Marshal He Long has been extraordinary since childhood, going south and north at the age of 14, and

Foreword

In my mind, my father is like a book, a book of breadth and profundity. From the day I became sensible, I read him with my heart. Read him with my tireless trek and search along in his footsteps. And in the few chapters that I have read in more than ten years of life, the Nanchang Uprising before and after throwing himself into the arms of the Communist Party is the most exciting chapter he wrote, the most intriguing chapter.

* The daughter of He Jiesheng "Father's Snow Mountain, Mother's Meadow".

* Although the family was poor, the ancestors were all indomitable people who upheld justice for the people. His Tang ancestor He Tingbi was the leader of the peasant uprising. During the Taiping Rebellion, many peasants responded. When the rebels entered Hunan, some of the peasants in Hunan joined the Taiping army, and some organized armed forces to oppose the Qing Dynasty and attack the Qing Dynasty. And He Tingbi launched an armed uprising in Sangzhi and led the peasants to rise up and resist.

He led thousands of peasants to break through Sangzhi County, killed the county magistrate of the Qing Dynasty, and opened warehouses for people to release grain, solving the problem that the public could not eat. After that, he united with the rebel army in Dayong and other counties and continued to fight against the Qing army for two years. In the end, he was suppressed and beheaded.

Later generations compiled this story into a Chinese drama and performed it in various places in order to praise and commemorate such a heroic person. And the He family also regards this history as a glory, passed down from generation to generation, and used to educate future generations.

*'s grandfather, He Liangshi, was a martial artist, he learned a good martial arts, often upheld justice, helped others, and was deeply respected by his fellow villagers. His father, He Shidao, not only inherited his grandfather's skills, but also loved to fight against the wealthy and powerful.

In this generation, the family is becoming more and more poor, and the year he was born, he caught up with the major floods and droughts in Hunan one after another. Therefore, the days of enduring freezing and starvation have basically never stopped. When he was five or six years old, he hadn't worn a brand new pair of pants.

His father owed a loan shark and couldn't pay it back, so he had to work for the landlord to pay for it. But it still can't make up for that "big hole". So life was very embarrassing. **Later, he recalled this experience and said: "I still remember when I was a child, borrowing money to pay interest is not counted, but also saying good things and giving favors." ”

Even if the family is poor, the grandfather and father of ** still do not forget to educate and cultivate**. They taught him martial arts and sent him to a private school. **I like to read very much, but Mr. Jiang, who teaches, is a well-behaved and overly pedantic person, and he also looks down on the poor, has a very bad attitude towards the children of poor families, and is obedient to the children of rich families.

Once, he asked his husband: "Why do I have to suffer from Mr.'s board when I read this 'the beginning of a person, the nature is good' every day?."How good is this 'good nature at the beginning of man' to the poor?The gentleman replied, "Poor people, little people." The poor were the worst and could not be educated. ”

* Listened angrily to Mr. Theory: "It's not good for the poor, do you still have to read this every day?."He threw the book on the ground. Because of this incident, he was slapped by his husband.

Born in the turbulent era, he was jealous and hateful since he was a child, he sympathized with the toiling masses who were enslaved like him, and despised the powerful and gentry.

One day, the county's anti-smoking committee came to Hongjiaguan in a sedan chair. People gathered around**. When the chief of the armor came to greet him, he suspected that the crowd was blocking the road, and he even beat and scolded the onlookers to drive them away.

* Angry on the sidelines, "Phew!."What's that, big fart, what's there to show off!It happened that there was a rich kid standing next to him, and when he heard **'s words, he asked him: "How dare you scold the official?"Don't you want to be an official when you grow up?”

* Asked him rhetorically: "When you grow up, what do you want to be?""I'm going to be a security chief!The man craned his neck with a smug look. Seeing his invincible appearance, I couldn't help but give him a slap in the face.

Why are you hitting me?Don't you want to be an official when you grow up!”

