“4.12” Counter-revolutionary coup, Chiang Kai-shek rebelled against the revolution, and it was bloody.The progressive student Xi Zhongxun was not afraid of the white terror and joined the revolutionary torrent.Inspired by Liu Zhidan's Weihua Uprising, Xi Zhongxun led the Liangdang Mutiny. Although it failed, after going through hardships, he, Liu Zhidan, Xie Zichang and others co-founded the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army and opened up the Shaanxi-Gansu Revolutionary Base.When the revolution was in full swing, Du Heng implemented the ultra-leftist wrong line, and Xi Zhongxun and others nearly suffered life and death. Chairman Mao led the Central Red Army to northern Shaanxi and saved the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army.With the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Party Central Committee took the Shaanxi-Gansu Revolutionary Base Area as the starting point to lead the national anti-war battlefield behind enemy lines. During this period, Xi Zhongxun led the people of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia to develop and construct the base area and defend the north and south gates of the border area. Chairman Mao praised him for always putting the party's interests firstFirst%.The Japanese surrendered, and Chiang Kai-shek provoked a civil war. Xi Zhongxun led the soldiers and civilians of the Northwest Bureau to resolutely defend the fruits of victory, and coordinated with Peng Dehuai to command the Yan'an defense battle. They achieved three battles and three victories, laying the foundation for strategic victory on the national battlefield.After the founding of New China, Xi Zhongxun actively promoted national unity and economic development, and constantly changed the poverty and backwardness of the northwest.Soon after, Xi Zhongxun was transferred to the Central Committee. He looked back affectionately at his hometown and said goodbye to the people in the northwest.

Episode 1

In 1927, after the 4.12% counter-revolutionary coup, teachers and students in schools in Fuping, Shaanxi organized patriotic activities to commemorate Li Dazhao. Xi Zhongxun, a 14-year-old Communist Youth League member, actively participated in them and was appreciated by his teacher Yan Musan. However, due to his insufficient age, he did notCan formally join the party.In June, Feng Yuxiang began to purge the party in Shaanxi Province. Ma Hongkui tried to win over Liu Zhidan with coercion and inducement, but was rejected.In October, the Qingjian Uprising in Shaanxi shook the land of the Three Qin Dynasties and had a far-reaching impact.At the beginning of 1928, Xi Zhongxun was admitted to the Third Provincial Division in Sanyuan.

Episode 2

Under the leadership of Wu Tingjun, Xi Zhongxun and other students of the third division actively participated in the patriotic movement.The reactionary director of education, Wei Hai, took advantage of the "Badou Incident" to arrest 9 patriotic students including Xi Zhongxun.In prison, Xi Zhongxun persisted in fighting and officially joined the party.In May 1928, Liu Zhidan and others led the Weihua Uprising with great momentum.In June, Xi Zhongxun and other arrested students were sent to the Xi'an Military Tribunal. In prison, they heard the stories of the Weihua Uprising and Liu Zhidan and other revolutionaries, and they were inspired.

Episode 3

Song Zheyuan, chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Government, sympathized with the patriotic students and released Xi Zhongxun and other students.After returning home, his father Xi Zongde's health deteriorated and he passed away soon.In 1929, Shaanxi was hit by a disaster and the plague was rampant. Xi Zhongxun's mother also passed away that year. As the eldest son of the family, Xi Zhongxun shouldered the burden of taking care of his younger siblings.Liu Zhidan returned to northern Shaanxi and held a secret meeting with Xie Zichang and others, and decided to use the "Three Color Theory" to continue to develop revolutionary forces.In the spring of 1930, 17-year-old Xi Zhongxun was appointed by the organization to go to the Northwest People's Army stationed in Changwu to secretly carry out troop movement work.

