Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Persist in going south, Zhang Guotao sent a secret telegram to Chen Changhao

It took Zhang Guotao three days to return from the Kaqu River to Shujin Temple, waiting for the news of Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao's return to the south. Unexpectedly, what he was waiting for was a telegram from Mao Zedong and other seven people urging him to go north.He put down the telegram and said angrily to Chief of Staff Huang Chao: "Mao Zedong and these people who stayed in Russia are really stubborn. One day they talk about going north! Going north! Don't look at the current environment and conditions. No one listens to me, the general political commissar. It is Mao Zedong who has the final say. Mao Zedong likes dictatorship, likes Do things arbitrarily and give orders. No way! Send them a telegram immediately asking them to go south, why don’t you listen to me? You must follow Mao Zedong’s opinion! It seems that there is no room for discussion with Mao Zedong and others on the issue of going north and going south. If you want me to be the chief political commissar, I will exercise the powers of the general political commissar, who will I be fooled with?"

Huang Chao listened on the sidelines without saying a word. Zhang Guotao sat at the square table, opened the copper ink cartridge, drew up a telegram with a brush to Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian, and told them to transfer to the Central Committee: (A) To this day, please calmly estimate the enemy's strength and position, whether our army's reduction of personnel, ammunition and other equipment, etc. can defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, or we can defeat the enemy in a protracted battle; whether the enemy may continue to increase . (B) The 25th and 93rd divisions on the left, each regiment has less than 1,000 soldiers, and each division has at most 1,500 combatants, of which two-thirds are those with sick feet.Going further north, continue marching for ten days on the right and twenty days on the left, and the loss of personnel will be more than half.

(c) At that time the following circumstances may occur: 1. Protruding eastward to the Mengxi blockade, will it become an endless mobile war, marching without stopping in winter, what is the future? 2. Will Ruotingxia and Tao be able to gain a firm foothold? 3. If it is impossible to stop summer and travel to East Africa, there will be no chance to return to the south.Backed by the Yellow River, can it be unimpeded?Brothers in the above three items have thought about it clearly. 4. The enemy in Sichuan is weak, not good at guarding blockhouses, and mountain narrow road warfare is my specialty.The terrain in Mao, Dan, and Sui has few rocks, and it is not as dangerous as Tong, Nan, and Ba.There is no shortage of food in the south.My brother and relatives asked the cadres at all levels of the 25th and 93rd divisions in detail, and they all said it was true.It takes about six days to travel from Aba to Songgang along the east of Dajinchuan River. There are 2,000 families along the way, and they have houses and camps every day.There are four dams in Hexi, Zhuomu blockhouses, and many houses. There are 6,000 households in Sui and Cha, and the corn is already ripe.According to reliable guides, Danba, Ganzi, Daofu, and Tianlu are better than Tao, Xia, Qiong, and Da.If you go north, all the sick patients in the south of Aba will have to be abandoned; if you go south, take care of them as much as possible.If you don't try to defeat the enemy, it will be of no use to despise the minority areas with empty words.

5. Now it is advisable to use one part to feint to the northeast to lure the enemy to go north, while we take advantage of the momentum and go south.This is an excellent match for the second and sixth armies.I see that there are many contradictions between Jiang and the Sichuan enemy, and the south attack is a real offensive, and he will never be a turtle in the urn. Zhang Guotao drew up the manuscript, read it carefully, revised a few words, and added a little bit at the end: 6. The left and right sides must never act separately. The younger brother is loyal to the party and the revolution, and he is confident that he will not talk nonsense.why?Wait for compliance.

Zhang Guotao believes that this should be more polite, because after all, it is a dialogue with the central government. He put the newly drafted telegram on the table, cut it backwards, and walked around the room, thinking about whether there were any flaws in the writing, and whether Mao Zedong and others would catch him and make a big fuss.Because he thought that he would have to deal with several people alone, so it's better to be cautious.He appreciates the last two sentences of Article 5: "Strike south is a real offensive, and he will never be a turtle in a jar." Because at the Lianghekou meeting, Bogu had warned and ridiculed his westward policy, It is said that if they go west to Chuankang, the Red Army will become the turtle in the urn.He has been brooding over Bogu's words for a long time, and whenever he has a chance, he will bring them up to refute them.He also has a grudge against Bo-gu for another line.It was also at the Lianghekou meeting that Bogu once said that Zhang Guotao's westward route was like a sparrow flying into the gutter.At that time, he secretly said in his heart: If you find an opportunity, you have to "pay back" to your blog. These dogmatists will say these harsh words and sarcasm.

