The Legend of Qin Chu 1 Blood stained willows

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Chen Geng and Xie Fuzhi Corps created the legend of the Yunyang Revolution in the Hubei and Shaanxi base areas, with a total of 66 episodes.

Yunyang Chen Jiaju bandit nest.

Map of the names of the Hubei and Shaanxi base areas of the Chen Xie Corps.

Note: The first episode of "Blood Sprinkling Da Liu" and "Da Liu" allude to Daliu Township, where Zhang Hongsheng and Wang Wu martyrs sacrificed, and the other is to explicitly refer to the sacrifice under the big willow tree.

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Martyr Zhang Hongsheng (**University Wang Jianjun painting).

In the spring of 1949, the land of Qin and Chu, the Han River of Yunshan, the sky shed tears, the mountains were covered with filial piety, the mountain eagles were mourning in the air, and the wind god was wailing in the nine days.

The villagers of the township security team, one on the left and one on the right, with horizontal knives and guns, braved a lot of snow, escorted a group of people who had just completed repairing bunkers and digging trenches, along the border between Hubei and Shaanxi and the Taoxi small streets in the Taohe River Valley, stretched out the formation and marched westward. Two miles away, the Chen family's compound rushed. Youth, chained by the hand, in a string; Elderly and young people supported each other and moved slowly. One by one, they lowered their heads, carried their tools, shrunk their waists sadly, and walked out of the side streets listlessly, like funeral processions.

Chen Jiaju and Tu Si Mazi Security Corps.

At the end of the small street of Taoxi, where the head can be seen at a glance, at the fork in the road, there is a big ancient willow tree that grows two people hugging together, and on the snow-covered branches, hang two corpses with severed arms, the skull chisels open a hole the size of an egg, the brain marrow is stirred into a paste, and tung oil is poured in, and a thick wick sticks out from the top of the head, braving a fist-sized flame, making a slight sound, and fluttering with the cold wind. The scene in front of him makes the valley more terrifying and colder, like the legendary hell of the underworld.

The peasants passing by the trees shrank like grass that has lost water under the hot sun, and they couldn't help crying "wow". Some old people and teenagers collapsed in the snow with their legs limp in grief, tears falling like rain.

The townsfolk shouted.

Tu Si Mazi, deputy of the township team of the security team that led the team, scolded and screamed, threatened, taught the fast son who fell to the ground, picked them up, and continued to walk.

On the branches of the trees, the victims who were "lit the sky lanterns": a man named Wang Wu, 23 years old, is a person from Dabie Mountain. A year ago, he came to Taoxi to find his cousin Qiang Qiang, who was originally the deputy company commander of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army. Wang Wu came to Taoxi, because the road fee was exhausted and it was difficult to return to his hometown, so he had to do an errand in the township security team through his cousin's shopkeeper, Chen Jiaju, a big local tyrant. The other is named Zhang Hongsheng, a member of the old peasant association with noble virtues in his hometown, now Chinese New Year's Eve, ** 18 years, serving as an executive committee member of the peasant association, and participating in the armed forces led by the Communist Party - the joint defense team of the Eyu Shaanxi Border Region. They are all sincere friends and close relatives of Taoxi farmers.

On the first day of war preparations in Taoxi Township, pulling them out to "light the sky lantern" was the first vicious action of the Taoxi forces, determined to the end, and going all out to deal with the Communist Party.

The servant who was forced to participate in the preparation for the war walked under the tree and looked at the corpses of the two heroic martyrs hanging high in the branches of the tree in a daze, as if someone had stabbed ten stirring knives, and the pain was heart-wrenching. The bright day, as if immediately entering the dark night, is gloomy and dark in front of you, there is no sky, no day, no everything, which makes people sad, frightened, and miserable. The "squeaky" roaring wind, crying and weeping, shaking the heavens and the earth, as if full of grief and injustice in the world, sadly let go of the throat of mourning, and wailed for the victims. The snowflakes that fell to the ground, covering the mountains and accumulating on the trees, seemed to know that the world was bullying and tyrannical, and wanted to bury all the ugliness and filial piety for the victims.

