- Fight Gu Zhutong, then fight Chen Cheng, and fight Chiang Kai-shek three times.

In accordance with the "party's instructions," Ye Ting went down the mountain to negotiate with Rong Jiwu, commander of the 108th Division of the Kuomintang, but it turned out that Gu Zhutong felt that Rong Jiwu was "unreliable" and had transferred him to other uses, resulting in the mysterious gate of "Kekaporta" becoming a dark trap, Ye Ting was imprisoned, and the "negotiations" turned into being "captured."

Ye Ting, the "famous general of the Northern Expedition", became a prisoner in the blink of an eye.

The heroic anti-Japanese fighters and officers and men of the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui were tragically encircled and annihilated by the Kuomintang troops for no reason, and immediately like a thunderbolt from the sky, caused tremendous shock and incomparable indignation among people of all strata and the masses of the people throughout the country.

Famous patriots in the Kuomintang, such as Soong Ching-ling, He Xiangning, Liu Yazi, and Peng Zemin, either made speeches or wrote articles in newspapers and periodicals to strongly protest against the criminal acts of the Kuomintang diehards! Zhou Enlai, vice chairman of the Revolutionary Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, wrote angrily "Strange grievances through the ages, a leaf in the south of the Yangtze River; in the same room, why do you need to fry each other?! "This majestic proclamation of Chiang Kai-shek's crimes!

The Jiangbei detachments of the New Fourth Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the soldiers and civilians of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border region held a huge rally, and Rulin's iron fist roared to the executioner to "repay the blood debt"!

Chiang Kai-shek was very alarmed. Although he instructed his mouthpiece to falsely accuse the New Fourth Army of being a "mutiny", it is not true that it is false, and its ugly face of true and fake anti-Japanese resistance is clearly exposed!

Let's look at the 100,000 urgent telegrams sent by He Yingqin, Minister of Military Affairs of the Kuomintang and Chief of Staff of the Kuomintang Military Commission, to the Kuomintang troops:

…… In the past few days, the bandit troops in various theaters have been quite smoothly attacked, and the bandit leaders Ye Ting and Xiang Ying have been captured one after another. In order to prevent retaliation, all units must be on strict alert and refrain from being taken advantage of.

A "raider", a "bandit leader", the political trick played by Chiang Kai-shek to cover his ears and steal the bell will not be exposed!

A few days later, Ye Ting was imprisoned in Li Village Prison in Shangrao County, Jiangxi Province, where Gu Zhutong, the commander of the Kuomintang Third Theater of Operations, was located.

On the same day, Gu Zhutong, the executioner who directly caused the bloodshed in southern Anhui, "set up a banquet to entertain" Ye Ting.

"Xiyi, frightened!" Gu Zhutong, who has always given people a polite feeling, hurriedly stepped forward when Ye Ting just walked into his living room, grabbed Ye Ting's hand tightly, and looked at Ye Ting's unkempt hair and thin face with both eyes, showing a concerned and considerate look.

"The victor is the prince, the loser is Kou. Even Chairman Chiang called the New Fourth Army a bandit, so I am undoubtedly the 'bandit leader.'" Ye Ting glanced at Gu Zhu with disdain, and said the word "bandit leader" with a pun, and said in his words, since I am the 'bandit leader', what are you pretending to entertain? He said jokingly, and walked straight to a couplet with Gu Zhutong's self-titled book, and played with interest:

Read the Bible on the first day, and read history on the soft day;

Anger writes bamboo, and joy writes orchid.

"Mo Gong, your brother can be described as full of economy, rigid and soft, chic and dignified, strategizing and winning a thousand miles!" Ye Ting said sarcastically in harsh language.

