In August 1927, the Nanchang Uprising Army left Nanchang and when they arrived at Ruijin in southern Jiangxi, they were surrounded by enemy Guangxi troops. After a fierce battle, they suffered heavy losses and then turned to retreat in the direction of Huichang.

In August 1927, the Nanchang Uprising Army left Nanchang , and when they arrived at Ruijin in southern Jiangxi, they were surrounded by enemy Guangxi troops. After a fierce battle, they suffered heavy losses, and then turned to retreat in the direction of Huichang .

According to the original plan, the rebel army's strategic goal was to occupy Guangdong, close to the coast, and rely on convenient transportation to obtain support from the Soviet Union. However, the retreat from Jiangxi to Guangdong was a long journey. The enemy troops surrounded, chased, blocked, and intercepted them all the way. Every time the insurgent troops reached a place where they could not catch their breath, the enemy came up again. The officers and soldiers had to move around without stopping, but the troops would eventually retreat. Wherever you go, everyone has countless hearts. Due to the setbacks, there were many people on the road who were injured, sacrificed, attrited due to illness, and escaped. Due to attrition, the 7th company led by Lin Biao only had a hundred or so men left.

At this moment, an accident almost caused Lin Biao's head to move.

On this day, Lin Biao was ordered to lead the 7th company to attack the front station. After the 7th company arrived at Shijingling and camped, he ordered the squad to buy food, cotton clothes and medicine.

"Where's the money?" The squad leaders found him and asked.

Lin Biao was stunned and said, "Look for the quartermaster."

However, the remaining No. 100 men from the 7th company were all there, but the quartermaster was missing. A soldier reported: "It seems that the quartermaster disappeared during the march. Did he run away?"

As soon as he heard this, a layer of sweat immediately broke out on Lin Biao's forehead. The quartermaster was his cousin, and if he escaped, he himself would be held responsible. Just when he was angry and anxious, follow-up troops arrived one after another. Everyone was tired and hungry. When they heard that the military pay had been kidnapped, there was an uproar in the army. Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Biao hurried to the regiment headquarters. When he saw the regiment leader Huang Haosheng, he said: "Report to the regiment leader, our company's food money of 120 cents has been stolen by the orderly. My company's food money cannot be paid out."

Huang Haosheng was furious after hearing the news and scolded Lin Biao: " What did you do? Why didn't you pay for the food yourself? Do you know what a mistake you made? "

Lin Biao replied: "The waiter is my cousin, I thought I could trust him, but I didn't expect him to kidnap the money and run away." He couldn't help but reprimanded Lin Biao loudly and wanted to shoot him. The group instructor Chen Yi came over after hearing the news. When Chief of Staff Yu Zengsheng saw Chen Yi coming in, he asked, "What do you think we should do with it?"

Chen Yi glanced at Lin Biao and said, "All the money has been lost, and a war is about to begin, so the government has to make up for it. Otherwise, the government will make up for it." , Where can he get money?"

Huang Haosheng said to Yu Zengsheng: "Let's ask the Youth League to reissue 120 cents."

Chen Yizhuan. He turned over and asked Lin Biao: "What is your name?"

"My name is Lin Biao, and I am the commander of the 7th company."

Chen Yi criticized him and said: "When you are the company commander, you have to pay for the food yourself. If you don't, people will abduct you." "Who is to blame? You can't do this again."

Lin Biao didn't say anything and left with his head down.

This is the first time Chen Yi and Lin Biao met.

However, because of this incident, Chen Yi did not have a good impression of Lin Biao. The book "Ten Marshals: The Little-Known History of the Ten Commanders of the People's Liberation Army" published by the Communist Party History Press describes the interactions between Chen Yi and Lin Biao. The book is the publisher's annual bestseller and has been on the best-selling list of Chinese military books. First place.