Chapter 7 Chapter 7: Storms from North to South——Golden Cicada Escapes its Shell

Xu Xiangqian, the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Army who had worked with Zhang Guotao for several years, once commented on Zhang Guotao in his memoirs written in his later years: "Zhang Guotao was ambitious and wanted to be the leader. He repeatedly created differences and destroyed the unity of the two armies after the meeting." He He pointed out very profoundly: "Stretching out for power-dividing into courts and standing up to the 'central government', this is Zhang Guotao's anti-Party trilogy." Xu Xiangqian's conclusion is fair.After the first Red Army and the Fourth Front Army joined forces, Zhang Guotao acted in accordance with the "trilogy".This inevitably led to sharp contradictions and confrontations with the Party Central Committee, and its external manifestation was the debate on the strategic policy of going north or going south.

On the second day after the meeting of the Lianghekou Central Political Bureau, that is, on June 29, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting of the Standing Committee, appointed Zhang Guotao as the vice chairman of the Military Commission, Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao as members of the Military Commission; issued the "Songpan Campaign Plan", and decided to Eliminate the southern part of Hu Zong in the Songpan area, so as to facilitate the Red Army's northward entry into Gannan; plan to send a central condolence team composed of Li Fuchun, Liu Bocheng, Lin Boqu, and Li Weihan to the Red Fourth Front Army station to convey condolences and convey the spirit of the Lianghekou meeting.

As soon as Zhang Guotao returned from Lianghekou to Zagunao, Lifan County, where the headquarters of the Red Fourth Front Army is located, he immediately overturned the strategic policy of creating the Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet Area that he had expressed his approval at the Lianghekou meeting.He called the central government on the 30th, proposing a strategic plan to attack Dapao Mountain in the south, Aba in the north, and develop in Jinchuan and Jinchuan. This plan is obviously inappropriate. The Party Central Committee still adheres to the strategic policy formulated by the Lianghekou Conference, and led the main force of the Red Army to climb over Mengbi Mountain, Changban Mountain, Dagu Mountain, Cangde Mountain, etc. in early July. The snow-capped mountains in the Long March headed towards Maoergai in the northwest of Sichuan.

Seeing that his strategic plan had not been adopted by the central government, Zhang Guotao deliberately delayed the Red Fourth Army's northward march on the pretext that "unified command" and "organizational problems" had not been resolved, and did not actively implement the Songpan campaign plan. When the central condolence group of Li Fuchun and others came to the Red Fourth Front Army, Zhang Guotao proposed to Li Fuchun to solve the organizational problem on July 6, and Li immediately reported to the central government. On July 10, Zhang Guotao called the central government again: "Our army should quickly solve the organizational problem of unified command", publicly demanding power from the party.He also instructed Chen Changhao to call the Central Committee to "ask Sen to be the chairman of the Military Commission, and General Zhu to be the commander of the former enemy (the original is so, it should be the former commander-in-chief of the enemy - author's note),...to make an arbitrary decision to the Military Commission", and threatened that if it was not reorganized in this way , "Unable to concentrate on leadership" and "Unable to smoothly destroy the enemy".

The Party Central Committee seriously and carefully studied organizational issues.In order to take the overall situation into consideration, Zhou Enlai united the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army to go north, and voluntarily resigned from the post of General Political Commissar of the Red Army. On July 18, the Standing Committee of the Central Committee decided that Zhang Guotao would be the general political commissar of the Red Army, Chen Changhao would be a member of the Standing Committee of the Military Commission, Bo Gu would be the director of the General Political Department, and Li Fuchun and a comrade from the Fourth Red Army would be the deputy directors.

