She married He Long at the age of 20, and passed the Long March with her 19-day-old daughter one year later. She lived 96 years old.

(A Woman Who Speaks of History-Issue 1483)

He Long, the founding father of the country and one of the top ten marshals, has a sturdy military life and left many impressive achievements on the battlefield; similarly, his love career is also magnificent, full of joys and sorrows. Legendary. In the last issue, the 1480th issue of "The Woman Who Speaks of History", the author interpreted the beautiful love story between He Shuai and his fifth, the last wife, , ​​Xue Ming, ​​in 6000 words. Compared with Xue Ming, He Long and him The love between the 4th wife is more sad and even more legendary.

He Long’s fourth wife is even more "martyr" spirit. She married He Long at the age of 20, but she was separated from her husband a year later; Later, she carried her 19-day-old daughter through a thrilling and heroic journey for 25,000 miles Long March; After divorcing He Long, continued his revolutionary career and passed away at the age of 96. He can be called a rare heroine in history!

——Introduction

(1) He Long’s teacher "Mr. Ren"

She was born in a wealthy family in Cili County, Hunan Province on April 5, 1909, and her father Jian Yan Yan was an enlightened patriotic businessman. . Jian Xian had 7 brothers and sisters, she ranked second and received a good education since childhood.

Jian joined the Communist Youth League at the age of 17. When he was studying in Changsha, he actively participated in the student movement and joined the party at 18. After the reactionary warlord Xu Kexiang launched the "Mari-Japanese Incident", Jian Xianxian began the secret work of the party organization. In early 1928, she participated in the "Nianguan Riot" in Nanxiang, Shimen. This riot was brutally suppressed by the permanent German Democratic Party troops. On the other hand, due to the mass murder of revolutionaries by Li Xiang, Jian Xianxian exposed the identity of party members and was in a very dangerous situation . So moved to the western Hunan and Hubei base areas in accordance with the arrangements of the party organization in early 1929, and decisively joined the Red Army led by He Long, becoming the first female Red Army soldier in the Hunan, Hubei and Soviet areas.

Because Jian’s predecessor had a high educational level, she was organized and arranged to be a cultural instructor in the army. At that time, the Red Army formed a training team, and the first batch of trainees were all cadres above the company platoon in the Red Army. At the opening ceremony, He Long said: "Our cultural teacher Jian Xian is not a recruit. Although she is a female student, she joined the Party during the Great Revolution. He Long joined the Party only during the Nanchang Uprising, which is later than Jian teacher. , I also want to learn from her!" He Long also called her "Mr. Ren". Z6z

Jian Xian (right) and his sister Jian Xianfo (left),

He Long, who went to a private school for a few years as a child, has a certain cultural background, but since he participated in the revolution, he often ran around in the flames of war, so he didn't read much. But he was still very motivated, so he took the initiative to find Jian Xianren and said: "I want to learn culture from you." Jian Xianren began to think He Long was deliberately humble. However, he went on to say sincerely, "You must accept me as a student, and you must teach me alone." Seeing He Long being so serious, Jian Xian had only agreed to him. So she made a study plan for He Long, teaching him 15 Chinese characters every day. This is like playing for the talented and intelligent He Long. His rapid progress made Jian Xian a great admiration.

Jian Xian is not only an educated and talented girl, but also a young and beautiful woman. He Long unknowingly developed an admiration for her while studying with her. He Long was in his early 30s. Although he had been married three times, the first two wives died early. The third wife was separated due to the war for a long time, and there was no news. So He Long was in fact single at the time. .

He Long has a characteristic, that is, he dares to love and hate. If he loves someone, he will actively pursue it. So he was going to "offensive". That night, when the weather was hot, Jian Xianren was outside to enjoy the cold, and a comrade came, and he said He Long to Jian Xianren.

z1Z Jian was stunned first, this matter was too sudden. She told the visitor, I respect Commander He, but I never meant anything else. Besides, I'm just an ordinary cadre, and He Long is the famous general , and the gap between us is too big; besides, Commander He is also married, this is not possible. Jian's predecessor refused directly.

