With the Sichuan warlords' Chengdu melee temporarily over, in January 1933, Chiang Kai-shek appointed the warlord Tian Songyao as the supervisor of the "suppression of bandits" in Sichuan and Shaanxi, preparing to launch an attack on the Red Army.
Tian Songyao not only succeeded in capturing several cities, but also asked Chiang Kai-shek for credit, claiming that he had killed a "high-ranking general of the Red Army." Chiang Kai-shek, who was in a good mood, changed his face greatly after hearing the name of the slain general, and he scolded Tian Songyao directly.
What's going on? Who is the "senior general of the Red Army" in Tian Songyao's mouth? What kind of relationship did he have with Chiang Kai-shek?
During the warlord period, Tian Songyao used the characteristics of "grass on the wall" to adapt to the situation, and finally took refuge in Chiang Kai-shek. Before joining the Kuomintang, he performed well in the Protectorate War because he had participated in the League and the Protector of the Army, and his strength was strong.
Despite this, he looked down on Chiang Kai-shek and openly opposed Chiang Kai-shek when he established the Kuomintang. However, realizing that he could not stand up to Chiang Kai-shek, Tian Songyao chose to curry favor with Chiang Kai-shek and obey his orders.
However, Chiang Kai-shek was narrow-minded and had already blacklisted Tian Songyao. In the end, Tian Songyao was abandoned by Chiang Kai-shek because of the "Invitation to Merit Incident" in 1933, and finally faded out of the military and political circles.
In October 1932, the Red Fourth Front Army withdrew from the Hubei-Henan-Anhui border area and quickly advanced into Sichuan. The Red Army seized the opportunity and worked closely with the local party organizations, local armed forces, and the masses to establish a new base in Sichuan.
This move made Chiang Kai-shek, who had already let his guard down, and various warlords nervous again. As a result, the infighting in the Battle of Western Sichuan was interrupted, and Chiang Kai-shek incited various warlords to unite against the Red Army.
In order to fight the Red Army more effectively, Chiang Kai-shek chose a "leader" among the various warlords, and that was the obedient Tian Songyao.
In January 1933, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Tian Songyao as the supervisor of the Sichuan-Shaanxi Suppression of Bandits, provided him with 200,000 yuan and 1 million rounds of ammunition, and asked him to carry out a three-way siege on the Red Fourth Front Army.
In order to perform well in front of Chiang Kai-shek, Tian Songyao did not hesitate to spend a lot of resources. However, he underestimated the strength and morale of the Red Army, and therefore suffered losses at the beginning.
Just when Tian Songyao was frustrated, he found that the Red Army's equipment problems seemed to cause it to retreat. So, he took advantage of the opportunity to capture several key cities and make himself satisfied.
He hastened to report this "significant" achievement to Chiang Kai-shek, exaggerating the tragedy of the war and his own resourcefulness, while naming his own "symbolic" achievements.
However, when Tian Songyao was thinking hard about how to boast of his "achievements", a staff officer provided him with an assist. The staff officer told him that the Red Army often named streets after the sacrifice of high-ranking generals, so "Yun Daiying Street" could be the name of a big man.
After hearing this, Tian Songyao agreed without hesitation, and wrote in his good news: "After hard fighting, the senior general of the Red Army, Yun Daiying......, was killedWhen Chiang Kai-shek saw this telegram, he was very happy and was even ready to reward Tian Songyao vigorously.
However, when he saw the name of "Yun Daiying", his face instantly changed drastically: "Yun Daiying? How is this possible......”
Yun Daiying, as a "senior general of the Red Army", is not ignorant as Tian Songyao said. He was not only one of the main leaders of the May Fourth Movement in the Wuhan area, but also an active advocate of the early youth movement of the Chinese Communist Party.
As the 4th political instructor of the Whampoa Military Academy, he made outstanding contributions to the Chinese revolution. Yun Daiying, who was born in a bureaucratic family in Wuchang, Hubei, was not bound by feudal ideology despite his illustrious background.
Instead, he grew up recognizing the importance of revolution and joined the New Culture Movement in 1915. Yun Daiying was also one of the founders of China's earliest progressive group, the Mutual Aid Society, who vigorously promoted new ideas, new culture, and Marxism, and officially became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921.
In 1923, he came to teach at the party-founded Shanghai University, and in the same year he attended the second congress of the Chinese Socialist Youth League. At the meeting, he was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of the Communist Youth League and head of the Propaganda Department, responsible for editing and distributing the organ journal "China This Year".
During the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Yun Daiying fought side by side with Deng Zhongxia and other comrades, had many contacts with the Kuomintang, and made great efforts for the revolutionary cause.
In that context, Yun Daiying was assigned to the Whampoa Military Academy in 1926 as a political chief instructor. His excellent work won the appreciation of Chiang Kai-shek, and at one point even wanted to poach him.
However, Yun Daiying's firm belief in the revolution made Chiang Kai-shek's efforts come to naught. Over time, Chiang Kai-shek was forced to give up. In order to realize his ambitions, Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup, which led to the breakdown of the first KMT-CCP cooperation.
Faced with the betrayal of Chiang Kai-shek and other counter-revolutionaries, Yun Daiying organized the Guangzhou Uprising and resolutely fought against it. After the Guangzhou Uprising, he traveled to Hong Kong and Guangxi to assist in his work.
In 1929, he was appointed secretary general of the Propaganda Department, responsible for editing the party journal "Red Flag". He was also by-elected as a member of the ** Committee and participated in the Council of Representatives, always staying at the forefront of the revolution.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek was very impressed by Yun Daiying, and his feelings for him became complicated.
He wanted to take Yun Daiying into his pocket, but he was worried about his strong revolutionary will and regarded it as a great danger to his henchmen. But this was not the reason why Chiang Kai-shek was confused and angry. What really made Chiang Kai-shek incomprehensible was that he was already dead, how could he come back to life and be killed again by Tian Songyao in the battle?
