Chapter 19 Chapter Eighteen

After He Long and others arrived at Hongjiaguan, they started to propagate the policies of the Communist Party and set up a banner of recruiting troops. Immediately, Sang Zhi and the surrounding counties were shaken. They all came to join the army. One day, a young man came to see He Long, and he handed a spirit card to He Long.The spirit card is the tablet of the dead.He Long took a look and saw that the spirit tablet said "Benefactor He Long's position".This young man is called Zhuzi.When Zhuzi was 7 years old, his father was forced to death by Zhu Yunong, the big bully of Sangzhi. The orphans and widows could not live. At that time, He Long had just pulled up the team. With this money, the mother and daughter can live.More than ten years passed in a blink of an eye, and that Zhuzi had grown into a young man in his twenties. After the news of He Long's defeat in the Nanchang riots came, the mother and son heard that He Long had been beaten to death. They were very sad and cried a lot. The mother and daughter could not forget He Long's life-saving grace, so they secretly offered He Long's memorial tablet, kowtowed three times a day, and burned incense in the morning and evening. , The son took his mother to He Long and handed the tablet to He Long.

Holding the spirit card in his hand, He Long said with a smile: "I can't die, those bastard turtles cursed me to die, it's just a dream, I have to come back and kill them with my own hands!" Zhu Ziniang took He Long's hand and said: "Zhu Zi has grown up too. Back then, you saved the lives of our mother and son. Today, Zhu Zi will be handed over to you." He Long patted Zhuzi on the shoulder and said, "Okay, it's material for a machine gun shooter." After He Long waited for the Hong family to set up the banner, there was an endless stream of followers.Among the relatives are He Long's sister-in-law and Liu Yujie of Hongtuping who lead more than ten guns and 30 personnel; He Long's wife and brother Liu Ziwei, although they are not on good terms with He Long, they still come to get along.

Liu is the big landlord of Sangzhi Luoyu, and also the leader of the big regiment. He led dozens of guns and three or four hundred people. He also dedicated the food, mules, horses, pigs and sheep, and silver dollars in his family to He Long as a defection team. For expenses; He Ying gave He Long more than 20 long guns and 30 personnel; He Bingnan of Wuyangguan, the brother of He Long clan, led dozens of guns and more than 200 personnel; He Peiqing, the clan brother, led more than ten guns and more than 100 personnel Wang Bingnan from the old department, Li Qingyun from Lishuya, Zhong Shenwu from Zhuyeping, Gu Zhicheng from Dujiashan, etc., all led their teams here.

Wang Bingnan, a native of Yuanjiaping, Wuliqiao Township, Sangzhi.His father, Wang Shijie, was a poor farmer who rented 90 tans of grain from the Gospel Church.Wang Shijie had three sons together, the eldest was Bingnan, the second was Chaoli, and the third was Chaogai.Due to his poor family, Wang Bingnan only studied in a private school for two years and was forced to suspend school. At the age of 20, Wang Bingnan married another wife.His wife Zhu Zigu also grew up in a poor family, hardworking and virtuous.Wang Bingnan cultivated a few dans of grain and sold some wine, while his wife spun and weaved cloth.The couple are diligent and thrifty day and night, but they can barely get by.When Wang Bingnan was 24 years old, they had a child. Life became more and more difficult and helpless. Wang Bingnan borrowed money to start a business partnership with others, not wanting to be robbed by bandits on the first trip.When Wang Bingnan was desperate, He Long and others hacked the Salt Bureau with swords, dragged the team with their guns, and seized the county seat. When Wang Bingnan found out, he stomped his feet and said, "It's not that I want to go to Liangshan, but the government forced me to go to Liangshan." Then he said goodbye to his wife in tears. , To join the army under He Long.Wang Bingnan is tall, brave in battle, capable in handling affairs, and straightforward in nature. He Long likes it very much.Soon he was promoted to company commander. When He Long was the guard envoy of Lizhou, Wang Bingnan had been promoted to battalion commander. In 1926, when He Long led his division to the Northern Expedition, Wang Bingnan was the commander of the First Battalion of the Fifth Regiment.After the Nanchang Uprising, Wang Bingnan was the head of the Fifth Regiment.The uprising failed, and Wang lost contact with He Long. He didn't know whether He Long and the others were dead or alive, so he went back to Sangzhi and dragged another team. He was going to regroup and fight again. At this moment, he heard that He Long had arrived , naturally very happy, and immediately came to meet He Long and others.

In less than half a month, He Long assembled a team of 3,000 people. Some of the "eight princes" and "four big turtles" actively approached He Long, and some sent representatives to express their polite attitude. Seeing that there were already 3,000 troops, He Long, together with Zhou Yiqun, reorganized the team and established the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. He Long was the commander, Zhou Yiqun was the party representative, Huang Ao was the chief of staff, and He Jinzhai was the first division. The division commander, Wang Bingnan is the division commander of the second division.

