thirteen ethnic groups in Xinjiang, among them Many people have an old relationship with the Soviet Union. There are so many resentments left over from history between the Han nationality and the ethnic minorities. If there is any problem within our army, it will definitely cause a big riot. The lesson of history It’s chilling! You and I have been trained by the party and state for many years, and we all know that soldiers should attach importance to territory. Horse leather shrouds have been a soldier’s honor since ancient times. If you are not careful, you will become a sinner through the ages!" "Every sentence of the commander's words makes sense, Ye Mou understands..." Ye Xiangcheng was really moved. Less than half an hour after seeing Ye Cheng off, Liu Mengchun and Liu Zerong came to the door again.The two brought a bottle of Soviet "white burnt" wine, saying they were here to "visit", but in fact they wanted to find out Tao Zhiyue's intention to solve the Xinjiang issue. Since the "misunderstanding" with Tao Jinchu last time, Tao Zhiyue's tone has relaxed a bit.They still maintain a "silent" attitude to the outside world, but the most caring people can generally make them guess their sincerity.Because of this, Tao Jinchu decided to stay and work again. Er Liu sat for a while, and Liu Mengchun said: "Luo Shuren, Ma Chengxiang, and Ye Cheng are getting more and more irritable. They often gather in Laomancheng, get drunk and go crazy with alcohol. There are rumors outside that the Northwest Military and Political Commissioner's Office is stationed The Dihua office has been moved from the new building to Laomancheng!" "Old Mancheng" is the headquarters of Ma Chengxiang's First Cavalry Division.Tao Zhiyue understood seven or eight points as soon as he heard it.Since the fall of Lanzhou, there has been no news of Ma Chengxiang's relatives in the pass.He is Ma Bufang's nephew, and the frustration can be imagined.Every time Ma and Luo Shuren talked about entering the customs in front of Tao Zhiyue, they always burst into tears.In this way, it is reasonable to use wine to drown your sorrows. "What's going on in foreign affairs?" Tao Zhiyue turned to Liu Zerong. Liu Zerong told Tao that the Soviet Consul General in Xinjiang Savinov and Deputy Consul Yevseyev had hinted to Er Liu and Qu Wu many times that Beijing would form a new government in September, and the Soviet Union would recognize it at that time.I hope that the Xinjiang side can take the initiative to change in time, otherwise, after the new Beijing government is established, the Soviet side will no longer be able to deal with the old Xinjiang government.He also said that, except for Ma Chengxiang's 1st Cavalry Division, which ordered him to withdraw from Xinjiang, the other troops can be turned over as they are. Liu Mengchun interjected: "It is imperative to do it, and the time does not wait for me. The commander should put the overall situation first and think twice before acting." Tao Zhiyue was surprised and delighted by these news.From the bottom of his heart, he really hopes that the "September" hinted by the Soviet side will come sooner, so that everything today will become history as soon as possible! After talking for a long time, the second Liu saw that Tao Zhiyue still hadn't made a statement, so he went around the corner and led the topic to the center, insisting on "asking" Tao Zhiyue for his opinion.Tao thought for a while and said: "The Xinjiang issue is not a political issue, but a military issue." The implication is to control the troops.Erliu was a sensible person, and he knew it immediately, so he left with a smile on his face. At the end of the day, Tao Zhiyue was really tired.As soon as Er Liu was sent out, he immediately felt tired.The wall clock has struck 10 o'clock, which is considered late at night in Dihua.Tao Zhiyue hurriedly ordered to fetch water for a bath, and was ready to recover.When he just lay down on the bed after taking a shower and was about to fall asleep, he suddenly heard someone knock on the inner door a few times.Tao knew that ordinary people would have to be notified by the guards when entering, and those who could directly break in and knock on the inner door were definitely not ordinary people, let alone it was late at