Chapter 27 Chapter 26: He Long Beats Crane Peak Three Times

Hefeng, formerly known as Yangxi, or Rongyang, Rongmei.According to historical records, the Tujia people lived here before 806 AD (the first year of Tang Yuanhe).The chieftain was also inherited from generation to generation by the Tian family, which originally belonged to Sichuan and belonged to Huguang in the Ming Dynasty. In 1733 (the eleventh year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty), the rulers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties sent troops to Rongmei to force the chieftain Tian Mingru to death. In 1735, the chieftain system was officially abolished, and Rongmei Division was divided into Hefeng Prefecture and Changle County. After the Revolution of 1911, the prefecture was changed to a county.

Hefeng is located in the southwest of Hubei, adjacent to Wufeng in the east, Shimen and Sangzhi in the south, Xuan'en in the west, Badong and Jianshi in the north.The Wuling Mountains stretch across the territory, with dense undulating mountains and complex terrain.There are Lushui, Yinghe, Nandu River and other tributaries in the territory, which flow into Lushui.These rivers meander between mountains and deep valleys, with dangerous shoals connecting each other, mountains on both sides of the river, and thousands of feet of cliffs, which are very spectacular.The climate along the river is mild, the scenery is beautiful, and the population is dense.There are many intermountain basins in the county, which are suitable for farming.

There were more than 60,000 people in Hefeng County at the time, among whom Tujia, Miao, Man and other ethnic minorities accounted for more than 40% of the total population.Because the land and forests are highly concentrated in the hands of the local tyrants and evil gentry, the people live in extreme poverty, especially the ethnic minorities, and they will suffer from the national oppression of the reactionary ruling class, and the situation is even more miserable. Because Hefeng is located in a remote area, the landlords and gentry in the county are powerful and actually control the political power.The county magistrate has become the number one local tyrant, and below the county level there is a general office, and the office has a chief official, who is a local tyrant; below the official office, the top security directors are all held by local tyrants and evil gentry, or are directly under their control.Therefore, all the above-mentioned security guards directly controlled a certain number of armed forces, forming a situation of regimental defense separatism.At that time, the leaders of Tuanfang included Xu Qingshan, Li Xiufeng, Lu Mingqing, Qin Fuzhai, Wang Wenxuan, Yu Mingchen, Yu Zhangru, Sun Junfeng and others.These people also looked for their own backers, forming separate regimes and melee.It has caused chaos and chaos, and the people are in dire straits.At that time, the biggest local tyrants in Hefeng City were Zhang Zuochen and Li Youxiang, who were called "Left Ministers and Right Ministers" by the people.

The Northern Expedition was prosperous, and the storm of the Great Revolution also blew to Hefeng. In the winter of 1926, Communist Party member Chen Zijie came to Hefeng.He was born in Chengguan, Hefeng, and joined the Communist Party when he was studying in Wuhan.After returning to Hefeng, Chen took advantage of the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to publicize the party's policies in Chengguan and Zoumaping, and actively prepared for the establishment of farmers' associations.Just when the peasant association was about to be established, the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup took place in Shanghai. This counter-revolutionary wind also blew to Hefeng. Many people who favored the establishment of the peasant association were depressed, and some spoke ill of the peasant association.At this time, the party organization sent Xu Junru to Hefeng to carry out secret work.Under the cover of running the Kuomintang party headquarters to promote the Three People's Principles, Xu secretly held a communist training class at Heming Academy in Heshuizhai to propagate communism to advanced youth and actively recruit advanced elements into the party.The training course lasted for three months, and successively recruited Wu Chen, Tian Chunfu, and Fan Songzhi as party members.After the Wang Group publicly opposed the Communist Party on "July 15th", the Hefeng Police Station went to Xu Junru's house to conduct a surprise search. Because Xu Junru was always vigilant, the enemy found nothing.However, Xu Junru's uncle, Li Xiufeng, a big local tyrant, realized that Xu was "truly a communist" and tried to harm him. Xu moved to the countryside in time and skillfully, and continued to engage in revolutionary activities.

When He Long led the Fourth Red Army to Hongtuping, Hefeng in April 1928, He Long sent Wang Yifu to get in touch with Xu Junru. Xu Junru and Communist Party member Fan Songzhi arrived at Hongtuping and established a relationship with He Long. Turn around.He Long led the Fourth Red Army to set off from the Bamboo Garden at Wuyang Pass and march towards Hefeng City.Take Chen Zongyu's special brigade as the vanguard.That night, we camped at Liujiasi and Lianghekou. When Tang Tingyao, the Kuomintang county magistrate of Hefeng, heard that He Long was leading the troops to attack, he was shocked, and urgently sent Tian Shaomeng, the captain of the county regular training team, and his son Tian Sanyou to defend at Guanyinpo, the key pass from Linyangguan to Hefeng City.Tian Shaomeng and his son once defected to the Red Army, but later saw that the Red Army was weak and turned back.

Guanyinpo is seven or eight miles up and down, with hanging rocks and cliffs on both sides, and a zigzag path in the middle. The slope is high and the road is narrow, and the terrain is very dangerous. When Tian Shaomeng and his son arrived at Guanyinpo, they placed rolling stones on the pass and set up some "Made in Hanyang". He Long found out that Tian Shaomeng and his son set up troops in Guanyinpo.So he discussed with Chen Zongyu, and He Long led the troops to light torches at night for a feint attack, and Chen Zongyu led a special brigade to attack over the mountain.At night, the commanders and fighters of the Fourth Red Army lit countless torches in the dam of Lianghekou, and some soldiers carried torches to and fro to confuse the enemy.Sure enough, the Tian family father, son and soldiers guarding the pass were bewitched by the torch, and their attention was drawn away.At this time, Chen Zongyu led a special brigade, climbed over the cliff and touched the top of Guanyin.Suddenly launched an attack on the guarding regular training team.After the gunfire, He Long knew that Chen Zongyu had won, and immediately ordered his men to step up the attack.Two pincer attacks made Tian Shaomeng, father and son and Chang Lian's team collapse without a fight.He Long led the Red Army in hot pursuit, Chang Lian's team ran into the city, and the Red Army also chased into the city.