After He Ying handed over the team to He Long, he returned to Yulin Village. That night, the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army convened a front committee to study how to carry out the work. Zhou Yiqun said: “Sangzhi is a remote village with inconvenient transportation and no news. The masses of the people have an understanding of the Communist Party and what we do to drag the team.” He Long said: "I agree with Yiqun's opinion. Let Yiqun handle the propaganda. Huang Ao and Jinzhai, I, Huang Ao and Jinzhai hurry up to reorganize the team to prevent the enemy from attacking."

The meeting went smoothly. The next day, Zhou Yiqun selected a group of well-educated young backbones, told them the constitution and purpose of the Communist Party of China, and let them do the propaganda. Zhou Yiqun even made up a song and taught these backbones to sing: After that, Zhou Yiqun compiled songs such as "Song of Workers and Peasants' Unity", "Song of Women's Turnover", "Song of Workers and Peasants Revolution". "Song of the Workers and Peasants Revolution" wrote: Sangzhi County has a good mass foundation, and He Long has high prestige, and the masses quickly developed vigorously. Subsequently, the workers' and peasants' revolutionary regime - the Sangzhi County Committee of the Communist Party of China was established.

Just when Li Liangyao arrived at Hongjiaguan due to his injury, Li Liangyao became the secretary and absorbed a group of progressive intellectuals such as Li Maolin, Liu Decheng, Gu Youzhen, Gu Zhibiao, He Xuechuan, etc. to participate in the specific work of the county committee. On this day, the wind was sunny and the spring breeze was rippling. It was just catching up with Hongjiaguan to rush to the market. Due to the establishment of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army, there were a lot of people rushing to the market. . When He Long came to the street, the villagers greeted him wherever he passed, and he also greeted the villagers.Walking to the middle of the street, he saw a group of people surrounded there. He Long went over and saw that he was a blind man, holding a sanxian in his arms, playing and singing:

The water in Liyuan is clear and cool, meandering and drifting into Anxiang. There are more than one million residents on both sides of the strait, and they have worked hard for farming and mulberry for generations. Rice is piled up in large warehouses and small farms, and cotton is transported to Chuankang. The production is abundant, and the food and clothing are sufficient, and everyone is full of joy. No matter how rare the good times are, a group of ghosts and monsters are full of evil spirits. Corrupt officials and noble gentry twisted their hands and colluded with each other. Taxes were collected to raise money and food, and rents were urged to seize fields and houses.

Zhang San went to Li Silai, and there was no rest in the morning and evening. New donations and old debts are tightly entangled, and a nest of vegetables is dug up. There was no sound of chickens and dogs in front of the door, and the fireworks in the stove were cut off for a long time. Poor working people, embarrassing exploitation and oppression. Abandoning the house and fleeing to nowhere, everywhere is as black as a crow. Where can I hide?Hate the sky without ladders and ground without holes! Enduring all kinds of pain in my heart, facing each other and only choking. Since the Nanchang uprising, Liyuan has been paid more attention by bandits.

He thought that He Long was born in the meantime, and he must have more revolutionary potential. Fearing that the sky would be full of fire, Jiang and Wang Nanjing used poisonous tricks. A large number of bandit troops were urgently mobilized, and the "suppression of the red" and "scrapping of the Communist Party" were more active. The mountains and plains were searched intensively, and the people were forced to be enemies. Arresting people randomly from morning to night, one kill, two crashes and three closures. Blood flowed into canals on the ground, and unjust prisoners in the prison crowded the walls. Many people with lofty ideals are not afraid of death, and are willing to resist the saw with their flesh. In particular, one thing is more painful, and the baby is also torn up like a piece of paper. The women did not want to be raped, so they threw themselves into the river and hanged themselves. Seeing the eighty-nine counties of Lishui, the people who changed the color of mountains and rivers disappeared. The disaster is actually deeper than the water, and I want to get rid of unscrupulous schemes. I have also fought constantly, and the result is always defeated. Often engaged in after the reason, no one leader empty sigh. Everyone looked up at He Long, only he could swallow ghosts. Now that He Longyuan has returned, everyone is a hundred times more ambitious. Put into the struggle together, not afraid of life and death and difficulties. The heroes are roaring everywhere, like a storm rolling in the torn fluff. It is estimated that in less than twenty years, victory will be celebrated in Beijing and Shanghai. I sang the Lishui song today, and it's a treatise against bandits! After the blind man sang, all the onlookers applauded. He Long asked politely: "Sir, who taught you this?" Before the blind man could speak, someone said to the blind man, "He Huzi is talking to you." When the blind man heard He Long's question, he stood up tremblingly, grabbed He Long's hand and said, "Huzi, who do you think made it up? This is what everyone thinks. Do you still need to make it up?" What the blind man said only made He Long's heart boil with enthusiasm. He held the speaker's hand and said: "In the past, I, He Long, dragged the team for myself, but now I drag the team for the Communist Party and the poor people. Live up to expectations!" Just as He Long said this, he saw a commotion in the middle of the street, people running around, and gunshots rang out in the distance.It turned out that the enemy had attacked the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.