Why hit you?You see the chief of the security as soon as he enters the villageEither urging food or forcing debts, bullying the poor. If I want to be an official when I grow up, I will be an official who specializes in security chiefs.

The rich kid was not good either, so he went back and gathered a group of people to avenge the slap. ** also found a group of poor children to "fight", but of course the rich children lost, so they ran to Mr. to complain. Mr. is a powerful person, he educated ** and kicked him out of the private school.

*This is not the only thing that fights with the noble. Once in the market, **'s mother set up a small stall of fried poop and worked as an assistant for her mother. Suddenly, a group of people on horseback rampant through the streets. The person at the head is the son of Chen Xiaopan, the foreman of the county yamen. He relied on his power and bought the title of Wu Zhuangyuan.

He rode his horse with great beauty, and led the people behind him through the crowd, and everywhere he went, there was a mess, full of overturned goods and fallen people. Seeing this scene, he picked up a wooden stick, found a few friends, and shouted at them: "Get off the horse, don't hit it again!" ”

How could Wu Xiucai put a little child in his eyes, he rode a horse towards **, ** flashed, and dodged the big horse running towards him. Another blow from Wu Xiucai's back, Wu Xiucai fell off the horse, and the two fought together. Of course, this "unworthy name" Wu Xiucai couldn't beat **, he finally ran away and went to the county government to complain.

When it was time to go to court, ** calmly dealt with it according to the method taught by Wang Juren. Faced with the county master's questioning, he calmly replied:

"I'm a little kid, how dare I fight Wu Xiucai? Besides, can I beat Wu Xiucai even if I dare to fight? It was he who went on a rampage on horseback and knocked over all the stalls in the street. My mother's oil and salt shakers for frying poop were also smashed. I asked him to pay for it, but not only did he not pay it, but he also beat me up for ......”

Then he told the county magistrate a lot of things about the Chen family's father and son bullying the people, and the county magistrate saw that the Chen family's father and son had aroused public anger, so he dismissed Chen Xiaopan from his post, and then released **.

2. From the "Gun Uprising" to the Conquest of the North and the South

Frequent disasters coupled with the constant oppression of the landlords and gentry, the fourteen or fifteen-year-old ** joined the team of the horse gang with several relatives and friends, and since then they have lived a life of traveling from south to north. During that time, he followed the caravan in Hubei, Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan and other regions, transporting medicinal materials, local products, salt, and sometimes selling mules and horses.

He saw the wider world, increased his knowledge, and more importantly, saw more people in a state of oppression, which inspired him to embark on the path of revolution.

A few years later, he returned to his hometown and found that his hometown had not changed, and the people were still living in misery, and he would still fight for the grievances of the people and seek justice. His reputation as a good boy has also spread to ten miles and eight towns. In 1914, a man named Chen Tunan found **.

After the Xinhai Revolution, Sun Yat-sen renamed the League the Chinese Revolutionary Party and sent Chen Tunan back to his hometown to let him collect people with lofty ideals and expand the revolutionary ranks. Prepare guns to prepare for the armed struggle with Yuan Shikai.

* Ask Chen Tu Nan: "What good does the Chinese Revolutionary Party do to the poor?" Chen Tunan explained to him Mr. Sun Yat-sen's "Three People's Principles":"This 'equal land right' means that everyone has land to plant, and everyone has food!

* nodded and said: "This 'civil rights and people's livelihood two doctrines' means that the poor can be in power, not be bullied by the landlords and gentry, and can live a good life, Mr. Sun Yat-sen's truth is a good reason." ”

Seeing the attitude of **, Chen Tunan said: "Mr. Sun Yat-sen organized the Chinese Revolutionary Party in order to defeat Yuan Shikai and realize this truth. Look, should you join the Chinese Revolutionary Party? * said, "I'd like to participate!" ”

In this way, in 1914, at the age of 18, ** joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party and embarked on the road of democratic revolution.

