Chapter 2 Chapter Two Forcing the Dadu River, How Can the Tragedy of History Repeat Itself

One day in the early summer of 1935.Liu Ying of the First Army suddenly received a note from Li Fuchun during the march, asking her to report to the central team to take over Deng Xiaoping's post as secretary general of the central team. Liu Ying felt a little sudden and was not prepared for it.But anyway, orders have to be obeyed.I wanted to ask Li Fuchun, the acting director of the General Political Department, why I was appointed to such a big "official". Liu Ying was small, so she managed to get on a fat yellow horse, left the station, whipped the horse and galloped towards the local work department.

Liu Ying rushed to the General Political Department, found Li Fuchun as soon as she got off her horse, and said repeatedly: "Comrade Li Fuchun, you know that I have always been doing mass work, the secretary-general of the Central Team, I can't do it." Li Fuchun said with a smile: "Comrade Liu Ying has also become humble. It doesn't matter, when you get there, someone will help you. I think you can do it, you can do it, and you will do it well." After finishing speaking, he blinked a pair of mysterious smiling eyes. Liu Ying has the pungent energy of a Hunan pepper, with a straightforward personality. She usually says what she has to say, and goes straight to the point, rarely beating around the bush.No matter how difficult the assigned work is, I never refuse, and always overcome difficulties to complete it.For example, "expanding red" was praised by the central government.So Li Fuchun laughed at her modesty this time.The so-called "there will be someone there to help you" is an allusion, and Liu Ying understands it in her heart.

Liu Ying pursed her lips and smiled, feeling a little hot flush on her face.Li Fuchun was busy with other things, did not talk to Liu Yingduo, and pushed Liu Ying onto the yellow fat horse with a smile: "Go, report quickly, people are waiting for you!" Liu Ying sneered at Li Fuchun playfully on horseback: "Fei Director Li, you really know how to arrange things!" Liu Ying took the note written by Li Fuchun and came to the Central Team, just in time to meet Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang. When Mao Zedong saw Liu Ying, he said cheerfully: "Liu Ying, do you know who suggested you come?"

Liu Ying replied: "Comrade Li Fuchun." Mao Zedong shook his head: "No, it's me. It's too tiring to be in the back echelon. You are a little girl, and you will wear it down. Xiaoping is now at the front. A lesbian here will do." Liu Ying stared at Mao Zedong closely: "Comrade Xiaoping is capable of literary and military skills, shrewd and capable. I am afraid that he will not be able to do his job." Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang said one after another: "You did it." Wang Jiaxiang explained to Liu Ying: "The front needs to be strengthened. Comrade Xiaoping is very talented. Let him be transferred to the front so that he can play a better role."

Mao Zedong said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, someone will be there to help you." Just saying that, Luo Fu walked into the room. Mao Zedong immediately said to Luo Fu deliberately: "Comrade Luo Fu, Liu Ying came to serve as the secretary-general of the central team today. I ordered him to serve as a general. What's your opinion?" Luo Fu is a shy person. He lives a serious life and doesn't joke much. He is usually serious and even a little reserved sometimes.He said shyly: "Old Mao, what's wrong with the person you're looking for."

Wang Jiaxiang said: "Old Mao knows Liu Ying well, they are fellow villagers." Mao Zedong deliberately asked Wang Jiaxiang: "Old Wang, your opinion is that I engage in sects?" After speaking, he laughed haha, and then said: "I'm looking for someone for the general secretary." Liu Ying also giggled from the side: "Chairman Mao, you just like to joke. I will work next to you in the future. Do you want to teach me more?" Mao Zedong smacked towards Luo Fu: "He'll help you, he's at a higher level than me." Luo Fu said kindly to Liu Ying:

"You can do it completely. You don't have much work. The main thing is to do ideological work for the guard. You can't do ideological work. You have experience in this field. The other one is to manage the lives of us people and take notes during meetings." Liu Ying nodded: "It's okay!" Mao Zedong said to Liu Ying: "Xiaoping left in a hurry. His work should be handed over to you before leaving. But there is something going on ahead, and I can't wait. Go and sort out the briefcase where the central government documents are stored, especially the meeting minutes."

