Xiongxian is a city with a glorious revolutionary tradition, and during the Great Revolution, it was the seat of the workers' and peasants' masters. The city is relatively small, there are many shops and hotels on both sides of the street, and there is a special product on the market, called white potato, which is bigger than a fist, and it is delicious to eat raw, cooked, and fried.

Xiongxian County is located in the traffic artery and is the distribution center of agricultural products. The next day, the local government organized activities to celebrate the first anniversary of the founding of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Playing waist drums, dancing dragon lanterns, stepping on high feet, running dry boats...... It's very lively.

Our instructor disguised herself as a peasant woman, with a flower towel wrapped around her head, wearing a "big red shirt", and danced the Yangge dance with twists and turns; The squadron leader, who is in his forties, wears white shoes on his feet, a white towel on his head, wears a green cloth coat, and a blue cloth belt around his waist, dressed as an old peasant.

He and the instructor pretended to be husband and wife, twisted their waists and danced with the festival, and everyone cheered continuously. The sound of joy, firecrackers, gongs and drums, and singing all converged into a beautiful carnival song, and the town boiled, and the people were intoxicated with the joy of turning over and being liberated.

At night, although there is no electricity in the small town, a group of young people hold torches high, walk through the streets and alleys, illuminate the small city brightly, and the torch team is like a fire dragon dancing, and the people's interest is undiminished, and they carnival until late at night.

It is about 70 kilometers from Xiongxian to Shaoxian. Due to the large number of troops moving south, accommodation was a big problem, so we had to stay in Zhoutian to relieve the pressure of accommodation in front. Zhoutian is the meeting point of Guangdong, Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, with many shops on both sides, with a strong Guangdong provincial style. On the second day, they arrived at Chaitang and lived in a private house, where the ground was covered with straw, and the straw exuded a musty smell, and the straw seemed to have been run over by a mill, which showed that there were many troops who had lived. Chaitang Town was rather chaotic, and at night it was common to hear gunfire harassed by reactionary bandits, and the troops were all set up sentry, and everyone slept in their clothes to remain vigilant.

On October 31, it advanced to Shaoxian. Along the way are bare hills, the loess is bare, there is no firewood and grass, and the land is very barren. The peasants lived in mud houses: the roofs were covered with triple clay, and the walls were compacted with clay. Children are rolling on the yellow earth with bare buttocks, and adults are in tattered clothes, which shows the poverty in northern Guangdong.

It was a bit strange for the fellow to look at us, a special unit with men and women, who did not carry a few guns, and appreciated us as "animals" in the zoo. The troops arrived in Shaoxian County until dark, and the bustling streets were lit up at the beginning of the day, a peaceful scene, and the stars on the canopy had already shown smiling faces.

We crossed the highway bridge, passed through the city, and lived in a shop on a street in Beijiang, because the suburbs were already full of troops, and we were "preferential" to live in the urban area, which was the first time since we set out from Ganzhou to enjoy such treatment, and of course everyone was happy.

We live in a cloth shop called "Xinglong Shopping Mall", the boss has fled, leaving two guys to guard, as soon as we step into the door, the shopkeeper looks a little frightened, after greeting us arranged for us to live upstairs, the upstairs is full of all kinds of cloth and scraps of cloth, the shopkeeper saw us stack the cloth one by one, staring with wide eyes in horror, for fear that we will take it, until the cloth is piled up, they will not go downstairs.

We always find it funny, but we can understand it. After everyone cleaned the floor slabs and placed things neatly, one person was left to guard them, and the others went to do propaganda and hygiene.

In order to establish a good image of the people's soldiers, wherever we go, we must do a good job in publicizing policies, and second, we must help the local people do what we can. Today we are no exception, everyone picked up brooms, hoes and began to clean the yard, some dredged the gutter, some cleaned the courtyard, some scrubbed the glass, coffee table, god platform, everything was clean, neatly furnished, the shopkeeper showed a satisfied smile on his face.

The shopkeeper hurriedly carried a large copper teapot of water to comfort us, due to the language barrier, everyone waved their hands, and then pointed to the kettle on their backs to express their gratitude. Deng Xiaolin pointed to the military emblem on his chest, which meant that we are a big army, not a reactionary army. Everyone laughed, and the shopkeeper also laughed, and only now did they understand what kind of team the army was.

