Chapter 30 Chapter 29 He Long Attacks Changyang

After the Fourth Red Army returned to Sangzhi to rest, one morning, He Long just got up, and an orderly reported that a commoner wanted to see He Long. He Long said, "Please come in." The visitor was dressed in the Miao nationality, about 30 years old, with a green cloth dish, although the clothes were torn, but his eyes were full of heroism. When he saw He Long, he stepped forward and saluted: "The commander is always good!" He Long took a closer look, immediately held the visitor's hand, and said with a smile: "Liu Mingxian, it's you, I didn't expect it."

"Commander, it was hard for me to look for you. I went to Hefeng first, and then to Cili. I learned that the commander returned to Sangzhi, so I rushed to Sangzhi overnight." Liu Ming first came to Sangzhi as a liaison officer of the Central Committee to convey the instructions of the Party Central Committee to the Fourth Red Army. When Liu Mingxian took out the instruction letter from the Central Committee from his skirt, He Long was very happy. The letter was written by Zhou Enlai on behalf of the Party Central Committee to the Front Committee and He Long. In the letter, he praised the heroic struggle of the Red Army under the leadership of the Front Committee. With clear instructions, the letter reads:

Comrade Lu Dongsheng came at the end of last year, got your report, immediately studied it, wrote a letter to reply, and stated the general political line of our party, the current revolutionary situation and the main principles of guerrilla warfare stipulated in the resolution of the Party's Sixth Congress. The task tells you.The letter was brought back by Comrade Dongsheng. I think I have received it now and got your letter on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month of last year. I learned that you did not fear hardships and led comrades and soldiers to fight bravely in armed struggle with hunger and cold. It was correct to mobilize quite a few masses, seize many of the enemy's armed forces, and eliminate some reactionary militia groups.

The most important thing about guerrilla warfare is to be organized and to have close ties with the masses.There have been some bad tendencies in guerrilla warfare in the past everywhere: The first is to separate from the masses, so that the masses do not understand that the meaning of guerrilla warfare is to mobilize the masses to carry out an agrarian revolution; The second is the tendency to destroy cities, burn, kill, and rob. This tendency is enough to hinder the image and development of the party among the general masses and even among the working masses. We must do our best to eliminate this incorrect concept in the party.The main tasks of guerrilla warfare are to realize the slogan of the peasant struggle, to weaken the strength of the reactionaries and to build up the Red Army.In areas where our guerrilla forces have reached, it is of course necessary to develop the Party organization, expand the organization of the masses, promote and help the struggle of the masses, and expand our propaganda.

In Zhou Enlai’s instruction letter, he also introduced Mao Zedong and Zhu De’s experience in building the army on Jinggangshan, and asked the former committee for reference. The letter said: In the Zhu and Mao armies, the party organization is based on the company. Each company establishes a branch, and the company is divided into groups. , have the guidance and help of the party.According to people from Zhu and Mao's office, such an organization feels good.In the future, when your army builds a party, this experience can be used as a reference for you. Regarding the direction of development of the Red Army, where is the best development area in western Hubei and western Hunan? In principle, the development of guerrilla warfare should be directed toward areas where class contradictions and struggles in the countryside are more intense, and where the party and mass organizations have an equivalent foundation. The most suitable place is a place with abundant supplies and steep terrain.

He Long received the instructions from the Party Central Committee and was overjoyed. He immediately convened a meeting of cadres above the regiment level to convey the message.What can be implemented will be implemented immediately.In accordance with the relevant spirit of the Central Committee's instructions, the Fourth Red Army was reorganized again. After the rectification, the Fourth Red Army became a two-way column: Wang Bingnan, the commander of the first road, has 5 regiments under his jurisdiction. The head of the first regiment He Guiru, the party representative Long Zuo, the regiment's first battalion commander Luo Tongtong, the first and second company commanders Tu Yaonan and Tian Ziwei, the second battalion commander Liao Zhuoran, the fifth and sixth company commander Tian Minggui , Tang Binqing, Xiang Baichen, commander of the third battalion, Zhou Jiapeng and Chen Jialiu, commanders of the ninth and tenth companies.There are more than 380 long and short guns.