The General Political Commissar had the final say, Zhang Guotao's desire for power was temporarily satisfied, and only then did he begin to lead the Red Fourth Front Army northward.However, the time has been delayed for nearly a month, and the precious opportunity to capture Songpan was lost.Although Zhang Guotao realized the first part of his trilogy, he still wanted to "make a decision arbitrarily", so he created obstacles and tried to fight against the central government.As a result, the central government had to hold a series of meetings to resolve it. On July 21 and 22, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held a meeting in Luhua, listened to Zhang Guotao's report on the situation of the Fourth Red Front Army, affirmed that the political line, strategy and tactics of the Fourth Red Front Army were correct, and pointed out that underestimating the enemy and dispersing forces were four anti-" The main reason for the failure of the "encirclement and suppression campaign" was the lack of a clear development direction after withdrawing from the Sichuan-Shaanxi base area, and the establishment of the Northwest Federal Government was inappropriate.The meeting asked Zhang Guotao to command the Fourth Red Army to gather in Maoergai quickly. After several twists and turns, Zhang Guotao finally reluctantly agreed.On the same day, the Military Commission decided to form the General Command of the Front Army from the General Command of the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army, with Xu Xiangqian as the commander, Chen Changhao as the political commissar, and Ye Jianying as the chief of staff.At the same time, the first, third, fifth, and ninth armies of the Red Front Army were renamed the first, third, fifth, and thirty-second armies, and the fourth, ninth, thirty, thirty-first, and thirty-third armies of the Red Fourth Army were renamed. The serial number remains unchanged.

It is also very difficult for Zhang Guotao to "make a decision arbitrarily", because he is alone in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and is an absolute minority.So he made extra troubles and asked the Politburo to hold a meeting to resolve the "political line issue."His wishful thinking is that as long as there is a problem with the "political line" of the central government, the reorganization of the central government will become the proper meaning of the problem.In order to achieve his majority in the Politburo, he proposed to the Central Committee in late July that nine comrades from the Red Fourth Front Army be added to the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

The Party Central Committee compromised again and held an enlarged Politburo meeting in Shawo near Maoergai from August 4th to 6th.The meeting was tense, with strong reactions from both sides.Zhang Guotao accused the central government of making mistakes in the political line in an offensive posture, and he was aggressive. Mao Zedong, Luo Fu, etc. did not back down in principle, and reiterated the conclusion made by the Zunyi Conference on this issue, that is, the military line was wrong, which had been corrected by the Zunyi Conference, especially the central line after the Zunyi Conference was correct.The opposition between the minority and the majority was formed again, and Zhang Guotao felt isolated again, so he raised the issue of adding some newcomers to the Politburo.After repeated consultations, the Politburo decided to by-elect three Central Committee members and three alternate Central Committee members of the Red Fourth Front Army, and by-elect Chen Changhao and Zhou Chunquan to the Politburo.Although Zhang Guotao was not satisfied, he was also partially satisfied.The meeting reaffirmed the northward strategic policy decided at the Lianghekou meeting, emphasizing that the creation of Sichuan-Shanxi-Gansu revolutionary base areas was a historical task before the first and fourth front armies; the meeting decided to restore the headquarters of the Red Front Army, with Zhou Enlai as the commander and political commissar; The unity of the two armies resolutely fought against all right opportunism that opposed the central line; the meeting finally passed the "Central Central Committee's Resolution on the Political Situation and Tasks after the First and Fourth Army Merge".

Due to Zhang Guotao's delay of the war opportunity and the failure to implement the Songpan battle plan, Hu Zongnan's Kuomintang army was able to concentrate its forces in Songpan, and Xue Yue's troops also entered Pingwu and Wen counties east of Songpan to support them, putting the Red Army in a dangerous situation of being attacked by the enemy.The Party Central Committee acted decisively and canceled the deployment of the Songpan Campaign. The Red Army Headquarters drew up the "Xia (River) Tao (River) Battle Plan" and decided to mix the Red First and Fourth Front Army into left and right routes to go north.The Right Route Army was composed of the First and Third Armies of the Red Front Army, the Fourth and Thirty Armies of the Red Fourth Front Army, and the Column of the Military Commission. It was led by the former enemy headquarters, passed through the grassland to Banyou, and the Party Central Committee followed the Right Route Army.The Left Route Army, including the Ninth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-third Armies of the Red Fourth Front Army and the Fifth and Thirty-second Armies of the Red Front Army, was led by the Red Army General Headquarters of Zhu De, Zhang Guotao, and Liu Bocheng. , and then to Banyou to join the right army.

