Chapter 29 Chapter 28 He Long Attacks Xijiao Township

After the victory of the Fourth Red Army at Chixihe, the central government sent Dong Lang to the Fourth Red Army. Dong Lang, formerly known as Dong Jiazhi, nicknamed Zhongming.The first phase of Whampoa Military Academy.He has successively participated in the "Mars Society", "Young Soldiers Federation", and joined the Communist Party of China. In November 1924, when the Independent Regiment of the Fourth National Revolutionary Army was established in Zhaoqing, Guangdong, Ye Ting was the head of the regiment and Dong Lang was the staff officer.After the Northern Expedition captured Wuhan, Dong Lang was transferred to the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 70th Regiment of the 24th Division of the 11th Army.After the Northern Expeditionary Army marched to Wuhan, Dong Lang was promoted to the head of the 70th Regiment, and later participated in the Nanchang Uprising.After the failure of the uprising army to go south to Chaoshan, Dong Lang and the party representative Yan Changyi collected the remaining troops and continued to march towards Hailufeng. On October 6, he got in touch with the Dongjiang Special Committee of the Communist Party of China. On the afternoon of the 7th, the rebel army and the Dongjiang Peasant Self-Defense Army successfully joined forces.After the study and decision of the Dongjiang Special Committee of the Communist Party of China, the rebel army led by Dong Lang and the peasant self-defense army led by Lin Daowen and Yang Wang were merged into the Second Division of the Workers and Peasants Revolutionary Army. Wang Bei, a member of the Dongjiang special committee, was the chief of staff. In March 1928, the Guangdong warlords dispatched three divisions, led by Yu Hanmou, Li Zhenqiu, and Deng Yanhua, to pounce on Hailufeng in three ways.Dong Lang, Ye Yong and others led troops and peasant armed forces to fight bloody battles. After three days and nights of bitter fighting, they were forced to withdraw from Haifeng and Lufeng counties and the main towns in the plain, and retreated into Zhongdong Mountain, the junction of Hai, Lu, Hui and Zi counties. In the mountains around Jiegu River, Chaomian Mountain, Huangqiang Ruins, Yangmeishui, and Paozai Ruins, they are circling with the enemy. In January 1929, Dong Lang transferred to Shanghai via Hong Kong. At the request of He Long, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sent some cadres with experience in armed struggle to the base area in western Hunan and Hubei. Dong Lang was ordered to secretly enter western Hunan from Shanghai.

After Dong Lang met He Long, because the letter of introduction he brought was written with secret writing potion, the Fourth Red Army could not decipher the content, so the Front Enemy Committee wrote to the Party Central Committee for instructions, saying that the letter could not be deciphered, and asked the Central Committee for instructions. How is Dong Lang's work arranged? Dong Lang also reported his actual situation to the central government. His report stated: When the Central Committee's instructions did not arrive, the front committee was adjusted, Dong Lang was added as a member of the front committee, in charge of military and political training, and 120 outstanding soldiers were selected from the Red Army for training.

In October, according to the instructions of the central government, Dong Lang was appointed chief of staff of the Fourth Red Army.After the great victory at the Chixi River, the strength of the Red Army grew stronger. In order to remove the regiment defense strongholds around the Sangzhi Soviet Area, the Front Committee of the Communist Party of China in Hunan and Hubei, in order to break the encirclement of the enemy and consolidate and expand the Soviet Area, it was decided that He Long would lead the main force of the Fourth Red Army to Dayong, Cili and two counties advanced.Li Liangyao, secretary of the Sangzhi County Party Committee, Wang Yifu, chairman of the county Soviet, and Hu Haiyun, head of the supplementary brigade who stayed behind, formed the "Stay Behind Committee" to be responsible for rear affairs.

Before He Long led the Fourth Red Army to set off, according to the instructions of the former committee, the Fourth Red Army was reorganized again and divided into two columns: the first team commanded Wang Bingnan, and it had 4 regiments under its jurisdiction. The first regiment leader He Guiru and the party representative Long In the front, Wen Nanfu, head of the second regiment, Wu Xieping, party representative, Chen Zongyu, head of the third regiment, Qin Bingsu, party representative, Wu Qinfu, head of the fourth regiment; Commander Qin Boxun, head of the Sixth Regiment Wu Chenghu, supplementary brigade commander Hu Haiyun, and party representative Wang Yifu.Except for Sang Zhi who stayed behind in the supplementary brigade, the rest followed He Long.

After He Long led the Fourth Red Army to leave Sangzhi, he marched towards Dayong Xijiao Township. Xijiao Township is the only way for Sangzhi to Dayong, and it is a famous natural danger.The big landlord Xiong Xiangxi relied on natural dangers, armed with 300 guns, and built a fort to dominate one side.When He Long first arrived in Sangzhi, Xiong also expressed a friendly gesture and sent someone to deliver a letter to He Long, in which he recounted the old relationship.He Long knew Xiong's details well, and because he didn't want to make too many enemies, he also sent someone to contact him to express his friendship. With the growth of the Fourth Red Army and the establishment of the Soviet Area, Xiong and other forces dominating one side were threatened by the revolutionary forces, and they showed ferocity. In the face of Xiong, Xiong colluded with Chen Cexun and others to openly confront the Fourth Red Army. He Long was determined to get rid of Xiong first and uproot the stronghold of Xijiao Township.

