Ye Ting went to the "Hongmen Banquet", and he was the commander-in-chief of the former enemy in the "August 1 Nanchang Uprising", and he "did not say a word" about the battle plan.

Jiujiang in Jiangxi Province, developed water and land transportation, since ancient times as the material distribution center of northern Jiangxi, the south of Jiujiang City has the Lushan that is called "Kuanglu Qixiu Jia Tianshan" by the world, therefore, businessmen gather, dignitaries and dignitaries shuttle back and forth, and there are heavy soldiers.

Jiujiang in July is as hot as steaming.

Ye Ting, deputy commander of the 11th Army and commander of the 24th Division, led the 24th Division to accompany the Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army with Zhang Fakui as the commander-in-chief from Wuchang in late June to Jiujiang in late July, and other units of the Second Front Army, He Long's 20th Army and Cai Tingkai's 10th Division all arrived one after another, making the streets and alleys of Jiujiang City, which was already small, bustling with soldiers. The already hot weather adds to the scorching restlessness, making people feel that there is a suppressed irritability in their hearts, and they want to roar a few times, but they can't roar, this inexplicable taste is extremely uncomfortable.

At this time, in the rippling Gantang Lake in the center of Jiujiang, there is a covered pleasure boat paddling freely on the wide lake. There is a 50-meter long causeway in the lake, and there is a Sixian Bridge built in the Song Dynasty on the embankment, and the Yanshui Pavilion in the lake is the most prestigious. This ancient pavilion is the famous poet Bai Juyi of the Tang Dynasty was built when he was demoted to Sima of Jiangzhou, according to legend, the pedestal of the pavilion is the point of the general platform of Zhou Yu, the governor of Eastern Wu during the Three Kingdoms period, the original name is taken from Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing" poem "Farewell to the vast river immersed in the moon" and called "Immersion Moon Pavilion". During the Xining period of the Northern Song Dynasty, the physicist Zhou Dunyi came to Jiujiang to give lectures, and his son built a building and a pavilion on the embankment of Gantang Lake, taking the meaning of "the water color of the mountain is thin and the smoke is thin", and the name is "Yanshui Pavilion". These two pavilions were destroyed in front of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, and the pavilion was rebuilt at the old site of "Immersion Moon Pavilion" at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and the name of "Yanshui Pavilion" was moved to this pavilion, which has continued to this day. Later generations have two stone sword boxes in front of the "Yanshui Pavilion" again, and the pavilion has added the ship hall, the Chunyang Palace, Cuizhaoxuan, the Wuxian Pavilion, the Jingbo Building, etc., it is really a good place to hang the ancient and express nostalgia and for the people of leisure and leisure.

So, who is so detached from the world in this tense atmosphere of the Great Soldier's Pressure?

It turned out that it was none other than Ye Ting, deputy commander of the 11th Army and commander of the 24th Division, He Long, commander of the 20th Army, Nie Rongzhen, representative of the Central Military Commission, and Ye Jianying, chief of staff of the Fourth Army and secret member of the CCP.

Judging from the atmosphere inside the ship, it was intense and tense, and everyone's eyebrows were slightly locked, and there was a big choice before the battle.

"Xiyi, I see that Zhang Fakui asked us to go to Lushan, it was the 'Hongmen Banquet' that he set up!" As soon as I heard this rough voice, I knew that the speaker was the tiger general He Long.

"I think Commander He's opinion makes sense." Nie Rongzhen, who spoke unhurriedly, then analyzed, "Since Zhang Fakui led his troops to participate in the Northern Expedition, he has indeed fought a lot of tough battles, and his contributions are indispensable, so we should not suspect his schemes." However, this person has always followed Chiang Kai-shek, and has been wary of the independent regiment of the armed forces of the Communist Party, and even curbs its development and growth. Recently, he again regarded Wang Jingwei as his spiritual leader, and showed his 'split communist' card, forcing the communists in his army to either announce their resignation from the Communist Party or leave the army. At this moment, he told you to go to Lushan immediately, there must be fraud in it. ”

