Chapter 6 Chapter 5 Honghu Surging Waves

In mid-October, the Central Hubei Special Committee moved from Hanjiabu to Benghu Lake. In order to better lead the struggle on the lake, an enlarged meeting of the Special Committee was held in Donggangzi, Benghu Lake. The meeting was presided over by Xiao Rengu, Secretary of the Special Committee. Participants included Lu Xianhu, Tan Hanzao, Xia Daomei, Wang Kangpu, Liu Chai, Wang Wenbing, Dong Jintang from Mianyang County, Cui Qi from Jianli, Liu Zhuoan from Huarong, Qi Ziheng, Yang Guanghua, Wan Shiyuan, Xiong Xueyou from Xindi, etc. At the meeting, the establishment of the Fifth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was announced.Xiao Renhu served as the commander of the army.There are two divisions under its jurisdiction, the first division is led by Deng Chizhong, and the second division is led by Xiong Chuanzao.The two divisions governed three regiments. The first regiment was headed by Dong Jintang and the party representative Tan Hanzao; the second regiment was headed by Yang Guanghua and the party representative Xia Daomei;

In order to improve the military quality of officers and soldiers, it was decided to go to Banghu Lake for intensive training. At that time, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants only had 4 guns. There were too many people and too few guns to practice. Cui Qi went back to ask for one of his uncles and brothers, Cui Zhian. He dragged a long gun and dozens of bullets from the White Army, and Peng Guocai sent another one. The long guns captured from the lake bandits, so that the whole army has two long guns and four short guns. Just as the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants was gathering troops in Banghu Lake, Mianyang County Communications sent information that the Puppet Chamber of Commerce in Fengkou Town had invited a company of provincial defense troops to protect the safety of transport ships.When Xiao Renhu heard about it, he decided to sneak attack the provincial defense company.

Fengkou Town is one of the important towns in Miannan, the distribution center for mules, horses and donkeys in Honghu Lake, and has 58 natural villages under its jurisdiction.It is located on the northeastern bank of Honghu Lake, reaching Tongling in the east and connecting Tuohu Lake in the west, where the Neijing River and Fengbai River meet. During the Great Revolution, the Hubei Provincial Party Committee once sent Zhao Wenyun, a member of the Communist Party, to establish a peasant association and a "people's self-defense group" in Fengkou. Zhao Wenyun was born in a landlord family in Zhaojiatai Village, Jianjiakou, Fengkou District. His grandfather was a Juren in the late Qing Dynasty.Zhao Wenyun is the young master of the Zhao family.He studied in Wuhan, influenced by the "May 4th" new trend of thought, and joined the Communist Party of China.Later, he was dispatched by the Hubei Provincial Party Organization of the Communist Party of China and returned to his hometown as a special commissioner of the Kuomintang to carry out the peasant movement.Zhao Wenyun's actions naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of the landlords and gentry.He made a fuss about separating the family from his father, and persuaded his wife to exempt his land from rent.He went deep into the tenant farmers and organized the poor people.When the Fengkou District Farmers' Association was established, Zhao Wenyun was elected as the chairman of the Fengkou District Farmers' Association. He led the members of the Farmers' Association, beat down local tyrants, and reduced rents, interest rates, and mortgages.His father found him at a tenant farmer's house on a black donkey, and advised him to "walk the right path" and "bring glory to the Zhao family".Zhao Wenyun reasoned with his father, but his father naturally refused to listen.Since then, the father and son have severed the relationship.The peasant movement in Fengkou was flourishing under the organization and leadership of Zhao Wenyun.

After the failure of the Great Revolution, the peasant movement in Fengkou was destroyed, and the revolution turned into a low ebb. The first company of soldiers of the provincial defense army arrived at the peak entrance was invited by the chamber of commerce.After this company arrived at Fengkou Town, they would divide two platoons into the east and west ends of the town, the company headquarters and one platoon in Zuiyuelou in the middle of the town. At that time, Liu Ganqian, the secretary of the underground party branch in Fengkou Town, sent the situation to the military headquarters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. Xiao Renhu and Xiong Chuanzao both decided to sneak attack.At the moment, Xiao Renhu convened Xiong Chuanzao and Deng Chizhong to discuss.It was decided that Deng Chizhong would lead his troops to feign an attack at both ends of the town, and Xiong Chuanzao would lead his troops across Fengbai River to attack the company headquarters.