Tu Si Mazi, the deputy of the township team, faced the crying and standing crowd, an evil fire rushed to the brain, jumped up in a very angry rage, viciously pulled up a dumb voice like a male duck, and shouted loudly: "Listen, everyone, these two people are ** molecules, whoever sprinkles 'urine' again, who is wearing crotch pants with **, I will definitely report to Chen Qiye and sentence you to be beheaded all over the house!" ”

Chen Qiye, named Chen Jiaju, is the seventh in line, because he has a pot at home and is addicted to drinking, he is nicknamed "Chen Jiu Turtle". He is treacherous, cruel and vicious, two-faced and three-stabbed, and abides by the instructions of his ancestors: "The eldest husband is not ashamed of being treacherous and vicious." Therefore, he treats the poor people, knocking out the bones and sucking the marrow, never being soft, openly and secretly, and exploiting usury. He never believed in the will of heaven, understood the truth of personal struggle and accumulation of wealth without mercy, and then relied on dozens of guns in his hand to run rampant in the countryside, oppressing civilians, and even, for a little thing, forced people to die, uprooted their hometowns, and the family property was collected by him. In just over ten years, he amassed a mountain of wealth, rented a class to a thousand stones, and bought the titles of county senator and township head with gold bars, and became famous on the border of Hubei, Henan, and Shaanxi provinces, and became an indispensable local tyrant and bully. The common people said: Chen Qiye wants you to die in the morning, and no one dares to postpone it until noon. Because of this, his subordinates had difficulty doing things when they encountered the top bull, and they always used his reputation to frighten the people.

However, Tu Si Mazi's intimidation today did not stop the crying of the people who participated in the preparation for war. On the contrary, the cry of "wow" shook the mountains and countryside, making Tu Si embarrassed and embarrassed, so that he panicked, dumbfounded, and stood dumbfounded.

After a while, Tu Si Mazi Xiang suddenly poured the sobering soup, woke up at once, and scolded the security team villagers who escorted the people: "Grandma Pi, don't hurry them away, listen to their howls!" ”

The crowd passed through the big willow tree with the sound of belt whips and shouts, and the mourning relatives were driven into the compound of Chen Jiaju, the big local tyrant and township head, Chen Laoqi.

Taoxi tossed four days of sealing the mountain and repairing the fort to prepare for war, and on the third day of the first month of the 37th year (1948), it was completed. On this day, it happened to encounter wind and snow, which added cold to the "29th" day. The people who were forced to repair the fortifications gathered in Chenjiayuan, and everyone stomped their feet in the cold wind and snow, complaining bitterly. Many people crawled outward with bloodshot eyes, pale and haggard faces, and bloody mouths on the back of their hands. Some came home with a look of pity in their eyes. Some moaned and trembled, and secretly cursed Chen Jiaju: "It's not good to harm the villagers!" Some of them were worried about their families and murmured: "There are fewer laborers in the family, leaving the old and the young, how can they live!" ”

The crying, screaming, and noisy sounds made the Chen family's compound like a honeycomb that had been poked open, buzzing uneasily.

Huang Ashan, the leader of the security team, turned his eagle eyes around the crowd and watched. Suddenly, he grabbed the ears of a scolding young man, Luo Niuwa, and reprimanded him stupidly: "You kid wants to rebel, beware that the Communist Party doesn't come, it's like two 'sky lanterns' in the big willow tree, and you will be broken into pieces!" ”

A few half-old people, when they heard the big willow tree, were chilled. In particular, the old farmer who had a relationship with Niu Wa's father during his lifetime, knew Niu Wa's life experience, and was even more afraid that Huang Ashan would harm him. immediately approached and apologized: "The chief is angry, don't meet him, sir." As he spoke, he pulled Niu Wa's arm: "Don't kneel down yet: make amends to the chief, admit your mistakes, and beg for mercy." ”

