On October 1, 1988, there was a grand rally in Linze County, with 1,000 remains of the Western Route Army loaded in 16 vehicles

In the spring of 1986, the search for the remains of the Red Army at the West Route Army Cemetery in Linze County was carried out nervously in Liyuankou and other places near the foot of the Qilian Mountains.

Liyuankou - a wonderful place full of sounds of drums, harps and strings. Together with Nijiaying and Hongshiwoshan, it was written into the history of the Red West Route Army's campaign.

"Linze County Party Committee Party History Major Events" records:

...On March 11, the West Route Army broke out of the encirclement and withdrew from Sandaoliugou, marching under starry night, along the mountain to Liyuankou. On the morning of the 12th, the West Route Army withdrew to Liyuankou and was surrounded and intercepted. Our Ninth Army fought hard and killed many enemies, including Tan Chengxiang and Ma Zhancheng, the commanders of Ma Biao's brigade. The Ninth Army itself suffered heavy casualties. Many comrades, including Military Political Commissar Chen Haisong, Military Political Department Propaganda Director Huang Siyan, 25th Division Political Commissar Yang Chaoli, Hui Detachment Commander Ma Youming, and Headquarters Supply Minister Zheng Yizhai, died heroically. In the Liyuan Valley, the Red Thirty Army fought with the enemy. Due to the outnumbered enemy, the 264th Regiment was completely lost. Political Commissar Huang Yingxiang was seriously injured, and more than half of the 263rd Regiment suffered casualties.

In the evening, more than 3,000 people from the West Route Army withdrew from Liyuankou during the night, rushed southward, and turned into the Qilian Mountains.

Comrade Xu Xiangqian also had a detailed recollection of the Liyuankou blocking battle in the book "Historical Review":

...Liyuankou is the entrance to the Qilian Mountains, surrounded by mountains on three sides. , there are some private houses in the middle. The troops arrived here, and the enemy cavalry followed them. The tops of the Qilian Mountains are generally not very steep, unlike the mountains in Sichuan, which are steep and dangerous. The enemy's war horses can run to the top of the mountain with a single charge, and can go up and down the mountain as if they were walking on flat ground. In order to cover the deployment of the 30th Army, our Ninth Army fought desperately with the enemy for the hills on both sides of Liyuankou. The commanders and fighters were red-eyed, shirtless, holding broadswords, and fought hand-to-hand with the enemy cavalry. In less than half a day, the remaining half of the regiment of our Ninth Army, about 1,000 men, was mostly wiped out. Military political commissar Chen Haisong, political commissar of the 25th Division Yang Chaoli and other leading cadres all died heroically. After that, he used all his strength to suppress the positions of our 30th Army. In order to protect the safe transfer of the headquarters organs and the wounded and sick to the mountains, the commanders and fighters of the 30th Army fought one after another and fought tenaciously against the enemy. The civil war at Liyuankou was extremely fierce, with horses neighing, blades clashing, and blood and flesh flying everywhere. On that day, all our 264th regiment was wiped out, and most of our 263rd regiment was also lost.

On the 12th, we led the remaining 3,000 people of the West Route Army to retreat while fighting, and entered the Kanglong Temple area in the Qilian Mountains.

Fifty years have passed, and in a blink of an eye, the mountains and rivers inside and outside the Liyuan River remain the same. There are undulating mountains on both sides, heavy rock peaks, and the majestic light red rock walls. At the foot of the hillside on the east bank of Liyuankou is Liyuan Castle, on the east side is Siwan Village, on the south bank is Nantaizi Village, etc. According to local people, in the 15th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, local officials set up the Liyuan Camp to defend against "Huang Ban" internally and "border troubles" externally. Since Kangxi and Yongzheng, troops have been stationed here, making it a famous military fortress in history. In the 1930s, the two forces of justice and evil collided here again, and the sparks of history that burst out lasted for a long time.

One autumn, an old general came to Liyuankou. With a tragic look on his face, he waved his hand to dismiss his entourage, and wandered alone in the mountains and fields, stopping and searching. The general stood like a stone statue in the autumn wind for a long, long time. Later, he suddenly fell to his knees, facing the Qilian Mountains, and could not kneel down...

In the spring of 1982, the leaders of the "August 1st" Film Studio had the foresight to for the first time record the revolutionary history that reflected the military deeds of the West Route Army. The theme film "Echo of the Qilian Mountains" was dedicated to the great ideological liberation movement and the broad masses of the people at that time. This film reflects the heroic process of the Women's Independent Regiment of the West Route Army covering the transfer of large units in the Qilian Mountains until the whole regiment was annihilated. The film was shot on site at Liyuankou. The actor who plays the leader of the women's troupe in the film is Ni Ping, the glamorous hostess of China Central Television, which is well-known to women and children in China.

She and her crew members were at the Liyuankou movie shooting scene, and were deeply shocked by the deeds of the female Red Army soldiers who bravely stopped the enemy. After the defeat, they preferred to die rather than surrender, and perished with the enemy. The actors were all extremely sad and angry, out of control, and immersed in emotions. It was so difficult to escape from the whirlpool that the filming plan was changed several times...

