Author: Wei Shi
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During the warlord melee period, the people's livelihood was suffering, bandits were rampant, and there were all kinds of bandit armed forces everywhere, and the names also had their own local characteristics, such as the northeast called beard and silk, the northwest called the knifeman, and the central plains had a squatter... Among them, the most rampant and protracted banditry is the southwest region of Yunguichuan. There are many places here where the mountains and the land are barren, the people's livelihood is difficult, coupled with the people's customs, and in some places, they have formed armed forces of both the people and the bandits, and for hundreds of years the bandits have been seriously affected, and the successive official governments have been fruitless, and then the chaos of collusion between officials and bandits and each other is formed. This phenomenon was exacerbated by warlord melee.
At that time, the number of bandit armed forces was huge and the number of weapons was rare in history, and these armed forces were also the objects of the warlord forces from all sides competing to win over and use, and even many warlords themselves were born as bandits. After the founding of New China, the task of suppressing bandits was very arduous.
The mountains of Ailao are long and endless, and bandits are also rampant. Since ancient times, it has been a "land of bondage", ruled by local toastmasters. Xinping County in the Ailao Mountains is the seat of the old Tusi Province. Xinping TusiFu was appointed by the Qing Dynasty as a clan of the Li clan, which was passed down for six generations, and was interrupted by the Xianfeng Era, but it had formed a family with deep roots and monopoly in the local area. During the Republic of China period, Li Runzhi, a descendant of the Li clan, became an armed force integrating officials, bandits, merchants, and special forces.
Relying on the family business accumulated by his ancestors, coupled with his own cloud-and-rain operation, Li Runzhi extended his tentacles to all corners of the local area like an octopus, with countless family properties such as silver trumpets, shops, rice shops, dyeing mills, and weaving factories, monopolizing many local industries, colluding with the government and bandits, planting and processing smuggled opium and weapons, and infecting salt, coinage, tea, gun manufacturing and other industries! Become the "Earth Emperor" who covers the sky with one hand in the local area.
【Descendants of The Mourning Toushi, Republic of China Bandit Leader Li Runzhi】
In the local area, whether a new official takes office or a merchant passes by, he must first go to the large manor built by Li Runzhi to pay homage to him, otherwise he will not be able to succeed in the official position, the trade route will not be open, and he will even be kidnapped and plundered by the bandits under Li Runzhi. Only after paying the gift money can the yellow pennant issued by Li Runzhi be planted to pass safely, otherwise it will be robbed!
In this way, Li Runzhi spent most of his life in the Ailao Mountains. By 1947, the situation of the Liberation War was becoming clearer and clearer, and there were various signs of Ailao Mountain in a quiet corner. Li Runzhi knew very well that he was exactly the object that our army wanted to destroy. He began to panic in fear, and came to "yin and yang two hands equipment". On the yang side, he began to do "good deeds", building schools, hospitals and even power plants, trying to disguise himself as an enlightened gentleman who was enthusiastic about people's livelihood.
【Li Runzhi Manor】
【Toast home living room restoration】
On the other hand, he recruited troops and bought horses, and greatly expanded his bandit armed forces, and at most he reached it
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More than 10,000 people
。 Li Runzhi also colluded with the Chiang authorities, and his bandit armed forces were appointed by the Chiang authorities as the "Self-Defense Volunteer Army," and Li Runzhi became the "Commander-in-Chief" of the Volunteer Army, in a vain attempt to resist to the end in the mountains.
In 1949, our army launched a huge war against bandits in the southwest region. In the fierce struggle, Li Runzhi's bandit armed forces repeatedly attacked the towns just liberated by our army, killed our cadres, created the "Gasa River Massacre," and slaughtered hundreds of cadres and masses.
In January 1950, the 41st and 42nd Regiments of the Nine Detachments of the Border Column of our army, the Independent Regiment of Central Yunnan, and the Xinping Huxiang Regiment surrounded Li Runzhi's old lair in Daping palm and Donggualin in Ailao Mountain from all sides. Li Runzhi's rabble-rousers suddenly disintegrated and surrendered. Li Runzhi was also arrested for public trial and was soon shot.
【Weapons and equipment found in Li Run's house】
【Li Runzhi was shot】
However, the old treacherous Li Runzhi did one thing before he died. He had a premonition that his life was not safe, so he secretly buried the treasure he had looted for many years, together with 300 boxes of gold bars, in the deep mountains and forests of the Ailao area, until he was shot, without revealing any news, and this ill-gotten wealth has not been excavated so far.
Later, the local organization forces tried to search for Li Runzhi's treasure, but to no avail, so far Li Runzhi's treasure has become a unique local "tourism resource", attracting curious tourists to try their luck. Maybe after a long time and more people go, there will indeed be unexpected gains.
[The gold found in Li Run's house, and more jewelry are still missing]
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