Episode 4

At Changwu Military Camp, Xi Zhongxun, Li Bingrong, Li Tesheng and others actively united lower-level soldiers and strengthened the organization.Provincial Party Committee Xi Zhongxun and others discussed and decided to use the opportunity of troops to change defenses to launch an uprising.In early April 1932, the troops arrived in Liangdang County. Under the leadership of Liu Linpu, Xi Zhongxun and others, the special commissioners of the Provincial Party Committee, the Liangdang Uprising broke out, and the uprising troops decided to go north to find Liu Zhidan.The Liangdang uprising troops were constantly being chased and intercepted by reactionary armed forces and were in a difficult and dangerous situation.Xi Zhongxun was sent to find the boats for the troops to cross the river. Soon he heard the news that the insurgent troops had been dispersed, and he was heartbroken.

Episode 5

Xi Zhongxun returned to Fuping and briefly met with his uncle. After much discussion, he learned through his fellow villager Zhou Dongzhi that the Red Army guerrillas were in Zhaojin, and decided to find Liu Zhidan.In Zhaojin, Xi Zhongxun met Xie Zichang and Liu Zhidan successively and found the party organization again.In Zhaojin, Liu Zhidan and Xi Zhongxun had a long talk to sum up experiences and lessons.Liu Zhidan encouraged Xi Zhongxun that failure is the mother of success, and that the next step is to establish an armed separatist regime and establish a base area.The militia encircled and suppressed Zhaojin, and Xi Zhongxun led the special agent squadron to hold on to the base area.

Episode 6

Due to the presence of a traitor in the team, the guerrillas had to retreat to the Weibei base area and persisted in the struggle with Huang Zixiang, Huang Ziwen and others.In early 1933, Xi Zhongxun was transferred back to Zhaojin to work in the 26th Red Army. He was very puzzled when he learned that Liu Zhidan and others had been dismissed from their posts by Du Heng, the left-leaning political commissar. Liu Zhidan instead comforted Xi Zhongxun and put unity first.Xi Zhongxun, Jin Like and Li Miaozhai decided to use Xuejia Village as the basis for developing Red Army guerrillas and base areas, which was criticized by Du Heng.Subsequently, Liu Zhidan, Xi Zhongxun and other internal and external forces combined to smash another encirclement and suppression campaign by the reactionaries.

Episode 7

During the anti-encirclement and suppression battle, Xi Zhongxun was injured and was rescued by fellow countryman Li Laoshuan.Du Heng visited the seriously injured Xi Zhongxun and insisted on leading the troops south to the Weihua area. Xi Zhongxun firmly opposed it, disappointing Du Heng.At the meeting of the 26th Red Army, Du Heng arbitrarily passed the decision to send troops south.Du Heng led the 26th Red Army southward and was heavily surrounded by the enemy.Du Heng was timid and fled, so Liu Zhidan had no choice but to lead his team into the Qinling Mountains to preserve his strength.

Episode 8

Due to betrayal by traitors, the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee was raided by Kuomintang agents during a meeting in Fusheng Building. Du Heng and others were arrested and rebelled, and the Shaanxi Party organization was severely damaged.At the critical moment, Wang Taiji's troops, the Fourth Red Regiment, and the Yaoxian guerrillas gathered in Zhaojin, but due to lack of food, conflicts emerged.The Shaanxi-Gansu Border Special Committee held a meeting in Chenjiapo, Zhaojin, to resolve the issue of unified leadership of several armed forces. Although Huang Zixiang and others had different opinions, they were persuaded by Xi Zhongxun and others, and several armed forces finally formed unified leadership.

Episode 9

The three armed forces finally formed a joint force and repelled the reactionary militia that came to encircle and suppress %.At this time, Liu Zhidan, Wang Shitai and others finally returned to Zhaojin, and the revolutionary situation on the Shaanxi-Gansu border ushered in a turn for the better.Liu Zhidan, Xi Zhongxun and others summarized the reasons for the failure of the 26th Red Army going south and decided to use the "Cunning Rabbit Three Cave" method to develop a three-way guerrilla zone. Then Liu Zhidan led his troops to jump to the Nanliang area, while Xi Zhongxun and others stuck to Zhaojin.After the Baojiazhai meeting, the Red 42nd Division opened up the situation in Nanliang.Xi Zhongxun also came to Nanliang, conducted in-depth rural investigations and research, mingled with the masses, and established and improved grassroots party organizations.

