Chapter 11 4. In the autumn of life and death, Zhang Liang is pregnant with a heavy pregnancy; in the encirclement, weeping, the husband and wife go through life and death

Let's talk about Zhang Liang. She was Xiang Ying's wife. She participated in the revolution in the early years and fought side by side with Xiang Ying after marriage. At the end of 1930, Xiang Ying was ordered to go to the southern Jiangxi of the Central Soviet Area to form the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area. She stayed in Shanghai due to pregnancy. In the spring of 1931, Zhang Liang gave birth to his daughter Xiang Suyun in Shanghai. Soon after, he reluctantly parted with her and entrusted her daughter to the educator Tao Xingzhi according to the organizational arrangement. She entered southern Jiangxi via Fujian and returned to Xiang Ying.At that time, Xiang Ying served as the acting secretary of the Central Bureau of the Soviet Area of ​​the Communist Party of China, the chairman of the "China Revolutionary Military Commission", the vice chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Chinese Soviet Republic and the vice chairman of the Central People's Committee.

The central government agency is located in Ruijin, the "red capital". Due to changes in the enemy's situation, it has moved several times, but all ministries and commissions still work together.Liu Lian (formerly known as Liu Zaixiong), a veteran Red Army soldier from Siwang Village, Changgang Township, Xingguo County, is 91 years old. In May 1931, he served as a "tolerance soldier" for Xiang Ying when he was 16 years old. In April 1932, he went to Fujian Tingzhou Radio School to study. After graduation, he was transferred to work in the Third Bureau of the Central Committee (Communication Bureau).Later, he stayed with Xiang Ying to fight guerrillas and persisted until victory.During the War of Resistance Against Japan, Liu Lian was transferred to the New Fourth Army with Xiang Ying, and served as the captain of the radio team in the headquarters of the New Fourth Army.Liu Lian worked together with Xiang Ying and his wife Zhang Liang. During the long-term contact, Zhang Liang left a deep impression on Liu Lian's mind.

Looking back on the past, Liu Lian introduced: Zhang Liang is of medium build and slightly fat. He went to the Soviet Union with Xiang Ying. He is educated. He speaks a Sichuan accent and is not good at words.She came to the Central Soviet Area in 1931.During this period, Zhang Liang served as the deputy instructor of the Red Army General Headquarters, and Kang Keqing served as the instructor. There were six bureaus under the General Headquarters. The instructors were mainly responsible for club work, carrying out cultural and sports activities, and also doing ideological work for soldiers.In his spare time, Zhang Liang would sit on a bamboo chair, step on the organ with his hands and feet together, and make a nice sound.At that time, there was only one organ in the headquarters, and this kind of singing wooden box had never been seen anywhere else. Everyone thought it was very strange and foreign.People also look at Zhang Liang in a different way, because she has several characteristics: Zhang Liang not only can step on the organ, but also has a pair of small feet, which are the kind of small feet that are put on the middle after being bound, which are larger than the standard small feet. At that time, it was called "Liberation Foot"; in addition, Zhang Liang could also smoke, and lesbian smoking was also a rare thing in the eyes of the locals. She smoked the copper hookah, lit it with paper media, and "snored" when she smoked. ring.Although Zhang Liang is the deputy instructor and the wife of the vice chairman Xiang Ying, her life is still the same as that of ordinary soldiers.

What is still fresh in his memory is that Liu Lian had a conflict with Zhang Liang once, and he even pushed Zhang Liang with his hand. It was one afternoon in October 1933. Liu Lian was on duty in rotation, and several incidents happened in succession that made him uncomfortable. At first, Mao Zedong walked with a guard and came to the Third Bureau of the Central Committee. When he saw a thread-bound book next to Liu Lian, he immediately took it to read.After a long time, Mao Zedong asked: "Whose is this book?" Liu Lian didn't know if there was anything wrong with this book, and she was very nervous, so she answered bravely, "It's mine." Mao Zedong raised the book and said: "I borrowed it." After Mao Zedong left, Liu Lian felt uneasy.This book was his spoils of war. When he saw a few books on the battlefield, he memorized two of them, one was "Etymology" and the other was .At that time, Liu Lian still couldn't understand it, wondering whether it was a good book or a bad book, and whether it would cause trouble.Just as he was thinking vaguely, Li De came down accompanied by Wu Xiuquan.Li De murmured a few words, Wu Xiuquan asked Liu Lian to stand up and began to translate and criticize Liu Lian, saying that Li De was a foreign military adviser and a chief executive, and he had to stand at attention, salute, and be polite when meeting each other. ...the two left after criticizing for a long time.