"Xiyi, don't laugh at me. I know you're unhappy with the commission and with me. Gu Zhutong motioned for Ye Ting to sit down, and when the guards served them tea, he took a sip and said in a calm tone, "It's obvious that the Communist Party has violated the order of the commission, why do you bother to accept it for others?" ”

Ye Ting knew that this was Gu Zhutong's old score, in order to provoke the conflict between him and Xiang Ying, and pull him to submit to Chiang Kai-shek, and immediately slapped the table angrily: "Please don't give me Ye Ting this set again!" Where did the Communist Party actively resist Japan? It is true that I have a contradiction with Xiang Ying, but it is a contradiction between us, and it has nothing to do with the current overall situation of resistance against Japan. Excuse me, is it the New Fourth Army that you are attacking or you who are being attacked by the New Fourth Army? Who is creating the KMT-CCP split? ”

Gu Zhutong also put on a straight face. I thought, you Ye Ting is already a general of the defeated army, a prisoner, and you are still so arrogant? If it weren't for the face of the old classmates, I would have to give you some color! But he knew that Ye Ting had a strong temperament, and now that he had just been imprisoned, it was reasonable that his temper was explosive. Therefore, he tried his best to suppress his anger, but still patiently advised: "Xiyi, when is it, you still look righteous and awe-inspiring, don't you want to think about the consequences?" ”

"I've thought about it for a long time, and I've thought it through. I give it, and please be sure to forward it. Ye Ting said and handed Gu Zhu a few pages of paper.

Gu Zhutong took it and saw that it was a letter written by Ye Ting to Chiang Kai-shek:

The Commander also respectfully forwards to Chairman Jun Jian:

The failure of the Command to abide by military orders led to the tragedy of overwhelm. Standing up to the negative state, and subordinating, although a hundred deaths are not enough to atone for their sins. Earnestly that is, to clarify the criminal code, to show the precepts, fortunately, fortunately. There are still those who plead:

1. Please immediately submit the order to the military court for trial, and organize a military court in Shangrao, issue a verdict, and publish it by express order, so as to avoid any setbacks and delays.

2. We earnestly approve the death sentence and release the captured cadres of the subordinate units regardless of their party affiliation, and restore their freedom. In this unexpected action, he acted on orders and was not responsible, and the issue of his party membership was not illegal on the day of the legal existence of the department. After being defeated and captured, if they were to be pursued and tortured, it would be inappropriate to be lawful, reasonable, and reasonable. It is said that those who love their own personality will be able to respect the personality of others; Those who value their own political discipline will be able to respect the political discipline of others. The mantis arm blocked the car, and the sage tried it. Today, the party advocates respecting morality and integrity, and the ruling party should also take leniency as a model for the masses, so it is quite willing to redeem one's life with one death, and it will not be denounced as hypocritical and reluctant.

3. Either the sentence is life imprisonment, and a small number of high-ranking cadres of the department are allowed to accompany them, and the rest are released, so that the wish that has been held for many years but has not been fulfilled should be extended. When he was young, he felt a deep sense of seclusion, and the joy of quiet reading and study, since then he has been hidden in prison to study until the end of his life, and is engaged in translating books on literature and military affairs.

If the former is granted, he should be killed calmly, and there will be no complaints; If the latter is granted, it is still hoped that the judgment will be announced and then moved to Chongqing for execution. Because of the easier transportation, it is easier to borrow books, and it is easier to ask questions.

As a prisoner who has not been sentenced today, he should not have made a statement, but because of the thoughtfulness of the peak, the love and care of friends and friends, and the conspiracy to seek forgiveness outside the law on his behalf, he is privately grateful, and because of this, he is hidden in the abyss of pain, so he has to state his will. The ancients said: "When a person is about to die, his words are also good." "Only those who have no selfish ideas can tell the truth. I believe in God, and I am willing to use the name of Jesus to ensure that what I say is sincere. The commission has declared that the national policy will not change, and there are those who are immutable until death. Hanwen Gongyun: Those who are not satisfied with their fate without entering are also those who are afraid of foreign things. Hu Linyi Gongyun: In recent years, there are few officials who are slight, and especially those who are really temperamental. I don't want to live secretly, so I want to defile my previous cultivation, and I am willing to keep his true feelings and go to hell. Fortunately, forgiveness. The power is calm, and the heart is bright.