When He Long commanded the Red Army to seize the prestige platform, the commanding height of the county seat, Chen Zongyu led a special brigade and rushed straight into the county government.The Fourth Red Army then occupied Hefeng. It was a service, and the Red Army captured Hanyang and built more than ten branches.On the same day, the military headquarters stationed in the area of ​​the academy by the river. After the Fourth Red Army occupied Hefeng, while stepping up the propaganda of the party's principles and policies, they confiscated the property of the local tyrants and evil gentry and arrested the reactionaries, burned the county office and the contracted houses of the gentry and landlords, and prepared for the establishment of the county Soviet.

At this time, Xu Junru came back from Changde and reported that Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, Li Zongren, and Chiang Kai-shek had clashed and that a war would break out in Wuhan. From time to time, spies reported that Tang Tingyao and the regiment defense retreated to Taiping Town, and He Long decided to eliminate them.So they drove the troops to attack Taiping Town. Tang Tingyao and the regiment training team retreated to Dongchang Bay.The Red Army returned to Hefeng City that day.Tian Shaomeng and his son did some work for the revolution in the early days of the establishment of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army. Because of their "investment" mentality, they gradually became negative and eventually turned reactionary, and they were "recruited".After Tian Shaomeng was captured, He Long educated him and released him.

Three days later, the Hefeng Soviet was proclaimed.On the occasion of its establishment, a celebration meeting was held. There were as many as 600 poor people present at the meeting, and the revolutionary atmosphere was extremely high. The political program of the county Soviet was announced at the meeting, and some reactionaries were executed. At the meeting, Wang Yifu, Chen Zongyu, Wu Tianxi, Fan Qiuzhi, Wu Bingkui, etc. were elected as representatives of workers, peasants and soldiers, and Wu Tianxi was elected as the first chairman of the Soviet. At that time, the Front Committee had already got in touch with the West Hubei Special Committee and the West Hunan Special Committee. Entrusted by the West Hubei Special Committee and the West Hunan Special Committee, the Xiangxi Front Committee was changed to the Hunan and Hubei Front Committee, and the number of people was increased from 5 to 7. A branch was established under the Front Committee to manage the party affairs of the Red Army. The seven members are: He Long, Li Liangyao, Zhang Yiming, Wang Yifu, Luo Tongtong, Chen Xieping, and Yang Weifan.He Long was the secretary, Li Liangyao was the organizing committee member, Zhang Yiming was the propaganda committee member, and Chen Xieping was the secretary.

At that time, Xu Junru brought a letter written by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to He Long on October 4, 1928, which stated: You are not strong now, and Brother Long's target is too big, which will only cause the enemy to unite and attack you vigorously. If Brother Long still does not break away and reduce the target, this part of your strength may not be preserved for a long time and will be wiped out by the enemy. The central government now very much hopes that Brother Long will come to the central government to help the central military work. It is hoped that after receiving the letter, one of your current masses who has considerable prestige among the masses and can do command work will be selected to replace you. At the same time, the central government will You can immediately send a military comrade to serve as the chief of staff to help him plan everything.It is very important for Brother Long to set off for the Central Committee immediately.

Regarding the letter from the Central Committee to He Long, the front committee unanimously disagreed with He Long's departure. He Long had a great influence in Xiangxi, and his prestige, appeal, and fear of the enemy could not be replaced by anyone.Its name may not be made public.For this reason, the Front Committee wrote to the Central Committee, saying: Comrade Yunqing was temporarily unable to work in the Central Committee due to the fact that there was no one in charge of the Red Army and the road was blocked. Later, the central government agreed with the opinions of He Long and the former committee.The Front Committee conducted another reorganization of the Fourth Red Army in Hefeng.Under the Fourth Red Army, the First Route Headquarters and the Office of Party Representatives were set up, the First Squadron of the Infantry, the Second Squadron, and the Shenbing Lianzhuanghui were organized into the First Special Brigade; the newly incorporated Dahanhui and Shuangdaohui It was compiled as the second special brigade; Yang Weifan's department was compiled as the third special brigade.The Fourth Red Army has a total strength of more than 400 men and more than 200 guns. It was at this time that Yang Weifan's rebellion happened. As mentioned earlier, although Yang Weifan is the secretary of Shihe's Ministry, his public identity is the master of the Great Bodhisattva of the Black Hole King in Xianfeng.His name is the Secretary of Shi He's Ministry, but he is actually the one-man secretary of Shi He's Ministry. He neither does party work nor has mass organizations, and all his actions