Chapter 2 The second round of breaking through the customs and pulling out the stronghold to survive the prisoner's blood on the bank of the Xiangjiang River

In November 1933, under the instigation of Chen Mingshu, Li Jishen, Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai and others, the famous 19th Route Army of the Kuomintang launched the Fujian Incident, established the Fujian People's Government, and put forward the slogan of anti-Chiang and anti-Japanese.This is a force that frightened the Japanese army during the Songhu defense battle.Before the fifth campaign against "encirclement and suppression", Chiang Kai-shek transferred the 19th Route Army to Fujian to strengthen his anti-Communist forces. With the 19th Route Army.Chiang Kai-shek never expected that he would transfer the 19th Route Army under his nose, but he did not grasp the heart of the 19th Route Army. The counterattack of the 19th Route Army disrupted Chiang Kai-shek's plan to "encircle and suppress" the Soviet area from all sides, and had to send part of his troops to Fujian.During this period, the Central Red Army had signed an agreement with the 19th Route Army against Chiang Kai-shek and against Japan.Because the Central Red Army commanded by Li De and others was overwhelmed on the one hand and strategically wrong on the other hand, it did not actively cooperate with the 19th Route Army's anti-Chiang anti-Japanese plan, so the 19th Route Army quickly collapsed. Generals such as Chen Mingshu and Li Jishen of the 19th Route Army fled to Hong Kong.

After the failure of the 19th Route Army, the Red Army's fifth campaign against "encirclement and suppression" in the Central Soviet Area was even more difficult. For a while, the soldiers and civilians in the Soviet Area were in dire straits.The highest "three-person regiment" once again realized soberly that the hope of defeating Chiang Kai-shek's fifth "encirclement and suppression" campaign was completely shattered.If it is said that sending the 7th Army Corps to fly northward to resist Japan a month ago was still partly tentative and blind, this time they had to make the final decision to let the Red 6th Army Corps march westward and open up the channel for the large troops to retreat westward.After careful consideration and arrangement, the highest "three-person regiment" issued a telegram to the 6th Army Corps for the westward expedition: the 6th Army Corps was transferred from Huang'ao, the weak part of the enemy's fortifications in the upper and lower seven areas or to the south, and moved to Guangxi. It is not easy for the 6th Army to stay in eastern Guangxi for a long time, so it should immediately move to the Xintian, Qiyang, and Lingling areas to develop and establish new base areas, and then develop to the mountainous areas between Xinhua and Xupu counties, and from there Go north to get in touch with the 3rd Red Army led by He Long.

After preparations, the Red Sixth Army finally decided to march west. Ren Bi was the representative of the Central Committee and chairman of the Military and Political Committee, Xiao Ke was the head of the army, and Wang Zhen was the political commissar.At that time, the army had been supplemented, and the number of soldiers had reached more than 9,000. The highest "three-member regiment" knew that the 6th Army's westward expedition was a major retreat, so they ordered the 6th Army to take away everything that could be taken away. This undoubtedly brought great difficulties to the troops' advancement.

Platoon leader Li Ziliang received the order to escort the prisoners from the Provincial Security Bureau on a night in November.That night, it was overcast and rainy, Li Ziliang, the reconnaissance platoon leader, never expected that the leader would give him such a job.Li Ziliang and his comrades had heard the news that the army was going to march west a few days ago, and at that time he and his comrades had a new emotion surging in their hearts.He also had this kind of emotion before, but since the fifth campaign against "encirclement and suppression" for nearly a year, this kind of emotion has disappeared. Not to mention the defeat of the troops, the base area has been shrinking little by little.After Li Ziliang's third victory against "encirclement and suppression", the base area expanded to Baoping, and his family was also allocated land. He joined the army to defend the victorious achievements of the Soviet area.But after the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, Baoping was quickly lost, and Baoping and more land were occupied by the enemy again, and the fathers and villagers in their hometown were in dire straits.Li Ziliang is the platoon leader of the Red Army and a party member. He knows that he must obey the orders of his superiors, but the more he fights, the more useless he becomes.Finally, the army's western expedition came. At that time, what Li Ziliang thought was that their reconnaissance company would be the same as every time, go first, go deep into the enemy's rear, scout the terrain for the large army, and capture prisoners. But he never expected that he would lead the whole platoon of more than 20 soldiers to escort the prisoners when the troops marched west.But he obeyed the organization's decision.Another point is that he still wants to see Battalion Commander Zhang again. He was ordered to carry out the arrest of Battalion Commander Zhang. At that time, the army arrested many people. It is said that they were members of the AB regiment.Battalion Commander Zhang was the first leader of the Red Army he knew. During the liberation of Baoping, Battalion Commander Zhang led the troops to station in their village. A red silk scarf.Battalion Commander Zhang excitedly preached to the villagers the policy of attacking local tyrants and dividing the land. He learned what the Red Army is from Battalion Commander Zhang and those Red Army soldiers.At that time, he envied people like Battalion Commander Zhang very much. When Battalion Commander Zhang left, he signed up for the Red Army with many young people in the village.