On December 12, 1915, Yuan Shikai announced that China would be changed to "Chinese Empire", which was strongly opposed by the people for a while. Sun Yat-sen issued the "Declaration of Seeking Yuan" and prepared for an armed uprising. The Chinese Revolutionary Party sent ** to Xiangxi to organize the armed forces. He chose the place of Nisha Town, Shimen County.

Located at the junction of Hunan and Hubei, the town has a steep terrain and a large population. There are often merchants gathering, ** when the horse gang, they often come here, and they are very familiar with everything here. Tang Chenzhi, the head of the regimental defense bureau of Nisha Town, is a well-known local evil boy with 80 guns, and his brother is the police captain of the Hunan Military Supervision Bureau.

Relying on the wealth and power of his family, Tang Chenzhi was looking for joy in the local area, and did all kinds of evil. The purpose of this trip is to eradicate this bully for the people, seize the gun and revolt, and raise an armed force of their own.

In the middle of the month, ** Gu Jiting and others pretended to be a team of horse gangs and came to Mudsand Town. They met Wu Peiqing, a native of Dayong County, who also came to grab the gun. So they discussed the strategy of seizing the gun together. As the Spring Festival approaches, this last big market becomes the best time for them to grab guns.

On January 21, the market began, and the streets were full of people. Wu Peiqing and a group of people opened a casino next to the river beach in the east, and after shouting for a while, many people gathered around, and people from the regimental defense bureau were also among them. They wanted to catch the gamblers, but after Wu Peiqing stuffed them with some money, they gambled happily. After a few handfuls, he won a lot of money and attracted more people from the regimental defense bureau.

* Invite friends and leaders from the regimental defense bureau to the tavern for a drink. During the banquet, ** said to everyone:

"Everyone, the little brother came to the mud and sand today to do some business, and I want to ask the big brother to take care of ......I want to use this tavern to 'Taoyuan Righteousness', I am willing to live and die with you, share weal and woe, I don't know what you think?”

After a while, Gu Jiting came to ** and said to him: ".The play has begun, and the boss invites you to watch the first scene.

This sentence is actually a code, which means, you can act. ** Walked to the kitchen, grabbed a kitchen knife and walked out the door. The person waiting outside said to **: "There is only one sentry guarding the door of the regimental defense bureau, the director and a captain are smoking big cigarettes on the cigarette butts, and there are twenty guns on the wall of the board." "Let's go!.""* Lead everyone to the regimental defense bureau.

Stop, what are you doing?The sentry at the gate of the regimental defense bureau stopped the group. "The trader" ** replied, "We lost money by driving mules and horses, and defected to Director Tang, wanting to be a soldier and eat rations." * As he spoke, he handed the sentry a cigarette. While the sentry was receiving the cigarette, the person behind him stepped up with an arrow and put him to the ground.

* Rushed through the gate with people. I saw more than 20 Hanyang-made sleeve guns hanging on the wall of the board. They immediately took control of Tang Chenzhi and the captain, and joined Wu Peiqing with guns. Wu Peiqing also seized more than 20 guns, and the thirty members of the tavern who wanted to form a rebellion with ** also surrendered their guns, and they expressed their willingness to follow ** to raise troops to fight Yuan.

Since then, the first team has become stronger and stronger, and when the number of people has grown to more than 300, he played the banner of "Xiangxi Yuan Independent Army", and together with the surrounding people's army, he attacked the troops of the Beiyang warlords in Shimen County.

Later, he also served as the commander-in-chief of Yuan Hu**, and participated in and commanded a series of wars. In 1927 he participated in the Nanchang Uprising and joined the Chinese Communist Party. He devoted all his wisdom and passion to defending the people and protecting the peace.

On October 10, 1934, the Red Army began the Long March. ** After a comprehensive analysis of the current situation, he believed that sending troops from northwest Hunan could contain a large number of enemies in Hunan and Hubei, and could allow the Red Army to move smoothly.

