Former Site of the Garrison of the 140th Regiment, 16th Army

Former Site of the Garrison of the 140th Regiment, 16th Army

The former site of the garrison of the 140th Regiment, 16th Army is located on the eastern bank of the Wu River, west of Lishi Town in Qujiang County. Originally a pawnshop owned by Li Dacai on Lishi Street, it was built with blue bricks and had walls 0.5 meters thick. Inside were living quarters, an oil shop, storage rooms, storefronts, and a drying yard, covering a total area of 1,800 square meters.

In early January 1928, a unit of over 400 soldiers from the Nanchang Uprising led by Zhu De and Chen Yi, following instructions from the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Central Committee, marched southward to join the Guangzhou Uprising. When they passed through Shaoguan and learned that the Guangzhou Uprising had already failed, they turned north. Zhu De, under the alias Wang Kai, stayed at the pawnshop of Li Dacai on Lishi Street under the guise of the 140th Regiment of the 16th Army commanded by Fan Shisheng. On the early morning of the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lei Fenglin, leader of the local militia in Chongyang Township, Qujiang, and others gathered militia forces to attack the Qingshuitang Peasant Association. After four unsuccessful assaults, Lei sent the landlord Zhu Naichang to Lishi to request reinforcements. Upon reaching Lishi, Zhu Naichang found the headquarters of Zhu De’s regiment and asked for help. Zhu De immediately led his troops to the scene, arriving around 10:00 a.m., and coordinated with the peasant soldiers of the Qingshuitang Peasant Association in a combined inside-outside attack to defeat the militia and lift the siege on the association.

In [month missing] 1984, the People's Government of Qujiang County designated it as a cultural relics protection unit.