Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: Zhang Guotao invites Peng Dehuai and Yang Shangkun to dinner

After Zhang Guotao participated in the Lianghekou meeting, he stayed in the Maogong area for a few days, and after learning about the situation from top to bottom, he returned to the headquarters of the Fourth Front Army in Mao County.On the way to the east gate of Manager County, I saw Xu Xiangqian. Xu Xiangqian asked about the situation of the Lianghekou meeting with concern, Zhang Guotao lazily refused to talk more, looking quite tired.Just simply put: "The Central Red Army has worked very hard all the way, and the number of personnel has been greatly reduced. It is similar to the situation when we first arrived in Tongnanba."

Xu Xiangqian was very concerned about the current strategic policy and asked: "Next step, which direction will the troops attack?" "The central government's opinion is to go north to Pingwu and Songpan, hold back Gannan, and then try to develop. In my opinion, it is better to take southwestern Sichuan first. Otherwise, food and supplies will become problems." Xu Xiangqian said: "North attack has the difficulty of north attack, and south attack also has the difficulty of south attack. On Pingwu side, the terrain is unfavorable, and hard attack is not an option; Songpan area is not conducive to the deployment of large forces. I discussed with Changhao and planned to hold Heishui and split the road. A roundabout assault may be able to win. Of course, going south can solve the current supply difficulties, but one is limited in strength, and the other is to climb over the snow-capped mountains, and it is not a long-term foothold. Difficulties."

Zhang Guotao listened to Xu Xiangqian's opinion, pondered for a long time, and finally agreed to attack Songpan first, but still insisted on the policy of taking the Qionglai Mountains in the south. He said to Xu Xiangqian: "You draft a copy of my opinion to the central government. Tomorrow you will go to Maogong in person and present it to the central government in person." Xu Xiangqian followed Zhang Guotao's advice.Unexpectedly, the next day, Li Jiayu's troops pounced on the Weizhou frontier positions of the Fourth Front Army, and the battle situation was tense. Xu Xiangqian wanted to command the troops to fight, but he couldn't escape, so he failed.

Zhang Guotao returned to Mao County, pondered over the opinions of the important members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee at the Lianghekou meeting, especially Mao Zedong's speech, and deeply felt that if he insisted on the policy of going south, he might not be accepted by the central government.Especially after listening to Xu Xiangqian's analysis of the pros and cons of going north and going south at the Xiadongmen, he believed that going north is better than going south.It took a lot of deliberation whether to go north or south, which made him uneasy.After much deliberation, he picked up the phone and said helplessly to Xu Xiangqian:

"Going forward, we still follow the central government's decision to attack Songpan. You don't want to make meritorious deeds." After the Lianghekou meeting, Zhang Guotao reluctantly accepted the central government's northward policy. Since the two armies joined forces, some comrades in the central government clearly felt that Zhang Guotao was not in line with the central government in terms of future strategic policies during their contact with the central government, and they even had some opinions on the central government. unfavorable speech.In order to strengthen unity and improve relations, the central government decided to send a central condolence team composed of Wang Jiaxiang, Li Fuchun, Lin Boqu, Luo Mai, Liu Bocheng, Zhou Xing, Jin Weiying, etc., to Zagunao, the headquarters of the Fourth Front Army, to show their concern.

In addition, Zeng Zhongsheng, a general of the Fourth Front Army who was imprisoned by Zhang Guotao in August 1933, was very excited when he heard the news that the Central Consolation Team had come to Zagunao.That night, he pushed aside a stack of manuscripts on the desk that were being written "Battle Tips for Suppressing the Red Army," and immediately wrote a letter to the Central Committee with trembling hands under a dim lantern. In the letter, he described his experience and Total sincerity to the party. Zeng Zhongsheng, formerly known as Zeng Zhongsheng, was born in Zixing, Hunan Province in 1900. He graduated from Chenzhou No. 7 United Middle School in 1922 and served as a staff officer in the army of warlord Shen Hongying. He was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy in 1925, and after half a year of rigorous training for enlisted students, he was transferred to the fourth political science brigade to study.During the school period, he actively participated in the activities of the Young Soldiers Federation led by Zhou Enlai. In 1926, he graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy and participated in the Northern Expedition. He served as the head of the Political Department of the Front Enemy Headquarters of the Tang Shengzhi Department of the Eighth Army of the National Revolutionary Army. He participated in the establishment of political organs and the development of the CCP organization.After the Northern Expedition was stationed in Wuhan, Zeng Zhongsheng served as the editor-in-chief of the "Hankou Republic Daily", and published articles promoting the victory of the Northern Expedition and reporting the Workers and Peasants Movement in the newspaper with great enthusiasm. In September 1927, he was sent to study at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, and participated in the Sixth National Congress of the Communist Party of China held in Moscow the following year. In the winter of 1928, he returned to Shanghai and worked in the Military Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In April 1930, the party sent him to Nanjing to work as secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China.Actively rectify the Nanjing party organization and formulate strategies and guidelines for fighting in the center of enemy rule.In October of the same year, he was transferred to the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Revolutionary Base to establish the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Temporary Special Committee and the Provisional Revolutionary Military Commission. Zeng Zhongsheng served as secretary and chairman of the Military Commission.

