"A gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late", this sentence is very appropriate to describe this major general, when his wife was occupied by the landlord evil shao, he went to ask for it but was beaten, desperate, he decided to join our army, determined to overthrow the landlord, especially to take revenge on the evil young man who took his wife.
However, when he became a general and returned to his hometown, he had already given up his hatred, and at this time, the evil young man hanged himself because he was afraid of retaliation. What kind of story does he have?
This general was Li Wenqing, a fierce general under Marshal He Long, who was awarded the rank of major general by the Party Central Committee in 1955, and his prestige was far and wide, but who would have thought how tortuous this general's experience in his youth was.
In 1910, Li Wenqing was born in a poor family in Songzi, Hubei Province, his parents were honest farmers, in order to rent the landlord's land and suffered from oppression, in order to reduce the burden of his parents, Li Wenqing from a young age to the landlord's family to work.
As the only son in the family, Li Wenqing also quickly reached the age of marriage, but his family was too poor to take the bride price, so his parents asked him to marry his cousin Zhou.
At that time, Li Wen had no ability to clear the fields, and after getting married, the family's expenses were even greater, so he ran to the landlord's house to work as a coolie, and his wife also went to the landlord's second young master Li Xuewu as a maid.
But the good times were not long, shortly after the two married, there was a major drought in Hubei, the Land rented by the Li family had no income, they could not pay the rent at all, and the threat of the landlord bully for three days at both ends made the Li family very uneasy all day.
At this time, Li Wenqing, who was the pillar of the family, decided to go to the city alone to work and make money, but it backfired, and after Li Wenqing went to the city to work for the landlord for a year, the cattle he released for the landlord suddenly died violently, and the landlord indiscriminately thought that it was Li Wenqing's fault, not only deducted his salary for a year, but also drove him out of the door.
After a year of white work, he was ready to find his wife who also worked in the landlord's house, but when he came to the landlord's house, he was driven out again, and it turned out that Li Xuewu had occupied his wife.
At this time, Li Wenqing could not bear it any longer, he took the knife and prepared to fight with Li Xuewu, fortunately he was stopped by his uncle, so he did not make a big mistake.
After calming down, Li Wenqing bought some gifts and ran to the third young master's house of the landlord's family, wanting him to intercede for him, but before he could speak, the third young master sneered at him, and then let his subordinates beat him, and Li Wenqing, who had a stomach full of fire, vowed revenge, so he joined our army.
After coming to the army, Li Wenqing relied on his intelligence and bravery to rise all the way to platoon leader.
In 1931, after he led his troops to his hometown to carry out a mission, he suddenly thought that the enemy was here, so he ran to arrest the enemy Li Xuewu, who knew that Li Xuewu had already heard the news and fled.
Li Wenqing, who was empty, burned Down Li Xuewu's house in one breath, which was good, Li Wenqing was not only locked up, Li Xuewu also sold his wife in retaliation.
During his confinement, Li Wenqing's instructors made him understand that joining the army was not a personal vendetta, but the overthrow of the feudal system that caused hatred, so that he could take revenge completely.
At this time, Li Wenqing understood how narrow his previous vision was, and with lofty ideals, Li Wenqing was even more desperate in battle.
In 1932, he was hit in the left shoulder by the enemy during a battle at Honghu Lake, and because of his wounds, he had to go to treatment first, but before the wounds could heal, he ran into the battle and fought with the enemy for seven days and seven nights.
Unfortunately, his right eye was bruised by shrapnel, and General He Long wanted him to go to the Soviet Union to heal his wounds, but Li Wenqing refused, and he could never be a "deserter" at this critical moment, so he asked the doctor to remove his right eye.
Subsequently, Li Wenqing followed our army and successively participated in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, the Jujube Battalion, and the Five Taiwans, and his performance was very outstanding.
After the founding of New China, he participated in and commanded the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam and made outstanding military achievements.
General Li Wenqing, who was later known for his bravery in battle, was given a chance to return to his hometown in peacetime.
In 1952, Li Wenqing, who was the deputy commander of the Northern Sichuan Military Region, finally returned to his hometown, at this time he had faded his original hostility in the baptism of war, and he also let go of the hatred of that year.
However, when his enemy Li Xuewu heard that he had returned to his hometown, he was so frightened that he hanged himself in panic, and his wife, Zhou Shi, whom he had not seen for a long time, came to kneel with her current husband and asked for Li Wenqing's forgiveness.
Li Wenqing had only guilt and no resentment toward the Zhou clan, and he told the Zhou clan: Now that the Communist Party has opened up a new China, we ourselves are the masters of the country, and no one can bully us anymore.
In this way, the two people who re-established the family reached a reconciliation, learned that the ex-wife's family was in difficulty, and Li Wenqing deliberately left a little money for her when he left, which can also be regarded as making up for the guilt of not being able to take care of her that year.