Chapter 20 Chapter 19 Luoyu Reorganization

The attack on the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army was the Long Yuren Brigade of the Li Shen Department of the 43rd Army of the Guizhou Army, Chen Quzhen's subordinates Xiang Fengxiang and Jiang Wenzhou's two regiments cooperated, and the local regiment defense Chen Cexun's Department. When He Long arrived at the military headquarters, Zhong Shenwu saw him and said: "Chen Cexun asked the soldiers to carry the banner, and it said that if you catch you, you will be rewarded with 50,000 yuan." He Long scolded with a smile: "Chiang Kai-shek spent 100,000 oceans to buy my head, and that bastard Chen Cexun embezzled 50,000 in one go." After He Long said that, he said to Zhong Shenwu, "We have to fight wars, but we can't fight them in the village. Pass them on to me. According to the order, the team immediately pulled to the back mountain, and informed the fathers and villagers to pack up their belongings and evacuate the village to avoid being robbed by the enemy."

As soon as the arrangement was completed, Long Thiren, Chen Cexun, Xiang Fengxiang, and Jiang Wenzhou rushed to Hongjiaguan.Why did the enemy soldiers come so fast? It turned out that after He Long went to Hongjiaguan to set up a banner, Chen Cexun was shocked and eager to send troops to conquer, but he had only a few soldiers and knew that he was invincible, so in the name of Sangzhi's security team, he sent He Jian and Lu Diping , Tan Daoyuan, Chen Quzhen and others sent an emergency telegram, which said: After Chen Cexun's emergency telegram was sent, Lu Diping, Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Government and Supervisor of Qingxiang, He Jian of the Provincial Party Headquarters, and Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing all sent telegrams to order Hunan, Hubei, and Guizhou provinces to arm themselves and take advantage of He Long's unstable foothold. At the moment, wipe them out in one fell swoop.

Li Shen, commander of the 43rd Army of the Guizhou Army of the Nationalist Government, received a telegram from He Long's troops to "encircle and suppress" Nanjing, and immediately ordered Long Yuren, commander of the Fifth Brigade of the Third Division of the army stationed in western Hunan, to lead his troops to join Chen Quzhen's troops , "encircle and suppress" He Long. After receiving the telegram, Long Yuren didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately launched an attack on Hongjiaguan together with Chen Cexun's local regiment defense. After the enemy rushed to Hongjiaguan, because there was a heavy reward for capturing He Long, the momentum of the attack was still fierce. The soldiers rushed and shouted: "Catch He Long! Capture He Long and make a fortune!" "Catch He Long!" He Long is a high official!" The soldiers shouted wildly and rushed to the halfway up the hill behind Hongjiaguan.

At this time, He Long's box gun rang out, and the long and short guns of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army also fired. Immediately, both Long and Chen soldiers were killed or injured.Chen Cexun personally supervised the battle from behind, and several retreating soldiers were killed by Chen Cexun on the spot.The retreating soldiers were so frightened that they turned around and rushed forward again. Because the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army had just been established, its weapons were patchwork and its ammunition was in short supply. After resisting for a while, it gradually failed. Chief of Staff Huang Ao said to He Long: “Commander, retreat, if you continue to fight, you will suffer big losses. "

He Long nodded.Just as Huang Ao gave the order to retreat, a bullet flew in and hit Zhong Shenwu, who died on the spot.He Long hurriedly ordered Zhong Shenwu's body to be carried on his back.At the moment, the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army retreated. As soon as the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army withdrew, Long Yuren's and Chen Cexun's men stepped up and chased after the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.The revolutionary army was dispersed at once. He Long and Huang Ao led dozens of people and retreated overnight to a place called Luoyu.Zhou Yiqun, He Jinzhai and others also did not know where they were.

Luoyu is a big town, consisting of Shangluoyu, Zhongluoyu and Xialuoyu. It is located in the inner half of Sangzhi County. The mountains are high and densely forested, and the terrain is dangerous. The enemy cannot easily enter, and the mass base is relatively good. Liu Ziwei's sphere of influence.So, He Long stopped here and reorganized the team. After staying in Luoyu, He Long sent people to find Zhou Yiqun, He Jinzhai and others. Within a few days, Zhou Yiqun, He Jinzhai, Wang Bingnan and others all came, and the team gathered hundreds of people.After the meeting, everyone talked about Zhong Shenwu's sacrifice, which was very sad. That night, He Long took Zhou Yiqun to sit under a big tree, sighed and said, "I didn't expect that it would be so easy to recruit troops, and it would be so easy to collapse." It's also easy."

Zhou Yiqun said: "Qing Yun, what we are arresting is an unreformed old army. It is like having a handful of beans in your hand. It is easy to grasp, but it will fall apart as soon as your hands are loose. To build a revolutionary army of workers and peasants, we must rely on hard work and deep hatred. Only the children of workers and peasants can be the backbone, think about it, the backbone of Ye Ting’s Iron Legion, aren’t they all members of the Communist Party, this army needs to be rectified!” He Long agreed with him and said: "Yiqun, you are right. Nowadays, people who drag guns with me have all kinds of plans, and when they encounter some setbacks, they change their minds. The team cannot be organized."