Luo Niuwa, whose hometown was originally from Zhoujiakou, Henan Province, has been oppressed and poor since she descended into the world. In winter, the wind and snow are raging, and he is not covered by clothes. When he was five years old, he had a shirt and a straw belt around his waist, and followed his parents to herd cattle, pigs, and chores for the landlord. When he was eight years old, the evil Chiang Kai-shek Kuomintang broke the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou in Zhongmu County, and the flood flooded for thousands of miles, overwhelming his hometown. The emaciated and sickly mother, along with more than 800,000 unfortunate people, was swept away by the flood. His father carried him on his back and fled westward with all his might, although he saved two lives, but since then, he has lived in temples, streets, and eaves every day, begging for a living. At the end of the winter of 1938, he came to the Yunyang boundary and fell into Chen Jiaju's magic cave. My father made cattle and horses, and five years later, he was tired and disabled, and passed away, leaving the cow baby alone. Because Niu Wa is young and can't do enough work, his face and body are often like green apples thrown off, and he was beaten by Chen Qi. Now, he has grown into a human being, and he is beaten and scolded less, but he has hatred in his heart, and his eyes are full of revenge.

At this time, under the urging of the elders, Luo Niuwa knelt on the ground helplessly in pain, stuttered and reluctantly obeyed: "The chief is good, but the little one is not." ”

Huang Ahshan was not satisfied with this, he raised his eyebrows, his eyes were about to jump out, his shoulders were erect, his nose was humming, his face was cross-faced, he was foaming at the star, and reprimanded: "You kid is really better than eating a dog." Chen Qiye raised you, provided you with food, gave you clothes, and did not repay the master when he saw things, but followed the wild seeds in the mountains to chew nonsense and fight against the seventh master. Today, Lao Tzu sees that you are still a Chen guy, and spare you three points ......”

Huang Ashan said, took out a pistol from the gun box, put it on the cover of Niu Wa Tianling, and scolded straight and pointed: "If you do it again in the future, you will want the life of your eight cubs!" ”

Huang Ashan's behavior frightened Niu Wa to swallow her breath.

However, standing aside, his face had already changed in anger, and he usually liked to help the good and drive away evil spirits, and at this time, Peng Zhu, a young teacher who was making an idea for the people and asking Chen Jiaju to release the people, stepped forward and criticized Huang Ashan: "The people take farming and weaving as their business, and they ask to return home to start a business, what crime have they committed, and they will be bullied by you!" ”

Huang Ahan usually relies on the forces of Chen Jiaju and Chen Laoqi, and he is used to flying and domineering, which allows the people to have democracy. Listening to Peng Zhu's words, it was like splitting his head and taking two bamboo poles, and his face was hot and spicy. He was annoyed and angry, and that anger suddenly turned into a flood, broke through the embankment, stretched out his hand uncontrollably, grabbed Mr. Peng Zhu's neckline, and scolded: "I see that your kid is very much like a fellow party of the Communist Party, an accomplice of the 'Sky Lantern', not a good thing!" As he spoke, he raised his hand and was about to hit someone.

Peng Zhu's friend Ma Blacksmith, seeing that Huang Ahshan was going to beat Mr. Teach, angrily raised a thick arm, pinched Huang Ashan's raised hand like a giant pincer, causing the hand to twist and change its shape, screaming in pain, and staggering back two steps.

Huang Ashan naturally refused to give up, squinted his eyes, took out a pistol from the wooden box with a "sigh", and said to the horse blacksmith: "The surname is Ma, the old account of your participation in the ** Ma Shuxian 'Joint Defense Team' eighteen years ago is not settled;Now, there is miscellaneous hair again, and he dares to fight with Lao Tzu ......”

The people, seeing Huang Ahshan and the horse blacksmith fighting, under the encouragement of Peng Zhu, shouted and screamed one after another, raised the hoe and the hammer high, and shook it left and right in the air.

Don't hit someone? ”

Bullying the common people, the sky will not tolerate it! ”

The Communist Party is coming, and you are still domineering! ”

The shouts, roars, and scoldings shook the Chen family's house "buzzing"; The falling snow swirled and rolled back into the air.

