Chapter 7 operate in jokes

Li Mingrui's private residence.This is an ancient house, located on the east bank of the Yongjiang River, not far from the seat of the provincial capital.It seems that the gate is not conspicuous, but the bamboos in the courtyard are green and green, and the blooming tuberose is fragrant and elegant, giving people a sense of tranquility beyond the dust.In the corridor on the left side of the living room, there are traditional weapons such as swords, spears, knives, sticks, sticks, etc. You can tell at a glance that their owners are martial arts practitioners. Deng Bin looked at all kinds of weapons and said with great interest: "Seeing is worth seeing once a hundred times. The reputation of Hehewei is well-deserved. Brother Mingrui was a general during the Northern Expedition. I heard that you led a powerful army in the Battle of Longtan, Jiangsu. You fought bloody battles with more than 20,000 enemy soldiers from Sun Chuanfang, and Sun Chuanfang, relying on the British Empire warships, said that he would capture Nanjing within two days. Facing a strong enemy, you personally led a death squad to raid Sun Chuanfang's headquarters, conquered in one fell swoop, and won the battle of Longtan. The decisive victory declared the complete defeat of the Beiyang warlords."

Li Mingrui took down a Qingyue Broadsword from the stand, and a Guan Yunchang look appeared on his face.He recalled: "One hundred brothers each held a short gun and a big knife, and copied from the enemy's back. When the bullets ran out, they swung the big knife to cut the bleeding path and took down the enemy's headquarters. The hundred brothers There are only a dozen people left." As he said that, he turned around suddenly, jumped a foot away, swung the saber to do a few tricks, then quickly put his foot back, put the saber back where it was, and sighed sadly: "But with the courage of a man, it is difficult It will become a big event. The fists and kicks are only used to relieve the boredom. Representative Deng laughed. Hurry up and have tea in the room, please-"

This is a spacious living room: apricot-yellow fir wood painted floor, floor-to-ceiling wide windows with carved leaves, antique sandalwood furniture, all kinds of antiques, bamboo seal art of war and ancient thread-bound books displayed in the hatchback.The whole looks somewhat elegant and dignified. Deng Bin took a look around, and then turned his eyes to the vigorous and unrestrained, graceful and mournful banners hanging on both sides of the hall. The banner on the right reads: Jin Tian rises up to fight against the same enemy, lamenting that the hero's ambition has not been rewarded;

The banner on the left reads: Sorrow the bloodstains of the same kind, it is pitiful for people who have achieved success; don't look at Jinling leisurely, the bright moon is as cold as smoke in the old days. After Deng Bin watched the poems on the banner, he smiled and said to Li Mingrui: "I can guess that this powerful ink stain must have been written by Xiongtai." "It's ugly, it's ugly, representative Deng really has good eyesight!" Li Mingrui poured tea and brought it to the table where Deng Bin was seated. "These two poems were written by a man named Zhishang in recent times. In order to lament the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's 14-year foundation, success and defeat, and loss after gain, it is so sad to mourn the past."

Deng Bin tasted tea and tasted poems, and realized a little, he said: "From the poems, there is a great meaning of blaming Zeng Guofan. In fact, the success or failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom depends entirely on themselves. We are united as one; Yang Xiuqing and Wei Changhui will not create chaos behind their backs, and Shi Dakai will not lead his troops to leave; foreign alliances, internal Nayouyan, even if there are a thousand Zeng Guofans, why should we be afraid?" He took a sip of tea, and then talked eloquently: "At the beginning, when Hong Xiuquan started an incident in Jintian Village, his credit was not good, his troops were insufficient, and he had no sharp weapons. How could the four or five thousand Baoliang troops beat the Qing Dynasty to pieces? ?Later, Hong Xiuquan became the king of heaven, with half of the country, more soldiers and enough food, but he fell instead? Looking for grace, I think that the 14th year of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom’s foundation and its fall can’t all be attributed to Zeng Guofan’s crusade and massacre , can only blame the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom for killing itself!"

