The Nanchang Uprising, which took place on August 1, 1927, was recognized as the beginning of our Party's independent creation of its own armed forces. However, everyone knows that in early October, after the defeat of the Chaoshan army, the secret was revealed: after the defeat of the Chaoshan army in the Nanchang Uprising, what was the whereabouts of the leaders of the rebel army? The Nanchang Uprising ended in failure. Mr. Zhu led the remnants of the rebel army after the Battle of Sanheba for several months, going through hardships and hardships, and finally went up to Jinggang Mountain to meet the troops of the Autumn Harvest Uprising, thus preserving the flame of revolution.
Therefore, although Mr. Zhu was not the main leader of the Nanchang Uprising (or even the main participant), he was a great contributor to the Nanchang Uprising. Before and after the uprising, Mr. Zhu played a great role in the uprising with his profound qualifications and good interpersonal relations. For example, his brother-in-law, Zhu Peide, who was the chairman of Jiangxi Province, noticed The abnormal behavior of Zhu Laozong before the uprising, but deliberately avoided it and ran to Lushan to cultivate.
Another example is Yang Ruxuan, the big sheep of "Two Sheep in Jiangxi", who was a close friend of Zhu Laozong and a subordinate of that year, who was then the commander of the 27th Division of the 9th Army and garrisoned in Fuzhou, and when the rebel army went south, after receiving a handwritten letter from Zhu Laozong, he moved to Nancheng to let the rebel army pass smoothly.
But the one who helped the rebel army the most was Fan Shisheng.
Fan Shisheng is a native of Asan County, Yunnan Province, born in 1887, 1 year younger than Mr. Zhu, he studied medicine as a teenager, passed xiucai in middle school, served as a primary school principal, and worked as a clerk under Cai Yi. In 1909, Fan Shisheng was admitted to the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall and was in the same class as Mr. Zhu, and the two had a close relationship and were once married to the "Friendship of Jinlan". The two brothers were like-minded, secretly joined the Alliance together, and participated in the War of Defending the Country and Discussing Yuan together. In 1922, Fan Shisheng was awarded the rank of general by the base camp for leading the Dian army to defend Guangzhou and defeating Chen Jiongming's rebels, which was deeply praised by Sun Yat-sen.
In early November 1927, Mr. Zhu led the remnants of the Nanchang Uprising to Shangbao in Chongyi, Jiangxi. At this time, although the rebel army was reorganized, it could not solve the problem of supply, and the troops were still wearing single clothes, lacking medical treatment and medicine, especially weapons and ammunition. At this time, Fan Shisheng was the commander of the 16th Army of the Dian Army, stationed in the area of northern Guangdong and southern Hunan, and his 47th Division was stationed in Rucheng, only more than 90 miles from Shangbao. Mr. Zhu wrote a letter to Fan Shisheng, and half a month later, Fan Shisheng sent a reply letter to meet in Rucheng.
In late November, Mr. Zhu and Fan Shisheng reached an agreement in Rucheng smoothly.
President Zhu explicitly told Fan Shisheng: "Our alliance is only to oppose Chiang Kai-shek, and we are still politically independent." After the merger, the organization and organization of the troops should not be moved; they should leave at any time if they want to. Fan Shisheng agreed to these principles one by one. In this way, the remnants of the rebel army were temporarily attached to the name of the 140th Regiment of the 47th Division of the 16th Army. Under the pseudonym Wang Kai, Zhu Laozong was appointed as the General Counselor of the 16th Army, the deputy commander of the 47th Division of the 16th Army, and the commander of the 104th Regiment.
The day after the merger, the troops began to receive things: one set of cotton uniforms per person, one fleece jacket and blankets, backpacks, leggings, dry food bags, etc. Everyone was paid, each rifle was given 200 rounds, the machine gun was given 1000 rounds... The material difficulties such as guns, ammunition, clothing, and medicine that could not be solved during the long-distance battle were all solved.
In this way, with the help of Fan Shisheng, the remnants of the Nanchang Uprising, this "tinder" under the leadership of Zhu Laozong, Chen Laozong, and Wang Erzhuo, were well recuperated and developed, laying the foundation for the future Shonan Uprising and the Jinggangshan Huishi.
In early 1928, Chiang Kai-shek returned to control the situation, and Fan Shisheng began to be under pressure from Nanjing. A telegram from Nanjing ordered Fan Shisheng to disarm the rebel army, arrest Zhu Laozong, and dispatch Fang Dingying's troops from Hunan into northern Guangdong to monitor Fan Shisheng.
Fan Shisheng did not carry out the order of the Nanjing telegram, but he could no longer keep the rebel army, and sent his cronies to bring a farewell letter to President Zhu, and gave the rebel army tens of thousands of yuan and dozens of boxes of bullets. Afterwards, Fan Shisheng reported to Nanjing to learn about the case as a "Zhubu rebellion".
In 1934, Fan Shisheng left the army and lived in Lushan. After the July 7 Incident, Fan Shisheng returned to Yunnan and opened a medical center in Xiaonanmen, Kunming, hanging pots to save the world, practicing medicine as a profession, but asking about political affairs. Unfortunately, in March 1939, this general of the National Revolutionary Army, who advocated "not killing and benevolent government", was assassinated in the streets of Kunming on his way to the hospital, at the age of 52. Who is the murderer? It remains a mystery to this day.
(Reference books: "Red Exclamation Point", "Revolution Advances Armed from Nanchang")