text| Exploring the Ancients and Discussions of Modern People
edit| Exploring the Ancients and Discussions of Modern People
In December 1949, Liu Bocheng was appointed as the chairman of the Southwest Military and Political Committee after leading his troops to liberate Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and most of the Xikang . As soon as he took office, he sent people to the Yi area of Liangshan and invited a local 6-headed Yi people who had a great relationship with him to meet him.
clinker, Liu Bocheng specially sent someone to invite him, but in the end, he only saw an old woman who came with a red flag. When the red flag was unfolded by the old woman, Liu Bocheng couldn't help but feel sad. I saw a column of words written on this old but spotless red flag:
Chinese Yimin Red Army Chicken Gu Branch.
Red Army Don't be afraid of expeditions
Talk about the relationship between Marshal Liu Bocheng and this 6-headed man in Liangshan Yi people, we have to go back to the legendary strategic transfer more than ten years ago.
For Chiang Kai-shek , since Zunyi Conference Mao Zedong regained the command of the Red Army, this "old opponent" has really given him a lot of "surprises" in the following days. It was also under Mao's command that the Red Army changed its previous slightly dull way of conducting, and its marching trajectory became maneuverable and flexible, and even became "indecisive".
It is in this context that time came to early May 1935.
This month, the Central Red Army in Chiang Kai-shek's dumbfounded "flying to cross , cleverly crossing the Jinsha River ", and once again unexpectedly gave up entering Xiangxi to join He Long and other troops, or to occupy Kunming's "reasonable" strategy, and approached the mountains and deep ravines of western Sichuan without looking back.
However, it is worth mentioning that just after the news that Zhu Mao led the Red Army to approach western Sichuan came, unlike the previous Red Army's angrily when crossing Chishui crossed the national army four times, this time, Chiang Kai-shek, who also made mistakes in prediction, was rarely happy.
Why is Chiang Kai-shek so happy?
In a word, because after looking at the situation that the Red Army will face next, the Red Army team led by Zhu Mao, at this time, in the eyes of Chairman Jiang, it became the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that year, but finally, after spending Jinsha River , he was defeated by the " Wing King " of the Dadu River .
1863, Shi Dakai, a representative figure in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising, led an army of 40,000 from Yunnan to attack Sichuan. Since then, this person crossed the Jinsha River along a route that is exactly the same as today's Red Army, hoping to cross the Dadu River to get rid of the enemy's siege and intercept him.
Shi Dakai sculpture
However, it was also by the Dadu River that the last general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom failed to pass through due to various reasons. When the baggage was exhausted, he had to be forced to surrender to the Qing army and was even killed later.
In fact, from an objective perspective, since the Red Army's situation at this time is almost the same as Shi Dakai in the past, Chiang Kai-shek's complacent ambition naturally did not come out of thin air.
Of course, although Chiang Kai-shek was excited because he knew the ending of Shi Dakai, Mao Zedong, who was leading the Red Army to break through the Dadu River, also learned Shi Dakai's experience as a lesson.
In order to avoid repeating Shi Dakai's mistakes, after Mao Zedong crossed the Jinsha River, he found an old scholar in the local original Shi Dakai army. The old scholar named Song Dashun told the Red Army:
Why did Shi Dakai defeat the Dadu River?
First, because Shi Dakai was delayed for several days on the south bank of the Dadu River, so he was calmly deployed in Dadu River.
As for the second reason, it was because it failed to handle the relationship with the Yi chieftains between the north of Jinsha River and Dadu Henan. Not only was it frequently attacked by the Yi chieftains during the march, but later, failed to cross the Dadu River and , and it was reduced to the situation where "there is the Qing army in the north and the Dadu River cannot be crossed, and the black Yi in the south covers the back and retreats without a door". It had to beg for surrender.
Just like that, he sent away this old scholar who had been in Shi Dakai's army. Mao Zedong knew what the next step should be in the Red Army.
Thousands of words are summed up in one sentence:
"We won't be Shi Dakai."
The Red Army came to the Yi seaside
To force cross the Dadu River, they had to cross the Yi area in the middle. Liu Bocheng is Sichuan native and is more familiar with the customs and customs of western Sichuan, so the central government ordered him to serve as the advance team of the Central Red Army. In order to handle the relationship between the troops and the people in the Yi area, Liu Bocheng explained his policies to the Yi people to the Red Army soldiers during mobilization before leading the advance team north.
He told the soldiers:
"The Yi area is ahead. The Yi people here have a deep taboo on Han people . But you must remember that although they can shoot arrows and shoot guns, they are not the same as the Kuomintang army... We must widely publicize Commander-in-Chief Zhu's announcement of Anding the Yi people, and strive for peaceful passage through the Yi area. Without the orders of Political Commissar Nie and me, no one is allowed to shoot!"