The team rushed to the peak mouth by boat from Banghu Lake overnight, and arrived at the peak mouth before dawn.Xiong Chuanzao, Xia Daomei and others led people to Zuiyue Tower quietly.Approaching the enemy sentry, due to his inexperience in fighting for the first time, he was discovered by the enemy sentry, who was about to move, and Xia Daomei was shot dead.As soon as the gun was fired, the enemy panicked and the whole town fell into chaos.Deng Chizhong lit firecrackers at both ends of the village, and Xiong Chuanzao led his men into the company headquarters.The personnel of the enemy company headquarters did not know how many people there were in the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, so they were so frightened that they dropped their weapons and fled over the wall.The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army seized more than a dozen guns. Xiong Chuanzao ordered to withdraw for fear of the enemy's counterattack.

In this battle, although the enemy was not killed, more than a dozen guns were seized, and everyone was very happy.This is the first battle after the establishment of the Fifth Army of the Mianzhong Workers' and Peasants Revolutionary Army.Although the Fifth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army seized more than a dozen guns at the peak, there was still a shortage of ammunition.Xiao Renhu then wanted to get Jianli Xingouzui Changlian's gun.The captain of Xingouzui's regular training team is called Zhuang Lanxiang.As mentioned above, Zhuang was an underground party member. When he was stationed in Jianli, Xiong Chuanzao, Liu Chonglong, Wang Daquan and others had contacted him to discuss strategies to instigate a mutiny. At the beginning of November, Zhuangbu was transferred to Xingouzui.Xiong Chuanzao sent Chen Buyun, Wang Shangwu and others to Xingouzui to discuss with Zhuang Lanxiang about the rebellion.Zhuang hesitated.The Central Hubei Special Committee sent Yang Guanghua, Cui Zhian, and Wang Shangwu to contact Zhuang Lanxiang again, but Zhuang refused.The three had no choice but to report back to Xiao Renhu, and reported to Xiao Renhu about seeing Zhuang in detail.Xiao Renhu then held a meeting and decided to attack Xingouzui.At dawn the next day, under the command of Xiao Renhu, the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants entered Xingouzui and caught Chang Lian's team by surprise.Zhuang Lanxiang happened to be away at the time, and took a team home, so he had to escape.In this battle, a total of more than 60 long and short guns were seized.On the same day, a victory celebration meeting was held in Xingouzui, and the confiscated properties of the local tyrants and evil gentry were distributed to the masses.When the commanders and fighters of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army returned to the tugboat wharf where they were stationed, all the men, women and children from the towboat wharf flocked to the village to welcome the team beamingly.The sound of celebratory firecrackers overwhelmed the shouting of slogans.That night, the soldiers were so excited that they couldn't sleep. The trumpeter Lai Xinhui blew the bugle, and the big drum was also beaten loudly by the soldiers.The two victories of the Fifth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army greatly boosted morale and inspired the revolutionary masses in Honghu to organize riots spontaneously, making the armed riots in Honghu like spring thunder.But the reactionaries were on their backs. They brazenly arrested Lou Minxiu, secretary of the Mianyang County Party Committee.

It turned out that after the Daijiachang riot, Lou Minxiu led his personnel to go deep into Mianxi District to organize an armed riot. The first riot was the tugboat wharf.The head of the reactionary militia in the tugboat wharf was named Liu Changyi, who did a lot of evil and was nicknamed "Xibatian". Coinciding with Liu Changlin's 50th birthday and his son's full moon, Liu decided to celebrate.Lou Minxiu learned that he was determined to take this opportunity to get rid of this Xibatian. On this day, there were lanterns and festoons in front of Liu Changyi's gate, and drums and music were blowing. Lou Minxiu led the rioters into the tugboat dock in disguise.Liu Changyi was meeting local tyrants and evil gentry in the living room to celebrate their birthdays. Lou Minxiu disguised himself as a gentry and walked to the gate, with four troupe members carrying gifts behind him, and said to the gatekeeper: "Chairman Zhang of the Chamber of Commerce is unable to come because he has official business. Congratulate Master Liu on his birthday, and send me here." He said, and handed a red envelope to the gatekeeper.

