Due to the logistical preparation of Li Jiansheng's department, the cadres and soldiers of the Red Second Division of the Red First Army were fully rested in the county seat of Tongdao. It can be said that for the first time since the Long March, these commanders and fighters ate a hot meal, took a happy bath for the first time, comforted their hair for the first time, changed into a clean new military uniform for the first time, and slept quietly for the first time without fear of the enemy's attack. The next morning, the Second Division of the 1st Army Corps, which had taken a short rest, took the dry rations prepared by Li Jiansheng's department and went to Sixiang and Malukou to reconnoiter the roads into Guizhou, and continued their journey as pioneers of the Red Army.

On the third day, that is, at 10 o'clock in the morning of December 11, the 1st Division of the 1st Red Army, the headquarters of the 1st Red Army Corps, and the central column rushed to the county seat of Tongdao.

In order to welcome the leaders of the Central Committee and the comrades-in-arms of the First Army Corps, and also to display the spiritual outlook of the Red Army of the Third Front under his command and to boost the morale of the Red Army, Li Jiansheng arranged for the soldiers of the special service brigade and the guard regiment who had no guard task to put on brand-new military uniforms and march to the city gate to welcome them.

In accordance with Li Jiansheng's request, the troops, with the company as a unit, sang songs such as "Three Major Disciplines and Eight Points of Attention," "We Are Soldiers," and "Return from Target Shooting." These songs, Li Jiansheng's department, everyone can sing, this is no problem. Fortunately, one company after another sang, singing and singing, and each company competed, and your singing was not over, and my singing was up. The company roared first: "One, two, three, four, five, we think so hard!" Sing your side and see how you can compare to us! The company didn't say a word, and sang "We Are Soldiers" directly, and as soon as the song fell, they shouted in unison: "Five, four, three, two, one, let's sing first!" Those who have the ability to compare with us! As soon as they said this, the other companies were not happy, and they also roared, insisting on using their singing to suppress the team in front. In this way, the singing comes and goes, which is quite spectacular. The cadres and soldiers of the First Army Corps and the Military Commission Column were all attracted by the singing of Li Jiansheng's unit, and looked curiously at this strangely dressed and neat and mighty Red Army unit as they walked. When Commissar Mao, Zhang Wentian, and Wang Jiaxiang arrived at the gate of the city, they couldn't help but stop on the side of the road and listen to the soldiers singing.

Zhang Wentian said: "**, why haven't we heard these songs." ”

Commissar Mao listened to it wholeheartedly and said: "One of them, the words are our three disciplines and eight points of attention, and the song is also very familiar, well, it seems that there was this song during the Northern Expedition." Well, it sounds good to match. ”

Wang Jiaxiang said: "The other two songs also sound warm in everyone's hearts. One is to be a soldier, the other is to shoot targets, and the content is good. Hehe, I don't know which one has this mind! While talking, I came to see **, but I saw that ** just smiled, but he didn't answer, and waved his hand forward from a distance. Zhang Wentian and Wang Jiaxiang were a little puzzled, but they could only see a few people following from a distance in the middle of the team, and the first one was a young man, dressed in a colorful uniform. Although the color of this military uniform is not very good, it is the spirit worn on this young man's body, which gives people a special feeling. The young man had apparently seen the group too, and had almost come running, waving his hand as he hurried this way. There was something strange about the two of them. Because the Long March has been going on for so long, there are very few smiles on the faces of the ** comrades. But I didn't expect to smile today. After a while, I saw that the young man came to the front of ** a few steps away, one stood still, his legs "snapped" together, his waist straightened, his chest straightened, and then a majestic salute: "Report to Chairman Mao, Li Jiansheng, commander-in-chief of the Red Third Front Army and secretary of the Party Committee, report to you!" Hello! The soldiers of the first company of the guard regiment who followed Li Jiansheng, the first time they saw the commander-in-chief saluting a person like this, they knew that the person who came must be the closest leader to their commander-in-chief, without saying a word, the new commander of the first company of the guards, Qin Xiaoyu, shouted: "All the guards in the company are there, salute the chief!" The guards behind him marched in four rows of more than 300 people, marching in four rows, and at this moment, they lined up majestically and saluted Mao Weiren with guns!

Mao Weiren glanced at the group of young people in front of him in a daze, and his heart was full of mixed feelings. You know, this Li Jiansheng has watched him grow up! As for today's gift, it gave him the same feeling as when Mr. Zhu accepted the gun salute of Li Jiansheng's department, which shocked him. Of course, this joy in my heart cannot be explained clearly in a few words. However, thinking about an incident that he had been arguing about on the road in the past few days, and the result of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission's treatment of the young man in front of him, Mao Weiwei's heart became inexplicably heavy. However, as an old party member, he couldn't say anything at the moment, so he paused for a moment and said in his thick Hunan accent: "Please take a break." Seeing Li Jiansheng take a break, Mao Weiren smiled and stepped forward to hold Li Jiansheng's hand, and said, "I have heard all your deeds on the way to the west in the past few days. Amazing, courageous and wise, he fought a bloody way in the heavy encirclement, not only inflicted heavy losses on the Gui Army, the Hunan Army and the Central Army, brought out his own Red Army, but also saved the lives of many Red Army soldiers of the Red Army, and he was really a legendary hero of our Red Army. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Li Jiansheng to excuse himself, but just led Li Jiansheng and a few others to Zhang Wentian and Wang Jiaxiang and introduced them. It turned out to be these people! Li Jiansheng said secretly, he still looks young, in fact, he should have thought that during the Long March, it was these cattle who were with Mao Weiren! Besides, even if you can't think of it, you have watched a lot of movies in later generations, and you still have an impression of the appearance of these people. It seems that his cultivation in this area needs to be strengthened. While thinking, he used his hands and feet at the same time, and took the guards to salute solemnly: "Chairman Zhang, Director Wang, and Li Jiansheng, commander-in-chief of the Red Third Front Army, report, please instruct the chief." ”