"Yes!" Liu Ying replied obediently, and then walked out of the room. In this way, Liu Ying will take up the post of secretary-general of the Central Team. After Liu Ying left, Mao Zedong said to Luo Fu: "When you were not here, just now I discussed with Jiaxiang about the combat strategy after crossing the Jinsha River. In view of the fact that the field army has suffered a lot of casualties during the march and combat in the past six months, it is urgent to join the Fourth Army and establish a base area in western Sichuan. We have called Zhang Guotao asked him to cross the Jialing River west to support us. I don’t know what their actions will be? Now that the enemy is tightly blocked and the news is not effective, we are like deaf people.”

Wang Jiaxiang said a little sadly: "Now, the strength of the first army is weak. If the strength of the fourth army is strong, the two armies will join forces to better create a new base." Luo Fu took Wang Jiaxiang's words and said: "Just now, I came from Enlai. The Third Bureau of the Military Commission Headquarters finally obtained information about the Fourth Front Army through various channels." Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang asked with great concern at the same time: "How to say?" "The general idea is that the Fourth Front Army has secretly crossed the Jialing River westward from Cangxi in April, moved westward, took Tongjiang and Bazhong, and is now moving towards Langzhong, Jiange, and Zhaohua."

Before Luo Fu finished speaking, Mao Zedong quickly got up and walked towards the wall where the map was hung, with one hand on his waist and the other hand, he carefully searched for Jianzhong, Jiange, and Zhaohua within the range of northern Sichuan to see where they were.After searching, Mao Zedong returned to the bench and sat down and said to Luo Fu and Wang Jiaxiang: "Judging from the general direction of Zhang Guotao's activities, they are moving closer to us." Wang Jiaxiang immediately said: "That's good." Mao Zedong said: "We should strengthen our ties with the Fourth Front Army, and strive to join forces as soon as possible. We must always pay attention to the movements of the Fourth Front Army and report our situation to them in time."

Luo Fu said: "Enlai has considered this and made arrangements." Mao Zedong lit a cigarette, sucked his lower lip and said to Luo Fu: "After the troops pass through the Yi nationality area, they will soon cross the Dadu River. After a while, we will go to Enlai to study the strategy of crossing the river. Shi Dakai was defeated here." Luo Fu said: "The KMT's newspapers said that they hope we can become the second Shi Dakai." Mao Zedong said: "To make Chiang Kai-shek's dream come to nothing, we must be fully prepared to cross the river, because this is another natural danger. You go and inform Liu Ying, and let her take notes when we have a meeting." Mao Zedong didn't ask other people to inform Liu Ying. It seemed that Luo Fu was "overqualified" for such a trivial matter.In fact, Luo Fu knew in his heart that it was Mao Zedong who cared about him.He knew that Mao Zedong was a caring person. Luo Fu found Liu Ying, handed her the fountain pen he was wearing and said: "Members of the Politburo are going to have a meeting at Enlai's place. Lao Mao asked you to take notes. I will lend you this pen for the time being." Liu Ying took the black pen with a yellow-brown cap on it, looked at it and stroked it, feeling very precious.She remembered that she used this pen when she was studying at the Sun Yat-sen Chinese Workers' University in Moscow in 1929, and she never saw it again when she returned to the base area.Writing articles and taking records in the base areas is done with brushes and earthen paper. It is inconvenient to use brushes, so most of them use pencils instead. Luo Fu said to Liu Ying: "During the meeting, this fountain pen belongs to you. After the meeting, you keep it for me. If I don't have to write a diary with hundreds of words every day, I can give it to you. But it doesn't matter, this pen we Share it with the two of you." Liu Ying laughed, with a pair of black eyes shining. Luo Fu accompanied Liu Ying to the place where Zhou Enlai lived. Northwest Sichuan in May is full of spring.The trees along the way grew new green leaves and were lush.Magpies croaked and flew back and forth in the woods, and the grass on the ground turned green everywhere.They walked through a green bar forest, walked across a small river with a temporary bridge built with two wooden sticks, and came to an open flat land.I saw that the dam was full of endless poppies, and it was the season of flowering. The colorful flowers competed for splendor, deep red, light red, dark red, and green