Chapter 53 It doesn't matter which way you go

Zhou Yiqun, commander of the Third Division, did not attend the 7 o'clock meeting because he was not a member of the staff group.I didn't think too much about the issues to be discussed at the meeting.He always felt that the former committee had reached a conclusion, and it must take the road of Ji'an, and first solve Zhu Peide's department to strengthen its reputation.Although he served as the commander of the third division, he still went in and out of the military headquarters from time to time, and seemed to be He Long's "political consultant".He went around the army, and when he came back, just in time for the staff group to adjourn, he stopped He Long, Liu Bocheng, and Chen Gongpei to ask about the decision of the meeting.He was startled by this question, and several people told him: he had to take the path of Fuzhou, Ruijin, and Xunwu.

"Isn't this nonsense? There are tens of thousands of horses in a mighty force. They don't go on the main road, but go to the small road. If they encounter the enemy's siege, they won't be able to escape. This doesn't make sense in Sun Tzu's Art of War! How could you do such a thing?" Decided?" Zhou Yiqun was a little excited.He stared at He Long first, because they had discussed which way to go, but now He Long lowered his eyebrows and said nothing, as if there was something difficult to say; Zhou Yiqun turned to Liu Bocheng again. He knew that Liu Bocheng was good at military affairs and was the chief of staff, so he wanted to know why Liu Bocheng also agreed to take the path.

Liu Bocheng is a very practical person, especially when it comes to military affairs, he always goes back and forth, and he is willing to act only when he thinks it is very clear.He also had his own opinion on the decision made at the meeting, but out of face, he didn't insist.Now, after Zhou Yiqun said it, he felt that the matter was getting serious. He pulled He Long: "Yiqun makes sense. I think I'll call Ye Ting and ask him to come. Let's discuss it again." He Long agreed.When I called Ye Ting, the adjutant said that Ye Ting was not there and called the officers for a meeting.

Zhou Yiqun became anxious: "Is he going to tell the troops? Let's go find him!" Both Liu Bocheng and He Long thought it was wrong, and each found a seat and sat down, waiting quietly.Finally, Ye Ting arrived. It was already past 1 o'clock in the middle of the night.Ye Ting, who was also tired and came and went, was not very happy. After entering the room, he threw his hat on the table and asked, "Isn't there already a staff meeting? What kind of meeting is it in the middle of the night?" Just said it again. Ye Ting's face was even more displeased: "What's the need to discuss things that have already been decided!"

He Long yawned, and said: "I'm older, and I can't compare to you. I sleep all day and night, and I don't have enough energy. I'm going to bed." Zhou Yiqun didn't want He Long to leave the stage.He knew that Zhou Enlai had specifically confessed to comrades in the party that he should respect non-party comrade He Long and not make him think. Party comrades, including Ye Ting, also kept this in mind, and generally did not quarrel with He Long. Zhou Yiqun also knew that he was not a military expert, and could not compare with Ye Ting in terms of qualifications and influence. He estimated that his opinion would be difficult to convince Ye Ting, so he wanted to take advantage of He Long's presence to change his original decision to take the path.He Long's exit...

Zhou Yiqun called He Long eagerly: "Commander, just persist until Commander Ye arrives, and you want to leave again, how can you discuss this?" It seemed that He Long had made up his mind. He stood up, walked towards the door, and said back, "You guys discuss it. You can decide whatever you want, and I will definitely implement it." Zhou Yiqun had no choice but to tell Ye Ting his opinion and reasons. Ye Ting shook his head while listening, already getting a little impatient: "I have already announced to my officers that there can be no further changes." Seeing that Zhou Yiqun was silent, Ye Ting's tone also softened: "Yiqun, you have to put yourself in the shoes of Zhou Yiqun. Let me think about it, if it's just our old troops, I'll say hello right away, and it won't be difficult to change. You know, isn't Cai Yankai's 10th Division also under my control? It's hard to regret him. It's the first command again If his troops are made to feel that we are always changing orders, what prestige will there be in the future?"

