Half a year later, they really met again, and Lu Zhaopeng was caught by Thumb as a prisoner and brought to the cottage. In the middle of the night, the horse came back to report the thumbs, and a Red Army man of unknown origin broke into the mountain, and set up camp in Zhangping Town, dozens of miles away from the mountain pass, and was surrounded by government troops. One group fled to a double fork ditch about thirty miles away from their cottage and rested, about twenty people. There are only three or five families in Shuangchagou, and they live scattered, and this group of Red Army lives in the house of a person surnamed Ru on the ridge of the ditch. Thumb immediately called the second thumb black baby, asked Tanma to tell this matter again, and then asked: "Brother, do you think this job can be done?" Heiwa said: "Is the oil and water thick? The Red Army is all skinny and skinny, and they don't have much oil and water. Tanma chimed in, "They all have a quick gun." Heiwa asked again: "Where did the Red Army fight this pole come from?" Is it one of those guerrillas in the mountains?" Tanma said: "The guerrillas in the mountains are all local monkeys, and they are as slippery as yellow eels. This pole of the Red Army broke in from outside the mountain, and it was unfamiliar with the place, so it was covered as soon as it entered the mountain. I can't figure out where it came from, it's not a Nanshan monkey anyway. Heiwa said, "Big brother, you are fixed." If you fancy those 20 or so guns, I'll take the brothers and get them back. The thumb is not as easy as Heiwa: "Originally, we and the Red Army guerrillas are well water and river water, each shouting its own car, each running its own rut." Heiwa, you didn't want to frustrate the Red Army in your heart, you were afraid that I would suspect that you had something to do with the Red Army. I didn't want to mess with the Red Army at all. This time it was different, the Red Army of unknown origin stepped into the black hole, hit the door panel of my uncle's house, and could not get out of the mountain. If we go any further, or in two more days, let the Getiaogou gang sweep away the wind, and the fast guns in the hands of the Red Army will fall into their hands. In this case, let's take care of the guy first......" Heiwa was convinced when she heard this: "Big brother, I understand, I'll go and shout at the brothers." Standing on the stone steps where she used to give orders, Heiwa let out three sharp whistles in succession, and the bandit brothers flocked to the flat field from all corners to serve as lamps in the cave of the main hall. Thumbs up stood on the steps of the main hall to deploy the action: "From both sides of the double fork ditch, touch up to surround the family surnamed Ru, remember: only pay the guys, no injuries, surrender the guns and let the people go; You are not allowed to shoot, you are only allowed to scare and blackmail, and you really can't hand over the gun, so let it go. One of the brothers asked, "If we don't shoot, what if they shoot at us?" The thumb groaned and said, "Shoot as a last resort...... You can only play three ways!" When it was finally decided who would lead the way, there was a dispute, Heiwa insisted on going, and said with her thumb unwaveringly: "It's my turn to eat, and it's your turn to guard the nest." ”

It's a foolproof capture, not a firefight. The sky was covered with fog and rain, which is not common in summer, and the mountain roads were slippery, and you couldn't see your fingers. The bandits were like apes, and they reached the feet of the guards standing guard on the beam of the double fork, one of the bandits jumped up and suddenly grabbed the sentry's legs and knocked him down, and the other bandit shoved a rag into his mouth at the same time, and the two sentries at the front and back doors were almost equally captured. As the bandits were about to step through the door, a shot rang out on the low ridge, and there was a sentry lurking there. But it was too late, and the bandits stepped through the front door, the back door, and the fence wall surrounded by tree branches, and took control of the two houses of the mountain people surnamed Ru. The Red Army soldiers, who slept on the kang and on the feet and on the steps, were exhausted and unresponsive, and three or five quick reflexes were seized by the bandits as soon as they picked up their guns. The three of the bandits were more than enough to deal with one Red Army soldier, and after surrendering their guns, they forced them all into one room. In the end, the man dragged out of the mountain people's kang was a wounded man, bleeding from his leg and unable to move a single step, and a Red Army soldier