Prisoners of sin

Ye Ting bowed

February 12 of the year 30

Gu Zhutong looked at Ye Ting's righteous letter, and couldn't help shaking his hands slightly, and he inhaled cold air in his heart. You Ye Ting is too bold and reckless! You not only bitterly lashed out at the committee for "the true temperament of the less" in the cooperation between the KMT and the Communist Party and the joint resistance against Japan, but also arrogantly ridiculed the committee for not "respecting morality and integrity"; Moreover, he took the Communist Party "into a catastrophe of drastic annihilation" on his head, "willing to die", "and release all the captured cadres of the department"! He couldn't help but smile coldly: "Xiyi, in the past, I only thought that you swept thousands of troops on the battlefield, but today it seems that you are also at ease in politics!" Don't stare at it first, don't you, you will take what you want, you must give it first, your letter to the commission is very cleverly written! Well? ”

Ye Tingteng stood up, and a few traces of contempt welled up in the corners of his mouth: "Is it time for your brother's performance called 'Banquet' to be 'persuasion' to end." In the end, I will recite to you the "Song of Righteousness" by the national hero Wen Tianxiang...... 'Who has not died in life since ancient times, leaving Dan to take care of the sweat and sweat'. Therefore, I, Ye Ting, will not tend to be inflammatory, and I will not be scolded by future generations when I die. Farewell! With that, he held his head high and walked away.

"You! ......" Gu Zhutong just shouted out a word angrily, and when he saw that Ye Ting had walked out of the living room, he slammed the table with a "whew", and his chest fell together, his expression was quite like an air toad.

Ye Ting was then taken to Qixingyan in Guilin, and then transferred to a luxurious western-style building at No. 22 Wanglongmen, Linsen Road, Chongqing.

From dilapidated adobe houses to elegant western-style buildings, what will this world-wide change mean? Chiang Kai-shek, what tricks are they playing? Ye Ting was suspicious in his heart.

Just two days later, the mystery emerged. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek's right-hand man, Chen Cheng, who is now the commander of the Sixth Theater and chairman of Hubei Province, made his debut.

Chen Cheng is also from Baoding Military Academy, but Ye Ting is in the sixth phase and he is in the eighth phase, but the two of them are finally alumni. This is not counting, Chen Cheng and Ye Ting both served in the First Division of the Guangdong Army at the same time, Ye Ting was the commander of the infantry battalion at that time, and Chen Cheng was the commander of the artillery company, and they were considered old robes to each other. However, later, Chen Cheng went to the Whampoa Military Academy to seek refuge with Chiang Kai-shek, and Ye Ting studied in the Soviet Union to join the Communist Party of China, and since then the two have embarked on completely different paths. Chen Cheng was a fellow villager with Chiang Kai-shek, and secondly, he was extremely loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, so he was favored by Chiang Kai-shek and soared. Chen Cheng was quite arrogant among his colleagues because he relied on Chiang Kai-shek's heavy use of him. Usually walk with his chest high and his head raised, his eyelids are heavy like iron, his eyes are empty, and there is a majesty under one person and above ten thousand people. Therefore, his colleagues were a little afraid of him and generally did not dare to provoke him.

"Xiyi, I haven't seen you for many days, it's been a long time, hahaha......" Chen Cheng, under the guidance of Dai Li, the director of the Military Command Bureau and the head of the secret service, and the escort of the wolf-like guards, strode into the living room of the small western-style building, and stretched out his hand to Ye Ting, who had been notified in advance and was waiting in the living room.