When arresting Battalion Commander Zhang, it was he who dropped the gun tied with a red silk scarf by Zhang Battalion Commander himself. Zhang Ying Zhang looked at him motionless.He saw battalion commander Zhang's eyes were red, and his heart moved at that moment. He didn't believe that people like battalion commander Zhang could be bad people.He escorted Battalion Commander Zhang to the Security Bureau. Many people were arrested that time, and they were all shot to death soon.For some reason, Battalion Commander Zhang was not killed and was still detained in the Security Bureau.Li Ziliang's heart seemed relieved, but he was still worried.For some reason, the image of Battalion Commander Zhang kept flashing before his eyes.

That evening, when the Security Bureau delivered the prisoners to them, there were 32 prisoners in total. The hands of the prisoners were all tied together and tied behind their backs, and the prisoners were connected with a thick rope.Under the moonlight, these prisoners looked dazed. It was no secret that the army was marching west, but no one told them about these prisoners.They thought they were going to be executed.When they stood under the moonlight and looked at the figures of the assembled troops setting off under the cover of night, this idea was further strengthened. Battalion Commander Zhang stood at the forefront of the team. He was no longer the radiant Zhang Battalion Commander a year ago. His beard had grown wildly on his face for some time, his face was pale and haggard, only his eyes were deep There are two bright lights flickering in the place.Li Ziliang recognized Battalion Commander Zhang by relying on those two bright lights.He walked over, stretched out his hand and patted Battalion Commander Zhang on the shoulder, and then called out something only the two of them could hear: Battalion Commander Zhang, it's me.At that moment, Battalion Commander Zhang's body trembled, and he quickly glanced at Li Ziliang, and he immediately recognized the little Li Zi who joined the army in Baoping.He moved his lips a few times, almost wanting to say something, but didn't say anything.He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, the large army had already disappeared into the night, only the noise of people shouting and neighing could be faintly heard.

Li Ziliang waved his hand at the soldiers, which was the signal to start. 20 soldiers, divided into two teams on the left and right, escorted more than 30 prisoners who were tied together and walked towards the direction where the main force disappeared.None of them spoke, only the sound of their footsteps remained in the darkness. The fog gradually covered the night, and there was a mass of tide all around them. The shadows of the mountains appeared in front of their eyes, and the mountain peaks were hidden in the depths of the night. The mountain road was winding, and a group of people with heavy loads moved forward slowly.Li Ziliang quickly recognized that it was a supply unit.This time the troops marched west, not only took away the Red Army Hospital, but also moved the wounded and sick numbers and the arsenal.The lathes and castings used to make bullets were dismantled, and a group of seven or eight people carried them to the west with the troops.When counting supplies during the day, Li Ziliang saw that the lithography machine that made border coins was also included in the ranks of this westward move.As a scout, Li Ziliang knew that so much luggage would undoubtedly bring a lot of inconvenience to the troops.Li Ziliang is just the platoon leader of a reconnaissance unit. He doesn't know the spirit of this army's westward expedition. He only knows how to obey orders.