carried him from the kang to the ground. The thumb commanded all the captives to turn and face the wall, and only then did the brother light a torch and take a picture of it in front of the wounded man who was lying on the ground, and he cried out in almost astonishment, it was Zhao Peng. Thumbs up immediately issued an order: "You guys can go now!" If you can't stand in this mountain, hurry out of the mountain, remember not to form a gang, but to go out in pieces, and don't speak, as soon as you open your mouth, you will be exposed. The Red Army soldiers were still facing away from him and did not move. Thumbs up instructed the two brothers to pick up the wounded Lu Zhaopeng and go out the door. Back at the cottage, the thumb said to the black baby who came forward: "I really hit the door panel of my uncle's house - your ** big brother got it for me." ”

Heiwa looked under the lamp, Zhaopeng was in a coma and couldn't distinguish between raw and acquaintances, his calves were so swollen that he couldn't wipe his pants, and his entire feet and toes were reddish-purple with plasma. Thumbs up to Mr. Big. Mr. Big came running with a medicine gourd, cut the pants of his left leg with scissors, washed the blood stasis around the wound with water, frowned and said to Thumb and Heiwa: "Bad, it's blind!" The guns that penetrate the body are called bright eyes by the bandits, and those who do not penetrate are called blind, and the bullet remains in the calf. Mr. Big said: "There are two ways, one is to treat the trauma and let the family go out of the mountain and into the city to go to the foreign hospital to pick up a gun; The second is that I took it out for him and then cured it, but we don't have anesthetic, I'm afraid he won't be able to stand the pain. You say how to cure me. "Thumbs up at the black baby. Heiwa said, "Just take it out for him." Thumbs up to Mr. Big said, "Dig!" Mr. Big untied the cloth bag, took out a steel skewer with a ring, and as soon as he was close to the wound, Zhaopeng screamed. Mr. Big hesitated for a moment and said, "This man is not as honest as our brother." Thumbs smiled and said to Heiwa: "He still wants to join the gang with this kind of hypocrisy!" The brothers in our gang are all broken arms and legs, and they are silent. If you don't have this poisonous energy, you still want to join the gang and become a bandit? Tie it up!" So he tied Zhaopeng's body, hands and feet to the wooden plank. Mr. Big said, "I've done it—" and before he could finish speaking, he shoved the steel skewer with the ring into the wound. Zhaopeng roared as if he was tearing his liver and lungs. Heiwa said: "Plug your mouth, it will make people upset." So he put a rag in his mouth. Mr. Big pinched the steel skewer and looked for the bullet in the belly of his leg, and when he dug and crutched, he suddenly lifted it, and a string of bloody and blurred things with a bloody smell was pulled out of the calf and thrown into the copper basin filled with clear water, and with a crisp sound, a dazzling blood flower bloomed on the water surface. The blood gushed out from the wound, and Mr. Big hurriedly pulled out the wooden cork of the medicine gourd, poured the purple-red knife and arrow medicine into the wound, and took a steel skewer with a spoon to stuff it into the wound. Mr. Big picked up another medicine gourd, sprinkled a thick layer of black medicine around the wound, and then wrapped it in hemp paper with strips of cloth. Mr. Big looked at Zhaopeng, who was completely unconscious by him, and said, "No color, no color, this person is not color!" Anyone who can't stab me is not colorful. He touched Zhaopeng's forehead, pulled off the rag that was stuffed in Zhaopeng's mouth, stuffed two black pills into his mouth, poured a mouthful of water, forced Zhaopeng to swallow, and then said, "Carry it away." Let him sleep. Wake up and you'll be fine. ”

In the evening of the next day, Zhaopeng opened his eyes and shouted for water. He struggled to sit up, hugged the water bowl in front of him and drank it, only to see the person who handed him the water bowl and exclaimed in surprise: "Heiwa Heiwa, why are you?" Heiwa pursed her lips and didn't speak. Thumbs up, but said, "Have you forgotten what you said, 'We'll meet again'?" This time I'm inviting you to join us!" Zhao Peng turned his head sharply and looked at the thumb standing on the ground at the foot of the kang: "Why did I fall into your hands?" Heiwa caught it and said, "You are thanks to the big brother." Zhaopeng rolled his eyes and fell backwards, leaning on the quilt behind his back, and closed his eyes sadly, his two eyelids flicked like spasms, and bright tears flowed from the corners of his eyes......