So He Long had to go out himself. He confessed to Jian Xian that the student fell in love with the teacher. He Long has a certain skill. He does not have the status of a higher level to "oppress" the lower level, but as a student to woo his "Mr. Ren", this is a step down to show his humility and sincerity. Although Jian's predecessor declined on the surface, , ​​but deep down he recognized the commander of the army.

He Long is a serious person and an infatuated person. When he sees that the other party doesn't agree, he puts down the shelf and continues to chase, and wants to carry the love to the end. Later, at a meeting of the former enemy committee, after He Long talked about the military affairs, before everyone left the scene, he directly proposed to Jian Xian to marry him.

Jian’s predecessor thought through careful consideration and believed that He Long was a man of love and righteousness, and he was reliable, and finally agreed.

(2) The sad experience of Qianli Xunfu

jian's predecessor was married to He Long in September 1929. She was only 20 years old at the time, and He Long was 33 years old. Although the two are quite different in age, everyone is still very optimistic about the revolutionary couple. Many years later, Jian Xian recalled the scene at the time and said:

"It was the Revolutionary War that brought me and He Long together. Gunshots are the accompaniment music for our wedding!"

However, He Long still continued the "bumps" of his love career. "color. The reason why his first three marriages all ended in tragic sorrow was because during the war years, husbands and wives gathered less and separated more. He Long is very "simply". Every wife married him and the two parties broke up. It is difficult for him to live with his wife for more than a year. This time, it is still the case.

It is said that the relationship between He Long and Jian’s predecessor is indeed very affectionate. In the second year of marriage, his wife gave birth to a girl. He named "Hong Hong", which means that the parents of the child are the Red Army. But at that time, He Long was ordered to lead his army east to Honghu, and joined with the Sixth Red Army led by Zhou Yiqun to open up the Honghu Revolutionary Base. In view of the inconvenience of his wife marching with the children, he asked Jian Xian to stay in Xiangxi to do local work.

This is a hard time for the mother and daughter. The difference between Jian Xianren and He Long was actually four years. In these four years, she paid a very heavy price to find the Red Army and her husband.

As soon as the main Red Army left, the enemy frantically counterattacked the base area. As the traitor informed the secret, the Cili County Regimental Defense Bureau issued a wanted order to apprehend Jian Xian, the wife of He Long, the "tender". So she had to put her baby daughter in a basket made of rags and cotton pads, and move her comrades to the remote mountains. In winter, the mountains are covered by heavy snow, is often trembling with cold, and the lips are purple, and even crying can't make a sound.

In the difficult environment, Jian's first daughter Honghong finally had an accident. At that time, under the siege of the enemy, the mountains were hungry and cold. During an operation, her daughter had a high fever and shivered. But Jian Xian had no choice but to warm her daughter tightly in her arms. So I ran for two days and two nights. When she finally stopped, she found that the child in her arms did not have a fever. When she kissed her daughter with chapped lips, her red face was as cold as ice. The child’s eyes never opened again. At that time, when she was just 1 year old, she hadn’t learned how to call her mother, but she would never call...

From being hot to being cold, the daughter experienced it in a short time. From purgatory to hell, this made Jian's predecessor feel like a needle pierced. Hong Hong's early death has also become her eternal pain in this life.

, ​​although the future is dangerous, for the sake of the ideal in my heart, Jian XianRen wiped away his tears, and continued to find the Red Army and his husband He Long.

But at that time, the Red Army also encountered a big setback. He Long led the team to fight from the south to the north, rushing east and west, and whereabouts are uncertain. How easy is it to find them? For this reason, Jian Xianxian worked hard for four years and paid a high price. During this period, not only lost her daughter Honghong, but her younger brother Jian Xianwei was also betrayed by a traitor and was captured by the enemy, giving her young life to the revolution.

Jian Xian himself was also captured by the enemy. The enemy treated her both soft and hard, but she was strong and unyielding, and did not reveal any information about the Red Army. On a stormy night, she took advantage of the negligence of the enemy, dragging her tormented body and successfully escaped; then, she pretended to be a beggar, begging along the way, and temporarily returned to the countryside to survive. After that, she embarked on a difficult journey to find the Red Army again...