Zhang Guotao deliberated over the draft telegram and thought there was no problem, so he handed it to Huang Chao and asked him to send it out as soon as possible. After Huang Chao left, he was still meditating alone in the room, thinking that since the meeting between Mao Gong and Mao Zedong and others, there had been more time for quarreling and less time for discussing issues calmly. In the past few months, there have been many meetings. Every meeting, almost always acted on the opinions of Mao Zedong, Luo Fu, Zhou Enlai and others.But his proposition is difficult to implement.After arguing for a long time, as a result of bargaining, only one position of the general political commissar was settled, and he still has the position but no power, and can't be banned by orders. No one listens to my Zhang Guotao!Do not command the army.Originally, Luo Fu wanted to give him the top spot in the party, but when he thought about the war, what was the use of the party's work?It is the military power that works, and the most powerful is the one who can command and mobilize the army.So he rejected Luo Fu's abdication, and took over the duties of the Red Army's general political commissar from Zhou Enlai.He should have been satisfied, but he believed that Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai still held on to military power tightly, especially Mao Zedong, who often "arbitrarily" everything in the Military Commission, and the general headquarters was useless.Mao Zedong often went through the documents of all military units, whether it was intelligence, combat plans, army administration, or even personnel transfers.Wouldn't my surname Zhang become his staff member?It's really unreasonable!You Mao Zedong have any great abilities, but you are imaginative and sensitive.In fact, your Mao Zedong's thinking sometimes goes to a very bizarre level, and you sometimes even reveal mythological remarks, and you often use emotionally rich language to defend your genius claims.You Mao Zedong often boasted that you had an extraordinary military genius, and you often compared yourself to the modern German military strategist Mao Qi.In fact, there is nothing remarkable about it, it's just that you have read a few more ancient Chinese military books.well!It will be difficult to cooperate with Mao Zedong in the future!It is extremely difficult to communicate military opinions with him, and it is even more difficult to form an organized and unified command with him.It is even more difficult to take over military power from Mao Zedong!

The more Zhang Guotao thought about it, the more confused he became.The reason why the Fourth Front Army has the formation it has today and has 70,000 to 80,000 troops, isn't it because I, Zhang Tongtao, did it all by myself?It's not easy.You Mao Zedong want to capture the troops with one hand, listen to your transfer, and don't listen to my command, you can't do it!If you want to leave me behind, you have to do it according to your suggestion, it can't be done!Today, it seems that the issue of going south can no longer be discussed with Mao Zedong and others.They won't listen to me and want to go their own way.They often use the name of the decision of the Party Central Committee to pressure me and make me submit, which is impossible!What's more, the line of the Party Central Committee itself is very problematic.Is the decision of the Party Central Committee correct?What is the Zunyi Conference?How many members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee approved by the Sixth National Congress participated?Would such a thing be legal?After the Zunyi Conference, isn't the downsizing of the Army on the one hand quite serious?go north!Go south!Who is right and who is wrong, now is not the time to draw conclusions.I don't believe that my idea of ​​going south is wrong.

Zhang Guotao walked for a while, sat down to think for a while, sat for a while, stood up and walked around the room for a while, feeling extremely restless.How should we go in the future?I thought to myself that the telegram I asked Huang Chao to send just now must be useless, Mao Zedong and others will still be the same and do their own way.Suddenly, an astonishing thought crashed into his mind—now the battle with Mao Zedong and others had reached a critical moment, and it was not an option to send letters and letters like this, and litigate with pen and ink.Three delays and two delays, the Fourth Front Army will inevitably be eaten by Mao Zedong and others.By then, it will be too late to change.Since you, Mao Zedong, want to eat the Fourth Front Army, I, Zhang Guotao, are not easy to mess with. How can I let you fight me!Don't miss this opportunity, send a secret telegram to Chen Changhao as soon as possible to force the right army to go south, otherwise the inner-party struggle will be thoroughly launched!

