Chapter 16 The Sixteenth Chapter: Mao Zedong's Emotions in the Xiangjiang River

Mao Zedong was lying on a rickety stretcher, not knowing whether he was asleep or awake.The sky was gray and drizzled, and the guns in the distance were booming. The cold night came from time to time, mixed with the smell of gunpowder coming from the front.Mao Zedong opened his eyes, pulled the rain cloth covering his body, and asked Wu Jiqing, who was walking under the stretcher, where he was. Wu Jiqing couldn't tell where he was at the moment, he only knew that after crossing Xiaoshui, he was probably approaching the Xiangjiang River, otherwise the troops in front would not have fought so fiercely.After thinking about it this way, he answered: Chairman, I am afraid that we will soon reach the Xiangjiang River.

Xiangjiang?Mao Zedong muttered, sat up from the stretcher, and looked around, the surrounding area was still hazy, mountains, forests and trees stood around like shadows, and the team was sparsely moving forward. At this time, Mao Zedong's eyes seemed to see through the darkness to see the Xiangjiang River, which made him feel so sad and inspired his words.After missing the Xiangjiang River for a long time, he seemed to smell the damp river wind again, accompanied by a little bit of light, and a burst of Chen hit him. More than ten years ago, on the Shuiluzhou of the Xiangjiang River, he was ambitious and wrote the famous poem:

In the cold autumn of independence, the Xiangjiang River goes north, at the head of Juzizhou.See Wanshan is red all over, the forests are all dyed, the river is full of green, and hundreds of boats are competing for the flow.Eagles strike the sky, fish fly in the shallow bottom, and all kinds of frosty sky compete for freedom.Feeling melancholy, I asked the boundless earth, who is in charge of the ups and downs? He was young and energetic at that time, what kind of state of mind he was in!Treating princes like dung, determined to dominate the ups and downs of the earth.Everything at that time was out of the question.More than ten years of ups and downs have passed, and Mao Zedong can only lie on a rickety stretcher at this time. He doesn't know where he is going or what his future fate will be.Thinking of this, he couldn't help shivering all over his body.Through the gray night sky, he seemed to see the mountains and water of Hunan again.It was the Xiangshui River in Shaoshan, Hunan that raised him, and it was this landscape that gave him a brave character.It was this brave character that got him out of the house.Shaoshan Chongli, 40 miles away from the suburbs of Changsha, gave birth to a great and extraordinary life.This life is fighting tenaciously.Shaoshan Chong is only 40 miles away from Changsha, but at that time, it was so far away that Mao Zedong had lived for 20 years and had not been to Changsha once.

Mao Zedong's father was an out-and-out farmer, and every farmer wanted to make a fortune. They regarded the land as their life, and made a fortune a lifelong career.Mao Zedong's father made up his mind to let Mao Zedong study from the perspective of a farmer.Father needs someone in the family who can write and count, so he can improve the status of the Mao family in the village. From the time Mao Zedong could walk, he lived in the field like other children, living with the crops and the land. He understood what labor was and what a farmer was from an early age.Mao Zedong started studying in a private school when he was 7 years old. At that time, the private school had the same curriculum, from the beginning to the end, "Mencius", "Zuo Zhuan"...

Later, he was admitted to the normal school in Changsha, Hunan, and it was only then that he had the opportunity to rush out of Shaoshan.He still remembers the day when he went to school, his father sent him to the entrance of the village. He was carrying a bag, holding an oilcloth umbrella in his hand, and looked at the land behind him and his father with childish eyes.His father's old eyes were full of hope. He turned and walked forward, walking in his father's old eyes. What Mao Zedong admired most in childhood was his mother.Like all traditional Chinese rural women, my mother is kind and hardworking.The mother's kindness is reflected in the fact that she often gave the rice from the family to those hungry farmers, all of which, of course, avoided Mao Zedong's father.My mother believed in Buddhism and was a vegetarian, which deeply influenced Mao Zedong.When he was young, Mao Zedong fell ill due to fright. At this time, his mother used a bowl of rice and covered it with a piece of cloth, and called Mao Zedong "soul". The kind and kind call made Mao Zedong seem to hear it. An incomparably beautiful lullaby, falling asleep peacefully.I don't know whether it was the mother's call "soul" that played a role, or his sleep. Anyway, his illness was cured time and time again in the sound of mother's call "soul".His mother was his God, and he adored her.When he was in his teens, his mother finally fell ill because of the hard work of the family. In order to make his mother recover soon, Mao Zedong walked out of Shaoshan and worshiped every few steps until he reached Hengshan, 100 kilometers away. His piety The Buddha was not touched, and the mother died of illness in the end.This dealt a heavy blow to Mao Zedong.