leaves, which were extremely gorgeous.Pairs of butterflies are flying among the flowers, the bees are flying and the butterflies are dancing, the spring is slow.Liu Ying said to Luo Fu: "It's not easy to have such an open dam in the mountainous area. It's a pity that so many poppies are planted." Luo Fu nodded: "That's right! It's a pity that the fertile land and beautiful soil are occupied by poison. It would be great if we could grow food. No wonder there are so many people smoking opium in Sichuan and Guizhou." After a pause, Luo Fu said with concern: "Comrade Liu Ying, Lao Mao transferred you to the central team, saying that you are suffering in the rear echelon, and I am afraid that your body will not be able to bear it." "What's the pain? I'm used to it! I'm not afraid of it. If you want to say it's hard, the second column and the third echelon are also really hard. It's the transport team of the entire army, and almost all the property of the Soviet—all kinds of heavy machines, money printing machines, and documents. , munitions, documents, silver dollars, food, communication equipment, etc., all rely on transporters and civilians to carry people on their shoulders, and the load is extremely heavy. It is difficult for me to be the director of the political department. Ideological work is not easy to do, hard We have to do it with the scalp. The rear echelon is no less than the front combat troops, and sometimes it is more difficult than them. I remember that when we climbed a big mountain in Hunan, the people and mules of our transport team fell a lot, and we could only walk five or six times a night. Lilu. Those young soldiers who have just joined the army struggled to carry the machine while walking quietly, while quietly crying, without a single complaint. The team was seriously downsized, and many civilians ran away, and there was a lot of ideological work. " Luo Fu said with deep sympathy: "It's true." Liu Ying was sweating as she walked, she loosened the hat on her head, brushed the short hair under the hat and said: "It's hard to break out, but it's not hard in the Soviet area? I wonder if you have eaten rice wrapped in catkins?" Luo Fu smiled and nodded: "Of course I have, if I don't eat I will starve to death." What Liu Ying said about rice with cattail mats refers to the fact that in Ruijin, each person only had a small ration. When cooking, each person had a small catkin bun with their names on it, and put it in a pot to cook. .In the Puxi bag, the rice is not like rice, and the porridge is not like porridge. It is very rough rice with a lot of sand mixed in it.There is no salt to eat, so everyone tries to replace the old nitrate salt from the foot of the brick wall.Because the food was tasteless, everyone ate chili desperately, and as a result, they developed scabies.The nitrate salt is bitter and astringent, which makes the scabies painful and itchy, which is unspeakable. Liu Ying has suffered enough.For this reason, Minister of Health He Cheng banned eating chili peppers, and the Central Bureau of the Communist Party of China organized a "light cavalry team" to check the implementation.As a result, some people are willing to take the "punishment" of taking a lot of shit, and they also have to eat spicy food in violation of the order.Can Sichuan and Hunan people not eat chili?What's more, the food is so rough and boring! Recalling those unforgettable past events and difficult years, Liu Ying was very moved. Luo Fu is tall, while Liu Ying is small and dainty, and they look a little out of harmony when they come together.As a result, Luo Fu always bowed his head when talking, as if talking to a little sister.And Liu Ying raised her head when speaking, as if asking for advice from her respected elder brother or teacher.Luo Fu wears short-sighted glasses, behaves like a gentleman, and is gentle and elegant; Liu Ying is straightforward, lively and cheerful, with a bit of stubbornness.Their personalities can be said to be completely different, but they have come together. It has been six years since they met in Moscow. Liu Ying recollected and said: "At that time, our life was poor enough. When we were hungry, we could only have a 'spiritual dinner'." Luo Fu smiled: "Sichuan people call it dry addiction." Liu Ying also burst out laughing: "It's comfortable to have a dry addiction. Xiaoping is the best at blowing the shell, and people who listen to it can swallow their saliva." Luo Fu smiled, a more subtle smile, with a layer of tenderness in his eyes. Liu Ying was the first batch of students in Changsha No. 1 Women's Normal School. Due to the enlightened and progressive school-running policy of the principal Xu Teli, the Women's Normal School became a school for cultivating