In October 1934, Jian Xian finally found the Red Army in Dayong territory of Zhangjiajie, and found her husband He Long, whom she thought about day and night. So far, she and He Long have been separated for four full springs and autumns. The husband and wife met again, and He Long was deeply moved. They were married for only 5 years, and separated for as long as 4 years. In the past four years, how many roads and hardships the wife has taken to find herself!

In short, Jian Xian had already gone through her own Long March before officially starting the Long March!

(3) The legend of crossing the river

. However, four years of hardship are just the beginning for Jian's predecessor.

On December 26, 1934, He Long led the Second and Sixth Army of the Red Army to attack Cili County, the gateway to Xiangxi. Break it. Jian Xian's hometown is in Cili County. After the city was broken, He Long led Xiao Ke, Guan Xiangying and other Red Army generals into the city and came to Jian Xian's home to visit his father-in-law. His sister Jian Xianxian's deeds greatly encouraged his younger siblings. When the Red Army left, his 18-year-old sister Jian Xianfo and his 16-year-old brother Jian Xianchao also joined the Red Army. Jian Xianfo was also versatile, and later married General Xiao Ke during the Long March. She and her sister Jian Xian became a pair of legendary sisters in the Long March of the Red Army.

In October 1935, He Long led the Red Army to fought a beautiful battle during the Eastern Expedition. After the battle, good news spread frequently. On November 1, Jian Xian gave birth to her second daughter in He Long’s hometown, Sang Zhi. The political commissar of the Red Sixth Army, Wang Zhen, who stayed at Sangzhi, wrote a telegram to He Long, who was the chairman of the Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou Military Commission at the time: "Congratulations to the chairman for getting a mortar!" The locals called the girl a mortar .

After He Long got the good news, he finally smiled. It was not easy for him to lose one daughter first and then have another daughter. So he handed the telegram to Xiao Ke and said, "You have a deep knowledge, let's name our daughter!"

Xiao Ke said, "As soon as we fought a big victory, you were so happy, just call He Jiesheng!"

However, He Long and his wife still have time to enjoy the family happiness in the future, and Lao Jiang gathered another 130 groups, yes. A new round of "encirclement and suppression" was carried out in the revolutionary base areas of Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou. In order to preserve their strength, He Long, Ren Bishi and others decided to respond to the call of the higher-level organization, led the Red Second and Sixth Army to carry out a strategic shift and began the 25,000-mile Long March.

But at this time, He Long’s daughter, He Jiesheng, was only 19 days old, so young, how could he join the army on the Long March? Jian Xian is very worried about this. She has lost a daughter. How can she let her second daughter have another accident? So He Long planned to foster his daughter with a relative in his hometown. The relative began to agree well, but when Jian’s predecessor took the child away, he found that the relative had hurriedly moved the house.

It seems that relatives are also afraid that we will be tired! He Long sighed up to the sky: "Fine, take your own children, let's go!"

So, He Jiesheng, this 19-day-old child "emerged" with his parents on the long journey. She also broke a record and becameHe was the youngest person to participate in the Long March.

On November 19, 1935, Jian’s predecessor once again used a small basket to carry his daughter on the road. At that time, she had just given birth to a child and was not in confinement. She was very weak. If she let it go now, she shouldn't be a baby at home for her mother-in-law, mother and husband to raise? But at that time she had to take the child to run around in the smoke of war.

On the first day of the Long March, Jian Xian carried his daughter on his back and walked 60 kilometers of mountain road with the Red Army. At this time, she experienced another great test.

It was hard enough to travel more than 100 miles of mountain roads (a woman who had not had a confinement and walked so far with her child on her back was terrible to think about). When she reached the shore of Lishui, she encountered an enemy attack.

At that time, the main force of the Red Army had passed, and the remaining wounded, sick and weak were crossing the river in small boats. As soon as Jian Xian arrived in the middle of the river by boat with the wounded, enemy planes came over and bombed them. Soaring waves arose on the surface of the water, and the boat floated in the water like a leaf, violently bumping, and was in danger of sinking at any time. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, they were fake at that time, and the little Jiesheng was crying!