Huang Ashan saw that the situation was difficult to clean up, and suddenly thought of what Chen Qi said on the first day of preparation: "Everything is to deal with the Communist Party, whoever dares to resist will be attacked." He immediately turned his heart and wanted to beat the rebellion in the courtyard.

Huang Ahan glanced around, pulled the bolt, and "banged" two shots into the air, and then, pulled out the whistle from under the belt, and "squeaked" sounded the whistle of the security guards.

The dog soldiers of the security team, like flies smelling the stench, boomed, and the black pressure gathered and surrounded the blacksmith Ma and Mr. Peng Zhu. Huang Ashan is like an owl at the head of the grave at night, with a gloomy face, staring, sneering, turning the pistol, and saying hideously: "Tai Sui has an itch on his head, and he also needs to choose a place, you are old and young, and you have the marrow oil of the Communist Party in your bones, don't blame Lao Tzu for being polite!" ”

He gave the security team a look, and with a wave of his hand, the dog soldiers swarmed up and arrested Mr. Peng Zhu and the blacksmith Ma. Although the blacksmith Ma was extremely strong, three or four dog soldiers fell down at that time, and the people were outnumbered, and the people did not dare to help under the threat of knives and guns, and finally, they were escorted into Chen Jiaju's cell, waiting for the guilt.

Chen Jiaju, the head of the Kuomintang township, began to prepare for war in Taohexi, on the border between Hubei and Shaanxi, from Yunyang City, where the Eighth Inspector's Office is located in northwest Hubei Province, on December 30, 1947 (**6), after being occupied by the Communist Party and the People's Liberation Army, the next day.

Before the Communist Party occupied Yunyang County, he was very arrogant, never believed in the Communist army, and had the power to occupy the city

That night, when the night had just taken away the last light of the earth, the living room of the Chen family, as usual, was bright and bright, illuminating all corners; A blazing charcoal fire, like a phosphorus fire, fluttered with tongues of fire that were both yellow and blue.

The black and bright Eight Immortals square table has four plates of dishes and a white jade wine glass, which is constantly connected with Chen Jiaju's gold-inlaid teeth. The cup is dry and filled again. The pot is exhausted, replace it with a new one.

He drank and listened to songs, and was optimistic.

Hua Jingui, who came to the Chen family as a girl to pay off her debts, frowned, under her long eyelashes, with a deep and unpredictable expression in her eyes, as if full of bitterness and resentment, she stood across the square table. She was twenty-three years old, plump and beautiful, her hair was combed evenly and symmetrically, and under the gas lamp, the silk was shining; Dressed in flowery clothes and makeup, close to the body and skin, it shows the girl's delicate facial features, flowers and moonlight, lively and smart. Although she hid her sorrow between her eyebrows, under the authority of the master's holy order to beg for pleasure and lewdness, she pretended to smile and sang a sour mountain song to cheer the master's drinking:

One more drum winter, one more drum winter, the little sister came to my brother's room, unveiled the red silk quilt (crooked), and the mouth rat sent the hall to remember the decoration hall, and the two of us slept together. The second watch drum beats, the second watch drum beats, the crescent moon quietly climbs up the willow treetops, the flying dragon plays the phoenix for a good night, and the warmth and joy are Taotao.

Sitting on the Taishi chair, with one foot crossed, shaking up and down, listening to the song, it was as sweet as eating honey, and the aftertaste was endless. He wiped the bald and green eggplant face that had been plucked out, picked up the white jade wine glass, "Gu Dong", like drinking nectar, and poured the wine into his stomach with the taste of licking the fragrant legs of the beauty.

Seventh Master, it's late at night, go back to your room to rest! Standing beside Chen Jiaju and pouring wine, Wu Xiongcai, a bodyguard who was born in a long-term worker, stopped singing and opened his mouth with persuasion.

Lao Tzu didn't ......Drunk, you pour it! ”

The war is in chaos, and you ......”

