After the Long March of the main force of the Red Army, there were still many Red Army generals in the south who remained in the local area and insisted on guerrilla warfare, such as the Xianggan Soviet District, and after the main force of the Red Sixth Army left, Tan Yubao insisted on qipan Mountain, opened up the Xianggan border base area, and successfully persisted in guerrilla warfare for three years.
Tan Yubao had a guard named Tan Dongzai, who was unfortunately stabbed in the left eye by a thorn when he was fighting a guerrilla war on the mountain, and the conditions at that time were more difficult, and there was no way to treat it. Since then, Tan Dongzai has become a "one-eyed dragon".
At the same time as Tan Yubao, there was also a general who insisted on guerrilla warfare, who later became a founding lieutenant general, and he was Liu Peishan. When the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in an all-round way, the Kuomintang and the Communists cooperated, and the New Fourth Army was to be established, and General Manager Chen personally came to Tan Yubao to talk about the reorganization.
(Tan Yubao)
Therefore, Liu Peishan and Mr. Chen both know the "one-eyed dragon" Tan Dongzai. Liu Peishan also fought side by side with Tan Dongzai. Mr. Chen later became a marshal, Liu Peishan later became a founding lieutenant general, tan Yubao had no military rank, and he also served as vice governor of Hunan Province, and their achievements were great.
So, what about Tan Dongzai? His rank at that time was not high, after all, he was only a guard, but Mr. Chen and Liu Peishan always remembered him. Liu Peishan and Tan Dongzai are both from Chaling, Hunan. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Liu Peishan returned to his hometown and went to visit Tan Dongzai.
What is Tan Dongzai doing? Because of his disability, Tan Dongzai left the revolutionary ranks and returned home to work as a farmer. He built a thatched hut on the hillside, cultivated vegetables, and fed a cow, which should be said to be a relatively hard life.
(Mr. Chen during the Red Army period)
Liu Peishan was instructed by others to find Tan Dongzai, an old comrade-in-arms of that year. At that time, Tan Dongzai was holding the grass and preparing to feed the cattle. Seeing Liu Peishan, the political commissar of the regiment at that time, Tan Dongzai was like in a dream, hugging the old political commissar tightly, and the old tears flowed. Many years have passed, and the old commissar has not forgotten him.
The two old comrades recalled the hard past together, and Liu Peishan saw that Tan Dongzai's life was hard, and specially gave him some money and food. The careful Liu Peishan knew that Tan Dongzai's eyes were not good, and specially gave him a horse lamp to facilitate his walking on the mountain road at night.
Liu Peishan asked Tan Dongzai what difficulties and wishes he had. Tan Dongzai really had a trouble. Didn't he raise cattle? When the farmers are busy, they rent to other farmers and help them cultivate the land. They are all neighbors, and everyone will not let him help in vain, but will give him a little food or money.
(Lieutenant General Liu Peishan)
This is a very normal thing. However, a deputy county magistrate of Chaling County said that Tan Dongzai was engaged in exploitation, feudalism and bourgeoisie. Poor Tan Dongzai, a disabled farmer, is reasonable but not a deputy county magistrate.
Liu Peishan took Tan Dongzai to the county seat, found the deputy county magistrate, and said to his face that Tan Dongzai was an old Red Army soldier who had suffered a lot in the revolution, and for this reason he was blind in one eye. As local government, you should take care of his life. I ask you to take more care of this old Red Army, the old revolutionary. Besides, renting cattle and collecting remuneration is a very normal production relationship, not exploitation.
After the deputy county magistrate listened, he felt deeply guilty and apologized to Tan Dongzai on the spot. Tan Dongzai was also relieved.