Zhou Yiqun said: "In addition to this, we also need to change our warfare tactics. The tactics used during the Northern Expedition no longer work. Guerrilla warfare should be the main method." He Long listened and nodded again and again. Zhou Yiqun thought about it and said: "Yunqing, the plan we decided at the Jiaoshanhe meeting in June to join forces between Xiangxi troops and Honghu troops, judging from the current situation, can't be realized. I have an idea, I will go to Honghu, Together with the comrades in Honghu, create the Honghu Revolutionary Base and welcome the reunion."

After hearing this, He Long held his pipe and groaned in silence. Seeing He Long's reluctance, Zhou Yiqun said, "Yun Qing, you are no longer the He Long you were a few years ago. I'm leaving. You must be able to do a good job, and Honghu needs me more." He Long grabbed Zhou Yiqun's hand and said: "Yiqun, you must go, and I won't keep you. The work here, my comrades and I are trying to figure it out. You can make the Honghu team well, and we will join forces." That night, in a room with ventilation on all sides, a meeting of the Northwest Hunan Special Committee was held. At the meeting, it was decided that Zhou Yiqun would return to Honghu Lake to establish a revolutionary base and revolutionary armed forces there.

The next morning, Zhou Yiqun dressed up as a teacher, rode a big black donkey, and set off on the road. He Long and the others were sent several miles away before they parted in tears.Zhou Yiqun's departure made He Long really feel bad, thinking that since he got acquainted with Zhou Yiqun, Yiqun has helped him a lot, he is the most intimate mentor and helpful friend, he has been with him day and night for several years, now parting, he is naturally sad .Everyone knew He Long's mood, so it was necessary to comfort him. As soon as Zhou Yiqun left, Chen Xieping came to Sangzhi with the instructions of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, and met He Long in Luoyu.