Ye Ting, who had not spoken, knew very well that Zhang Fakui asked him and He Long to go to Lushan this time was by no means simply to discuss the next military action, but for other purposes. So, is it true that he set up the "Hongmen Banquet" and took advantage of our expectations of him to take advantage of the first strike in order to cater to the ** activities of Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei? In order to save the revolution and in accordance with the instructions of the Comintern, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened an emergency meeting in Wuhan on July 13 to eliminate the erroneous leadership of Chen Duxiu's right-leaning opportunism, and set up a provisional Politburo Standing Committee composed of Zhou Enlai, Zhang Tailei, Li Weihan, Li Lisan, and Zhang Guotao, exercising the functions and powers of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, deciding to formulate a plan for the "Autumn Harvest Rebellion" in Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Guangdong provinces, and appointing Zhou Enlai as secretary of the Committee of Former Enemies, went to the Jiujiang region to lead the organization of an armed uprising in the Second Front Army of the National Revolutionary Army under Zhang Fakui. Therefore, the news about the preparation of an armed uprising by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was known not only among some high-ranking military cadres within the Party, but also among some high-ranking military cadres of the National Revolutionary Army who were not Communist Party. Zhang Fakui is one of the high-ranking military cadres of the Communist Party of China who are not Communist Party members and rely on the CPC Central Committee in organizing and launching the armed uprising. However, judging from Zhang Fakui's history and current situation, it is very difficult for the Communist Party to win him over. However, it may not be accurate to say that Zhang Fakui is a stubborn ** character now. In addition to his military ability, it was to a large extent due to the fact that a large number of Communist Party members among the cadres at all levels of the Fourth Army's divisions, regiments, and battalions played an important exemplary and vanguard role, and because of the cooperation and support of the peasant revolutionary movement launched by the Communist Party, that he became one of the few leaders of the Cantonese generals and the commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army. Could it be that he really wants to cross the river and tear down the bridge? Ye Ting and Zhang Fakui served as battalion commanders in the Sun Yat-sen Guard Regiment in the past, and the two were veterans of the period when they aided the Fujian and Guangdong Army, although they disagreed with each other on many issues, and it can even be said that there was a big gap in their understanding of individual issues, but since the Northern Expedition, they have both been part of the National Revolutionary Army, and their goal is to defeat the Beiyang warlords and realize Mr. Sun Yat-sen's "Three People's Principles". However, since the Northern Expeditionary Army captured Wuhan, Zhang Fakui and the Communist Party have become more and more inseparable, and although the Communist Party has actively fought for him, who knows which side his ass will really sit on when there is a serious split between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party? From the recent signs of his "splitting the Communist Party," it is clear that he is about to completely take off the mask of the "United Communist Party." From this, it can be concluded that when he asked me and He Long to go to Lushan, he must have ill intentions and evil intentions! Ye Ting thought of this, and patted the board of the cruise ship angrily: "It seems that Zhang Fakui wants to have a glass of wine to release the military power, this 'Hongmen Banquet', we can't go!" ”

Ye Jianying, who had been subconsciously watching Ye Ting's demeanor, saw that he was straightforward, and Fang prudently stated the purpose of his trip. He told Ye Ting, He Long, and Nie Rongzhen that Wang Jingwei had conspired with Zhang Fakui, and that this time Ye Ting and He Long were summoned to Lushan to forcibly order them to transfer their troops to the De'an area, which was controlled by the Second Front Army, and if they did not obey, he would take the opportunity to relieve them of their military power in order to eliminate future troubles.

After hearing this, He Long said indignantly: "Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui's hands can be described as well-intentioned!" ”

Ye Ting smiled disdainfully: "This is called the magic is one foot high, and the road is one foot high." No matter how cunning a fox is, it can't fool a good hunter. ”

Everyone laughed, and the cheerful laughter was accompanied by the blue waves.