On October 24, ** led the Red Third Army and the Red Sixth Army to meet at the Qianchuan border and launched an attack on Xiangxi. The enemy troops of 100,000 pings and Huxi River were heavily damagedEspecially in the Battle of Longjiazhai, more than 1,000 enemies were killed, more than 2,000 enemies were captured, and more than 2,200 guns were surrendered.

The 2nd and 6th Army Corps laid the foundation for the establishment of base areas in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guizhou.

This battle brought in a large number of enemy troops and relieved the pressure on the Red Front Army in Hunan.

As a military strategist, he has demonstrated his excellent command skills many times in war.

In November 1935, Ren Bishi led the red.

Second, the Red Sixth Army was preparing to set off, and Chiang Kai-shek wanted to encircle these two corps in Xiangxi and then annihilate them in one fell swoop. ** Thinking that if he went straight to Guizhou, he would definitely be surrounded by the enemy, so he decided to advance to Hunan, threaten Changsha, fake a shot, and then turn to Guizhou.

The enemy did not expect to be red.

Second, the Red Sixth Army Corps would march into central Hunan, and they hurriedly transferred 7 divisions to chase them. I saw that ** led the army to the southeast first, and then immediately turned around and entered Guizhou westward, taking the enemy by surprise, and hundreds of thousands of troops were left behind.

In 1936, ** received a telegram and decided to cross the Jinsha River to join the Red Fourth Front Army. At the end of March, red.

2. The Red Sixth Army broke through the defensive line of the Yunnan army and rushed in the direction of the Pudu River. Chiang Kai-shek hurriedly concentrated all his military forces on the Pudu River, and Kunming had become an empty city. ** Immediately decided to feint Kunming.

When the enemy saw the Red Army going straight to Kunming, they rushed to Kunming one after another, who expected that ** suddenly changed direction, turned around and headed west. Once again, the enemy was left behind. In this way, ** successfully joined the division with the Red Fourth Front Army.

3. The love of children in the eventful years

As early as when he was a teenager and traveled north and south as a member of the horse gang, his father He Shidao set him a family, and the other party was a relative of the He family. But ** unwillingly, he has been running horse gangs outside, and he didn't come home until the day of his wedding. He Shidao said: "Do you think you can't get married without you?"”

So they put up the lanterns and feasted the guests. When the marriage was witnessed, He Shidao brought a big rooster and asked the woman to hold the big rooster and worship heaven and earth. To this day, this story is still circulating in Hongjiaguan, Sangzhi County.

When he was 18 years old, He Shidao found a candidate for his wife, Xu Yuegu. This person is also the original partner of ** admitted. Xu Yuegu is a diligent and virtuous person, and she thinks she is very suitable for life. But she was a short-lived woman, and after giving birth to her daughter He Jinlian, she fell ill and died. And He Jinlian also died in Shanghai in the end.

* The story of Jian Xianren is also a good story that has been passed down for a long time. Jian Xianren, who is also from Hunan, is an old qualified communist, and she joined the Communist Party of China as early as 1925 when she was studying in Changsha. Two years earlier than **.

Because she has been educated since she was a child, Jian Xianren's face has a bookish air, and she is delicate and small, which makes her stand out among everyone. After she put on that military uniform, she had a sassy and heroic appearance.

* He found that there was such a female soldier in the team, and she exuded calmness and intellectuality, which was very different from the women he had seen who could only mess around. But such a tough soldier who has experienced many life and death scenes seems restrained and timid in front of Jian Xianren.

* I want to marry her, but I also want to save the face of my commander. Here's what he said when it came to getting married:

"Mr. Jian, I'm a rough person, I've been in the old army for a long time, and I've developed many small problems, and someone must take care of me. Because of this, I made a report to the *** in Shanghai, saying that I finally found this person who can control me, and that is you. ”

Soon after, the two came together and became the earliest Red Army couple in western Hunan and Hubei.