Perhaps since then, he no longer believes in Buddhism so much, even if he believes in it, he is half-believed, but the Buddhist thought has undoubtedly deeply influenced Mao Zedong's life. Changsha No. 1 Normal School is a hotbed for Mao Zedong's thought to mature. He studied in Changsha for 5 years.It was Professor Yang Changji who brought profound changes to his thinking.Professor Yang Changji studied in Japan and the United Kingdom, and he is known as the "Confucius of Changsha".It was also in this school that Mao Zedong met his teacher Xu Teli.There are also a large number of like-minded classmates—Cai Hesen, He Shuheng, Chen Chang, etc.

During the five years of studying in Changsha, he not only made him familiar with "Confucius" and "Mencius", but also made him know about Western philosophy, Western politics, history, and culture, from Sun Tzu's Art of War to Sun Yat-sen's reform thinking. Mao Zedong eagerly learned about the outside world.At that time, the First World War was being fought vigorously. Although China was not a participating country in the First World War, the "First World War" had a profound impact on the whole world. Regrettably, Mao Zedong read the "Communist Manifesto" and "Das Kapital" very late. Even after reading it later, he did not study it in such detail. It is not surprising that they gave up military power.

Mao Zedong always believed that China is China and Russia is Russia.The victory of the Russian October Revolution was certainly a success, but it may not be feasible for China to follow the path of the Russian Revolution.Until later, his theories of "encircling the cities from the countryside" and "government emerges from the barrel of a gun" were all put forward by him on the basis of a deep understanding of China's current national conditions. Trying to find a method suitable for the Chinese revolution. When Salisbury wrote about Mao Zedong, he said: … After graduating from Changsha First Normal School, he made a long journey and then came to Beijing.Within a few weeks, he was reading articles and talks by Li Dazhao in New Youth magazine, and he plunged headlong into Marxism.Since there was no Chinese translation, he did not study the "Communist Manifesto" until 1919.But he was already engrossed in the Russian Revolution.As he said later: There are three books engraved in my heart, which established my belief in Marxism.The three books were The Communist Manifesto; a work by Karl Kautsky (Lenin's bitter rival and founder of the German Social Democratic Party), whose title he no longer remembers; Crude work "History of Socialism".He didn't know much about Marx, but thought it was something he believed in.He is not dissimilar to some radical American youths in the 1960s.These American youths have not even read a line of Mao Zedong's books, but they call themselves "Maoists."