In December 1930, the Kuomintang army launched an attack on the base areas of Hubei, Henan and Anhui from the west, south and north. Zeng Zhongsheng led the Red Army to fight bravely and organized the army and the people to deal with the enemy.At this time, the 15th Red Army led by Cai Shenxi and Chen Qi moved from southeastern Hubei to the Huangma area through western Anhui and southern Henan.There are more than a thousand guns in the army, and each gun has only three bullets on average. Most of the soldiers do not have winter coats and lack food. They often cannot fill their stomachs, and the conditions are dangerous.Concerning the course of action of the 15th Army, disagreements arose between the localities and the army.The local comrades advocated breaking up the troops and dispersing the guerrillas; the army comrades advocated leaving the Hubei, Henan and Anhui base areas to seek other development.Zeng Zhongsheng advocated to rectify the troops as soon as possible, concentrate their forces to break through the enemy's encirclement, and join the Red Army.According to Zeng Zhongsheng's opinion, the Red Fifteenth Army rectified for three days and unified their understanding.Zeng Zhongsheng studied the breakout plan with the leaders of the 15th Army twice, and arranged for local party organizations and the masses to cooperate with the troops. At the beginning of January 1932, the 15th Red Army successfully attacked the Futian River in Macheng, wiped out hundreds of enemies, seized a batch of guns, ammunition and military supplies, and successfully transferred to the outside line.

The Red Fifteenth Army joined forces with the First Red Army to form the Fourth Red Army.Zeng Zhongsheng served as political commissar.Together with the leaders of the Fourth Red Army, he summed up the experience of the anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle in a timely manner, correctly analyzed the situation, and decided that the Red Army should switch to a counter-offensive, use the main force to attack the enemy's weaknesses around the base area, fight annihilation war, and expand the base area; The enemy's isolated stronghold.Under the guidance of this combat policy, the main force of the Fourth Red Army organized the first "encirclement and reinforcement" and besieged Mojiaolou; it was the first time to use "tunnel operations" to blast and attack the city, and conquered Xinji City; Line, captured Lijiazhai, Liulinhe Station, and then chose the aggressive enemy, boldly circled around and interspersed with advances, and won the first victory in Shuangqiao Town by annihilating a whole division of the enemy and capturing the enemy's division commander Yue Weijun alive.

After the victory in Shuangqiao Town, Zeng Zhongsheng presided over the enlarged meeting of the temporary special committee of Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and formally established the special committee of Hubei, Henan and Anhui and the military committee. Zeng Zhongsheng served as the secretary of the special committee and the chairman of the military committee.The meeting summed up the experience of various struggles and formulated a new struggle policy.In order to train Red Army cadres and local armed cadres, the Fourth Red Army established the Fourth Branch School of Workers, Peasants and Red Army Personnel and Political School, with Zeng Zhongsheng concurrently serving as the principal. At the turn of spring and summer in 1932, Zeng Zhongsheng and other leaders of the Fourth Red Army led the soldiers and civilians in Hubei, Henan and Anhui to win the second victory in the struggle against "encirclement and suppression".The base area was further consolidated and expanded, with a population of more than 2 million, and the Red Army grew to nearly 20,000 people.

After Zhang Guotao was sent to Hubei, Henan and Anhui, he regarded himself as an imperial envoy of Wang Ming's line. When he got off the train, he crowded out and attacked Zeng Zhongsheng who opposed Zhang Guotao's "Left" adventurism.Although Zeng Zhongsheng suffered from the disaster, he still cooperated with the army commander Xu Xiangqian, proceeding from reality, and led his troops to fight southward. Within a month, they even wiped out seven enemy regiments in the four cities of Keyingshan, Xishui, Luotian, and Guangji. , effectively contained the enemy and supported the anti-"encirclement and suppression" struggle in the central revolutionary base area.

