Chapter 8: Four Crossings of Chishui (3)

After Li Jiansheng came to this era, he thought of at least 10,000 ways to kill Zhang Guotao. Because he knows too well the harm caused by Zhang Guotao in history. However, he never thought that Zhang Guotao would die for this reason today!

Knowing that the troops in front had joined forces with the Red Fourth Front Army, Li Jiansheng was inexplicably a little excited. One, this is a meeting between the two armies, and that's a big event! Well, how to say it? In the words of later generations, it was a feeling of "finally finding an organization"; The two, thinking that he is about to see the military god Xu Xiangqian Xu Shuai in his mind, as well as historical legends Chen Changhao, Xu Shiyou and others, although he is now in a high position, but for him, it is still definitely a desirable thing. The three, although they also know that Zhang Guotao is not a good person, but after all, he is the supreme leader of the Red Fourth Front Army at the moment, and he is now injured on the battlefield, whether he is the supreme leader of the Red Third Front Army in the past or the supreme leader of the Red Seventh Army of the Red Front Army now, he must go to meet this figure. Therefore, without having time to think about it, Li Jiansheng led the staff officers and guard troops of the corps headquarters, together with Luo Ronghuan and Zeng Zhongsheng, to the garrison of the Red Fourth Front Army.

It's just that while he was still on the way, the troops in front sent someone to send the news: Chairman Zhang Guotao and Chairman Zhang were seriously injured and died!

This news immediately stunned Li Jiansheng, and he stubbornly stopped the war horse in place for a long time. Of course, Luo Ronghuan, who was beside him, also heard the news. He didn't know the details of Zhang Guotao, but when he saw Li Jiansheng like this, he only said that Li Jiansheng was a little uncomfortable because he heard this shocking news for the first time. In fact, as far as he is concerned, he also felt the same way when he heard the news, he was also shocked and couldn't adapt to it, but he was only stunned, but he didn't stay like Li Jiansheng for a while. Poor Luo Shuai, but he didn't know that Li Jiansheng was not shocked that Zhang Guotao, who was the chairman of the Northwest Military and Political Committee, died in such a high position and in such a special way, but because he was shocked that this special historical figure died in such a situation at this time! The same shock, but the content of the shock is very different!

Seeing that Luo Ronghuan got off the horse, and made emergency arrangements in an orderly manner, preparing a eulogy and wreath, Li Jiansheng finally reacted, got off the horse, paced a few steps in place, flew on the horse again, waved his hand, and advanced with his guards. Luo Ronghuan and Zeng Zhongsheng saw the commander of the army like this, and they also flew on their horses and moved forward. At the moment, Zeng Zhongsheng didn't say a word, and he couldn't see any expression on his face, but just urged the horse to follow the corps commander and political commissar. Li Jiansheng, who was at the forefront, was able to guess some of the mental activities of Chief of Staff Zeng. You must know that Chief of Staff Zeng was in the Red Fourth Front Army back then, and he was miserable enough by Zhang Guotao. Later, because of the special conscription order, he rushed to the Red Third Front. And according to his later understanding, the comrades-in-arms who stayed in the Red Fourth Front Army with whom he played very well back then were almost all shot by Zhang Guotao now! In other words, if it weren't for Li Jiansheng's plea, Zeng Zhongsheng would have only two ways to go: either wear the same pants as Zhang Guotao; Or be shot by Zhang Guotao! But Zeng Zhongsheng obviously didn't get used to Zhang Guotao's actions in the Red Fourth Front Army, and the results were self-evident! Therefore, almost without thinking about it, Zeng Zhongsheng has a hatred for Zhang Guotao. Of course, as an outstanding Bolshevik, even if he wanted to avenge himself and his comrades-in-arms, Zeng Zhongsheng would still be very sensible. However, now he suddenly heard that this person he had always hated suddenly died for other reasons, and it was likely that he was suddenly missing a goal in his heart, and he was afraid that he would be ruthless at the moment. Of course, this is also good for Li Jiansheng. As a person from later generations, of course he knew the danger of Zhang Guotao, and he wanted to get rid of him, but he really couldn't find a good opportunity. If Zhang Guotao is allowed to go by himself for this reason, it will save him a lot of things. Thinking of this, Li Jiansheng's heart suddenly rose, and a big stone pressed on his heart moved away, and he didn't care about other mundane things at the moment, just patted the horse and ran forward. Luo Ronghuan and Zeng Zhongsheng, who were following behind, saw the Legion Commander's sudden acceleration, and they couldn't help but be stunned, and when they glanced at each other, they both felt that the Legion Commander's mood was afraid that there was a change at the moment, otherwise they would not have accelerated suddenly. Although they don't know what the reason is, the two of them have long been familiar with Li Jiansheng's style, and they both guessed that it was not a bad thing, so they stepped up their speed together and rushed forward!