show opportunistic tendencies.After Yang Weifan joined hands with He Long and other former committee members, he still obeyed the instructions of the former committee, and only listened to the words of non-party member Yang Zaitian, and hindered the work of the former committee.The former committee expelled him from the party for 6 months and revoked his military post for his actions. After being punished, Yang Weifan was extremely dissatisfied. betrayed the revolution.The former committee decided to expel him from the party and informed the party.One month later, when Yang Weifan led the rebel army to Xueluozhai, the captain Huang Zhuo secretly negotiated with Wang Debin and executed Yang, who was led by Huang Zhuo to Xianfeng. After the former committee reorganized the Fourth Red Army in Hefeng, He Long led his troops to evacuate Hefeng City and arrived at Hongyanping, where the troops rested.Just after He Long led the Fourth Red Army to withdraw, Wang Wenxuan, director of Zoumaping Nan Guangong Office, joined forces with Sun Junfeng, the regimental defense chief of Wufeng County, and Qin Guofeng, the regimental defense chief of Laifeng County, to invade Hefeng, and Wang Wenxuan proclaimed himself the county magistrate. He Long decided to kill the carbine, and the enemy was caught off guard. Wang Wenxuan is a native of Sanwangpo, Tieluping, Hefeng. His family is wealthy, and he supports the guarding boxers all the year round.Wang Wenxuan didn't learn well since he was a child, digging family graves, keeping widows open, beating blind people, scolding Hanakers, and cutting dogs' dicks with a sickle.Later, I learned a few sets of dog boxing from the boxer, and thought it was great. When He Long was the guard in Lizhou, Wang Wenxuan was a company commander under He Long. Later, he violated military discipline by raping women and was beaten by He Longzhang. 20 army sticks, fled back home, relying on family power, pulled up a team of dozens of people, and from then on, dragged their guns to dominate. After the "Ma Ri Incident", Wang Wenxuan saw the strength of the Kuomintang, so he put up a signboard and proclaimed himself "Commander-in-Chief of Tieluping Qingxiang". At the beginning of 1928, He Long returned to Sang Zhila's team, and then led his troops to Hefeng. Wang Wenxuan once sent his confidants to see He Long, and wanted to take refuge in He Long.He Long sent a message to Wang Wenxuan, saying that as long as Wang Wenxuan is willing to revolution, the past will not be investigated.The fact that Wang Wenxuan relied on He Long was known to Yong Tingyao, the magistrate of the Kuomintang in Hefeng County. Tang recruited Wang Wenxuan and scolded him. What are you going to do with him? Don’t die, the world today belongs to Commander-in-Chief Jiang, as long as you wholeheartedly follow Commander-in-Chief Jiang, you will have a bright future.” After hearing this, Wang Wenxuan quickly said: "The teachings of Laofutai will be engraved in Zongfan's heart." Since then, Wang Wenxuan has become more resolute in his anti-communism, and he single-handedly planned the killing of Red Army guerrilla captains Tang Zhangfeng and Tang Zhangdun. Tang Zhangfeng was the captain of the guerrilla team in Beixiang, Shimen County, and Tang Zhangdun was the company commander of the revolutionary army organized by He Longchu when he came to Sangzhi. In the sand battle in October 1928, Tang Zhangfeng was seriously injured and was placed by He Long in the home of Chen Shenyang, a doctor in Zoumaping, to recuperate. Tang Zhangdun carried out revolutionary activities in Zoumaping.After Hefeng was liberated for the first time, Tang Zhangfeng and Tang Zhangdun mobilized more than 30 people in Zoumaping to form a guerrilla group. At the end of the twelfth lunar month of this year, He Long also sent them more than 40 guns to expand their armed forces.Wang Wenxuan found out about He Long's delivery of the gun, so Wang Wenxuan colluded with Yu Wenchen, a local tyrant in Zoumaping, and sent a cronies to join the guerrillas. At that time, the inside and the outside cooperated, killed Er Tang, and took away the gun. In this way, Wang Wenxuan was favored by the Kuomintang reactionaries, and he became the leader of the commander-in-chief of the Hefeng County Militia. Wang Wenxuan is the godson of Sun Junfeng, and Sun Nai is the leader of the Wufengwantan regiment. Wufeng County, known as the land of Jingliang barbarians in ancient times, belonged to the Rongmei Division before the middle of the Qing Dynasty. In 1735 (the thirteenth year of Yongzheng in the Qing Dynasty), Rongmei Division was divided into one prefecture and one county: Hefeng Prefecture and Changle County.In the second year of the Revolution of 1911, Changle County was renamed Wufeng County. Wufeng is located in the southwest of Hubei, adjacent to Yidu and Songzi in the east, Hefeng in the west, Shimen in the south, and Changyang in the north.It is an area where Tujia, Miao and Han live together. Wufeng is a remote place, and the people are more oppressed by the government, so the people have always had a rebellious spirit.During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Tian Siqun from Changyang bravely robbed Changle Yanka, slashed the magistrate of Changle with a knife, and raised his flag to rebel. In 1898 (the twenty-fourth year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu), the leader of the Gelaohui raised the flag to Xuting and organized the Gelaohui rebellion, leading the