revolutionary talents.Under the education of Communist Party teachers Luo Xuezan, Zhou Yisu, Chen Zhangfu and others, coupled with the influence of Communist Party member Tan Guofu and others among the students, Liu Ying, who entered school with the idea of ​​self-help and self-help by studying, was soon involved in the revolutionary mass movement.Liu Ying participated in the revolution at its climax. In 1925, Liu Ying joined the Communist Party at the age of 20.The Great Revolution failed, and the Chinese revolution suffered major setbacks. After the "Ma Day Incident", Changsha became the area with the worst white terror in the country. The leaders who used to get along with Liu Ying day and night and affectionately called her "Maomei" Wang Yifei, Xia Minghan, Guo Appeared following arrest and shot.However, it was also when many people were falling behind and decadent, the harsh class struggle put her to a severe test, and Liu Ying became strong.The struggle pushed her from an ordinary party member and female student to the position of an alternate member of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Women's Minister, and became a loyal female Communist Party member. At this time, Liu Ying met Lin Wei, Secretary-General of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee, and she expressed pure love to Lin Wei for the first time.But they only got together for a week. At the beginning of 1928, when Liu Ying was sent by the provincial party committee to secretly report to the Shanghai Party Central Committee, Lin Wei was killed by the reactionaries.When Liu Ying returned home after completing her mission, what awaited her was infinite grief.The posthumous son of Liu Ying and Lin Wei also died of illness in the countryside of Hunan.Love is too short for Liu Ying, how hasty is it?Like boiling water in the sky, it is fleeting.It can be said that she has not really enjoyed the sweetness of love, so she left love.Love hit her too hard, too cruelly.So she soothed the trauma in her heart and decided to go abroad to study in Moscow, the holy land of world revolution, hoping to fill the gap left by her love with her hard work for the party.But it was there that he met Luo Fu again.Liu Ying didn't care, but Luo Fu became fond of her. Luo Fu also has his own misfortunes in love. When Luo Fu was 20 years old, he was constantly working on his pen, and when he entered the Shanghai literary world as a young writer, his family married an uneducated daughter-in-law for him.Luo Fu, who is active in thinking, yearns for freedom and possesses new ideas, finds it difficult to get along with his wife who is ordered by his parents to come through the door. He has to leave his closed and feudal home in Zhangjiazhai, Zhujiaqiao, Nanhui County, to go to Shanghai to breathe fresh air and leave behind. The eldest daughter Weiying and the second daughter Yinti who are waiting to be fed.After that, he devoted himself to the revolution alone, becoming a professional revolutionist and one of the important members of the Communist Party of China. Luo Fu always believed that his first marriage did not belong to him, and he had never tasted the sweetness of true love, but since he met Liu Ying, his frozen heart opened up, and a ray of spring breeze penetrated into his heart, and finally Arouse his longing for love. He likes Liu Ying's character; He likes Liu Ying's stubbornness; He likes Liu Ying's maturity among her peers; He likes Liu Ying's unswerving loyalty to the party's cause. Three months ago, when the first army and the second army occupied the gap in Zunyi, Luo Fu asked the special agent to find Liu Ying, treated her to a sour and sweet glutinous rice, and asked her if their relationship was more than ordinary. Comrade.But the loyal Luo Fu can't beat around the bush when he speaks. As a result, he didn't get Liu Ying's approval, and instead created a rather embarrassing situation between them.Liu Ying's answer was: "I have planned for a long time, not to get married within 5 years." This seems to be a bit abrupt and hasty answer, which makes Luo Fu eat a bowl of "shut the door".Liu Ying's "stubbornness" on the marriage issue is unbelievable.Could it be that by this time her spiritual wounds hadn't healed yet?Not healed yet?Or because the environment is too harsh, it is not the time to consider this matter. Luo Fu and Liu Ying chatted like this, talking and laughing, and arrived at the headquarters in a short while. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Chen Yun, Liu Shaoqi, Deng Fa, and Kai Feng were all there, but Luo Fu and Wang Jiaxiang were missing.Apparently, Wang Jiaxiang was unable to move due to injury, so he hadn't been carried yet. As soon as Luo Fu and Liu Ying entered the headquarters office, Mao Zedong immediately asked with a smile: "Comrade Liu Ying, where did you 'abduct' the secretary today, making us wait." Everyone laughed. Luo Fu blushed in embarrassment, as if someone had discovered some secret. Liu Ying pouted with a slightly red face and said: "Chairman Mao, you can joke!" Mao Zedong went on to say: "You are so close, be careful. When camping, beware that we send 'monitoring committees' to 'monitor' your actions. Don't make any fouls." Everyone laughed louder. Liu Ying's face turned red, and she said coquettishly: "Chairman Mao, you—" Wang Jiaxiang was brought here on a stretcher. Zhou Enlai suppressed his smile and said to everyone: "Everyone is here, let's have a meeting now. We will mainly study the forced crossing of the Dadu River by the field army and the course of action after crossing the river. Comrade Luo Fu is invited to preside over it." Through discussion, the Politburo ordered the Military Commission to make deployments for the field army's forced crossing of the Dadu River.It is the current strategic policy to quickly advance northward, strive for fighter opportunities, cross the river as soon as possible, enter the northwestern region of Sichuan, join the Fourth Front Army, and establish a base area.It was pointed out at the meeting that after the field army crossed the Jinsha River and went north, the enemy knew that the Red Army would cross the Dadu River north and enter western Sichuan.The enemy is trying to take advantage of the natural dangers of the Dadu River, the barriers of Daxiaoxiangling and Liangshan, and the barrier between the Yi people and the Red Army to stop the Red Army.An attempt was made to attack the Red Army on the south bank of the Dadu River with Liu Xiang and Jiang Jun, and to obstruct the Red Army's plan to cross the river with Sichuan Army Liu Wenhui, Yang Sen, and Guo Xunqi on the north bank.Therefore, the Military Commission particularly emphasized that the corps should take active, rapid, resolute, brave, and courageous actions to eliminate the enemies that prevent the advance of the field army, and quickly cross the river in a hurry.When it is impossible to cross the river for a while, we must prepare for a longer detour, or stay on the right bank for a period of combat operations, so as to find an opportunity to cross the Dadu River again.The Red Army of Chinese Workers and Peasants must never become the second Shi Dakai in Chinese history. The tragedy of history has come to an end and cannot be repeated! After the meeting, Luo Fu walked up to Liu Ying, picked up Liu Ying's record from the table, and read it carefully to check whether all the main points of the meeting were recorded, and then used a fountain pen to correct the inappropriate parts. , gently said to Liu Ying: "I have accepted the record and handed it over to me for preservation." Liu Ying thought, Luo Fu is very serious about his work. The people in the meeting left one after another, leaving only Mao Zedong, Luo Fu and Liu Ying. Mao Zedong said to Luo Fu: "It's all right now, Lao Zhang, I'll let you have a few hours of 'leave' to play with Comrade Liu Ying." The two of them were very embarrassed. Liu Ying saw that Mao Zedong's hair was very long, and he hadn't cut it for a long time. The long hair at the back covered the back of his neck, and the front part could be pulled down to cover his lips. He was almost indistinguishable from a woman.So he said to Mao Zedong: "Chairman Mao, you should get a haircut." Mao Zedong replied casually: "Let's deal with it after we win the battle." "Isn't it the same to win the battle after rationalizing it!" Liu Ying argued. "It's not the same, it's two different things." "How could it be two different things?" "Only when we win the battle will we be reasonable, which shows our determination. Only after we win the battle will the devil know whether we can win the battle." Luo Fu smirked at the side, thinking that Mao Zedong really knew how to "sophistry". Seeing that Mao Zedong had not been persuaded, Liu Ying said unconvinced: "The hair is so long, it's unhygienic, it's better to cut it." "Well, you don't care about it. Whether it's clean or not, it's not on the outside, but on the inside. I don't care about appearance." Mao Zedong replied, lighting a cigarette. Liu Ying pouted and said: "You asked me to be your secretary-general. Isn't it stipulated that you should take care of your life? Why shouldn't you take care of this?" "Hmm! This—you can stop me." Mao Zedong laughed, and then said: "Good! Good! Accept the supervision of the Secretary-General, and we will make a decision after the troops successfully cross the Dadu River." Mao Zedong, Luo Fu, and Liu Ying had dinner at the