Wen Nanfu, the head of the second regiment, Wu Xieping, the party representative, and Li Jiabing and Liu Ziqing, the commanders of the first and third battalions of the regiment, had a total of more than 90 long and short guns. Wu Qinfu, the commander of the third regiment, Chen Zongyu, the leader of the fourth regiment, Qin Bingsu, the party representative, Chen Dongchuan, the commander of the first battalion of the regiment, Peng Qingyuan, the commander of the second battalion, Fan Songzhi, the commander of the spy company, and Shen Zhusan, the captain of the vanguard. There are more than 80 long and short spears.

Ren Cenpu, head of the fifth regiment, Wang Yifu, party representative, and Gu Qingxuan, Tang Maolin, and Wang Liancheng, commanders of the first, second, and third battalions.The first battalion of the regiment is the basic unit of Gu Haiyun, and its combat effectiveness is quite strong. The second and third battalions of the regiment were reorganized by Sang Hou, a soldier of the Fourth Red Army. The composition is very complicated, with a total of 260 long and short guns. Hu Haiyun, head of the supplementary regiment, has more than 30 guns. Wang Shenwu, the battalion commander of the supplementary battalion, belonged to Wang Donghai's former unit, and had thirty guns.

Liu Anqiao, the battalion commander of the Independent Battalion, used to be the regiment defense of the fellow villagers of Dayongkang. In addition, there are still many special task force organizations, such as Gu Meiwu, Wu Fuchen, Yao Yizhai and so on. Qin Zouzhang, the second conductor, is Fu Ji. Qin and He Long have a close relationship and have more than one hundred guns.The department is under development. Supplementary brigade commander Gu Zhilong has more than a hundred guns. There is also a Workers' and Peasants' Red Guard, which is composed of the Peasants' Guard and Workers' Red Guard, with a total of about 200 people and 30 long guns.

The whole army has a total of 4,000 people, and the momentum is so great that the enemies in western Hunan tremble. Chen Quzhen, the king of Xiangxi, was a person who retreated when encountering difficulties. Chixihe Xiangziyun was defeated and died. Chen Quzhen no longer stretched out his head to attack the Red Army. The head of the regiment, Gu Jiaqi, was stationed in Yongshun.Chen Quzhen told Zeng Congwu not to confront He Long's tribe, and the best thing to do is to preserve strength.Chen Cexun, Zhu Scarzi, Luo Xiaozhi, Zhou Aizi, Xing Deafzi, Zhu Fafa, Xu Xiaotong, etc., among these motley troops, except for Xu Xiaotong, the rest are resolutely against He Long and do not take Chen Quzhen's orders to heart.Especially Chen Cexun, after he fled from Sangzhi to Cili, he sent a telegram to He Jian in the name of "commander of bandit suppression", asking He Jian to send troops to attack He Long, and volunteered to be the pioneer.After He Jian received Chen Cexun's telegram, he ordered Wu Shang's troops to step up their pressure on the Fourth Red Army.Wu Shang's department received He Jian's telegram, and sent brigade commander Yan Zhongguo to lead his department and other regiments in western Hunan to defend against the "invasion and suppression" of the Fourth Red Army.

