Author: Shen Du
Statement: Soldiers say original, plagiarism will be investigated
In the Battle of the Xiangjiang River, the Red Army suffered heavy casualties and rushed out of the encirclement circle of Chiang Kai-shek's army, avoiding the total annihilation of the army. Seeing that the 300,000-strong army could not encircle the Red Army, Old Jiang lamented that "it is tantamount to returning to the mountains with a tiger, working hard for several years, and failing."
Lao Jiang and other generals often scolded the Gui, Guangdong, and Xiang clans for not contributing to the work, allowing the Red Army to easily break through. However, the local army was reluctant to contribute, also because old Chiang was unwilling to let the yan clan army shed blood. For example, Xue Yue's Sixth Route Army received the order that "bandits do as they go, bandits stop with them", which means to rush the Red Army to fight warlords in other places, so that the warlords and the Red Army can compete with the clams of the Red Army, and the army of the Concubines can fish and profit. In fact, it was precisely because of the serious interests between these warlord factions that the Red Army was created to break through the dangerous obstacles.
Old Jiang Xiao's abacus was very shrewd, but the warlords in various places have been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, and they are not fools, can they still not see old Jiang's thoughts? If your army wants to enjoy its success and also wants to grab territory, then there is no need for our local army to fight with the Red Army to the death.
Chen Jitang of the Guangdong clan was the most direct, simply contacting the Red Army, asking about the Red Army's marching route, and after learning that the Red Army would not settle in Guangdong, he acted with the Red Army, and the troops shrank in the bunkers, as long as the Red Army did not come to attack, the Guangdong Army would never shoot. Bai Chongxi of the Gui clan is known as "Little Zhuge Ge", and his idea is to "give the Red Army a way to live, but also to give yourself a chance, to give yourself a way to live", to "not stop the head, not to cut off the waist, only to hit the tail" against the Red Army, and to drive the Red Army out of Guangxi is victory.
Old Jiang gave He Jian the title of "Commander-in-Chief of the Pursuit and Suppression Army", and the Red Army spent a relatively long time in Hunan, so when the Red Army was in Hunan Territory, He Jian was very active. When the main force of the Red Army left Xiang, He Jian began to slack off, and when old Jiang asked He Jian to enter Qian to pursue and suppress the Red Army, He Jian found various reasons not to send troops. Although Xue Yue's army did not desperately encircle and suppress the Red Army, after following the Red Army in the ravine for a few days, it was dragged down, and the wounded soldiers deserted and fell behind more than 9,000 troops.
However, the battle will continue to be fought. In order to win over the Xiang army, Lao Jiang supported the general Liu Jianxu of the Xiang army to replace He Jian and seize the power of Hunan. On the other hand, Lao Jiang tried to suppress the Gui clan in order to elevate Liu Jianxu, accusing Bai Chongxi of letting go of the Red Army, while Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren said that the Xiang Army was ineffective because the Red Army crossed the Xiang River from the Xiang Army's defensive line.
Bai Chongxi's Gui Jun, known for their fierceness, not only confronted Lao Jiang in telegrams, but also fattened up and beat up the Concubine Army. Although the Gui clan did not want the Red Army to enter Guangxi, they did not want the Yan clan to enter. Because the Red Army came and it was possible to leave, but when the Yan clan army entered Guangxi, it was easy to ask God and it was difficult to send God. The 24th Division of the 7th Army of the Gui "Steel Army" Qin Lianfang and the 13th Division of wan Yaohuang of the 36th Army of the Gui Clan army met by chance on the border of Guangxi, Qin Lianfang ordered the troops to attack and advance, and some of his subordinates said that it was Jiang Jun's clan, and Qin said that it was even more important to fight! As a result, the 13th Division was caught off guard and was beaten by the 24th Division. The Concubine Army hurriedly shouted that it was his own people, but gui jun's gunshots were even denser. The 13th Division hurriedly turned around and retreated, but one company was still captured by the Gui army.
Soon, Qin Lianfang sent the gun back with a gun, and then wrote a letter of apology, the Concubine Army knew that Gui Jun was deliberate, but he could not break it, he could only eat a dumb loss, and did not dare to enter Guangxi casually. On the other hand, When Bai Chongxi learned that the Red Army was about to move away from Guangxi, he couldn't help but be secretly happy and celebrated with his colleagues in Guilin. At this time, a report was sent below, saying that the troops had captured more than 300 wounded and sick red army soldiers who had fallen behind and the people who had accompanied the Red Army.
Xiao Zhuge turned his mind and ordered someone to make a movie called "Seven Thousand Prisoners", which was hyped up as the achievements of the Gui Army. It is said that the Gui Army defeated 3 corps of the Red Army with 2 armies and 4 divisions, annihilating tens of thousands of enemies and taking 7,000 prisoners. In fact, in addition to the more than 300 wounded and sick who were left behind, the remaining more than 6,000 people were "prisoners" of local vigilante groups or civilians pretending to be " , and they just played a play under the direction of Bai Chongxi.
At that time, the Media in Shanghai often criticized the Gui army for being ineffective in combat, and Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren repeatedly sent telegrams with Wu Tiecheng, the mayor of Shanghai, saying that the Gui army had captured some prisoners from Jiangsu and Zhejiang and wanted to send them to Shanghai. After coming and going, the Shanghai media knew the "battle record" of the Gui Army, and reported one after another, and those who smeared the Gui Army no longer dared to speak out at will. The film "Seven Thousand Prisoners" was naturally also sent to Lao Jiang's hands, followed by Bai Chongxi's handwritten letter asking for credit, so angry that Old Jiang yangtian sighed, helpless, and simply ignored it.
What annoyed Lao Jiang even more was that when he dispatched troops to prepare to encircle and suppress the Red Army in Guizhou, the Seventh Army of the Gui Army actually took the initiative to help. It is not that Bai Chongxi is kind, but that half of Guangxi's income comes from the tobacco transit tax in Guizhou and Yunnan, and if Guizhou is occupied by the Yan clan army, then Guangxi will have a large amount of income.
However, as before, the Seventh Army only ran after the Red Army and strictly prevented the Yan army from taking advantage of the opportunity to invade Guangxi. When the Red Army left Guizhou, the Seventh Army returned to Guangxi, carrying a large amount of opium. The soldiers of the Seventh Army threw away the ammunition in the ammunition box and loaded it with large smoke, and even the personal backpack kettle lunch box was full of large smoke, making a windfall. Old Chiang ordered the Seventh Army to pursue the Red Army, and Liao Lei, commander of the Seventh Army, said that he must have Bai Chongxi's order before he could send troops. Angry, Old Jiang looked up at the sky again and sighed, "This is simply a foreign army!" ”