crowd to attack foreign churches. From time to time there were Changyang, Changle, Badong, Hefeng, Xingshan, Zigui, Donghu (now Yichang) County) Peasants in 7 counties enthusiastically defected to the rebel army. After the Revolution of 1911, Wufeng County, headed by Sun Junfeng from Wantan, held a large-scale group training.Sun once participated in the suppression of the Xiangxuting uprising army.The leaders Wan Xinchen and Jia Haifu who participated in the uprising in Shiwantan were captured by Sun, and they were cut in half after they were sent to Yichang Mansion. Sun Junfeng is vicious and good at scheming.He is a native of Damian, Wantan, known as "Old Monkey Sun". His family owns thousands of acres of paddy and dry fields, and he rules the four townships of Wantan, Sanyanquan, Damian, and Lijieshan. After the Xuting uprising, he began to expand the number of guards and soldiers. In Wufeng, Hefeng, Shimen, Changyang and other counties, the first regiment defense and regular training teams consisted of more than 80 people. In the summer of 1926, Sun Junfeng's only son, Wantan Sanyanquan Bao Dong Peng Lianxi, was fighting for power with Sun Junfeng's only son and Wantan District Mayor Sun Zirui. Sun Junfeng tried to kill Peng Lianxi's family. , later renamed Pengxi Group) and others escaped from Wantan for refuge. As a result, more than 200 farmers in Sanyanquanbao and nearby farmers were implicated and forced to abandon their wells and leave their hometowns. On October 10, 1926, the Northern Expedition Army captured Wuchang. In February of the following year, Deng Zongyu, a member of the Communist Party of China who graduated from the Kuomintang Hubei Provincial Party Affairs Cadre Training Course founded by Dong Biwu in front of Pinghu Gate in Wuchang, was sent to Wufeng by the Kuomintang Hubei Provincial Party Headquarters.Deng Zongyu is a native of Baiyang in Yidu. When he left Wuchang for Wufeng, he brought Guo Zhirui, Suo Huajiu, Wang Huacheng, Wang Huanan, Pei Zhili, Dai Tian, ​​Hu Jiwu and other young students from Wufeng who were studying in Wuchang, Jingzhou and Yichang, with him. Back to Wufeng.After Deng arrived in Wufeng, more than ten people, including Suo Huajiu and Wang Huacheng, became members of the Communist Party of China, centering on Wufeng County Higher Primary School.After that, the Wufeng County Party Headquarters, mainly composed of Communist Party members, was formed.The county party headquarters is presided over by Deng Zongyu, and Guo Zhirui is the county magistrate. At that time, Deng Zongyu mobilized the masses extensively to attack the powerful and evil gentry and corrupt officials.The slogans are "Down with Sun Junfeng!" "Down with Du Xiaozhuang!" Du Xiaozhuang, also known as Yang Mei, official name Zhengcai, pseudonym Xiaozhuang, and other name Doosan, was a former major general of the Beiyang warlord army. After returning home from Gansu, he dominated one side. After the workers' and peasants' movement started, Du Xiaozhuang was frightened away and fled to Yuyangguan.The evil gentry Xu Youran and the landlord Ma Zisha were arrested at the city gate and paraded through the streets wearing a high hat. Just as the workers' and peasants' movement was developing, Xia Douyin and Yang Sen launched a coup.Du Xiaozhuang, who was hiding in Yuyangguan, learned that he immediately united the reactionary forces in Yuyangguan to prepare for a counterattack against Wufeng Chengguan. When Deng Zongyu received the news of Yang Sen and Xia Douyin's rebellion, he organized the county student federation and the agricultural association into three armed brigades based on the newly formed county defense regiment to prepare for the emergency.Unexpectedly, Luo Chenzhi, the deputy head of the county security group who had infiltrated the party, secretly colluded with Du Xiaozhuang and attacked the county security group. Deng Zongyu was arrested by Du Xiaozhuang reactionary forces at the east gate, and Deng Zongyu was killed at the Chengguan in the heavy rain the next day. Nanmen Dongzi is only 19 years old. When Deng Zongyu was killed, Wang Huacheng, Suo Huajiu, Guo Zhirui and other Communist Party members and some backbones of the struggle escaped from danger, and all party organizations were destroyed. In June 1927, the 43rd Army of the Kuomintang entered Wufeng from Shi Nan. Li Sang (named Xiaoyuan), the commander of the army, successively transferred Jiang Jun, the head of the supplementary regiment of the headquarters, and Wu Tingxian, the director of the managerial department of the military department, to serve as the county magistrate of Wufeng County. , Intensified the white terror in Wufeng County. In July, Tang Qinghe, the former chairman of the Shiliangsi Farmers Association in Wufeng County, invited more than 20 Wantan farmers who were forced out by Sun Junfeng inside and outside the county, planning to assassinate Sun Junfeng and avenge the harm. On August 8, more than forty people including Tang Qinghe gathered in Niuzhuang and Wuyangguan respectively. In the middle of the night on August 9, they simultaneously attacked Wantan, Changwan, and Lianghekou, and raided Sun Junfeng's lair in Changwan. Sun Junfeng escaped, and Sun Junfeng escaped. Luo Ganchen, his minion, was killed. When Sun Junfeng organized the regiment to counterattack, the surprise attackers had disappeared. After He Long returned to Sang Zhi to drag the team, Sun Junfeng was shocked, and immediately started to expand the team defense