Mao Zedong began to call himself a Marxist, but this does not explain his philosophy. He believed in the Monroe Doctrine, and he did not abandon the role model of George Washington. He still believed in the progressive nature of the United States and its revolution.Like many Chinese youths, he was strongly attracted by anarchism and Kropot. The Xiangjiang River reminded Mao Zedong of many past events, and the Xiangjiang River made him grow up and mature.Even the love between him and Yang Kaihui was born in Xiangjiang.Although their love was in Beijing, when Mao Zedong was working in the Beijing Library, it was only then that he began to devote himself to revolutionary activities.Because of their like-mindedness, they fell in love and finally came together.Later they left Beijing together and returned to Changsha.But the union between him and Yang Kaihui was not always happy.Like all amorous women, Yang Kaihui was overly attached to Mao Zedong.Mao Zedong was very annoyed, even bored, by this excessive attachment. He wanted to make it a career, and this kind of love for children undoubtedly affected his progress in his career.Mao Zedong couldn't express his feelings directly, so he wrote a poem and presented it to Yang Kaihui:

There is nothing to rely on in life, and nothing can be accomplished by relying on it. You look at the dodder vines, relying on hazel and thorns. There are foxes and rabbits' lairs below, and they run vertically and horizontally. The woodcutter cuts it off, and the soft vine merges with it. Yang Kaihui misunderstood this poem, and her self-esteem was strongly hurt. It was at this time that the love between Mao Zedong and Yang Kaihui began to crack.Since then, they have often quarreled. At that time, Mao Anying was just born, and Mao Zedong was about to go on a long journey. Yang Kaihui didn't want Mao Zedong to go, but she didn't say it directly, but asked Mao Zedong to take the child with her.Mao Zedong was annoyed and amused.In the end, Mao Zedong still left angrily, that is, when he left, he wrote the song "Congratulations to the Bridegroom":

Wave from here! It's even more worthy of the sad face-to-face, complaining about the bitterness. The corners of the eyes and the brows seemed to hate, and the tears wanted to stop. Knowing the misunderstanding, the previous book. Over the eye torrential clouds and mist. Count me and you as confidants in the world. Although Mao Zedong left Yang Kaihui, he missed her all the time.This kind of love made his heart unable to express the endless taste.Even when he went to Jinggangshan to marry He Zizhen, who was young and beautiful, and took good care of him in life, Mao Zedong could not make Mao Zedong forget Yang Kaihui.That was his first love, with more and deeper memories of him.Later he realized that Yang Kaihui was Yang Kaihui and He Zizhen was He Zizhen.Later, he sent He Zizhen to the Soviet Union for medical treatment, and it must be said that it was related to his complicated state of mind. In the "Changsha Incident" on November 24, 1930, revolutionary martyrs were brutally killed.This incident has caused a sensation in the whole country.Yang Kaihui was killed, and Mao Zedong led the team to attack Changsha twice.Of course Mao Zedong understood who Yang Kaihui died for. When Mao Zedong was about to reach the east bank of the Xiangjiang River, he thought of Yang Kaihui and this journey. During the journey, many lower-level Red Army commanders and fighters recognized him these days.That time, he was sitting on a hillside to rest, at the foot of the hill was a clear spring, gurgling non-stop.Soldiers from about one company were also sitting and resting in a forest not far away. Several soldiers drank water from iron bowls at the foot of the mountain. They passed under the tree where Chairman Mao was resting and recognized him.A veteran exclaimed in a low voice: Chairman Mao!There were also a few new soldiers who obviously knew Chairman Mao for a long time, but unfortunately they had never seen him. Hearing the old soldier's call, they also looked at this side in surprise. After the veteran called out, Mao Zedong smiled and waved to the veteran. After leaving the Red Army post, it was the first time he faced these Red Army soldiers so close. The veteran came over, holding a bowl of spring water in his hand, and said excitedly when he got close: Chairman, let's drink some water. Mao Zedong kept smiling. He stretched out his hand to take the bowl of water. He was not thirsty at this time, but he still drank a few mouthfuls. After returning the bowl to the veteran, he said: This water is so sweet. The few recruits standing in the distance, when they saw him like this, they boldly came over and surrounded Mao Zedong together. The veteran's throat became choked with excitement, and he asked in a trembling voice: Chairman Mao, where are we going? Mao Zedong rushed forward and waved his hands: We must go behind the enemy so that the enemy cannot find us. Another recruit boldly asked: Chairman, I heard that you no