For the sake of power, Zhang Guotao is always going back on his word, even to the point of being dishonest.After Zhang Guotao, Zhu De, and Liu Bocheng returned to the Left Army, they did not implement the strategic policy of going north that was reiterated at the Shawo Conference. order refused to be executed. According to Zhang Guotao's performance, the Party Central Committee had to hold another enlarged meeting of the Politburo in Maoergai on August 20.At the meeting, Mao Zedong made a report on the plan for the Xiatao campaign. From the aspects of enemy situation, terrain, economic conditions, ethnic conditions, and conditions for expanding the Red Army, he demonstrated that the strategic policy of the Red Army should develop eastward and towards the Shaanxi-Gansu border instead of To the west, to Qinghai and Xinjiang.After Mao Zedong's report, Chen Changhao, Wang Jiaxiang, Kai Feng, Bogu, Lin Biao, Xu Xiangqian and others spoke one after another, unanimously agreeing with Mao Zedong's strategic policy and campaign policy.The meeting finally formed the Supplementary Decision on the Current Strategic Direction.At this meeting, Zhou Enlai was seriously ill, Zhang Guotao, Zhu De, and Liu Bocheng had gone to the Left Army, and Peng Dehuai led the Third Army (Three Army Regiment) to the rear, so none of them attended the meeting.Therefore, there were no extra problems at the meeting, and it was the first important meeting without disputes after the rendezvous of the two armies.

As soon as the enlarged meeting of the Maoergai Politburo ended, in the early morning of August 21, more than 30,000 Red Army athletes from the Right Route Army followed the road opened by the vanguard regiment led by Yang Chengwu, stepped into the unpredictable grassland, and embarked on the road "the enemy thinks A path not to be taken." The grassland where the Red Army ventured was the grassland in Northwest Sichuan, which has always been under the jurisdiction of Songpan, so it is also called Songpan grassland.It is more than 300 kilometers long and wide, with an altitude of more than 3500 meters.The river course is circuitous, with meandering currents and swamps dotted all over the place.There are no trees, but wild grasses, intertwined and intertwined, forming meadows and covering the swamps. The grassland climate is changeable, sometimes scorching sun, scorching heat, sometimes lightning and thunder, and heavy rain. Red Army soldiers walking on the grass, if they are not careful, they will fall into the swamp and be swallowed by the swamp.Under such harsh conditions, the right army of the Red Army finally walked out of this "magic carpet" grassland after six or seven days of hard marching, and arrived at the northernmost part of Sichuan, Banyou and Brazil. The Party Central Committee knew that Zhang Guotao was not determined to go north, and was afraid that something would happen midway. On August 24, during the process of crossing the grassland, he telegraphed the supplementary decision on the current strategic policy made by the Maoergai Conference to strengthen his thinking on going north.Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao also called him as old friends and subordinates of Zhang Guozhu, urging the left army to move closer to the right army, so that the two groups could concentrate on advancing toward Xiahe, Taohe, and Minzhou.Xu and Chen's telegrams were sincere: "...the main force will be combined and then divided. The military strategist is a big taboo. The future is at stake. I look forward to making a decision again. If you hesitate, you will miss the major events of the Chinese revolution." The 30th Army of the Red Army of the Right Army in August From the 29th to the 31st, the Baozuo campaign was launched.The commanders and fighters of the Red Army fought tenaciously, killed and wounded more than 4,000 people under the enemy's division commander Wu Chengren, captured more than 800 enemies, seized more than 1,500 long and short guns, more than 50 machine guns, a radio station, and a large amount of food, yaks and horses. Victory channel.At this time, Chen Changhao was worried about the future of the Red Army, so he called Zhang Guotao again, and Yin Yin urged "the left army should march northward soon, otherwise the road ahead will be blocked by the enemy." Zhang Guotao, however, ignored the decision of the Maoergai meeting, which he did not attend.He and the Red Army headquarters were stationed in Aba, the largest Tibetan