Chapter 58 Cai Tingkai took away a division

Cai Tingkai is really a special and special figure in the uprising.He didn't leave alone, he took the entire Tenth Division with him, and this division was one of the most powerful divisions in the rebel army, with a number of about 5,000, accounting for about a quarter of the total number of the rebel army.Cai Tingkai is also one of the few "people who walked the wire" in history.His life was full of ups and downs.Not to mention that he later led the 19th Route Army in the Songhu War of Resistance in the September 18th Incident; nor did he, together with Chen Mingshu, Jiang Guangnai and others, launched the famous "Fujian Incident" against Chiang; and later resolutely devoted himself to the construction of the Chinese people Just talking about his actions before and after the August 1st Uprising is enough to attract the attention of the world.He came from a very poor family.Relying on his father's talent and intelligence, he can be a tailor, learn Fengshui, work as a veterinarian, treat people's diseases, and support him. He entered a private school at the age of 9.But when he was 10 years old, his mother contracted the epidemic plague and died suddenly. Cai Tingkai was forced to drop out of school and learn farming from his father.

It can be regarded as a step-father's career. He learned to plow the fields at the age of 13, knew how to sew clothes at the age of 14, and became a skilled tailor and veterinarian at the age of 15. Nine out of ten sick cows he treated were cured.Talented people often have high eyesight, and he is no longer satisfied with the small world of Longyan Township, Guangdong. When he was 16 years old, he went shopping in Luojingxu, saw the notice of recruiting soldiers, came back and told his father that he wanted to be a soldier, but his father refused.A few days later, Cai Tingkai went to the recruitment office to apply for the exam without telling his father, and he won the third place.Cai went to Guangzhou with the army, but was discovered by his father, and was intercepted by his brother-in-law and cousin at Nanjiangkou.But two years later, he still joined the Guangdong New Army, and later joined Sun Yat-sen's Tongmenghui.During the Northern Expedition, Cai Tingkai had been promoted to the head of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division of the Fourth Army.When besieging the three towns of Wuhan, he led his team to participate in the battle regardless of the serious injury to his left hand. On October 10, Cai Tingkai's regiment took the lead in breaking into Binyang Gate in Wuchang.

Soon, Ning and Han split, Zhang Fakui incorporated the Tenth Division, appointed Cai as the commander of the Tenth Division, and was under the command of Huang Qixiang, the commander of the Fourth Army.Cai Tingkai and Zhang Fakui were not close friends.He surrendered his troops to Zhang Fakui, but he always had a knot in his heart, fearing that the Tenth Division would be disarmed and he would be dismissed.Maybe it was influenced by his father's feng shui, and he firmly believed in ancient sayings such as "a good horse never turns back" and "strike first to be strong, and then to suffer disaster".After hearing more, he began to doubt Zhang Fakui's "intentions" towards him.On the contrary, he and Ye Ting have quite a personal relationship.When the 10th Division arrived in Wuhan, the Wuhan government issued a mobilization order, determined to go east from Wuhan, with Ye Ting of the 24th Division as the vanguard, occupy Jiujiang and Hukou first, cover the concentration of the army, and assign the 10th Division to Ye Ting to follow up , Cai Tingkai's heart fell to the ground.After arriving in Jiujiang, Ye Ting had a secret deal with Cai Tingkai. He said: "When we attacked Nanjing, several armies would kill each other, which would not benefit the future of the revolution. Tang Shengzhi is not necessarily more revolutionary than Chiang Kai-shek. It is better for us to go back to Guangdong to recuperate together. .”

Cai Tingkai had this intention in his heart, and he deeply agreed.But after thinking about it, he is the Communist Party, and he is the Kuomintang. They have different fundamental beliefs and different views. Let me follow him first, and then talk about it when I have the opportunity.After a few days, all the armies were concentrated.Zhang Fakui convened a meeting of personnel above the division level in Lushan Mountain, and Cai Tingkai also stayed in Lushan Mountain for two days. When he returned to Jiujiang, Ye He's troops had already moved, and he strictly ordered all traffic arteries, and no army could pass without Ye He's order.Seeing this scene, Cai Tingkai thought to himself that if he did not return to Nanchang, the entire division would be in danger, so he called Ye Ting for instructions.Ye Ting asked him to return to Nanchang immediately.When Cai Tingkai arrived in Nanchang, Ye and He had disarmed Zhu Peide and Cheng Qian's troops stationed in Nanchang, that is, the August 1st riot had succeeded.Cai Tingkai could not retreat now, nor could he escape, so he had to bow his head and obey Ye and He's orders.

