Zhu Maolibao by Zhang Huizan

Amidst the cheers of the Red Army soldiers, Zhang Huizan was escorted to Longgang Street. Zhu De, the commander-in-chief of the Red Army, came after hearing the news. Zhu De looked at Zhang Huizan who was tied up, and then said to the Red Army soldier in charge of custody: "Untie the rope, don't tie it up." Zhang Huizan, who was untied, knew that the commander in coarse cloth military uniform was standing in front of him. The person who was the commander of the Red Army, Zhu De, quickly asked: "How much money do you want to let me go?"

When Zhu De heard this, he waved his hand: "Mr. Zhang Huizan, do you think our Red Army is kidnapping bandits? ? You went to the Soviet base area to burn, kill and loot. Can the Red Army let you go? Can the masses in the Soviet area let you go? Besides, as the frontline commander of the Red Army in the "encirclement and suppression" campaign, the battle has become like this, with no men or guns left. Will Chiang Kai-shek spare you? I think you should reflect on it here." As dusk approached, Mao Zedong, General Secretary of the Front Committee of the Red Army, also hurried back to Longgang from the front. Zhang Huizan and Mao Zedong were fellow townsmen in Hunan, and they had some contacts in the past. However, this meeting was very different from the past. This time they met in a prison cell after having different political views and fighting each other.

As soon as the cell door opened, Zhang Huizan recognized Mao Zedong. He was embarrassed to look directly at him, and it took him a while to raise his lowered head: "Mr. Runzhi, long time no see, you..." Before Zhang Huizhan could finish speaking, Mao Zedong spoke sternly and humorously. He said: "Mr. Commander-in-Chief, you led your troops from Hunan to Jiangxi, and from Nanchang to Longgang. Will this stop today? You wrote slogans and distributed leaflets everywhere along the way, saying that you wanted to 'pluck out the red hair' ', and now it's you who shaved Zhu Mao's head, or Zhu Mao who shaved your head?" Zhang Huizan smiled awkwardly and said, "It's you who shaved Hui Zan's head, Mr. Mao, Hui Zan still has it. Please spare my life."

"Well", Mao Zedong waved his big hand: "But you have to know that the Red Army doesn't kill you, it doesn't mean that you have no crime to kill. It’s not because we are afraid that Chiang Kai-shek will come to retaliate. We won’t kill you because we are lenient.”

Afterwards, Mao Zedong asked Zhang Huizhan some military information, and Zhang Huizhan told him everything he knew. After leaving Zhang Huizan, Mao Zedong said to the Red Army Commander He Changgong who accompanied him: Tell the soldiers that Zhang Huizan should be watched carefully and do not kill him. There would be no gain in killing him. Keeping him would be useful to us and the revolution. At least it will be an education for the officers and soldiers of the Kuomintang and it will have some impact.