Liu Bocheng
Speaking of which, there were three major black Yi families in the Yi area of Liangshan at that time, namely Guoji, Luo Hong and Wu. Although armed conflicts broke out between these three families, they could always turn around and keep the same as the outside world when the Han people attacked them in the past. Therefore, in order to alleviate the hostility of the above three major families towards the Red Army, Liu Bocheng immediately released the Yi people who were imprisoned at that time after the troops conquered the county town of Mianning in the southern part of the Yi area. He also invited some of the leaders of all sizes to drink some wine and asked them to convey to their leaders the meaning of the Red Army's access to the Yi area.
was released and drunk again. Out of gratitude, these people immediately expressed their willingness to help bring the message. clinker, just when Liu Bocheng thought that the troops should pass without any mistakes, the avant-garde company of the advance team was blocked by Yi people holding sticks, spears, and earth guns.
Yi Tusi
Because there was an order not to fire, the company commander of the Avant-garde Company had to take the translator to answer. As a result, a leader on the opposite side said: The dolls just want some money. In desperation, the vanguard company had to raise 200 yuan according to the small leader's request, and the Yi people who blocked the road dispersed.
But the problem is that a group of people were sent away. Before the vanguard could take a few steps, he was blocked by a group of people, saying that the Luo Hong family branch was given just now, and they were the Wu family branch, and they also cost 200 yuan.
For the vanguard company, it was their limit to be able to raise 200 yuan before, but now someone comes out to ask for money. The "poor and white" company commander had to bite the bullet and plead with the leader on the opposite side, hoping that it would be convenient.
Yi Tusi
At this point, the Yi people on the opposite side opened the road as soon as they discussed it. The commander of the vanguard company was overjoyed when he saw this. He didn't know that just when he thought the Yi people on the opposite side gave way because of their reasonableness, a cold arrow suddenly shot out from the woods next to the road.
Seeing several Red Army soldiers falling to the ground by arrows, the commander of the Forward Company's eyes were ripped apart for a while, but because of the ban on shooting, he could only hide a few soldiers and retreat.
But at this moment, the soldiers behind also came up to report that the engineer company , who was following the vanguard company, was also robbed by the Yi army. Not only were the equipment and guns crossing the river, but even their clothes were stripped away...
Blood oath brotherhood
Xiaoye Dan was born in 1894, and his original name was Guojiyoda. He was one of the "Su Yi" in the Yi Guoji family branch, equivalent to the leader in the Chinese context. When he heard that the Red Army was coming, Xiao Yedan sent his butler Shamalge, who was speaking all night long, to negotiate with the Red Army.
At that time, the Red Army had already retreated to the edge of the Yi area due to the uncooperation of the Yi people. Shamalge had a lot of effort to find the Xiaohua , who was in charge of political work in the advance team at that time. Next, through a good exchange, Shamalge finally recognized Xiao Hua's words and basically understood the purpose of the Red Army's arrival this time.
Liu Bocheng
After some thoughts, he was moved by the open and honest behavior of the Red Army and said:
"If your army really wants to pass through the Yi settlement area safely, it must win the trust of our Yi people. To win our trust, the best way is to be sworn brothers with our leadership!"
Yi people valued righteousness, and once they became loyal, there would be no repetition. When Xiao Hua notified Liu Bocheng of this method, Liu Shuai naturally agreed happily.
Liu Bocheng
Returning to the tribe, Shamalge told Xiao Yedan about his experience, believing that the Red Army was different from the previous Han army. In addition, he also specifically mentioned that the Red Army was willing to fight with Xiao Yedan.
However, although the Red Army was full of sincerity, Shamalge also spoke confidently, but because Xiao Yedan had heard the old people in the tribe say that the Han people were "crawling" since he was a child, he was hesitant for a moment. However, his hesitation turned around but made Shamalge angry, and finally he even used his own head to guarantee the sincerity of the Red Army.
Liu Bocheng
Just like that, I couldn't resist Shamalge, and I really wanted to see Xiao Ye Dan of this different team, so I finally chose to meet Liu Bocheng first.
When he came to the Red Army camp, when he saw this Han official wearing glasses, Xiao Ye Dan was about to kneel down and salute according to the "rules" of meeting the Han official. Unexpectedly, just when he was about to kneel down, Liu Bocheng came to him step by step, held his arms and smiled and said:
"We are all equal, don't be happy with this."
"Yihai Alliance" Stills
After saying this, Xiao Ye Dan was very moved. It was after such a subtle little episode that Xiao Ye Dan gradually learned exactly the policies of the Red Army from the mouth of this high official who was messing with Sichuan dialect , and was completely impressed by the demeanor shown in Liu Bocheng's majesty.
So, when time came on May 22, 1935, a special ceremony that was extremely important for Liu Bocheng and even the entire Central Red Army was held on the Yi Sea.
Liu Bocheng took two thick porcelain cups in his hand and came to the Yihai Sea to scooped up two cups of Yihai Lake water. Xiao Yedan grabbed a handsome rooster in his hand. After Liu Bocheng put the wine cup on the table, he cut the rooster's throat with a knife and dripped the chicken blood into the lake water of the wine cup.