When the gatekeeper saw him, he said with a smile on his face, "Please! Please!" Lou Minxiu strutted into the hall. When Liu Changhou saw Lou coming in, he suddenly couldn't remember who it was, and saw someone behind him carrying a gift. He didn't dare to neglect him, so he quickly stood up and said with a smile, "This gentleman is..." Lou Minxiu took off his sunglasses and said, "Why, you don't recognize me? My surname is Lou, and my name is Lou Minxiu!" When Liu Changyi and the evil gentry in the hall heard that it was Lou Minxiu, they panicked immediately. Liu Changyi hurriedly drew out his gun, and behind Lou Minxiu, Hu Yousong, who was disguised as a regiment, pulled out a gun, and Liu Changyi died with one shot.Immediately, the rioters in disguise inside and outside mobilized their hands together, annihilating the militia at the port in one fell swoop, surrendering more than a dozen guns, ransacking Liu Changyi's house, and burning all the land deeds.

According to the decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to "overthrow the regime of the gentry and bourgeoisie and establish a Soviet of Workers, Peasants and Soldiers", the Central Hubei Special Committee established the Mianxi Soviet Government in Tuowu Wharf, with Hu Yousong as the chairman. Not long after the tugboat riot, that is, one day in mid-October, Lou Minxiu disguised himself as a teacher and came to Zhanggou Town, Mianbei, to join the underground party organization here.After entering the town, he suddenly found a "tail" following him. He hurried to the pier, intending to take a boat into Paihu and throw off the enemy, but the enemy had surrounded him. In a crop field, Lou Minxiu was caught by the enemy and escorted to Mianyang county seat.At the same time as Lou Minxiu was arrested, more than 90 party members and revolutionary masses were detained in Mianyang City Prison.

At the beginning of November, when Li Zongren sent troops west to conquer Tang Shengzhi, and the Ninghan War was imminent, the Central Hubei Special Committee decided to rob prisons and rescue Lou Minxiu, other party members and revolutionary masses who were detained in Mianyang Prison.For this reason, an emergency meeting was held in Huluba, attended by Xiao Rengu, Deng Chizhong, Liu Shaonan, Peng Guocai, Hu Yousong, He Chuang, etc. The meeting decided to raid Miancheng. In order to securely capture Miancheng, Xiao Renhu, Hu Yousong, Liu Shaonan, He Chuang and others sent Yang Shichao into the city to reconnaissance after careful planning.