Zhang Guotao did not relax his persecution of Zeng Zhongsheng, who had made great achievements, and then demoted Zeng Zhongsheng to be the commander of the First Independent Division.During this period, Zeng Zhongsheng was suffering from lung disease, and both the illness and political blows tormented him, but he did not feel depressed because of this. With his weak body, he trained the troops so that the Independent First Division could play the role of the main force in the four anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaigns. effect. In October 1932, the Red Fourth Front Army failed to break the enemy's "encirclement and suppression" and was forced to move westward. Zeng Zhongsheng, who accompanied the army westward, held a meeting of cadres above the Xiaohekou Division in Chenggu, southern Shaanxi. Together with Kuang Jixun and Yu Dushan, he spoke righteously Criticized Zhang Guotao's escapist mistakes and warlord-like leadership style, offended Zhang Guotao again, and planted a seed of "suffering" for himself. Zhang Guotao, who is good at playing double-faced tactics, did not take revenge and clean up Zeng Zhongsheng immediately at this time. On the surface, he pretended to "welcome" the opinions put forward by Zeng Zhongsheng and others. After the establishment of the Sichuan-Shanxi Revolutionary Base in 1933, Zeng Zhongsheng was still "reused" by Zhang Guotao as the chief of staff of the Northwest Revolutionary Military Committee.He felt that the army was developing rapidly, and a large number of new soldiers came in. In order to guide the army to carry out military training and improve the command and organization capabilities of cadres, he devoted himself to the study of military theory, carefully summed up the combat experience of the Red Fourth Front Army, and studied the strategy of the Red Army. Tactics, and wrote military works such as "Key Points of Fighting with the Sichuan Army" and "Key Points of Guerrilla Warfare". Zeng Zhongsheng never thought (it should be said that it was expected) that when he was utterly loyal to the party and the Red Army, and was tirelessly writing "The Essentials of Combat with the "Suppressing the Red Army"", Zhang Guotao made a murderous move and suddenly arrested him. He was a "Tuochen liquidator" and "rightist leader", and he was severely tortured and imprisoned for a long time. In this way, Zeng Zhongsheng was guarded and "guided" on the journey.To whom does he appeal his grievances?When will the grievance be cleared?Zhang Guotao covered the sky with one hand, who did Zeng Zhongsheng sue?When the First and Fourth Front Army joined forces in Maodong, he quietly shed tears of joy and sadness when he heard the exciting news, and immediately wrote a long letter to the Central Committee, telling him about his tragic experience and telling them Zhang Guotao's various mistakes, I hope that the Central Committee will hang high, seriously investigate and deal with his "problems", distinguish right from wrong, and clear up his "crimes".But Zeng Zhongsheng's letter written with blood and tears fell into Zhang Guotao's hands, not only was it detained, but it became his new "crime" and planted the seeds of a crime that was further framed. After the letter was sent, Zeng Zhongsheng stayed in that narrow and dark prison cell, leaning against the window all day long, hoping that the central government would send someone to pick him up and further clear up his case.But what I get every day is always disappointment and lamentation!How did he know that his letter, full of blood and tears, had already been wiped out by Zhang Guotao. Now, I heard that the Central Committee sent a condolence team to the headquarters of the Fourth Front Army. How ecstatic Zeng Zhongsheng was in prison, so he had to put aside his painstaking writing and quickly wrote a letter to the Central Committee, asking to see the leader of the Central Committee's condolence team. . Another letter from Zeng Zhongsheng to the central government was also withheld by Zhang Guotao, and it also suffered the same fate of being wiped out.Zhang Guotao also asked Huang Chao and others to say that when the people from the central condolence team came, they should pay special attention to keeping Zeng Zhongsheng well and not allow any contact with the people sent by the central government. In order to express his support for the central government, Zhang Guotao welcomed the arrival of the central condolences group. He instructed the headquarters of the Fourth Front Army to welcome the scene very lively.So Wang Jiaxiang, Li Fuchun and others walked into the welcome venue with smiles amidst the sound of slogans and cheers. Both on stage and off stage are naturally very intimate, and the scene is quite lively. The comrades of the Central Condolences Group, in addition to expressing sincere and cordial condolences to the commanders and fighters of the Fourth Front Army, also conveyed the spirit of the Lianghekou meeting and explained why the First and Fourth Front Armies after the meeting should implement the strategic policy of going north. After the continuous handshakes, greetings, cheers, and speeches, the lively scene calmed down. Zhang Guotao said to Li Fuchun after the welcome meeting: "The two armies will meet, and the stall will become bigger. In order to facilitate the unified command, the general headquarters must be enriched and reorganized, and the general headquarters must be strengthened." Without waiting for Li Fuchun to answer, Zhang Guotao then said with confidence: "Actually, this problem is very easy to solve. In my opinion, Zhu De is still the commander-in-chief, and Xu