When people think of tiger generals, they must first think of the generals of the Three Kingdoms period, such as Guan Yunchang, Zhang Yide, and Zhao Zilong.
In addition, the combat effectiveness of Ma Chao and others cannot be underestimated, and Lü Bu is known as the first in the single force value of the Three Kingdoms.
In addition to the Five Tiger Generals in the Three Kingdoms period, the Kuomintang troops who fought with our army for several years also had five Tiger Generals.
They were Chiang Kai-shek's henchmen, among whom Wei Lihuang was known as the "Tiger General" among the Five Tiger Generals, which showed that his combat style was rapid and strong.
However, it was such a "tiger general" who refused to send troops in important battles, which won a breathing breath for our army, and his identity was therefore confused.
Wei Lihuang was born in 1897 in Hefei, Anhui Province, and was born with an older brother in addition to him.
Their father was a Qing Dynasty official, and some of them were very attentive to the two brothers' studies.
When Wei Lihuang was 8 years old, his father died of the plague, and suddenly only his brother was left in the family to support the whole family.
Wei Lihuang's older brother Wei Lijiong took care of the family with a meager salary, and even more so for this young brother.
Therefore, although he lost his father's protection, under the care of his brother, Wei Lihuang could also be regarded as eating and wearing, and he went to private school early.
As a later "tiger general", he only knew that it was not enough to charge forward, and knowledge was quite important at any time.
Therefore, Wei Lihuang was not a reckless man who only knew how to fight, as early as when he was reading, he was talented and familiar with reading the Four Books and Five Classics, and he could even write his own poems and lyrics.
Even his brother once laughed that if he hadn't caught up with the war years, Wei Lihuang might have been able to really rely on keju to make a career.
In the Xinhai Revolution, the people's minds became more and more emancipated, and they began to advocate freedom, democracy and equality, and the Wei family brothers were no exception.
Wei Lihuang, who was only 15 years old at the time, was not afraid of danger and joined his brother's revolutionary ranks, although he finally failed, but accumulated the first revolutionary experience.
In 1914, the 17-year-old Wei Lihuang wanted to get a job, but he was unexpectedly admitted to the Hubei Army Cadet Battalion and became a reserve of the army.
It is said that jade needs to be carved to become beautiful jade, and the same talented people also need to be cultivated in order to truly show their talents.
For Wei Lihuang, the more than a year of entering the military school was a period of rebirth for himself.
At school, Wei Lihuang received professional military knowledge and military concepts, and graduated with honors, and with great ambition, he decided to go to Shanghai.
In Wei Lihuang's mind, the Beiyang Army was just a group of warlords who only knew how to satisfy their own selfish desires, and finding revolutionary talents was his goal in his heart.
Soon Wei Lihuang came to Shanghai and joined the Cantonese Army, and soon after rose to become one of Sun Yat-sen's guards.
It should be known that Sun Yat-sen at that time was a supporter of the "Three People's Principles" and had a profound understanding of the idea of democratic revolution.
During the long-term side of Sun Yat-sen, Wei Lihuang himself also had a revelation, and at this time, Wei Lihuang, who was working hard, was already a platoon leader of Sun Yat-sen's guard.
If Wei Lihuang at this time was still just a dutiful guard, then the subsequent behavior was enough to prove that he was a rare general.
The first time was in 1918, when the Beiyang Army and the Cantonese Army fought a deadly battle, and Wei Lihuang's troops were scattered, and for a time the dragons were leaderless.
There were strong enemies on the outside who were pressing forward step by step, but no one inside came out to dominate the overall situation, and for a while the soldiers had no direction.
At this time, Wei Lihuang bravely stood up and provoked the girder, he gathered the remaining team and began to counterattack, taking the enemy's command post in one fell swoop and fighting a beautiful battle.
In the ensuing battles, Wei Lihuang won many battles and victories, and unlike other generals from military academies, Wei Lihuang fought from the soldiers a little bit.
Every time in battle, he is also the first to charge the front, always rushing to the front, and is the hero in the hearts of all soldiers.
By 1930, Wei Lihuang, who had been included in Chiang Kai-shek's battle sequence, was already one of the five tiger generals under Chiang Kai-shek with his handsome ability.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in the face of the Eighth Route Army, which was bent on creating a great cause of the nation, Wei Lihuang always maintained an attitude of friendly exchanges.
He even disregarded Chiang Kai-shek's warnings many times and sent some necessary military equipment to our army, which also aroused Chiang Kai-shek's dissatisfaction.
Wei Lihuang, who was the commander-in-chief at the beginning of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, won a great victory and led the army to annihilate more than 10,000 Japanese troops in more than a year.
After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Chiang Kai-shek realized that the external troubles had been eliminated, so he put the spearhead on the Eighth Route Army.
In his view, China can only have one government, one ideology, and it is obvious that the previous formation of the anti-Japanese national united front was only a last resort under the "Xi'an Incident".
Now Chiang Kai-shek turned his gun and secretly prepared under the pretext of peace, hoping to destroy the Eighth Route Army and accomplish his great cause.
In the later Liaoshen Campaign, Chiang Kai-shek's close confidant Chen Cheng was an empty but powerless commander.
Seeing that the defeat was approaching, Chiang Kai-shek thought of Wei Lihuang, so he asked Wei Lihuang to take over Chen Cheng's position.
In 1948, Wei Lihuang became the commander-in-chief of the Northeast Suppression Campaign, and in the face of this position, Wei Lihuang also knew that the pressure was not small, and it was even more difficult to turn defeat into victory.
Wei Lihuang, who was familiar with the art of war, knew that there were not many strongholds left in the northeast, and almost all of them were occupied, so he chose to concentrate his forces and firmly guard Guannei.
Chiang Kai-shek was dissatisfied with Wei Lihuang's closure, and in his opinion, the military situation in Jinzhou was imminent, but Wei Lihuang did not move, like a spy of the communist army.
But in fact, the reason why Wei Lihuang dared to resist and did not go to support was also for his own reasons, first of all, the risk of retreat was extremely high.
After Wei Lihuang took office, he held the city firmly, but while concentrating on narrowing the scope, it also meant letting go of other regions.
At this time, if they retreated hastily, the rear road of Wei Lihuang's army had long been cut off, and it was very likely that they would be attacked by the Dongye army and fall into a state of isolation and helplessness.
On the other hand, it is natural to want to retain his own strength, after all, Chiang Kai-shek has always been skeptical of Wei Lihuang and refuses to use it with confidence.
It should be known that the previous commander-in-chief Chen Cheng did not have half a talent, but with the relationship between his wife and the Jiang couple, he went all the way up.
If Wei Lihuang supports Jinzhou, it will undoubtedly be a gamble to win or lose, after all, retreat may not be able to achieve victory.
Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek was already dissatisfied with himself, and if he could win victory by persevering, he could just pass the credit.
Unfortunately, Wei Lihuang's decision did not bring victory, but gave my army time to gather troops, and finally completely liberated Shenyang.
Wei Lihuang himself was dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek after "The Great Armageddon" for major negligence in delaying the military plane, and was taken to Nanjing to listen to the fall.
As for whether Wei Lihuang is a high-ranking agent of our army or not, facts have proved that whether he is or not, judging from his anti-Chiang Kai-shek behavior, there is no doubt that Wei Lihuang is a patriotic soldier who understands the overall situation.