Liu Bocheng said: "It's too late today, everyone go back and lie on the bed and think about it, let's discuss it during the day." Everyone goes back to their houses.Zhou Yiqun still couldn't sit still, and found Tan Pingshan's room again.Tan Pingshan had already fallen asleep and was woken up by Zhou Yiqun. Tan Pingshan understood what Zhou Yiqun meant, and said with a slap in the face: "You said that it is difficult to provide food by taking the path. Last night I also advocated going to Ganzhou and then returning to Dongjiang, but what they said is also reasonable. Yiqun, I would I don’t understand you, whether to take the small road or the big road. Anyway, the general direction is Guangdong. Why do you need to discuss it? If you think it makes sense, I will call a meeting tomorrow, and you can talk about it. Like a nocturnal god, he doesn't sleep, and he doesn't let others sleep." Tan Pingshan "falls" again.

When Zhou Yiqun returned to the room, he became more awake and couldn't fall asleep no matter what.Early the next morning, Tan Pingshan really called a meeting.Let Zhou Yiqun share his opinion. Zhou Enlai, Liu Bocheng, He Long, etc. all listened, sometimes subconsciously nodding.This kind of atmosphere encouraged Zhou Yiqun to give full play to the benefits and political influence of taking the big road: "As long as our team walks on the big road going south, within a few days, the passionate men along the way will definitely come, and the team will walk for a day." Expand one day, spread far and wide”

Ye Ting didn't like "playing tricks", so he stared at him: "You didn't say it long ago, and you just talk about something that has already been decided. Aren't you afraid of shaking the morale of the army?" At this moment, there is probably nothing more terrifying than the word "shake the morale of the army".This sentence is too heavy. Zhou Yiqun was dissatisfied, but swallowed the following words and said nothing more. Zhou Enlai, Liu Bocheng, and He Long originally supported Zhou Yiqun, but at this point, it is difficult to say anything: they may have the same idea as Tan Pingshan, so is it that important which way to go? !The hustle and bustle after the uprising, the hot weather, and the impatience all made the leaders of the uprising unable to sit still: the important thing is action.

The Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee also received the notice and held an emergency meeting, announcing that Ye and He's troops were about to go south and enter Guangdong.After the army went south, it was necessary to abandon Nanchang.All agencies immediately repatriated their staff to their original places of origin, burned all agency documents, and kept those necessary to be properly kept by each agency.The financial affairs of various agencies must also be handled in a timely manner, and they are required to finish their work within a day or two and be ready to leave Nanchang at any time.The Provincial Party Committee decided that, except for a few comrades who went south with the army, most comrades should leave Nanchang quickly after the troops retreated and return to their hometowns to work.

