Author: Lao Huang Youhua
In June 1929, Dabie Mountains , the mountains were green and fresh. Unable to bear the oppression of the landlords, 18 poor peasants carried a few thick-faced steamed buns on their backs. They walked an unknown distance and climbed many mountains. , came to Taohualing.
They were hungry and thirsty, so they lay down in the cornfield and broke off the newly grown corn cobs to eat. At this moment, a loaded sentry appeared out of nowhere, wearing a black shirt and leggings. He opened the bolt of his gun vigilantly and shouted sternly: "Raise your hands!"
No farmer's child has ever seen this. Some were so frightened that they cried on the spot.
"Who sent you here? Tell me!" the sentry asked.
The group of people lowered their heads, not knowing what to say.
Li Xuexian, who was a little more courageous, stood up and said: "We are looking for the Red Army!"
At that time, Li Xuexian didn't understand. If he encountered Jiang Jun, militia, , bandits, etc., how could he survive by looking for the Red Army?
The sentry looked at the clothes of these dolls and said sternly: "Stop pretending, you are the spies of Yue Hulu (the bandit leader), aren't you?"
Li Xuexian was even more confused. He didn't know who Yue Hulu was? Seeing that Li Xuexian and the others could not explain why, the sentry became more and more suspicious. He suddenly fired a shot into the air and ordered: "Don't move, anyone who moves will be killed!"
18 young people were frightened and cried seven or eight times. Li Xuexian had learned some stick boxing skills, so he boldly asked: "Are you a Red Army?"
"Don't ask! Don't move!" the sentry ordered sternly.
At this time, more than a dozen people rushed out of the mountain, all holding guns, and ran to the bottom of the ridge, shouting: "Hand the gun and don't kill!"
A group of young children were frightened and ran away like a nest. . Li Xuexian asked his cousin Wang Mazi: "Should we run?"
Wang Mazi said: "Where to run? I might get shot !"
After the sentry tied up Li Xuexian and Wang Mazi, he said to Li Xuexian : "If they run again, we will shoot!"
Li Xuexian was afraid of hurting everyone, so he shouted: "Don't run away!"
Those who ran stopped and were tied up by the people rushing down the mountain.
After Li Xuexian and the others were tied up, they were covered with black cloth and taken to a large house by a group of people. After removing the black cloth, Li Xuexian noticed that there were people standing around carrying guns and holding spears and swords.
Li Xuexian suddenly became excited. Hearing what his elder brother Li Hengchun said, the Red Army all carried swords and spears on their backs. He quickly said: "You are the Red Army!"
"We are the Red Army! Are you sent by Yue Hulu?" A head The man with a big black face asked.
When he heard that it was the Red Army troops, Li Xuexian jumped up with joy, bent down and bowed and said, "Finally I found you!"
A handsome-looking man said: "Don't be pretentious. If you don't tell the truth, I'll hang you up and beat you!" "
As if a bucket of cold water had been poured on them, Li Xuexian began to realize that the Red Army did not know who they were, so Li Xuexian told the truth about how to defect to the Red Army, and said that his eldest brother Li Hengchun and second brother Li Youcai were also Red Army soldiers.
After hearing what Li Xuexian said, the handsome man asked blankly: "Are you Li Hengchun's younger brother?"
"I am his third younger brother, what's wrong?" Li Xuexian asked.
The leader-looking man looked at Li Xuexian carefully for a while, and then said: "It looks like, very similar!"
After finishing speaking, he walked to Li Xuexian and said: "The straight bridge of his nose, his big ears, his handsome face." The face is so similar!"
The handsome man gave Li Xuexian a punch: "You kid, why didn't you tell me your eldest brother's name earlier?"
"You didn't let me say it at all!" Li Xuexian muttered.
"Quickly untie me, one of my own!" The handsome man personally untied Li Xuexian and said while untying the rope: "Look, I'm sorry, but don't take it seriously. Not long ago, a few people said they would defect to the Red Army. We When we got close to them, they took out their weapons and killed three of our soldiers.Don't be offended by the bandits and vigilante groups called Gouri! Look at me, I forgot to tell you that my name is Qin Liang, my nickname is ‘Tupao’, and I am the squadron leader of the guerrilla brigade! "
It turned out that this was the first guerrilla brigade of the fifth Huoqiu Red Guard Regiment. Because of the fierce pursuit of Huoqiu County hostile forces, they hid in the Dabie Mountains .
