Chapter 8 Yuan Wencai wants to open the "mountain gate"

The Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army stayed in Sanwan for 4 days, which was the longest time for troops to stay in one place since the Autumn Harvest Uprising.In addition to the reason for troop reorganization, another important factor is to determine the next action plan. After reorganization, although the morale of the army has improved and the morale of the army has temporarily stabilized, from a military point of view, the army has been in a state of flux for a long time, and there is no relatively stable rear. Patients cannot persist for a long time. Mao Zedong realized this, and he thought more deeply and farther.

Since the failure of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, Mao Zedong has been thinking about where to take the troops.At the front committee meeting of Wenjia City, although there was an idea of ​​going to the middle of the Luoxiao Mountains to become the "King of the Mountain", there was no specific goal. Later, the decision was made to "retire to Pingxiang first".Due to the enemy's siege and interception, Pingxiang was not completed, and the troops had to continue southward.The troops were so exhausted by the continuous marches and battles that they had no time to choose a place to be the "King of the Mountain".Now, there is no enemy chasing behind for the time being, and the troops have been rested and reorganized. It is time to consider how to be the "King of the Mountain"!

In fact, Mao Zedong had already selected a place in the middle of the Luoxiao Mountains - Jinggangshan. It was at the Anyuan Military Conference before the Autumn Harvest Uprising. Mao Zedong learned from the report of Wang Xinya, the commander-in-chief of the West Jiangxi Peasant Self-Defense Army and the head of the Anfu County Peasant Army, that in a place called Jinggangshan in the middle of the Luoxiao Mountains, there were two The "Luocao" peasant armed forces have connections with our party, and they know that the leaders of these two armed forces are named Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo.

In Lianhua, Mao Zedong learned that Ninggang County is armed with dozens of guns from our party in Ninggang County from the oral letter brought by Song Renqiong.Naturally, this also refers to Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo. Now, Sanwan, where the troops are stationed, is within easy reach of Ninggang County.So, after settling down, Mao Zedong wrote a letter and asked a local old cousin surnamed Li to bring it to Yuan Wencai. At this time, Yuan Wencai, who was in Maoping, Ninggang, was also paying attention to this group of soldiers who suddenly came to Sanwan.In the case of "it's an army or a bandit, no one knows", just in case, he temporarily withdrew his troops in Longshi to Maoping.But he didn't expect that the "Commander Mao" of Sanwan Village wrote him a letter.

Yuan Wencai hastily summoned Long Chaoqing, Chen Muping and the main leaders around him for a meeting to discuss. Long Chaoqing is a member of the Communist Party and the main person in charge of the Ninggang County Committee of the Communist Party of China.He is also a native of Ninggang, and his father is the chairman of the Jiangxi Provincial Council.When he was in middle school in Nanchang with his father, he accepted revolutionary ideas and showed progress. He was soon introduced by Zhao Xingnong, secretary of the Jiangxi Local Committee of the Communist Party of China, to join the Communist Party of China.Before the start of the Northern Expedition, Long Chaoqing returned to Ninggang under the instructions of Zhao Xingnong, and actively carried out party work under the cover of being a child of a family. He soon established a party organization in Ninggang and served as the Ninggang The person in charge of the county party organization.He had close contacts with Yuan Wencai, and introduced Yuan Wencai to join the Communist Party of China.After the failure of the Great Revolution, Long Chaoqing and other Communist Party members persisted in the struggle in the Maoping area, so they still kept close contact with Yuan Wencai.

Chen Muping was the secretary of Yuan Wencai's Peasant Army, roughly equivalent to the role of a secretary, and could be said to be Yuan Wencai's right-hand man.He was also a young man with revolutionary ideas, and he had studied at the Central Peasant Movement Workshop in Wuchang in the first half of that year. What kind of character Mao Zedong was, Yuan Wencai and others were not very clear.Chen Muping introduced: "Mao Zedong is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party. I listened to his lectures when I was studying at the Agricultural Lecture Institute. He is an expert in peasant movements! By the way, I heard that not long ago in Tonggu and Liuyang The Autumn Harvest Riot was led by him."