longer command us to fight? Mao Zedong smiled bitterly at the soldier. The veteran rolled his eyes at the recruit.The recruit hurriedly stopped talking. The veteran said very sincerely: Marching and fighting, we will not feel at ease if we don't see your chairman. Mao Zedong didn't smile this time. He looked over the veteran's shoulders, looked at the sky far away, and murmured: "Heaven is sick, do people know it?" The news that Mao Zedong was resting here quickly reached the ears of the company commander down the hillside. He told the soldiers to stand by and ran over by himself.The soldiers did not obey the company commander's order this time, and when the company commander left, they also surrounded him.The company commander came to the front, saluted Mao Zedong, and said: Let our company serve as your guard. Mao Zedong shook his head and said: I am safe, you have your tasks. The company commander said: Chairman, we look forward to your commanding us to fight every day. Mao Zedong stood up, one of his feet was numb, and almost fell when he stood up, but Wu Jiqing, a guard, supported him.Mao Zedong put his hands on his waist, looked at the Red Army soldiers who surrounded him, and said as loudly as possible: The Red Army cannot be defeated, and the revolution will surely win. At this time, the company commander took the lead in applauding, and the applause resounded on the hillside. The people in the recuperation company all looked at this side, not knowing what happened. The company commander took two steps forward: Chairman, you should pay more attention to your body. Several planes flew over and dropped several bombs on the mountain road.Mao Zedong said with a smile: Chiang Kai-shek also wants to join in the fun. The company commander turned around and waved at the soldiers, announcing an order: protect the chairman. The Red Army soldiers gathered around together, and hurriedly set up Mao Zedong to hide in the woods. In the Red Army, the soldiers only care about fighting. They know the company commander, battalion commander, regimental commander, division commander, and regiment commander, but they rarely ask who is commanding the entire Red Army to fight.Even Chiang Kai-shek didn't know who was commanding this western expedition army. They didn't understand the struggle within the Communist Party and the change of power. When the Red Army was repeatedly defeated in its fifth campaign against "encirclement and suppression", the soldiers at the grassroots level of the Red Army realized that Mao Zedong was no longer leading them. At this time, the Red Army soldiers missed Mao Zedong even more.They missed the years when Mao Zedong commanded them to win battles, which doubled Mao Zedong's prestige in the Red Army.These Red Army soldiers did not have much education, and some were illiterate, but they firmly believed that those who could lead them to victory were good people, whom they trusted and supported.This sentiment in the Red Army laid a solid foundation for the subsequent "Zunyi Conference" in which Mao Zedong regained military power. Mao Zedong's vision did not emerge after the defeat of Xiangjiang River.As early as during the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, before the western expedition, Mao Zedong proposed to the "Supreme Three Regiment" to march to the central part of Hunan in order to mobilize the Jiangxi enemy to Hunan and eliminate them.The specific plan is to concentrate all the main force of the Red Army in the direction of Xingguo to break through the encirclement, attack Wan'an, cross the Ganjiang River, pass through Huang'ao north of Suichuan, walk to the southern foot of Jinggang Mountain, cross the middle section of Luoxiao Mountain-Wanyang Mountain, and quickly enter Hunan. .Then attack Ling County, Chaling, and You County, cross the Yuehan Road near Hengshan Mountain, and go to the Baiguo area where the peasant movement is based to rest and replenish the source of troops, and then return to southern Jiangxi and western Fujian. Of course it was rejected by Li De, Bogu and others. The Red Army began to gather and arrived in the Huichang area. Considering that Chiang Kai-shek had organized a blockade on the Hunan-Guangdong border, Mao Zedong once again proposed that the main force of the Red Army should take the high platoon, cross the Lianjiang River, go straight to Nankang, Chongyi, and Lintan, and cross the Hunan-Guangdong border. Zhuangshan on the border of Jiangxi entered Hunan, then attacked Zixing and Leiyang, crossed the Yuehan Road to Shuikou Mountain, which had the foundation of the labor movement, to rest and replenish the source of troops. This suggestion was rejected again. Mao Zedong's suggestion was not accepted, and he was not overly sorry.He knows that he has no ability to influence the fate of the Red Army for the time being, he wants to let the facts speak for himself, and he has to wait for the opportunity. The plan of the "Supreme Trio" is to break through the Xiangjiang River, join the 2nd and 6th Army