As for the future work arrangements, we have to wait for the notice from the Provincial Party Committee after returning to the local area.In addition, the Provincial Party Committee will leave a very small number of comrades to do secret work in Nanchang.Qiu Huan, secretary of the Provincial Agricultural Association, came back from the meeting of the Provincial Party Committee, immediately made a list of evacuated personnel, and went to the Provincial Party Headquarters to find Luo Shibing, the head of the organization, who was in charge of distributing the severance pay of the government personnel. Luo Shibing signed the roster, and Qiu Ti went to the General Affairs Office to collect a large bundle of banknotes, and handed them over to the Secretariat for distribution after returning to the Agricultural Association.At the same time, all kinds of files were collected and burned, and even the furniture was moved away.The provincial agricultural association also has about 150,000 yuan in cash, and two "treasures" confiscated by Shao Shiping in Guixi, Zhang Tianshi's seven-star sword and a Chinese jade "Zhang Daoling Seal", all of which were handed over to the provincial party committee. Secretary Feng Ren, because he stayed in Nanchang to do underground work. On this day, Qiu Ti was notified by the person in charge of the Provincial Party Committee, asking him to report the situation of the Jiangxi Peasant Movement to a responsible comrade.He took the letter of introduction from the Provincial Party Committee and went to the branch of the Provincial No. 1 Middle School near Sandaoqiao.The guards took him to a classroom at the east end of the second floor.As soon as he entered the door, he saw a comrade with a long beard sitting on a chair. He looked carefully, ah, isn't this Zhou Enlai?Qiu Ti once studied in the fourth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. At that time, Zhou Enlai happened to be the director of the political department of the military academy, so he knew him. Zhou Enlai almost remembered the names of all the people he had dealings with, especially the special names like Qiu Ti.He smiled and beckoned Qiu Ti to sit down, and asked about the situation of Jiangxi's peasant movement, which counties had relatively developed peasant movements, and how the mass base was.Zhou Enlai specifically asked about the situation on the front line from Linchuan to Ningdu. He asked very detailed questions, including the situation of the peasant movement in various counties in Guangdong, the situation of the local reactionary armed forces, the situation of feudal forces, customs and so on.As he asked, he wrote it down in a small notebook.It seems that he is starting to investigate the situation on the marching route. At the end, Qiu Tiao asked with some doubts: "Why did you evacuate Nanchang so quickly, we can stand firm." Qiu Ti had a better understanding of the enemy situation around Nanchang.From the perspective of the national situation, it is natural that the enemy is strong and we are weak.But in terms of Nanchang, the enemy situation around Nanchang is not very serious, because Chiang Kai-shek controls Shanghai and Nanjing in the east, Tang Shengzhi occupies Wuhan in the west, and the Beiyang warlords are still north of Dahe.Chiang Kai-shek has not yet been reinstated, Wang Jingwei is incompetent in military affairs, and various forces in charge of military power are intriguing and full of contradictions in order to seize power and hegemony. It can be said that Wang Jingwei, Zhang Fakui, Zhu Peide and others in Lushan were the first to be shaken by the uprising. During the three days from August 1st to August 3rd, the reactionary forces in Wuhan were the most terrified. As soon as gunshots rang out in Nanchang, they arrested Communist Party members in large numbers, destroyed Communist Party institutions, banned free strikes, and warned rickshaw drivers; All kinds of telegrams of "advancement and suppression" and "capture", but it is difficult to accomplish anything in the military. First of all, Wang Jingwei has no military power.It is Tang Shengzhi who supports the self-respect of the soldiers.But Tang Shengzhi only wanted to mobilize the garrison troops on the border of Hunan and Hubei, and cooperate with other armies to "encircle and suppress the enemy of Nanchang". All hair, in fact, is to lead but not to send.Besides, Zhu Peide is even more treacherous and cunning.He has a large number of troops and claims that "he knew that the Communist Party wanted to make trouble in the Fourth Army, the Eleventh Army, and the Twentieth Army, so he put the two divisions of the Third Army and the Ninth Army in Ji'an." To go in the other direction, so I diverted to Hankou and transferred to Ji’an Supervisor.” However, how much threat can the two divisions in Ji'an pose to the 20,000 people in Nanchang 400 miles away?In fact, Zhu Peide also put on a show and remained on hold. He himself was still stranded in Wuhan until August 5. Where is there any sign of "rushing to the front line"?And Ji'an's two divisions, Wang Jun, is Zhu Peide's subordinate in name, but he doesn't obey the command, and the conflict between the two is very deep.Wang Jun wanted to replace him for a long time, but his strength was weaker than Zhu's, and he was under Zhu's restraint everywhere, so Wang borrowed the Nanjing government as his backer.We are looking for opportunities to move towards Chiang Kai-shek step by step.Zhu Peide was thinking secretly, Wang Jun really wanted to send troops, and he didn't care if he was exhausted.But how could Yujun be fooled? In short, before the uprising troops