He didn't want to think about it anymore, thinking that only in this way could he take the initiative and remain invincible, otherwise he would be led by the nose by Mao Zedong and others.He walked over to close the door in three steps and two steps, sat at the table, picked up the brush again, his heart beat faster, and his breathing seemed to be faster.Personal ambition urged him to hurry up, and a huge and evil decision appeared.He quickly drafted a telegram to Chen Changhao, asking Chen Changhao to persuade Mao Zedong and others to go south as soon as possible, abandon Mao Ergai's plan to go north, and if he still insisted on going north, he would "thoroughly launch the inner-party struggle."

After the telegram was drafted, Zhang Guotao read it quickly, then went to the confidential section of the headquarters in person, supervised the sender to send it out, and told the sender in a low voice that he was not allowed to disclose it to anyone. On the second day after Mao Zedong and other seven people called Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian immediately received a telegram from Zhang Guotao and asked them to transfer to the central government. Chen Changhao hesitated after reading the telegram.Originally, he was a little hesitant about the policy of going north, and he was hesitant.It should be said that his heart was always inclined to Zhang Guotao. Even when he agreed to go north, he reluctantly accepted it under the persuasion of Mao Zedong and others.This time, when he received another telegram from Zhang Guotao going south, he was moved.And Chen Changhao's hesitation and hesitation also contributed to and supported Zhang Guotao's idea of ​​going south to a certain extent.From Zhang Guotao's call, Chen Changhao can see that Zhang Guotao's will to go south is very firm, so he is determined to follow Zhang Guotao to go south.But he still couldn't figure out Xu Xiangqian's attitude, so he found Xu Xiangqian and asked tentatively:

"Old Xu, Comrade Guotao wants us to go south, what do you think we should do?" Xu Xiangqian felt that the problem was a bit tricky, and it was difficult to express his opinion, so he asked: "What do you say?" Chen Changhao was annoyed and said: "It's not good if we don't act!" Xu Xiangqian was quite worried and said: "The central government will definitely not agree." Chen Changhao said decisively: "Then we must part with them." Xu Xiangqian pondered: "this--" Chen Changhao stared at Xu Xiangqian with dissatisfaction and said, "Now is the critical moment, you and I don't need to hesitate." Xu Xiangqian said deeply: "Of course I don't want the four armies to separate. It's best to go together. However, you'd better go to Brazil as soon as possible, go to the central government to reflect our opinions, and you'd better convince them." Chen Changhao nodded: "Okay, I'll go right away." Chen Changhao came to Brazil on horseback. He first met Bogu and told him that Zhang Guotao called and disagreed with going north.Bogu immediately said angrily: "The central government has repeatedly urged, but Comrade Guotao still insists on his own opinion, and he simply doesn't take the central government seriously." Chen Changhao also said loudly a little angrily: "Comrade Guotao's proposition is not necessarily unreasonable. After all, he is the general political commissar, and his opinion should be respected." When they were talking loudly, Luo Fu passed by here and asked what they were arguing about?Chen Changhao handed Zhang Guotao's call to Luo Fu: "General Secretary, this is a telegram from Comrade Guotao to the Central Committee." After reading it, Luo Fu felt that the problem was a bit serious.I thought Zhang Guotao's job was really difficult, why did he always insist on going south?If you don't want to implement the central government's policy of going north, what kind of heart do you have?He anxiously asked Chen Changhao: "Comrade Changhao, what do you think should be done?" Chen Changhao tentatively replied: "Let's go south." "You also agree to go south!" Luo Fu opened his eyes wide and stared at Chen Changhao. Chen Changhao said helplessly: "If you don't go south, what do you say? You can't let the two troops separate." Luo Fu waved his hands vigorously and said: "That's right! The First and Fourth Front Armies cannot be separated, they must implement the Central Committee's decision, and go north together!" Chen Changhao asked back: "Commissioner Zhang's opinion, isn't it considered?" Luo Fu said clearly: "We still have to order him to go north! Implement the decision of the central government!" Chen Changhao shook his head: "I don't