Chapter 69 Peng Pai and Zhang Guotao meet bandits on the road

The Agriculture and Industry Committee Zhang Guotao is in charge of is an organization of about 40 people, including several famous Communists: Peng Pai, Li Lisan, Guo Liang, etc.During the march, there are also matters such as arranging accommodation, self-guarding and understanding the situation every day.There is a division of labor for these matters, and Zhang Guotao is in charge. He still feels tired, so he can't afford to hold meetings, and he has no intention of drafting measures to organize the worker-peasant movement along the way and establish local political power.His slogan is "going to the end is victory, as for the rest, we will talk about it later".But it's not easy to go like this.

When they arrived at a village near Ningdu, the agricultural and industrial committee was arranged in a separate mansion of a large landowner.The yard is so big that more than 40 people can live there. Peng Pai is a vigorous man, and he is also tired, but his laughter and singing can always be heard, so he has the nickname "God of Happiness" in the army.After the staff moved in, Peng Pai patrolled by the door.When he walked into a room, he found one of the young men, whose face was unfamiliar to him, and who was a little furtive. Peng Pai remained calm, sat down and chatted with the young man, pretending that he was also someone who had sneaked into the uprising team.The young man actually believed it and told the truth: In addition to sending troops to intercept the rebel army, the Kuomintang army also sent members of the AB regiment (a small anti-communist secret organization of the Kuomintang in Jiangxi at that time, and a special task force to clean up Jiangxi party affairs appointed by Chiang Kai-shek). Leader Yin Xipeng, the letter AB is the abbreviation of Anti-Bolsheviks) sneaked into the rebel garrison, waiting for the opportunity to attack and destroy.At that time, twenty or thirty members of the AB regiment had drawn up a plan to attack the Agricultural and Industrial Committee, and this young man was sent by them to scout out the movement.

Peng Pai falsely claimed that he could cooperate internally and externally to wipe out all the agricultural and industrial committees.The young man was naturally overjoyed, and took Peng Pai to the depths of the woods on a hill to meet his other four accomplices.One of the older ones looked suspiciously from left to right, and asked Peng Pai: "Are you really willing to join us?" Peng Pai pretended to be similar: "Yes, otherwise, what would I do here with you?" The old guy still didn't believe it: "In that case, tell me the house where your senior officials live!"

"Okay. I've got it on paper." As he said that, Peng Pai took out a piece of paper from his pocket, but he took out a pistol, put it on the old guy's head, and shouted: "Don't move! Put your guns on the table!" The five of them were frightened by this sudden move, and handed over their guns obediently. Peng Pai took them to their place of residence and put them under guard.He told Zhang Guotao about the situation, Zhang Guotao was a little nervous, and ordered more sentries at night. This incident left a deep impression on Zhang Guotao, so he later fought against the AB regiment in the Central Soviet Area. He was suspicious and killed many people by mistake, which was not unrelated to this experience.

When they set off from Changting to Shanghang by boat, they went even more hastily.Without hiring a local boatman or asking about the river and the situation along the way, I rented two boats, drove them by myself, and went down the river.Unexpectedly, not far away, the river is very dangerous, and there are countless boulders lying everywhere in the river.The boatman got nervous and hurriedly used oars and poles to prop up the boat. As a result, the boat did not open, and people fell into the water one after another. The poles and oars were all destroyed.The waves swelled and eventually even the best pole vaulter on board was thrown into the water, and there was a lot of danger for a while.After walking about 60 miles in this way, when it was really impossible to go any further, I had to abandon the boat and walk ashore.

However, after landing, they came to a desolate and uninhabited area.This hungry and tired agricultural and industrial committee team had no choice but to walk forward step by step along the mountain path, climbing branches and vines, until it was dark and there was no place where there was anyone.Everyone was a little nervous and didn't dare to rush in, so they sat on the side of the road and waited.It was around ten o'clock before I met a few passers-by and hurried up to inquire.But I couldn't understand a word of what was said.Fortunately, some people know how to live in southern Fujian. When they went up to talk, they realized that there was a town near Wuping County in front of them. Both Wuping County and this town were occupied by bandits, and they escaped.