settlement, and placed a large force on the west bank of the Kaqu River (also known as the White River), where they did not move.The Party Central Committee and the Right Route Army waited in the reserved seats, but there was no movement from the Left Route Army, and they were very anxious. On September 1, Mao Zedong discussed with Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao, and asked them to do the work of General Political Commissar Zhang again. The three of them jointly called Zhu De and Zhang Guotao to urge Zhang to cross the grassland quickly; Xu Xiangqian suggested at the same time, "If they have difficulty crossing the grassland, we can send a regiment with horses, yaks, and food to meet them." Mao Zedong said after hearing this : "This method is good. As soon as a telegram is sent to remind, the second troop will be sent to pick it up. That's it." In the past few days, the Party Central Committee, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao and others have been urging Zhang Guotao to go north. Like a stubborn stone that cannot be opened.He was always unwilling to give up the policy of going west or going south, and he fundamentally disagreed with the decision of the Party Central Committee to concentrate the two armies on the northward march and create the Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet Area.On September 2, he called Xu Xiangqian, Chen Changhao and transferred to the Central Committee. He led his troops back to Aba on the pretext that the Kaqu River was rising and could not cross the river, and asked the right army to fight back at Songpan.Subsequently, he sent telegrams and telegrams to Xu and Chen successively on September 3, 5, and 8, asking the right-hand army to stop going north and prepare to go south. Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao are in a dilemma at this time.They are newly supplemented members of the Central Committee and the Politburo, as well as the commander-in-chief and political commissar of the former enemy headquarters. They believe that the northward policy decided by the Central Political Bureau is correct and should be implemented; The commander of the Red Army headquarters, Zhang Guotao's telegram must also be implemented.After careful discussion, they decided that on the one hand, they sent another telegram to persuade Zhang Guotao to implement the decision of the central government, and on the other hand, they immediately reported to the Party Central Committee.They sent an urgent telegram to Zhang Guotao in the form of asking for instructions: Zhang Guotao received Xu and Chen Fu's telegram. Although he carefully analyzed the content of the telegram, he was not moved by the euphemistic words.His determination to go south has been made and will never waver.On the same day, he immediately called Xu and Chen and ordered them to lead the right army southward as the general political commissar. The words were fierce and there was no room for maneuver.Chen Changhao was secretly surprised when he saw Zhang Guotao's telegram first, so he immediately consulted with Xu Xiangqian.Xu Xiangqian said to Chen Changhao with a heavy heart: "The matter is of great importance. It is impossible not to report to the central government. You should go there!" Chen Changhao immediately rushed to Asi, the resident of the central government, with a telegram.That night, Xu Xiangqian was notified to rush to Asi.Comrades Luo Fu, Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, Bogu, Wang Jiaxiang, Xu Xiangqian, and Chen Changhao, the leading comrades of the Central Committee, discussed carefully and painstakingly. The telegram of more than 600 characters once again persuaded General Political Commissar Zhang to go north from the perspective of the overall future and interests. On the morning of the 9th, the central government was as benevolent as possible, and called Zhang Guotao again: "Chen talked about the telegram order for the right army to go south. The central government thinks it is completely inappropriate.... The policy of going north should never be changed. The left army should go north immediately..." Zhang Guotao connected the two electricity, very angry.He threw down the telegram and said to Secretary-General Huang Chao: "Mao Zedong and these people who stayed in Russia are really stubborn. They talk about going north! Going north! No one listens to what I, the general political commissar, will send them a telegram immediately asking them