The commander of the Red Army trained the troops, and the little groom questioned. The head of the regiment is angry: Boy, you have a kind!
We came to the Red Army. At that time, Li Xuexian didn't understand, if he encountered the Jiang army, militia groups, bandits, etc., would he still be able to survive if he found the Red Army?
The sentry saw through the identity of this group of teenagers at a glance, and asked sharply, "You are Yue Hulu's subordinates, aren't you?" Li Xuexian was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't know who Yue Hulu was.
Seeing that Li Xuexian and they couldn't justify themselves, the sentry was even more suspicious, and suddenly shot into the sky, shouting: "All stop, otherwise you will be killed!" Seven or eight of the 18 teenagers were so frightened that they burst into tears.
Li Xuexian learned some stick boxing techniques and bravely asked: "Are you the Red Army?" "Don't ask questions, don't move! The sentry commanded sternly. At this time, more than a dozen people rushed out of the mountain, all with guns, running down the ridge, shouting as they ran: "Surrender the gun and don't kill!" ”
A group of teenagers panicked and scattered like a nest. Li Xuexian asked his cousin Wang Mazi: "Should we run?" Wang Mazi replied: "Running to **? If you get caught by them, you might be shot! ”
So, the sentry tied up Li Xuexian and Wang Mazi and threatened them: "If they continue to escape, we will shoot!" ”
Li Xuexian was worried about hurting everyone, and shouted loudly: "Don't run away, everyone!" When they heard this, the fleeing men stopped and let the men who rushed down from the mountain tie them up.
After that, Li Xuexian and his companions were covered with black cloth and taken by a group of people to a large house. When the black cloth was uncovered, Li Xuexian noticed that there were people standing around with guns on their backs and spears and large knives.
He suddenly became excited, because he heard his eldest brother Li Hengchun say that the Red Army carried broadswords, spears, etc. So he hurriedly said: "You are the Red Army!" ”
We are the Red Army! Did you send it from Yue Hulu? A man with a big head and a black face questioned him. Hearing that they were Red Army troops, Li Xuexian jumped up with joy, bent down and bowed, and said, "I finally found you!" ”
But a man who looked like a head said: "Don't pretend to be garlic, if you don't tell the truth, hang it up and beat it!" This seemed to pour cold water on Li Xuexian, and he began to realize that the Red Army did not know their identity.
So, Li Xuexian told them how they defected to the Red Army, and said that his eldest brother Li Hengchun and second brother Li Youcai were also Red Army.
After listening to Li Xuexian's words, the head-looking person asked in surprise: "Are you Li Hengchun's younger brother?" Li Xuexian replied: "Yes, I am his third brother, is there any problem?" ”
The leader-looking man looked at Li Xuexian carefully, and then said, "You look exactly like his brother, especially the bridge of your nose, ears and face, it's like a copy and paste!" ”
As he spoke, the head-looking man suddenly walked up to Li Xuexian, punched him heavily, and then said, "You kid, why didn't you tell me your eldest brother's name earlier?" ”
Li Xuexian muttered: "You didn't let me open your mouth at all!" The head-looking person immediately untied the rope on Li Xuexian's body, and apologized while untying it: "I'm sorry, don't take it to heart."
Recently there were a few guys who wanted to defect to us, and as soon as we got close to them, they took out the ** and killed three of our fighters. The bandits and the militias scared us, so we were nervous when they saw someone who looked like us.
I am Qin Liang, nicknamed 'Earth Cannon', and I am the squadron leader of the guerrilla brigade. ”
This team was the first guerrilla brigade of the 5th Regiment of Huoqiu Red Guards, and in order to avoid the pursuit of the enemy, they hid in the Dabie Mountain. However, the bandits, militia groups, and broadsword societies in the mountains often disguised themselves as the Red Army to carry out attacks, especially the bandit leader Yue Hulu, whose more than 800 bandits did all kinds of evil, eyeing the guerrilla brigades and looking for an opportunity to eliminate them.
