In the course of the revolution, the ten marshals became the dragon and phoenix among the people with their outstanding talents and contributions.
Do you know that even such a heroic figure has had contact with Lao Jiang, and even has the possibility of being co-opted by him.
However, despite Chiang's efforts, no one was willing to cooperate with him due to their disagreement. So, what did Lao Jiang do during this period?
Mr. Zhu: Unswerving, firmly follow the party, Mr. Zhu is known as the "father of the Red Army", he bravely resisted the enemy in Sanheba and made great efforts to preserve the flame of revolution, without his persistence, the road of revolution may be more tortuous.
Before the Nanchang Uprising, Mr. Zhu had already gone through a long period of exploration and practice, and firmly chose the path of following the party. His actions and choices fully embodied his firm belief in the party and his persistent pursuit of the revolutionary cause.
In 1922, Mr. Zhu was already a famous general in a hundred battles, and no matter which warlord he followed in China, he could be in a high position. However, his ideals were ambitious, and he wanted to be able to liberate the suffering people of the world.
He believes that only the Communist Party of China can realize this grand mission. However, when the application for party membership in China did not go well, Mr. Zhu decided to go to Germany, thousands of miles away, to find the Communist Party.
There, he met *** and joined the Chinese Communist Party on the recommendation of *** and others. Since then, whether it was in the difficult period of the five anti-encirclement and suppression campaigns or in the predicament on the Long March, Mr. Zhu always maintained a firm conviction, made great contributions to the victory of the revolution, and was highly respected by the whole party, the whole army and the people of the whole country.
At the 1955 award ceremony, Mr. Zhu was undoubtedly awarded the rank of marshal. When Lao Jiang, who was far away in Taiwan, learned about it, he said with emotion: "Only ** can be called handsome, and the others are generals." ”
Although Mr. Zhu and Lao Jiang do not have much intersection, Lao Jiang has a deep understanding of Mr. Zhu's ability. He has expressed more than once that he can't take Mr. Zhu for his own use, and he feels very sorry.
During the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to resist Japan, Lao Jiang also met with Mr. Zhu. You must know that when Lao Jiang was "encircling and suppressing" the Red Army before, he had suffered the loss of Mr. Zhu. But when they met, Lao Jiang still behaved very enthusiastically, and said again and again: "Your martial arts classmate Zhu Peide once said that it is a pity that he cannot work with Brother Yujie (** word Jade Rank) in this life.
That's my regret as well. ”
Lao Jiang was very wise and did not pursue too much to win over Mr. Zhu, because he knew Mr. Zhu's firm beliefs.
Lin Shuai and Xu Shuai: They were students of Chiang Kai-shek, they studied at the Whampoa Military Academy, Lin Shuai was a fourth-term student, and Xu Shuai was a first-term student. Chiang Kai-shek, as the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, naturally would not miss the opportunity to envelop them.
Lin Shuai and Xu Shuai are introverted, not good at sycophants, and were unknown in school, so they did not attract the attention of Lao Jiang at first. However, they are in red.
First, the Red Fourth Front Army stood out and was a great success, which made Lao Jiang begin to regret not paying enough attention to them at the beginning.
In order to win them over, Lao Jiang sent people to Xu Shuai's hometown of Wutai County, Shanxi, and found Xu's father, hoping that he could persuade Xu Shuai to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light". However, Xu's father understood the righteousness and rejected Lao Jiang's proposal on the spot.
In desperation, Lao Jiang had no choice but to give up and win them over.
Despite repeated attempts, Lao Jiang's subordinates were not able to win over Lin Shuai. However, Lao Jiang's appreciation of ** has never diminished, he said to the generals after the Liaoshen Campaign: "Don't disagree, ** is the most outstanding general of the Whampoa Military Academy, who among you can beat him on the battlefield?"