Yang Shichao was from Yangjiawan, Chaheshi, Honghu County. He had an uncle named Wu Yishan who lived in Mianyang City and was Mr. Qian Liang.Wu Yishan is an insider, so Liu Shaonan asked Yang Shichao to join Wu Yishan in the city. After Yang Shichao entered the city, he walked around the city pretending to be selling fried dough sticks and biscuits, but the enemy didn't pay attention to him. Within 4 days, he scouted the distribution of enemy soldiers, the residence of the false magistrate, the location of the prison, and the routes of entry and exit.Then, Yang Shichao went out of the city and reported the reconnaissance to Liu Shaonan and others. After Liu Shaonan and others listened to Yang Shichao's report, in order to make the robbery successful, they first sent 7 people to transform into the city. Among the seven, Miao Deyue disguised himself as a hunter, and the others dressed up as firewood, eel sellers, egg sellers, and rabbit sellers.After entering the city, it lurks. One afternoon, Lou Minxiu's wife, Guo Huanzhen, came to visit the prison to deliver food. Lou found a small ball of paper in the food. He avoided the jailer and opened it. Get ready with your comrades in prison. The magistrate of Mianyang County, Hu Baoquan, was very reactionary. He decided to execute Lou Minxiu and other Communists on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.Just as the enemy was sharpening their knives, in the early morning of December 3, Xiao Renhu took advantage of the reactionary forces in the city to leave the city and led more than 400 guerrillas from the Fifth Army of the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army and Yijiahu and Zhangjiachang. Yangcheng launched an attack, and the inner line opened the city gate. After the troops entered the city, the troops were divided into two groups. He Chuang led more than 80 people to rush to the prison gate and smash open the cell. Attacked the puppet county government and raided the city defense regiment all the way.After He Chuang and others broke open the cell, they rescued Lou Minxiu, other Communist Party members and revolutionary masses.Peng Guocai and others seized the county government office, captured the false magistrate Hu Baoquan alive, and executed him on the spot.Qi Ziheng grabbed a few handfuls of soybeans, put them on Hu's navel, and lit Hu's sky lantern. ——At first, the lacquer could not be ignited, but after a farmer pointed out, the lacquer ignited Hu Baoquan's body with soybeans.He also executed Liu Chuyu, a member of the Mianyang County Kuomintang Reorganization Committee, burned the county government and the house of the landlord Yang Huikang, and seized more than 20 long and short guns. The victory of attacking Miancheng made Xiao Renhu dizzy. He thought that the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army was already very strong. Instead of gaining a firm foothold in Miannan, he led the team to attack Xindi City, where the enemy's military strength was strong. Daquan and Lu Ziwu sacrificed.Xiao Renhu's actions were severely criticized by the special committee, and Xiao Cai withdrew the team from the boundary card. On New Year's Day in 1928, the Fifth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was reorganized at Wangjiatai near Mianxi and Tuochuan Wharf.Xiao Renhu served as the commander of the army, and the first and second divisions were combined into the thirteenth division, with Wang Shaoqing as the division commander and Liu Li as the party representative.Under its jurisdiction is a regiment, head Zhao Wenyun, party representative Liu Lijian, deputy head Rong Yanshou, chief of staff Wang Sumin.Qi Ziheng, adjutant of the military department.The regiment governs three battalions, the first battalion commander Dong Jintang, the party representative Huang Guoqing; the second battalion commander Xie Chongyang, the party representative Xia Daomei; the third battalion commander Wang Kangpu, the party representative Tan Hanzao, a total of more than 100 people in the army, and more than 30 long and short guns branch. After the establishment of the Fifth Army of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army, under the leadership of the Central Hubei Special Committee, the Fifth Army launched and organized peasant riots centered on the tugboat wharf. Inspired, the anger that has been suppressed for many years is released.At this time, the bandit Yang Jinlong from Xingouzui, in collusion with the local feudal forces, attacked the Tuowu Wharf with a battalion of troops divided into water and drought. The invading enemy was wiped out in one fell swoop, more than 150 guns were surrendered, more than 30 boats were dispatched, more than 20 enemies were killed, more than 10 enemies were captured, and the battalion commander was captured alive.On this basis, the land distribution method of "Whoever grows the barley land will get it" was announced; 300 mu of Chaishan from Liu Changyi and 180 mu of farmland from the bully landlord Liu Caiwu were confiscated, and the leases in the hands of the poor were collected by the district and township land committees. Afterwards, the Guanyin Pavilion concentrated on Tuowanbu Street burned down. While Liu Shaonan was talking, Xiong Chuanzao came. He was wearing green cloth trousers and an old felt hat, and his chubby face exuded a heroic air.He also heard that He Long was here, so he hurried over.Xiong Chuanzao met He Long, Zhou Yiqun and others for the first time, and they were very excited. He Long held Xiong Chuanzao's hand and