headquarters. Because Mao Zedong had to discuss the plan with Zhou Enlai to cross the Dadu River in detail, he stayed at the headquarters tonight and would not return to the central team's station.When it was dark, Liu Ying lit a lantern and returned to the central team with Luo Fu. Along the way, Liu Ying felt a little uneasy, and many past events gathered in her chest at once.Thinking of when she was in contact with Luo Fu in the Soviet area, the comrades always liked to make fun of her and Luo Fu, or intentionally connect the two of them together.Since breaking through the Western Expedition, every time I went to the General Political Department to look for Li Fuchun, if I met Luo Fu, as long as Cai Chang was present, Cai Chang always smiled and called Liu Ying.Once, Liu Ying was asked to cook fermented glutinous rice for Luo Fu quickly. Do you want Liu Ying to "repay" Luo Fu's hospitality to Liu Ying when he entered Zunyi for the second time?Liu Ying wondered in her heart, thinking how did it get to Cai Chang's ears about eating fermented glutinous rice?It must be the special agent Xiao Peng who "betrayed" her.Because only Xiao Peng was by my side at that time. Luo Fu's eyesight is bad, and the lantern in Liu Ying's hand always tries to illuminate the road under Luo Fu's feet as much as possible, for fear that he will fall due to poor eyesight.At first, the two of them walked silently, each thinking about their own concerns, without speaking.Of course, Luo Fu thought more than Liu Ying. He was also thinking about the rush to cross the Dadu River that he studied in the afternoon. Shi Dakai, a famous general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was defeated by the Dadu River, and Zeng Guofan's soldiers in the Qing Dynasty took care of him.The crisis facing the Red Army still exists, and whether the troops can cross the Dadu River is another key, a difficulty, and Luo Fu is quite worried about it. Luo Fu said to Liu Ying: "In front of us is the naturally dangerous Dadu River. The enemy is guarded by heavy troops, and hundreds of thousands of enemy troops are chasing after us. To the west is a sparsely populated ethnic minority area. We have encountered many difficulties." Liu Ying said with great concern: "I heard that an army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was wiped out by the Dadu River." Luo Fu replied: "More than seventy years ago, Shi Dakai, the wing king of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was forced by the Qing soldiers to the Dadu River. His troops had already crossed more than 10,000 people. At this time, his wife was giving birth to a son. Shi Dakai decided to celebrate Dadu and recalled him to cross the river. The soldiers on the other side of the river were seized by the Qing soldiers. In this way, Shi Dakai lost his opportunity to advance and retreat, and finally the entire army was wiped out." Liu Ying said with emotion: "This is simply a historical tragedy. Shi Dakai should not have sacrificed his entire army for one son." Luo Fu said jokingly: "Because he is a prince." Liu Ying said with concern: "We have arrived at the Dadu River, we must not delay, we must cross the river quickly, and we must not allow historical tragedies to repeat themselves." Luo Fu replied: "Of course, we have already studied the policy of crossing the river in the afternoon, and Zhou Enlai will implement it in detail." Now that they had opened up the conversation, they were not as reserved as they had been at the beginning.Liu Ying saw that the small lantern in her hand was very bright, and the small red flames flickered in the night in the mountains, like a firefly flying in the dark night, shining with clear light.She wondered how long they would have to grope to get back to the station without the pony lantern.This little lantern is really nice, so he happily said to Luo Fu: "In the dark night, this little lantern is very bright." Luo Fu continued Liu Ying's words: "This is 'Liuying' (Liu Ying)!" What Luo Fu meant was to imply that although Liu Ying was small, she was very radiant, and used the topic to boast of Liu Ying. Liu Ying felt warm in her heart. Liu Ying suddenly remembered something Mao Zedong told her: when the troops were passing through the mountainous area of ​​Hunan, Luo Fu dozed off on horseback and accidentally fell down the mountain. Injuried.After Mao Zedong knew about it, he wrote a doggerel about it, read it in front of her and Luo Fu, and used it to make fun of them.Thinking of this incident, Liu Ying felt warm and humorous in her heart, and subconsciously giggled. "What are you laughing at?" Luo Fu was puzzled. "Laughing at you for crossing Hunan and falling off your horse, Chairman Mao wrote doggerel to laugh at