Li Mingrui glanced at the banner that he wrote with a splash of ink, and heard the unique and incisive insights of the invited "guest", he couldn't help but be in awe: "Representative Deng talked about the cause and effect of the success or failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Hit the nail on the head!" Deng Bin said: "There are so many ups and downs in the world, and success or failure depends on people. It is said that since the Ming Chongzhen was destroyed by the Manchus in the 17th year, there have been many heroes and heroes in the vast country trying to restore the Ming Dynasty. Like Li Wencheng in Henan, Yunnan Wu Sangui from China, Wang Sanhuai from Sichuan, Zhang Axiu from Gansu, Wang Lun from Chongzhou, Zhu Yigui from Taiwan, etc., many heroes fought each other year after year, but they all rose from west to east and died in the east. In the last years of the Daoguang period, the power of sycophants and the people’s grievances caused the rise of Hong Xiuquan, a great hero who 'brought justice on behalf of heaven'."

As everyone knows, Li Mingrui admired this "big hero" of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom since he was a child.Like all big men who are capable and daring, he firmly believes that the times make heroes, and he has the great ambition of "If you want to rule the world, who else can I".His "Heavenly Dream" is even more dazzling and magnificent than Hong Xiuquan's. When Li Mingrui talked about Hong Xiuquan's anecdotes, he was even more vivid and vivid: "I heard from the old people that Hong Xiuquan had great ambitions since he was a child. He often talked about the past and the present with Luo Bingzhang, a friend from his hometown, and satirized the tyranny of the chaotic government. Taking a bath in the pond and reciting poems, Hong Xiuquan watched the bright moon in the sky while taking a bath, and read out casually: "Bathing in the fish pond at night, shaking the sky full of stars." Luo Bingzhang also responded to the poem and said: "Go to the Lin Pavilion early, and return to the three generations of Qiankun." Hong Xiuquan Hearing this, he laughed loudly. After laughing, he sang again: "Qiankun is no longer three generations. Lin Pavilion has long belonged to others, so there is no need to ascend it, and it will be troublesome to change." An unrivaled madman. Hong Xiuquan only made friends with the world's heroes, and finally became the king of the kingdom of heaven."

Deng Bin said: "Hong Xiuquan is just a poor teacher who wandered from Guangdong to Guangxi. What did he rely on to become the king of heaven? Isn't it all because of having a team that frightened the Qing army and was welcomed and supported by the people?" The powerful Taiping Army!" "Yes, yes!" Li Mingrui said with deep sympathy, "Sun Wu wrote in his Art of War "Ji Pian": "Soldiers are the major events of the country." Impermanence, those who can win due to the changes of the enemy are called gods." This is the meaning of my suggestion to my cousin to establish a garrison brigade. But at present, the personnel affairs are complicated, and some old officers can only be appointed after further inspection, and the strength of the troops is also substantial. Difficult to refill”

Deng Bin thought for a moment and suggested: "In view of this situation, we can set up an officer teaching corps to train junior officers so as to improve their military, political and military quality and organizational command ability. As for the instructors, some cadres sent by our party can be employed. Some of them are Whampoa students, some graduated from army schools, and most of them have led soldiers and fought in the Northern Expedition.” Li Mingrui seemed to feel that a layer of mist that had drifted in front of his eyes for many days was blown away by a gust of cool mountain wind, and he said repeatedly: "Okay, Representative Deng has a good strategy, let's do it like this!"

It was night, and everything was silent.The two have a deep, deep and good opportunity to talk, which is always exciting. After Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui issued an order, the Guangxi Police Brigade and Teaching Corps should be established.More than 100 CCP cadres and trainees were arranged into the teaching corps to train the first batch of nearly 1,000 officers and soldiers of Li Mingrui's old department, and to develop backbone forces and new party members among them.Quick fix! Immediately afterwards, a group of CCP cadres were assigned to the garrison brigade and the teaching brigade—the fourth brigade, with Communist Party member Zhang Yunyi as the brigade captain, and Communist Party member Li Qian as the deputy brigade captain; Shi suddenly served as the deputy head; the teaching team, the Communist Party member Xu Guangying served as the head, Zhang Yunyi also served as the deputy head, Feng Dafei, Luo Shaoyan and other Communists served as military and political instructors.

According to the instructions of Deng Bin, the representative of the Central Committee: Zhang Yunyi and others arranged hundreds of Communists in the four brigades to serve as battalion, company, and platoon cadres.In less than a month, the fourth brigade expanded from the original 1,000 people to more than 2,500 people.At the same time, Yu Zuoyu and others transferred a group of peasant youths to join the army in the fifth brigade, and incorporated cottage green forests and rivers and lakes knights to enrich the army.The number of the Fifth Brigade also rapidly expanded to more than 2,000 people. The new army expanded this time will become the basic armed basis for the establishment of the Seventh Red Army and the Eighth Red Army in the future.