The soldiers of the 20 reconnaissance company quickly caught up with the rear guard of the luggage troop. The mountains are high and the roads are dangerous. Some sections of the road can only be passed by two people in parallel, and some luggage requires seven or eight people to carry it. Such roads cannot be passed. They slammed forward and back and crowded together, and they couldn't pass through for a while, and the speed of the troops' advancement slowed down significantly. When Li Ziliang accepted the task, the leader clearly stipulated that their team of escorting prisoners should walk behind the supply unit and before the rear unit. It is not because of special circumstances that such a marching sequence cannot be disrupted. The whole troop appeared as orderly as possible.

Li Ziliang walked three steps and stopped two steps with the supply troops for a while, then he ordered to rest on the spot.At this time, the east has turned white, the night fog has gradually dissipated, and the distant mountains and nearby trees have a new outline.They sat on a gentle hillside, and Li Ziliang purposely sat on a rock closer to Battalion Commander Zhang.He took out a pack of cigarettes, which were "Beautiful" brand cigarettes produced in the Soviet area.Before the troops set off, two packs were distributed to each person who could smoke.He lit one, took two puffs, and saw Battalion Commander Zhang with his eyes closed.He pulled out the cigarette from his mouth and handed it to Zhang Yingchang. Zhang Yingchang opened his eyes, glanced at him, opened his mouth slightly, and asked Li Ziliang to put the cigarette into his mouth.The moment Battalion Commander Zhang held his cigarette in his mouth, he said in a low voice: Thank you.Li Ziliang didn't speak, he lit another one for himself, he felt that he should say something to Battalion Commander Zhang at this time, he felt that there was a lot to say, and he didn't know where to say it.It was Commander Zhang who said first: Where are we going?Li Ziliang answered without hesitation: to the west.He felt that there was nothing to keep secret, and that was what the troops said when they set out to mobilize.Answering Battalion Commander Zhang's question in this way, he felt that he couldn't explain the problem. Without his answer, anyone could see that the troops were moving west, so he added: The troops are moving.He seemed to hear battalion commander Zhang let out a long breath.The burning cigarette almost reached Battalion Commander Zhang's lips, so he stretched out his hand to help Battalion Commander Zhang pull out the cigarette butt.When he was about to light another one for Battalion Commander Zhang, Battalion Commander Zhang said fiercely: Why didn't the troops deal with us when they set out?Li Ziliang shook his head.He really didn't know the spirit of the superiors in treating these prisoners.After a while, Battalion Commander Zhang said again: This is not a transfer of the troops, it is clearly moving.Li Ziliang and everyone else could clearly hear the noisy shouts of the troops walking in front of them, mixed with the sound of "hey hey yo" moving things.Li Ziliang also didn't understand why the troops had to move so much luggage, just like he didn't understand why people like Battalion Commander Zhang belonged to the AB regiment.

Zhang Battalion Commander was labeled as the AB group because of his love.His love happened in the hospital.That time, his waist was injured and he was admitted to the hospital, where he met Wu Ying.Wu Ying is a nurse in the hospital. Wu Ying can't be said to be beautiful, but she was born small and exquisite, like a baby who hasn't grown up. Zhang Yingchang was carried into the hospital at night, and a bullet went into his waist. The operation was also carried out that night. Yes, unfortunately the generator failed that night, and the operation could only be performed under an oil lamp.There was no anesthetic, only traditional Chinese medicine picked from the mountains, which Battalion Commander Zhang chewed in his mouth beforehand.Wu Ying was an assistant during the operation. She saw the doctor's scalpel deeply cut into Zhang Yingchang's flesh, and her heart trembled a few times. She saw Zhang Yingchang's face was pale, and sweat rolled on his face like raindrops. Falling.She handed battalion commander Zhang a towel, and he smiled at her.She said: If it hurts, just scream.He didn't cry, he stuffed the towel into his mouth, and he didn't say a word from the beginning to the end of the operation, biting the towel all the time.Later, Wu Ying found that the towel had been bitten to pieces by him.For some reason, Wu Ying's heart beat faster as soon as she approached Zhang Yingchang's bed from then on. She couldn't explain why his hospital bed attracted her deeply like a huge magnetic field.When she was free, she always liked to sit by his bed.He never said much, just smiled at her.In his smile, her cheeks were flushed, and she really wanted to send her hands to his warm hands.She has come into contact with many men, including the man introduced to him by the dean some time ago.That man was doing organizational work, with fair skin and glasses, but when she was with that man doing organizational work, she didn't feel that way at all.This good feeling lasted until Zhang Yingchang was discharged from the hospital. The day Zhang Yingchang was discharged from the hospital was a rare sunny day.The autumn sun shines on Dangding neither cold nor hot, and the mountains and waters are still green everywhere.Battalion Commander Zhang was walking on the path, she wanted to see him back after a few steps, but unexpectedly she walked a long way.That day, Battalion Commander Zhang seemed to have a lot on his mind.He walked in front, stopped after a few steps and said: Wu Ying, go back.She stood up and looked at him.He just turned around and took a few steps forward. She thought it was time to go back, but her legs moved forward as she thought so.In this way, they stopped and stopped and walked a long way.