night.He got up in a jiffy, and while ordering the orderly to open the door to welcome the guests, he put on his clothes and went to the living room to get ready to wait. Strangely, the person who came was Ye Cheng again. Tao Zhiyue was buzzing in his head, knowing that there must be something strange, but he still tried to keep calm on his face, and asked, "Is there anything else?" Ye Cheng hesitated: "They...they...discussed a plan to arrest Liu Mengchun, Tao Jinchu, Qu Wu and others." "What's going on?" Tao Zhiyue didn't expect such a thing to happen, "Why did they do this?" Ye Cheng simply revealed the so-called "Qing Emperor's side" plan that he had agreed with Ma Chengxiang, Luo Shuren and others.It turned out that they believed that the main reason why Tao Zhiyue could not make a decision on entering the customs was that he was influenced by the opinions of people around him such as Liu Mengchun, Tao Jinchu, and Qu Wu.Therefore, the three of them decided to make a sudden attack late at night, arrest all these people, and then...of course, they coerced Tao Zhiyue to issue an order for internal transfer of troops. Fortunately, Ye Cheng and Tao Zhiyue got along fairly well in normal times, and he had just heard Tao's "heartfelt words" a few hours ago, so he strongly advocated reporting the plan to Tao Zhiyue in advance, and then putting it into practice.They asked Ye Cheng to complete the task of reporting, and after meeting for an hour, they reported the situation and started to act. Tao Zhiyue closed his eyes and shouted in pain: "You guys are forcing me to a dead end! What happens after arresting someone? Have you ever thought about how to take the second step?!" Ye Cheng was panicked and speechless.Originally, this matter was done on a whim, out of impulsiveness, and there was no careful plan, so there was no way to talk about the first step or the second step! After asking a few words, Tao Zhiyue saw a flaw in Ye Cheng's expression.Determined to make a fast attack with Lingli, strangle this plan.Immediately leave Ye, and shake the phone to Ma and Luo respectively, earnestly asking them to come to their residence to discuss. After a while, Ma Chengxiang and Luo Shuren arrived with their heads bowed.Ma muttered, "There's no need to talk about it, we've made up our minds, and this matter must be done!" Tao Zhiyue went straight to the point: "You only know about arresting people, have you thought about the special situation in Xinjiang? Right now, this is a depot of explosives. Once it detonates, it will not only be a matter of our safety. Who can guarantee that once the gunshots are fired, there will be no riots in the place?" ? Local riots, the army out of control, officers and soldiers died unexpectedly, strong neighbors took advantage of the opportunity to use troops... What are these consequences for you guys?" Ma Chengxiang said: "Whatever you want is cheap, the worst is death. Living in such a nonsensical way, it's really better to die clean!" Luo Shuren burst into tears and said: "We have pain in our hearts, and you seem to be indifferent, reasonable, and always wronged by you..." Tao Zhiyue's voice was extremely painful: "It's not that I don't care about everyone's situation, but I care more about all officers and soldiers and people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. If you still admit that I am your commander-in-chief, let me use a calm head Considering the problem for you. You are also aware of the current situation. You should not think about the internal transfer of the troops anymore. I can put a naked heart in front of you. I will never leave Xinjiang. I will live and die with the people of the whole province, the soldiers of the whole army and their families. I have such a responsibility, and in order to fulfill my responsibility, I will not hesitate to die..." Tao was so impulsive in his heart that he poured it out to his heart's content.Talking like this, Dongfang has turned pale. Deng Liqun's name first appeared in Dihua, which is a milestone.After he accompanied Liu Shaoqi, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, to Moscow for business, he was directly ordered to enter Yili, Xinjiang from the Soviet Union.Before arriving in Dihua, he had exchanged opinions with