On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, the Red 28 Army, which was active in Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces, once made brilliant achievements. However, in order to unite with foreign countries and jointly resist Japan, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party held peace talks. Specifically, Wei, the former commander-in-chief of the Hubei-Henan-Anhui border region and the governor of the last three provinces, held peace talks with Gao Jingting, the political commissar of the Red 28 Army. The negotiation started on1July, 937 15, lasted for 13 days, and finally reached the famous Yuexi negotiation on July 28th. This is the second year that Yuexi County broke away from Houbei Township of Qianshan County and became a "county" independently. On the eve of the Anti-Japanese War, with the efforts of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Zhang Xueliang and General Yang Hucheng launched the first joint snake-shaped hillock, but Chiang Kai-shek could not swallow this tone. After returning to Nanjing, he immediately appointed Wei as the "Hubei-Henan-Anhui Border Supervision Office" and stationed in (now Jinzhai County), with three offices in Yuexi, Xinyang and Jingfu. From mid-February of 1937, Chiang Kai-shek mobilized two brigades of 1 1 division, accounting for 300,000 troops, and conducted a "three-month secret clearance" on our Red Army guerrillas, taking the means of "cutting down all the trees on the mountain and cutting off all the roots of the Red Army" in an attempt to annihilate the Red Army and all the guerrillas in one fell swoop. Three months later, the "anti-bandits" army got nothing. Because the Red 28 Army was far away from Yan 'an and lost contact with the CPC Central Committee, it was not until around the July 7th Incident that the Red 28 Army, headed by Gao Jingting, obtained the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's document "the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Ten Programmes for Resisting Japan and Saving the Nation", and immediately led his troops back to the center of the base area from eastern Hubei to find the Anhui-Hubei Special Committee He Yaobang who had just got the official document to find Gao Jingting. When the two comrades met in Nantian, Yuexi, a meeting was immediately presided over by He Yaobang. On July 15, Gao Jingting sent an official letter to Wei in the name of the 28th Army, which was delivered by the traffic police. At noon that day, He Yaobang received a letter: Mr. Gao Jingting, we are willing to set up negotiations. We hereby send our representative, Mr. Zhao, and you'd better send someone to snake port for a talk. Yuexi county, hubei, henan and anhui frontier inspection office. Why did the Kuomintang army react so quickly? Is there fraud? Because the notice of "50,000 yuan for those who capture Gao Jingting alive and 20,000 yuan for those who capture He Yaobang alive" has been posted everywhere. Gao, what are the two people thinking? However, after some analysis, it was decided to send He Yaobang to the snake whistle to contact the joint to show the sincerity of our army. He Yaobang, alias Captain Wu of the 82nd Division of the Red 28th Army, took 10 soldiers with special skills. After two hours' trekking, he came to Snake Hill, sat down not far from the turret, carefully observed the advancing and retreating terrain, and pretended to smoke and rest. The soldiers are all eyeing and on high alert. He Yaobang had not finished smoking a cigarette when a man came out of the gun tower and introduced himself: "I'm the head of this area, and my surname is Li. What's your name? " "I am the guard captain of the 82nd Division of the Red 28 Army, surnamed Wu, and I have come to meet Mr. Zhao." He Yaobang said. "Oh, just a moment, please." District chief Li came back with a fully armed soldier and said, "This is Mr. Zhao, the liaison officer of Yuexi office." Counselor Zhao ignored him and said contemptuously, "Where is your representative? Do not negotiate without seeing the official representative! " And said: "If you really want to negotiate, you have to have one condition. You must hand over your weapons and a heavy machine gun, 500 yuan, a light machine gun, 150 yuan, a box gun, 100 yuan, a pike, 80 yuan ... "His attitude is both tough and outrageous, which is unacceptable. How can He Yaobang stand such "courtesy"? He immediately stood up and said sharply, "This is not a negotiation, but a business ... The people of China must proceed from their national interests, and they must put aside their differences and unite to resist. Whether it is really a negotiation, please ask Mr. Wei. " At this time, Wei's activities are in Lushan Mountain. Just as the two sides were deadlocked, Captain Li called Staff Zhao to answer the phone and politely said to He, "The health supervisor has orders. No matter in any region, if there are high-level negotiations, there should be no armed conflict between the local army and the local government and should be supported. " "Our party proposes to stop the civil war, go to the national disaster and unite against Japan. Just now, what Staff Zhao said didn't mean to negotiate. The purpose is to make us surrender and make fun of us! " He Yaobang's words surprised warden Li, and he quickly bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" We don't understand the intention of oversight, please forgive me, forgive me. " "Please! Regarding the negotiation, please reply at 6 pm. " He Yaobang said. After the first contact between the two sides, He Yaobang reported the contact situation in detail to Gao Jingting, the political commissar, and said to Gao: "The other side mainly lured us with money and threatened us with force so that we could make concessions in the negotiations. Now that they obviously know our address, they are likely to take military action against us, so it is very dangerous. In order to save our strength and the safety of the political commissar, please take some teams out of here as soon as possible and I will handle the situation. " Gao Jingting said, "Yes, I agree with your analysis, but I can't withdraw at this time. One is for peace talks and the other is for people's safety. In case of an accident, we can cope with all kinds of dangers. I think we should mobilize the plainclothes teams and