After dinner, it was ordered: You can go to the river to take a bath, but you must take the shift as a unit, and you must not act alone. To be honest, everyone loves to be clean, but marching every day, starting from Hongdu to now, I haven't taken a bath happily, and I feel embarrassed by the sour smell and smell all over my body. We were led by the deputy squad leader, and a column turned an alley to the North River. The Bac River originates in the Nanling Mountains of Hunan and Yuzhang provinces and flows into the Pearl River. The river water is clear and turquoise, there are many ships parked on the riverside, we choose a place with few boats and few people to go into the water, and those who can swim like water ghosts rush into the water, and a fierce man swims far away, but it hinders discipline and turns back. I was a landlubber, and I did not dare to go into the deep water, but I washed it on a large rock, and washed it several times from head to foot with soap issued by the troops, as if I was going to wash the skin white. After the laundry is washed, assemble and return to the team. I took a shower, relaxed all my body, lay down and fell asleep.

Shao County's old name is Qujiang, and the Beijiang River crosses from north to south, dividing the urban area into the east city and the west city. Shaoxian is the gateway of Guangzhou Province again, and Jingguang Road passes through Yangcheng. It is said that there was a town during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. Dongcheng is the old town, which is a large area and is an agricultural area. Xicheng may be built after the passage of the railway, along the river to build streets, for the commercial area, more lively, two bridges connecting the east and west two cities. Ships on the river shuttle back and forth, a busy scene.

Some boats are beautifully decorated, like the painting boats in the West Lake and Taihu Lake areas, which are said to be water hotels, and can also be used as yachts to carry objective light, and can also be ferries as ferries, and the business is booming. Xicheng is a commercial area, the streets are not very wide, there are rows of shops, hotels, restaurants, southern goods stores, north goods stores, etc., as well as theaters, and of course, there are also brothels.

The shop Xiaoer said that the high-end hotel is a brothel, the hotel lights are flashing, adding a bit of prosperity to the street, and the hotel is full of lights and wine, a "singing and dancing scene".

When it was almost dark, the pockmarked squad leader came back, and he conveyed the order of his superiors: There is a situation tonight, everyone is not allowed to go out, they are not allowed to undress and sleep, and the guns and bullets are not left with them. Our nerves suddenly tensed, and the squad leader also arranged emergency measures and immediately dispatched a sentry.

I stood on the first shift in front of the store, carrying a steel gun and a bayonet, and my eyes were vigilantly observing the movements around me. I saw three steps and one post on both sides of the street, and five steps and one sentry, as if facing a great enemy. No one knew what was going to happen, but the east and west sides of the river were on heightened vigilance, patrols were shuttling back and forth, and pedestrians were not allowed to walk on the eaves, but only in the middle of the street, in order to make it easier to spot suspicious targets.

In the first half of the night, there was nothing to do, but in the second half of the night, gunshots suddenly rang out in the northwest corner, and then gunshots also rang out in the city, and everyone urgently gathered downstairs to standby. The streets of the city were blocked by the army, and pedestrians were strictly forbidden to pass, when the electric lights suddenly went out, and the guns rang out in the east and west areas, and there was a fierce exchange of fire between the enemy and us, and soon the guns moved to the northwest corner, but they rang for a long time, and the enemy was routed at dawn, and the guns went away.

Later, I learned that it was the remnants of the reactionary forces who were involved in the rebellion. Fortunately, the troops were well prepared, killing and wounding many bandits outside the city, and also killed, wounded or captured many thugs inside the city, thus achieving a victory in quelling the riots.

Shaoxian County is the gateway to Guangdong, where railways and highways intersect, controlling Hunan and Jiangxi, and has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. During the Great Revolution, the first battle of the Northern Expedition was won here, clearing the way for the Northern Expedition to enter Hunan Province and Yuzhang Province. During the Liberation War, the Gui warlords were defeated and retreated into Gui, and they also exchanged fire with the army here. The remnants of the enemy want to riot here today, and they are really moths to the fire, ** their bodies!