"Probably the team that arrived at Sanwan was the Autumn Harvest Riot team." Someone speculated. "Did it fail so quickly?" Someone was surprised. When Yuan Wencai told everyone about Mao Zedong's letter and asked for opinions, the people present at the meeting discussed a lot and couldn't agree on what to do. Some think that they should go to the joint, because they are all brothers from the peasant army! Some worried that it would lead to a large-scale siege by the Kuomintang army; some thought that a lean camel was bigger than a horse, and they should be careful not to be swallowed by others.

Seeing that Yuan Wencai could not make up his mind, Long Chaoqing reminded Yuan Wencai: "Mao Zedong is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, so it can be said that he is one of his own people. Since he sent a letter on his own initiative, he should go to the meeting according to the situation and reason." After several considerations, Yuan Wencai decided to send Long Chaoqing, Long Guoen, and Chen Muping to meet up. Long Chaoqing and his party came to Sanwan on October 2. Still in the shop called "Taihexiang", Mao Zedong met with Long Chaoqing and others.

Chen Muping took the initiative. As soon as he saw Mao Zedong, he shouted: "Commissioner Mao, I am your student." When Mao Zedong heard this, he was quite surprised.Chen Muping quickly explained: "I once studied at the Central Peasant Movement Workshop." Mao Zedong once served as the person in charge of the Wuhan Kuomintang Central Peasant Movement Workshop, so the relationship between the two is really a teacher-student relationship! The arrival of Long Chaoqing and others made Mao Zedong very happy. He immediately asked Long Chaoqing and Chen Muping to introduce the situation of Ning Gang, Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo.

After listening to Long Chaoqing's introduction, Mao Zedong had a better understanding of the two peasant armed forces in Jinggangshan, and it also strengthened his determination to settle in Jinggangshan and cooperate with Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo.Therefore, Mao Zedong told the three of them the political views of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, explained his intention to go up the mountain and settle down, and expressed his willingness to cooperate with Yuan Wencai's department. Hearing that the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants was really planning to come to Jinggangshan, Long Chaoqing immediately welcomed them.As the head of the local party organization, he knew that having the support of a regular army completely controlled by the party would be of great benefit to promoting the revolutionary movement in Ningkang.Although he has a good personal relationship with Yuan Wencai, he also knows that Yuan Wencai is a special party member and basically has a cooperative relationship with the local party organization.Yuan Wencai's subordinates only obeyed Yuan's personal command, with a strong color of green forest armed forces.

If Committee Mao can lead the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army to Jinggang Mountains, it will definitely help to transform this peasant armed force. After Chen Muping listened to Mao Zedong's thoughts, he was not so happy.Although he had received revolutionary education and sympathized with the revolution from the bottom of his heart, he was only a secretary of Yuan Wencai's department after all, and everything was controlled by Yuan Wencai. You have to ask Yuan Wen for instructions before you can express your opinion. Mao Zedong understood Chen Muping's hesitation, and he worked patiently. In the end, the two parties agreed that the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants could first go to the ancient city of Ninggang, 30 miles away from Sanwan, and arrange a meeting between Mao Zedong and Yuan Wencai as soon as possible. Long Chaoqing and the others were about to leave. Seeing that they were coming unarmed, Mao Zedong asked casually, "Why don't you bring a gun with you?" Chen Muping was very blunt: "Guns are very expensive. Brother Yuan won't let you carry a gun when you go out." Mao Zedong heard the words and knew that they were short of weapons.Fortunately, after the reorganization of our troops, there were spare guns, so we immediately asked someone to take three guns and give them to them to take back. After Mao Zedong sent Long Chaoqing and others away, he stood at the entrance of the village, looking at the rolling mountains in the distance, full of thoughts. It seems that you can go to Jinggangshan! What kind of road this will be is unknown, but it is certain that this is a brand new road! Mao Zedong thought of a famous poem by the patriotic poet Qu Yuan: "The road is long and long, and I will search for it up and down."