The outspoken He Long asked eagerly, "What is the next move?" ”

Nie Rongzhen immediately announced the decision of the Provisional Central *****: Ye Ting's troops and He Long's troops will assemble in Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, as quickly as possible within the next day.

"The 24th Division will leave tomorrow!" Ye Ting slapped the boat board again, and landed like thunder with a "bang".

At this time, Nanchang is already full of taste.

At this time, Nanchang is a sea of joy again.

As soon as Ye Ting led the officers and men of the 24th Division into Nanchang, the entire Nanchang City immediately boiled like boiling water. Red and green slogans such as "Welcome the Iron Army," "The Iron Army is invincible," and "Down with Chiang Kai-shek" were posted everywhere, and the tens of thousands of people who welcomed them held flowers and small flags of various colors, such as red, orange, yellow, and green, and the sound of the slogans, accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums, resounded in the chests of every officer and soldier, and their faces were full of heroism and glory.

However, in this joyful atmosphere, there is a gathering of silence and coldness before the storm.

Liao Qianwu, director of the Political Department of the Fourth Army, who rushed to Nanchang from Jiujiang, reported that on 29 July, Zhang Fakui held a meeting in Lushan with Wang Jingwei, Sun Ke, and others to launch an armed uprising against Nanchang, and wantonly ordered Ye Ting and He Long's troops to withdraw to Jiujiang within a time limit, and to strictly investigate Ye Ting and He Long's charges in the name of "disobeying military orders." He also secretly ordered the arrest of a number of high-ranking military cadres of Communist Party members in the Second Front Army, such as Liao Qianwu. From this point of view, Wang Jingwei and Zhang Fakui are really going to attack the Communists, and have already taken military repression actions against the armed uprising that the Communists will launch in Nanchang.

An armed uprising is urgent!

However, what is sad is that Zhang Guotao, who flaunts the banner of the central government, repeatedly interfered with the decision of the armed uprising, resulting in a protracted discussion of the uprising.

If it is delayed any longer, the revolutionary armed uprising will be in vain!

"The time of the uprising is scheduled for the early morning of August 1st!" Zhou Enlai, who arrived in Nanchang two days ago, raised his thick eyebrows and raised his eyes: with a resolute light, he looked around at Ye Ting, He Long, Nie Rongzhen, Liu Bocheng and Zhu De, who came with him, and Zhang Guotao, and said decisively, "The party sent me to organize this uprising, and I will be responsible to the Central Committee for any situation in the future!" Let's look at the specific plan for the uprising. After he finished speaking, he paused for a moment, and immediately turned his gaze to Zhu De, "Comrade Zhu De, you have served as the director of the public security bureau in Nanchang, and you are familiar with the distribution and terrain of the enemy forces in Nanchang, so let's talk about your opinions first." ”

"Okay, then I'll make a few comments first." The burly Zhu De spoke a thick Sichuan dialect and immediately responded to Zhou Enlai's proposal, showing his trust and respect for Zhou Enlai on his honest face.

Speaking of which, Zhu De is not only an old friend of Zhou Enlai, but Zhou Enlai is also Zhu De's introduction to the party. Zhu De, a man in the prime of life born in Yilong, Sichuan, joined the League in his early years, participated in the Xinhai Revolution, and later participated in the uprising against Yuan Shikai as emperor and the Protector War against Duan Qirui. In order to realize his determination to transform China, he resolutely resigned as a senior officer of the major general and brigade commander, and went to Shanghai to find Chen Duxiu to ask to join the Communist Party, but was met with a ruthless cold reception. Angry and incomprehensible, he resolutely went to Marx's hometown of Germany to pursue revolutionary truth, and happened to meet Zhou Enlai, who was studying and engaged in revolutionary activities in Germany. The two hit it off at first sight, and they hated each other, so Zhu De confided in Zhou Enlai and expressed his desire, and Zhou Enlai immediately expressed his willingness to be the introducer of his joining the Communist Party of China. Since then, the two have become fellow travelers and close friends of the revolution. After the Northern Expedition began, Zhu De devoted himself to the work of the party. Soon after, in accordance with the party's instructions, he organized an officer education regiment in Zhu Peide's Third Army in Nanchang, taking the opportunity to train military cadres for the party, and at the same time concurrently serving as the director of the Nanchang Public Security Bureau. Later, Zhu Peide began to "**", Zhu De managed to send the party's military cadres to various places to participate in the peasant revolutionary movement, and then he returned to the three towns of Wuhan, the seat of the party Central Committee. This time, the party decided to launch an armed uprising in Nanchang, and because Zhu De had many old veterans among the military and political personnel of Jiangxi and Yunnan origin, and was familiar with the situation in Nanchang, he was sent back to Nanchang by the party Central Committee to assist Zhou Enlai in secretly participating in the planning of the armed uprising.