said, "Chuanzao, you came just in time. Sit down and talk about your situation in Jianli." Liu Shaonan said: "I have introduced the revolutionary situation in Mianyang to the commander-in-chief." Xiong Chuanzao said: "Commander-in-chief, I came here in a hurry, first to visit you, and second to report to you on the work situation." Xiong Chuanzao rolled a cigarette, smoked it, and then continued talking. After Xiong Chuanzao resigned from his position as the commander of the Second Division of the Fifth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, he became the Secretary of the Jianli County Committee of the Communist Party of China.Before leaving, Xiao Renhu conveyed to him the instructions of the Provincial Party Committee on the establishment of red armed forces on both sides of the Jingjiang River, guerrilla activities, and preparations for the year-end riots. Xiao Renhu finally said: "Comrade Chuanzao, Jianli is adjacent to the Dajiang River in the south, Honghu Lake in the east, Mianyang and Qianjiang in the north, Jiangling and Shishou in the west. The rivers, lakes and ports are criss-crossing. The strategic location is very important. The awareness of the masses in Jianli High, the foundation is good, the party organization decided to establish armed forces in Jianli and open up the red area is correct." Xiong Chuanzao said: "Comrade Renhu, I will definitely complete the tasks assigned by the party organization." Xiong Chuanzao went to Hanjiabu in Jianli County.He presided over an enlarged meeting of the temporary county party committee, which produced a new county party committee, with Xiong Chuanzao as the secretary, Chen Buyun as the deputy secretary, Sun Zixuan as the head of organization, Gao Xiuqing as the head of propaganda, and the members of the county party committee included Dong Dasan, Liu Chonglong, Peng Guocai, Zhu Shaoting, Zhang Feiyi, Wang Zhanxiang et al. Five resolutions were made at the meeting: one was to establish a central authority in Kaikou; the second was to send Xiong Chuanzao to Jiekou, Gao Xiuqing to Zhouhewan, and Sun Tzuchou to Liupan Lake to quickly establish a rural Soviet regime in this area, and the Red Guards Third, Liu Chonglong, Zhu Shaoting and others went to Liujiaji and Liujiachang to do secret mobilization work to prepare for the year-end riots; fourth, set up a guerrilla team, with Peng Guocai in charge of training, ready to attack small groups of bandits at any time; fifth, send some People break into the enemy's interior, do the work of disintegrating the enemy and spying on the enemy's intelligence. When Xiong Chuanzao arrived at Kaikou, he, together with Xu Zengnan and Li Shiqing, the heads of the local farmers' association, relied on the poor people to fight against Li Wenjia, the tyrant of the lake, and made Li Wenjia plead guilty and rehabilitate.After Peng Guocai accepted the task of forming a guerrilla group, he gathered the military forces scattered throughout the county and established the Honghu guerrilla brigade, with Peng as the captain.Both Peng Guocai and Xiong Chuanzao paid special attention to the military training of the guerrillas. They personally led the soldiers to practice shooting, aiming, capturing, fighting, and the practice of spears, broadswords, and spears.The guerrilla members are all children of poor fishermen (farmers), with high class consciousness, and everyone is brave and able to swim well.The guerrillas consisted of three squadrons, with Wang Shangwu, Jiang Bingyan, and Liu Xiafeng serving as squadron leaders.In order to buy pistols for the guerrillas, Jiang Bingyan sold the only 10 mu of land in his family and bought 5 pistols and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Peng Guocai led the guerrillas, and with the cooperation of the fishermen, one night in early 1928, they wiped out the Changlian brigade stationed in Yaobu ​​and swept away Lijiadun, the base camp of the bandit leader Li Shengcan.So far, there has been an armed separatist situation centered on the mouth of Honghu in Honghu. In mid-January, Xiong Chuanzao presided over the second enlarged meeting of the county party committee in Jianli County.The meeting was held at Nanhe Temple, 6 miles east of Kaikou.Xiong Chuanzao's wife is from here.The meeting place was at the home of Xiong's father-in-law Wang Shichi.Wang Shichi opened a shipyard in Xindi before the Great Revolution. His thinking was progressive and he risked his life many times to cover the underground party members of the CCP.After the failure of the Great Revolution, he returned to his hometown. The central topic of the meeting was to study the year-end riots, and the participants analyzed the situation.At this time, Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, the warlords of the Guangxi clique, defeated Tang Shengzhi in the "Hunan-Hubei War" and occupied the two lakes.The Guangxi warlords hated the Chinese Communist Party extremely, and participated in Chiang Kai-shek's "April 12" massacre in Shanghai.At that time, the Guangxi warlords were in Wuhan, controlling the two lakes, and established the "Qingxiang Supervisory Office" in Wuhan.With Hu Zongduo as the supervisor and Tao Jun as the committee.Xiong Chuanzao said: "The enemy put up anti-Communist slogans and leaflets everywhere, Jiangling, Yichang, Shashi and other big cities have stationed regular troops, and the reactionary forces in Jianli, Mianyang, Qianjiang and other county towns have also returned to Yang, and together with the bandits, piece together "Qingxiang United Defense and