Liu Bocheng, Nie et al. It was ordered that the Yi people should not shoot when they stopped the robbery, and they could only persuade them to explain. When the advance troops passed the Avaya Pass, suddenly a Yi armed force rushed down, attacked the engineering company walking behind the team and stripped them naked. The officers and men of this company strictly obeyed orders and ran back naked and in tears without resistance.
The Red Army had to shorten the marching distance, strictly abide by military discipline, and take an indifferent attitude towards the invasion. The Yi people who have just been liberated from Mianning Prison walked in front of the Red Army team as translators, indicating that the Red Army only went north by way of passage this time and would never be enemies of the Yi people. At this time, the head of the family branch sent his fourth uncle and Chamarre, who is proficient in Chinese, to the Lama's room, Jiangjiadian, to inquire about the situation, and learned that the Red Army was really different from the Kuomintang army that I had seen before. When the two armies confronted each other, Xiao Yedan rode to the front. The Red Army found that the man was dressed abnormally, so he shouted to him through an interpreter, and the answer was that he agreed to talk.
Xiao Yedan first sat on the floor and talked with Xiao Hua, the captain of the Red Army Mass Task Force. He learned that the Red Army just wanted to pass by. Seeing that the Red Army was very disciplined in rescuing the Yi people detained by the Kuomintang, he agreed to make friends based on the traditional concept that "the more friends, the better, and the fewer enemies". At this time, the two Yi tribes-Ji Gu and Luo Hong-on the way forward of the Red Army are constantly fighting. As the head of the family, Xiao proposed to form an alliance with the Red Army in order to defeat the tribe with the help of the Red Army. In order to reduce the resistance on the way to the north, the Red Army is willing to form an alliance and does not want to get involved in the internal conflicts of the Yi people. When Xiao Yedan proposed to become sworn brothers with Commander Liu Bocheng, the advance team of the Red Army, Xiao Hua immediately called back. In order to unite the Yi compatriots and ensure the smooth passage of the main force, Liu Bocheng resolutely decided to take the lead in this alliance.
On May 22, members of the Red Army advance team and many Yi people attended the ceremony on the bank of Yihai Lake, more than 20 kilometers north of Mianning County. Liu Bocheng and Xiao Yedan became sworn brothers. Xiao also brought a rooster to the lake to be slaughtered. They drank chicken blood wine and swore to heaven. After the ceremony, Liu Bocheng gave the revolver and some rifles he carried with him to Xiao Yedan, and Xiao Yedan also gave the mount to Liu Bocheng as a souvenir.
That night, Liu Bocheng hosted a banquet for an uncle and his party at Camp Bridge. In view of the idea of striving for foreign aid to resist the enemy, Liu Bocheng suggested that the Yi people should unite internally, not resist the enemy, but make up; Han and Yi are family, so don't split up and fight warlord Liu. Subsequently, Liu Bocheng awarded Xiao Yi a team flag with the words "China Yimin Red Army Chicken Selling Detachment" and appointed him as the team leader.
After the "Yihai Huimeng", I thought that other families might attack the Red Army, so I personally escorted them to the Lama's room, and then sent his men Guo Jiniqiang, Guo Da and Shamar to Chaluo. Because the Red Army didn't commit any autumn crimes when it passed through the Yi area, and the people of the tribes who had just been rescued, other families were moved and didn't attack the Red Army. In order to seize the time and prevent accidents, the Red Army marched hard and passed the Yi area in three days. When the commanders and soldiers marched quickly, the Yi people on the roadside cheered and jumped for joy, and there was a touching scene of "welcoming brothers and peoples" sung in the song.