Seeing Li De walking away, Liu Lian sat down and lowered her head and muttered: "Zhu De and Mao Zedong are also chief executives. Every day, all the chief executives come to the three bureaus of the Central Committee, and no one says to stand up and stand at attention and salute..." , Liu Lian was in a bad mood and wanted to cry.At that time, he was small and young, and he could play with his temper. He laughed and laughed when he was happy, and cried when he was unhappy, and clamored to go to the front to fight.Coincidentally, Zhang Liang came at this time. She flipped through Liu Lian's on-duty diary, and then criticized that the writing was so-so, the format was wrong, the content was incomplete, and the handwriting was not good. Too short and there are bugs here and there.Liu Lianzheng was furious, and ignored Zhang Liang's criticism. Tired of listening, she pushed her hard, and shouted: "Go away, I don't want you to care—" Tears flowed out.Zhang Liang was pushed back a step, looked at Liu Lian in surprise, knowing that he had run into an unknown fire, wanted to say something but left without saying anything.

As soon as Zhang Liang left, Liu Lian regretted and was afraid. Although Zhang Liang got along well with everyone, she was the assistant instructor and Xiang Ying's wife after all. If she really wanted to blame her, she would suffer herself.Therefore, Liu Lian reported the matter to the instructor Kang Keqing, who was Liu Lian's party introduction, and Liu Lian reported the matter to Liu Bocheng.Liu Bocheng arrived in Ruijin in 1932. At that time, he was the principal and political commissar of the Red Army School. He was Liu Lian's neighbor. He treated Liu Lian very well and taught him 10 words every day.After listening to Liu Lian's report on this matter, the two leaders didn't say anything, neither criticized Zhang Liang nor Liu Lian.The matter was left alone, and Liu Lian would not apologize, and he felt guilty, and he was too embarrassed to speak when he met Zhang Liang. Just like that, there was always guilt in his heart.

The Red Army marched, and the main force left.Liu Lian followed Xiang Ying and Chen Yi to stay in the Red Zone, and was a radio operator who closely followed the Central Sub-bureau and the Central Military Region.In the telegrams, he could see more clearly that the situation was not good. The white terror was overwhelming, covering the Central Soviet Area, and the situation was getting worse, even worse than expected. Hundreds of thousands of white soldiers pressed the border. In order to complete the task of covering the transfer of the main force, the remaining Red Army did not change the fighting method in time. In late October, the Central Branch Bureau and government offices had to be moved from Meikeng, Ruijin to Kuantian and Longquan, Yudu County, and then moved to Jingtang Village, Xiaomi District, Yudu County in December.Four months later, the Central Sub-bureau, Central Government Office, Gannan Provincial Party Committee and troops were all besieged in the narrow area in the south of Yudu. The situation was dangerous, like a turtle in a urn.

The Central Sub-bureau organized several breakouts, most of which were defeated.At this time, people can only hide in the mountains and forests. The Central Sub-bureau decided to abolish the central rear office, and temporarily decided to let four elderly, weak, sick and pregnant people leave, and transferred from Hong Kong to Shanghai for medical treatment and underground work.The four people are: Qu Qiubai (36 years old, who has been vomiting blood due to lung disease for 15 years), He Shuheng (61 years old), Zhang Liang (pregnant woman, wife of Xiang Ying), and Zhou Yuelin.At the same time, it was decided that Deng Zihui would set off on the same road as them, and fight guerrillas in the Longyan and Yongding areas of Fujian Province.

Getting along day by day, feeling the most severe enemy situation together, Liu Lian can also feel the heavy and subtle changes in Xiang Ying's heart from his resolute appearance. Xiang Ying's parting with Zhang Liang was very complicated: Let Zhang Liang stay, the dangerous environment does not allow it, and what should I do if I give birth in the future?After thinking about it, the strong-willed Xiang Ying decided to let Zhang Liang go to Fujian first with Qu Qiubai and then to Shanghai.But it never occurred to him that after this farewell, each of them went through the journey of life and death, and meeting each other was actually an "enemy".