Xiangqian can be appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief, Chen Changhao as the chief political commissar, and Zhou Enlai as the chief of staff. The main military talents are conducive to future cooperation." When Li Fuchun heard it, Zhang Guotao had something to say.He pondered that from the date of joining forces, Zhang Guotao has been arguing that "the problem of unified command has not been resolved." The highest leadership post in the Red Army.Li Fuchun remembered that Zhu De told him that Chen Changhao once called Zhu De and said, "I firmly advocate the centralized military leadership, otherwise I will not be able to successfully destroy the enemy. I would like to ask Tao to be the chairman of the Military Commission and Zhu to be the commander of the former enemy." , Vice Chairman Zhou and Chief of Staff. After the Central Political Bureau decides on major policies, it will be left to the Military Commission to make arbitrary decisions." Before the Central Condolences Group left, Mao Zedong also said something to Li Fuchun: Zhang Guotao loves to fight for power, so pay attention.The central government has already done research. In order to unite Zhang Guotao, unite the vast Fourth Front Army, and for better cooperation between the two armies in the future, and considering Zhang Guotao’s influence in the Fourth Front Army, Luo Fu proposed to voluntarily relinquish the post of General Secretary, but Mao Zedong Considering that Zhang Guotao didn't like the role of the top position in the party without military power, Zhu De said that let Zhang Guotao be the chairman of the Military Commission and give him his position.Mao Zedong disagreed, saying that he could not be the chairman of the Military Commission.Zhou Enlai expressed his willingness to give up the chief political commissar, Mao Zedong said that he could consider it, and Zhang Guotao might be willing to take up the post, but he had to study it carefully and decide on the next step after a meeting.When the central condolence team arrived in Zagunao, if Zhang Guotao proposed to solve the organizational problem, he said that the central government had new considerations, so don't let him down. Li Fuchun remembered Mao Zedong's account.Sure enough, after the welcome meeting, Zhang Guotao couldn't wait to raise this issue of great concern.Behind him recommending this and that to come out hides a huge shadow of himself.He and Chen Changhao recommended each other to the central government, but they were actually playing a bad oboe. Li Fuchun said to Zhang Guotao calmly: "Comrade Guotao, the issue of unified command that you are concerned about is, as far as I know, the central government is considering it, and I believe it will be resolved in a few days." Hearing what Li Fuchun said, Zhang Guotao felt a little relieved. After the Lianghekou meeting, Zhang Guotao reluctantly accepted the goal of going north, Liu Bo, chief of the general staff, accepted the commission of the Military Commission and formulated the "Songpan Campaign Plan". The "Plan" points out that our first and fourth front armies, according to the current strategic policy, use mobile warfare to eliminate the enemy, and take Gannan as a base in the north, so as to achieve the goal of transforming Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu.The first battle to be carried out is to quickly, maneuverably and resolutely eliminate the Hu enemies in the Songpan area, and control the roads north and northeast of Songpan to facilitate northward operations and development.For this reason, the First and Fourth Front Armies were divided into the Left, Middle, and Right Third Route Army, Minjiang Detachment, and Maogong Detachment. The main task of the Minjiang detachment is to contain and attract Hu Zong's southern part on the Minjiang River, and block Xu Shaozong's troops from advancing from Piankou to Zhenjiang Pass, so that the main forces on both sides of the strait can smoothly enter Songpan and its northeast area to assault the Hu enemy's back.The main task of the Maogong Detachment is to cover the Red Army's northward march and its rear, and to conceal the Red Army's attempts, and to operate in the Jiajin Mountain, Balang Mountain, Maogong, and Chonghua areas. The left, middle, and right armies attacked Songfan from both sides of the Minjiang River, especially the left and middle roads.The Left Army consists of 16 regiments, with Commander Lin Biao, Deputy Commander Peng Dehuai, Political Commissars Nie Rongzhen and Yang Shangkun.The first step of the army should be concentrated in Jianbutang in mid-July.The Central Route Army consists of 10 regiments, and Xu Xiang was the former commander and political commissar.The first step should be concentrated at Shangyangkou before July 10.The main task of the left and middle routes is to attack the enemy in the Songpan area in a detour from the Lianglukou and Huangshengguan in the north of Songpan, and resolutely destroy them. Obtain the road north out of Gannan.The Right Route Army consisted of 11 regiments, with Chen Changhao as the commander and political commissar. Eight regiments marched to Songpan via Luhua and Maoergai, and 3 regiments marched to Songpan via Songpinggou, Hongtupo, and Xiaowagou.The northward detour of the left and center army and the southward attack of the right army will form a pincer attack on the Hu enemy.If the Hu enemy sticks to the castle and is unfavorable to attack, the Red Army will monitor the enemy to prevent interception, and shorten the marching mileage, so as to quickly go north to fight in Gannan.In order to achieve the goal of the campaign, the "plan" also requires