It was a march that was doomed from the start. The provincial party committee received a secret message that a Red Army armed force was attempting to attack Xi'an, and sent Lu Zhaopeng to infiltrate the Red Army units in disguise to convey the opinions of the provincial party committee, demanding that the Red Army commander make a detailed and thorough offensive plan, and the provincial party committee could only make a decision after discussion. Lu Zhaopeng disguised himself as a teacher who had been hired to take up his post, and successfully passed through the Weihe Plain and entered the newly established base of Maoqin in the Weibei Plateau. The village and town, as silent as a grain of sheep dung left in the mountains, is now gaining fame in the northern half of China. There is Ruijin in the south and Maoqin in the north. The red cloth banner of the Maoqin Chinese Soviet looked like a vivid flame on the reckless Loess Plateau. ** The first peasant army was created here, called the Red Thirty-sixth Army. The arrival of Lu Zhaopeng intensified the controversy between the top commanders of the Red Army, and the balance of forces between the two sides was two-to-two. Commander Liao and Deputy Political Commissar Wang simply described the attack on Xi'an as an adventurous operation to bury the Red Army; Political Commissar Jiang and Deputy Army Commander Quan strongly advocated attacking Xi'an, and the reasons were ten times more sufficient than those of the opposition. When the two-to-two tie was stalemate, Commander Liao first showed compromise to give the attackers the upper hand. Lu Zhaopeng conveyed the views of the provincial party committee to them, and Deputy Political Commissar Wang, the only one who insisted on not changing his original intention, rekindled the controversy on the grounds that the provincial party committee did not affirm the action plan. Commander Liao immediately changed the compromise against his will and restored the true face of the opposition. Political Commissar Jiang calmly asked: "The provincial party committee has not affirmed or opposed the attack?" I already know the enemy's defense situation in Xi'an, but the descendants and miscellaneous cards are staring at the small-eyed turtle and looking at Wang Ba, let's take advantage of this opportunity to succeed; In the future, whether the turtle eats the king or the king eats the turtle, they will be a seamless drill and lose the fighter. It is redundant for the provincial party committee to ask us to submit a detailed battle plan, and everything is ripe. Political Commissar Jiang was a little angry at Commander Liao's vacillation, and sarcastically said with a foul sentence: "Pee and pee and poop - I can't even hold the thin!" In this case, how can you lead troops to fight? You are the only commander of the four of us who has ever attended a military academy, comrade!" Commander Liao blushed, not only did he not get angry, but his sincere voice was touching: "Political Commissar Jiang, I don't care if you sarcastically mock me." It's really not easy for me to get this one, I'm just worried that if I don't get it right, I'll lose it......" Lu Zhaopeng's heart trembled, this handsome and beautiful man from northern Shaanxi with a square face, and his clumsy words moved him. Commander Liao is a Huangpu student, who has made great achievements in the national revolution; After the Kuomintang and the Communist Party turned their faces, he took the part of the team he pulled out to participate in the riot of the Xi Brigade, and after the failure of the uprising, he became the commander of the light pole, and in a few years he created the Red 36th Army. Political Commissar Jiang was sent to the 36th Army from the province, and he respected this political commissar with a forehead protruding a bit like Lenin's face, and he seemed to be a little cowardly for the reason. Political Commissar Jiang said: "The vacillation in military action reflects the vacillation of the ideological position. Deputy Political Commissar Wang and Brain Menzi did not compromise at all: "This is only a difference in specific military operations, and it has nothing to do with the position." Commander Liao twisted his face in pain and fell silent. Political Commissar Jiang said: "Everything went according to the original plan. Deputy Political Commissar Wang served as a soldier in the company. Comrade Lu Zhaopeng served as deputy political commissar. Lu Zhaopeng said: "I have to rush back and report to the provincial party committee." Political Commissar Jiang said: "There is no hurry. Let's report to Xi'an. Lu Zhaopeng hurriedly said: "I also oppose this action." Political Commissar Jiang said: "If you oppose me, I also want you to be the deputy political commissar." ”

Lu Zhaopeng stayed in the base area and found that there were no such serious disagreements and arguments among the Red Army soldiers, and they were full of enthusiasm for almost impatiently attacking Xi'an. Political Commissar Jiang's in-depth speech was particularly charismatic and agitatory: "The Nanchang uprising failed, the Canton uprising failed, and our riot here also failed, and the Kuomintang was almost carried away with joy. Our capture of Xi'an sounded the first death knell to the reactionaries of all China, ** still exists, the real revolution has just begun!" Political Commissar Jiang's loud and agitated voice was interrupted by a warm shout, and he humbly lowered his huge head and waited for the cheers to end, and then raised his head to analyze the situation of this operation: "The descendants of Xi'an were first transferred to Shaanxi, and their eyes were fixed on the miscellaneous local army; The miscellaneous local army is a bandit militia, which belongs to the rabble, and all of them are second-rate ruffians who go to the kiln and smoke big cigarettes, and they are not beaten at all. Our Red Army is not a top player, but one is ten. The peasant cooperative movement in Weibei was the first to be launched, and the underground party was spread all over the villages and towns. We captured Xi'an in one fell swoop and established the first red government of the Chinese revolution, which will surely illuminate the entire northern half of China...... For the sake of **, comrades, try to charge......"