At this moment, she saw an autumn snake in the grass. She was not afraid of bullets or blood, but she was afraid of snakes.This sudden snake crossed the path and crawled past her feet, she screamed and fell into his arms, precisely speaking, he was welcoming her arrival.After she was startled, she found that her body had been tightly tied up by him, which made her a little out of breath.After the panic, a sense of happiness that she had never experienced before made her dizzy, and she murmured in his arms: You are so powerful. At that time, they hugged for a long time on that path.Later, it was Zhang Yingchang who reacted first. He let go of her, stroked her face and said: I will miss you.She said: Me too. After the breakup, the two really missed each other.This time the man doing the organizing work didn't know.The military office is not too far from the hospital, and the man from the organization would ride to the hospital every three days to see her.At that time, the troops were resting, and Battalion Commander Zhang sometimes came to see her.The organizing man finally found out that there was another man caring about Wu Ying besides himself.When the organizing man investigated and found out that Battalion Commander Zhang was just a battalion commander of his subordinate unit, he smiled, with a meaningful smile.That night, the organizing man invited Wu Ying to the office for an in-depth talk, and told about his identity as well as the identity of Battalion Commander Zhang.He believes that there is no woman who does not love status and power.After he finished talking, he saw Wu Ying looked up at him seriously and said: Do you want to talk about anything else?The organizing man smiled implicitly and said: These are enough.Wu Ying said coldly: Give up, I won't marry you.It was Wu Ying's words that deeply hurt the self-esteem of the men in the organization.At that time, the organizing man didn't expect that Wu Ying would ignore him, so he went to Wu Ying several times, but Wu Ying said that he had something to evade.But he clearly saw Wu Ying walking in the forest with Zhang Battalion.He sneered fiercely at the backs of the two of them and said: You wait. Before long, the organizing man finally found his chance.Due to Wang Ming's "Left" leaning towards opportunism, all the troops are beating up dissidents. They describe the dissidents as the AB regiment.The organizing man happened to be appointed as the leader of the task force of the AB Regiment of this unit, and Battalion Commander Zhang was among the first to be arrested.After Wu Ying knew that Battalion Commander Zhang was arrested, she understood everything. She believed that Battalion Commander Zhang was definitely not an AB regiment. She knew it was revenge for organizing men.She regretted that she had brought misfortune to Battalion Commander Zhang.She knows what it means to be a person who is labeled as an AB group.She thought of death, and used it to protest the man in the organization, but her own death could not save Battalion Commander Zhang, who was innocent.It's me who has caused battalion commander Zhang, and battalion commander Zhang still has to rely on himself.Thinking of this, she ran to the agency overnight to find the man who organized it.The organizing man was sitting upright in the room, as if he had expected that Wu Ying would come to him.Wu Ying's face was pale, and she looked at the man in front of her.The man smiled at her confidently.Wu Ying suddenly covered her face and wept, and said for a while, "Please let Battalion Commander Zhang go."The organizing man smiled again: It's easy, but what will you give me in return? Wu Ying raised a tearful face: I will marry you. The organizing man smiled and walked towards her step by step.When the organizing man carried her to the bed, Wu Ying wailed in her heart: Battalion Commander Zhang, goodbye. Soon Wu Ying married the organized man.Battalion Commander Zhang was the only one who survived after being captured into the AB regiment. He was detained in the prison of the Security Bureau on the grounds that the materials for joining the AB regiment were not yet available.Battalion Commander Zhang knew nothing about all this.During this period, Wu Yingtuo's guards gave him a change of clothes twice.Wu Ying tucked a note in her clothes, which said: Forget about me, I am the one who hurt you.Battalion Commander Zhang didn't understand what it was all about. Those comrades who were arrested with him were quickly executed. Only he was thrown into prison and lived with other prisoners.He knew that he had been wronged, and he believed that one day the