think it will work. Comrade Guotao is the general political commissar of the Red Army. According to regulations, he can issue orders with the commander-in-chief, and he should be obeyed." Luo Fu said dissatisfied: "Listen to him, what position should the Central Committee place! Going north was unanimously decided by the members of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. Comrade Guotao also raised his hand, and it was not determined by any one person. Comrade Changhao, I think you also want to go south with you." ,Yes or no?" Chen Changhao didn't speak. Luo Fu went on to say: "I'll discuss this with Lao Mao and Enlai immediately. However, you have to figure out that the central government's policy of going north cannot be changed. Lin Biao's troops have already arrived in southern Gansu, should they be sent back? Sure. It's impossible." After hearing Luo Fu's words, Chen Changhao hurried back to the station unhappily. Luo Fu sent Chen Changhao away, and immediately went to Mao Zedong and told Zhang Guotao to call back and disagree to go north.Mao Zedong shook his head and said with a sigh: "When will Zhang Guotao, this stubborn stone, open his mouth!" Then he said with a heavy heart: "At present, our situation is not good. The fifth (Red Fifth Army) and the ninth (Red Ninth Army) are still in Zhang Guotao's left army. Although Lin Biao's troops have marched northward to Gannan, they have not yet settled down well. Now, beside us, there is only Peng Dehuai's troops, no more than 3000-4000 people, Zhang Guotao knows our strength, so he is so presumptuous, and repeatedly asks us to go south with him, and if he doesn't agree with us, I'm really worried!" Luo Fu pondered for a while and said: "Call Zhang Guotao immediately and urge him to go north." Mao Zedong immediately replied: "Listen to Enlai's opinion, let's go to Enlai's place now." Mao Zedong and Luo Fu came to the place where Zhou Enlai lived, and saw that Zhou Enlai was emaciated and bedridden.Luo Fu asked with concern: "Comrade Enlai, has your liver disease improved recently?" Zhou Enlai replied feebly: "The pain is better, and it seems that the swelling has subsided, but I don't want to eat, and I feel dizzy and weak." Mao Zedong said: "We should try to eat more food and strengthen our resistance. People are like iron, but rice is like steel." Zhou Enlai knew that Mao Zedong and Luo Fu must have something important to come to him, so he asked: "What's up?" Mao Zedong replied: "It's really troublesome. Dealing with Zhang Guotao is a lot of trouble." Zhou Enlai opened his eyes wide: "What's the trouble again?" Luo Fu then replied: "Zhang Guotao called, saying that he didn't want to go north." Mao Zedong added: "He ordered Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian to go south." Zhou Enlai said worriedly: "What's the attitude of Chen and Xu?" Mao Zedong paced back and forth in the hut and said: "Chen Changhao is a little hesitant and wants to run with Zhang Guotao, Luo Fu, is that right?" Luo Fu nodded: "Chen Changhao came to me and expressed his opinion. Zhang Guotao is the general political commissar of the Red Army, so he can give orders." Zhou Enlai asked again: "What's Xu Xiangqian's attitude?" Luo Fu said: "I don't know much. It may be the same as Chen Changhao." Zhou Enlai said anxiously: "Currently, the two armies can't act separately. Zhang Guotao is really stubborn. He will never accept the opinions of the central government." Mao Zedong stopped and said with emotion: "This is called coercing the emperor to order the princes. He said that there are more people and more guns. He wants the central government to listen to him." Zhou Enlai shook his head and sighed. Luo Fu said worriedly: "So, what should we do?" Then he stared at Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai with questioning eyes. Zhou Enlai thought for a while and said: "Call Zhang Guotao again and reiterate the central government's idea of ​​going north. The central government's policy of going north cannot be changed." Mao Zedong said categorically: "Yes! This is the only way, there is no other way!" Luo Fu went on to say: "I wonder if Zhang Guotao is willing to change his opinion?" Mao Zedong said: "If you don't want to, you have to ask him to be willing. You can't let the correct decision of the central government succumb to him. There are two different routes, going north and going south, and you can't compromise! This is a big issue related to the survival of the troops. Going south, there is no way out!" Zhou Enlai took Mao Zedong's words and said: "Hurry up and call Zhang Guotao, the two of you discuss the