It's just a pity that he went to the other side. This is a mistake on my part as a principal, and if I pay more attention to ** and give me heavy responsibilities, he may be able to become my right-hand man, which is really regrettable. ”
Lao Jiang may not have realized that there are actually many shrewd and capable generals under his command, but in his own opinion, he may be the most mediocre.
Mr. Peng and Mr. He did not have much contact with Chiang Kai-shek among the top ten marshals, but Mr. Chiang knew the two of them very well, so he always tried his best to get closer to them.
The first meeting between Mr. Peng and Lao Jiang took place in the early days of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party had cooperated to resist Japan, and Mr. Peng followed Mr. Zhu to find Lao Jiang for a meeting. When Lao Jiang saw Mr. Peng, he immediately got up to greet him.
Mr. Peng's family had been helped by Hunan Provincial Chairman Zhang Zhizhong, but the results were not satisfactory, as more and more people were killed and the rest were displaced.
In order to win over Mr. Peng, Lao Jiang said that he could seek Zhang Zhizhong's help again, but Mr. Peng glared angrily after hearing this, expressing his distrust of Lao Jiang.
At the end of the meeting, Lao Jiang tried to win over Mr. Peng with a check of 50,000 yuan, but Mr. Peng firmly refused, saying that the money should be used to support the salaries of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, not to him personally.
This refusal made Lao Jiang's wooing of Mr. Peng a complete failure.
Lao Jiang tried to win over Mr. He, but Mr. He's fiery temper did not give him face, but said coldly: "Thanks to Chairman Jiang, I am the only one left in my family of 79."
In order to survive, I can only pick up a gun and confront Chairman Chiang! These words surprised Lao Jiang, and he never dared to mention the matter of winning over Mr. He. It is worth mentioning that Mr. He is well aware of the righteousness, when the Xi'an Incident broke out, some comrades of our party advocated killing Lao Jiang to avenge the comrades who died, but Mr. He knew that Lao Chiang's participation was needed to cooperate in resisting Japan, so he advocated not killing.
Nie Shuai and Ye Shuai were former colleagues of Lao Jiang, they worked together at the Whampoa Military Academy, Nie Shuai served as the secretary and instructor of the Political Department, Ye Shuai served as an instructor, and also served as the deputy director of the Professorial Department.
Their relationship with Lao Jiang can be called colleagues.
It turned out that Chairman Chiang's initial attitude towards these two figures was completely different. Nie Shuai returned to China after going to France for a work-study program, and served at the Huangpu Military Academy before joining the Communist Party of China, and Chairman Chiang has always regarded the Communist Party as a thorn in his side, so he put pressure on Nie Shuai everywhere, and Nie Shuai also opposed Chairman Chiang's warlord style, and there were many contradictions between the two.
Ye Shuai had not yet joined the Communist Party of China at that time, and he had followed Mr. Sun Yat-sen into the revolution, so Chairman Chiang naturally regarded him as his own and tried to win over Ye Shuai many times.
During the Northern Expedition, Chairman Chiang even made Ye Shuai the commander of the newly formed Second Division, which was an important force of Chairman Chiang.
Ye Shuai has struggled for the revolution all his life, and his original intention of joining the revolution is not to pursue personal glory and wealth. After the counter-revolutionary coup d'état of April 12, Ye Shuai resolutely opposed it and even joined our party.
Although Lao Jiang had high hopes for Ye Shuai, after learning of Ye Shuai's determination to oppose Jiang, he could only reluctantly accept it. Although he had ordered that Ye Shuai and *** should not be killed, with Ye Shuai's firm communist stance becoming clear, Lao Jiang finally gave up wooing him.
Liu Shuai, Mr. Chen, and Luo Shuai were among the top ten marshals who had no dealings with Lao Chiang, and Lao Chiang did not try to win them over, but he acknowledged their military talents. The Ten Marshals stood firmly on the side of the people.
History has proved that Lao Chiang's fantasy will only fail, and the real force that pushes history forward is the people.