Chapter 19 "From then on, I, Wang Zuo, followed the Communist Party"

The transformation of Wang Zuobu is more difficult and complicated. When Wang Zuochu invited Mao Zedong to Ciping, Mao Zedong used the opportunity of living in Ciping to talk with Wang Zuo many times, sometimes even staying up all night.The heart-to-heart talk made Wang Zuo understand many truths.Wang Zuo often told people that Chairman Mao was the most knowledgeable person, and talking to him for one night was better than studying for ten years!Therefore, Mao Zedong became the most admired person in Wang Zuo's mind. Wang Zuo once concentrated a team of 150 people in Shangjing and asked Mao Zedong to send people for training.Mao Zedong appointed Ai Chengbin and Liu Futang from the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Corps to be the military and political instructors of Wang Zuo's troops, respectively, and also transferred Jin Mengxiu, who helped Yuan Wencai to train troops in Buyun Mountain, Maoping, to assist Wang Zuo in commanding the troops.Henceforth, the former stragglers started three drills in the morning, noon, and evening, as well as education about the situation and military affairs.

It was the first time that Wang Zuo's troops had received this kind of formal training. To transform an army, it is not enough to rely on one concentrated training.The former committee decided to send party representatives to Wang Zuo's troops, and Mao Zedong selected He Changgong who had just returned to Jinggangshan after completing the liaison mission with Zhu De and Chen Yi. Mao Zedong called He Changgong: "I decided to send you up the mountain to do Wang Zuo's work, how about it?" He Changgong hurriedly asked, "How many people are going?" Mao Zedong smiled: "It's not about going to war. What do you need many people to do? You, go to 'long-term work' first. People still have to be sent, but now is not the time. Your job is to ask them to hire our people. up the mountain."

Hearing this, He Changgong was uneasy, and his heart beat up: Although Wang Zuo's department, like Yuan Wencai's department, played the banner of the peasant self-defense army, and both had the progressive nature of robbing the rich and helping the poor, and resisting the old forces, but the concept of class was vague. Rogue thinking and homeless habits are very strong, and Wang Zuo is not a party member, but a bull.Brother Yunlong on the mountain only talks about loyalty in the world, not policies, and kills indiscriminately.Can I accomplish this daunting task alone? "Don't be afraid," Mao Zedong saw He Changgong's worries, and encouraged him, "After you go, there will be difficulties. You have to work and study at the same time, 'If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch tiger cubs'!"

After a pause, Mao Zedong said again: "You go to work. He is willing to revolutionize. If he proposes to send people, we will send people. We will send as many people as we want at that time. As long as he urgently requires Send someone, if you want one we can send ten!" He Changgong began to understand why Mao Zedong only sent him alone, and he felt the heavy burden on his shoulders. Mao Zedong also talked about some specific opinions on how to transform Wang Zuo's troops. He especially emphasized: "The work has been done well, and Wang Zuo and the others have been won over and reformed. Not only will 'the fists at the North Gate hit more and more', but also consolidated our rear. At the same time, it can also explore some experience for the future transformation of the old army."

In the end, Mao Zedong asked He Changgong to "neither delay nor rush" the transformation of Wang Zuobu. He Changgong took office, but Wang Zuo gave him a lukewarm dismissal. Wang Zuo naturally did not dare to neglect the party representative sent by Mao Zedong.On the surface, Wang Zuo treated He Changgong politely, hosted a banquet and treated him as the honored guest.On the second day after He Changgong took office, Wang Zuo specially assembled his team of more than 200 people and announced to everyone in public: "Brothers, Committee Mao sent us party representatives. From now on, everyone must respect the party representatives and work together with one heart and one mind , unite and fight together!"

Seeing what Wang Zuo said, He Changgong also wanted to take the opportunity to say a few words.But before he could speak, he heard Wang Zuo's command: "Scatter", and he disbanded the army, which made He Changgong speechless. Moreover, Wang Zuo arranged for He Changgong's house to be one mile away from the headquarters; he also sent a tall "orderly soldier" to "take care" of He Changgong.Wang Zuo said to He Changgong: "You are new to the mountain and you are not familiar with the place, so don't act casually to avoid accidents." What he said was polite, but it was actually a warning: no private activities, no approaching with soldiers.

Obviously, Wang Zuo was wary of He Changgong. He Changgong had no choice but to adopt a "detour" tactic to dispel Wang Zuo's doubts. He started with the work of Wang Zuo's family, deliberately getting close to Wang Zuo's mother, brother, wife, etc., and propagating revolutionary principles to them; Work, especially taking the initiative to chat and talk with Wang Zuo's two confidants to enhance mutual understanding.After working for a period of time, Wang Zuo found that He Changgong had no intention of dismantling him, and his relatives and friends around him spoke well of He Changgong, and he gradually gained a sense of trust in He Changgong.