content of the telegram and try to convince Zhang Guotao this time." Mao Zedong said: "Okay, then we're going back home. Pay attention to your health and get well soon. It's not a big problem. We won't disturb you." Zhou Enlai smiled slightly: "During this time, you have worked hard enough. I can't afford to be sick and can't manage." Luo Fu said modestly: "Lao Mao thinks a lot about the big plan after the two armies join forces." Mao Zedong smiled wryly: "There is a way! It's not easy to meet such a big man as Zhang Guotao." Mao Zedong went on to say: "Why don't we discuss the content of the telegram here, and we will send it out immediately." Luo Fu said: "Okay, let's stay together with Enlai." Mao Zedong said: "Do you think the content of the telegram is like this: Chen Changhao received a telegram from the right army to go south, and the central government thinks it is inappropriate. The central government sincerely points out that the current policy is to go north only, and to go south is the enemy's situation, terrain, residents, Supplies are extremely unfavorable to me, and will plunge the Red Army into an unprecedented situation. The Central Committee believes that the policy of going north should never be changed, and that the Left Route Army should go north as soon as possible. A new traffic area, and then develop eastward.” Zhou Enlai: "No problem, that's all." Mao Zedong asked Luo Fu: "Do you think there should be something to add?" Luo Fu shook his head. When Chen Changhao returned to Asi, Xu Xiangqian hurriedly asked: "How? Does the central government agree with General Political Commissar Zhang's opinion?" Chen Changhao replied anxiously: "Forget it! Forget it! The central government doesn't want to go south at all, you son of a bitch, and I was criticized by Bogulov." Xu Xiangqian shook his head resignedly. Chen Changhao's situation is also a bit difficult. Who should Chen Changhao listen to?One is the decision of the Central Committee, and the other is the order of the General Political Commissar of the Red Army.From the perspective of a commander, he can listen to the general political commissar, but not to anyone else.But after all, he was marching with the central government, and the central government was by his side, so he had to listen to the central government.He deeply felt that it was difficult to be caught in the middle, and he was distressed and troubled by this.Together with Zhang Guotao, starting from Hubei, Henan and Anhui, he struggled for several years.He knew that Zhang Guotao trusted him quite a lot. He had a good impression of Zhang Guotao and admired Zhang Guotao's leadership.It can be said that Chen Changhao is today because of Zhang Guotao.Only then can he enter the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and be a political commissar in the former enemy headquarters of the Red Army.In the past, he has been working very well with Zhang Guotao.Everyone knows that he is Zhang Guotao's right-hand man and a go-getter.So for Zhang Guotao, he has long had a feeling of being kind to others.He deeply felt that after the reunion of the two armies, the Red Army could not do without the leadership of Zhang Guotao, and he also wanted to follow Zhang Guotao to do some business, even if the current situation in all aspects was somewhat difficult.He was dissatisfied with the criticisms of Bo Gu and Luo Fu. He didn't understand why the central government insisted on going north. Could it be that Comrade Guotao must be wrong in insisting on going south! As the political commissar of the former enemy headquarters, Chen Changhao understands that the current political and ideological work of the army is quite weak, and violations of mass discipline have occurred frequently.Since crossing the grassland, the thoughts of some commanders above the regiment are also quite disordered.Under Xu Xiangqian's suggestion, he decided to hold a political and ideological work conference to study how to do a good job in political and ideological work for the troops and overcome difficulties.This kind of meeting should have been held a long time ago, but because of his undecided plan of going north and south, he has been restless and has no intention of holding it.Later, he thought that traveling north and south was a major event, and it might be difficult to solve it in a short time. If it continued, there would be piles of problems and even more trouble.So I decided to hold a meeting to grasp the political work of the army. Speaking Hubei dialect, Chen Changhao said to everyone at the meeting of political cadres above the right military camp section: "Since passing