to go south. Why? Don't listen to me? It seems that there is no room for discussion on the issue of going north and south. Since I am the chief political commissar, I have to exercise my power to see who is tougher than whom?" Huang Chao didn't say a word.Zhang Guotao immediately started writing, and also wrote a telegram draft of more than 600 words, asking Huang Chao to send it to Xu and Chen immediately and tell them to transfer to the Central Committee. Although the telegram was sent, Zhang Guotao's mood could not be calm for a long time.He recalled that since the meeting between Mao Gong and Mao Zedong and others, there had been a lot of quarrels and many meetings. However, every meeting was held by Mao Zedong and the others. .The more he thought about it, the more confused his thoughts became, and the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and his restlessness reached the extreme.How should we go in the future?Now the battle with Mao Zedong and others has reached a critical moment, and further lawsuits with pen and ink are not the answer.Either they eat me or I eat them.Yes, I, Zhang Guotao, can't let them fix it.At this time, a bold idea appeared in his mind-send a secret message to Chen Changhao as soon as possible to force the right army to go south, otherwise the inner-party struggle will be thoroughly launched.Don't miss the chance, do it now.Zhang Guotao closed the door and quickly drafted a "secret telegram" to Chen Changhao, asking Chen to advise Mao Zedong and others to go south as soon as possible and abandon the plan to go north. If they insist on going north, they will "thoroughly launch the inner-party struggle."He personally went to the Confidential Section to supervise the sending of the "secret telegram", and did not allow the confidential staff to disclose it to others. After Chen Changhao received Zhang Guotao's long telegram of more than 600 characters, he knew that Zhang's will to go south was very strong, so he also strengthened his idea of ​​going south with Zhang.Originally, he was a little hesitant about the policy of going north. At that time, he agreed to go north, but he reluctantly accepted it under the persuasion of Mao Zedong and others.His heart has always been inclined to Zhang Guotao, and Zhang's political commissar has the final decision-making power, and he will not be ambiguous in the end according to Zhang's instructions.After discussing with Xu Xiangqian, he decided to hold a meeting of cadres above the Right Army Corps Battalion on the afternoon of the 9th to convey Zhang Guotao's order and mobilize southward to grasp the political work of the troops. At the regiment cadre meeting, just as Chen Changhao was talking in Hubei dialect, Ye Jianying, the former chief of staff of the enemy headquarters, came to him holding a telegram and said softly: "Political commissar, the telegram translator just sent a telegram, is it Here it is for you." Chen Changhao was talking about the excitement, dismissed him and said: "Wait a minute, you don't see that I am busy." Ye Jianying stepped back, glanced at the telegram to see if it was urgent, if Don't worry, wait until Chen finishes speaking.He didn't look at You Ke, his heart beat wildly when he saw it.Zhang Guotao's secret telegram was like a ticking time bomb, which made his blood rush all over his body and he couldn't breathe.He calmed down, put the telegram in his pocket as if nothing had happened, went to the bathroom with an excuse, and left the meeting immediately. Chief of Staff Ye immediately rode to Yalong, the central station 3 miles away, and handed over the telegram to Mao Zedong. Mao Zedong found a piece of paper nervously and calmly, wrote down Zhang Guotao's telegram, and said to Ye Jianying with admiration: "You have done a good job, don't let anyone know about this." Then he asked Ye Jianying to go back and hand over the telegram to Ye Jianying. Give it to Chen Changhao and see how he handles it.He reminded Ye to be more careful, and at the same time asked Ye to bring out the one-hundred-thousandth map of Hu Zongnan captured in the Baozuo battle. When Ye Jianying returned to the cadre meeting, it happened that Chen Changhao's speech was coming to an end.He handed the telegram to Chen's secretary and told him to forward it to Commissar Chen. Mao Zedong read the secret telegram quietly sent by Ye Jianying, with mixed feelings.He wondered uncomfortably, could the tragedy of Hong Yang's infighting in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom be repeated in the Red Army today?If so, the revolutionary cause that the Chinese Communists have struggled for for 14 years will be ruined.Thinking of this, the ray of dawn in front of Mao Zedong's eyes seemed to be extinguished and replaced by boundless darkness.He is determined to fight and make every effort to save the situation that is about to be broken, so that the Chinese revolution will not sink. He thought about it and thought that the first step is to listen to the opinions of Chen Changhao and Xu Xiangqian. If they can be won over, the problem will be solved in half.After dinner, he hurried to the former enemy headquarters, found Chen Changhao, and asked calmly as if he didn't know the secret message: "Comrade Changhao, what do you think about General Political Commissar Zhang calling us to go south?" If we insist on going south, let's go south, why bother with this issue?" Chen Changhao said coldly. "Then you also agree to go south and overtake the grass?" Mao Zedong said in a heavy tone.Chen Changhao firmly said: "Yes. If there is any disagreement between the Central Committee and General Political Commissar Zhang, a meeting will be held after the two armies go south to resolve the differences, and then unite and move forward." Mao Zedong heard that this was completely Zhang Guotao's secret message The above words are just cryptic.Seeing that Chen Changhao was determined to go south, Mao Zedong said: "Let me discuss with Enlai again. He and Jiaxiang fell ill in the Third Army Corps. If they want to go south, several comrades from the Politburo should meet and have a unified understanding." Mao Zedong left Chen Changhao. Changhao's residence, and visited and tested Xu Xiangqian's attitude.Xu Xiangqian said, "Since the two armies have joined forces, it is inappropriate to separate them. If the four armies are divided into two halves, it may not be appropriate."Mao Zedong said nothing more, and left.I made an appointment with Luo Fu and Bogu overnight, and hurried to the Red Army's camp. Mao Zedong told Chen Changhao that he would meet with the Red Army, which was an excuse to get out.Because several leaders of the central government are with the former enemy headquarters, the situation is relatively dangerous.The First Army of the Red Front Army marched northward on September 2 and reached the Russian border in southern Gansu. Around the Party Central Committee there were only three or four thousand troops of the Red Third Army.Peng Dehuai, who is usually rough and bold, is bold and careful, and has long been aware of Zhang Guotao's ambitions.After the Right Route Army crossed the grassland and arrived in Brazil and Assi, he took three major preventive measures: one was to secretly send the eleventh regiment to hide not far from the residence of the Party Central Committee, just in case; After Zhang Guotao confiscated the secret copy of the telegrams exchanged between the First Red Army and the Third Army, he compiled another secret copy in time and sent someone to Lin Biao to communicate with the First Red Army; Report the movements of Zhang Guotao and Chen Changhao to Mao Zedong.In the afternoon of the same day, Peng Dehuai also reported to Mao Zedong that Chen Changhao's tone had changed. He was worried, "What if the Fourth Army disbands the Three Army Corps?" The method is to get rid of the central government." Two hours after Peng Dehuai proposed to be vigilant against the situation, Mao Zedong saw the secret telegram from Zhang Guotao sent by Ye Jianying.On the one hand, Mao Zedong admired Peng Dehuai's vision and appreciated the measures he took to prevent problems before they happened.On the other hand, I had to think about the worst, and immediately left the former enemy headquarters and went to the Red Army just in case. Mao Zedong, Luo Fu, and Bogu took advantage of the dim night and hurried to the Red Army's station.On the way, Mao Zedong told Luo Fu and Bogu about Zhang Guotao's secret telegram to Chen Changhao. Both of them were shocked and deeply distressed. Wang Jiaxiang was also carried on a stretcher to the place where Zhou Enlai was treated. Five members of the Politburo held a meeting in the hut, seriously thinking about the future and destiny of the Red Army, and studying solutions.This is the famous emergency meeting of the Brazilian Politburo in history.At the brief meeting, everyone analyzed the dangerous situation of the Central Committee and the Red Front Army, and