There is a photo: on the photo. Under the mist and the miserable grass, a row of old and young people, wearing white flowers on their chests, bent down and bowed. This photo records the scene when eight relatives of Marshal Xu, including Xu Xiaoyan, scattered the ashes of Marshal Xu Xiangqian over Liyuankou on November 5, 1990, visited the Liyuankou battlefield to pay their respects to the martyr. Xu Shuai's son, daughter-in-law, daughter, and grandchildren each placed a bouquet of flowers on the yellow sandy ground with rustling autumn grass, and bowed their heads in silence for a long time. The photo has a solemn atmosphere and is very touching.

Someone said vividly: On the night of the lunar calendar every year, when the dead are sacrificed, you can see sparkling fire and silhouettes of people inside and outside the entrance of the Liyuan. This happens every year. On the night of July 7th of a certain year, I saw and heard countless Sichuan people talking and shouting in the river valley. There were the chaotic footsteps of the team, and the low neighing of the horses. It seemed that there were many people in the team, walking around Nantaizi and heading into the distance. Went somewhere.

On that day of that year, the Western Route Army, which had just broken out from Nijiaying and Sandaoliugou, was tightly besieged by nearly 10,000 cavalry, infantry, and militiamen in the ravines around Liyuankou. In the river valley, there is no order for advancement or retreat. On a midwinter night, the wind was blowing and the sky was cold, the stars were sparse and the clouds were heavy. After a fierce battle, the remaining thousands of warriors were all in ragged clothes, with no food in their bellies, their faces were blackened, and their tongues and lips were chapped. They were lying in the field holding their swords and guns tightly. Confronted with the enemy. Outside the valley at the foot of the mountain, there is an encirclement formed by countless fires set by the enemy and countless black holes of gun muzzles. The enemy army is resting and recuperating, and the horses are loading. After dawn, a dangerous battle is inevitable. The Red Army was in a difficult situation.

Suddenly, the singing of several female Red Army soldiers came from the mountains and rocks. The singing was particularly loud and long in the silent cold night, with a long vibrato floating in the night air filled with the smell of blood film:

The wind and snow are tight under the Qilian Mountains, the sky is cold and the night is dark.

My brothers and sisters in the Red Army are united and not afraid of difficulties.

We have traveled thousands of miles to fight for the poor. We have political power, but after three months of hard fighting, we have run out of food and ammunition and have no backup.

After victory, raise the red flag and open up the "national standard route"!

Ah! What kind of emotion should be used, what kind of pen and ink should be used to describe and explore the singer's situation and mood? On the night of the fierce battle where the God of War hangs the butcher's knife, what kind of auspicious song can be sung by the hoarse voice? A bit sad and desolate, but it reveals a firm lofty ideal and a belief in victory!

After several recollections, the aftertaste is endless, which makes people unable to help but burst into tears. The image of the unyielding rebel suddenly becomes extremely tall and makes people admire it.

Liyuankou, Liyuankou, you are a holy place built of blood and tears, history and reality, reason and emotion, which makes people dream and awe.

Spring 1986, Liyuankou.

The Red Army remains investigation team organized by the Linze County Civil Affairs Bureau is marching in the mountains and fields here. Most of the members of the investigation team are local veteran farmers, who were either personally experienced or involved in the war half a century ago. At that time, the contrast between the Red Army's image of fair dealings, kindness and strict discipline and the various atrocities committed by the Ma bandits made these elderly people deeply miss the Red Army. They were not good at words and showed their emotions, but they were honest, honest and knew right from wrong in their hearts. . After listening to the words of the government cadres, without saying a word, they wrapped a few feet of red cloth around their waists, loaded up their tools, took the cadres with them, and went up the mountains and down the ditches to find where the remains of the Red Army were buried.

Old man Xue from Liyuanbao Village is 77 years old and has lived here since his grandfather’s generation. In the winter of the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China (i.e. the winter of 1936), when the horse bandit troops besieged the Red Army, his whole family hid in the mountain jungle behind the village and saw with his own eyes that the horse bandit cavalry divided into several routes to outflank the Red Army along Hongshan Bay and Xiangshan Pass. .

The Red Army probably ran out of bullets, and there were very few gunshots on the position. As soon as the enemy rushed to the position, they saw the Red Army jumping out of the trench with swords and rifle butts, fighting hand-to-hand with the enemy, and shouting to kill. The ground is shaking and afraid of people. He still can't forget the hateful horse bandits riding war horses, the clouds of yellow dust stirred up when charging, swinging their sabers to wildly kill the wounded, sick, and women of the Red Army. The valley was filled with the enemy's rude screams The miserable screams of the victims of our army, the screams of the female Red Army soldiers who unfortunately fell into the enemy's hands...