The whole Red Army fell into a kind of pre-battle frenzy, so much so that when Deputy Political Commissar Wang went down to the cooking squad to serve as the head of the gang, he was ridiculed and despised by the soldiers again and again. Commander Liao is now planning this offensive as seriously as possible in accordance with the command art he studied at the Whampoa Military Academy...... The team finally pulled out of the ravine and into the open Guanzhong Plain, just at dawn. Lu Zhaopeng only found out at this time that this Red Army unit, known as the 36th Army, actually had only more than 900 people, but it was only the strength of a regiment, and his heart became more and more worried and timid. In the mountainous town of Maoqin Base Area, more than 900 people seemed bustling, and as soon as they threw themselves into the foggy and rainy Guanzhong Plain, the team of more than 900 people no longer showed a mighty momentum, but felt a little too thin. Many of the 1,000-household villages they passed through along the way were attacked and harassed by the security forces of the village community and the sect without exception. (There are indeed ** underground branches operating secretly in those villages, and they have not received any instructions or information, and they do not know about this military operation at all, and they don't even know whether this army in miscellaneous clothes is **, bandits, or miscellaneous local forces.) This is an extremely rare rainy weather in the dry season of the Guanzhong Plain, the pond is full of overflowing rivers, mud everywhere, and you can't find a dry foothold, let alone pick up a handful of firewood. When the soldiers were thirsty, they drank muddy water from roadside puddles, and many of them held their stomachs and trousers to stretch their stomachs. The reason why Political Commissar Jiang insisted on choosing to attack in the rain was that the reactionary army was afraid of hardship, night fighting, and rain fighting, and the Red Army soldiers saw their weaknesses and specialized in night and rain battles, because the Red Army soldiers had been immersed in bitter water since childhood, regardless of hardship and fatigue, and did not take shelter from the wind and rain. Commissar Jiang saw the weakness of his opponent but ignored his own, these soldiers who had grown up on the Loess Plateau north of Weibei were all landlubbers, tired and tired after marching on the sticky and slippery plains, all drenched and soaked, their clothes and pants splashed with mud, and they became soup chickens or more like mud monkeys. After crossing the Wei River, rest in the willow forest on the bank of the river. Political Commissar Jiang wiped the mud on the spectacle lenses, but he couldn't wipe them clean, and he found that his clothes and fingers were all stained with mud, so he had no choice but to put the glasses that could not be wiped on the bridge of his nose and cheered up the soldiers who were sitting on the wet sand: "Comrades, walk another fifty or sixty miles and enter the city!" Lao Sun's mutton steamed buns, Lao Bai's dumpling restaurant, Xi'an Restaurant's gourd chicken are full...... "After Commissar Jiang gave the soldiers full of energy, he led the other three leaders to the depths of the willow forest far away from the soldiers, and said firmly: "I will report back to the provincial party committee and serve as a response in the city, you continue to move forward without the slightest wavering." Let's meet at the north bridgehead of Ziqiao. Political Commissar Jiang didn't even bring a personal guard, and walked away alone.