agreed that Zhang Guotao had no hope of turning around if he went north, and any further hesitation would lead to unimaginable and serious consequences.Just when everyone was thinking hard and hesitating, Mao Zedong suddenly said: "Thirty-six strategies, the best strategy is to move, let's leave as soon as possible." "How to move? When will we leave?" Zhou Enlai asked.Mao Zedong said with confidence: "Leave immediately, issue a notice in the name of Lin Boqu, go out to 'strike grain' (raise grain), and set off with Peng Dehuai's troops." In this way, an emergency meeting of the Politburo decided to lead the Red Army immediately , the first column of the Military Commission, the Red Army University, etc., went to the Russian border to join the Red First Army Corps to form a northward anti-Japanese advance detachment, which was under the command of Zhou Enlai. ". "Get up! Get up! Let's go!" At about 2 o'clock in the morning, Kai Feng shouted softly at the central government office.Everyone panicked and asked: "What's the matter? Where are you going?" "Don't ask anyone, go!" Kaifeng said sternly.The team assembled immediately, and he ordered: "Don't make a sound, don't light the torch, one by one, follow me!" The team of the central authority set off in the dark. At the same time, the government agencies under the organization of Lin Boqu, and the General Political Department under the organization of Yang Shangkun, both led their teams to evacuate from the station under the pretext of going to Heishui to collect food.The government agencies moved slowly due to heavy baggage, and Li Weihan, the head of the central organization responsible for the preparations, ordered to throw away some things and set off lightly, only to catch up with the team. Even more nervous was Ye Jianying, chief of staff of the former enemy headquarters. On the afternoon of the 9th, he suggested to Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao to "catch food", which was agreed.Then I held a meeting with the person in charge of the directly affiliated team, and arranged for "grain hunting" in name, but actually gave them an explanation.At night, he secretly asked Lu Jixi, the deputy chief of the Operations Section, for a one-hundred-thousandth map of Gansu.After he set off at 2 o'clock, he found that he did not bring a pistol, so he went back to the house to get it.When he and Yang Shangkun were driving northward on the dark cloud-covered grassland, there was a sudden sound of horseshoes behind them. It turned out to be four or five people sent by Li Te to chase Ye Jianying.So Ye and Yang escaped the "chasing soldiers" in the grass.Really thrilling, tense and exciting.After walking 10 miles from the station, Ye Jianying realized that she didn't bring any luggage, and felt a little anxious.Yang Shangkun comforted him and said: "As long as the person comes out, it's all right!" Unexpectedly, Ye Jianying's civil servants are very powerful. Regardless of whether they interfere or not, he rolled his and Ye Jianying's luggage, loaded it on a mule, and left. An hour later Just caught up with the team. Mao Zedong was the last to escape from the danger.He drafted the "Central Committee's Notice to Comrades for the Implementation of the Northward Policy" overnight, printed it and distributed it overnight.It was about 4 o'clock in the morning when all the deployments were completed and we rode northward. As a precaution, Mao Zedong instructed Peng Dehuai to set up guards on the mountains on both sides of the main road.After he and Peng Dehuai broke up with the Red Ten Regiment, the camera dealt with possible accidents to ensure the safe evacuation of the central government and troops. In the early morning of the 10th, as soon as Xu Xiangqian and Chen Changhao got up, they received a report from the following that the Red Front Army troops led by the Party Central Committee had suddenly set off.The two were taken aback, and they didn't know what happened, and they didn't know what to do.At this time, the leaders of the Fourth Red Army, who were on alert at the Party Central Committee, did not know the truth, so they called to ask for instructions: The troops of the First Red Army had left overnight, do you want to fight?Chen Changhao took the microphone and asked Xu Xiangqian what to do?Do you want to fight?Hearing this, Xu Xiangqian's head "boomed", as if he had been hit hard by someone, and he was almost numb.But he calmed down quickly, and answered decisively: How