"My opinion, according to the small number of enemy troops and the large number of troops participating in the armed uprising, we should take various methods to break through and quickly resolve the battle." Zhu De's words were simple and clear, concise and to the point, but the strategy and tactics were very clear.

"Bo Cheng, what is your opinion?" Zhou Enlai set his eyes on the face of Liu Bocheng, who was regarded as a strategic.

"Let's listen to Commander He and Xiyi first." Liu Bocheng, who was born in Kaixian County, Sichuan, has a thin figure and a white face, so he looks like a gentle scholar. In fact, Liu Bocheng is a typical Confucian general who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. When Liu Bocheng was a teenager, he held the ambition of "the big husband should be a sword to save the people from fire and water", and was admitted to the Shu Army's ** General Ben School. After that, he joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party led by Sun Yat-sen in Shanghai. He organized the rebel army in Sichuan, and in the battle to capture Fengdu, he took the lead in the charge, and although his right leg was seriously wounded and covered with blood, he still insisted on commanding the battle, and his name has since shocked Sichuan and Shu. Later, Liu Bocheng met Yang Yangong, who was engaged in Marxist enlightenment education, through Wu Yuzhang, who was the principal of Chengdu High School at that time, and was praised by Yang Yangong as "There are not many people who read, why is it rare for geniuses to come out"! He was introduced to the Communist Party by Yang Yugong and Wu Yuzhang. Later, he led the famous Luzhou Uprising. Although this uprising failed, it left behind a good story of "shattering the dreams of the warriors, arousing the consciousness of the masses, influencing the Sichuan situation, and having a great relationship" and "a generation of famous generals fighting in a lonely city". After he led the Luzhou Uprising, he trekked through mountains and rivers and arrived in Wuhan to find the Party Central Committee. When he went to Nanchang this time, he also assisted Zhou Enlai in launching an armed uprising. Liu Bocheng's personality is more introverted than other people with martial arts backgrounds, often twitching in his chest but hiding but not revealing, and he is tolerant of other people's opinions, so at the moment he is still thick and thin.

"I don't have any opinions, I completely listen to the Communist Party. I will do what you want me to do. However, in order to obtain the battle policy of each breakthrough, it is necessary to give my Twentieth Army a clear idea of which enemy army in Nanchang it wants to destroy. "He Long, who was born in Sangzhi, Hunan, has an upright personality and is bold, as long as he believes in something, he will do it even if he puts his head on his belt. He Long admired Sun Yat-sen's democratic revolution in his early years, and after his unit was incorporated into the National Revolutionary Army last year, especially since he became the commander of the Fifth Independent Division of the National Revolutionary Army, because the Communist Party sent Zhou Yiqun to serve as the director of the Political Department of the Fifth Independent Division, the troops that were very tainted with the habits of warlords immediately took on a new look. In the Battle of Linying, Henan, the Fifth Independent Division defeated a main force of the Feng Army in one fell swoop, making He Long and the Fifth Independent Division famous. From then on, He Long believed that only by following the Communist Party would there be a way out. As everyone knows, He Long at this time was the only non-Communist commander present to launch and organize the armed uprising in Nanchang, which shows his trust in the Communist Party and the firmness of the revolution.