Jiajin Mountain, our political work has been weak, especially when crossing the Songpan Prairie, violations of mass discipline are quite serious. Going to the Lama Temple to get things without permission, killing Tibetans' yaks casually, beating Tibetans indiscriminately Of course, it is true that everyone is starving, but we cannot ignore the influence of the Red Army at all. Due to the destruction of the lives of the masses and the resentment of the masses, things happened from time to time that the Red Army was killed. Once, some of our troops opened a company Went to rob the sheep, robbed 3 sheep and came back. The Tibetans killed and wounded 7 of our soldiers. As a result, the robbed sheep were overcooked and no one could swallow them. In addition, the number of laggards is increasing day by day, and the number of sick people is not enough. Take care, don’t want to send it to the people’s homes, life and death must go with the army. As soon as the wounded and sick mention “send”, they are willing to die and ask him to give him a bullet.” Just as Chen Changhao was talking, Ye Jianying, chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters of the Right Route Army, hurried into the venue holding a telegram, came to Chen Changhao's side, and said softly to Chen Changhao: "Political commissar, the translator sent a telegram just now, it's for you." When Chen Changhao was talking about his excitement, he dismissively said to Ye Jianying: "Wait a minute, you didn't see that I was busy." Ye Jianying took two steps back, glanced at the telegram to see if it was urgent, if not, don't show it to Chen Changhao in a hurry, and let him finish talking. Ye Jianying didn't want to look at it, but when he saw it, his heart was pounding, and the blood in his whole body seemed to be rushing desperately, which almost made him breathless.Seeing that Chen Changhao was still going on, he suppressed his excitement, put the telegram in his pocket, and walked out of the meeting calmly. Ye Jianying didn't dare to be negligent. She took three steps in parallel and headed straight for the central team station. On the way, she accidentally bumped into Staff Officer Kong of the General Headquarters. Staff Officer Kong asked curiously: "Chief of Staff, what are you doing in such a hurry?" Ye Jianying walked hurriedly and said: "Call Chairman Mao if you need something." Ye Jianying rushed to Yalong, where the Central Team was stationed, and Mao Zedong happened to be there.Ye Jianying handed over to Mao Zedong the telegram handed to him by the translator: "Chairman Mao, this is a telegram from Zhang Guotao." Seeing Ye Jianying's unusual expression, Mao Zedong felt "Garden" in his heart before reading the telegram. He took the telegram, looked at it intently, and said while watching: "Okay, we are waiting for you, Zhang Guotao, to 'thoroughly launch the inner-party struggle' to see who has fought who! Jianying, don't let anyone know about this, you did a good job." Immediately Mao Zedong found a piece of paper, quickly wrote down Zhang Guotao's telegram, and then said to Ye Jianying: "You go back and give the telegram to Chen Changhao to see what he will do with it? Be extra careful. Also, try to take the map that Hu Zongnan captured." Ye Jianying blinked a pair of witty eyes, and said "hmm". Ye Jianying returned to the headquarters with mixed feelings. Chen Changhao was still speaking, and it seemed that it was coming to an end.Ye Jianying handed the telegram to Chen Changhao's secretary and told him to forward it to Commissar Chen. After Chen Changhao finished speaking, the secretary handed him the telegram.Chen Changhao stared at every word with wide eyes.My heart suddenly became tense.He pondered the meaning and weight of each sentence in the telegram, and seemed to have felt the power of struggle and the situation of struggle, and he seemed to have increased his courage to fight.I thought to myself, this telegram from Comrade Guotao is not light, he must take it seriously and deal with it seriously.He didn't expect that the matter would develop to such a serious level! Let's say that Mao Zedong felt extremely uneasy when he saw the secret telegram quietly sent by Ye Jianying, as if the river was overwhelmed.The road to the north was originally very difficult, with thorns and thorns everywhere.That very distant ray of dawn, looming like a phantom in front of the Red Army, tens of thousands of hungry and cold soldiers, just looking for this faint ray of light, fought desperately with the sinister nature and the enemy troops along the way, the god of death Evil hands stretch out from all directions, pulling