left Nanchang, no major movements of the enemy were discovered.There is only one person who can be said to be "moving", and that is Xia Douyin, a veteran anti-communist.He served as the commander of the first army of the new National Revolutionary Army. His troops were mobilized on August 3, starting from Wuxue, Qichun, Huangmei and other places, and marching towards Jiujiang.Under the banner of "advancing and suppressing the Communist Army", he secretly targeted Zhang Fakui and occupied his territory.With this kind of plan, he will naturally not go all out to "suppress the Communist Party." There are only four units that really pose a direct threat to Nanchang: one is the remaining troops of Zhang Fakui, and there are three divisions including the 12th Division, the 21st Division of the Fourth Army, and the 26th Division of the Eleventh Army; The so-called "Jiujiang Golden Army" sent by Wang Jingwei on the 3rd; the third is the King Army of Ji'an; the fourth is the Yang Department of Fuzhou. Zhang Fakui was unwilling to fight recklessly with the rebels. This was already in the "four chapters of the contract" in his conversation with Guo Moruo, and it was proved to be the same afterward. "Jiujiang's Golden Army", the commander Jin Handing, has a close relationship with Zhu De. Although Zhu De mobilized him to participate in the uprising but did not respond, he still would not betray his friend.Wang Jun stood still, and Yang Ruxuan of Fuzhou "safely and courteously" to Zhu De's advance team. It seems that the enemies on all sides did not pose a disaster to Nanchang. So why did the rebel army withdraw from Nanchang in a hurry? In addition to the earlier decision of the Party Central Committee to go to Guangdong immediately after the uprising in order to receive foreign aid; we have not found any more convincing materials to explain the necessity and urgency of the evacuation.On the contrary, Chen Yi, who followed the rebel army hard to rush to the team, made some pertinent analysis on this.He said: The uprising has been won, what should be the next move?It is a road to go straight to Guangzhou via Ji'an and Ganzhou, and it is also a road to turn back to Wuhan and turn to Hunan, and to mobilize the revolutionary masses in the two lakes. These two roads are possible, but both have difficulties.Although Xiangwuhan and Xiangchangsha have the foundation of the revolutionary masses, Fotang is very powerful. If Jiang and Wang cooperate to form a pincer attack situation, it will not be easy to do.Going down from Ganzhou to Guangzhou happened to be Zhu Peide's escape route, and it was difficult to pass through the traffic jam.As a result, I chose a remote road with no mass base at all to Chaoshan.That is to say, it went to Shantou via Ruijin and Huichang. At that time, it was mainly an attempt to occupy Shantou Haikou in order to obtain international aid. This decision was naive and made the first mistake.Because the focus is not on how to mobilize the broad masses, but on purely military offensives.Under the new political situation, the revolution has entered a new stage, and the path of the Northern Expedition is impassable.This is mainly the result of inexperience, no independent political analysis of the nature of the Chinese revolution. What Chen Yi didn't say was that the enemies around Nanchang did not move, but the reactionary army really moved on the border of Guangdong where the rebel army marched. A telegram sent from Hong Kong on August 9 stated: Li Jishen received 50,000 yuan from the headquarters to set up the Eighth Route General Command of the Communist Army, and recommended Huang Shaohong as the deputy commander. There have been many troops from Shaokai to Jiangxi in recent days, and Qian Dajun will be appointed What's worse than this is that the enemy has completely grasped the movement of the rebel army. On August 5, Zhang Fakui sent a telegram to the Wuhan Nationalist Government, saying: 1. Chief of Staff Zhang of the 24th Division of our army fled back from Nanchang. It is said that the rebels plan to start from Nanchang on the 5th and flee to Fuzhou. On the 16th, they will gather in Xunzhou, invade Chaomei, and attack Guangzhou, etc. Please call Li Renchao (that is, Li Jishen) and Huang Shaohong immediately to prevent blockage. 2. The Ministry of Staff is actively attacking. The vanguard has arrived at Tujiabu today. There are no trains along the way, only walking, and they are rushing to Nanchang to pursue and suppress. 3. Today, all empty ships will be sent back to Wuhan for transportation. 4. Dongri (i.e. 1st) has ordered Comrade Jin Taojiu (i.e. Jin Handing), the Martial Law Commander, to close down all Jiujiang City Party Headquarters, County Party Headquarters, Federation of Trade Unions, etc., arrest rebels, and clear the source of chaos. 5. The job is to make a clear view of the inspection. Yuri (that is, the 6th) will go to De'an with Commander Huang (Qixiang) to deal with everything. Huang Qixiang also sent a telegram to the Wuhan government on the same day: He and Ye rebelled, and the Ministry of Justice was ordered to pursue and suppress them.Now the vanguard will arrive in Nanchang, and it is planned to be stationed in Tujiabu in Yuri to command, so as to follow and pursue them and prevent them from fleeing. Zhang and Huang knew that all the insurgents withdrew on the 5th, but they entered the command post on the 6th. They had to dodge it intentionally; Responsibility was shifted to Li Jishen and Huang Shaohong. As a result, the future has become dangerous and unpredictable, as if there is really a sharp sword hanging high on the road to the south.