Ye Ting, who was deeply infected by He Long, was also excited, and he didn't wait for Zhou Enlai to order the general, so he continued He Long's words and said: "According to the enemy situation we have now, Nanchang only has the guard regiment of Zhu Peide's Fifth Route Army General Headquarters, the 23rd and 24th regiments of the Third Army, the 57th Regiment of the Sixth Army, etc., with a total strength of more than 10,000 enemy troops. However, although our insurrectionary forces are twice as large as the enemy, it is not easy to fight a war of attrition. Sun Tzu said: 'Soldiers, treacherous ways. Therefore, it can be shown but cannot be used, it is not used to show it, it is near and it is far away, and it is far away and it is shown to be near. Therefore, we must do everything possible to confuse the enemy, and in addition to the various breakthroughs mentioned by Comrade Zhu De, we should take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and annihilate them in one fell swoop! ”

"Okay, let's do it!" Zhou Enlai happily finally came to a final decision. He then announced: He Long is the commander-in-chief of this armed uprising, Ye Ting is the commander-in-chief of the former enemy, and Liu Bocheng is the chief of staff.

Then, the specific tasks of each unit were determined to be responsible for the annihilation of each enemy army, and the identification marks and unified passwords of the rebel forces were clarified.

The identification marks are: a red cloth belt around the neck, a white towel on the left arm, and a red cross on the horse lamp and flashlight.

The unified password is "Mountains and rivers are unified".

Zhou Enlai saw that the action of the uprising had been considered and arranged, and immediately told Liu Bocheng: "Immediately formulate a battle plan and let all troops implement it accordingly!" ”

"Yes." Liu Bocheng, who had already organized everyone's battle plan in his mind, drew up the battle plan in a short time.

"Very well." After Zhou Enlai saw it, he gave it to He Long and Ye Ting.

After He Long saw it, he also exclaimed, "Very good".

However, when Liu Bocheng gave the battle plan to Ye Ting, after Ye Ting read it, he didn't say a word and stretched out his hand to Liu Bocheng.

In this way, Liu Bocheng was suspicious: Did Ye Ting agree or disagree with the battle plan he formulated? Generally speaking, if he agrees, he will at least say something like "yes"; If you don't agree, it's often for the sake of face, so you will come to the practice of not expressing your position. Whether the battle plan is proper or not has a bearing on the overall action of the entire uprising! Ye Ting is the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, how can he do it without his statement?

What to do?

Liu Bocheng immediately went to find Zhou Enlai.

Zhou Enlai smiled heartily after listening to Liu Bocheng's statement: "Bocheng, you still don't know Ye Ting's character. If he is silent, he agrees; If he doesn't agree, he will be blushing and his neck thick, and he will not compromise and give up his principles. This is Ye Ting! ”

"I see." Liu Bocheng smiled heartily. It seems that people have different personalities and different ways of expressing their opinions. Only when you know each other will you have a soul and a good understanding of each other.

Zhou Enlai found Ye Ting: "Xiyi, you immediately write a battle order." ”

Ye Ting didn't say anything, and a combat order was written.

"In order to achieve the goal of solving the enemy army in Nanchang, our army has decided: to start attacking the enemy troops stationed inside and outside the city at four o'clock tomorrow and annihilate them in one fell swoop."

Zhou Enlai took it and immediately signed it, and decided to release it in the name of He Long, the acting commander-in-chief of the Second Front Army.

At two o'clock on August 1, 1927, due to the defection of a battalion commander of the 1st Regiment of the Twentieth Army, the guns of the uprising were fired two hours earlier than scheduled.

The fierce guns and bullets of the rebel troops illuminated the silent night sky of Nanchang in a fiery red.

The insurrectionary forces proceeded smoothly according to the battle plan.

The "August 1 Nanchang Uprising" opened a new chapter in the history of the CPC's independent leadership of the armed struggle.