that the troops belonging to the left, middle and right three routes still on the east bank of the Minjiang River must cross the Minjiang River and arrive at the first concentration point on schedule before July 3. In addition, the "plan" also stipulates that the rear area is centered on Lifan, Zhuo Keji, and Aba. Currently, Zhuo Keji is temporarily used as the general rear area, and Zagunao is the temporary rear area to support the sick and wounded who cannot move.All bulky equipment and materials that are not urgently needed should be left behind, and weak lesbians should stay behind to work.It also requires the police units remaining in this area to adopt guerrilla warfare methods, cover the rear and expand themselves, and strengthen the work of ethnic minorities, so as to turn this area into a Soviet area. Under the leadership of Lin Biao and Peng Dehuai, the Left Route Army departed from the Maogong area, passed through Zhuokeji, Matang, Maheba and other places, and arrived at Heishui (Luhua).When the Three Corps of the Left Route Army entered the Heishui Temple, Peng Dehuai received an order from the Military Commission to lead a part of the Three Corps to march east along the right bank of the Heishui River to meet the troops led by Xu Xiangqian to cross the Heishui River. Peng Dehuai learned that Xu Xiang's head was heading towards Weigu by the Heishui River, so he immediately led a regiment to meet him.At this time, the cable bridge at Weigu Ferry had been destroyed by the enemy, and the two armies could only face each other across the river.The current in this area is turbulent, there are many beaches and waves, and the sound of the water is so loud that it is impossible to hear the words on both sides of the river.Seeing a stout man wearing a bamboo hat on the opposite bank, Xu Xiangqian walked unhurriedly. He probably was Peng Dehuai, so he quickly raised his hand in greeting.The other party also waved frequently.Xu Xiangqian quickly took out his notebook, tore off a page, squatted under a tree on the bank and wrote: "Commander Peng Jun, I am Xu Xiangqian, thank you for coming to greet me." Then he tied the paper on a rock and threw it across the river go.Peng Dehuai was very happy to pick up the stone thrown from the opposite bank, so people on both sides of the bank immediately shouted to each other and waved to each other. In the early morning of the next day, Xu Xiangqian hurried from Weigu to the vicinity of Yinian, found a rope, sat in a bamboo basket on the suspension bridge and slid across it, meeting Peng Dehuai.The two generals galloped across the battlefield. They had been friends for a long time, but they had never met. They met for the first time on the bank of the Heihe River in the western border of China.Of course, there was unspeakable joy, and both parties left a good impression. After Xu Xiangqian met with Peng Dehuai, he immediately discussed the matter of building a bridge so that the two troops could join up as soon as possible.Just as Xu Xiangqian broke up with Peng Dehuai, Huang Chao hurried over again, followed by his special agent, carrying a few catties of beef jerky, a bag of rice, and two or three hundred silver dollars.When Huang Chao saw Peng Dehuai, he said affectionately: "Commander Peng Jun, Chairman Zhang heard that the supplies on the front line are difficult, so he sent me here to offer condolences." Peng Dehuai thought, what is this for?Zhang Guotao really cares about people!So he smiled and said: "Chairman Zhang is really thoughtful." Huang Chao went on to say: "Chairman Zhang knows you very well, appreciates you very much, and said that you can fight." Peng Dehuai said disapprovingly: "I am mainly courageous and not afraid of death." Huang Chao then immediately asked: "I heard that Chairman Mao got angry at the Huili meeting." Peng Dehuai was secretly startled, wondering how did Huang Chao know that he would attend the meeting?Who told him?He glanced at Huang Chao and said: "Why are you asking this?" Huang Chao replied embarrassingly: "Just chatting casually, it's nothing, I just heard that you were criticized at the meeting, and I feel wronged for you." Peng Dehuai smiled: "Ah! Thank you for your concern, thank you for your kindness. In fact, it's nothing. The main reason is that the battle was not fought well at that time, and everyone was very tired and a little emotional." Huang Chao further asked: "I heard that Chairman Mao criticized Commander Lin Jun more severely, and General Secretary Luo Fu was also named?" Peng Dehuai was even more puzzled.Thinking that these must be after the two armies joined forces, Zhang Guotao tried every means to find out from the people on the one hand. Why did he pay special attention to these disputes within the party?Now Huang Chao is further sent to inquire.Since Zhang Guotao was concerned about these matters, he simply took the opportunity to make it clear, so as not to let some things be misrepresented, which would be detrimental to unity.So he walked around the room for a while, thought for a while and said to Huang Chao: "I will take care of the meeting. Chairman Mao's criticism was a little too much. Lin Biao should be criticized. It was wrong to propose a change of leadership at that time! In fact, Lin Biao wrote to the Central Committee, suggesting that I take command of the current enemy. I didn't know it at the time. I didn't object. His opinion. Lin Biao did not mean to pull him down, but wanted him to preside over the military's major plans and policies together with Zhu De and Zhou Enlai, and the front-line commanders asked us generals to do it." Huang Chao said dissatisfied: "Chairman