"Then we came to the bandits' den!" Peng Pai was dubious, "Is it true?" "Why isn't it true?" A passer-by described it nervously, "This banditry is terrible, you guys don't want to come out once you go in. If you don't believe me, you can go and see, they were on the street when we escaped Acting for fun, the merchants in that city are all in collusion with the bandits." "How many people are there?" Peng Pai asked again. "About three or four hundred." Peng Pai pretended to be calm: "Bandits, it doesn't matter, we are here to find the bandits, and our army will arrive soon."

After the pedestrians left, Peng Pai said, "We have no other choice but to go to the meeting alone and enter this town in a big way." Zhang Guotao had no choice but to agree. As a result, the team of the Agricultural and Industrial Committee changed suddenly and became a front-line unit. The commander was dressed up by the fat and handsome Zhang Guotao, and the rest of the committee members were all dressed up as soldiers.They followed a small road into the town and settled down in a small chicken shop on the street.Guo Liang, the little man who played the role of the guard, acted very realistically. He shouted passwords there, and although he was small, his voice and momentum were particularly loud.He said to the shop owner: "Go and inform the bandit commander that our commander has ordered them to continue acting. Our front-line troops will be stationed on the street tonight and not go to the city, so as not to cause misunderstandings."

The shop owner was afraid of both officials and soldiers, so he kept making promises.After he communicated with the bandits, the acting was stopped, and a guard was dispatched, but no other action was taken. The agricultural and industrial committee members in the chicken feather shop were tired and hungry, and regardless of what was going on outside, they bought food and hurriedly filled their stomachs.The committee members have noticed that there are two new guys in the store, probably sent by the bandits to find out the truth.After eating, Zhang Guotao continued to act as his commander, and said to the shop owner and two new employees: "Do you know the news that our army defeated Qian Dajun's department in Huichang?"

"I've heard of it," they said. Zhang Guotao shook his prestige: "Our army is going to attack big cities and conquer the world. There is no conflict of interest with the king of the mountain here. You can try to inform their commanders to come here and meet me. Our army can appoint him name." One of them said: "Their commander-in-chief is not here. There is only a small commander of the detachment here. I can pass on your opinions to them. But whether the commander-in-chief can come here to meet with your army is uncertain. " Nothing to do that night, everyone sleeps.

In the early morning of the next day, when the agricultural and industrial committee members were ready to go, the bandits actually sent a guide to lead them across the mountains to a small town by the river.This river is the Tingjiang River where they encountered many dangers the day before.The guide told them on the way: His commander is very loyal and will never make things difficult for the army. If there are stragglers along the way, his commander has ordered them to be treated preferentially. I'm looking for Commander He. The agricultural and industrial committee members guessed that these so-called bandits were probably the spontaneous armed peasants occupying one side.They were also relieved, and hired two boats in the town, and headed towards Shanghang.The river is still as dangerous, but because of the local boatman driving, it seems to be in danger.The people on board also saw many wrecked ships in the river; there were also many wounded soldiers and members of the Revolutionary Committee stranded on both sides of the river waiting to be rescued.Li Lisan, who was in charge of shipping, first arrived in Shanghang. As soon as he landed, Zhang Guotao told the story of the accident on the way. Li Lisan couldn't help laughing and said, "I also did a stupid thing." When he set off from Changting, he sealed more than 100 boats and hired more than 400 boatmen to transport all the people he led to Shanghang.Before he had time to ask about the situation of the river, and did not let the boatmen drive the original boats, a unified allocation came.He thought that a young and strong boatman would always be more powerful than an old boatman, so he arranged the responsible cadres and wounded and sick cadres on the boat driven by the strong boatman, and arranged the secondary personnel and wounded soldiers on the old and weak. A boat driven by a boatman.Who knows this approach is completely wrong.The old boatmen are experienced helmsmen, who have fought half their lives in the rapids, and the boats they steered have all arrived in Shanghang safely, while those young boatmen who are full of energy panicked when they reached the middle of the river. Most of them capsized or hit rocks, and many cadres fell into the water, were rescued, and stood on both sides of the bank waiting for rescue.Now, Li Lisan was in a hurry to find some more boats, take them to Shanghang, and compensate the boat owners for their losses.