Bandits, militia groups, Da Dao Hui and other organizations roaming in the mountains often disguised themselves to attack the Red Army, especially the bandit Yue Hulu, who had more than 800 bandits under his command, and they were always eyeing the guerrilla brigade. Looking for an opportunity to eat up the guerrilla brigade and expand their power,
resolved the misunderstanding, and the Red Army soldiers brought water from the mountain spring, let the eighteen young people wash their faces, and helped them cook food. ml0 After eating and drinking, Qin Liang said to Li Xuexian: "Your eldest brother is the division chief of the regiment, and your second brother is the regiment leader's guard. Take a rest first, and the captain will inform your eldest brother and second brother immediately, saying Maybe the group leader will come to see you! "
Li Xuexian took Qin Liang's hand and said, "Thank you! "
After an hour, Li Hengchun and Li Youcai came to see Li Xuexian and the others. When the three brothers met, they hugged each other excitedly.
The eldest brother Li Hengchun said: "Well done to you, third brother. I knew you could do it! My second brother and I have been together for more than a year. How is our family? How are my father and mother? "
" What's so good? I can't even eat enough. If it's good, I'll run out and become a Red Army soldier? "Li Xuexian was full of complaints.
The eldest brother shed tears: "I am unfilial and I am sorry for my parents. The second brother comforted him: "Don't think so much, let's go see the other brothers!" "When
met the other seventeen brothers, they were all so happy that they hugged each other. Seeing Wang Mazi, Li Hengchun said: "Cousin, you are here too!
Wang Mazi smiled shyly and said, "I'm here too!" "At this time, Li Xuexian opened his voice and sang loudly his hometown minor tune "Little Hired Workers in December":
The little hired workers have been working for three years. The landlords and rich people eat fat meat. I have pity on my little hired workers. I only wear a single bed. I miss my loved ones.
Li Xuexian didn’t dare to sing this song when he was working as a helper, but now he is doing so. When he saw his two brothers in the Red Army, he was able to sing loudly, and it felt like he was breathing out a big breath.
Everyone sang loudly with him, and the singing was heard in the mountains. Echoing.
Li Hengchun looked at everyone’s happy faces and said, “Sing, sing happily! "
Li Xuexian's eldest brother Li Hengchun introduced Li Xuexian to Captain Yang of the 5th Huoqiu Red Guard Regiment. Captain Yang was very tall and bearded. He was usually not good at words, but when he spoke, his voice was like thunder, as if he was about to roll out a thousand pounds of strength.
He took He glanced sideways at Li Xuexian and saw that Li Xuexian had a handsome face with big ears and a simple and thick look, so he said, "Have you ever practiced martial arts?
Li Xuexian said: "I have studied for three years and I have not succeeded!" "
Captain Yang looked at Li Xuexian again and said, "Let's pull our wrists to see if you are strong enough. I have never learned martial arts, but I have killed pigs. A big pig weighing three to four hundred kilograms was playing with chicken feathers in my hands! Do you dare to compete with me? "
Li Xuexian said: "You are the leader, I am afraid that I will defeat you! "
" You have learned how to brag, then try it and see who wins! "
Big brother Li Hengchun said: "Captain, stop teasing him, the third brother is still a child! "
Captain Yang ignored Li Hengchun and asked: "Do you dare? "
"Dare! Li Xue first put his hand on the small wooden table and said, "Come on!" "
Captain Yang did not expect Li Xuexian to be so straightforward. He hesitated and said: "Be careful, I will break your arm! "
At first Captain Yang was very excited, wanting to test Li Xuexian's arm strength, but when he came into contact with Li Xuexian's big fleshy palm, he did not dare to underestimate the half-big man in front of him.
He mustered up all his strength and tried his best. , trying to overwhelm Li Xuexian's arm, Li Xuexian also used his strength, his face turned red, and it seemed that he could no longer hold on, but he was not willing to admit defeat and fought desperately.