In mid-September 1929, the troops of the Fourth Red Army "invaded and suppressed" came from Kongkeshu, Dongwangping in Mahekou of Cili, Yunyanxipo in Dayong, and Sangzhi in Yongshun. . He Long received the enemy's intelligence and immediately convened the Front Enemy Committee, deciding to abandon Sangyu and march towards Laifeng and Longshan at the junction of Hunan and Hubei. Immediately, Wu Qinfu's third regiment was the front.Wu Qinfu is a native of Heidong, Xianfeng. He used to be a "master" master of magic soldiers in Wuyangguan. When Chen's father and son joined the Red Army, the father and son also sought Wu Qinfu's opinion.Wu Qinfu nodded happily.Wu Qinfu is a very superstitious person, he heard that He Long descended from the stars in the sky, so he agreed with Chen's father and son to follow He Long so that they could enjoy the glory and wealth with He Long.Unexpectedly, the military discipline of He Long's army is getting stricter and stricter, so naturally he can't be tolerated as a domineering one.Seeing that He Long appointed him as the regiment leader, he knew that He Long still thinks highly of him, so he stayed there, hoping that when the dragon entered the blue sky, he would also be promoted. Sir, Wu Qinfu happened to come across it, walked over, took out a large piece of sham, threw it on the word testing booth, and said, "Take me a word." The character tester asked, "I don't know what character to test, sir?" Wu Qinfu replied casually: "Just test the word 'qin'." The teacher who tested the characters wrote the word "qin" on the paper, squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while, and said, "I speak so deliciously and coldly!" Wu Qinfu said: "A gentleman asks about misfortunes and not about blessings." The gentleman who tested the characters said: "I see your complexion, and the luck is not good. After the separation, there is "two kings" at the beginning of the word "person", and there is no root under the word "person". Look, there is a 'king' on your head, it's rare to turn over!" Wu Qinfu said, "Then what should we do?" Mr. Chezi said: "If you leave the word 'Wang', don't you get ahead!" When Wu Qinfu returned to his residence, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that what the character tester said made sense.I thought to myself: Grandma Rita, I, Wu Qinfu, have extraordinary martial arts, why should I be controlled by him, He Long, drinking rough tea, eating light rice, and wearing straw sandals with him?With him in charge, can I still be the king?Me, leave him as soon as possible.Wu Qinfu made up his mind, and secretly colluded with his cronies.These cronies were originally magic soldiers, and they were unwilling to suffer this kind of hardship in the Red Army for a long time. When they heard that they were going to leave He Long, they were naturally willing.It so happened that the Fourth Red Army moved to Laifeng at this time, and Wu Qinfu was very happy.That night, he calculated the direction according to the eight gates in "Seizing the Door Dunjia".The doors here are: Hugh, Health, Injury, Du, Scenery, Death, Surprise, and Open.In the past, many soldiers, warlords big and small, almost all counted as "eight gates". In case of emergency, they could go to this "life gate".It is said that when Zhang Zuolin dragged his troops back then, he was defeated and surrounded. In an emergency, Zhang Dashuai pinched the "Eight Gates", found the "Shengmen Gate", and fled in the direction of the "Shengmen Gate".Why did Wu Qinfu have to figure out the eight schools?He was worried in his heart, afraid that he would not be able to escape, if He Long caught him, how could He Long spare him?He did some calculations and found that fleeing in the direction of Laifeng was the "Shengmen", and he felt happy for a while.Therefore, he secretly sent his confidant, the eldest disciple Li Huaizhi, to sneak out of Sangzhi City, and report the information that He Long wanted to take his men and horses away from Sangzhi, and rushed to Feng and Longshan, and reported to Chen Cexun, the enemy's avant-garde army.Chen Cexun immediately reported this information to Yan Zhongru.When Chen and Yan received the information from Wu Qinfu, the two of them immediately sent troops to scour the path to Sangzhi's only way to Laifeng - the ear-cutting platform of Badagong Mountain, like a fire burning their eyes. On both sides of the ear-cutting platform, people and horses were ambushed, just waiting for the arrival of the Red Army, and they would gather and annihilate them in