"Six Character Poems: To Comrade Peng Dehuai"
Author: Mao Zedong
The mountains are high, the roads are far away and the pits are deep, and the army is galloping in all directions.
Who dares to draw a sword? I am the only one, General Peng!
Translation:
The dangerous mountain road in Wuqi Town is long and deep, and the Central Red Army rides on horseback to kill the enemy.
Who dares to charge into battle on horseback with a sword? Only our General Peng Dehuai.
"Six Character Poems for Comrade Peng Dehuai" was written on October 21, 1935. Wu Qi was supervising the battle in Xishan. After the battle, he gave this poem to Peng Dehuai. After Peng Dehuai received the poem, he changed the last sentence to "Only My Heroic Red Army" and returned to Mao Zedong. This poem was first published in "Comrades" on August 1, 1947.
Extended information:
Creative background
On October 19, 1935, the Party Central Committee and the Red Army’s anti-Japanese advance team ended the Long March and arrived at Wu Qi’s security in northern Shaanxi. town. After the victory of the Red Army's Long March, Chiang Kai-shek sent five cavalry regiments to follow. In order to prevent enemy troops from entering the revolutionary base area in northern Shaanxi, Peng Dehuai commanded the advance team to conduct a "tail-cutting" battle near Wuqi Town.
Annihilated an enemy cavalry regiment and won the first victory of the Central Red Army after arriving in northern Shaanxi. For this reason, Mao Zedong specially composed this poem and presented it to Peng Dehuai. After Peng Dehuai received the poem, he changed the last two lines of the poem "Only I am General Peng" to "Only I am the heroic Red Army", and returned the original poem to Mao Zedong, adding the title later.