organization would investigate this matter and get to the bottom of it. Until now, he and other prisoners have been escorted on the road to the west. When the sky was about to dawn, there was a sudden burst of gunshots from the direction of the front troops, and the supply troops winding on the road ahead also became chaotic.The reconnaissance platoon soldiers escorting the prisoner and the prisoner stood up almost at the same time, and they looked in the direction of the gunfire together.There were no shouts of killing or flames ahead, only the sound of gunfire, which was the simultaneous firing of hundreds or thousands of guns on both sides.The gunshots were a mess, and there was only a burst of roar, like the wind blowing, and like thunder in the heaven.Li Ziliang can conclude from experience that the front is an encounter battle, and at least two divisions are fighting each other.At this time, they can't stay here for a long time, they can only take it up quickly and catch up with the supply troops.He waved his hand at the soldiers. Both the prisoner and the soldiers saw his gesture, and no one said a word. They ran up the mountain road as fast as they could. The hands of more than 30 prisoners were tied behind their backs, and they were connected together. They didn't feel any inconvenience when walking on flat roads, but there were many inconveniences when they walked on rugged mountain roads.Regardless of the front or the back, as long as one person falls, several people around will be implicated.After walking like this for a while, the team not only walked slowly, but also kept falling and getting up, which made people panting. Battalion Commander Zhang stopped, and waited for Li Ziliang, who was walking behind, to come to him before panting and said: Platoon Commander Li, if you trust us, untie the ropes from our hands. If we encounter a sudden situation like this, we will not be able to run , you can't leave either. Li Ziliang seldom dealt with people from the Security Bureau before, but he also knew that these were not real criminals. The real criminals, who committed more crimes, had already been executed on the spot.During the break just now, he knew from the chat that some of these people made mistakes in fighting for a good piece of land for their own family when they divided the land in the Soviet Union; Wrong... He believed that these people had not yet reached the point of fleeing or cutting themselves off from the people.Hearing what Battalion Commander Zhang said, he quickly gave the order to untie the ropes in their hands.The prisoner is a prisoner after all, Li Ziliang did not take it lightly, he divided the whole platoon into two shifts, one at the front and the other at the back, the road in front was a mountain on one side and the cliff on the other, the front and back roads were blocked, just wanted to run Can't run away either.In this way, the speed of the troop's advance was significantly faster. The gunshots were still ringing out of sight ahead, the sky was gradually getting brighter, the distant mountains and trees became clearer, and the morning breeze brought the smell of gunpowder.On the roadside and in the ravines, you can see mules and horses that fell from the cliffs to the bottom of the ditch to death, as well as some broken and heavy belongings.This is left by the supply troops.All of them couldn't bear to look at the messy scene in front of them, they just lowered their heads and walked forward quickly.The enemy's reconnaissance plane appeared in the morning, and the plane flew close to the mountain for a few weeks before disappearing.A large number of enemy bombers appeared at noon, and they accurately found the supply troops. The sudden arrival of the planes made the troops nowhere to hide.The enemy's bombs poured down.For a moment, the mountain road was filled with smoke, people screamed and horses neighed, and some fighters guarding the luggage blindly shot at the planes in the sky. There was a sound of explosions, and the people and horses that were blown away were flying in the sky... Li Ziliang issued an order to retreat to the mountains in time, and they quickly entered the forest, and some of the supply troops also ran to the mountain. The enemy planes soon discovered this attempt, and they blindly dropped into the forest. bomb.When a bomb fell on the team of prisoners, Li Ziliang saw it clearly. He wanted to give the order to the team to lie down, but before he could give the order, he was pushed down heavily by a person behind him. The moment he fell to the ground, the bomb went off, and he saw several prisoners and soldiers