After the Zunyi Conference, the Central Red Army arrived in Maogong and joined forces with the Red Fourth Front Army here. After the two armies joined forces and held discussions at the conference, everyone unanimously agreed to go north to Shaanxi-Gansu and establish the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Revolutionary Base.
In terms of the situation at that time, although the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia region was a barren land with poor supplies and harsh climate, and the natural conditions were beyond many people’s imagination, it was precisely because of the remoteness and barrenness of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia that the Kuomintang reactionaries’ ruling power there was relatively weak. This also created rare objective conditions for the exhausted Central Red Army to march into Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia in the future.
At first, Zhang had no objection to the majority of people voting by a show of hands. When everyone voted in favor, he also unanimously agreed with both hands.
However, when thinking about the harsh and harsh natural environment of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia, Zhang began to waver in his heart, and at the subsequent Lianghekou Conference, he proposed different opinions such as going south to Sichuan and Kangxi.
Regarding Zhang's ideas, the great man and other central leading comrades patiently explained Zhang's ideas in light of the actual situation, and based on the objective situation at the time, he was appointed as the general political commissar of the Red Army. Ordinarily, at this time, Mrs. Zhang should no longer have the need to be so stubborn.
Judging from the final result, it is really a mistake.
After Zhang became the general political commissar of the Red Army, he mastered the communication password of the entire army. In other words, in order for the Red Army headquarters to contact each legion, he had to give his approval. The most frightening thing is that at that time, the Red Front Army only had more than 10,000 people, while the Red Fourth Front Army actually had more than 80,000 people. Comparing the two, it can be said that strength determines the size of the fist.
Therefore, at this time, on the one hand, Zhang led the Left Army to go south to Sichuan and Kang; on the other hand, he secretly ordered the political commissar of the Right Army, Chen Changhao, who had already gone north to Brazil in Sichuan, to lead the army south.
At that time, the former enemy headquarters of the Right Route Army was having a meeting. Chen Changhao was speaking on the stage. Chief of Staff Ye Jianying was sitting next to Chen Changhao. Upon seeing this, the translator handed the message to Ye Jianying. Ye Jianying was shocked after reading the content, so she immediately came to the central station on the pretext of going to the toilet to find Mao Zhou and others to discuss countermeasures with them.
After a brief emergency discussion, the great man urgently ordered the Red Army 1st and Red Army 3rd to march northward alone overnight. After the meeting, Peng Dehuai, out of the need for security alert, quickly ordered Yang Yong to lead the 10th and 11th regiments to alternately protect the evacuation of the Red Army headquarters to prevent Zhang's soldiers from approaching.
Faced with the sudden decision made by the Red Army headquarters, Chen Changhao, as the political commissar of the Right Route Army, was in a dilemma and did not know how to deal with it. Xu Xiangqian, as the commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army, knew better and decisively let his brother troops continue to go north, while he led the remaining troops south to join Zhang.
Therefore, many years later, Xu Xiangqian was awarded the title of Marshal of the Army for his outstanding military exploits because he was always flexible and adhered to his principles in the face of major issues. Title, and he himself is famous in history. However, looking at Zhang, Chen Changhao and others, they disappeared from everyone in the end. It has to be said that this is the fate of history and the bitter fruit of self-choice. In the end, people can't help but sigh: If you knew what would happen later, why did you do it in the first place?