them all the time. They are fighting for life from the God of Death at any time, and they are ruthlessly fighting against the God of Death every step forward. The ray of dawn in front of Mao Zedong seemed to be disillusioned suddenly, and would be replaced by boundless darkness.He wondered uncomfortably, could the internal strife between Hong and Yang in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom be repeated in the Red Army today?If so, the revolutionary cause that the Chinese Communists have worked so hard for for fourteen years will be ruined.He is determined to make every effort to try to save this dilapidated situation, so that this weak revolutionary force will not sink.He is soberly aware that the current struggle is quite cruel and ruthless, with contradictions and difficulties from all sides criss-crossing and attacking him and his comrades fiercely, and the biggest contradiction and the greatest difficulty come from Zhang Guotao. Interference from others, open and dark arrows from people in their own camp.Zhang Guotao made a split and wanted to hold back the troops going south, threatening the Party Central Committee with words like "thoroughly launching the inner-party struggle", in an attempt to make the Party Central Committee change its will and succumb to Zhang Guotao's forces.There is no doubt that language like this clearly contains ominous connotations.On the one hand, the army at a disadvantage is uneasy!The troubled Chinese Communist Party is disturbed!Mao Zedong was determined to find a way out of this extreme anxiety and confusion, and he must not let Zhang Guotao be swayed, and he must not let Zhang Guotao's plot succeed. After thinking about it, Mao Zedong looked left and right, thinking that the first step is to listen to the opinions of Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian, and feel their attitudes. If they can be won over, the problem will be more than half solved.Mao Zedong ate two highland barley steamed buns, and then ate some of the leftover sheep offal that he had eaten with Peng Dehuai last night. This was another dinner on the journey.It's just that because of something on my mind, I didn't know the taste of this dinner. Compared with last night's supper, it was much inferior.Putting down his chopsticks, he hurried to the former enemy headquarters, found Chen Changhao, and asked calmly, as if he didn't know there was such a thing as a secret message: "Comrade Changhao, General Political Commissar Zhang called today to ask us to go south, and the central government responded immediately. I sincerely hope that the left army will go north together. What's your opinion?" Chen Changhao said firmly: "General Political Commissar Zhang insists on going south, so let's go south. There is no way out. Why bother to keep entangled in this issue." Mao Zedong asked solemnly: "Then, are you also willing to go south and overtake the grass?" Chen Changhao replied confidently: "Yes, if there are still some differences between the Central Committee and General Political Commissar Zhang, after the two armies go south to meet up, hold a meeting to eliminate the differences, and then unite and move forward!" When Mao Zedong heard it, it was all the words in Zhang Guotao's secret telegram, but it was expressed in a different way. The words were milder and not as vicious.I thought to myself, Chen Changhao ran away with Zhang Guotao with all his heart, and it was useless to say anything else.So he said to Chen Changhao: "I'll discuss it with Enlai again. He and Jiaxiang fell ill in the Three Army Corps. If they want to go south, several comrades from the Politburo should meet to unify their understanding." After Mao Zedong finished speaking, he left the place where Chen Changhao lived. Taking advantage of the moonlight, Mao Zedong came to the place where Xu Xiangqian was staying and saw Xu Xiangqian walking in the small courtyard in front of the house. Mao Zedong approached and stood in the yard without saying a word and asked Xu Xiangqian: "Comrade Xiangqian, General Political Commissar Zhang is going south, what's your opinion?" Xu Xiangqian saw that Mao Zedong came to discuss with him in person, and felt that the matter was of great importance, otherwise he would not come to the door at night.This was the first time that Mao Zedong came to him to discuss issues in person since the two armies joined forces and he met Mao Zedong.He felt that the seriousness of the problem, such a major event that affected the overall situation, made Xu Xiangqian really uncomfortable to answer hastily. After thinking carefully for a moment, Xu