Jian’s predecessor had to hold his daughter tightly in his arms, and had to free up a hand to grasp the boat gang...

Fortunately, Jian’s boat escaped the enemy’s shells and finally reached the opposite bank. Many years later, thinking of this crossing of the river, Jian Xian's heart still jumped wildly. What is a life of nine deaths, what is escape from a tiger's mouth, she has experienced too much...

The sky was already dark after Jian’s predecessor went ashore in a thrilling manner. She untied her daughter's swaddling and saw that the child was covered with excrement and urine, but the child did not die, and the mother was lucky! She hurriedly changed diapers, breast-feeding and coaxed the baby to sleep. Then she washed the diapers and baked them on fire. I haven't waited for a while to rest, so I should set off again...

(4) Zhao Yun's rebirth general demeanor

The history is often surprisingly similar. During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhao Yun picked hundreds of thousands on Changban slope to save Liu Bei's wife and children. The heroic scene of Cao Jun was once again staged brilliantly during the Long March...

The difficulties and dangers on the Long March, in addition to the harsh natural conditions, were also attacked by enemy chasing troops. This time, the Red Army encountered another entanglement from the enemy, and the enemy and ourselves fell into fierce fighting.

During the breakout, He Long saw that his wife was too weak to bear it, and he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to stand out with his children. So he let Jian Xian go first, wrapped his daughter in his arms and continued to command the battle. At that time, He Long was awe-inspiring. He pranced with his spear and rushed all the way, as brave as Zhao Zilong on the slope of Changban. But unlike Zhao Yun, Zhao Yun broke through the many obstacles of Cao Bing and successfully handed A Dou in his arms to Liu Bei; but at this moment, He Long was able to kill for a while and even forgot all the babies in his arms.

waited for him to rush out of the enemy’s encirclement, only to find that the child in his arms was missing. He Long is so anxious this time, I, Zhao Zilong, should be unqualified! So he quickly went back to the horse to look for it. Fortunately, his daughter was thrown to the ground at the time. While crying, he was found and picked up by soldiers behind. Looking at the lost baby girl, the excited beard of "He Xiu" (He Long's nickname) trembled: This girl is really dead, or how can I explain to my wife?

(5) The rebirth in the crying

After entering the Wumeng mountain area of ​​Yungui, the Red Army launched several roundabout battles and roundabout battles with the enemies that were surrounding, chasing and blocking. In order to get rid of the enemy's siege, Jian Xian and his daughter often go over mountains in the middle of the night. But the child doesn't understand war, and she will cry from time to time. In order to prevent the child's cry from exposing the Red Army's target, Jian Xianxian tightly tied the child to his chest with a cloth belt, and then tightly wrapped her small head with clothes. When I got to the safety zone, undressed and saw that the child's face looked like a purple eggplant, which made the mother very distressed.

Jian walked any way first, very hard, but she did not forget her mission. Sometimes when the team passed by the village, people admired her when they watched her marching with her child on her back. She took the opportunity to propagate to the people: The Red Army is a team of the poor, and the Red Army is fighting for the common people of the world. With her encouragement, the Red Army team attracted many enthusiastic youths along the way.

The hardships and tribulations on the Long March always test Jian's predecessor. On this day, my daughter had a high fever again. Her first daughter died of a high fever. She was afraid of her daughter's accident, so she held her child and found He Biao, the Minister of Health of the Second Red Army. But He Biao didn't have a fever-reducing medicine, so he could only try with a remedy: stir some hearth soil (the soil that was baked when the army buried the pot for cooking) with egg white, and put it on the child's belly button. The result really worked, and the child's high fever finally subsided. Jian Xian was greatly relieved!

The biggest test has come. A big snow-capped mountain appeared in front of him-Yulong Daxue Mountain!