Captain Yang relaxed and said: "Okay, you are good enough, you can be my groom!"
Li Xuexian asked in disbelief: "Really?"
Captain Yang nodded without answering Li Xuexian's words. , and said to himself Said: "It's a good piece of material!"
The second brother Li Youcai, who knew Captain Yang's temper well, quietly said to Li Xuexian: "Third brother, the captain likes you!"
Li Xuexian thought, if he works as a groom for the captain, he can watch it every day I was very happy to meet my eldest brother and second brother.
During the more than three months that Li Xuexian worked as a groom, he got up early every day, climbed mountains and ridges, cut fine green grass, and then chopped it up to feed the horses.
Captain Yang likes to watch Li Xuexian work quietly, which makes him happy for a while. From the bottom of his heart, he liked Li Xuexian's hard work and savvy. When he saw that he fed the horses well, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hey, you are quite capable."
Li Xuexian stood up straight, saluted and said, "Report Captain, which child of a poor person can’t work?”
Captain Yang chuckled: “Hey, you kid, you are quite good at talking. It’s not like that.” When I first came here, my words were ridiculous. "
Li Xue first heard someone say that Captain Yang was from Henan. When he first joined the revolution, his sentence "We poor people are making revolution" became "We are bears." People laugh at revolution." His superiors criticized him: "A bear is also coming to make a revolution?"
Captain Yang looked at Li Xuexian, smiled happily, and left.
In September 1929, Li Xuexian had been working as a groom for more than three months. The horses were well fed and their hair was shiny.
One day, he led his horse past the training ground and saw the regiment leader training the soldiers. He took a second look and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Captain Yang turned around and saw that it was Li Xuexian. He strode over and said angrily: "Boy, why are you laughing?" : "Report to the leader, you are not training correctly!"
As soon as these words came out, the soldiers were stunned and all their eyes turned to Li Xuexian.
Being questioned in front of everyone, Captain Yang immediately blushed and said angrily: "Boy, you have the guts, what do you think is wrong? If you can't tell me, I will kill you."
Li Xuexian said: "Report to the captain, go out to the left You have to stretch out your right arm, and you have to stretch out your left arm, otherwise it will look ugly."
Captain Yang put his hands on his waist and said, "Let me see!"
Li Xue first tightened his abdomen and raised his chest, and walked forward. stand up. One move after another, the leader and the soldiers were convinced. Captain Yang's gloom turned and he smiled: "Okay, you are still a soldier."
Li Xuexian said: "I reported to the captain, I saw the instructor teach me when I was working in Lijiawei."
Captain Yang said : "Don't give a report one sentence at a time, come and try to be an instructor for me!"
Li Xue taught for three days, and Captain Yang watched from the side for three days. Three days later, Captain Yang said: "Okay, boy, you can teach everyone what you do." Captain Yang completely fell in love with this talented and bold Li Xuexian.
Half a month later, the spirit of the whole regiment changed greatly. They walked with great vigor and high spirits. The regiment leader was very happy when he saw it and sent someone to call Li Xuexian and take pictures. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "Boy, you did a good job. I want you to be the platoon leader. Do you want to do it?"
Li Xuexian simply said, "No!"
Captain Yang said, "Why?" Don’t do it?”
Li Xuexian whispered: "Instructors are just addicted. Do you want to transfer me?"
Commander Yang said: "Revolution requires obeying orders. Do you obey orders or not?" Commander Yang's voice Like thunder again, Li Xuexian was so frightened that he replied loudly: "Obey!"
The commander of the platoon of messengers saw the regiment leader every day, and he was responsible for passing on the commander's orders. He had a quick mind and nimble legs and feet, and he was regarded as a platoon leader of messengers. qualified.
Captain Yang patted his head and said, "Not bad!" Sometimes he would look at Li Xuexian quietly and laugh a few times inexplicably. Li Xuexian knew that Commander Yang liked his performance as the platoon leader.
In the blink of an eye, Li Xuexian and the others have been in the army for more than half a year.In February 1930, Li Xuexian joined the Communist Youth League under the introduction of Director Fan of the Political Department of the 5th Red Guard Regiment, and became even more motivated.