After the misunderstanding was resolved, the Red Army soldiers brought mountain spring water to the guerrilla brigade, made them wash their faces and helped them cook. After eating and drinking, Qin Liang told Li Xuexian that his eldest brother was the secretary of the regiment headquarters, and the second brother was the guard of the regiment commander, let them rest first, and the captain would soon inform them that the eldest brother and the second brother would soon be informed, and even the regiment commander would come to see them.
Li Xuexian gratefully took Qin Liang's hand. An hour later, Li Hengchun and Li Youcai came to visit their younger brother Li Xuexian, and the three brothers hugged each other excitedly. The eldest brother Li Hengchun said: "Third brother, you are really good!"
I know you're going to make it. My second brother and I have been out for more than a year, how is the family? How are my father and my mother? ”
Li Xuexian complained: "What's good, I can't even eat enough, if it was good, I would have run to the Red Army a long time ago." His eldest brother couldn't hold back his tears and blamed himself: "I'm sorry for my father." ”
Li Xuexian's second brother comforted him: "Don't think about it so much, let's go see the other brothers." When they met the other seventeen brothers, they all patted each other on the shoulders with joy.
Li Hengchun saw that Wang Mazi was also coming, so he said to him: "Cousin, you are here too!" Wang Mazi smiled shyly and said, "I'm here." At this time, Li Xuexian opened his heart and sang loudly the minor tune of his hometown "Little Hired Worker in December": The small hired worker has been working for three years, the landlord and the old rich eat fat, and the poor little hired worker thinks about his relatives.
In the past, when he was a helper, Li Xuexian didn't dare to sing this song, but now in the Red Army troops, he saw his two brothers, he could sing them without reservation, and his heart felt extremely comfortable.
Everyone sang aloud with him, and the song echoed in the mountains. Li Hengchun looked at everyone's happy smiles and encouraged: "Sing, sing as much as you want!" ”
Li Xuexian was introduced by his eldest brother Li Hengchun to the head of the 5th Regiment of Huoqiu Chiwei. The tall, bearded regimental commander was usually silent, but as soon as he spoke, his voice was like thunder, giving people a powerful deterrent.
He glanced at Li Xuexian and found that he had a pair of big ears and a simple and thick face, so he asked curiously, "Have you studied martial arts?" Li Xuexian replied: "I have studied for three years, but I haven't really mastered it yet." ”
Head Yang looked at Li Xuexian again and said, "Then let's compare our strength, although I haven't studied martial arts, but I have killed a big pig, and the big pig of three or four hundred catties is as light as chicken feathers in my hands!"
Do you dare to compete with me? Li Xuexian hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You are the head of the regiment, if I win you, I am afraid that you will be unhappy." The eldest brother Li Hengchun hurriedly interjected: "Leader, don't tease him, the third brother is still young." ”
But Head Yang insisted: "Do you dare?" Li Xuexian replied: "Dare! So, he put his hand on the small wooden table, ready for the challenge.
Head Yang didn't expect Li Xuexian to be so resolute, so he hesitated for a moment and said, "Be careful that I break your arm!" At first, Head Yang tried slowly, wanting to see Li Xuexian's strength, but when he touched Li Xuexian's wide palm, he began to be in awe of the young half-big man in front of him.
He tried with all his strength to overwhelm Li Xuexian's arm, Li Xuexian also used all his strength, his face was flushed, and he looked like he couldn't hold on, but he was unwilling to give up and tried his best to fight.
Head Yang was relieved and said, "Good job, you are brave enough, you can be my groom!" Li Xuexian asked in disbelief: "Really?" Head Yang didn't answer Li Xuexian's question, just nodded, and then said to himself: "This is a good talent!" ”
Li Xuexian knew the character of the head of the regiment Yang, so the second brother Li Youcai whispered to him: "Third brother, the head of the regiment is interesting to you!" Li Xuexian thought that if he could become the head of the regiment, he would be able to see his elder brother and second brother every day, so he was very happy.
In the more than three months he has been a groom, Li Xuexian got up early every morning, crossed the mountains, cut high-quality grass, and then chopped it up to feed the horses.