What kind of army is in chaos, the Communist Party occupied Xicheng in November, I believe, to say that it broke through the stone cave of the commander of the Zhaochuan Party Wenbin in the south of Shang (note), and killed the ...... of the major general of Shangluo in ShaanxiInspector Dang Feiwu, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it. ”

Returning to the seventh master, a person from Horseshoe Valley, Shangnan County, Shaanxi Province said: Dang Wenbin Stone Cave was breached on December 24, and the body of Dang Feiwu Commissioner on December 26 was sleeping peacefully in the snow of Horseshoe Valley. Wu Xiongcai reported defensively.

Chen Qi was unhappy. He raised his face and shouted: "The Communist Party's red propaganda is unbelievable!" That Dang Wenbin Stone Cave, there are 60 zhang steep cliffs, there are 30 zhang waterfall dragon pond below, the entrance of the cave is hidden in the dense forest half house, a single sheep road goes down along the stone crack, close to the entrance of the cave, and there is a long suspension bridge lap, draw the suspension bridge, the New Fourth Army, the 359 Brigade, all have no way to him. Now, even if the Communist Party has steel wings and iron feathers, it will not be able to fly into the hole! ”

As he was talking, the door of the hall opened with a "squeak", and with the cold wind, a short and thick man with a box gun came in. He is Chen Qi's cadre and deputy Tu Si Mazi of the security team of the township office. Facing him, he greeted Chen Jiaju with a half-bowed salute of the army, not the army and the people.

(Note): Stone caves. Also known as the Dangjia Cave, located in the dense forest at the junction of Shangnan County and Hubei in southern Shaanxi, the hole is divided into upper, middle and lower three layers, there are mountain springs and waterfalls flowing out of the lower layer, the upper hole is 200 meters away from the top of the mountain, the lower hole is nearly 100 meters away from the ground dragon oxygen, it is the old nest of Dang Wenbin, the head of the security battalion of Shangnan County. On December 24, 1947, the 7th Company of the 86th Regiment broke through the hole with the assistance of mountain artillery and captured one mortar, 6 machine guns, more than 100 rifles and 23 pistols.

Hua Jingui, who was singing, took a porcelain cup and tooth bone chopsticks from the god cabinet with the "Heaven and Earth Monarch Prince" hanging in the middle hall, and placed them in front of Tu Si Mazi. Say all blessings, stand aside and serve.

The bodyguard Wu Xiongcai was busy filling the Tu team with wine.

Chen Qi raised his glass and touched Tu Si while talking about the political situation: "During the period of chaos, there were many rumors, the Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi border joint defense meeting had just been held for half a month, how could it be said that the Shaanxi Provincial Party Commander and his brother Party Feiwu Commissioner were killed!" ”

Tu Si Mazi stared at a pair of big eyes, and originally came to report "encroaching on the west**, there is a movement of the east into the sun", at this moment, seeing that Chen Qi's expression was wrong, he plucked his lips a few times, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and had to nod frequently, like a black hen pecking rice.

Wu Xiongcai, the third bodyguard, saw that Chen Qi still did not believe that the party brothers were wiped out by the Communist Party, so he wittily stepped on Chen Qi's tone, changed his tone and said: "The person who rumors is said vividly, and even said that he saw it with his own eyes. However, people often say: often treat nothing as something, and don't wait for things to make up for being late. The seventh master is looking forward to the arrival of the deputy of the team, and the deputy of the team has a good heart, and it is too opportune! ”

Tu Si Mazi hurriedly used his whiskers to pat the horse, piled up a smile on his face, and said to Chen Qi with his fists: "The seventh master commands, the seventh master commands!" ”

Chen Qi drank wine, suppressed his previous emotions, and slowly turned his head and said: "I want to explain to the brothers in the security team that the Communist Party's trip to the township and county is the result of being swept away by the ** family, and after all, it is still a grasshopper after the autumn." It is necessary to believe the admonition of the general director of the county senator Jiang Zhilan a few days ago, "If you don't get rid of it, the country will have no peace." Now, there are three brigades of Chief Kang Ze in Xiangyang, east of our township; To the north, Nanyang has three brigades of the 10th Division of Chief Wang Lingyun; There is Hu Zongnan's elite corps in the southwest; There are Yang Security Corps, Jiang Zhilan troops, and the 4th and 10th Regiments of Hubei Security Corps guarding the territory, so don't listen to rumors and disturb yourself. ”

