Chapter 9 Jiangjin Huishi
The meeting between the two was not as intense as many people imagined.
Under the guidance of the guards, Li Jiansheng galloped to the outskirts. It was not long before a sentry came in front of him, but the head was a tall and thin man, and his figure was quite burly. Li Jiansheng, who has seen Xu Shuai's photo in later generations, almost doesn't have to think about it, that is a generation of military god Xu Xiangqian! Almost without thinking, Li Jiansheng immediately jumped off the horse and marched forward with a very respectful demeanor. His guard commander Xu Jinsong was shocked when he saw the regiment commander look like this for the second time-you must know that the regiment commander did this for the first time, but it was when he greeted the head of the central government outside Zunyi City--he knew in his heart that these people who came ahead must be people whom the regiment commander respected very much. He didn't speak at the moment, but jumped off the horse. The other guards who followed, including Shen Ying, Shen Pheasant, Lao Jue and others, also dismounted together, and consciously lined up in a four-way column, following the commander of the regiment without slowing down. Luo Ronghuan and Zeng Zhongsheng glanced at each other again, and they also dismounted together and followed Li Jiansheng. Luo Ronghuan is a little better, because he has only heard of Xu Xiangqian's name before, and he doesn't know Xu Xiangqian's person; But Zeng Zhongsheng is different, you know, in the past, he was one of Xu Xiangqian's important deputies! I think back then, when I was still in the Red Fourth Front Army, I got Xu Xiangqian's support and help! At this moment, he saw the sentry in front of him, so he immediately dismounted and wanted to meet the old leader in front. What surprised him a little was how his legion commander Li Jiansheng could be as excited as himself! Of course, although he was full of questions at the moment, he didn't have time to think about it, he just followed!
The sentry who came in front was Xu Xiangqian, the commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, and some generals. These people's current positions are only about the same as Zeng Zhongsheng and others. But Li Jiansheng can understand and know what those people mean: those who are following Xu Xiangqian are at least 3 generals, 5 lieutenant generals, and no less than 10 major generals!
Seeing that the person on this end got off the horse very early, Xu Xiangqian's heart on the other side moved, and he knew that this was a courtesy to himself, so he quickly dismounted and greeted him. As far as he is concerned, he is sure that the one who ushered in front of him must be Li Jiansheng, a legendary hero in the Red Army! That's a teenage hero! He is more than 4 years younger than Comrade Chang Hao, the general political commissar of the Red Fourth Front Army! In addition to admiration, he was a little puzzled in his heart: why did Li Jiansheng over there have such respectful etiquette to himself? You must know that whether it is in terms of merit or position, he is not inferior to himself in any aspect, and he has no need to be like this at all! Come to think of it, there is only one possibility, and that is that this person is low-key and attaches great importance to love and righteousness!
Thinking of this, Xu Xiangqian, who had been anxious about Zhang Guotao's death, calmed down, quickly quickened his pace, and followed forward. Han Xianchu, Xu Shiyou, Wang Shusheng and other soldiers who followed behind them glanced at each other, and they were all silent, and followed closely!
Two pairs of big hands clasped together!
The time is frozen in the morning of March 30, 1935! Just after Mao Weiren commanded the main force of the Red First Army to achieve the third and fourth crossings of the four crossings of Chishui, the main forces of the Red Seventh Army and the Red Fourth Front Army met in Jiangjin! Li Jiansheng and Xu Xiangqian shook hands for a long time, stared at each other for a while, and each felt sympathy. After a while, Li Jiansheng introduced Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng and others to Xu Qianqian; Xu Xiangqian introduced Han Xianchu, Xu Shiyou, Wang Shusheng and others to Li Jiansheng. The two sides shook hands, saluted, hugged, and greeted, so lively!
Not to mention the meeting of Xu and Li's divisions, which successfully realized the convergence of the two most elite main forces of the Red Army, this "Jiangjin Division" really made later generations of historians fight endlessly! The absence of him is the reason for the statement of this teacher. A group of historians believe that this meeting should be the meeting of the Red First Army and the Red Fourth Front Army, because this is the meeting of the Red Seventh Army and the Red Fourth Front Army of the Red First Army, and the Red Seventh Army is the largest and most elite force of the Red First Army. But another group of historians thinks that this move will not work, because in any case, the Red Seventh Army cannot fully represent the Red First Army, and the core of the Red First Army should be Mao, Zhu, and Zhou! If the three of them arrived, it could be said that at the moment, these three were commanding the troops to cross the river in Chishui and did not participate in the Jiangjin meeting, so in a strict sense, this meeting should be "the Red Seventh Army of the Red Front Army and the Red Fourth Front Army"! But another group of historians disagreed. Because they believed that the Red Seventh Army at that time was actually the original Red Third Front Army, therefore, this time the division would be more accurate to say that "the Red Third Front Army and the Red Fourth Front Army will meet the division"! I have to say that these three statements are very marketable, and each cannot convince the other. However, this historiographical contention of a hundred schools of thought did not damage the most critical factor in the meantime, that is, the reputation of the Red Seventh Legion, but added many legends and mysteries to the life of the Red Seventh Legion, especially its commander Li Jian!
The Red Seventh Army and the Red Fourth Front Army on this side successfully joined forces, and the troops under the command of Mao Weiren over there won a complete victory in the four crossings of Chishui!