the government leaders of the three districts and the chiefs of the national army for several days, and set up the radio station he brought with him in Yining. Established a direct communication link with the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.This is of course a brand new page for the construction and development of the national army. On September 19, Deng Liqun handed over to Ahematjiang a letter from Mao Zedong inviting representatives of the revolutionary government and national army of the three districts to go to Peiping to attend the first national political consultation preparatory meeting.In Mao Zedong's letter, there is such a sentence: "Your struggles for many years are part of my entire Chinese people's democratic revolutionary movement." This sentence is enough to wipe out all kinds of clichés of the KMT for more than ten years. Deng Liqun bid farewell to the "comrades" of the Third District and the National Army, and came to Dihua with full confidence.Borhan took him into his own home with the highest standards.That night, Tao Zhiyue also rushed over.Deng Liqun forwarded Zhang Zhizhong's telegram to Tao and Bao to them. This telegram is naturally one of the key documents in the process of the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang. The full text is as follows: In fact, starting from Zhang Zhizhong's painstaking efforts in personnel arrangements in Xinjiang, everything has come to fruition.So, when Tao Zhiyue and Bao Erhan finished reading the telegram and Deng Liqun asked them if they had any questions, they both said in unison: Finally, this day has come! Of course there are problems.The most prominent thing is the fate of Ye, Ma and Luo.With the advent of Deng Liqun, the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang has become clear. Liu Mengchun, Qu Wu, Tao Jinchu, Liu Zerong, and Liang Kexun of "Xinjiang Daily" are all running around, doing the work of three people through various relationships.Tao Zhiyue even took Ma Chengxiang to his home every day in his own car, and prepared Halal meals to eat and chat with him as if offering to his ancestors.Even Zeng Zhenwu from Jiuquan moved here.He used to have friendship with Russell, and at the critical moment, he opened a lock with a key, and the effect was very good. At this time, Ma Chengxiang had received a telegram from Lanzhou from Ma Pilie, informing his relatives that they had arrived in Guangzhou safely.Then, his uncles Ma Fuchen and Ma Zhenwu also rushed over.Ma Zhenwu said that when Ma Bufang was defeated and fled, he also took away the 50,000 silver foreign military pay due to the First Cavalry Division.This made Ma Chengxiang very dissatisfied, and his mood changed.As for Ye Cheng, Tao Zhiyue knew in his heart that with his wife in charge, he couldn't get out of the big picture.Soon, the three finally reached an agreement: to go individually, not to drag the troops to a dead end, and to hand over the subordinate officers and soldiers to Tao Zhiyue in a clean and tidy way, so as to ensure that there will be no incidents. In Tao Zhiyue's view, this is the most ideal ending.So he handled it quickly and magnanimously, letting Han Youwen take over as the commander of Ma Chengxiang's 1st Cavalry Division; Mo Woruo acting as the commander of Ye Cheng's 78th Division;And to ensure that their pockets are all bulging, and that private property that cannot be taken away will be bought at a high price, and all will be cashed in gold. The stability of the army is also Zhang Zhizhong's most concerned issue, so he also sent a special telegram to Tao Zhiyue, explaining it carefully.Even so, the common people are still in panic, there are all kinds of rumors, saying that the national army is preparing to retreat, and will kill, rob, and set fire before retreating. To this, Bao Erhan replied: "In the east, the People's Liberation Army is advancing westward day by day, and it is getting closer to Xinjiang; in the west, there are more than 30,000 troops in three districts on standby. In this way, the Kuomintang troops in Xinjiang are really going to kill , If you want to burn or rob, then you have miscalculated.” Undoubtedly, there is a background behind every rumor.Borhan represents the people, and his main task is to