Xiangqian said to Mao Zedong: "Since the two armies have already joined forces, it is inappropriate to separate. If the four armies are divided into two halves, it may not be appropriate." Xu Xiangqian's words, although he did not give a positive answer to agree to go south, but its essence contained the meaning of going south with Zhang Guotao. Mao Zedong understood what Xu Xiangqian meant, so he said nothing else, and asked Xu Xiangqian to rest early, and said goodbye and returned. Mao Zedong made an appointment with Luo Fu and Bogu, and hurried to Banyou in the dim night. On the way, Mao Zedong told Luo Fu and Bogu about Zhang Guotao's secret telegram to Chen Changhao.Luo Fu and Bogu were shocked.Along the way, the three night walkers didn't say much, because a severe moment was waiting for them, and they were each seriously thinking about how to deal with this dangerous situation and get rid of the threat from Zhang Guoshou.What an extraordinary moment!No less thrilling than fighting on the battlefield, that's what you do with open fire!This is a conspiracy, a huge conspiracy, and they are trying to expose this conspiracy. Mao Zedong, Luo Fu and Bogu arrived at Yalong, where the Three Armies were stationed, and it was nearly midnight.The moon is in the middle of the sky, and a crescent moon falls in the blue night sea. The stars spy on the three nocturnal travelers with sleepy eyes, as if they want to know what they are going to do tonight?Watch their mysterious movements closely. Wang Jiaxiang was also carried on a stretcher to the place where Zhou Enlai was sick, so five members of the Politburo seriously considered the future and destiny of the Red Army in response to Zhang Guotao's secret telegram in the hut.Everyone agreed that the problem was serious, the situation was critical, and it was necessary to deal with it without delay.But what should we do?Finally feel tricky.When everyone was hesitating and unable to make a decision, Mao Zedong suddenly said: "Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy, let's leave as soon as possible." Zhou Enlai went on to say: "When will you leave? How will you go?" Mao Zedong seemed to have considered it long ago, and said with confidence: "Leave immediately, send a notice in the name of Lin Boqu, go out to 'grain', and set off with Peng Dehuai's troops." The so-called grain hunting is a way of saying that the Red Army entered Tibetan areas to raise grain.As a result of long-term Han chauvinism and the deceitful propaganda of the Kuomintang, when the Red Army arrived, the Tibetan people fled and refused to give the Red Army food and grass. Even if the Red Army had money, they could not buy food.The ethnic divide runs deep.In order to survive, the Red Army had to plunder the crops of the Tibetan people. Sometimes the green barley was not yet ripe, and they also cut it to satisfy their hunger.If there is a Tongsi (translator), I will ask the Tongsi to do the interpretation work, hoping that the Tibetans will go home and hand over the money to them. For the Red Army, "grain hunting" is actually an action of last resort.In order to avoid the resentment of the Tibetan compatriots as much as possible, sometimes the Red Army took night operations, so that the resistance would be less. After Mao Zedong put forward the method, he asked everyone: "What did I say?" Everyone, look at me and I look at you. They are all thinking hard and can't think of a perfect solution. Zhou Enlai: "The central government has the full right to decide its own actions. But if we leave, Zhang Guotao will definitely say that we are splitting. Once we part ways with Zhang Guotao, it is better to change the name and call it 'Anti-Japanese Advance Detachment'." Bogu said: "That's good, to prevent Zhang Guotao from exploiting loopholes and attacking us." Luo Fu went on to say: "The situation is urgent, I think this is the best way to go, how about we act at 2 o'clock tonight? As for what else needs to be studied, we will advance to a safer place and discuss it later." No objection was expressed.Only Mao Zedong added: "You all go tonight, I will stay behind and work as a cadre of the Fourth Front Army at the same time." Luo Fu disagrees: "Let's go together and leave the danger behind." Mao Zedong said: "It has something to do with it. I believe in the cadres of the Fourth Front Army." Zhou Enlai blinked his eyes and said: "I'll stay, too, to accompany Comrade Mao Zedong." Mao Zedong shook his head: "No need, you are sick, you should go early." The five core figures in the center exchanged opinions briefly, and decided to split up and make preparations for departure.