one fell swoop. Houertai is surrounded by high mountains, and there is only one canyon through which people and horses can pass.There are dense tall forests everywhere on the mountain.Why is it called an ear cutting platform here?It is said that there was a bad official who did bad things in office. When he passed by here, the common people caught him and cut off his ears here, so it is called the ear-cutting platform. When He Long led the Red Army to move towards Laifeng, when they reached the foot of Badagong Mountain, the Qinfu regiment of the former team had already passed the ear tower. , He Longzheng didn't know what was going on?Someone came to report that the enemy had been spotted ahead, and He Long asked anxiously, "How many people?" The answer is not clear.Immediately afterwards, someone came to report that Wu Qinfu, the head of the avant-garde regiment, had rebelled and led some people to surrender to the enemy.At this time, gunshots also rang out from behind the Fourth Red Army. He Long couldn't tell, he was ambushed by the enemy on all sides, and the people and horses were crowded at the bottom of the valley, and they were likely to be massacred. Scanning, I saw a big mountain ridge in front of me, there was no gunfire there, it seems that the enemy has not yet occupied it.He Long was very familiar with the terrain in this area. He knew that the big mountain ridge was called Tutuya, which was the commanding height of Houertai.He immediately ordered Gu Zhilong to lead his troops to seize Tudiya.He also ordered the remaining regiments to seize Dalingcao from both wings.Dalingcao is another mountain ridge of Badagong Mountain. It is more than 30 miles long and wide. It is the main road at the junction of Hunan and Hubei. A winding path passes through this mountain ridge. Why didn't Chen Cexun and Yan Zhongru occupy Tutuya?Chen, Yan and other enemies also knew that the location of Tudiya was important, because He Long's troops arrived just as their forces were deployed, so they had not had time to occupy Tudiya.After the two sides met fire, Chen Cexun ordered his general Wang Zhankui to lead his troops to seize Tudiya. After Gu Zhilong received He Long's order, he led his men and horses to rush towards Tutuya.There are thorns and strange rocks everywhere on the mountain. In order to get ahead of the enemy, the Red Army soldiers ignored them.Unexpectedly, just as the Red Army was approaching the top of the mountain, Wang Zhankui led his troops to climb up the mountain from the side.Seeing that the Red Army was about to charge up, Wang Zhankui immediately ordered to fire, and the Red Army commanders who rushed to the top of the mountain fell down amidst the roar of enemy bombs.The enemy's light and heavy firearms made the Red Army unable to lift its head.Seeing him, He Long ordered Gu Zhilong to organize his forces again and take down Tudiya.At that moment, Gu Zhilong ordered the Second Battalion to be the vanguard, and concentrated the light and heavy weapons of the whole brigade to cover the Second Battalion's charge. At this time, the battle to seize Dacaoling was also very intense. Because Chen and Yan occupied many hilltops in Dacaoling before the Red Army, the Red Army launched a strong attack from the left and right flanks and captured some of the hilltops. In this fierce battle, the Fourth Red Army was always at a disadvantage.When seizing a mountain ridge called Jiejiatai, He Guiru, the leader of the first regiment, was shot and died. Immediately afterwards, Chen Zongyu, the leader of the fourth regiment, was killed when he broke through the encirclement.Seeing that the Red Army had been crushed to the bottom, the enemy was so happy that he jumped on his feet and gave orders: "If you kill a Red Army soldier, you will be rewarded with Dayang 5 yuan; if you capture a small Red Army officer, you will be rewarded with Dayang 500 yuan; if you capture a senior officer, you will be rewarded with 5,000 yuan. Live in He Long and make a fortune!" With this order, those bandit officers and soldiers shouted "grasp the Red Army" one by one, and rushed to the bottom of the valley frantically. The battle lasted from noon to sunset, and the Fourth Red Army never took the commanding heights of Tuya.If they can't take Tutuya anymore, the Red Army is in danger of being completely wiped out. At this moment, Gu Zhilong came to He Long with his head downcast and said, "Commander, Tutuya, I, I really can't take it down!" When He Long heard this, his eyes widened, and he said sharply: "I, He Long, have