Hearing Li Jiansheng say this, these two central comrades realized that the person in front of them was Li Jiansheng, the famous commander-in-chief of the Red Third Front Army, and hurriedly asked Li Jiansheng to rest and greeted him one by one. The greetings were over, but the two of them looked at each other together. It turned out that the two of them invariably sounded the results of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission's characterization and handling of a certain matter of Comrade Li in front of them, and they were both a little embarrassed in their hearts. Fortunately, several people were calm people, but they didn't show anything on their faces, just saluted Li Jiansheng and others, and at the same time truly admired in their hearts: This soldier is really not an ordinary elite. As soon as they thought of this, the two of them looked at each other again, and couldn't help but feel worried about whether the order of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission could be carried out!

However, the two of them thought about it, but the ** comrades around them asked Li Jiansheng a question: "Jiansheng, how did you judge the situation of the Central Red Army on the edge of the Xiangjiang River at the beginning of the year, and then leave directly with the Red 34th Division without acting according to the telegram of the Central Committee?" It was only later that we learned that the telegram was based on something wrong! ”

When Li Jiansheng heard this, he sighed with emotion in his heart: It seems that Mao Weiren has been paying attention to the war, and when he saw his face, he immediately raised this most critical question!

I thought about it, but I didn't dare to tell the true situation of my own history from later generations and known historical facts, so I just put my feet together and saluted and reported: "Chairman of the report, at that time on the Xinwei battlefield, I judged that the enemy was besieging the Jieshou Ferry based on the interrogation of prisoners and the battlefield situation, and the central column of our army should have passed through the Jieshou Ferry, so I suggested that the commander of the 34th Division, Division Chen, abandon the marching route established by the Central Revolutionary Military Commission with us, and rush straight to the mouth of the phoenix after a surprise attack on the Gui army. ”

"Hmm. Have vision, strategy, know how to make trade-offs, and know how to change on the spot. It's amazing, it's a general's talent! Mao Weiren listened to Li Jiansheng's statement, obviously thought that it was consistent with his own speculation, and seemed to have solved a mystery in his heart, laughed happily at the moment, and praised Li Jiansheng for understanding the change, and did not rigidly carry out the orders of the Central Revolutionary Military Commission, so that the Red 34th Division was sent to death!

Before Mao Weiren's words fell, Wang Jialan, who was beside him, spoke again: "I listen to the songs sung by the soldiers very well, can you tell me what's going on?" ”

Li Jiansheng replied: "Report to Director Wang." Of the three songs sung by the soldiers, one of which I compiled into the lyrics of the three disciplines and eight points of attention of the Red Army, filled in the tune, and asked the soldiers to sing as a march. The purpose is twofold, one is to educate the fighters to observe discipline, and the other is to improve morale. One is a song I wrote and composed myself, called "We Are Soldiers", mainly to let the soldiers understand why we came to join the Red Army, and of course to improve morale. There is also a song called "Return from Target Shooting", which I also wrote and composed the lyrics and music, mainly to encourage the soldiers to strengthen their training and practice a good skill to kill the enemy! ”

Before Wang Jialan said yes, Mao Weiren next to him smiled and spoke again: "Jiansheng, the lyrics and music are very good, but you can't write me into the lyrics!" Turned back and changed! ”

When Li Jiansheng heard it, he knew that the great man was referring to the lyrics of "Return from Target Shooting", and he had already planned it in his heart, and then he made a salute report, saying: "Report Chairman Mao, Chairman Zhang, and Director Wang." We have unconditionally carried out other orders, but we cannot agree with Chairman Mao's opinion just now. Because although I wrote the lyrics, I didn't write them alone. Because this is the real voice of everyone! I, Li Jiansheng, have no right to change everyone's voice. As a matter of fact, I have not joined the Red Army for a day or two, and I have always known that all the newspapers in China call our Central Red Army the Vermilion Red Army, and the common people regard Chairman Mao as a savior. Although I was not in the Red Army, I had always lived with the soldiers of the Red Army, and after exchanges, I found that all the Red Army soldiers were looking forward to Chairman Mao leading us to victory. I also came down from Jinggang Mountain, and to put it objectively, Chairman Mao and Commander-in-Chief Zhu were the main founders of our Central Red Army and the founders of the Central Soviet Region. In the hearts of the old Red Army soldiers, Chairman Mao was the leader of the Red Army and the banner of the Red Army's victory. So, we're not wrong about this lyric! I think that we soldiers still have a sentence in their hearts, which is just to take advantage of today's situation to say, that is: There is nothing wrong with following Chairman Mao closely. ”