In 1935, the First Red Army and the Fourth Red Army met with Maogong. This was originally a gratifying thing. After all, the First Red Army broke through the enemy's encirclement and blockade, and after tragic battles such as the Xiangjiang River and the Four Crossings of Chishui

In this way, in terms of military power, Zhang Guotao not only possessed a considerable proportion of military power, but also arranged his subordinates into Military Commission .

However, Zhang Guotao was naturally unwilling to accept it with only most military power and without the highest LD power. Therefore, after the Luhua Conference, he should quickly march northward according to the central deployment. The First Red Army refused to go north, and the "Songpan Battle Plan" originally formulated by the Red Army Headquarters also died due to Zhang Guotao's delay.

At this time, the Red Army was in an extremely dangerous situation. Chiang Kai-shek continuously compressed from the south, north and east directions to the location of the Red Army. Seeing that the encirclement became tighter and tighter, Mr. Zhu quickly formulated the second set of military strategy "Xiatao Battle Plan", whose purpose was mainly to go north to Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia through grasslands.

However, at this critical stall, Zhang Guotao once again proposed to use the few days he stayed in Maoergai to hold a Politburo meeting to review the overall work of the Party and the current military issues.

says it is a review of the overall work, but in fact, both parties have no idea of ​​the real purpose.

Under this situation, the Red Army Headquarters had to hold a meeting in Shawo Village south of Maoergai, known in history as Shawo Conference .

In fact, at the Luhua Conference, the atmosphere inside the Red Army was very tense, and the conflicts at the top were basically semi-public. Except for the officers at the bottom, the middle-level officers more or less learned about some situations. When the Shawo Conference was held, the relationship between the two armies had reached an undisguised level.

How tense was the scene at the Shawo Conference held at that time?

According to Zhang Guotao's recollection many years later, the Shawo Conference had not yet begun. Since the meeting was located in the territory of the Red Fourth Front Army, the Red Army Headquarters selected people from the Central Column Command to be responsible for standing guard in order to prevent accidents. The guards on guard were five steps, one post and one whistle every step, and used a special command different from the Red Fourth Front Army, as if they were facing a great enemy. When the Shawo Conference was held, what Zhang Guotao wanted was not military power, but the supreme leadership power of the Red Army Headquarters. To this end, in the meeting, Zhang Guotao took the lead in proposing that the main reason why the First Red Army lost troops and lost generals after withdrawing from the Central Soviet Area was that it made a line-based mistake.

You should know that at Zunyi Conference , all participants only attributed the reason for the failure of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" to the level of military command issues, and did not dare to touch the problem on the red line of line of lineism. Because everyone knows that once there is a problem with lineism at this time, it is tantamount to denying zhongyang, which is equivalent to denying zhongyang's authority. The result is that zhongyang must be replaced. The primary issue of the Red Army at that time was to survive, not to fight each other.

Obviously, as a political veteran, Zhang Guotao also knew the rules of the game very well. Therefore, at the Shawo Conference, Zhang Guotao had a clear attitude that the Red Army Headquarters wanted the Red Army Headquarters to admit that there was a problem with the route. As long as he admitted that he touched this red line, Zhang Guotao would naturally overthrow the headquarters openly and take the top seat of the headquarters himself. After all, with Zhang Guotao's strong soldiers at that time, who else could take on this "big responsibility" besides this? It can be seen that Zhang Guotao's second step was so deep scheming

Naturally, the Great Man and others could see Zhang Guotao's tricks very thoroughly. Therefore, at the meeting, the Great Man always relaxed his tone and always emphasized the importance of unity within the Red Army. The rest of the people always maintained the same channel as the Great Man's main theme.

Zhang Guotao saw that this plan failed, so he took a second chance to propose a third solution, which was to select nine Red Fourth Front Army cadres to enter the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

This move is very powerful. If Zhang Guotao's plan succeeds, then once nine Red Fourth Front Army cadres enter the Politburo, it will be equivalent to him seizing the highest LD power.

At that time, there were only 8 people in the Political Bureau of the Central Committee. Zhang Guotao's intention was to understand the intention of everyone present.

But if Zhang Guotao's request is not agreed to, the Red Army's F split will inevitably be inevitable, and with Zhang Guotao's warlord style, it is hard to say whether he can leave his base safely.

In view of the extremely dangerous situation, the great man cleverly responded:

​"There are many good cadres in the Fourth Front Army, and we only propose these few comrades, which is very cautious. Originally, the Politburo could not decide on the Central Committee members, but now it is doing this under special circumstances. Other cadres can also absorb the work of various military and political leadership organs. "

What does it mean? In other words, there is no problem for cadres of the Red Fourth Front Army to come to work in the central government, but some comrades can only work in other central institutions.

Finally, after a round-trip game, the meeting finally allowed Chen Changhao, Xu Xiangqian, Zhou Chunquan of the Red Fourth Front Army to enter the Politburo, Li Xiannian, Fu Zhong , and He Wei to enter the Politburo waitlist. ​

Zhang Guotao was naturally dissatisfied with this result, but in order to appease him, the Red Army Headquarters finally agreed to let Chen Changhao be the director of the of the General Political Department of the Red Army and Zhou Chunquan as the deputy director. In this way, Zhang Guotao was barely stabilized.

At this point, the left and right armies of the Red Army began to head north. But unexpectedly, the troops led by Zhang Guotao stopped and stopped after arriving at Aba . Despite the repeated urging of the Central Committee, Zhang Guotao resolutely deviated from the revolution and embarked on a path of no return that could not be turned back. ​