to fight against He Long's troops. In June 1928, farmers fought against taxes in Wufeng Baiyi.At that time, Xie Jiaping Baodong raised the opium tax from Binshan, which angered the peasants.Farmer representatives Tian Hongshu, Wu Yangshan and others asked the private school teacher to write the lyrics on behalf of Dawu, and then went to the county to file a complaint, but Dai Dawu was detained instead.Tian Hongshu and Wu Yangshan were furious when they heard the news, and they invited dozens of soldiers from Changyang to capture and kill Xiang Binshan, who then fled.Immediately, the god soldiers set up a shrine in Xiejiaping, drilled the god soldiers, and prepared to attack the county government. In mid-July, Du Xiaozhuang led the county security team and Changyang Raoxiaolou Group's Waterproof Division Liu Guoju's 600 people besieged the Xiejiaping Shrine.The soldiers who broke out from the siege ran to Niuzhuang. At that time, Niuzhuang was holding a gathering of the soldiers from the five counties of Wufeng, Hefeng, Changyang, Badong, and Jianshi.The meeting was initiated by Tang Qinghe, Yang Shancheng, Peng Xizu and Chen Dongchuan from Wantan. When the soldiers of the five counties heard that Sun Junfeng had killed the soldiers, they were furious and wanted to kill Sun Junfeng to avenge the death of the soldiers.Therefore, Yang Shancheng invited Wan Tichen, the general representative of the Shenbing, from Changyang Golf to be the commander. Wan Tichen is a native of Lijieshan in Damian, Wantan, and makes a living by farming.In the early years of the Republic of China, he was forced to be the squad leader of Sun Junfeng's regiment defense.Later, Sun Junfeng couldn't tolerate him, so he fled to Zigui, Xingshan, and Changyang, where he was originally from, to find and join the Shenbing. He was promoted to the teacher, representative, and general representative of the Shenbing.After Wan Tichen was taken to Niuzhuang by Yang Shancheng, he immediately set up a shrine in Jinshanping. On August 14th, Wan Tichen led 400 soldiers, set off from Niuzhuang Jinshanping, passed through flooded water and Shuping camp, and attacked Sun Junfeng's garrison in Changwan in the early morning of August 16th.Sun Tuan was suddenly attacked and responded to the battle hastily. Burn it down, and confiscate all guns and ammunition discarded by Sun Tuan.Although the God of War was victorious, Wan Tichen was killed in battle. After the victory of the Shenbing, most of the Shenbing and the Jianshi Defense Regiment that cooperated with the Shenbing to attack Sun Tuan returned to various places. Only more than 50 Shenbing from Wantan, Wuyangguan, and Changyang Gaoqiu stayed in Wantan Inside the Town God's Temple on the street. After Sun Junfeng learned of this situation, he went to Zoumaping and moved Wang Wenxuan. Wang Wenxuan rushed to Luer Village in Wantan on the same day to join Sun Junfeng's remnants. , So defeated.Shenbing representatives Tian Zishan, Chen Zongyuan, Ni Congjie and 27 Shenbing were killed.Most of the soldiers who escaped later joined the Red Army. Since He Long returned to his hometown, Sun Junfeng has made a lot of guns, spears and earth cannons, and the regiment defense has expanded to more than 400 people.The people in Wantan, from as young as 12 to as old as 60, all stayed in the regiment, increasing the regiment's defense to more than 1,200 people. Among them, the "Zhongying" guarding Sun Junfeng's lair in Makeng was the main force of the Sun regiment. It is divided into 3 squadrons and 12 teams. The middle battalion has 12 earthen guns, more than 50 long and short guns, and more than 300 human cannons commonly known as "peckers".Sun Junfeng is vicious, cunning, and good at scheming. In order to make his subordinates listen to his command and dare not think about it, he arranged more than 20 kinds of tortures, such as "ducks splashing water", "monkeys holding piles", "lighting sky lanterns", etc. "Sleeping on the bench" and so on, if the subordinates are slightly dissatisfied, they will be put to death by them.In addition to managing his own power, Sun Junfeng bought all kinds of anti-communist talents at all costs.All regiment defenses against the Red Army, such as Liu Jiaqi, Liu Jiarui, Sun Cemin, Sun Yimin, etc., and some local tyrants and evil gentry fled to Sun after being attacked by the Red Army, and Sun Du entrusted them with important tasks.Shimen's Luo Xiaozhi, Hefeng Yu Pengru, Wufeng Hu Yuanqing and other regiment defenses can be said to obey Sun.At that time, Sun Junfeng was the most powerful and most reactionary leader on the border of Wufeng, Hefeng, and Shimen. In the spring of 1929, the Fourth Red Army planned to attack Sun Tuan, but the plan was changed due to Sun Tuan's strict defense.The Red Army did not attack Sun Junfeng, but Sun Junfeng ordered his son, Sun Zirui, to invite Wang Wenxuan to Wantan.Sun Zirui was the commander of the 2nd Brigade and 1st Regiment of the 43rd Army, and Wang Wenxuan was the commander of the 2nd Brigade.After Wang Wenxuan came, Sun Junfeng said: "Now that Misfortune (He) Dragon has arrived in Xiangxi, instead of waiting for Misfortune (He) to destroy me, I should take advantage of Misfortune (He) to eliminate Misfortune (He)." Zizi quickly spread "Green Forest Posts" and contacted the anti-communist regiments everywhere, and wanted to capture He Long alive before He Long's 33rd birthday (the ninth day of the second lunar month in 1929).At present, Wang Wenxuan, in the name