Corps, and establish a new base. Mao Zedong finally met He Zizhen at the foot of Laojie Mountain.He Zizhen has been worried about Mao Zedong, so why doesn't Mao Zedong worry about He Zizhen?Under the arrangement of Mr. Dong that day, the two met in the small half-walled stone house at the foot of Laojie Mountain in the drizzle.Guard Wu Jiqing lit up the lantern and retreated. Mao Zedong looked at the pregnant He Zizhen and said distressedly: Zizhen is really hard for you. He Zizhen pretended to be relaxed and said: I am fine, what I am worried about is your body. Mao Zedong looked at He Zizhen under the lamp and was speechless for a while, he didn't know what to say at this time. As if thinking of something, He Zizhen took out a bag of fried peanuts from his purse and said, "This is from our recuperation, so let's condolences to you." Mao Zedong took the bag of fried peanuts with a smile, peeled them open and ate them like a child in front of He Zizhen, and He Zizhen smiled.Mao Zedong said with a smile: It's better for you to rest and recuperate, and you will receive preferential treatment no matter where you go. He Zizhen jokingly said: Then you and I will go to the recuperation company tomorrow. Mao Zedong said humorously: Then I have become your family member. He Zizhen scolded: You are now a family member. Mao Zedong stopped talking, as if he was deep in thought.He Zizhen realized that this sentence brought back Mao Zedong's thoughts. Now that Mao Zedong has no position or authority, he only holds the title of Chairman of the Soviet Union. Now that the whole country is on the march, he, Chairman of the Soviet Union, has become an empty shell.He Zizhen wanted to change a topic to lighten the atmosphere.Before she could speak, the guard Wu Jiqing knocked on the door and came in. He brought a basin of water and put it in front of the two of them. Mao Zedong said: It's time to wash up. After Wu Jiqing left, Mao Zedong said: Zizhen, wash it first. He Zizhen didn't say anything, but bent over and walked towards the washbasin lumberingly. After washing her face, she bent over to wash her feet.He Zizhen panted heavily.Mao Zedong came over and said: Let me wash it for you.After speaking, without waiting for He Zizhen's consent, he pulled He Zizhen's feet. He Zizhen blushed shyly. He Zizhen giggled suddenly, and Mao Zedong asked puzzled: What are you laughing at? He Zizhen's cheeks were red: I'm itchy. Mao Zedong also laughed. It was the first time Mao Zedong laughed so much since the Long March. Later, He Zizhen fell asleep lying on the floor, but Mao Zedong could not fall asleep for a long time. He sat beside He Zizhen, looked at his sleeping wife, and fell into deep thought while smoking.He knew that He Zizhen was due to give birth in two months, and this baby came at a really bad time.Since the Long March, he has been thinking about the way out for the Red Army. The original plan of the "Supreme Trio" was to join the 2nd and 6th legions.At this time, Mao Zedong realized very clearly that joining the 2nd and 6th Army Corps was a trap. To allow the Red Army to break out of the encirclement smoothly, the plan to join the 2nd and 6th Army Corps must be abandoned. In this way, the military power will be taken away from Li De and Bogu, and the Red Army will quickly change its direction. Thinking of this, Mao Zedong became agitated, and the depressed and inexpressible passion that had been suppressed for more than two years was like a flood breaking a bank, rushing swiftly and fiercely. He seemed to see that the fog in front of him had dissipated. Mao Zedong stood up and paced the room.He knew that to defeat those people, he had to unite many people. During the march these days, he and Wang Jiaxiang and Luo Fu talked almost everything, from the defeat of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign to the way out of the Red Army.Wang Jiaxiang and Luo Fu seem to have woken up from their misunderstanding, but they still need to do work. At the beginning of the Long March, Mao Zedong, Wang Jiaxiang, and Luo Fu, who were marching on stretchers, never separated. They ate together, walked together, and lived together when camping. That night, they stayed in a small village called Jiuxiqiao.During the day they slept almost all day on the stretcher, and none of the three felt sleepy at this time.After the medical staff came in and asked about their condition, they left.Mao Zedong has been reading a book under the lantern. Wang Jiaxiang leaned over and asked: Chairman, what are you looking at?Huainanzi.Mao Zedong replied. Wang Jiaxiang said to himself: Huainanzi? Mao Zedong put down the book and said without losing the opportunity: This book is very interesting, you should read it if you have a chance.Huainanzi's evaluation of Gonggong is different from that in "Mandarin Zhouyu" and "Sanhuang Benji" in history. Some people say that Gonggong is a reckless man who is competitive. I think Huainanzi's statement is the most reasonable , Gonggong and Zhuanxu fought for the emperor, touched