The biggest loophole was that on May 6, 1930, Yun Daiying was arrested by the Kuomintang when he was in contact with workers in front of a yarn factory in Yangshupu, Shanghai. However, the Kuomintang people at the time did not discover his identity.
After Yun Daiying insisted that he was just an "ordinary worker," he was sentenced to five years in prison for "workers holding meetings without authorization" and subsequently imprisoned in Caohejing Prison and Suzhou Prison.
After learning of Yun Daiying**, the party organization also actively tried to rescue him, and he was already in sight. But at the critical moment, Gu Shunzhang, the head of the CCP's ** Special Committee, defected in Wuhan ** and betrayed many comrades, including Yun Daiying, which made Chiang Kai-shek very surprised and realized that Yun Daiying had been captured by the Kuomintang.
Yun Daiying, who lamented that he could not continue to serve the revolution, was put in a solitary cell after his identity was confirmed by the director of the Department of Military Justice. Although Chiang Kai-shek sent people to persuade him to surrender several times, Yun Daiying's revolutionary will was always firm, even when he was tortured.
In the end, Chiang Kai-shek could only order his execution. On April 29, 1931, Yun Daiying died in Nanjing Prison. After the order for the execution was given, Chiang Kai-shek breathed a sigh of relief, believing that he had eliminated the serious problem of his henchmen.
However, a piece of news from the execution site not long later made him frown again. It turned out that Yun Daiying gave an impassioned speech before his death, and every sentence made Chiang Kai-shek feel painful.
Chiang Kai-shek embarked on the old path of Yuan Shikai, a patriotic youth, and flattered imperialism, which was even more excessive than Yuan Shikai, and in the end he could only reap the consequences. Although Yun Daiying had passed away, he left a deep thorn in Chiang Kai-shek's heart, which often reminded him of this "great revolutionary".
Chiang Kai-shek's mood finally calmed down, but was broken by Tian Songyao's name. He claimed that he had killed Yun Daiying on the battlefield, much to the shock and anger of Chiang Kai-shek.
That bastard, he dared to lie about the military situation, how could he kill Yun Daiying? Chiang Kai-shek was furious, and Tian Songyao, after learning the truth of the matter, fell into an embarrassing situation.
He never imagined that he would have such a close connection with Chiang Kai-shek by a random name. In order to get out of the situation, he decided to take more radical action, but he didn't expect that this would get him into deeper trouble.
It turned out that the reason why Tian Songyao thought that the Red Army was retreating was not his delusion, but the deliberate action of the commander of the Red Fourth Front Army. After comparing the number of enemy troops, realize that you have to change your strategy.
He chose the strategy of "luring the snake out of the hole and annihilating it in one fell swoop" in order to avoid heavy losses and deal with the encirclement and suppression of other Sichuan warlords.
** Use wits to let the Red Fourth Front Army fight and run under Tian Songyao's nose, create a false impression, and deliberately make Tian Songyao think that the Red Army is vulnerable. Then *** took advantage of the terrain and local armed forces in northern Sichuan to start a war of attrition with Tian Songyao.
He also concentrated the main forces of the Red Army in the area of Kongshanba, waiting for the opportunity**. All this was successfully implemented in Tian Songyao's carelessness. Tian Songyao was carried away by the victory, but he didn't expect to have stepped into the trap of *** design.
The continuous defensive war took a huge toll on Tian Songyao. In mid-June, the "three-way siege" of the Red Fourth Front Army was finally victorious, and the Red Army destroyed a total of 1 enemy troopsMore than 40,000 people, more than 10,000 enemy soldiers were captured.
This battle almost wiped out half of the forces that Tian Songyao had accumulated over the years.
Tian Songyao, a figure who left a strong mark in modern Chinese history. He once falsely spread the military information to invite merit, and he was also beaten by the Red Army and lost his armor. In front of Chiang Kai-shek, he completely lost power and was removed from his post and investigated.
His ranks of warlords were also broken up and he was confined to the Chengdu area. This victory exacerbated the contradictions between the Sichuan warlords. After Tian Songyao was dismissed, he believed that it was the other warlords who did not save him that led to his defeat.
He once said that if the Communist Party came again, he would give up Boryeong and make it impossible for everyone to live a quiet life. However, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, he got a position as a general in the National ** Military Senate, and he felt that the time had come for him to return to the political arena, and he had been ambitious to seek a position.
In the end, however, he failed to run for the position launched by the Kuomintang. After that, he began to actively run schools, and successively served as the chairman of Chengdu Shude Middle School, Yintan Middle School and Longquanyi Middle School.
He also donated more than 2,000 books to the Jianyang County Library, making a contribution to local education. On the eve of the liberation of Sichuan, he followed everyone to send a telegram in Ya'an, participated in the Pengxian uprising, and abandoned the darkness to the light.
But he did not understand the Communist Party's policy toward the insurgents at the time, so he was uneasy for a while. Later, he was introduced to Chongqing, and when he saw ***, he was completely relieved.
He was appointed as a member of the Southwest Military and Political Commission, mainly responsible for labor and employment. Subsequently, he successively served as the counselor of the Counselor's Office of the Southwest Military and Political Commission, the counselor of the Sichuan Provincial Counselor's Office, and the member of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
He died of illness on October 15, 1975. Overall, Tian Songyao's life is full of mistakes and contributions. He once fought against the Red Army at the behest of Chiang Kai-shek, and also made an effort to expel the foreign invaders.
Realizing that he had lost his way, he refused Chiang Kai-shek's plane ticket and chose to revolt. This in itself is already commendable. And his promotion of education in Sichuan has added a lot to his life.