Then, the two of them picked up a cup and knelt side by side facing the Yihai.
First, Liu Bocheng swears to heaven:
"Heaven and earth are proof. Today, I, Liu Bocheng and Xiao Yedan, have become sworn brothers, and have blood as alliances. If there is any unfaithfulness and unrighteous act, they will be punished by heaven and earth!"
Xiao Yedan also swore:
"Heaven and earth are proof. Today, I, Xiao Yedan and Commander Liu Bocheng, become life and death brothers. If you have any unfaithful intentions, you will be like this chicken!"
After saying that, the two picked up the wine cup and drank it all, then looked at each other and laughed tightly, hugged each other tightly.
After the sermon ceremony, Liu Bocheng became Xiao Yedan's eldest brother. The Yi people value loyalty. I heard that some Red Army soldiers were blackmailed and injured by people from Luo Hongjia Branch and Wujia Branch. Xiao Yedan wanted to take the Red Army to seek justice.
clinker, but Liu Bocheng told him:
"The Yi people must unite within the Yi people, and jointly deal with the reactionary government that suppressed you, and deal with the warlord Liu Wenhui."
also clenched his fists and gestured:
"One finger has no strength, ten fingers will be strong if they pinch it together. Our common enemy is the Kuomintang reactionaries."
Then, Liu Bocheng gave Xiao Ye Dan a red flag to Xiao Ye Dan, which read the big words "Chinese Yimin Red Army Gu Chicken Team". Xiao Ye Dan himself was also appointed as the captain of this detachment. The matter of the feudal period came to an end without delay, and the Red Army was about to set off immediately. Xiao Yedan considered that the Yi people from the other two branches were still likely to attack the Red Army, so he personally escorted the Red Army to the Lama's room, and then sent his subordinates Shamalge, Gokini and others to send the Red Army to Chaluo.
Later, Liu Bocheng recalled that period of time and said:
"If there was no alliance at that time and the delay of three more days, Chiang Kai-shek's heavy troops would be transferred to the Dadu River to block us, and it would be possible that Shi Dakai would end up. Therefore, the 'Yihai Alliance' has important political and military significance in the history of the Chinese revolution."
Unswervingly protects the red flag
After the Red Army left, Xiao Yedan, as Liu Bocheng's instructions, raised the banner of the Red Army Detachment, and together with two other Yi branches in the Yi area of Liangshan, proposed the slogan of "stop fighting between enemies and unanimously to the outside world" . He once held a oath-taking meeting against the brutal rule of the Kuomintang, and fought fiercely with the warlord Liu Wenhui of Xikang.
Liu Wenhui
However, as the sentence "Fortresses are always broken from the inside", In 1941, the alliance of the three Yi people's branches disintegrated under the sow discord of Liu Wenhui. Under the method of warlords "governing Yi with Yi", the three Yi people's villages, which had already had hatred, once again suffered disagreements.
In 1941, a political commissar who stayed during the Red Army was caught, and Xiao Ye Dan spent 1,500 taels of silver to redeem him from the other party.
Later, the Red Army's letter of appointment to Xiao Yedan was found again, and Liu Wenhui wanted to punish him, so Xiao Yedan had to hand over ten thousand taels of silver and 120 ewes.
But even though he suffered from this trouble due to his connection with Liu Bocheng and the Communist Party, Xiao Yedan still placed the flag in the mezzanine of the backpack and also reminded his wife:
"Only the Communist Party and the Red Army talk about ethnic equality and treat us Yi people as human beings. Such an army will definitely come back. If I die, you must protect this flag and hand it over to Commander Liu in the future..."
My words come true... On June 18, 1942, 49-year-old Xiao Yedan was ambushed by a heartless person in a fight with other branches and unfortunately died. Later, Shamalge, who tried his best to promote the "rolegiance" between Xiao Yedan and Liu Bocheng, was also attacked and died of serious injuries during the process of coordinating the conflict between the two families.
The two leaders lost their lives, and immediately many Yi people who were ordered or bribed by other leaders and warlords wanted to find the flag given by the Red Army from Xiao Yedan. , but they never thought that after her husband died, Xiao Yedan's wife sewed the flag into the mezzanine of her skirt according to her husband's instructions...
Time flies, and with Xiao Yedan's death, people gradually forget the leader who had been a blood alliance with Liu Bocheng, but Liu Bocheng always remembers this incident in his heart. This is where the article begins. As soon as Liu Bocheng took office, he sent someone to find the story of his "role" brother.
How can one die? People cannot be resurrected. Hearing the old woman shouting "Brother Liu" and holding the red flag that had faded due to multiple washes, Liu Bocheng just lamented after all, buried the mixed feelings in his heart, and changed his thousands of words into one sentence:
"Thank you for your hard work."