Tu Si listened to Chen Qi's teachings, still pretending to be a pug licking his hair, and followed his tone: "It's still the seventh master to see far, during the chaos period, ** became a headless fly, wandering around, even if he came to my district and partnered with Tan Daopeng and Yu Qian's mountain detachment (note), it was impossible to escape the fate of destruction, and the small one followed the seventh master and was willing to serve the party-state rebellion!" ”

Chen Qi listened to Tu Si's confession, as if he had drunk ginseng soup, his spirit suddenly lifted up, and he felt that Tu Si was worthy of being a loyal helper. Suddenly, a look of self-confidence appeared on his face, and he said to Tu Si: "However, the bandits are coming to the house, and we should also take some necessary precautions." The two gangsters who were imprisoned last month who wanted to make a riot to meet ** will be eliminated tomorrow. Lao Tzu wants to use their heads to 'light sky lanterns', and on the first day of preparation, they will be an example of those who want to work with the Communist Party! Moreover, no matter how the special office, Commissioner Zhang of the county government, and Lu Shenggui of the county seat make decisions, from tomorrow, our township will begin to close the mountain and lock the road, and it is strictly forbidden for people from other lands to borrow the road. At the same time, organize all the armor protection, catch enough three hundred fuzi, rush to repair pillboxes and trenches in dangerous and important places, and all strong men between the ages of 15 and 45 will be concentrated in the township, unify military command, unify the organization of formations, guard the roadblocks, and guard against dissidents! ”

Tu Si Mazi listened to Chen Qi's decision, followed by his own courage, and praised with appreciation: "The seventh master is strategic, and my generation will be chaotic and sharp." As he spoke, he bowed up, raised his wine glass, and proposed: "The Seventh Master is a heroic hero, the younger brother follows the hope, tonight, borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and respect the Seventh Master for three cups." ”

(Note), Yunshan detachment. It is the Henan-Hubei-Shaanxi base area established after the Central Plains troops broke through to southern Shaanxi and northwest Hubei in 1946.

1. The 3rd Division, with the approval of the 3rd Division, formed a mountain detachment, with three brigades under its jurisdiction, which were active in the Yanghe Shangluo Mountains until liberation.

Tu Si knew that Chen Qi's heart was heavy, and comforted him again and again: "Seventh master, don't worry, you drink three glasses of wine from your brother, wrap everything on your brother, drill your brain, and stir up your brain, it's not the first time you have done this, when the time comes, I promise to let those two heads not go out for seven days and seven nights!" ”

Chen Qi laughed "haha", picked up the white jade cup, and drank it all. When the third glass of wine was just full, Chen Qi raised his glass to drink, and a person from the township office came, panting and rushing into the living room.

Seventh Master, Yunyang is lost! ”

Chen Qi was on the rise and did not hear the name of the place. Tu Si Mazi heard it clearly, as if someone had poured wax on his head, and he was as frightened as a wooden chicken.

Chen Qi saw Tu Si's expression change suddenly, and the wine in the cup couldn't control himself, and he poured it on the table with a click. Asked, "*Lost ......."Guard? ”

Seeing this situation, the villager of the newspaper was silenced and repeated: "Report to the Seventh Master, our county seat, Yunyang Mansion has been lost!" ”

Chen Qi suddenly felt five thunderbolts, and suddenly shocked the seat, grabbed his corset, opened his mouth, and his eyes suddenly turned white. He tried to stand up, but he didn't straighten up, like a chicken in soup, and his head broke out in a cold sweat, like an epileptic malaria, and slipped under the table.

Everyone called for the seventh master and dragged him up from under the table, and a stream of urine had already flowed out along the trouser tube.

**Follow, the next issue will continue the second season: "Troubled Times".