Head Yang watched Li Xuexian work lovingly, engrossed. He loved Li Xuexian's diligence and wisdom in his heart, and when he saw him taking care of the horses carefully, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "You kid is really good." ”
Li Xuexian straightened his waist, saluted and replied: "Report to the head of the group, which child from a poor family can't work?" Head Yang smiled slightly and said cordially: "You kid, you are quite good at talking, unlike when I first joined the revolution, I always spoke 'I, I, I', which made people laugh." ”
Li Xuexian heard others say that Commander Yang was a native of Henan, and when he first participated in the revolution, due to the accent problem, the sentence "We poor people make revolution" became "We bear people laugh at the revolution", and was criticized by the superiors: "Dogs and bears also come to make revolutions? ”
Head Yang glanced at Li Xuexian, smiled happily, and left. Since September 1929, Li Xuexian had been a groom for three months, and the horses he raised had grown fat and shiny.
One day, he led his horse past the training ground, and when he saw the regimental commander training the soldiers, he couldn't help laughing.
Well, you come and teach everyone. He likes this Li Xuexian very much, who dares to challenge authority and is highly skilled.
After half a year of hard work, Li Xuexian successfully joined the Communist Youth League under the introduction of Director Fan of the Political Department of the 5th Red Guard Regiment, and his enthusiasm became even stronger.
Li Xuexian took a group photo with his old comrades-in-arms of the Red Guard Regiment, and among the 300 people who participated in the 5th Red Guard Regiment that year, only 4 survived to the spring of the founding of New China. In the spring of Dabie Mountain, the red of the mountain is in full bloom, and the revolutionary songs come and go.
In order to strengthen the unified leadership of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui Soviet Region, the higher authorities decided to unify the peasant uprisings and workers' and peasants' armed forces in the six places of Jute and Shangliu into the First Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Li Xuexian, as the commander of the 5th Red Guard Regiment, was subordinate to the Red 3rd Division.
In April 1931, Li Xuexian honorably joined the organization in Macheng County, which was an extremely sacred thing for him. At that time, the situation of struggle required them to join in a secret way.
Li Xuexian's introducer was Wang Jiping, the battalion political commissar. The oath-taking ceremony was held in the thatched hut of the regimental guard company headquarters in the bamboo forest, and the party flag dyed from coarse cloth was hung on the yellow mud wall. Li Xuexian solemnly swore that he would be strict with himself and seek happiness for the toiling masses.
At that time, the landlords, local tyrants and shoddy gentry bribed the Red Gun Society, the Broadsword Society, the merchant group, the militia and other local reactionary forces to oppose the Red Army. The Red Gun Society and the Broadsword Society will dance before attacking, and then drink the cinnabar decoction and be invulnerable.
At first, the Red Guards suffered a lot because they did not understand the characteristics and laws of the enemy. Once, when the herald platoon was collecting grain and grass in the field, it was besieged by hundreds of members of the Great Sword Society, and the situation was very unfavorable.
Through the local people, Li Xuexian learned that the people of the Dadaohui were afraid of water, and according to this characteristic, he formulated a battle plan.
In the face of the attack of the Great Sword Society, Li Xuexian used the tactic of luring the enemy into depth, sent agile soldiers to the nearby garrison, and led the whole platoon to gradually retreat in the battle, feigning defeat, and luring the enemy to the Shihe River at the junction of Henan and Anhui.
Then, the hidden ambush attacked from both sides, causing the enemy to fall into the river and die, and finally succeeded in annihilating 200 members of the Broadsword Society. After that, the whole regiment adopted Li Xuexian's tactics and successfully suppressed the arrogance of the militia groups such as the Big Knife Society and the Red Gun Society.
Li Xuexian showed bravery and wisdom in the battle, so he was appointed as the commander of the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Red Guard Regiment. In August 1931, Regiment Commander Yang spoke highly of Li Xuexian's bravery and good fighting and enemy killing exploits, and appointed him as the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 5th Regiment of Huoqiu Chiwei.
Although Captain Yang's language is not gorgeous, he used the words "you have a kind" to deeply express his respect and trust in Li Xuexian.