been fighting in the north and south for more than ten years. What kind of battle have I not fought? I don't believe that a small land can't be taken down!" He looked around and saw People all looked distressed and shouted, "Call Lu Dongsheng and Wang Bingnan quickly!" Before the words were finished, one person said loudly: "Commander, why use a bull's knife to butcher chickens? Commander, give me a company of troops, and I will definitely take down Tudiya!" Everyone looked at him and saw that the speaker was only 20 years old, wearing green cloth trousers and jacket, his eyebrows were slanted into the temples, and his eyes were shining brightly.He Long asked, "What's your name?" "Report to the commander. My name is He Bingyan. I am a blacksmith. I joined the Red Army not long ago. I was assigned to the guard company as a soldier. The commander gave me a company. If I can't take down Tuya, you will want my head!" He Long saw He Bingyan A good-looking talent, I love him very much, and immediately said: "Okay, I will give you two companies." Immediately he said to Gu Zhilong, "Give him two companies, and seize Tutuya!" Although Gu Zhilong was unhappy, he had no choice but to agree.He assigned the two companies to command He Bingyan. He Bingyan commanded the two companies, instead of making a strong attack, they turned around to the two sides. When he spoke, the sun had already set, and the valleys and hills were shrouded in mist. He Bingyan led the troops, relying on the cover of rocks, trees, and fog, gradually approached the top of the mountain. When he approached the top of the mountain, He Bingyan yelled, then threw several grenades, and jumped to the top of the mountain, just in time for an enemy machine gun shooter to greet him. In front of him, He Bingyan cut down the shooter with a knife, and then raised his machine gun, and fired at the enemy group with a "da da da".At this time, many Red Army soldiers rushed up, shouting and rushed to Wang Zhankui's troops. Wang Zhankui was about to organize soldiers to fight back when a bullet flew in and hit his skull, causing his brain to burst immediately and he died unexpectedly.Seeing that the leader was dead, those soldiers panicked, and someone shouted: "He Long's divine soldier is casting a demon!" This voice sounded like an order to retreat, and with a "crash", all the soldiers ran away. When He Long heard that Tudiya had been recaptured, he immediately ordered his troops to rush over. Relying on the cover of the terrain and dense fog, the Red Army broke through the siege and retreated towards Hefeng overnight.It was not until we retreated to the Hongyanping of Hefeng that we stood still. In this battle, in addition to the sacrifice of He Guiru, the head of the first regiment, and Chen Zongyu, the head of the fourth regiment, more than 300 officers and soldiers were killed. After the Fourth Red Army retreated to Hongyanping, the troops rested and rectified. He Long found out that Wu Qinfu had mutinied and lured wolves into the house, causing the Red Army to suffer such a big loss, so he immediately sent someone to assassinate Wu Qinfu.He called He Bingyan to the front and asked, "Where are you from?" He Bingyan said: "Reporting to the army commander, I am from Liujiachang, Songzi County, Hubei Province. My father is He Xuewen. When I was 9 years old, my mother died of illness. It was my father who raised me. My father made a living by blacksmithing. I I have followed my father to forge iron since I was a child." At this time, Chen Changhou came over and said: "Last spring, when our Fourth Red Army guerrilla came to Songzi, both father and son joined the Red Army. He Bingyan was young, and he fed the horses for a few days at the beginning. Everyone saw that he was young and short. , I don’t want him anymore, he howled and cried, and refused to leave no matter what he said. In this way, he stayed again and became an orderly for me, and then he was transferred to the pistol team of the general headquarters as a soldier and promoted to squad leader.” He Long patted He Bingyan on the shoulder and said, "Well done, you will be the commander of the Second Battalion." After the Fourth Red Army rested in Hongyanping for 9 days, He Long decided to avoid the enemy's edge and develop towards Wufeng and Changyang. After the Front Committee of the Fourth Red Army decided to develop towards Changyang and Wufeng, on November 17, the main force of the Fourth Red Army left Wuyang Pass and entered Zheping, Dalongping, Qiaoliao, Zizheng, and Duzhen in