of "Commander-in-Chief of the Western Hunan and Hubei Militia", led Hefeng, Shimen, and Tuanfang to occupy Wuliping on March 5 (the fifth day of February in the Gregorian calendar). Sun Junfeng also led 300 people to occupy Qingshui Ji, Yanziping, Hefeng, Badong, Jianshi, and Enshi Tuanfang also approached Wuyang Pass. Wang Wenxuan said wildly to the left and right: "I want to celebrate He Long's birthday in the cell!" When He Long found out what Wang Wenxuan had done, he was furious and said, "This bastard is really daring." Then he decided to concentrate the main force of the Fourth Red Army to attack Wang Wenxuan and kill the arrogance of the reactionary forces.He Long knew that if Wang Wenxuan was beaten, the rest of the defense team would be honest for a while.At that moment, Wang Bingnan was ordered to lead the main force to set up an ambush at the Red Fish Stream near Hefeng, and Lu Dongsheng was ordered to lead a force to attack Hefeng City.On this day, Wang Wenxuan was drinking with his godfather Sun Junfeng and Tan Guoda, the head of the regiment defense team in Laifeng County. Feng. It’s only a few tens of miles away from here.” When the three of them heard this, they woke up from the wine. Although Sun Junfeng was fierce, his heart trembled when he heard the word He Long. He said, “Damn, He Long has grown scud Huh? Why are you here so soon?" Tan Guoda said: "I don't think He Long's approach is kind. Although our regiment defenses in several counties are going to unite to fight He Long, but we haven't sat on the same bench and have not clenched our fists tightly. I think we should hide. The one who caught He Long It’s not too late to discuss things.” Sun Junfeng thought about it and said: "Brother Qin's words are not unreasonable, but hiding is not an option. I think it is better to fight He Long to the death. I will go back to Wantan to mobilize my troops." Wang Wenxuan was playing with his little Jiujiu, Wang Wenxuan thought: Grandma, your Tan Guoda’s nest is in Laifeng, your Sun Junfeng’s nest is in Wufeng, my Wang Wenxuan’s nest is in Hefeng, I will let He Long take care of my nest. Otherwise, I don't even have a place to stay.Thinking of this, Wang Wenxuan sneered and said: "He Long is already a defeated general today, and we will catch him just in time to make meritorious deeds. If you catch He Long, you will not only make a fortune, but also become famous all over the world." The three immediately decided that Wang Wenxuan would lead a regiment to the Yeji Ditch 20 miles outside Hefeng City to take up the formation to meet the Red Army. In the early morning of March 18, Wang Wenxuan led his troops to Yejigou. When his troops entered the Red Fish Creek Canyon, Wang Bingnan, who had been ambushing here, fired a gunshot, and the Red Army commanders and fighters hiding in the hatchback forest opened fire together. Suddenly, Wang Wenxuan's troops were in chaos. , Hula ran away.Some shouted for mercy, some raised their hands to surrender, some urinated in their trousers, all of them panicked like dogs in mourning, and hurried like caught fish. They only hated their parents for having two feet. Go straight to Hefeng City. Seeing that the situation was not good, Wang Wenxuan who ran back to Hefeng hurriedly got into the sedan chair, took his family and more than 200 stubborn bandits, and fled in the direction of Wufeng in a panic.Someone reported this to Wang Bingnan, and Wang Bingnan immediately ordered to chase.Give an order, and the Red Army scrambled to chase after them one by one, and some bandits who couldn't run raised their hands and disarmed. Seeing the red army chasing after him, Wang Wenxuan was very anxious. He thought the sedan chair bearer was running too slowly, so he poked his neck out of the sedan chair to look, and shouted at a tall and thick man: "Tang Yunjie, hurry up, get on my back and run! " This gangster named Tang Yunjie was known as a strong man, he could lift a weight of 500 jin with two arms without any effort, and he walked like chasing the wind and lightning.Therefore, Wang Wenxuan named him the "Imperial Chief Bodyguard". Hearing Wang Wenxuan's call, Tang Yunjie hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't panic, group seat. Get on my back." He said and fell on the ground. Wang Wenxuan hurriedly climbed onto Tang Yunjie's back. Tang Yunjie picked up his back and ran forward with big strides.After running a few steps, Wang Wenxuan shouted on his back: "Stop, stop!" Tang Yunjie quickly stopped and asked, "Tuan Zuo, what's the matter?" Wang Wenxuan said with a crying voice: "What about my little daughter-in-law?" It turned out that Wang Wenxuan's little daughter-in-law's sedan chair fell behind.Tang Yunjie didn't allow Tang Yunjie to open his mouth, only to hear the Red Army chasing him shout: "Bandit Wang, you can't run away anymore, you got into the cow's ass, we will pick you out with needles!" When Wang Wenxuan heard this, he was so frightened that he was out of his wits, and urged Tang Yunjie, "Quick, quick!" Tang Yunjie carried Wang Wenxuan on his back and ran forward.Wang Wenxuan leaned on Tang Yunjie's back and ordered his left and right sides to say, "Hurry up, spread Guangyang!" Wang Wenxuan listened to his left and right, and hurriedly sprinkled a lot of Guangyang on the road, but no one from the Red Army soldiers picked it up, and they still chased closely. Although Tang Yunjie was as strong as an ox, he was like a fat pig on his back, and he couldn't compare with