The uprising subsided, and when the Revolutionary Committee discussed the appointment of military personnel, Cai Tingkai talked the most.Some people once advocated his removal from the position of division commander, and some intended to detain him. Tan Pingshan was most disgusted with Cai Tingkai, and once pointed out sharply: "Cai Tingkai's revolutionary will is shaken!" He Long also objected to the appointment of Cai Tingkai.It's just because of Ye Ting's face, he didn't say too much. Ye Ting, on the other hand, was paralyzed by Cai Tingkai's fake appearance or old impressions, and strongly recommended him to stay in his old position. The reason was: "It is better to have more people in the revolution. Cai Tingkai was born poor, and he was emotional. He had already arrived in Nanchang and was unstable. What to do with him? Even the officers and soldiers under the Tenth Division are not convinced!" It can be said that in the Revolutionary Committee, Shu Ye Ting knew Cai Tingkai best, and his words were so important that people could not say anything else.And a further mistake was when he went south, Cai Tingkai was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the left column.The Tenth Division was the first to drive out of Nanchang City, and no other troops held it hostage.

It cannot be said that the leaders of the rebel army were not vigilant at all.When preparing to set off, Zhou Enlai asked Xu Shilin, chief of staff of Cai Shi’s 28th Regiment and a member of the Communist Party: “Is Chen Zhixin reliable? If not, replace him and you will be the head of the regiment.” “Chen Zhixin’s thinking is very ‘left’, Probably there will be no problem." Xu Shilin spent time with Chen Zhixin, the head of the 28th Regiment, and heard Chen yelling at Chiang Kai-shek, Li Jishen, Zhang Fakui, etc. on a daily basis, and mistakenly thought that Chen was "leaning to the left".On the other hand, Xu Shilin had been in the 28th Regiment for less than a month, and the situation was unfamiliar. He only brought two members of the Communist Party of China, the secretary Zhu Hezi and the company commander Yu Yizhen. He felt that he was not sure about combat command, so he declined.

When he said this, Zhou Enlai did not adjust Cai Shi's several regiment leaders (10 years later, Zhou Enlai still remembered this lesson, and said to Xu Shilin: During the Nanchang Uprising, there was a mistake in forming the first and second columns. At that time, two regiments from the 10th Division should be transferred into the first column, and two regiments from the 20th Army and 24th Division should be transferred into the second column, so as to prevent Cai's escape). Everything was overshadowed by the call to go south and return to Guangdong. Ye Ting arranged for Cai Tingkai: "Your Tenth Division will occupy Fuzhou within 3 days!"

Cai Tingkai couldn't restrain the joy in his heart: "Just wait for the good news." Ye Ting was also happy: "There are only a few thousand Yunnan troops ahead, they are no match for you!" "That's not right! I'm in Fuzhou, and the house is waiting for you after booking." On August 3, the Tenth Division set off.Nanchang soldiers and civilians lined up to eat pots of pulp and send them off all the way.Cai Tingkai remained calm, with no shame on his face.The troops camped after walking 60 miles that day.After the troops settled down, Cai Tingkai summoned Chen Zhixin, the head of the 28th Regiment, and Zhang Shide, the head of the 29th Regiment, to the secret merchants.

Cai Tingkai breathed a sigh of relief: "Our teacher is out of the tiger's mouth now, and we should have a proper plan for future actions." The two regiment leaders nodded straightly: "I would like to listen to the teacher's instruction." "I think this way. If Sui Ye and He return to Guangdong, they are members of the Communist Party and will not cooperate to the end. If they want to hear news from Zhang Fakui, they don't know when they will be able to contact them. The second step is to plan. What do you think?" Both Chen and Zhang are Cai Tingkai's confidantes, so naturally they have no objection, and are willing to follow Cai Tingkai to the end.

Cai Tingkai expressed his concerns: "My biggest headache is that there are many Communist Party members in my division. The officers of the regiment below the 30th regiment are all Communist Party members. There are also many Communist Party members in your 28th and 29th regiments. If we don’t clean it up now, it will be even more troublesome in the future.” When Zhang Shide heard this, he was a little stunned: "Huh? Commander Fan Meng Sheng and all the officers of the regiment are Communists? I didn't expect that. Damn it, there are also members of our regiment. I really don't know that these people are Communists. What should we do now?" Whatever you do, it all depends on the master's careful handling, I am 120,000 obedient!"