you as a great scholar." "It was too sleepy at that time, marching day and night, and there were still some who didn't fall! Do you remember the poems written by Lao Mao?" Luo Fu said with a smile. "Remember, I'll read it to you. Liu Ying read it methodically: "Luo Fu rode across Hunan, "Rolling down the hill on all fours, "No man was hurt and the horse was not dead, "Bodhisattva bless you. "Is it this way?" "Probably so, your memory is so good, I almost forgot." Luo Fu nodded and said. Liu Ying said gently: "Chairman Mao is very funny and really loves to joke." Luo Fu said with a smile: "He is 'taking advantage of the fire'. When someone stumbles, he still jokes and makes fun of him." Liu Ying replied 'disapprovingly': "When you fell off your horse at that time, you must have been very embarrassed and made everyone laugh. Chairman Mao wrote a doggerel to make everyone happy. Isn't it good to drive away fatigue?" Luo Fu said: "Old Mao also has serious moments. When he becomes serious, it is difficult for you to accept. When I was in the Soviet Area of ​​Jiangxi, I had some contact with him, but I really got to know him a little bit. I still broke out and was on the march." Liu Ying looked sideways at Luo Fu's face: "Tell me." "I remember that before departure, the Supreme Triumvirate decided to disperse all of us to the various armies. Mao Zedong firmly opposed it and did not agree with this, saying that this would not be conducive to concentrating on research and solving problems. In the end, the Triumvirate adopted Mao's opinion. When camping, Lao Mao suggested that Wang Jiaxiang and I should live with him. Therefore, I often heard him criticize the leaders of the central government in the past, and his words were quite fierce, sometimes almost sharp. When people come, sometimes they don’t show affection. Especially on political principles, their views are clear and penetrating. After the enlarged meeting of the Zunyi Politburo, everyone listened to him more on military issues. Although it was clear at the meeting that he was asked to assist Enlai in command , but Enlai is modest, respects Lao Mao very much, and mostly acts according to Lao Mao's opinion. Lao Mao is not sloppy about political issues at all, and lives very casually." Liu Ying carried the lantern and walked carefully while listening to Luo Fu's conversation. "Bang!" Luo Fu's left foot accidentally stepped on a low-lying puddle, and his shoes and socks were completely wet.Liu Ying said pitifully: "Be careful, don't have another 'on all fours' wow." Luo Fu stood and shook the water on his shoes and said: "I just talked to you, and didn't pay attention to my feet." After stopping for a while, they continued on their way. Luo Fu felt that he hadn't finished speaking to Mao Zedong, so he thought about it and said to Liu Ying: "Old Mao is sometimes a bit extreme and takes the problem too seriously. For example, Lin Biao should be criticized at the Huili meeting not long ago. When it is difficult, what is it to go a little farther? You should not mention changing the command of the former enemy. To Zunyi The leadership of the meeting should not be shaken. At this time, it is not enough to confront the enemy directly. It is necessary to go around in circles. Lin Biao should not make a fuss. But Lao Mao said that this is an act of right opportunism. This takes the problem seriously At the same time, they also criticized me and Peng Dehuai. In fact, it was Lin Biao's idea that Peng Dehuai should be involved, and it had nothing to do with Lao Peng. I am in charge of the central government. Lin Biao has opinions, so he will naturally reflect them to me. How can it be said that we are in collusion? Come and oppose him! At that time, I felt wronged and wanted to declare and talk about the whole story, but I saw that Lao Mao was angry. In order to overcome the crisis and reverse the passive situation of the army, Lao Mao and Enlai worked hard enough, and Lao Mao was also anxious. , When I hear wrong opinions, I can't hold back. Lao Mao's misunderstanding of me, I will find an opportunity to talk about it later, I think there will always be opportunities in the future. However, although Lao Mao has opinions on me, He still likes to discuss things with me and listens to my opinions. As long as he thinks my opinions are reasonable, he will adopt them. I also like to discuss things with him. He has a strategic vision, sees far, has courage, and is very particular about the art of struggle During this period, without his and Enlai's command, the troops would suffer even greater losses." After listening to Luo Fu's words, Liu Ying had a further understanding of Luo Fu: for the sake of unity and cooperation among the leaders, she was