his bare hands, and saw the red army chasing him closely.I was so tired that I was sweating and panting. In the end, my waist was sore and my legs were weak, and I couldn't run anymore. I fell to the ground. When I fell down, Wang Wenxuan's forehead hit the stone, and Wang Wenxuan hit a big bump. Ignoring the pain, he got up and ran, but he couldn't run. Several Red Army soldiers came up to him and shot him dead. After Wang Wenxuan's troops were defeated, the Red Army occupied the county seat and seized a large number of guns and ammunition from Wang Wenxuan's department.He Long established the Hefeng County Soviet Government for the second time. Seeing that the Red Army was growing stronger, the people inside and outside the city were all rejoiced. They also heard that Wang Wenxuan had been killed, and they all applauded. Many children of workers and peasants joined the Red Army one after another.The Fourth Red Army established the Fifth Route Army, appointed Chen Zhenyuan as the commander of the Fifth Route Army, and Liu Zhiwu as the party representative. After the Fourth Red Army captured Hefeng, the front committee decided to take advantage of the situation to attack Sun Junfeng's regiment defenses. Because Sun Tuan was heavily guarded, they changed their plan, diverted to Shimen, detoured around Songzi territory, and marched towards Wufeng Yuyangguan. In mid-April, He Long led the Fourth Red Army to the Songzi Guanyin area. After the county magistrate of Wufeng County received the information from the Red Army, he dispatched the defense regiments of Changleping, Yuyangguan, Shizhushan, Shengziping, Renheping, and Wangjiafan to the junction of Wufeng and Songzi, leading to Yuyangguan Meiping blocked the attack on the only way to go, and Du Xibo, the captain of the county security regiment, led the security regiment to march 160 miles to Meiping to join the defense regiments.After Du Xibo led the security team to Meiping, he set up three lines of defense overnight at the Wang Family Ancestral Hall, Tieryan, and Zhangjiazui around Meiping. When He Long learned of this situation, he decided to take advantage of the unstable foothold of the enemy and catch the enemy by surprise. At dawn on March 24, Wang Bingnan led his troops to launch a fierce attack on the enemy.The exhausted regiment members were hit by this blow, and immediately panicked and fled in all directions.The first line of defense arranged by Du Xibo then collapsed.Du Xibo threw off both the horse and the camp bed, and ran to the second line of defense through the woods with his head in his arms. Wang Bingnan led his division to continue hot pursuit, and took advantage of the momentum to smash the enemy's second line of defense. Du Xibo hurriedly ordered all the rout troops to concentrate on the third line of defense, but before he could recruit the rout troops, the red soldiers arrived again, the enemy was defeated, and more than 700 regiments fled around. Just as the Red Army commanders and fighters were chasing and fleeing the enemy, He Long ordered his horses to stop their actions, and the whole army returned to Meiping to assemble. While making breakfast, they let the team back to Songzi. Du Xibo received this letter and believed it to be true. He immediately collected the remnants in Shengziping and sent someone to Yuyang Customs to report the letter, saying that "the bandits have fled eastward". Just as Du Xibo was having a sweet dream, He Long led his troops to raid Shengziping again. Du Xibo hurriedly abandoned his troops and fled to Yuyang Pass like a swarm of defeated troops.The Red Army is also approaching Yuyang Pass. At that time, most of the regiment defenses stationed at Yuyangguan had been transferred to Meiping, and the few remaining regiment defenses received the news from Du Xibo that "the bandits have fled eastward". After rushing into Yuyangguan, the Yuyangguan regiment immediately became a mess and fled in all directions.The Fourth Red Army occupied Yuyang Pass. That night, the Red Army beat Gong Futai and other local tyrants. On the 25th, the Red Army held a mass meeting.He Long delivered a speech at the meeting.At this time, the common people knew that He Long was He Chang'er who drove horses back then. It turned out that He Long often came here to drive horses when he was a young man, and he had many old friends. Old friends, I was very happy to hear that He Chang'er became the commander of the Red Army, and many of them immediately joined the Red Army. On the 26th, the Fourth Red Army transferred from the junction of Wufeng and Yidu to the guerrilla attack in Changyang County. On the 28th, drive to Hefeng County via Dalongping. After the Fourth Red Army arrived at the Hefeng border, in order to quickly open up the situation on the border of Hunan and Hubei, they withdrew from Hefeng again. , surrendered more than twenty guns. In its report to the Central Committee, the Hunan-Hubei Front Committee wrote: ... (5) Wang Wenxuan, a famous local tyrant in Hefeng, contacted Sun Junfeng of Wufeng in the name of the joint defense command of the Western Hunan-Hubei Militia. Sang Zhi attacked us from Fengxiang, Liu Ziwei, etc. At 4:00 p.m., the Red Army approached Zhangjiaping, 20 miles away from the city, and our army retreated. The left and right outflanking troops made a profit and killed the leader of the enemy, Wang Wenxuan. It was Comrade Ye Yunqing and others. They believed that the enemy was still alive, so they led the team to attack