February 4, 1935 was the first day of the first year of Yihai.The north wind was howling, and the cold was biting. Xiang Ying and the others were ashen-faced, looking around at the iron barrel-like mountains, waiting for a call from their superiors.On this day, he called the central government again, reporting that the White Army stepped up its blockade along the river in an attempt to lock the Red Army in the Central Soviet Area in the Xijiang, Kuantian, and Huanglong areas. The Central Soviet Area was at its most critical moment.After reporting the enemy's situation, he wrote: "At present, the course of action must be determined. Whether to stick to the spot or shift direction, disperse guerrillas, and the entire deployment should be determined in advance for preparation." He also based on the emergency situation at that time. In an urgent mood, he wrote in the telegram: "Please discuss it immediately with the Central Military Commission, and look forward to replying on the same day."

"Let's eat, Lao Xiang. If you don't come, Mrs. Xie's family will be waiting. No matter how urgent things are, I still have to eat!" Zhang Liang greeted softly.She couldn't be bothered, she was not in a hurry, she had been married to Xiang Ying for so many years, when was she not nervous or dangerous!Haven't all come yet?When the sky is falling, there will be a man to support it. Women, don't worry about it, worry about it. Seeing that it was getting late, Xiang Ying sighed and walked towards the dining table.There is a large bowl of Huangyuan rice crackers on the table, a piece of golden yellow mixed with light green garlic leaves, and the aroma is tangy.Only then did Xiang Ying feel that she was already hungry, so she waved her hand: "Come, come, let's sit down together, and celebrate the New Year!" Huangyuan rice cracker is a Hakka food in southern Gansu. For this New Year meal, the landlord Xie Zhaodi has been busy for two days.Zhang Liang kept up and down to help. Although he couldn't help much, it was hard work with a big belly.She put the rice crackers piece by piece into Xiangying's bowl, feeling that she also had a part of her heart in it.After the meal, the landlord brought Lei Cha in a large leather bowl, filled a bowl for each of Xiang Ying and Zhang Liang, and added a handful of sesame seeds.They chatted until late at night. In order to thank the landlord for his friendship, Zhang Liang picked up a few pieces of his own clothes, as well as quilts and mosquito nets and gave them to Xie Zhaodi. On the next day, in the name of the Central Sub-bureau, Xiang Ying once again reported to the Party Central Committee two opinions on the division of troops to break through: (1) In order to maintain a viable force, a small number of troops and personnel were left to continue activities in the central area, and most of them were concentrated across the Xindong River. However, whether the current situation can be resolved is still a question. (2) The troops were scattered in regiments, and the main directions were the borders of Hunan and Jiangxi, Fujian and Jiangxi, Raoping in Guangdong, and Pinghe and Zhangpu in Fujian. The branch led some troops to continue to lead the struggle in the Central Soviet Area. They asked the Party Central Committee to repeat it immediately, and said: "The later the situation is too tense, the more difficult it will be." Xiang Ying waited for the instructions of the central government, like ants on a hot pot, running around in and out of the house. In the afternoon, the central government finally called back, requesting an immediate change in the way of organization and struggle, to carry out guerrilla warfare in the central Soviet area and adjacent soviet areas, and at the same time decided to establish the Central Branch of the Revolutionary Military Committee. On February 7, Qu Qiubai organized three troupes from the Central Workers and Peasants Drama Club to hold a performance at the Central Branch Bureau.Just after harvesting the rice (a season of rice), cadres, soldiers and the masses sat and stood in the terraced fields to watch the play.Zhang Liang and Xiang Ying, Zhou Yuelin and Liang Baitai spent a happy day of reunion here. Preparations for the transfer began the next day. Zhang Liang wept and packed his luggage with the help of the nanny.The items were piled up on the bed, and I didn't know how to pick them up. These items were all clothes that I was reluctant to throw away after cleaning several times.Reluctant to throw it away, she was cruel, and gave some supplies, including the expensive sweater, to the nanny.The nanny is from Zetan Township in Ruijin, and she was flattered to get so many clothes.She advised Zhang Liang not to leave, but if it was impossible, she went to live in her own home in Zetan Township.Her invitation was politely declined. On February 11, Qu Qiubai and his party of five set off, escorted by a platoon of Red Army troops, and left the Central Sub-bureau station in Jingtang Village, Huanglong Township, Du County.After Ruijin