It turned out that after Mao Weiren commanded the Red Army to win the second great victory in Zunyi, Chairman Chiang finally could not stay still and flew to Chongqing on 2 March to personally direct the siege of the Red Army, in an attempt to adopt the tactics of combining fortresses with key attacks, defending the south and attacking in the north, and encircling and annihilating the narrow areas of Zunyi and Yaxi of the Red First Army. Mao Weiren expected the enemy to take the lead, Li Jiansheng was familiar with history, and Xu Xiangqian was familiar with the art of war, one in the west and two in the east, and launched attacks at the same time. As a result, the Red Fourth Front Army in the east attacked from north to south and the Red Seventh Army attacked from south to north, attracting the main force of the Kuomintang troops and actively responding to the side, while Mao Weiren took the opportunity to plan and use the Red 1st Army Corps to wander in the Zunyi area to find the enemy, so as to lure the enemy to advance, and then transfer to the northwest to seek a new maneuver. He also used the Red 3rd Army Corps to make a feint to the southwest of Jinsha, mobilized the enemy's Zhou Hunyuan division to the south and the rest of Wu Qiwei's troops to the west, and then transferred his troops to attack the Lubanchang defenders. When the remnants of the enemy Wu Qiwei crossed the Wujiang River to the north and the Sun Du division of the Dian Army approached the Red Army, on the 11th, the main force of the Red Army suddenly turned north, entered Renhuai on the 15th, crossed the Chishui River from Maotai for the third time on the 16th, and then entered southern Sichuan.
Chairman Chiang, who had just finished commanding Chongqing, was oppressed by Li Jiansheng's Red Seventh Army and Xu Xiangqian's Red Fourth Front Army. Judging from the map, it was expected that the Red Army would cross the Yangtze River north again, so it hurriedly adjusted its deployment and pressed the main force of the Red Army to the south of Sichuan, in an attempt to form an encirclement of the Red Army again and gather and annihilate the Red Army on the south bank of the Yangtze River.
In order to further create the enemy's illusion and surprise, Mao Weiren made another surprise attack, and on March 21, he disguised the main force with the strength of one regiment, and continued to advance in the direction of Gulin and Xuyong in southern Sichuan, leading the enemy to the west, while the main force returned to the division and advanced eastward with rapid action, and on the 22nd, crossed the Chishui River for the fourth time and turned back to Guizhou again. On the 28th, the Red Army passed through the blockade line of enemy pillboxes between Yaxi and Fengxiangba and reached the north bank of the Wujiang River. On the night of the 29th, the 1st platoon of our army's vanguard regiment took advantage of the cover of a thunderstorm to reach the opposite bank on a bamboo raft and successfully captured the ferry, and by the 31st, except for the Red 9th Army Corps that continued to contain the enemy on the north bank of the Wujiang River, the main force of the Red First Army, including the Red 1st Army Corps, the Red 3rd Army Corps, the Red 5th Army Corps, and the Red 8th Army Corps, all crossed the Wujiang River to the south and skillfully broke away from the enemy's encirclement.
Not to mention that Mao Weiren commanded the main force of the Red Army, and after crossing the Red Army south of the Wujiang River after crossing the Chishui River four times, he opened up the prospect of marching into Yunnan and crossing the Jinsha River north into Sichuan. However, it was said that after Li Jiansheng and Xu Qianqian met, the first thing they did was to go to Zhang Guotao's mourning hall to mourn. Although he hated Zhang Guotao very much in his heart, he knew that after he reached this historical period, Zhang Guotao only had time to kill many Red Army soldiers and defected to the enemy, and the plot was slightly lighter; Moreover, no matter how much he put on a show, he was wounded and died on the battlefield, as in the case of a soldier, this is a proper death; In addition, many of the generals of the Red Fourth Front Army are currently promoted by him, and his own attitude is actually very important to unite this army! Therefore, after making up his mind, Li Jiansheng came directly under the guidance of Xu Xiangqian and others to pay tribute to Zhang Guotao. I saw Chen Changhao and others first, and then came to worship. While worshipping, he secretly said in his heart: Zhang Guotao died like this, but he still died as he deserved! At least, Xu Xiangqian is afraid that he will not be implicated in his affairs, and Chen Changhao estimates that the situation in the second half of his life will also change! I just don't know, will those stories between General Xu Shiyou and Mao Weiren still happen?
Li Jiansheng respectfully paid homage to Zhang Guotao, and some of the Red Fourth Front generals who were extremely loyal to Zhang Guotao and were appointed by Zhang Guotao had a very good impression of this young former commander of the Red Third Front Army. It turned out that he had only heard of Li Jiansheng's heroic deeds, but when he saw this person again, he found that this person was not ordinarily young, and he felt a little strange in his heart. But when I saw it now, I felt that this person was extremely thoughtful, and he had the heart to make friends. At least, Li Te, who had questioned Mao Weiren in his previous life and later died in Xinjiang, is now striding forward, holding Li Jiansheng's hand and saying hello!
After Li Jiansheng worshipped, Luo Ronghuan, Zeng Zhongsheng and other generals of the Red Front Army and the former Red Front Army also worshiped Zhang Guotao one by one, and then gave up. Zeng Zhongsheng was a little reluctant, but seeing everyone like this, it was not easy to stand out, plus he was open-minded, and he didn't want to worry more about the dead, so he also worshiped seriously.
After the 180,000 troops of the two armies joined forces, on the one hand, they quickly dispatched troops to incorporate several places around Jiangjin into their jurisdiction, and on the other hand, they telegraphed to the central government. At this time, the central government, headed by Mao Weiren, was directing the main force of the Red Army to mobilize the Yunnan army!