From Dabodi to Donggu: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan Continues (February 1929)
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The Mao-Zhu Army raises funds in Ningdu and moves on to the Donggu base area for rest and recovery. Background on Donggu. Link to map of Jiangxi province: https://www.chinamaps.org/china/provincemaps/jiangxi-province-map.html Further reading: Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930 Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949 Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] Joseph Fewsmith, Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934 Some names from this episode: Wang Chuxi, big landlord in Donggu area who lived in Futian Ye Jianying, Communist who led division of the National Revolutionary Army which took Ji’an during the Northern Expedition Duan Qifeng, Donggu bandit chief who joined with Communists Wang Zuo, Bandit leader who joined with Mao Zedong Lai Jingbang, first leader of the Donggu communists Wang Liangzhao, younger brother to Wang Chuxi Support the show
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