being blown down at the same time, and then the second and third bombs... exploded around them one after another, when the nearby explosions stopped When he got down, he looked back, and he saw Zhang Yingchang's body pressing on his body, a piece of shrapnel cut Zhang Yingchang's arm, and blood was flowing from there.Li Ziliang understood at that moment that it was Commander Zhang who saved him. He wanted to say something grateful to Commander Zhang, but he didn't know what to say for a while, so he tore off a strip of his clothes and helped Commander Zhang bandage the wound .Battalion Commander Zhang said: I'm fine, let's see how other people are doing. The bomb that fell among them killed 5 prisoners and 3 soldiers.Everyone knows that they don't have time to mourn for the dead, they want to leave here quickly, maybe when the enemy plane will come again.If the enemy finds them, they will quickly chase after them.Battalion Commander Zhang saw the gun beside a sacrificed soldier, so he bent down and picked it up.When he raised his head, his eyes met Li Ziliang's. Li Ziliang didn't say anything, but just nodded at him.Li Ziliang believed that Battalion Commander Zhang was a good person, but he did not believe that such a person would be a member of the AB regiment. Battalion Commander Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, he weighed the gun in his hand, and this long-lost partner returned to his hand.For Li Ziliang's trust, his eyes filled with tears, he put the gun on his shoulder, and ran forward with the team. In that encounter, more than a month after they left the Hunan-Jiangxi base, the troops entered Quanxian County and Guanyang area in Guangxi. The enemy assembled 8 regiments to prevent the West Route Army from crossing the Xiangjiang River westward.Li Ziliang and his reconnaissance team have completely trusted each other after getting along with the prisoners for more than a month.As long as they act alone, these prisoners will move freely like them, and they will even chat with each other in groups of three or four for fun, but whenever they meet with a large force, the prisoners do not wait for the escorting soldiers to do it. They will symbolically tie their hands behind each other.In this way, when encountering troops, people will know that this is a detachment for escorting prisoners.It was night when the troops reached the boundary south of the county, and the large troops had successfully crossed the Xiangjiang River during the day.The pontoon bridge built on the Xiangjiang River is still there, and the traces of the large troops on the east bank burying pots and cooking are still there. In front of their small detachment to escort the prisoners, a group of transport troops just crossed the Xiangjiang River with horses.Li Ziliang and the others have only eaten one meal of boiled horse meat since they set off in the morning, and they still have some horse meat with them.It was a tired horse from the supply troops, and some horse meat was distributed to them. When they were sitting on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River and preparing to light a fire for cooking, a battalion followed by the enemy was quietly approaching them.The enemy had seen the fire they lit, but they never expected that the enemy surrounded them.This is a force that was dispersed and gathered by our army's large forces. They gathered on the east bank of the Xiangjiang River to wait for an opportunity to retaliate. It was too late when the enemy was discovered, and the soldiers on guard only had time to shout: "There is a situation!"He was hit by the enemy's platoon gun.When they stood up from the ground in a panic, several soldiers and prisoners were hit at the same time. Their standing bodies only had time to shake before falling down.Before the gunshot, Li Ziliang was smoking with Zhang Battalion Commander. When the gunshot rang out, the two of them threw away the cigarettes in their hands almost at the same time. Instead of standing up in panic, they rolled on the spot. to a rock.When they saw the enemy in front of them clearly, Li Ziliang's gun rang out, as did Zhang Battalion Commander's gun. They first shot down a few enemies walking in front, which bought precious time for the people sitting scattered on the ground. .Whether they were soldiers or prisoners, they quickly seized favorable terrain and fought back at the enemy.Those prisoners used to be some well-trained Red Army soldiers or commanders. At this time, no one ordered them. They quickly picked up the weapons of the sacrificed soldiers and fought back against the enemy. After a