Defense Corps". The arrogance is very arrogant. In November last year, the enlarged central meeting instructed that the objective revolutionary trend should continue to rise, and the party must be good at leading the general revolution. The central government ordered the Hubei Provincial Party Committee to arrange a The situation of general riots. After accepting the instructions of the central government, the provincial party committee began to prepare to launch a guerrilla war on the occasion of the Guangxi army's western expedition to Hunan, and then launched a guerrilla war, resulting in a situation of separatism. At the same time as the rural riots, the provincial party committee will organize the three towns of Wuhan The economic strike of the workers. Because Tang Shengzhi lost without a fight, the general strike planned by the provincial party committee failed, so he decided to launch a year-end riot. The riot was divided into seven districts, including Huangpi District, Huangma District, Jinghan District, and Hubei District , Hubei District, Hubei Central District, and Western Hubei District. The provincial party committee instructed that the riots in the counties should develop into riots of the peasant masses as soon as possible. Propaganda is the only way to mobilize the broad masses of peasants to participate in the agrarian revolution.” Next, Xiong Chuanzao conveyed the instructions of the provincial party committee on the year-end riots: 1. Abolish the organization of peasant associations in the villages, and organize peasant committees as the commanding organs of the riots. 2. All the teams at the time of the riot are collectively referred to as the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army of a certain county of the Communist Party of China, and the names of guerrillas and vanguards are cancelled. poor peasant masses. 3. To kill all the gentry, landowners and government officials in the countryside should be done in the same way as cutting grass and roots, without any scruples.I would rather kill a few by mistake than kill one less. 4. The petty bourgeois masses (owner peasants and intellectuals) should be neutralized during riots, and any collaborators should be shot to death. 5. There must be a strict organization during riots, such as reconnaissance teams, sabotage teams, traffic teams, ambulance teams, transportation teams, etc. must be well organized.When the riot begins, it is necessary to destroy the enemy's traffic, blow up the railway, and cut the power line. 6. Immediately after the riot, a peasant representative meeting was convened, and the village Soviets were formally organized by mass elections.Eighty percent of the members of the Soviet committee should be poor peasants (shareholders and farm laborers). 7. The land and property of all gentry and landowners shall be confiscated by the Peasants and Rural Soviets, distributed to poor peasants for cultivation, and all contracts shall be burned.The village Soviet must carry out a policy of concentrating food, guns, bullets, and finances to defend against the enemy's counterattack. 8. Formal workers' and peasants' revolutionary army should be organized after the riots. They are completely volunteers and can be mobilized at any time. Red guards should be organized in various townships. Xiong Chuanzao then announced the Provincial Party Committee's policy on bandits and enemy troops during the year-end riots, that is, don't have illusions about bandits, instigate rebellion against enemy troops and lower-level soldiers, and resolutely kill reactionary officers.Where riots have won victories, all reactionary forces must be resolutely eliminated and a Soviet government established. Xiong Chuanzao finally said: "The provincial party committee asked the targets of the riots in all counties to develop in Wuhan and get in touch with the urban workers' riots. The first slogan of the riots was to overthrow Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Cheng Qian of the Guangxi Clique. Under the leadership, the party must make real preparations and correct estimates for riots, and make the policy of riots penetrate among the general party members. Eliminate speculators and cold-blooded elements. Consolidate and purify the party organization.” The meeting lasted for two days. Xiong Chuanzao, Peng Guocai, Liu Chonglong, Jiang Bingyan, etc. discussed the instructions of the provincial party committee on riots and the work of the year-end riots.Finally, it was determined that "expand the struggle of farmers and fishermen, disintegrate the morale of the enemy army, quickly organize revolutionary armed forces, establish district and township Soviet powers, restore and rectify the destroyed agricultural associations, and when necessary, shoot reactionary leaders. Create a revolutionary voice and inspire revolutionary struggles throughout the county." After the meeting, Xiong Chuanzao, Peng Guocai, Liu Chonglong, Jiang Bingyan and others went separately to Liupanhu, Liekou, Liujiaji and other places with a good mass base to convey the spirit of the meeting and prepare for the year-end riots. When Xiong Chuanzao talked about this, he said excitedly: "Commander-in-chief, we are preparing for the New Year's Eve riot. You are here, and you came too timely. What to do, you give the order." He Long said: "Let's study the riot later." Then he said to Liu and Xiong, "Tell me about the armed situation in Shishou, Huarong, Dangyang and other places." Liu Shaonan and Xiong Chuanzao asked, and continued talking.