Northwest Years 西北岁月 Episode 5

Due to the failure of the Liangdang mutiny, wanted notices for Xi Zhongxun and others were posted throughout the city. Xi Zhongxun returned to Fuping alone, and met his third uncle Xi Zongren with the help of his fellow villager Zhou Dong. Xi Zongren burst into tears with excitement, feeling sorry for his eldest nephew who was hiding in Tibet without a fixed abode. Xi Zhongxun comforted his third uncle and said that seeing the wanted order in the future meant that he was still alive.

Then Xi Zhongxun handed the only silver coins he had to Xi Zongren, asked him to take good care of his younger brothers and sisters, and kowtowed several times solemnly. The next morning, Xi Zhongxun looked toward his home in the distance, knelt down and kowtowed to his parents' tombs, and bid farewell to his parents and relatives in this way.

Hearing that the Red Army guerrillas were in Zhaojin, Yao County, Xi Zhongxun trekked to the border of Zhaojin, but was caught red-handed by Chen Kemin, the leader of the Red Army's special agent team. Just when Chen Kemin thought that Xi Zhongxun was a spy for the White Bandits and was about to take him to the ravine to deal with it, Xi Zhongxun hurriedly shouted that he was an old Bolshevik.

At this time, Xie Zichang and his men passed by on horseback, and Xi Zhongxun recited the contents of the Communist Manifesto to prove that he was a Bolshevik with four years of party experience. Xie Zichang was convinced of this. After confirming Xi Zhongxun's identity, he immediately wrote him a note, allowing him to find the place where Liu Zhidan was staying without any hindrance.

At first, Xi Zhongxun mistook Wang Shitai for Liu Zhidan, and almost caused an accident. In any case, he never expected that the cook next to him, wearing patchwork clothes and an apron, wandering in front of the stove was the famous Commander-in-Chief Liu. After Liu Zhidan revealed his identity, Xi Zhongxun was extremely excited. The two met like old friends and had a long talk to sum up their experiences and lessons.

Regarding the failure of the Liangdang Mutiny, Xi Zhongxun had his own understanding, which Liu Zhidan admired very much. He believed that failure was the mother of success. The next step was to establish an armed separatist regime and establish a base area. Liu Zhidan was curious about Liu Jingwen's whereabouts. Xi Zhongxun said that he had sent someone to look for him and learned that he had arrived in Xi'an.

That night, underground traffic officer Qin Mulan personally came to deliver information, telling them that they had won several battles recently in Zhaojin. The reactionaries were so frightened that they assembled troops from several counties and planned to launch a joint attack on Zhaojin in the near future to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign. . Because of this, the superior party organization asked Liu Zhidan's department to prepare quickly. Qin Mulan even brought bad news: Liu Jingwen was betrayed by a traitor and died heroically after being imprisoned. Before his death, someone asked someone to bring Liu Zhidan his sweater. Only then did Xi Zhongxun know that Liu Jingwen's original name was Liu Linpu, because Liu Zhidan's original name was Liu Jinggui. ‌‌

Because the militia was about to "encircle and suppress" Zhaojin, the situation was critical. Liu Zhidan convened an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures and prepared to take people to the outside. However, he also considered that Zhaojin was the base they had established through years of hard work and could not just leave. So in the end, Liu Zhidan decided to leave experienced comrades to hold on to contain the enemy and buy time for the large forces to move.

Xi Zhongxun recommended himself to stay, saying that he was a local and was familiar with the situation here, and led the special agent squadron to stick to the base. Before leaving, Liu Zhidan told Xi Zhongxun that he should learn guerrilla tactics and run away if he couldn't defeat him. He could go to the Weibei guerrillas to find Huang Zixiang, Huang Ziwen and others.

However, Chen Kemin's warlord style was serious and he stole the sheep of fellow villager Li Laoshuan and stewed the meat. Xi Zhongxun severely stopped him and was provoked by Chen Kemin arbitrarily and unreasonably. Li Laoshuan found it incredible that there was such a person in the Red Army. Xi Zhongxun accidentally learned that Li Laoshuan was Li Dawa's father, and felt even more guilty, but he did not dare to tell him about Li Dawa's sacrifice.

Early the next morning, Li Erwa went out and found a sheep tied at the door of her house. She hurriedly called her family to come out and take a look. Li Laoshuan discovered that Xi Zhongxun had sent a pregnant ewe. He had mixed feelings in his heart and called him a good person. Soon, the reactionaries appeared with people and dispersed the Red Army who were responsible for staying behind. Xi Zhongxun heard that Chen Kemin and the others were surrounded. Xi Zhongxun, who had already broken out of the encirclement, immediately turned back to rescue.