brief adjustment, the enemy surrounded them in three directions, and the bullets hit them around.Li Ziliang saw with his own eyes that several soldiers and prisoners fell under the sound of gunfire.Since Li Ziliang joined the army, he has fought countless battles, large and small. This is the first time he has encountered such an encounter where the enemy is strong and we are weak.He only thought of letting his comrades keep shooting, but he didn't think of the consequences of such a fight. Battalion Commander Zhang crawled over while shooting, lay in Li Ziliang's ear and said: Platoon Commander Li, we can't continue fighting like this, we will be finished. Li Ziliang was about to say something when a bullet shot over and hit him on the shoulder. He let out an "ouch" and the gun fell to the ground.Zhang Yingchang held Li Ziliang in his arms, thought for a while, and took out an envelope from his arms. The letter was heavy.He put both hands in front of Li Ziliang. Li Ziliang looked at Commander Zhang in doubt. Commander Zhang let Li Ziliang go, knelt down in front of him, and said with a choked voice: These are all the defense materials I wrote during my detention. It's a pity that no one accepted my materials. Please forward them to the army leaders. I, Zhang Donglai, are innocent. Li Ziliang's hand trembled, and he stretched out his good hand to accept the heavy letter handed over by Battalion Commander Zhang.During the day and night of more than a month, he not only believed that Battalion Commander Zhang was not from the AB regiment, but also believed that he was a sincere Red Army soldier.For more than a month, they circled around with the enemy who was chasing and blocking them. It was Battalion Commander Zhang who helped him make suggestions and escaped the enemy's pursuit again and again, so that they successfully reached the east bank of the Xiangjiang River.Li Ziliang seemed to understand Zhang Battalion Commander's intentions at this time, and he called out: "Old Zhang." Battalion Commander Zhang has called two soldiers over.At this time, Battalion Commander Zhang seemed to have become a commander. After calling the two soldiers to his side, he said in an orderly tone: "Protect your platoon leader to cross the river quickly." Li Ziliang fully understood, and called out: Lao Zhang, no—— Battalion Commander Zhang gave Li Ziliang a wry smile: Brother, let's count as one.He rushed to the two soldiers again: don't hurry up.Then he turned around and shouted at the prisoners who were shooting at the enemy: Brothers, don’t you always want to clear your charges and prove that you are innocent, then come with me—— He took the lead and rushed towards a rocky beach, which was the opposite direction from crossing the river.At this time one prisoner after another, some wielding the weapons of the sacrificial soldiers in their hands, and some holding stones in their hands, followed Battalion Commander Zhang and rushed towards the rocky beach.In an instant, the enemy's firepower was attracted, and the bullets hit the stones with howls.At this time, Li Ziliang was forcibly dragged to the center of the river by two soldiers, and he shouted: "Old Zhang... Battalion Commander Zhang also looked back at Jiang Xin, under the moonlight he could only see the blurred shadows of Li Ziliang and the three of them.He shouted at Li Ziliang: Brother, take care, don't forget to hand in the materials for me—— Soon Battalion Commander Zhang's voice was swallowed by gunshots. When Li Ziliang passed the west bank of the Xiangjiang River, he heard the gunshots on the east bank getting farther and farther away, and finally fell silent.Battalion Commander Zhang, the prisoners, and the soldiers didn't know whether they were dead or alive.Li Ziliang didn't dare to stay for a long time, he chased the main force overnight with the support of two soldiers.At this time, he had only one thought in his mind: he must find the troops and pass on the materials of Battalion Commander Zhang. On October 24, 1934, the 6th Army on the Western Expedition met successfully with the 3rd Army led by Muhuang and He Long in Yinjiang County, Guizhou.Red 3 Corps changed to Red 2 Corps.After nearly two months of western expedition, the 6th Army suffered heavy losses. There were more than 9,000 people at the time of departure. After joining forces with the 2nd Army, the total number of the 2nd and 6th Army was only 8,000. After the 2nd and 6th corps joined forces, they swung their arms to the east and launched the Xiangxi offensive to establish the Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan revolutionary bases.