Mao is too suspicious, for fear that others will come to take his power again." Peng Dehuai quickly explained: "You can't say that. At that time, everyone was in a bad mood and bored. Chairman Mao was also worried. I was afraid that there would be divisions in the party and disunity. Although Chairman Mao criticized a little bit more, this is called overcorrection. " Huang Chao held the injustice for Peng De: "You should make a statement at the meeting." Peng Dehuai shook his head and said: "What do you say it does? What's so great about it? Let history prove me, Peng Dehuai. It will become clear after a long time." Huang Chao said to Peng Dehuai again: "Now that the two armies have joined forces, they should take a good rest in the Chuankang area. Since the Western Expedition, everyone is very tired, but the central government insists on going north, and the resistance to going north is huge." Peng Dehuai replied: "In this regard, the central government has made careful consideration, and the only way out is to go north. The Chuankang area is not suitable for troops to survive, and there is no room for maneuver. It can only solve temporary problems." Huang Chao took Peng Dehuai's words and said: "To be honest, we have no objection to the northward march. We are not opposed to the northward march, but the time is not yet ripe. During the Three Kingdoms period, didn't Kong Ming say that if you want to conquer the north, you must conquer the south first." "That is Zhuge Kongming's plan to consolidate the rear of the Shu Kingdom. We have no intention of going south to Chuankang to establish a base area. Therefore, the southern expedition is not necessary." "When the army goes north, they will encounter Ma family cavalry. We have no experience in fighting cavalry, so it is difficult to win." "It's still too early to talk about this, and there may be a solution by then, so don't be afraid." Huang Chao wanted to ask questions, but Peng Dehuai answered them one by one.Seems unsatisfactory. Finally, Huang Chao said to Peng Dehuai mysteriously: "Old Peng, Chairman Zhang said that your troops came out of Jiangxi and fought hard and suffered heavy losses. I plan to give you three divisions to follow your command." When Peng Dehuai heard that Zhang Guotao had assigned him 3 divisions in his own name to be commanded by him, he became vigilant.I thought to myself, the Red Army is not someone's army, it can be mobilized at will without research and according to personal wishes.Only warlords are like that.What does Zhang Guotao think of me, Lao Peng, as a warlord!If my old Peng wants to be a warlord, he will not be a Red Army!So he laughed for a while, and said loudly to Huang Chao: "Ah! Chairman Zhang really thinks highly of me, Peng Dehuai. I don't have the skills to command so many troops. I can't command the current regiments well." In order to express his gratitude to Zhang Guotao for his "care" for him, Peng Dehuai, the "special envoy" Huang Chao who stayed with Zhang Guotao had dinner at the headquarters of the Army Corps that afternoon, and specially asked the cook to add two more dishes. In the evening, Peng Dehuai's mood was a little restless, and after drinking two cups of shochu, his thoughts were even more difficult to calm down.Thinking that before the two armies joined forces, they all looked forward to the meeting, and the strength would be stronger, so that they could start a new struggle.But once they met, and for the sake of the strategic policy, there were differences of opinion, conflicts and disputes, which were heard from time to time.Zhang Guotao sent Huang Chao here today, to give gifts, to dispatch soldiers, and to inquire, the situation is complicated.After the two armies joined forces, he had already heard some words that were not conducive to unity. For example, because the hats of the first army were smaller than those of the fourth army, some soldiers in the fourth army ridiculed that the first army was a "small head" and said a The Front Army was defeated; while some soldiers in the Front Army believed that since the Fourth Front Army called us "small heads", then the Fourth Front Army had "big heads", saying that the Fourth Front Army looked down on the Central Committee and the Front Army Yeah, there are even saying that the Fourth Front Army is a warlord army and so on.Zhang Guotao said that the Fourth Army looked down on the Central Committee and the First Army, mostly from Zhang Guotao, because he had heard some Zhang Guotao dissatisfied with the Central Committee's words, and disagreed with the Central Committee's remarks on the strategic policy of going north to Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu.Huang Chao's intentions in coming today are not good, especially when he asked about the Huili meeting, he felt that there was a lot to be said about it.Zhang Guotao "valued" my Lao Peng so much that he wanted to allocate three teachers to me, hey!Unpredictable!It's nothing to Huang Chao to send something to eat. What does it mean to send two or three hundred silver dollars?It's trying to buy me, Lao Peng, but it won't work!It seems that we have to be vigilant, keep a clear head, and beware of being fooled!He deeply felt that the current situation in the army was quite complicated, and he became uneasy, and he didn't sleep well that night. On the second day when the Three Corps were stationed in Heishui, Zhang Guotao saw Yang Shangkun in the town and said happily: "Yo! 