"What about you?" Cai Tingkai asked for Chen Zhixin's opinion again. Chen Zhixin said nothing: "It is really helpless for us to participate in the uprising. Now that we have this opportunity, when will we not leave?" Cai Tingkai was very satisfied: "Okay, now let's discuss tomorrow's march plan. Your 28th Regiment is the vanguard, and the 29th Regiment is the rear guard. You will sandwich the 30th Regiment in the middle so that you can monitor the actions of the 30th Regiment. Jinxian advances. After the 28th Regiment arrives at the county seat, it immediately occupies the inside and outside of the city gates, the 30th Regiment enters the city, and the 29th Regiment goes near the city and continues to monitor the 30th Regiment." It's true: When you stop and stop, you will suffer from it. Ye and He Dajun did not sandwich Cai Jun, but the 30th Regiment, which was mostly Communist Party members, was trapped in the middle.The tragedy happened. That night, Cai Tingkai issued a secret order and an ordinary marching order at the same time. The next day, continue to Jinxian City.Under the hot weather, many soldiers were left behind, and they were especially heavy, so they moved slowly. It was not until the third morning that the whole division arrived at Jinxian City.At 8 o'clock in the morning, after Cai Tingkai ordered the spy battalion to set up a guard at the division headquarters, he ordered the 30 regiments to rest with guns, and the officers of the whole regiment went to the division headquarters to listen to the lectures. The head of the regiment, Fan Mengsheng, did not know that there had been a change, and according to the order, he took the officers and political department personnel to the open space in front of the designated division department to gather and wait for the meeting.After the personnel stood up, they couldn't see Cai Tingkai coming out for a long time, so they couldn't help but have some doubts.At this moment, a group of guards rushed up and unloaded all the pistols of the officers.The officers were a little surprised, expecting something unexpected.Cai Tingkai quickly walked out from the door, pressed his hands down, and signaled everyone not to be nervous, and had something to tell everyone.He talked for a long time, and it seemed that he was writing in his stomach no matter when he was marching or camping. "Brothers, since the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, everyone has lived in peace. Our Northern Expedition Revolutionary Army reached the Yangtze River and extended to the Yellow River Basin, but it was split. This is the most unfortunate thing. The process of the split is too complicated. I am not in a position to criticize it at this time. But I am a member of the Kuomintang, and I came from the poorest peasant workers. I can bear any sacrifice; I can endure any hardship. If you don’t respect your faith and say what you say, I don’t agree with it.” Cai Tingkai recalled that Wei, deputy of the 28th Regiment, was executed by shooting last month.He said it was because the Political Department reported to Zhang Fakui that Wei had a private relationship with Chen Mingshu and forged letters, Zhang Fakui was taken to be shot without asking any questions. "This is an extremely injustice and insidious matter. At that time, not only I held the injustice, but also the officers and soldiers of the whole division were all angry and shuddering." Cai Tingkai took advantage of this to express: "Since Wei was executed by shooting, officials at all levels were very worried and rushed one after another. Ask me for a long leave. I asked them why they asked for leave. They said they were afraid of being shot. They said that even the teachers and commanders could not protect us, and that our lives were at stake here. It's unbearable!" As he spoke, he glanced at the venue from time to time.When he said the above passage, the Communists on the field were obviously dissatisfied, the crowd was a little commotion, and the surrounding guards with guns were also a little nervous.Cai Tingkai eased his tone: "I admire the efforts of the Communist Party members, but I can't bear the methods of others. Therefore, in order to protect my teacher, I have to ask the Communist Party members of my teacher to leave temporarily. Of course, it will be issued, and everyone will be escorted out of the ministry to make everyone safe." Cai Tingkai said it was "escort", but it was actually escort.And it's the old way: the Communists stand aside.This time is different from Chen Yi's teaching group, no one moved that time, this time all moved.Among them, four high-level Communist Party members including head Fan were "invited" to another place and locked up.Cai Tingkai also announced the non-communist candidates for the other two regiments to take over the vacant official positions of the Thirty Regiment. The head of the Thirty Regiment was Liu Zhanxiong. Cai Bu stayed in Jinxian for two days.Most of the communists have been dismissed, only the four communists with higher positions are difficult to deal with.Kill it, don't say that there will be a blood debt left in the future, the Communist Party will not let it go, just say that right now, my teacher still has many sympathizers for the Communist Party, and they will no longer believe in Cai Tingkai, and it will be a curse in the future; don't kill him, the superior If you can't agree, even Zhang Fakui will say that Cai left a way out for himself, and his heart is not sincere.To kill or not to kill?Not only did the discussion fail to reach a conclusion, but even the whereabouts of the Tenth Division became a