Li Xuexian took a group photo with his old comrades from the Red Guards. Only 4 of the 300-strong Red Guards 5th Regiment survived until the founding of the People's Republic of China
In the spring, Azalea bloomed all over the mountains and fields, and revolutionary songs were sung everywhere in the Dabie Mountains. The revolution in Hubei, Henan, and Anhui The situation developed quickly.
In April 1930, in order to strengthen the unified leadership of the Hubei, Henan, and Anhui Soviet Areas, the superiors decided to unified the worker and peasant armed forces of the peasant uprisings in Huang (An) Ma (Cheng), Shang (Cheng) Nan, Liu (An) Huo (Shan) and other places. It is the 1st Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, with a total of 2,100 people. Xu Jishen is the commander, Cao Dajun is the political commissar, and Xu Xiang is the deputy commander. Li Xuexian is still serving as the platoon leader of the 5th Red Guard Regiment, affiliated with the 3rd Red Division.
In April 1931, this was a day that Li Xuexian would never forget. On this day, the 5th Red Guard Regiment of Huoqiu County where Li Xuexian belonged to moved to northeastern Hubei with the large army, and gloriously joined the organization in Macheng County, Hubei.
This is an extremely sacred thing for Li Xuexian. Because of the needs of the struggle situation, we could only join in a secret way at that time.
Li Xuexian’s introducer was Battalion Political Commissar Wang Jiping.
The ceremony was held in a hut at the regimental guard company headquarters in the bamboo forest. Outside the house, the mountain breeze is blowing, the bamboo leaves are rustling, and the stream is rushing. Inside, the yellow mud wall is hung with party flags dyed in coarse cloth. Li Xuexian faced the party flag and solemnly raised his right hand to take the oath.
After the swearing-in ceremony, the mature and steady Wang Jiping solemnly said to Li Xuexian: "Comrade Li Xuexian, you must be more strict with yourself in the future and seek happiness for the working people in the world!" Li Xuexian nodded.
At that time, the landlords and local tyrants and evil gentry bought the local reactionary armed forces such as the Red Spear Club, the Broadsword Club, the business group, and the militia, and they were very arrogant and dedicated to opposing the Red Army.
Before attacking, the Red Spear Club and the Broadsword Club would perform a divine dance, with their faces covered in oil paint and mud, and their bodies tied with colorful strips of cloth, straw ropes, etc., claiming that they were possessed by the gods and were invulnerable.
After the trance, they drink a bowl of decoction made from cinnabar and other substances, and smear the tips of spears and broadswords with mercury. The sword flashes, and when attacking, it roars wildly and rushes forward with all its strength.
Starting from
, the Red Guards failed to grasp the characteristics and patterns of the enemy and suffered a lot.
Once, a platoon that was collecting food and grass in the field was besieged by hundreds of members of the Da Sword Association, and the situation was extremely unfavorable.
Li Xue first learned from the local people that people in the Dadao Society were especially afraid of water after taking the decoction. Based on this characteristic of the enemy, Li Xuexian formulated a battle plan.
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When the enemy invaded, Li Xue first devised a tactic of luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory. He sent fast-footed soldiers to find nearby garrison troops, then led the entire platoon to fight and retreat, pretending to be defeated, and lured the enemy to the border between Henan and Anhui. By the Shi River. Then the ambush troops fiercely charged out from both sides. The enemies fell into the water and died one after another. All 200 members of the Dadaohui were wiped out.
From then on, the entire group used Li Xuexian's tactics and quickly suppressed the arrogance of militia groups such as the Broadsword Society and the Red Spear Society. Li Xuexian fought bravely and was appointed as the commander of the seventh company of the third battalion of the fifth Red Guard regiment.
In August 1931, Commander Yang appointed Li Xuexian as the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Huoqiu Red Guard Regiment based on his bravery and meritorious service in killing enemies.
Captain Yang found Li Xuexian and said passionately: "I'm not wrong about you, you are really talented!"
Captain Yang didn't say many words of praise. He kept saying "You are talented" back and forth, but it was enough to make people laugh. Li Xuexian felt that the group leader valued him.
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