'Cousin', you've joined the army now—haha!" Zhang Guotao jokingly called Yang Shangkun his "cousin". Here is a simple story. Yang Shangkun met Zhang Guotao when he was studying at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow.Zhang Guotao was the representative of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to the Third International at that time. In 1931, they returned to China one after another. Yang Shangkun served as the propaganda minister of the Shanghai Provisional Central Committee, and Zhang Guotao was the party secretary of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.They use the relationship between cousins ​​as a cover to communicate with each other, and they have a close relationship, so their relationship is not bad.Therefore, the "cousin" in Zhang Guotao's mind is still the impression of four years ago-a cultural person who holds a pen and does propaganda work. Yang Shangkun smiled slightly: "'Cousin', you're doing well, you picked up the gun and became a 'prince' all the way." After speaking, he burst into haha. Zhang Guotao patted Yang Shangkun's shoulder blades: "Brother, I invite you to dinner, go, come and sit with me." Yang Shangkun said happily: "Okay! Brother, if you're welcome, I won't be too polite. I'll pay you a visit at my house." Yang Shangkun and Zhang Guotao walked side by side, and came to a compound at the head of Heishui Town. Yang Shangkun looked at the wide lintel of the courtyard and said to Zhang Guotao: "The house your brother lives in is so big, he must belong to a rich man, much more luxurious than the pavilion he lived in in Shanghai." "Shanghai Bund Shili Yangchang, even if you have money, you don't dare to live in a big house, not to mention that you have a lot of money at that time, so you have to squeeze into the pavilion." We haven't seen each other for several years. We left by the bank of the Huangpu River. We traveled here and there, traveling north and south, each fighting openly or covertly for our ideals in different places. Today we met in a small town in Southwest China. Naturally, old friends Happy.Since Zhang Guotao's conditions are good, of course he has to invite his "cousin" to dinner. They just chatted casually like this, and they met unexpectedly, so naturally they talked a lot.But it is nothing more than their respective behaviors after parting, the vicissitudes of current events, the sorrows of the years, and many strange anecdotes they have experienced or heard, but more of them are friendship in adversity. After a while, the special agent brought the food. When Yang Shangkun saw it, he swallowed, because he had never seen such a rich dish for a long time.In fact, there is nothing, nothing more than stir-fried beef and mutton, fried vegetables, pork soup, steamed rice porridge.But where has Yang Shangkun seen these things in the past seven or eight months?Living with rough food all day long, the intestines are already rusty.When it is bitter, it is not bad to have a few wild vegetables and stir-fry noodles.But right now Zhang Guotao's life is really good. No wonder he is fat and fat, not like a Red Army general who was born in troubled times, but like a rich man.Unlike the leaders of the first army, all of them have experienced vicissitudes of life and are sallow and emaciated. During the meal, Yang Shangkun chewed the white flour steamed bun and said joyfully: "In Moscow, our Chinese University students can only eat black bread. You, a representative of the Central Committee, may eat this kind of white flour buns." Zhang Guotao smiled: "During the economic recovery of the Soviet Union, their lives were also hard. They have never eaten the kind of black bread you mentioned." During the dinner, Zhang Guotao asked this old friend and younger brother about the situation of the First Army, and Yang Shangkun told Zhang Guotao what he knew with reservations.Because Yang Shangkun knew something about Zhang Guotao after all, Peng Dehuai told Yang Shangkun yesterday about Huang Chaolai also giving things as gifts, so Yang Shangkun couldn't help being more wary. Zhang Guotao couldn't get any more new news from Yang Shangkun, so he didn't ask any more questions, and only warmly asked Yang Shangkun to eat more.Now that he saw an old acquaintance whom he hadn't seen for a long time, Yang Shangkun was also very happy, and politely responded to Zhang Guotao's kindness. After the two armies joined forces, Zhang Guotao made "friends" in the first army whenever he had the opportunity, especially the main force of the first army-the leaders of the first and third armies.It's giving things away, and inviting dinner, with great enthusiasm. Zhang Guotao heard from Yang Shangkun that Luo Fu lived in a small village not far from Heishui. After sending Yang Shangkun away, Zhang Guotao decided to go to Luo Fu's place, because he had many problems and wanted to exchange ideas with the chief executive of the central government. Don't talk about Tongluofu, change the policy of the central government to go north. Zhang Guotao stepped into Luo Fu's hut and said straight to the point: "Brother Luo Fu, I'm here today to ask some questions, so I hope you can give me your advice." Luo Fu put down the detailed military report he was reading, greeted Zhang Guotao to sit down with a smile, and said: "Comrade Guotao, you don't have to be polite, let's discuss things carefully and learn from each other." Zhang Guotao sat down and said: "That day, we discussed in Fubian that the article written by Kaifeng criticized me and should not establish the Northwest Federal Government without the central government. In fact, it is worth considering whether the policy of the Soviet movement is correct. According to the experience of the Fourth Front Army, the Soviet Union and the distribution of The slogan of the land failed to