willing to suffer temporary grievances. This kind of tolerance is for the party and for the revolutionary cause. The quality deeply touched Liu Ying's heart. Liu Ying silently endured Luo Fu's love and Mao Zedong's care.Liu Ying's respect for Luo Fu has turned into love.But she made up her mind in her heart, let's not talk about this issue now, and focus on work.How "stubborn" Liu Ying is on the issue of marriage! In the afternoon of the next day, Liu Ying went to Mao Zedong's place for business and stepped into Mao Zedong's room. Liu Ying saw that Mao Zedong had just woken up and was washing his face.Mao Zedong blinked and said: "I only slept for two hours at the headquarters last night. I came back this morning to make up for my sleepiness and just woke up." "Didn't you say yesterday that you want to read the transcript of the enlarged meeting of the Zunyi Politburo, and I sent it to you." "Ah - let me see".Mao Zedong said cheerfully. Mao Zedong washed his face, and then washed his feet with the face towel that was originally white, but now stained with sweat and turned pale yellow.The two thick feet hit the water alternately like a child in the tub, making a "ping, ping, ping, ping, ping, ping" sound.When Liu Ying saw Mao Zedong washing his feet with a face towel, he felt unhygienic, so he stopped immediately and said: "Chairman Mao, why do you use a towel to wash your face and feet! After you have laid down the city, I will send you another one. How unsanitary it is!" Mao Zedong put his feet on the edge of the tub, raised his head and said to Liu Ying: "Do you think the top is cleaner than the bottom? Look, the nose and mouth are the only ones that are dirty? The feet are well protected with socks and shoes all day long, and they are cleaner than the mouth and nose." Liu Ying laughed, thinking that Chairman Mao really knew how to speak, and that everything he said made sense. Mao Zedong said while twisting the towel: "This towel is still a souvenir from Zunyi. You can see the red words 'Zunyi Souvenir' printed on it. It is from 'Sanyou Industrial Co.'. I like it." Mao Zedong washed his feet, put on his shoes, stood up, lit a cigarette and smoked, and paced back and forth in the room.He asked Liu Ying: "How did you talk with Luo Fu yesterday?" Liu Ying blinked and said mysteriously: "I told him that I will not find a lover and will not get married for five years." Mao Zedong stopped and said: "That's not okay, let people wait so long, do you know that Luo Fu is already thirty-five years old." "Thirty-five years old, what does it have to do with me?" Liu Ying replied angrily. "You are a revolutionary, you have the responsibility to help a comrade, Luo Fu is a good comrade." "I know that." Liu Ying nodded. "It's good to know." Mao Zedong said with a slight smile. Zhou Enlai walked into the room. Liu Ying knew that Zhou Enlai must have something to tell Chairman Mao, so she quickly got up and said goodbye.When leaving, he greeted Zhou Enlai cordially. Mao Zedong asked Zhou Enlai: "What's up?" "I just received a report from the Third Bureau that the Fourth Army is splitting into two routes to capture Pingwu in the north and Beichuan in the west. They are dealing with Hu Zongnan's troops. Their strategic direction is to go west to the Minjiang area. The slogan they put forward is to establish a base in northwestern Sichuan and welcome The Central Red Army is going north. It is also heard that the Fourth Front Army has established a 'Soviet Northwest Federal Government' in Beichuan, Mao County, and Li County where ethnic minorities live together." Before Zhou En could finish speaking, Mao Zedong interjected: "This is Zhang Guotao's invention again." Zhou Enlai went on to say: "Zhang Tongtao also established the 'Northwest Special Zone Committee of the Communist Party of China' in Mao County." Mao Zedong was surprised: "Why didn't he ask the Central Committee for instructions? Maybe Luo Fu doesn't know about this matter, and he hasn't heard it before." Zhou Enlai: "Guo Tao saw that we were forced to come out, and he probably thought that the Soviet movement was not suitable for China, and even suspected that the Soviet movement could not succeed in China." "In any case, we should inform the Central Committee." Mao Zedong said decisively. "The central government is in a state of flux, and they may not be easy to contact." Zhou Enlai explained. "This person is a bit ingenious, sometimes he doesn't like to listen to greetings, and he acts according to his own will." "His actions are still cooperating with us and supporting us, which is good." Mao Zedong pondered for a moment and said meaningfully: "This person is hard to control!" Zhou Enlai pondered Mao Zedong's words, but said nothing more.