In June 1935, the Red Front Army and the Red Fourth Front Army met in Maogong, when the soldiers were immersed in the joy of the meeting, the leader of the Fourth Front Army, Zhang Guotao, was ambitious, at that time the Fourth Front Army consisted of more than 80,000 people, which can be described as strong soldiers, and Zhang Guotao's ambition was gradually exposed.
At that time, the Red Army was less than 30,000 people, and there was a shortage of ammunition, Zhang Guotao took the opportunity to blackmail at this time, wanting to be a bigger official, and the ** leaders advocated going north, but Zhang Guotao did not obey the ** decision, and insisted on going south with the troops of the Four Fronts.
In the end, the main force of the Red Army went north, and Zhang Guotao was wrapped in the four front armies to go south, and at that time he also played the slogan of "entering Chengdu to eat rice", which caused a strong disgust from the Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang, Liu Xiang in order to keep the territory, 80 regiments were transferred to fight the Red Army.
At that time, the two sides fought at Baizhang Pass, and finally caused heavy losses to the Fourth Front Army, from more than 80,000 people to more than 40,000 people, and had to cross the snow mountains to the north, in October 1936, the Four Front Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, Zhang Guotao and others were criticized, in March 1937, ** special meeting to solve Zhang Guotao's problem.
* When criticizing Zhang Guotao's erroneous line, some comrades of the Fourth Front Army were implicated, including the famous Xu Shiyou, who was injured and sick and bedridden at that time, and could not figure out and could not accept the criticism, and the cadres at all levels of the Fourth Front Army were depressed.
Many cadres found Xu Shiyou, hoping that he could stand up and speak, because Xu Shiyou gathered a lot of cadres from the four front armies around him, some people thought that Xu Shiyou had formed a gang to form a secret organization to fight against his superiors, and then Xu Shiyou was imprisoned, and many cadres at the army and division level were arrested together.
Xu Shiyou was ready to be shot at that time, some of them were locked in the cave, and when they came out to let off steam, Xu Shiyou heard someone crying, so he roared angrily: "What are you crying for?"Kill your head, shoot your head, shoot if you shoot, don't cry!Xu Shiyou's move is seen by some as "not pleading guilty".
Because Xu Shiyou is good at martial arts and has great strength, it is a "special treatment" for him, he is wearing shackles on his hands and feet, Xu Shiyou was pulled out many times during his detention, and the old subordinates in the audience couldn't help crying when they saw Xu Shiyou, but they didn't dare to cry.
Later, ** held a meeting to study, and at the meeting to decide whether to shoot Xu Shiyou, most people agreed to shoot Xu Shiyou, but *** overrode public opinion, thinking that blindly taking the way of shooting could not fundamentally solve the problem, * decided to reason with Xu Shiyou in person.
Xu Shiyou was very surprised to learn that he would not be shot in the cave, ** also asked someone to send a Hardman cigarette, and the next day *** went to the cave to talk to Xu Shiyou, Xu Shiyou listened without saying a word, **After talking for a while, he had to end the conversation tactfully.
Two days later, ** went to the cave again to talk to Xu Shiyou, this time the chairman did not speak, but took off his hat and said solemnly: "Comrade Xu Shiyou, you fought bravely, sacrificed a lot, and worked very hard. I salute you!Then *** bowed slightly.
Xu Shiyou was moved by ***'s actions, and immediately burst into tears, **bluntly said, Zhang Guotao's mistakes should be responsible for himself, and it has nothing to do with you comrades, **and then personally opened the handcuffs and leg irons for Xu Shiyou.
After Xu Shiyou was released, ** personally arranged for him to enter the "Kang University" study, and let him serve as the executive vice president of Kang University, responsible for the work of the school affairs department, which is a part-time work and study nature, during the Kang University Xu Shiyou listened to *** lectures many times, and since then, Xu Shiyou has followed *** wholeheartedly
Reference: "Father - Restoring the Real Founding General Xu Shiyou".