Wuyang, transfer to Fujian.About a week later, I arrived at the soup house where the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China is located. The situation of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee is also extremely dangerous.Under the encirclement and suppression of the enemy, the Fujian Provincial Party Committee has withdrawn to Sidu Mountain. Wan Yongcheng, Secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, arranged Qu Qiubai and his party for the elderly, weak, sick and pregnant to rest on the mountain for several days. On February 20, Qu Qiubai and his party disguised themselves as shiitake mushroom merchants and their families, and set off on the road. If you go further, you will enter the white terror area, which is dangerous and unpredictable.In order to ensure the safety of the party in the central government, the Fujian Provincial Party Committee specially selected more than 200 people to form an escort team to protect them along the way and set off for Yongding. In western Fujian in February, the spring is cold and cold, and the night march is quite difficult.Qu Qiubai was very weak and had difficulty breathing. He used to ride horses on flat roads, but now he hurried on rough mountain roads, coughing all the way, and sometimes he couldn't breathe, so he leaned on the roadside and coughed up a mouthful of blood.Said: "Hey, my unlucky body, the more serious it is, the more I can't live up to it." He Shuheng is very old and physically weak. He usually does not do much mountain climbing and moves slowly. Zhang Liang is a bit squeamish and a bit arrogant, but it is more about practical difficulties.She is the wife of the vice-chairman. She is pregnant, and sometimes she has serious pregnancy symptoms. She marches quickly with the army, but she has small feet.She is obsessed with cleanliness, and there were many difficulties along the way. Not only could she not take a bath, but sometimes she couldn't even wash her face.Hand pain, foot pain, low back pain, plus a big belly and frequent urination, there are many trivial matters, and the nanny is not there. At critical moments, no one stepped forward to help, but someone kept urging him to go quickly.Sometimes she sat down and beat her feet, and sometimes she burrowed into the grass to urinate. When she was in a bad mood, she became very angry, and she spoke and acted a little perversely. Originally, fire lights were not allowed when marching at night, but she clamored to eat cigarettes to relieve fatigue, and no one took her away. Method. On the evening of February 21, the team finally arrived at Shuikou Town, Changting County.There is Tingjiang River in the north of Shuikou Town, and the only wooden bridge has already been guarded by the enemy.Zhou Yuelin, Qu Qiubai and others had no choice but to use the cover of night to sneak across the river from the lower reaches.After about four days of day and night marches, the team stopped and went through layers of blockades by the White Army. At dawn on February 24, the team arrived near Xiaojing Village, Shuikou Town, Zhuotian District, Changting County.Everyone was shivering and hungry, and they sat down to rest, set fire to cook, bake soaked clothes, and prepare to leave in the afternoon.However, this delay had serious consequences. In the area around Shuikou Town, a battalion of the 14th Security Regiment of the White Army was stationed.The name of the battalion commander was Li Yu.This morning, Li Yu received a report from the landlord's armed "volunteer team": a small group of Red Army soldiers was found near Xiaojing Village.After finding out the situation, Li Yu immediately led his team to besiege Xiaojing Village. The captain of the Red Army escort was named Ding Toupai, a liar and braggart.Deng Zihui came into contact with him during the march and found that this man was flashy and full of big talk, so he worried that he was unreliable.Sure enough, as soon as the gunshot rang out, Ding Tou Pai was like a hare, jumping three times and then running away without a trace. The captain took the lead to escape, and the team was in chaos in an instant.In a hurry, Deng Zihui roared and personally organized the troops to fight. After an hour of fierce fighting, the white army's encirclement became smaller and smaller.Seeing that he could not break through, He Shuheng took out his gun and said to Deng Zihui, "Comrade Zihui, my revolution has come to an end!" After that, he raised his pistol and pointed it at his head. Seeing that Deng Zihui was in a hurry, he rushed forward to snatch his pistol, but he was too slow. With a "bang" gunshot, He Shuheng fell headlong from the cliff and rolled into the field below.The White Army thought it was the breakout of the Red Army, and fired with machine guns, and He Shuheng was shot several times.Deng Zihui went to drag Qu Qiubai back again. Qu Qiubai was feverish, lying on the stretcher, coughing violently, his face was flushed, his body was limp, and he couldn't move at all. Part of the escort team stopped