dispel rumors with facts.The biggest fact is that the People's Liberation Army has approached Xinjiang.No one knows exactly how powerful this new powerful force is that is completely unfamiliar to ordinary people in Xinjiang.However, there is no doubt that the Kuomintang has basically been eradicated throughout China.Backed by such an invisible and huge deterrent, Bao Erhan and Tao Zhiyue dared to clap their chests in the reply to Zhang Zhizhong—although not so forcefully: The big stage of Xinjiang is playing to its heart's content.What Tao Zhiyue urgently needs to do right now is to send the three fierce gods Ye, Ma, and Luo on the road.He is not the same as Bao Erhan, and his mood at this moment is extremely complicated.This is reflected in the fact that he has to make the already clear intention of the uprising into a forced look no matter what. Perhaps as Tao said in his self-report, his "forcedness" will help Ye, Luo, and Ma's development, and can "make them understand the difficult situation in Xinjiang again, and hope that they will retreat and stop having any plans for Xinjiang." , with the meaning of firmness and newness".At the very least, let them know that I, Tao Zhiyue, did not use you as political capital.Because on the night when the three of them conspired to take the risk, the Luoshu people asked Tao: "Are you trying to use us as political capital?" The safety of thousands of officers and soldiers and their families is the safety of the lives and property of people of all ethnic groups.”Then, choosing the "peaceful way" can be interpreted as out of various "safety" considerations, and Tao's morality does not seem to be too much damaged. In addition, there may be another meaning.Before officially announcing the uprising, Hu Zongnan once ran in and took a shot.He sent a telegram to Tao Zhiyue in a serious manner, scolding "it is too foolish to lead his troops to surrender to the Communist Party", and asked Tao to give a clear answer.Hu also sent telegrams to Ye, Luo, and Ma, telling them to take their troops to southern Xinjiang, and promised to airdrop them aid.It's just that these three bereaved dogs have lost confidence and can only reply with "the situation is over, there is nothing to do".Tao Zhiyue still cared a little bit about Hu Zongnan's telegram, and even though Chiang Kai-shek on the side didn't say a word, Tao couldn't help but be concerned.After much deliberation, he still sent telegrams to Hu Zongnan and Chiang Kai-shek respectively, explaining that Xinjiang was in a difficult situation and meant "pursuing peace as a last resort". In contrast, Borhan's skies are much brighter.Part of this "brightness" comes from the provincial government, which is almost uniform politically. He can make orders and prohibit them.Liu Mengchun, Liu Zerong, Qu Wu, Bai Wenyu, Deputy Director of the Finance Department, Liu Deen, Deputy Director of the Construction Department, Chen Fangbo, Deputy Director of the Education Department, Liu Yongxiang, Director of the Social Affairs Department, Wang Zengshan, Director of the Civil Affairs Department, and Liu Handong, Director of the Public Security Bureau, were all present Doing the work alone, they immediately did what Bao Erhan thought of; they also thought of what Bao Erhan couldn't think of. Another part of Borhan's "brightness" is also the most important part, which comes from the three district governments and the national army.In today's terms, he is in the right position.Therefore, in his propaganda, he spoke confidently that Xinjiang was part of China's territory, shouted against aggression and separatism, and said that in recent years, Xinjiang had stopped trading with the Soviet Union, and many local products were ruined, and about 1,000 camels lost silver.When it came to the issue of being "pro-Soviet", he said, "I can tell everyone openly that I am indeed a pro-Soviet faction, but I am not close to the Soviet Union for personal reasons."Obviously, this is a red-headed and red-tailed revolutionary style, the same color as the revolutionary government of the three districts and the national army. In a certain sense, Bao Erhan had placed himself in this revolutionary group long ago, taking their glory as his glory.The most direct source of this feeling is the