problem. Cai Tingkai mentioned three points: first, go to Nanjing; second, return to Guangdong; third, wait for news from Zhang Fakui.Except for Chen Zhixin who expressed willingness to wait for news from Zhang Fakui, everyone else said that there would be no news about Zhang Fakui. Even if there was news, he would inevitably be as confused as before in the future. !The final result is that no one will take refuge for the time being. First, electrify and leave the Communist Party, and then go on the road, and find a way out while walking. Therefore, the guards of the division headquarters escorted four "principal criminals": Commander Fan of the 30th Regiment, Chief of Staff Chen, Chief of Staff of the 28th Regiment Xu Shilin, and Battalion Commander Hu Tianjie. Golden Port, stop for a day and then go to Yujiang.All the way to ask for more than 10,000 yuan from merchants.Cai Tingkai hesitated, and sent people to contact him.They sent Chen Zhixin back to Nanchang to see Zhang Fakui, and sent people to contact Chen Mingshu and Jiang Guangnai.Zhang Fakui called Yu Jiang from Nanchang, asking Cai to shoot the four of them on the spot.Cai Tingkai was a good man again, and asked his chief of staff to show the four Communists a telegram from Zhang Fakui, and said: "Zhang Fakui is too merciless, Cai would like to keep the room for cooperation in the future, and sent the chief of staff to hire a small boat to send the four of you He avoided it and hoped that each would cherish it." The chief of staff handed over the 200 Guangyang that Cai gave to Commander Fan, the 50 Guangyang that Chen Zhixin gave to Xu Shilin, and the salaries that the 30th Regiment paid to Chen and Hu, and delivered them one by one. After the four of them boarded the boat, the Tenth Division went east to Shangrao.Zhang Fakui sent a telegram saying that four members of the Communist Party had been shot.When the boat arrived in Poyang, Fan Mengsheng returned to his hometown of Zhangshu, and he heard that he later became a monk; Battalion Commander Hu returned to his hometown of Xingguo; the two chiefs of staff went to Jiujiang via Xingzi County.Chen returned to his hometown of Ningbo, and later fought guerrillas in Siming Mountain, where he was captured and killed by the Kuomintang troops.Xu Shilin went back to Shanghai to find Xu Jishen, and they went to Shantou together, but they failed to catch up with the rebels. The two dared not go ashore and took the original ship to Hong Kong. In the enemy camp, Zhang Fakui, who received the news of Cai Tingkai, was overjoyed. On the one hand, he telegraphed Cai Tingkai not to show mercy to the Communist Party in the army, and on the other hand, he gave credit to the Nationalist government and his colleagues: And Wang Jingwei in Wuhan is very busy.Li Jishen and Huang Shaohong from Guangdong sent a telegram, saying, "The He Ye incident is the best opportunity for our party and government to reunite. If Wuhan can seriously clean up the party and cooperate sincerely, we should see each other sincerely. If we still miss it, If the Communist Party occupies another territory and waits for the opportunity to move, the future of the party and the country can be worrying.” Wang Jingwei also considered this way. He ordered the banning of the Communist Party on August 5, and the arrest of Communist Party cadres on August 8. In order to move towards the unification of power, he also began to contact Li Zongren of the Guangxi Clan to instigate an "anti-Chiang" campaign.When Chiang Kai-shek got the secret report, he was so angry that he cursed Wang Jingwei in his diary for being inhuman.And Tang Shengzhi, who held the military power in Wuhan, even showed his intention to send troops to seize Nanjing.Under such circumstances, although Chiang Kai-shek knew that Cai Bu had entered his territory, he only sent Jiang Guangnai to contact Chen Mingshu, and asked Cai Bu to obey his orders when he arrived in Zhejiang, but he himself was on the verge of "retiring". On August 12, the Nanjing Central Executive Supervisory Committee held a meeting. Under "forced" by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, Chiang Kai-shek had to resign.Although he still holds military power in his hands, the five veterans of the Kuomintang, Wu Zhihui, Zhang Jingjiang, Hu Hanmin, Cai Yuanpei, and Li Shizeng, also resigned with him, showing that he is not politically isolated; Hubei, Jiangxi, and Hunan completely cleared the party, and the armed comrades worked hard to march northward, and the army fighting with the Jinpu line "put out the fire in Nanchang, but he was a man in the wild after all, and it was unrealistic to openly launch troops in Jiangxi. The enemy's camp was also complicated. Li Ji was deeply afraid that the torrent of the Communist Party would overwhelm his defense area, and that Zhu Peide's troops would encroach on his territory in the name of pursuit, so he hurriedly called Zhu Peide: Our army is in southern Jiangxi, and we are going to pursue Ye He's rebellious army on the border of Fujian and Guangdong. The defense area in southern Jiangxi should have asked your ministry to take over the defense.However, because there are still many agencies behind the various ministries that are still in place, they are now finishing their preparations and moving forward. Once the rush is ready, immediately send a call to your ministry to come to the garrison. However, before the completion of the various agencies behind our army, please do not send troops to come. , to avoid misunderstandings. When Zhu Peide received the telegram, he was so angry that he slapped the table and cursed: "Old fox!"