the enemy on the mountain.Zhou Yuelin ran to the top of the back hill with the chaotic crowd, but there was no way down the hill. People rolled down the hill one after another, and she rolled down the hill too.Rolling down the hill, seeing Deng Zihui leading the way, he followed closely. There were also soldiers with machine guns in the team.Deng Zihui is a native of the country and a guerrilla fighter. She is familiar with the road, and she knows that she is out of danger. After a while of sprinting, he broke out of the encirclement.Zhou Yuelin looked around, but Qu Qiubai was gone. Qu Qiubai suffered from severe lung disease and had high fever twice in three days. When he was in Ruijin, Dr. Fu Lianzhang came to see him every day and give him injections.Zhou Yuelin thought: If he falls behind on this mountain, it will be difficult for him to move forward without the help of others. Thinking about it, she slowed down, bullets rained like locusts behind her, she hurriedly followed the team again, Zhou Yuelin didn't go away, gritted her teeth and turned around to walk towards the encirclement.She went to look for Qu Qiubai, climbed up the mountain, and saw a person sitting on the ground with a peach-like blush on his pale face, it was Qu Qiubai. There was no one on the mountain, only the distant yelling, yelling frequently as if calling for impermanence. At the critical moment, Qu Qiubai was very happy to see Zhou Yuelin. He struggled to stand up and gasped, "My sister, you're here, that's all right." She walked forward slowly with Qu Qiubai.After a while, I saw Zhang Liang in front.Zhang Liang is pregnant and is about to give birth. His body is very heavy, and his feet are all pressed down. Every step he takes is as painful as a needle prick, and he can't walk on the mountain. The three of them walked halfway, and after walking for a while, they arrived halfway up the mountain.The cries of the enemy are getting closer and closer, and death is approaching step by step.Zhou Yuelin was burning with anxiety and his scalp was numb. At this time, he was not far from the foot of the mountain, and he should have run as hard as he could to get out of danger.However, Qu Qiubai was already out of breath from exhaustion, and coughed up a big mouthful of blood.Seeing a dilapidated house in front of him, he said, "My sister, let's go and rest inside." If I didn't leave, I couldn't leave.When life and death were at stake, she looked at Zhang Liang. Zhang Liang had a big belly. When his swollen feet hit the ground, he felt a piercing pain. His stomach also hurt so badly. Every time he took a step, his face was deformed by the pain. Lian said: "I'm exhausted to death, I can't walk even if I die." One illness and one pregnancy, the pains and illnesses piled up.Zhou Yuelin was helpless, so she had no choice but to say to them: "You go in and have a rest, and I'll go to another place to have a look. If you have something to do, please clap your hands lightly." Looking around, she found a tall winter thatch not far away, The surrounding weeds are very deep, covering a small pond, people hide in it, and people outside can't see anything.So, she tentatively went into the water and got in carefully. The White Army's search is getting closer and closer.Qu Qiubai and Zhang Liang's nervousness instantly overcame their pain. Instead of entering the dilapidated house, they sat and watched Zhou Yuelin.Seeing that she had found a place, she said, "Sister, let's hide in your place. I looked around and found it better to hide in your place." In April in the south, the water is warm in mid-spring, and the grass grows and the road is slippery.The two groped their way down. Qu Qiubai, who was seriously ill, had already tossed his limbs so weakly that he slipped and fell on the edge of the grass, but was blocked by a small tree.The damned little tree shook, and the white army who was about to search saw the little tree report and immediately yelled: "Strange, there is no wind today, why did that tree suddenly move?" Cursing, several white soldiers came down the mountain and outflanked the grass.There were no hiding places around, so they saw the grass at a glance, and shouted towards the grass: "People hiding in the grass, come out, we saw you, if you don't come out, we will shoot." Abundant, with a cluster of bright red azaleas in full bloom.With a few gunshots, the water surface splashed circles of water, and the petals of azaleas were like blood, falling on the water surface one after another.Fan Jinzhu and Lai Zhongshun, members of the "Volunteer Squad" armed with landlords, walked down the grass to the fish pond, stabbed their guns, and slowly searched for them. The three of Zhou Yuelin were like drowned chickens, and they were taken ashore in a string.The white soldiers scrambled to make a fortune, turned over all the pockets of their clothes and trousers, and found some dripping Hong Kong dollars and gold. The forest was unusually quiet, and the birds were chirping. At this time, it was about 1:15 noon.