personal friendship with Ahematjiang, the leader of the three districts. Indeed, the governments of the three districts and the national army were the happiest during this period.In particular, Deng Liqun, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, invited their leaders to Beijing to attend the preparatory meeting for the first Political Consultative Conference. The excitement was even more indescribable.Ahematijiang, Ishakbek, Abasov, Dareli Khan and others were packing up for the road a few days ago.They decided to go to Almaty in the Soviet Union, fly to Manchuria, and then take a train to Beijing.Before leaving, Ahmaitijiang wrote a letter to Bao Erhan, saying: "I look forward to meeting you soon under good conditions." However, on the third day after Baoerhan received the text message from Ahematjiang, Yevseyev, the Soviet consulate, suddenly forwarded a message, like a bolt from the blue! The draw has been decided, and Tao Zhiyue's mental struggle has reached the last moment.At this time, Zhang Zhizhong is his great spiritual support, which also expresses his complicated feelings as a soldier. The telegram sent to Zhang Zhizhong with Bao Erhan was inevitably a bit bureaucratic.This is a distance from his "complex feelings".Immediately afterwards, he drafted another detailed report in his own name and sent it to Deng Liqun for distribution to Beijing.He prefers to get rid of some general slogans, and to show the militarized affiliation between himself and Zhang Zhizhong from specific details.Maybe he didn't do it deliberately, but just because of inadvertence, it is the true portrayal of the spiritual predicament he was in at that time. Tao Zhiyue's telegram is straightforward, straight to the point: 1. Ma Bufang and his son have gone abroad to conquer the country, and the remnants of the army were disintegrated and wiped out.The two armies of Huang (Zu Xun) and Zhou (Jiabin) have nothing to do with the Ma army. 2. Ma Bufang has no instructions to Ma Chengxiang, and Ma Chengxiang will also be in charge of the court, and he will be appointed as the leader of his department. 3. Wang Zhiqi's army has not withdrawn to the west, and the Hexi side has been deployed. It depends on the resolution of the problem in the new province. He will immediately change his leadership and hope to contact the Lanzhou authorities in the near future. 四、驻新将领，除马呈祥、叶成、罗恕人将率领少数干部离开部队，其余均无问题。俟渠等离迪后，职当妥为晓谕。 五、伊敏、艾沙等决定率其亲信赴巴基斯坦。保守派头目贾尼木汗、哈德万、乌斯满等亦决定离新。已与包主席详商，准许渠等个人安全离开，不加阻挠。对各族民众，则妥为宣慰。 六、对伊方联络，已由包尔汉主席办理，恢复合作。但在军事方面，似应各守原防，听候中央处理，避免任何不必要的误会。 七、美领馆已撤退，只留副领事马克南一人。英领事无甚作用，当予保护。 八、最感困难者是军费问题。从七月份起饷即未发放，军心殊不安定。经向广州极力交涉，以全军东调为理由，催索各项费用。最近专机运款前来，约一百万银圆（运抵南郑后未运迪化），如全数运抵迪化，则目前勉可维持。数月来所以未敢明确表示态度者，此实为原因之一。至省府方面，库空如洗，包主席无能为力。 九、中苏亲善关系，在新日有增进。贸易协定迄今未签订，责在广州政府，苏方完全谅解。新省情况特殊，一切不能与内地等量齐观。除将来补给方面，应请中央妥为筹济外，暂时可度过严冬，职当负完全责任，决无任何顾虑。今后新省问题，似宜着眼于民族、经济、政治各方面，顺应人心，执行钧座已定之政策，由毛主席审慎考虑，加以领导。为国家奠定百年大计，实为当期急务也，敬乞随时指示。 有意思的是，在正式通电起义之前，陶峙岳的联系对象始终只有张治中。除了通过曾震五与王震、彭德怀有过接触之外，他本人没有同任何中共高级领导人有过信函往来。而包尔汉不一样，他在与陶峙岳第一次共同给张治中复电之后，又连续与毛泽东个人直接通电。毛泽东在给他的复电中称：“新疆局面的转变及各族人民的团结，有赖于贵主席的鼎力促成。”这与包在电文中所称之辞“兹已准备一切力量消灭反动势力，接受领导，俾每一角落共庆新生”，在感情方面有些细微差异。 包尔汉对中共及其领袖毛泽东的感情，一点也不亚于阿合买提江，只是他还有一个“鼎力促进”的任务，所以处理问题、表达感情才相对节制一些，理性一些。三区的那几位领导人不一样，他们的兴奋是气势磅礴的，仿佛一枚炸弹，想怎么爆炸就怎么爆炸，想什么时候爆炸就什么时候爆炸，而且由于三区革命本身与苏联的关系及中国共产党的新生政权当时与苏联的关系，阿合买提江们总希望这份双料的幸福，能通过他们串糖葫芦似的联系，变得更加耐人寻味。从这个意义上看，他们赴京参加全国政协筹备会执意取道苏联经满洲里到北京，就不是什么奇怪的事了。 想不到这就意外地酿成了大祸。当阿合买提江等人到达苏联阿拉木图准备坐飞机去满洲里时，偏偏遇上连续几天的恶劣气候。一边是飞机无法上天，需作遥遥无期的等待；一边是急如星火巴不得一步跨到北京的期冀，致使阿合买提江等人产生失去理智的“强烈要求”，机场负责人冒险签字起飞。结果，飞机升空没走多远，就一头撞在贝加尔湖岸的高山上…… 三区集团几乎丧失了所有重要领导，赛福鼎得以浮出海面。他被定为新的代表，再赴北京，并在后来进入国家政权的核心。 受打击最大的是包尔汉。他简直不能相信这是事实，顿时头晕目眩、站立不稳。在此后进行到起义工作的每一个细节，都对他构成无形的刺激——他无法在幸福时刻拥抱自己的友情，因而这幸福对于他个人，就多出一份难于言表的苦涩滋味了！ 突然的变故让包尔汉平静了许多，但同时，他也不愿意这次行动变得太拖沓。然而陶峙岳却让刘孟纯过来商议，希望由军队提前一天宣布起义通电，以稳定人心，然后才是政府通电。 军队还得等，障碍就是那三个“凶神”。日子变得细若琴弦，每一分钟都余音缭绕。 终于，叶、罗、马迟迟等不到飞赴重庆的飞机，不得不各找门路。罗恕人、马呈祥和刘汉东三人于9月24日午后离开了迪化；第二天凌晨，叶成及其夫人带着驻焉耆的那个钟祖荫旅长，也由南疆飞往印度。陶峙岳的忍受力拉到了极限，起义通电当天即发！于是9月25日这一天在新疆的所有典籍中定格。 无论今后还将会发生些什么，但此时此刻所有的人都在悉心倾听： 当晚新疆一片沉寂。迪化城头连花针落地也听得清，只有远郊的乡村似有细弱琴声，时断时连…… 9月26日上午，包尔汉在省政府召集省府委员的紧急会议，讨论通过政府起义通电，并立即发出： 这封电报措辞之时髦，是前一封陶峙岳的电报所无法比拟的。而且紧随其后，包尔汉又给毛泽东个人发报，表达三层意思：一是对毛泽东的上封复电“瞩望殷切，深感雅爱”；二是与广州反动政府脱离关系后，既“群情振奋，欢腾达晚”，又感到茫然，“敬恳多加指示”；三是“邓力群同志与尔汉相处甚得”。 在9月27日全省庆祝解放大会上，包尔汉再次发表长篇讲话。邓力群也代表中央讲话。陶峙岳没讲话，据包尔汉说：“本来要请陶将军讲话的，后来因故未讲。”