"Resignation, after a few years, you are blessed again!" Ye Ting was neither humble nor arrogant, and shook hands with Chen Cheng politely. After the two of them sat down, Ye Ting said tentatively, "Resignation, the current war is frequent, and you shoulder the heavy responsibility of the party and the state, and you also take the time to visit me, the general of the defeated army; Thank you very much. ”

"Where to speak, where to speak," Chen Cheng waved his palm and laughed again, "You and I used to be in the same boat, and every time I think of it, I am very emotional." Now that I heard that my old classmates were suffering, how could there be a reason not to turn a blind eye. He leaned in front of Ye Ting as he spoke, "Xiyi, I'll tell you the truth, but the commission is more important than you from the bottom of my heart!" His expression looked very mysterious, and he looked like he was caring for the old robe.

Ye Ting smiled slightly: "Thank you Chairman for your love, otherwise I wouldn't have become a prisoner!" ”

"Hi", that's the New Fourth Army's disobedience to the military order of the commission! Let's not talk about that today. I have come today to ask you to leave the mountain and temporarily submit to the post of deputy commander of the Sixth Theater. If you think that it is advisable not to hold an actual position for the first time and need to adjust it, then put on the name of 'high staff' and take your family members to the Sixth War Zone to recuperate. What do you think? Chen Cheng knew that Gu Zhutong had a gray nose in front of Ye Ting, so he immediately avoided the topic of the New Fourth Army and found another way.

Who knows, Ye Ting did not answer his so-called promotion, and immediately questioned Chen Cheng like a cannon: "Cixiu, I think that if you don't explain the affairs of the New Fourth Army clearly, there is no way to talk about other issues." Isn't it? The chairman of the NPC committee also said that the New Fourth Army was a 'mutiny,' and that I would be dismissed from office as a 'bandit leader' and that I would be 'tried by military law.' If there is no right or wrong and I have suffered unjustified injustice, how can I face the world? How else do I work? You said that more than three years after the founding of the New Fourth Army, at the critical moment of the country's life and death, it dared to wage a heroic struggle against the Japanese invaders, won countless battles, and expanded its anti-Japanese base areas. Which 'change' did it 'rebel' again? Although the New Fourth Army was a little late in accordance with the chairman's order to move north, it did not fail to leave. Moreover, the New Fourth Army had never taken the initiative to fire a single shot at the Kuomintang troops, so why did the committee member ask the guilty division? Send the total strength of seven divisions to encircle and annihilate the New Fourth Army in southern Anhui, and then shackle the captured commanders and fighters of the New Fourth Army and throw them all into prison? By doing so, the chairman of the NPC National Committee can only do the Japanese aggressors a favor and make the relatives hurt and the enemies happy! You say, why are you doing this?! "Xiyi, the matter of southern Anhui was handled by your old classmate Gu Zhutong, and I don't know much about the details. So, let's get down to business and talk about your trip to the Sixth War Zone, okay!? Chen Cheng, who has always been arrogant and arrogant, faced Ye Ting's righteous and stern questioning, and he didn't know how to answer, so he had to patiently lead Ye Ting's topic over.

"Cixiu, let's open the window and speak brightly, please tell the chairman of the committee, except for letting me continue to serve as the commander of the New Fourth Army, I will not mention any other arrangements."

"It seems that there is no room for negotiation about your going to the Sixth War Zone?" Chen Cheng's face showed displeasure.

"Thank you old classmates for your support, I don't think it's necessary." Ye Ting stood up first.

"Xiyi, you want to give an eviction order?" Chen Cheng hid an embarrassed smile.

"How dare you, I'm afraid of affecting your military aircraft!" Ye Ting also smiled at it.

"Then take your leave!" Chen Cheng stretched out his hand to shake Ye Ting goodbye.

"If you have a serious crime, you won't be far away!" Ye Ting also stretched out his hand.

If Ye Ting dared to fight face-to-face with Gu Zhutong and Chen Cheng because he felt that they couldn't help him, then when Ye Ting was "given" by Chiang Kai-shek, he dared to offend "Long Yan" without fear, it is really a kind of fearlessness.