The instructions of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee decided to merge the Special Committee of Northwestern Hunan and the Special Committee of Western Hunan to establish the Front Enemy Committee of Western Hunan to be responsible for the work of the Party in the army and the work of the local Party where it is located.This decision of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China was made in March of the lunar calendar and was made in accordance with the instructions of the Central Committee to strengthen unified command.After Chen Xieping conveyed the instructions, the Xiangxi Special Committee and the Northwest Hunan Special Committee were merged immediately to form the Xiangxi Front Enemy Committee. The former committee consisted of five members, He Long, He Jinzhai, Chen Xieping, Zhang Yiming, and Li Liangyao, with He Long as the secretary.The establishment of the Front Committee provided an organizational guarantee for the recovery and reorganization of the troops. At this time, members of the He clan from Hongjiaguan sent some people to Luoyu to persuade He Long to change course. After hearing what the people said, He Long said, "Go and tell them, and they will say that I, He Long, will be popular." The person who came said: "You, He Long, are a brave man. You don't care if you make a big disaster, but the people in our clan can't bear it." Seeing the entanglement of these clansmen, He Long couldn't help feeling angry, and said firmly: "I am a Communist Party member. If you are afraid, you will go your separate ways. You will follow your Yangguan Road, and I will take my single-plank bridge. Otherwise, you will come and beat me." , If you knock me down, you win, and if I knock you down, I win!" Seeing that He Long was so determined, these people no longer wanted to make trouble out of reason, so they had to come up with the last threat. They said: "Since you don't listen to the elders, let you make trouble. But there is one thing, your family Your wives and children, old and young, are in your control, and our family members are not responsible." He Long said: "We never need others to take care of our own affairs. Everyone goes his own way, and no one should be responsible for anyone." He Long's will was unwavering, but the "lobbyists" in these tribes influenced others, and the most influential one was He Jinzhai. He Jinzhai opposed the propaganda of the local tyrants and the distribution of land at the front committee, and opposed the propaganda of the peasant movement.He said at the front committee meeting: "Rabbits still don't eat the grass by the side of the nest." He also said, "Hit it later, or go elsewhere." The members of the front committee criticized him, but He Jinzhai still couldn't understand.He tore down the placards that said they would beat local tyrants and divide their fields. The change of He Jinzhai's thinking was mainly influenced by his family. He Long later recalled: Long Yuren led the troops to attack and started fighting. The troops were too chaotic, did not fight well, and failed. Comrade Zhou Yiqun had no choice but to go to Hubei, where he later worked. Before Sang Zhi failed, he had a policy, set up a county party committee, and develop the organization; the second step was to reorganize the team.Both of these are very tight.As soon as I left (He Long went to Zoumaping to get food—the quoter's note), He Jinzhai relaxed when he reorganized the team.His parents thought he was meritorious, and he handed over his gun to my team when he was in Hailufeng. I told him to go to Yuhua to fight guerrillas when he couldn't win, but he handed over his gun.This time he didn't hold back.Zhou Yiqun's departure was unplanned, and it was only Lu Dongsheng and I who had a heart-to-heart relationship. Jinzhai was my cousin, who was squeamish and held back by family ties.I said, if he does it, he will do it, and if he doesn't do it, he will be counter-revolutionary. Sang Zhi failed for the first time, feudalism played a major role, personal appeal, family relatives, old subordinates, no party organization, not formed voluntarily after understanding the party's principles and policies, but I came, and I thought it was okay Get promoted and get rich, so feudalism dominates.If you have education and awareness, you will not be able to defeat these troops. The guns belong to these troops, and they have not been paid. They only fight against local tyrants. , There are also party members and represent the party, but without the backbone of the party, without the education of the party, they cannot withstand turmoil. At this time, the Hubei Provincial Party Committee sent Wang Yifu and Guan Liangru to Sangzhi, and Wang and others went to Luoyu. Luoyu reorganization is divided into two stages, from the establishment of the front committee to August 1st as the first stage.At that time, the Front Committee considered that the situation of the troops was relatively complicated, so the reorganization was carried out gradually. One is to train the troops. Since most of the troops are guerrilla in nature, the soldiers have serious guerrilla habits and lack basic training. The second is to send propaganda teams to Qiaoziwan and other places to put up slogans and notices, take advantage of the opportunity of going to the market, give speeches and sing operas, preach communism to the masses, expose the feudal exploitation system, call on the peasants to fight, overthrow the local tyrants and evil gentry, and establish a Soviet regime.Difficulties were encountered at the beginning of the reorganization. Some troops had to be reorganized, so some officers were unwilling. The reason was that the troops were drawn by themselves, and the troops were their lifeblood. Of course, they would not want to take the troops away from them. up. Furthermore, some military officers were inextricably linked with the powerful and evil gentry, and He Jinzhai became a typical representative of these military officers. He Long and others on the front committee criticized him, and He Jinzhai reluctantly accepted it. On August 1, to commemorate the first anniversary of the August 1st Nanchang Uprising, the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army followed the instructions of the Hunan Provincial Party Committee and was reorganized into the Fourth Army of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army. Huang Ao served as chief of staff and Chen Xieping as secretary general.The Fourth Army has one division, two brigades, and four detachments. He Jinzhai is the division commander, Zhang Yiming is the division party representative, Wang Bingnan and Teng Shuyun are division commanders; He Bingnan, Wen Nanfu, He Peiqing, and Wang Xiangquan are division commanders. Basically, they are still their original crews, and their guns are also their own. He Long talked about the significance of reorganization at the inaugural meeting.The decision of the former committee on the second stage of reorganization was announced. 1. The original army must be gradually and thoroughly remodeled, so the training of lower-level cadres and soldiers must be stepped up, and at the same time, progressive soldiers must be recruited as the backbone of the party; 2. To expand the agrarian revolution and the Soviet political propaganda, and arouse the masses of peasants to fight; 3. The Red Army was stagnant in Sangzhi, and its political role was too small. When the bullets were replenished enough, it would develop towards Shimen, expand guerrilla warfare, and encircle Changde at the same time. He Long wrote in his report to the Central Committee about Luo Yu's reorganization: In the battle against the enemy's Chen Cexun and other regiments in Hongshi, Li's regiment commander Yunqing was killed, so he had to retreat to the inner half of the county to rest and organize. During this period, although the oppression of the reactionaries was relatively small, the internal forces of our troops were It is very complicated, and all actions are contrary to the party's policy. Comrade Jinzhai's vacillation in particular made it impossible for Long to proceed with the transformation of the army. For example, at the end of May, the front committee decided to implement soldier training and publicity. Jinzhaijian disagreed. Shouting slogans to the soldiers and expressing opposition, but no matter how many obstacles there are in front of the enemy, our work is still going on... Formally reorganized the troops, established the Fourth Army of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, appointed Jinzhai as the division commander, and Bingnan and Wenyan as the captains respectively. The form is completely new! However, although the work of the party has gradually improved, internal conflicts and vacillations have become more severe than before. The facts are: (1) The propaganda team put up slogans and notices in Qiaoziwan, but Comrade Jinzhai tore them up openly and expressed many opinions that violated the party's policies. (2) Some military officers only wanted to drag teams to catch fat pigs and call them kings of soil, and they didn't want to go down to riot, so they deliberately dragged their guns and sneaked in. The former committee decided to expel Jin Zhai from the party for his behavior. Because he expressed remorse, asked for punishment, and was willing to go down with the Red Army to riot, so he was only placed on probation in the party and revoked his powers as a member of the former committee.At the same time, in order to prevent the leading officers from absconding with guns and submitting to the authority of the party, there are party representatives above the brigade to help and supervise the work and actions of the officers.