the frontal enemy at night. Fleeing, serving and other great victories, Hefeng's regime was consolidated. (6) The pursuit of Liu Ziwei's troops.The Red Army took advantage of the victory to pursue Xiang Fengxiang, Liu Ziwei and others in the regiment of Sang Zhi.When our troops arrived at Longtanping in Sangzhi, Xiang had already fled. Liu Yiyuan left, so he decided to march towards Dongyu. In Tuiya, the enemy Liu Ziwei's troops had a slight contact and the enemy retreated. Our troops seized 7 rifles and chased them to Liu Ziwei's house overnight. , Burned his house, rested in Dongyu for a day, and arrived in Yacheng on the 16th. At that time, the Fourth Army of the Red Army had grown to more than a thousand people, and its guns had increased to more than three hundred.The basic units are Wu Fuchen's special service team, He Bingnan's first brigade, He Peiqing's second brigade, Chen Zongyu's special science brigade, etc.In order not to invite the enemy to gather heavy troops to attack, He Long served as the secret command, which will not be made public for the time being.Nominally set up a headquarters under the Fourth Red Army, and publicly appeared in the name of Wang Bingnan. After the Fourth Red Army wiped out Liu Ziwei's troops, He Long led his troops to Wangjiahe and stationed in Guoertai for a day. He met Sister He and his grandfather Wang Youxiang.He Ying and Wang Youxiang slaughtered pigs and chickens, and warmly entertained He Long and the Red Army soldiers.He Ying was very happy to see that the Red Army horse had grown stronger, and she cooked and cooked the dishes herself.After the meal, He Ying and He Long chatted cordially. He Long talked about the process of the Fourth Red Army's transition to war. Well, how can you bring so many people without a 'nest'! Running around like this is not a long-term solution." He Long listened and nodded and said: "Sister, you are right. If there is no nest, the Red Army must have a base. Zhu De and Mao Zedong have established their roots in Jinggangshan. I will do like them and establish a base." At the moment, He Long brought the Fourth Red Army to the area of ​​Yanya and Meiping, and the military headquarters was stationed in Dujia Village to reorganize the Fourth Red Army. At this time, because the party's "Sixth National Congress" resolution documents had already been sent, some documents on the experience of building the Jinggangshan Central Red Army were also received.Lu Dongsheng introduced Zhou Yiqun's vigorous struggle in Honghu, and conveyed the experience of Mao and Zhu's struggle in Jinggangshan.At the meeting, the spirit of the Party's "Sixth National Congress" and the Party Central Committee's instructions on how to build the Red Army, build the Soviet Area, and distribute land were conveyed, and they reviewed the "drag team thinking" and the style of warlords.After studying, new party members were recruited, the party branch also grew from one to four, and soldiers committees were established in each company.After the Fourth Red Army was reorganized, the party's leadership over the army was strengthened, and democracy within the army was expanded. When He Long defeated Wang Wenxuan and retreated to Sangzhi Dujia Village for reorganization, Xu Shengjie, a local tyrant in Hefeng, became the magistrate of Hefeng County.After he served as the regiment defense, Lu Qingming, the Beijia regiment defense, was also transferred to Hefeng to defend the city.Tian Shaomeng, captain of the county regular training team——After Tian Shaomeng was released by He Long, he still did not want to repent. His son Tian Sanyou gathered up the regiment defenses that had been broken up by the Red Army and assisted in guarding Hefeng City. After He Long detected the enemy's situation in Hefeng City, he was determined to attack, so he rushed down from Bafeng Mountain in the north of Hefeng City with lightning speed, occupied Manshanhong, and crossed the Lushui River.时敌军如梦方醒。纷纷四散而逃，陆清明带着团防慌慌张张向北佳狼狈逃窜。这一仗，伪县长徐生阶、团练徐良斋、常练队田三幼、田少梦父子均被擒。贺龙下令，将这些人处死。 在贺龙率红四军攻打鹤峰城之际，黄金鳌率神兵第一军从留驾司摇旗呐喊而来，支援陆清明，行至途中，得知陆清明人马大败，遂退回了邬阳关。 黄金鳌原为邬阳关的“掌坛”师父。咸丰黑洞人。时年40岁，善舞双刀，武艺高强。陈连振父子对其百顺百依。陈家父子率神兵加入红军后，黄金鳌对贺龙的整编极为不满，当红四军从鹤峰撤退后，他就煽动了四五十个神兵弟兄，以打回邬阳关为名而叛逃。黄金鳌到了邬阳关后，即打出了“神兵第一军”的旗号，与红军分庭抗礼。当徐生阶出任了鹤峰县县长后，黄即率队来鹤峰“保驾”，行至途中，得知红四军已占鹤峰，便退了回去。 贺龙得知黄金鳌的反动行径，大怒。遂唤来四团营长范松之和陈宗瑜的鲁卫员丁南山，附耳低言如此这般说了一遍，二人点头。 范松之和丁南山都是邬阳关神兵的老“弟兄”，范当过神兵中队长。二人奉贺龙之命后，即到了留驾司黄金鳌的驻地，把门的神兵见是范、丁二人，都很熟识，也没加阻拦，范、丁二人便直接进入黄金鳌的卧室，黄金鳌正坐在床上练功。范松之言说贺龙有信与黄。当黄接信之际，丁南山抽出刀向黄劈去。黄头一偏，刀劈在肩膀上。黄猛然跳起，顶着被子跳出屋门，范、丁二人随即跟出，将黄杀死。时黄的神兵将范、丁二人团团围住。范、丁二人将刀掷于地上，范松之说：“弟兄们，黄金鳌背叛红军，哄骗弟兄，另立旗号，欺压百姓，我俩奉贺龙军长之令，将黄处死，对于其他弟兄，不咎既往，愿当红军的跟我们人城，不愿当的自行其便。” 由于范、丁二人武艺高强，且黄己死，众神兵也就随波逐流了，纵有不满的也没敢妄动，且绝大多数随范、丁二人进城参加了红军。 当范、丁二人回到鹤峰见到贺龙时，贺龙对范、丁的大勇大智很是赞扬，他笑着说：“我以为你们这次回不来了呢？好，给我们红军争了脸。” 由于范松之的弟弟范柏之、范辉元、范辉九、范辉国都参加了红军，人呼其五兄弟为“范家五虎”，而范松之为五虎之首。 陆清明率队逃跑后，将陈宗瑜的母亲龚玉兰、伯父陈连培抓走做人质。贺龙闻讯大怒，令陈宗瑜带兵攻打陆明清团防。陈宗瑜率队直捣陆明清匪巢莫家台，救出了母亲和伯父。贺龙又下令，乘势追杀，一举收复部阳关、大荒、官店、中云、麻水等地，各路团防纷纷溃逃。 这当儿，豪绅团防又制造谣言说王文轩的团防大都是走马坪的人，贺龙要血洗走马坪，铲地三尺，鸡犬不宁。谣言传到贺龙军中，贺英对贺龙说：“这是挑拨红军和老百姓的关系。” 贺龙说：“敌人谣言必须戳穿。”当即，贺龙要王炳南率部到王文轩老家三望坡，将王文轩老婆刘申月捉来。 走后，贺龙、贺英带着一队人马到了走马坪。 贺龙亲自主持召开了群众大会。贺龙大声说：“桑植是我们家乡，鹤峰是我的第二家乡。有人说我贺龙要血洗走马坪，这是混账的话，我贺龙和红军打的是土豪，杀的是劣绅，铲的是贪官，除的是污吏。王文轩是恶霸团防，当年他曾任我手下的连长，我给他放的官儿。后来，逃回家乡，称王称霸，我这次回湘西，他恩将仇报，专门跟红军作对，这样的人不杀他做甚？这叫冤家有对头，睡觉有枕头，走马坪是我的老码头，我贺云卿的话是算数的！” 这时候，王炳南把王文轩的老婆刘申月带来，贺龙当场宣布释放，贺龙之举使走马坪百姓都不信谣言了，特别是那些参与“围剿”红军的团丁的家属，见王文轩的老婆都被释放，心中的疑虑随之烟消云散。时百姓把贺龙召开的这个大会呼之为“安民大鹤峰” 形势比较稳定之后，贺龙率红四军进入桑植，在龙潭坪、土地垭一带发动群众，惩办豪绅，开辟新区，打击敌人。 时土著武装谷志龙，有人枪百余，愿投红军，贺龙大喜，遂将该部编为红四军第二旅，由谷任旅长，汪毅夫任党代表，陈石清为参谋长。