mobilize the masses, but the slogans such as the strengthening of the Red Army's military power and the abolition of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were able to cause a sensation. Could it be that the Soviet policy must be correct? And the Northwest Federal Government must be incorrect?" Before Luo Fu could answer, Zhang Guotao went on to say: "Why didn't the Soviets and the Red Army suffer setbacks from politics? I think it's because we have rigidified our political concepts. Military concepts have also rigidified. We cling to a formula and believe that the political line of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China is correct. It is beyond reproach and undoubted. Therefore, everyone insisted on marching northward and retreated to the west of the Minjiang River. What about development?" Luo Fu shook his head and smiled bitterly.I thought to myself, what Zhang Guotao thinks is always incompatible with the policy of the central government, very different, and even doubts the political line of the central government.As for the issue of political line, Luo Fu thinks it is more complicated, and it is difficult to explain it clearly for a while.There are some problems that he still hasn't figured out yet.But he has a basic concept, that is, the central government must remain consistent.If the party's political line is denied, everyone will be at a loss.Moreover, since the Zunyi Conference, although the troops still suffered some losses and reduced personnel along the way, they finally overcame difficulties one after another, defeated natural dangers one after another, and defeated the enemy's siege and interception again and again. Joining forces, these, cannot but be said to be the correctness of the central political line.Of course, this does not mean that after he took over Bogu's job, it was his achievements alone. On the contrary, Luo Fu believed that it was the result of the comrades in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee working together through thick and thin to make suggestions.Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai were especially powerful.Thinking of this, he was very disgusted with Zhang Guotao's statement that the so-called central political line was problematic.He calmly said to Zhang Guotao: "After the Zunyi Conference, the central government mainly considered the issue of military operations, and everyone respected Mao Zedong to preside over it. After the Zunyi Conference, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China did not have any different opinions." Zhang Guotao was a little disgusted with the Zunyi meeting. Does he think this meeting is legal?Also worth considering.When he heard Luo Fu mention this meeting, he immediately attacked and said: "The people who participated in this meeting, except Zhou Enlai and Chen Yun who are members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee elected by the Sixth National Congress, the other Politburo members were co-opted after the First Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, including you brother Luo Fu. " Luo Fu nodded modestly. Zhang Guotao continued: "Since this is the case, Xiang Ying, a member of the Politburo elected by the Sixth National Congress, and I did not participate. Is such a meeting valid?" Luo Fu immediately explained: "The war environment, the situation is urgent, it is impossible to notify everyone. Most of the Politburo members and alternate members have arrived, and the meeting should be effective. Although Zhu De and other comrades were co-opted after the First Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee, it was at the party's high-level meeting Co-opted, not personally appointed, should be said to be legal." Zhang Guotao went on to sophistry and said: "This is not the Central Committee Plenary Session. Can additional members of the Politburo Standing Committee be elected?" Obviously, Zhang Guotao was referring to Mao Zedong. Luo Fu replied: "The Zunyi meeting, since it was a meeting of the Politburo, Mao Zedong could be elected as a member of the Standing Committee. Because Mao Zedong had a way of fighting wars, Mao Zedong was able to cope with the extremely difficult situation at that time. At the Zunyi meeting, Wang Jiaxiang was added as a member of the Politburo, and two alternates were canceled. Words. According to brother Guotao, adding Wang Jiaxiang as a member of the Politburo at that meeting would not be legal.” Zhang Guotao looked at Luo Fu as if he didn't understand, shook his head and said: “好了，我们不谈这个。你说遵义会议后中央没有不同的意见，我不同意这个看法。其实，据我所知，党内政治歧见早已存在，遵义会议并没解决。目前，中央只注意军事行动，闭口不谈政治问题，这也不是个办法。应该说，这是极为忧虑的事。如果政治路线不解决好，我们在政治上和军事上都将遭到惨败，不易翻身。搞不好还会引起一、四方面军的隔阂和党内纠纷。如果我们能根据实际情况，摆脱既定的公式束缚，放弃成见，大胆从政治上作一番研究，也许为时不算太晚。 “一方面军之所以弄到这个下场，目前我们大家的处境都有些不妙，为什么不从政治上去寻求解救的药方呢？难道政治方面，就没有增强我们力量的步骤了吗？1932年，我们到川北的时候，觉得我们的力量不能再打了，但我们补救的办法不是绝对避战，而是提出入川纲领和其他政治办法。不久以前，我们又提出争取建立川康新根据地的口号和成立西北联邦政府的主张，这有什么可指斥的呢？” 张国焘越说越来劲，看来，这席话是早有所准备的，有“感”而发，是他思考很久郁结于胸的一些重大问题，就是没有找到适当的机会宣泄。他认为在中共中央的要人中，洛甫对人平和、宽厚，又有理论水平，也善于倾听别人意见，张国焘相信他改变中共政策的主张，“拯救”中共与红军的谋略，能够得到党中央采纳。因为张国焘以为，这时只有他看清楚了党中央“存在的问题”，他必须起来“挽救”处于危难与危机中的中国共产党。 洛甫没有立即回答张国焘提出的问题，在作深深的思考。他在琢磨张国焘这些话的后面，到底隐藏着什么更深层的东西？ 张国焘看洛甫不说话，以为自己讲的一套，一定说服了洛甫，于是乘兴继续讲下去： “中央为什么一定要死死抱住苏维埃这个'左'的躯壳？我看实际执行的都是军事上极右的退却路线。我的话，听起来有点刺耳，可能认为我是在唱反调。是啊！中共有的人历来认为，张国焘是机会主义！红四方面军是军阀部队！什么入川纲领，甚么西北联邦政府，甚么西进川康，都是大逆不道！” 张国焘越讲越有些气了，脸上多余的肌肉抽动着，眼睛睁得大大的，声音带着明显的火药味。 本来洛甫有很高的马列主义理论，张国焘讲的这些，完全可以给予反驳回去。但考虑到张国焘当前的固执，加之虑及一、四方面军的团结，以及要实现北上的战略方针这么一些重大问题，他把很多话咽下去了，心想以后有机会再说吧。比较成熟的洛甫，此时只得沉住气对张国焘说： “国焘同志，如你所讲，中央的政治路线如确有问题，也要俟军事情况稍有转机时，才能讨论。现在提起这些，党内容易发生纠纷。现在，我们面前困难重重，大敌当前，还是不要提出这些引起争论的问题为好。” 张国焘看出洛甫对目前解决“政治路线问题”不感兴趣，也没再说什么，只是一个人在那儿唉声叹气。