can the Red Army fight the Red Army? Tell them to obey the command, and they can't fight anyway!Xu Xiangqian's words are very important, and he has made great contributions to the party and the Red Army. As the political commissar of the former enemy headquarters, Chen Changhao had the final decision-making power. He fully agreed with Xu Xiangqian's opinion and replied that he could not fight. However, when the Central Committee sent people to send the "Central Committee's Notice to Comrades for the Implementation of the Northward Policy", when Xu and Chen were asked to lead the team to go northward, Chen wrote a reply letter and refused to go northward.He sent a telegram to Zhang Guotao that the Central Committee led the team to "advance northward without permission", and also wrote a letter to Peng Dehuai, asking him to stop the northward advance, and sent Li Te, deputy chief of staff of the Red Fourth Front Army, with a cavalry team of more than a dozen people. After chasing the troops of the Red Army, he persuaded Peng Dehuai and others to lead his troops to the south. When more than 10 cavalry led by Li Te caught up with the rear guard of the Red Army and handed Chen Changhao's letter to Peng Dehuai, Mao Zedong humorously said to him: "Give him a receipt, and we will meet later!" Li Te aggressively asked Mao Zedong why " escape"?Mao Zedong took advantage of the situation to do Lite's work, patiently persuaded him, and told him that "this is an action decided by the Politburo."When Li Te insisted on his mistake and refused to allow some students from the Red Army University to go north, there was a scene where Li De pulled Li off his horse and scolded each other.Mao Zedong said to Li Te and some comrades in the Fourth Red Front Army: "If you want to go or stay, you can do whatever you want! There is no way out if you go south. As for those who don't want to go north with the Party Central Committee, you can wait. We are the vanguard The troops take the first step to open up new bases and complete our mission. I believe that you will come back after a year." Mao Zedong's words were like a precise prophecy. The Party Central Committee led the Red Army Corps, the Military Commission Column, and the First Division of the Red Army University to quickly advance northward. From 6:00 pm to 12:00 pm on September 11, they arrived in the Russian border (now Gaoji Village, Diebu County, Gansu Province). Legion rendezvous. On September 12, the Party Central Committee held an enlarged meeting of the Politburo in Russia.Twenty-one people attended the meeting, including Luo Fu, Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong, Bogu, Wang Jiaxiang, Deng Fa, Liu Shaoqi, Kai Feng and Ye Jianying, Yang Shangkun, Li Fuchun, Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, and Nie Rongzhen.At the meeting, Mao Zedong made a report on "The Dispute with the Leaders of the Fourth Front Army and the Future Strategic Guidelines".According to this report, the meeting passed the "Decision Concerning Comrade Zhang Guotao's Mistakes", which was only sent to the Central Committee member level, so as to give Zhang Guozhu a chance to correct his mistakes.Out of righteous indignation, at that time, someone proposed to expel Zhang Guotao from the party, but Mao Zedong disagreed.He believes that the struggle with Zhang Guotao is undoubtedly a two-line struggle, but it should be dealt with by the method of inner-party struggle.He was very realistic and said: "If you expel him from the party, he will still command tens of thousands of troops and deceive tens of thousands of troops. It will be difficult to meet in the future." According to Peng Dehuai's suggestion, the meeting also decided to reorganize the Red Army going north into Chinese Workers and Peasants In the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment of the Red Army, Peng Dehuai was the commander, Lin Biao was the deputy commander, Mao Zedong was the political commissar, Wang Jiaxiang was the director of the Political Department, and Yang Shangkun was the deputy director.At the same time, it was decided to set up a "five-member regiment" composed of Peng Dehuai, Lin Biao, Mao Zedong, Wang Jiaxiang, and Zhou Enlai to be responsible for the military operations of the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment; to form an establishment committee with Li De as the director and Ye Jianying, Deng Fa, Cai Shufan, and Li Weihan as members. Study the issue of army reorganization.