Episode 10

The Kuomintang militia crazily arrested Liu Zhidan's family members, and Xi Zhongxun sent people to rescue them.After a quick meeting with his family, Liu Zhidan set foot on the battlefield again.In July 1934, the Northern Shaanxi Red Army led by Xie Zichang and the Shaanxi-Gansu border Red Army met in Nanliang.Later, Xie Zichang was seriously injured during the anti-encirclement and suppression battle in Qingjian.In November, the Soviet government of the Shaanxi-Gansu Border Region was established, and Xi Zhongxun was elected chairman. He worked closely with Liu Zhidan and others to formulate ten major policies to continuously develop and expand the Soviet area.

Episode 11

In February 1935, before Xie Zichang died, Liu Zhidan went to visit him. The two had a long talk and decided to unite the two base areas in northern Shaanxi and Shaanxi-Gansu border areas as soon as possible to strengthen the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army and the base areas.The Kuomintang army launched a large-scale encirclement and suppression campaign against Nanliang. Xi Zhongxun single-handedly attracted the enemy and cooperated with Liu Zhidan to divert the masses and contain the enemy.Gu Lin and other comrades who were influenced by the %Leftist line carried out a land inspection campaign in the Nanliang area, and there was a problem of misidentification of ingredients. Xi Zhongxun and others promptly stopped it after discovering it.In September 1935, the Shaanxi-Gansu Red Army and the 25th Red Army joined forces to form the 15th Red Army and won the Battle of Laoshan.The Central Red Army arrived at Hadapu during the Long March. Mr. Mao discovered the news about the Red Army in northern Shaanxi from the newspapers, and finally decided to go to northern Shaanxi to find Liu Zhidan.

Episode 12

Gu Lin and others were ordered to launch a false anti-revolutionary campaign against the party, government and military agencies in the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet Area and interrogate senior officials such as Liu Zhidan and Xi Zhongxun. The situation in the Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet Area was critical.Liu Zhidan, Xi Zhongxun and others were imprisoned. In despair, Liu Zhidan encouraged everyone to believe in the party.In late October 1935, the Shaanxi-Gansu detachment arrived in Wuqi, northern Shaanxi, and promptly stopped the erroneous "anti-revolutionary campaign", and Liu Zhidan, Xi Zhongxun and others were released.In February 1936, Liu Zhidan led the 28th Red Army on the Eastern Expedition.

Episode 13

During the battle in Sanjiao Town, Liu Zhidan kept moving forward to command and reconnoiter the enemy's situation. Unfortunately, he was shot and died. He was buried in a thin coffin and was carried back to the security guard by soldiers and civilians.Xi Zhongxun, who was working in Huanxian County, learned that Liu Zhidan had died on the front line of the Eastern Expedition, so he rode eastward to express his grief.In September 1936, Xi Zhongxun was sent to Xunyi by the central government to serve as secretary of the Guanzhong Special Committee, and the situation opened up within a few months.Shortly after the Xi'an Incident was peacefully resolved, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party united to resist Japan, and the Eighth Route Army prepared to cross the Yellow River eastward.Xi Zhongxun recruited troops from Guanzhong and supplemented the 120th Division, and met Peng Dehuai, He Long, Ren Bishi and others.Then he went to Fuping's home, and after a quick meeting with his uncle and sister, he returned to Xunyi and went to work.

Episode 14

At the beginning of 1939, the Kuomintang began to prevent, restrict and oppose communism, constantly creating friction.In May, the county magistrate of Xunyi County of the Kuomintang and Wei Haihang colluded and ordered people to prevent the wounded soldiers from the Eighth Route Army Honors School from crossing the border, and killed and injured many members of the Honors School, creating the “Xunyi Incident”.Xi Zhongxun and others negotiated with Wei Hai, spoke righteously and argued hard, exposed the die-hards' conspiracy, and angrily criticized the die-hards of the Kuomintang for their passive resistance to the war and active anti-communism.Faced with the Kuomintang's economic blockade, the Northwest Bureau asked the Guanzhong Division to actively organize salt transportation.When the masses encountered difficulties in transporting salt, Xi Zhongxun actively helped solve them.