Even a strong man, climbing a snow-capped mountain is not easy, let alone a woman carrying a child! But Jian's predecessor decided to take care of his own affairs. She resolutely carried her back basket, she wanted to let this known as the "smallest Red Army soldier" He Jiesheng experience what it means to climb a snow mountain.

walk step by step and climb step by step. When she reached the steepest part of the hill, she couldn't walk anymore, but she couldn't bear to let other fighters help her carry the child, so had to hold the mule tail of the wounded man in front with both hands, and proceeded hard step by step. This scene of was not uncommon when climbing a snow-capped mountain. For example, at that time, Zhu De's wife, Kang Keqing, was seriously ill and had difficulty climbing the snow-capped mountain, so she was dragged up the last steep slope by a horse's tail.

finally reached the top of the mountain. Jian Xianren felt relieved for a while, but suddenly she felt that the child behind her was silent. With a sudden panic in her heart, she hurriedly put down the back basket, she saw the child closed her eyes. She quickly pinched the child's face, and the daughter of cried! Jian Xian cried wow...

crying is a new life!

There are not many people who can endure the 25,000-mile Long March, fewer women can endure the 25,000-mile Long March, and women who can complete the 25,000-mile Long March with a baby are even rarer in history. Jian Xianren did it. Not only did she do it, but she also helped her sister Jian Xianfo do it. At that time, her 18-year-old sister joined the Red Army and soon caught up with the Long March. After she married General Xiao Ke, she became pregnant during the Long March. Jian first took care of his daughter in any aspect, and on the other hand, he also had to take care of the younger sister who was pregnant. Later, she helped her sister deliver a child halfway through. This makes my sister be grateful to her sister for a lifetime.

In 1936, the three main forces of the Red Army joined forces in Huining, Gansu. Comrade Zhou Enlai, on behalf of the Central Committee, came from the security guards to condolences to the Red Second and Fourth Front Army, and the accompanying Troop Theater Company performed condolences for the Red Army soldiers. When Zhou Enlai saw the baby Jian Xian was holding, he was very moved. He took He Jiesheng and said to everyone: "General He Long is still commanding the battle on the front line. He can't participate in this party anymore. Z6z sent a'Little Dragon Girl'. Welcome everyone! Z6z" Amid the warm applause of the soldiers, Jian’s predecessor ran with tears...

He Jiesheng, who grew up later,

(6) The long-term revolutionary career broke up

. The organization approved a trip to the Soviet Union to study at the Communist International Party School in Moscow. In 1940, she returned to Yan'an, and He Long formally divorced . Jian Xian had been married to He Long for 11 years. The couple spent the most difficult years of their lives together. Their breakup was embarrassing.

Front row from left: Jian Xian, Wang Meilan, Sun Weishi, Ma Mingfang, back row from left: Fang Zhichun, Lin Li, He Zizhen, He Cheng, But the most important thing is the rift between the two of them. The long breakup of the revolutionary career is probably the main factor. The husband and wife often separate and lack communication, which is understandable.

Two years later, He Long married his fifth wife Xue Ming. The couple went through 27 springs and autumns together and ended happily. Jian Xianren never married for the sake of the revolution and remained single. Z6z

Later, Jian's predecessors performed extremely well in the War of Resistance Against Japan, the War of Liberation, and the Agrarian Revolution. After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, she served as a member of the Changde District Committee of Hunan Province and the secretary of the Cili County Committee. In the later special historical period, she was severely persecuted like He Long, but she consistently strengthened her ideals, never succumbed to any evil forces, and maintained her party spirit. After returning to work in 1978, she continued to serve the country to the last moment of her life.

In September 1985, representatives of Liu Ying (front row left 2) and Jian Xian (front row left 1) attended the Fourth Plenary Session of the Twelfth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Lonely, because she has a daughter-in-law, accompanied by He Jiesheng, who walked the Long March with her. Her daughter is also very good, and later graduated from the History Department of Peking University and became a soldier.

On July 25, 2004, Jian's predecessor passed away in Beijing at the age of 96. The legend of a generation of heroines finally came to an end.

Now, when we cherish the memory of Marshal He Long’s great life, please don’t forget, his former wife, the heroic deeds of Jian’s predecessor, and don’t forget the love tragic past of this couple...

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Reference materials: "He Long Biography" and so on.