One day, he revealed to He Changgong his idea of ​​getting rid of his old enemy Yin Daoyi. Yin Daoyi is the commander-in-chief of the Nashan reactionary militia, a well-known bully, and has always been the deadly enemy of Wang Zuo and the local farmers.Wang Zuo's department confronted him several times, but failed to gain the upper hand, and was almost "eaten" by him, and even Wang Zuo's niece was killed by Yin Daoyi.Therefore, Yin Daoyi has always been a rock in Wang Zuo's heart, and Wang Zuo has long wanted to remove him.On the night Mao Zedong led the workers' and peasants' revolutionary army to Ciping, Wang Zuo asked Mao Zedong to lead his troops to attack Yin Daoyi's militia headquarters with his troops. Although they won the victory, Yin Daoyi ran away.Now, Wang Zuo is still thinking about how to eliminate Yin Daoyi.

Coincidentally, Wang Zuo's subordinates captured several members of Yin Daoyi's militia.As usual, Wang Zuo immediately ordered them to be killed. When He Changgong heard the news, he rushed to Wang Zuo's headquarters in three steps at a time. As soon as he entered the door, He Changgong asked, "Why did you kill these people? Are they Yin Daoyi? Are they local tyrants?" Wang Zuo opened his eyes wide and said: "Although they are not local tyrants, they are from Yin Daoyi's side, and they are the lackeys of local tyrants. As long as they are Yin Daoyi's people, they are my enemies and I will kill them!"

He Changgong said to Wang Zuo: "We need to analyze these people. Most of them come from poor backgrounds and cannot be treated the same as Yin Daoyi." Then, He Changgong patiently explained to Wang Zuo that the confrontation between the mountains and the mountains for many years is not conducive to development; only by improving the relationship between the masses on the mountains and the mountains can we achieve greater development. Wang Zuo gradually calmed down and began to accept He Changgong's point of view. He Changgong gave Wang Zuo a step: "How about this, don't kill these people for now, ask someone to check it out, and it won't be too late to kill them after finding out."

Wang Zuo did not insist on his opinion.He Changgong struck while the iron was hot again, and asked Wang Zuo's mother to persuade Wang Zuo not to kill people casually. As a result, Wang Zuo didn't kill those regiments.However, Wang Zuo still has a grudge against Yin Daoyi, a bully, and must get rid of it! He asked He Changgong: Should people like Yin Daoyi be killed? Of course He Changgong understood what Wang Zuo meant. In fact, Yin Daoyi was originally the target of the Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army.Wang Zuo proposed to get rid of Yin Daoyi, and He Changgong naturally supported him very much.He immediately reported to Mao Zedong, requesting to send troops to assist Wang Zuo in eliminating Yin Daoyi. Mao Zedong readily agreed and sent a platoon of soldiers. He Changgong and Wang Zuo discussed and worked out a plan to lure the enemy together and annihilate them. The next day, they followed suit.Wang Zuo led a group of people to go straight to Yin Daoyi's "old lair" Shimen, feigning an attack to lure the enemy.Yin Daoyi didn't know what it was, and pretended to be prestige in the past to drive his subordinates to chase and kill him.Wang Zuo fought and retreated, leading Yin Daoyi into Qiluoao, where the main force led by He Changgong was setting up an ambush.When Yin Daoyi's team entered the ambush circle, He Changgong and other command troops blocked Yin Daoyi's retreat with intensive firepower. After a fierce battle, Yin Daoyi was captured alive and stabbed to death on the spot.A soldier cut off Yin Daoyi's head and wrapped it back with a towel. When Wang Zuo heard that Yin Daoyi had been killed, he repeatedly asked, "Really get rid of this thief?" "Look, what is this!" The revolutionary soldier opened the cloth bag covering his head. Wang Zuo took a look at the lamp, and said angrily, "Go! Go! It's this thief! It's this thief! How many people have you harmed and all your evil deeds, I can't imagine that you are here today!" After finishing speaking, Wang Zuo hugged He Changgong and shouted excitedly: "Set up a banquet with wine to celebrate the victory!" Wang Zuo was overjoyed to remove a stubborn stone and relieve the hatred in his heart.He stretched out his thumbs to He Changgong, and said repeatedly: "The people sent by Committee Mao have a way!" From then on, he not only admired Mao Zedong, but also trusted the party representatives sent by Mao Zedong.He said: "From now on, I, Wang Zuo, have established myself with the Communist Party. You can do whatever you want, and you will be unambiguous!" He Changgong thus opened up the work situation. Soon, Kang Jian, Xiao Wanxia, ​​Song Renqiong and others were appointed by the former to work in Wang Zuo's department. Great changes have taken place in Wang Zuo's department, and even Wang Zuo has asked to join the Communist Party. At the turn of spring and summer in 1928, He Changgong introduced Wang Zuo to join the Communist Party. The successful transformation of Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo's troops made these two armed forces with a strong "green forest" color become a revolutionary team led by the party.Mao Zedong and the Front Committee believed that it was necessary to reorganize these two reformed teams into the Revolutionary Army of Workers and Peasants. One day in early February 1928, at the Zhu Clan Temple in Dalong, Ninggang, a promotion meeting for the two peasant self-defense forces, Yuan Wencai and Wang Zuo, was held.The two teams were jointly organized into the Second Regiment of the First Division of the First Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Revolutionary Army, with two battalions under its jurisdiction.The former committee appointed Yuan Wencai as the head of the regiment and the commander of the first battalion; Wang Zuo as the deputy head of the regiment and the commander of the second battalion; He Changgong as the representative of the regiment party; He Minxue as the secretary of the regiment party committee. The Yuan and Wang troops are completely reborn!