In order to disclose this special scene in its original form, a written material posthumously recorded by Ye Ting himself is now transcribed as follows. However, what needs to be explained is that the "A" in the text refers to Chiang Kai-shek, "B" refers to Ye Ting himself, the "△△△" in the text refers to the New Fourth Army, the "△△△ Party" refers to the Communist Party, and the "three people" in the text are Chiang Kai-shek, Ye Ting, and Guo Chen, deputy commander and chief of staff of the Sixth Theater who accompanied the meeting.

At half past eight o'clock in the evening of May 12, 30 years

A walked into the living room and nodded frequently. The mouth hummed non-stop. The triangular triangular sits on each other.

A: Are you okay?

B: It's okay.

A: How about recuperating in the past year? What is there for introspection and enlightenment? In the past few years, it has not been very good for Jean to do something.

B: Repeated setbacks and failures, weak self-awareness, unable to cope with the environment.

A: You are too honest to be aware of other people's lives. When people tell you to go back, you go back; If you ask you to fight, you will fight, and people will kill you when they are done. Last year (actually the year before last), why didn't you come to see me, I ran back, and if people wanted you to go back, you would go back.

B: Because my resignation was not approved, I had to go back. I have done my best for the △△△ case. The first order to move us was when I went to Shangrao to discuss and decide. The general idea is that due to the hostile situation and topographical relationship in southern Anhui, it is impossible to cross the river, and it is necessary to cross the river in southern Jiangsu and cross northern Jiangsu; During the period of movement, the deployment of the armies in southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui remained unchanged. If the transfer of divisions is around us, I cannot be responsible, as I said beforehand. If you cross the river again, you must go through a heavy blockade line, and you will inevitably fight against the enemy, so ammunition must be distributed in a discretionary manner. Later, however, this order was completely changed, and the second order required us to cross the river from southern Anhui to the specified time, and three new divisions were transferred, including the original seven divisions, and ammunition was not distributed around us within 100 miles. At this time, I sent a telegram to resign, but it was not approved, so I had to flee for my life with my subordinates. The "Book of Filial Piety" says: "The small rod will be accepted, and the big rod will be fled." "We are not good at running for our lives, and if we are destroyed, I am sorry for my subordinates. Now Shangrao is still imprisoning hundreds of cadres, and I should be responsible for them. I have mishandled it, and I am willing to be court-martialed.

A (loud): Your subordinates are the △△ party! They sabotaged the War of Resistance and disrupted the rear, and they were still responsible for them if they were fooled and did not realize it! Am I wrong for locking up more than 100 people like this?

B: If that's the case, it shouldn't be true in the first place.

A: That's it! Besides, it doesn't sound good! Er is not △△

Party.

B: Up to now, I don't have any party membership.

A: If you think that the party is right, you will go there; If you think the Kuomintang is right, you will come to the Kuomintang, and there is no place for neutrality. I instruct you to follow a right path, you can absolutely obey me, follow me, you will definitely succeed, otherwise you will be finished.

B: I've already decided I'm done!

A: That's not what it means. I told you to go to the Sixth War Zone to recuperate, and your future is bright.

B: If I do this, people will say that I am selfish and afraid of the law, so I can't do it.

A: Go back and think about it, discuss it with Guo Xin, and reply to me.

B: (stands and bows) Thank you, Chairman.

B came back and talked to Guo for about an hour. Final Conclusion: I can't do this, please shoot me.

In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's murderous and unblinking obscenity, he sought justice for the New Fourth Army in a tone of refutation, categorically rejected Chiang Kai-shek's wooing, softening, and persuasion to surrender, and declared the bankruptcy of Chiang Kai-shek's conspiracy to "give insights" with the heroic spirit of not being afraid of being shot or being imprisoned.

This is a battle essay written by Ye Ting in the face of the crusade against Chiang Kai-shek!

This is a glorious chapter radiating Ye Ting's selfless and fearless revolutionary spirit!