The road is moving fast. Just arrived at the outskirts of Jiangjin, and someone reported from the troops in front: Comrade Xu Xiangqian, commander-in-chief of the Red Fourth Front Army, came to greet him!

Both expected and unexpected!

It is expected to be said for two reasons: first, the principle of reciprocity. On his side, the Red Seventh Army of the Red Front Army is on his side, so the Red Fourth Front Army should at least have a corps-level leader come over to meet; The predecessor of the Red Seventh Army was the Red Third Front Army, so the leaders of the Red Fourth Front Army should at least be of a considerable level. From this point of view, the most important members of the Red Fourth Front Army are Zhang Guotao, Chen Changhao, and Xu Xiangqian. Zhang Guotao has been told of his death, Chen Changhao is the general political commissar, and it is estimated that he has to sit in charge, and he is relatively close to Zhang Guotao, and eighty percent is guarding Zhang Guotao's body. Therefore, the only one who came to pick him up was Xu Xiangqian! Second, it is the principle of proximity. You know, right now, I'm afraid that Xu Xiangqian and Li Jiansheng are closer! You must know that Li Jiansheng's department has just opened up Nanchuan, Jiangjin, and Banan; In history, it was Xu Xiangqian who launched the campaign against the above three areas and successfully included these three places in the jurisdiction of the Red Fourth Front Army. Although the current time is different from the time when Xu Shuai launched the three-place campaign in history, Xu Shuai has always been the front-line commander, and it is reasonable to directly command the Red Fourth Front Army to go south this time. In this way, it makes sense for Xu Shuai to come over!

Hearing that Xu Xiangqian came to greet him, Li Jiansheng couldn't help but stay stunned again!

Nothing else, Xu Xiangqian is Li Jiansheng's idol! Because Li Jiansheng, who is familiar with history, knows that Xu Xiangqian is a well-deserved "god of war"!

Xu Xiangqian is a general, with both ability and political integrity, although he has been a low-key person for a long time because of Zhang Guotao's problem, but his creativity, ability to govern the army, and military thinking on the battlefield are all first-class! In the official history, among all the Whampoa students, Xu Xiangqian was the first to become the military chief of the front army, and he was also the youngest commander of the front army during the Red Army period, becoming the commander-in-chief of the front army at the age of 30. At the same time, he was the youngest commander of the front army of the Kuomintang and the Communist Army.

Xu Xiangqian's main military achievements, Li Jiansheng also came out of his mouth. You must know that Xu Shuai is one of the founders of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Base Area and the Red Fourth Front Army. He commanded all the field armies of China! What Li Jiansheng praised the most was that the Sujiafu victory commanded by Xu Xiangqian was the most successful example of encirclement and reinforcement during the Red Army period. The anti-six-way siege was a battle with the largest number of enemies annihilated in the history of the Red Fourth Front Army, Xu Xiangqian fought against more than 200,000 Sichuan troops with 80,000 people, and finally defeated 200,000 Sichuan troops and annihilated 100,000. Xu Xiangqian's "tightening the position" tactic used in the anti-six-way siege was an invention and practice in the history of Chinese warfare! As for the Linfen Campaign commanded by Xu Xiangqian, it was the largest example of using tunnel blasting tactics to conquer the city in the Liberation War, and the Linfen Brigade in later generations was the only division-level unit in the whole army that was awarded the honorary title by the Military Commission; In the Jinzhong Campaign, Xu Shuai used 60,000 men to annihilate 100,000 enemies a month, which was one of the most successful examples of using flexible and mobile movement tactics to win more with less in the entire War of Liberation. All in all, Xu Shuai is an absolute admirer in Li Jiansheng's mind! Therefore, when he heard that it was Xu Shuai who came to greet him, although Li Jiansheng, who was already in a high position and commanded nearly 100,000 people at the moment, was still a little stunned with excitement!