After the enemy retreated, people in the village returned home one after another, and corpses and bones could be seen everywhere. Weibo people, the elders in the village gathered the young and middle-aged people, pulled them with oxcarts and carried them with wooden poles, and buried the Red Army victims scattered in the ravines and river valleys in front of the village and behind the village. There were too many dead people, so they had to concentrate Buried in several large pits. After spring, when the weather got warmer, the villagers added a thick layer of soil. For decades, old man Xue has been grazing and farming in this area. He always looks at these Red Army graves when passing by. When there are heavy rains in summer, he never forgets to bring a shovel to cultivate the soil of the Red Army graves and remove the soil from the Red Army graves. The remains washed away by the rain were buried in the soil. This time, the government will move the remains of the Red Army to the newly built Martyrs Cemetery in the county and bury them in a grand manner. Old Man Xue was very happy and repeatedly praised the People's Government: "The merits are immeasurable! The merits are immeasurable!" He volunteered to lead the investigation team into the mountain and identified four burial sites for the remains of the Red Army. After excavation, it was found to be accurate and reliable. In addition to the remains, there were buttons, pieces of cloth, pieces of iron, and a five-star cap badge cut from pieces of iron. From the skeletal remains that were excavated and cleared, it was obvious that there were many injuries caused by knife cuts to the head and neck and broken upper limbs. According to analysis, this was caused by the enemy's cavalry attacking and killing.

In Siwan Village, the remains of the Red Army were excavated.

In Zigeda Mountain, excavations have unearthed the remains of the Red Army.

In Sandaosuugou, the remains of the Red Army were unearthed by excavation.

In Liaoquan, the remains of the Red Army were unearthed during the cleanup.

At the Red Army cemetery on the south side of Wangjiadun in Nijiaying, old man Wang Shijin led a group of people to light paper money while silently muttering something. Then he said to the Red Army grave: "Children, let's move you again. During the 'Four Clean-ups' period, we moved you from the wilderness to live here for more than 20 years. Now, the party and the government have given you a house in the county seat." A new house has been built here, you can go live in your new home." He personally took everyone to shovel away the topsoil, dig out the grave mound, and then dig down one meter, and the remains of the Red Army were exposed, and the bones were piled up with each other. Loess hugged each other tightly, and each skull looked at the blue sky, white clouds and red sun with black holes in its eyes, seeming a little shocked.

On October 1, 1988, there was a grand gathering that had not been seen in Linze County for decades. On various roads in urban and rural areas, billows of people flowed towards the eastern suburbs of the county. Is it enthusiastic? People's expressions were serious. Serious? Sparks of joy clearly danced in everyone's eyes - the unveiling of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army West Route Army Martyrs Cemetery Monument and the burial ceremony of the Red Army martyrs' remains were held grandly on the 39th anniversary of the Republic of China.

At 12 noon, a convoy of more than 20 cars slid quietly from the foothills of the Qilian Mountains to the county seat. There were no police cars clearing the way, no horns blaring, and the convoy was in good order with pedestrians giving way. The motorcade drove forward slowly, entered the county street from south to north, and then drove gently from the street to the east gate amid the attention of thousands of people. Each vehicle is decorated with white flowers and black peaks, and 16 of them are loaded with more than a dozen wooden boxes with shiny red paint and red cloth bags, containing more than 1,000 remains of the Red Army. The martyrs of the Red Army who have been sleeping in the wilderness for more than half a century have returned to Linze County where they fought during their lifetimes.

People of the world, please be forever grateful to the people of Linze County! They used all the advanced means at their disposal to build such a comforting tomb for the Red Army martyrs: 3 meters deep, granite lined with asphalt anti-corrosion, prefabricated cover, stone railings, protection platform, selected loess , countless wreaths, and evergreen pine and cypress trees welcome the heroes to rest inside.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, 12 cannons from a certain unit of the garrison roared, and the sound of the cannons was like the sound of the cannons in the war 50 years ago. It echoed through the mountains in the north and south of the Hexi Corridor, arousing people's endless excitement. Lenovo.

General Chen Mingyi, a former veteran of the West Route Army and deputy commander of the Chengdu Military Region, who made a special trip from Chengdu, Linze County Party Committee Secretary Gan Chunfang, County Magistrate Wang Yulin, representatives of the Provincial Civil Affairs Department, Zhangye District Committee garrison, young people, workers, farmers and settlers The old Red Army soldiers who settled in Linze pulled the red ribbon together. As the red silk fell, the tall and majestic "Monument to the Martyrs of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army West Route Army" in Linze was officially completed.

More than 1,000 Red Army skeletons were slowly buried in the cemetery dormitory with tens of millions of people watching. These martyrs who first sacrificed their lives for the people are all outstanding sons and daughters of workers and peasants. They come from the Dabie Mountains, from the foot of Ruijin City, from the banks of the Jialing River, from the foothills of Daba Mountain, and from the land of Qinlong. For the ideal in their hearts, they bravely climbed through snow-capped mountains, waded through grasslands, crossed the Yellow River, crossed the Gobi Desert, and finally fell at the foot of the Qilian Mountains. For more than half a century, they endured the cold, loneliness, and the grievance of being misunderstood and forgotten. Today, history has restored its original appearance. The kind mother of Dashahe takes them into her arms with her generous and warm heart, and uses her hot heart to iron their skin that has been invaded by the wind and cold. Mother's embrace will always be warm, and they will never suffer from the cold again.