guerrillas around us and the enemy as soon as possible to flexibly attack the enemy and promote the success of the negotiations! " This task is sent to all traffic stations by the underground traffic police as quickly as possible. Time quickly pointed to 6 pm, and Li District Chief rushed to Nantian on time to meet with "Captain Wu" and said, "Captain Wu, I have come to see the representative on the orders of Fang County. If the representative has not left, our health supervisor will immediately send his senior staff officer Mr. Liu and the director of the political training department Mr. Qiu Guozhen to negotiate with you. Captain Wu, is your representative there? " "I am a negotiator, my name is He Yaobang!" Li district by surprise. It turns out that he is not "Captain Wu". And kindly warned He Yaobang: There are many dangers here, please be careful. I am a student of Mr. Dong. Although I am out of the revolution, my heart is in Cao Cao. He Yaobang thanked him for his kindness and the two sides shook hands and said goodbye. On the morning of July 19, Assistant Guo of Wanxi Security Command, on the orders of Nanjing National Government and Wei, sent Liu Hugo, the county civil affairs director, and a reporter from Yuexi Weekly to send 100 tons of wine, meat, eggs, cigarettes, batteries and other scarce materials to the Red Army. On the same day, Gao Jingting received a report that the enemy's 32nd Division and peace preservation corps had surrounded our army. At midnight, the plainclothes team 3 exchanged fire with the enemy, and the high political commissar was ready to break through. The next day, the adjutant Guo, accompanied by the district chief Li, came to the appointed place. He Yaobang bluntly explained the sincerity of our military negotiations to the other side, and also pointed out that some people behaved badly. Wang Silin's 32nd Division and Anhui Peacekeeping Corps surrounded our army and felt that the other side was insincere. Guo immediately said that he would immediately report to his superiors and urge the peace talks to succeed! In order not to be surprised and keep secret in the negotiation, Gao Jingting decided to change his name to "Li Shouyi" after listening to the detailed report of He Yaobang, and personally dealt with important members of the Kuomintang army as "director of the Military Political Department". At this time, He Yaobang was officially informed, accompanied by Captain Li, and invited him to negotiate in the county seat. He Yaobang said: "If I want to negotiate, our department also has military and political officials and teams. In order to prevent friction, you asked the 32 nd Division and the peacekeeping troops to retreat for 20 miles. " Lieutenant Guo immediately agreed to do so. Soon, the assembly number of the Kuomintang army sounded and all retreated for 20 miles. At noon on the 20th, He Yaobang met Liu Heqiu, a senior staff member of the other party, at a luncheon held in Fangxian County. He introduced to Liu: "Gao political commissar has gone to eastern Hubei, and Director Li is in charge of the peace talks." Liu intuitively felt suspicious, but he still smiled. On the afternoon of the same day, the two sides held preliminary consultations on issues such as armistice, assembly place of troops, serial number and supply. At 5 pm, Wei spoke to He Yaobang directly. Wei, the army supervisor, said, "Since you are sincere, I immediately ordered a truce ..." After He Yaobang and Liu agreed, for the sake of both sides' safety, the formal negotiations must be held in the "Shangqing Primary School" in Qingtianfan. Qingtian negotiations, Jiuhe signed a joint anti-Japanese war. On the 22nd, the two sides went to Qingtian Primary School to start formal negotiations. Gao Jingting always participated in and led this negotiation as the "Director of the Military Political Department". He Yaobang's heated debate has made our military and political affairs show their elegance at the negotiating table, treat each other with sincerity, and never give in from the perspective of protecting the security of our military and civilians. The two sides agreed to "stop the civil war and jointly resist Japan", but there were great differences on the assembly time of the Red Army, the plainclothes team and the guerrillas. The other side's excuse is to focus on "anti-Japanese" and must concentrate as soon as possible. On the other hand, we insist on half a year. The reason is that we are bluffing, saying that most of the "old, weak, sick and disabled" will be solved on the spot. The most important thing is safety. Although the Kuomintang army retreated 20 miles, it still surrounded our army. On July 1937 and 14, Mao Zedong and Zhu De successively issued the order of "preparing for ten days and standing by and resisting Japan". It may still be caused by being far away from the central government and inconvenient communication. Due to the stalemate between the two sides, after Liu asked Wei to supervise, Wei immediately called and said, "In order to show sincerity, I have ordered all the 1 1 Army and a brigade of 32 divisions of the 25th Army to withdraw from the north. The other side is sincere and should assemble as soon as possible and start fighting against Japan. " Later, after repeated consultations, our army assembled in Qiliping, Huang An, Hubei for three months. After six days of negotiations, the two sides reached various terms. Four volumes of regular script written by enlightened gentleman Wang Gongshun (a teacher after liberation). In order to celebrate the success of the negotiations, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party decided to hold a signing ceremony in Jiuhe, where the Red Army was about to leave. After the signatures of the representatives of the two sides, the Red Army representative He Yaobang hosted a banquet for Liu and his party, and finally took a group photo as a souvenir. However, Liu had already guessed that "Director Li" was the highest * * * Gao Jingting of the 28th Red Army through his unusual words and deeds and the look on his face when he took a group photo. 1July 28th, 937, was the eve of the joint anti-Japanese war between Hubei, Henan and Anhui, and the civil war in the border region of Hubei, Henan and Anhui came to an end. Three months later, the Red 28 Army left for the anti-Japanese front as scheduled.