He Long sent Wang Bingnan to lead his troops to advance from Zhonghu to Zhengtapo to make a feint.He Long personally led the main force to attack Zhaijiaoziya, the leader of the enemy, from the bridgehead.He Jian's Li Jueshi Wu Yulin regiment, after He Long instigated rebellion, also helped He Long attack Xiong Xiangxi. Wu Yulin was He Long's old unit. He used two kitchen knives to snatch guns with He Long.Because of the deep old relationship with He Long, he agreed with He Long to attack Xiong Xiangxi. Shi Xiong Xiangxi held the political and economic privileges of Xijiao Township, and he was called brother and brother with Chen Cexun and Xu Xiaotong.

If the Fourth Red Army wants to develop eastward from Sangzhi, it must get rid of the stronghold of Xijiao Township.Otherwise, this stronghold will become a disaster for the Sangzhi Soviet. Xiong Xiangxi built very strong villages in Feitapo, Jiaoziya, Tanzishan, Jizhuyan, Baimashan, etc. at the bridgehead of Xijiao Township, especially Jiaoziya Stone Village is the strongest.Each village is guarded by regiment soldiers.Although the combat effectiveness of these regiments is not strong, it is difficult for strong soldiers to defeat weak villages.The Red Army did not have planes or artillery, so it was very difficult to attack this kind of stockade.

After the start of the attack on Xijiao Township, He Long discovered that the number of villages in Xijiao Township was unexpected, but the two sides started a war immediately. If the truce midway would damage the army's prestige, he made the greatest determination and vowed to capture the enemy's village .When besieging the village, the Red Army climbed the village three times, but they were all shot down by stones and bullets and could not enter. Chen Cexun and Xiong Haiqing tried their best to rescue them, but they were also defeated by the Red Army. The war was unprecedented since the establishment of the Fourth Red Army.

On the third day of the fierce battle, He Long commanded troops to occupy Shiziling opposite Jiaoziya Village. On the fifth day of the siege of the Fourth Red Army, the enemy ran out of ammunition and food, and expressed their willingness to surrender and reorganize, but they were unwilling to surrender their guns.He Long should not.That is, the ministries of the Shang Dynasty strictly prevented the enemy from escaping.When the Fourth Red Army launched a general attack on the Zhaizi in Beijiao Township, it rained heavily in the evening, and people could not be seen when they raised their eyes. The soldiers of the Red Army were too tired from the continuous attacks, and they were negligent in taking precautions, which caused Xiong Xiangxi to abscond.

The Fourth Red Army captured the main village, and the other small villages were easily solved.All the tribes of the Xiong tribe were dispersed by the Fourth Red Army. Since the Red Army fought fiercely for 6 days and nights, in order to replenish bullets and recover from fatigue, the Fourth Red Army rested in Xijiao Township for a week. When the Red Army was resting, Xiong Xiangxi collected the remnants and retreated to Kangsangu at the junction of Dayong and Sangzhi, forming a corner with Chen Cexun and Xu Xiaotong of Jiangya. At that time, the power of the Fourth Red Army was far and wide, which caused great panic in the reactionary government. In August, Lu Diping and He Jian, the supervisor of Qingxiang in Hunan Province, sent more than 20,000 people including Wu Shang of the Fourth Division and Zhou Xieqing, Luo Xiaozhi, and Zhu Jikai from Chen Quzhen's department to attack the Fourth Red Army.