Changyang via Badong County. bay. Arrived at Haoping, Wufeng on the 19th, and approached Yuyangguan. He Long is determined to break the Yuyang Pass again.At that time, the enemy stationed at Yuyangguan was the Changleping, Renheping, Shizhushan, Yuyangguan and other regiments in the East District of Wufeng. There were more than 600 people in total, and more than 500 door-to-door regiments guarded the card and delivered letters.After the Fourth Red Army approached Yuyang Pass, Yuyang Pass guarded against the enemy day and night. On the night of the 21st, the main force of the Fourth Red Army attacked Yuyang Pass directly from Dapokan, and the regiment guarding the pass fled immediately.Some fled to Yidu, and some fled to Qingshuiwan. Guanzimei, the head of the Yuyangguan regiment, escaped pretending to be a boatman. After the Red Army occupied Yuyangguan for the second time, they used the company as a unit to capture "golden arhats"—that is, local tyrants—in Yuyangguan, Xiaohe, Shengziping, Yangjiahe, and Yidu. More than 40 "golden arhats", including Li Chunbo, a big businessman in Yuyangguan, the housekeeper and daughter-in-law of District Mayor Pei Xingyuan, the father and son of the big local tycoon Pei Mubo, and three generations of grandsons, were arrested and detained.The Fourth Red Army raised a large amount of supplies here to supplement the military pay.At the same time, the Fourth Red Army established the "Yuyangguan Military Maintenance Committee" in Yuyangguan, with Yu Jingan as its chairman.Yu Nai is the chairman of the Yuyangguan Chamber of Commerce, with progressive thinking.As early as a year ago, the Fourth Red Army established a secret arms transfer station in Yuyangguan. The public name of the transfer station was Ji'anzhan, the owner Wang Zhanwen, and Gu Xizhi was secretly engaged in the purchase and transfer of arms.Through Gu Xizhi's introduction, He Long met Wang Zhanwen. He Long encouraged Wang Zhanwen, and the Fourth Red Army allocated some silver dollars and opium to support the warehouse. At this time, the scouts of the Red Army discovered that Wang Baozhi, a senior scholar of Shi Nan, had entered Shimen with more than 70 loads of opium Youwantan, and was heading towards Ziliangping. Ping guerrilla raids seized Wang Baozhi's opium. On December 4th, the Fourth Red Army stationed in Qingshuiwan and Yangmudong. In Changyang County, there is a guerrilla team with more than 200 members. The leader is Li Buyun, a native of Yangzheping, Duzhenwan, Changyang County. When He Long first occupied Hefeng, he sent someone to Li Buyun to contact him. The leader of the guerrilla brigade sent 50 guns and some ammunition.Fang Yunzao, the leader of the Changyang militia and the county magistrate, drove troops to "encircle and suppress" many times, but failed. The news that He Long led his troops to occupy Yuyang Pass reached Li Buyun's ears. Li Buyun was overjoyed and sent someone to contact He Long.After He Long received Li Buyun's letter, he agreed to cooperate with him in attacking Changyang County, and then He Long commanded the brigade to go straight to Changyang.Fang Yunzao, head of the Changyang security regiment and county magistrate, fled after hearing the news, but was stopped by Li Buyun's guerrillas and the People's Self-Defense Corps led by Chen Zenan. After He Long led the Fourth Red Army to occupy Hefeng, Wufeng, and Changyang, they captured Shimen and Songzi in one fell swoop. The Hunan-Hubei border Soviet area.While expanding the ranks of the Fourth Red Army, He Long established the Soviet regime. Mass organizations such as peasant associations, women, and children were established one after another. At the end of December, the Hunan-Hubei Front Committee decided to hold a memorial meeting for Chen Zongyu and He Guiru in Hefeng County. The meeting was presided over by Wang Bingnan, Chen Xieping delivered a eulogy, and He Long spoke with a very sad heart. He finally said: "He Guiru and Chen Zongyu fought bravely, were not afraid of sacrifice, and died for the revolution. There is no honor." He Long called on the commanders and fighters to learn the revolutionary spirit of the two martyrs and fight to the end to defeat the Jiang Wang government and establish a workers' and peasants' regime. After the memorial service, He Long expressed cordial condolences to Chen Zongyu's father, Chen Lianzhen, and Chen Zongyu's wife, Xu Manjie. After the memorial service, the former committee held a meeting. At the meeting, it was decided to establish the Fifth Route Army, appointed Chen