the mountains of Buzhou in anger, the pillars of heaven were broken, and the earth was destroyed... It was Gonggong who changed the pattern between heaven and earth. I think Gonggong should be the hero of victory. Wang Jiaxiang is a shrewd and keen person, and he has been observing Mao Zedong calmly.He went to the Central Soviet Area one step earlier than Bogu and Luo Fu, and spent more time with Mao Zedong. He saw Mao Zedong governing the Soviet Area in a busy schedule, leading the army and civilians in the Soviet Area to jointly fight against "encirclement and suppression", and he had to allocate a large part of it. Time to promote the land policy, the work is very busy.But he still insists on reading a lot in his spare time.It can be said that Mao Zedong made a deep impression on him.Unlike the later pro-Soviet factions, they relied on subjective speculation to imagine Mao Zedong. Wang Jiaxiang deeply felt that Mao Zedong had the talents of Wu Neng An and Wen Neng to govern the country, so he developed a sense of attachment with peace of mind.But at the same time, he discovered that Mao Zedong's remarks did not all originate from Marxism-Leninism, but had his own originality.Mao Zedong once said: Marxism-Leninism is a universal truth, but it was impossible to prescribe a cure for China in Europe 100 years ago. Only Chinese doctors can cure China's diseases... Before the Ningdu meeting, in the fierce quarrels and confrontations at the front and the rear, he really saw that Mao Zedong was right.He saw clearly that those rear committee members who only cared about implementing the international line and striving for victory in one or several provinces were actually ignorant of the war. They commanded indiscriminately and gave orders to the front, which resulted in defeat after defeat. Because Wang Jiaxiang was the first to contact Mao Zedong, he knew more about the reality of the Chinese revolution than Wang Ming and Bogu.Therefore, at the Ningdu meeting, he did not raise his hand to remove Mao Zedong from his military post.Do not take this lightly, it takes a lot of courage in a brutal and merciless struggle. "Chairman, we need to have an explanation for the failure of this anti-'encirclement and suppression' campaign, otherwise it will be even more detrimental to the future fate of the Red Army." Wang Jiaxiang said so. Mao Zedong lit another cigarette. He had thought about this issue a long time ago. All this is the result of those people blindly implementing the international line. Only solving the political line is the fundamental.But in the current situation, it is impossible to solve the problem of the line. If Mao Zedong openly opposed the international line at this time, and he was alone and helpless, some people would doubt his motives and say that he was against the Ningdu Conference. counterattack.Under such circumstances, it is necessary to unite more people and form a formation so that those people can do nothing and have nothing to say.But Mao Zedong also realized that it was unwise to provoke such disputes for power and profit when the Red Army was in the most critical period. Mao Zedong looked at Wang Jiaxiang outside the shadow of the lamp and said: The general direction of the line is correct, otherwise we would not have achieved such great achievements. Not only did we defeat the enemy's four "encirclement and suppression" campaigns, but also our Red Army grew to nearly 100,000 people , the enthusiasm of the people in the Soviet area to support us is something that no army has ever felt... So what was the reason for this failure?Wang Jiaxiang still did not separate the military defeat from the political line. This is the problem we have to solve, to correct the wrong military line, and the mistakes in strategy and tactics are the most direct cause of failure.Mao Zedong looked a little excited, but his mind was extremely calm. Mao Zedong also said: Our military mistakes have helped Chiang Kai-shek. We should adopt offensive defense, concentrate our superior forces, and choose the enemy's weak point to attack, so that we can destroy the enemy with confidence. , lost to Chiang Kai-shek in terms of manpower, Li De's set is only suitable for small-scale battles, not battles... If you use your method, will it still be effective after several times?Wang Jiaxiang blinked his eyes and asked. Change is affirmative, and tactics must remain unchanged to respond to all changes. You fight yours, I fight mine, and adopt changes accordingly, so that the enemy can't figure it out, use our strengths, and overcome the enemy's weaknesses. In this way, we can always Find the opportunity to destroy the enemy.And the most important point is that Li De and others don't understand China's rural areas, so if they move the western urban barricades to China, can this not fail?I still have the same old saying, to cure China's diseases, we still need China's own doctors. Our current Red Army is very small, and the revolution can only succeed in the countryside. This is different