Zhu Jikai, nicknamed Zhu Scarzi, was the head of the security team of Cili at that time. He was born in Jiangkou, Hefeng County. He had 4 brothers. The second eldest, Zhu Fafa, was the head of the large defense group on the border of Sanghe. He Long decided to take advantage of the fact that the enemy's foothold was not stable, and he and Wu Shang's tribe were still far away in Changde, more than 270 miles away from Jiangya, to pre-emptively seize Jiangbi, an important commercial area in Cili, to prevent Xu Xiaotong from becoming the vanguard of Wu Shang's tribe. Before attacking Jiangya, He Long wrote to Xu Xiaotong, saying: Your current status in society is very good, as long as you are entrusted with the protection of comrades in the party as last spring, you will definitely be welcomed to join the party one day.I'm going downstream. In the letter, Xu Xiaotong was asked not to be an enemy of the Red Army.While writing to Xu Xiaotong, He Long also wrote to Zhou Dufang, the leader of Shimen's magic soldiers, and Tian Shaoqing, the dayong native armed man who was active in Shimen, hoping that they "cooperate with the Red Army and fight together."Although Zhou and Tian were not in the Red Army, the officials "encircled and suppressed" them.Afterwards, He Long led some of his troops to march towards Jiangya. Chen Cexun and Xiong Xiangxi fled after hearing the news, and the Red Army drove straight in.Two days later, Yu Jiangbi made slight contact with Xu Xiaotong's tribe, Xu tribe retreated immediately, and He Long's troops occupied Jiangya.Rest for a while in Jiangya, and advance to Shanmu Bridge. The Shanmu Bridge is the main traffic route from Cili County to the Northwest Banxian County and Sanghe, and the mass base here is very good.Wu Huchen, Wu Yutang, Wu Ziyu and other battalion and regiment leaders in the Fourth Red Army were all from the Shanmuqiao area, and all had influence in the area. After the Fourth Red Army occupied Jiangya and Shanmu Bridge, the propagandists in the Red Army used slogans, notices, speeches, etc. to publicize the Communist Party's ideas and the purpose of the Red Army, and distributed the "Letter to the Workers and Peasants of Western Hunan" and "To the Soldiers in Western Hunan". Book", calling on workers and peasants to join the Red Army.At that time, young peasants joined the Red Army one after another. In just one day and one night, more than 300 young peasants joined the revolutionary ranks. After leaving Shimen Beixiang, Jian Xianren, who was originally active in Shimen Beixiang, hid in his uncle's house in Shanmuqiao, and was still secretly engaged in revolutionary activities.After Zhang Yiming, the party representative commanded by the First Route of the Fourth Red Army arrived at Shanmuqiao, he searched for revolutionary cultural talents for the Red Army. He inquired about the situation of the party members and progressive youth here. In order to find her together, Jian Xianren was asked to work in the Red Army.Jian Xianren agreed, and from then on, she was transferred from the local government to work in the Red Army, and was appointed as a full-time cultural teacher in the first batch of cadre training teams of the Fourth Red Army.The officers and soldiers of the Red Army honored her as "Mr. Jian".He Long said to Jian Xianren: "You are the first female Red Army and the first female Communist Party member in our Fourth Red Army." After the Fourth Red Army occupied Shanmu Bridge, both Zhou Dufang and Tian Shaoqing sent replies, and most of them expressed a friendly attitude towards the Red Army.Tian Shaoqing said in the letter that if the Red Army entered Shimen, he would give up the defense line, but he did not want to join the Red Army. The Front Committee held a military meeting and believed that although they did not understand the revolutionary purpose of the Red Army, they would never be enemies of the Red Army. If they attacked the Red Army, they would weaken themselves and risk being eaten by the Hunan Army. At the same time, they also They will not join the Red Army, they are afraid that the big tree will attract the wind, so they can also be used. At this time, Xu Xiaotong and Xing Deaf who were retreating were cruising in the mountains near Jiangbi, and Zhang Puwu, the Dayong Regiment entrenched in Cili County, also had an ambiguous attitude, and Zhang was only 50 miles away from Shanmuqiao.At this time, Wu Shang's tribe had already reached the Pantang Bridge in Taoyuan, and was heading towards Cili.Li Baobing from Li County and Luo Xiaozhi from Shimen also stared at the Red Army.The enemy situation is serious. If the Red Army develops eastward or stays in the area of ​​Jiangbi and Shanmuqiao for a long time, it will inevitably fall into the enemy's siege, and the purpose of the Red Army going to Jiangya and Shanmuqiao to develop the Red Army and expand its political influence has been achieved. Therefore, the former committee decided that the Red Army should return quickly. mulberry. In the middle of the night on August 28, 1929, He Long led the Fourth Red Army back to Sangzhi. When they arrived at Jiangya, unexpectedly Xu Xiaotong led the regiment back to Jiangya.It turned out that Xu Xiaotong thought that He Long would lead his troops eastward, but unexpectedly the Red Army returned.Xu hurriedly led his troops to flee to Sanguan Temple, but the Red Army did not pursue them and continued to march towards Sangzhi. When He Long left Jiangya, he left a letter to Xu Xiaotong, which said: I really can't bear to attack you, why did I counterattack Jiang Ya?Because you shouldn't leave Chen Cexun and Xiong Xiangxi's remnants to endanger the traffic in the rear of the party. If you continue to be so reactionary, I will definitely burn Jiangya and exterminate the Xu family. At that time, I will not care about my friends. The Fourth Red Army returned to Sangzhi via Zhuyeping and Xianchiyu.Take a rest. He Long wrote a report to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on August 8 of the lunar calendar: However, the Xu and Xing tribes that had retreated at that time had not yet been purged. Zhang Jinwu's tribe was entrenched in Cili County, with an ambiguous attitude. It was only 50 miles away from Shanmu Bridge. Luo Xiaozhi, the defense against us is very strict. Under such circumstances, if the Red Army goes deep into the enemy's territory, it will definitely be dissuaded by the enemy (the original text - the quoter's note). Therefore, we decided to send the Red Army back to Sangzhi , so that the enemy is baffled by our use of troops, and we can take advantage of this period to step up military and political training. In a word, the strengthening of the guerrilla here, Yunqing adapts to the situation with 20 years of experience in dragging the team, and will never be fooled by the enemy in the future.