Lianzhen as the commander of the Fifth Route Army, Liu Zhiwu as the party representative, and Chen Lianfu as the chief of staff. It had three regiments under its jurisdiction: the 38th regiment Chen Zongpu, commander, Qin Zhengjun, head of the 39th Regiment, Chen Qingguang, head of the 44th Regiment, and Chen Zengshan, head of the Supplementary Regiment, totaled more than 500 people. On January 8, 1930, He Long commanded the Red Fourth Army and ran for 190 miles. With the cooperation of the Zhongying District guerrillas, they wiped out the Zhao Jinxuan regiment in Hongtuping, Enshi in the early morning of the 9th, and seized nearly a hundred guns and a large amount of supplies. Zhao Jinxuan also was shot dead.After the battle, Maoping's indigenous armed Wu Zuoran Department was incorporated, and He Long appointed him as the commander of the frontier defense of En (Shi) Xuan (En) He (Feng). In a blink of an eye, firecrackers were used to remove the old, the peach charms were renewed, the spring breeze brought warmth, and the peaches and plums were fragrant. It was February of the lunar calendar in 1930. On this day, He Long had just returned to the house from the training ground. While he was resting, the orderly reported that a person had come from Honghu Lake and wanted to see the army commander.When I went out, I saw a man in his mid-thirties, with a short stature, black eyebrows, bright eyes, and a big face. Although he was dressed as a countryman, he was very energetic.When the man saw He Long, he didn't know his name, which made He Long bewildered, and couldn't help but ask, "What's your honored guest's name?" The man took a sip of water, and then took out a letter from his personal pocket. He Long took the letter, and he didn't want to read it. After reading it, he threw the letter paper away, stretched out his arms, and the person in the future would grasp it tightly. He was happy and said: "Party representative, you miss me to death!" It turned out that this person was Wan Tao, the representative of the Fourth Red Army.Although the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China appointed Wan Tao as the representative of the Fourth Red Army after Hun Daiying, it was only because Wan Tao had other tasks and could not get away for a while, so he came late. He Long held Wan Tao's hands tightly, looked Wan Tao up and down and said, "Wan Tao, how many years have we not seen each other?" Wan Tao, a native of Qianjiang, Sichuan, formerly known as Wan Shikai, Hao Tiemin, Tujia nationality. In July 1928, he served as Secretary of the Special Committee of the Western Hubei Special Committee and Minister of Organization. Together with Zhou Yiqun, he led the people in Western Hubei to carry out armed struggles. Wan Tao and He Long are old acquaintances. When He Long drove his horse to the eastern Sichuan area, Wan Tao was a boy at the Wanjia Chariot and Horse Shop in Qianjiang City. He Long lived in this shop many times, so the two knew each other.When old friends reunited, it was necessary to talk about old things. The more they talked, the happier they were. When talking about the establishment of the Red Army in Western Hunan, Wan Tao said: "Wen Chang, your work is very good." He Long smoked and said: "There are a lot of jobs, all of which are groping, learning from the methods of Zhu and Mao in Jinggangshan. I heard that Yiqun did a good job in Honghu. I am about to send someone to learn." Wan Tao said: "It's a good job. The second party congress in the Western Hubei District has just been held, and the special committee has also made a decision to ask the Fourth Red Army to go east to Honghu and join the Sixth Red Army." After hearing this, He Long asked happily, "Has the Sixth Red Army been established?" Wan Tao said: "It was officially established in June this year, and Honghu is really popular now." He Long applauded and laughed: "Okay, that's great! Wan Tao, you take a break first, and I'll gather the cadres above the company later. Your party representative will also meet with you, and then report the revolutionary situation in Honghu, Jinggangshan, and even the whole country. Tell everyone, let the soldiers of the Fourth Red Army know that our team is getting bigger and bigger, and we will go to Honghu to join the Sixth Army with practical actions.” Wan Tao nodded and said yes. At the moment, He Long gathered the troops, and Wan Tao conveyed to the commanders and fighters the instructions of the West Hubei Special Committee on the Red Fourth Army's eastward march to Honghu.