from Russia. We have no mutiny of the army, no planes, no cannons , we can only riot on a small scale, and then look for opportunities to expand our power, occupy a little by little, and fight every battle. It is impossible to seize power through a riot.The current chaotic situation in China is not only a problem of Chiang Kai-shek, overthrowing a Chiang Kai-shek, but also Li Jieshi, Chen Jieshi, He Jieshi... Wang Jiaxiang listened with great interest. The situation in China is too complicated.Wang Jiaxiang sighed. Mao Zedong said: Li De despises Sun Tzu's Art of War, which is why he doesn't understand the Chinese nation.There is also Bo Gu, who is good at copying everything in China with the original language of Marxism-Leninism, but he does not really understand his own country. This kind of dogmatism can only be correct in principle but fails in practice.Marxism-Leninism is a universal truth, but China's particularity cannot be ignored.Russia is Russia, and China is China, and the two cannot be confused or generalized.The failure of the Guangchang Battle fully demonstrated this point. Wang Jiaxiang was recuperating in the rear and did not participate in the battle, but he knew that Peng Dehuai had a fierce quarrel with Li De and Bogu.Wang Jiaxiang felt that Mao Zedong's words were very objective and fair, but he still couldn't figure out some things. Where did Li De go wrong? Mao Zedong seemed to see Wang Jiaxiang's thoughts, and then said: Li De's mistake was in the whole tactics, not in the gains and losses of a city and a pool.He is brave but scheming. It is the conspiracy of the Chinese, and the Chinese are good at scheming.Bogu relied too much on Li De, and he forgot the Chinese conspiracy. Makes sense.Wang Jiaxiang slapped his thigh and said this, the pain made him calm down again.He smiled at Mao Zedong and said: You are the one who knows China and the Red Army. Mao Zedong shook his head and sighed. At this time, his thoughts had already flown to the battlefield full of gunfire, how he wished to personally command this mighty army to create a miracle on earth. Luo Fu closed his eyes, but did not fall asleep. He had been listening to the conversation between Mao Zedong and Wang Jiaxiang.At first he didn't take Mao Zedong's talk very seriously, but the more he listened to it, the more he felt it made sense, and finally he couldn't help it. He opened his eyes and asked: So, there is a way to break Chiang Kai-shek's fifth "encirclement and suppression" ? Of course there is a way.Seeing Luo Fu speak, Mao Zedong became more interested, and he went on to say: If the enemy changes, I have to change. First hide the strengths and use the weaknesses to lure the enemy into deep, and then seize the opportunity to avoid the weaknesses and make use of the strengths to overcome them in one fell swoop.The enemy is 500,000, and we are only tens of thousands. It is definitely not feasible to fight against the enemy. We must adopt the tactics of combining internal and external lines, first dragging the enemy away, and then attacking when the enemy is tired. Weaknesses, mistakes, relax your vigilance, let's make another big change, lay a trap for the enemy to drill. However, the enemy is at every step, what will we do?Luo Fu asked again. Then we will do what we can and temporarily give up part of the land. It is completely normal to advance and retreat offensively and defensively. We will throw the burden to the enemy and we will go around behind them so that they can't look at each other. expand. That's right, in our five anti-"encirclement and suppression" military operations, we went against these effective principles of defeating the enemy.Wang Jiaxiang said in agreement. Mao Zedong went on to say: the enemy's strength is not terrible, what is terrible is that we have defeated ourselves.We must defeat ourselves, concentrate superior forces, and effectively attack the enemy, or partially destroy the enemy.The short assault advocated by Li De can also eliminate part of the enemy, but this method of fighting at the expense is not good for us, which means that we are beating ourselves. Luo Fu nodded incessantly.In fact, in the past few months, he has been moving closer to Mao Zedong.After many chats on Yunshi Mountain, he already believed that Mao Zedong was right. After the defeat in Guangchang in April, Luo Fu severely criticized Bogu, saying that the casualties were too great, and that such a step-by-step approach was unwise for the Red Army.Luo Fu once said to Mao Zedong: It is impossible for the Red Army to win if it continues like this. During the Long March, Li De knew nothing about this stretcher "conspiracy" initiated by Mao Zedong, but he knew that Mao was talking to others, and he also knew that such conversations were not good for his career. According to Harrison Salisbury: Mao Zedong, Luo Fu, and Wang Jiaxiang were called the "core group," or in Li De's words, the "core of three."By whatever name it is called, the trio are slowly seizing leadership of the Long March.