General Xu Shiyou studied hard from the Shaolin Temple from a young age, where he practiced hard for eight years, and practiced an extraordinary martial art that few people could match, and he was able to easily avoid the water thrown at him by everyone. Later, he joined our Party and devoted himself to the revolutionary cause, during which time he created countless miracles for our army and became a figure feared by the enemy army.
General Xu Shiyou has courage and strategy, but also keen on competition, he once heard that there is a person who is also very good at martial arts, so he took the initiative to find this person to compete, but he did not expect that the person directly said domineeringly: "No need to compare, you can't beat me" to reject him. Who is this person? Why did he refuse General Xu Shiyou's contest in such a tone?
He learned martial arts from an early age and joined the team of saving the country and the people
Geng Biao was born in 1909 in Liling County, Hunan Province, and when he was seven years old, he was forced to follow his parents to the Shuikou Mountains in Changning County, Shonan Province. At that time, life was extremely hard, and geng biao, who was 13 years old, began to work in the mine to earn money. Under the hardships of life, his father did not forget to teach him some martial arts. His father was Geng Chu'nan, a well-known double-hooked warrior during the Qing Dynasty, who was summoned to the palace by Empress Dowager Cixi to serve as a bodyguard in the palace because of his high martial arts.
Later, he did not want to fight for the corrupt Qing government, so he fled back to his hometown with the help of the death of his relatives at home. Due to the poverty of the family, his father taught Geng Biao some martial arts in order to make a living, but he did not expect that Geng Biao was a martial arts wizard, and he was able to integrate and learn all of his father's martial arts and become a martial arts master. Geng Biao was extremely disgusted with this society that was oppressed everywhere, and later he was deeply influenced by Marxism and decided to join the team of saving the country and the people.
During the Hunan Revolution, he actively participated in workers' strikes and joined the Communist Youth League of China in 1925. The following year, in accordance with the instructions of the Party, he participated in the revolutionary armed struggle together with other revolutionaries, actively carried out the Liling Rebellion and led 100,000 peasant troops to attack Changsha. After the loss of the revolutionary forces, he threw himself into guerrilla warfare, and because of his good performance, he was highly praised by the Party organization and officially became a member of the Communist Party in 1928.
Forcefully cross the Xiang River and break through the encirclement and suppression with fewer victories and more victories
Later, Geng Biao was assigned to the 9th Division of the 3rd Army of the Red 1st Army as the chief of intelligence staff, and in the first anti-encirclement and suppression war, he single-handedly went to check the firepower of the Kuomintang and rescued the blocked 26th Regiment. Geng Biao's ability was obvious to everyone, and in just a few months he was promoted to chief of staff of the division.
After many battles, Geng Biao grew a lot and gradually became a brave and good general of the Red Army. In the fifth counter-encirclement and suppression campaign, in order to provide cover for other troops, Geng Biao was hit by a bullet in the knee, but he still forcibly endured the pain and returned to the front line, proposing the idea of fighting a sports war.
In the Battle of xiangjiang in 1934, Geng Biao played a crucial role, and by this time he was already the commander of the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Red First Army. At that time, the strength of the Kuomintang 15 regiments, and our army, due to inaccurate intelligence, received only 9 regiments of the enemy army, and Geng Biao only used the strength of 1 regiment to fight with them, and later found that it was 15 regiments.
Due to the huge disparity in combat strength between the enemy and ourselves, a bloody battle is inevitable. Faced with this situation, Geng Biao could only engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and they cut through five levels and six generals along the way, successfully breaking through the enemy's four lines of defense and enabling our army to successfully cross the Xiang River. The Battle of Xiangjiang lasted five days and five nights, and our army suffered heavy losses, with two-thirds of the Red 4 Regiment led by Geng Biao suffering casualties.
One mouth rejected General Xu Shiyou's contest
Geng Biao's heroic deeds spread throughout the army, which made Xu Shiyou curious about him and wanted to try him out. Later, the two met at the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army University, and Xu Shiyou, bent on practicing martial arts with him, took the initiative to come to the door to ask for a duel with Geng Biao, who said bluntly: "No need to compare, you are not my opponent." Xu Shiyou was not angry, because of the emergency meeting of the organization, he did not realize his wish to compete with Geng Biao, and the relationship between the two was not affected.
In fact, Geng Biao refused to compete with Xu Shiyou because he was confident enough to defeat Xu Shiyou, and he did not want Xu Shiyou to let others talk about him because he lost the competition. Moreover, he believed that the martial arts of a body should be used on the enemy, not on the comrades-in-arms. Geng Biao and Xu Shiyou were both famous generals in the army at that time, and both were bright and honest heroes, and they admired each other.
After the founding of New China, Geng Biao took off his military uniform to become a diplomatic ambassador, and he actively learned how to carry out diplomatic work, which was done for more than 20 years and achieved immortal results. After he left his leadership position, he still insisted on caring about the major affairs of the party and the country, helping the poor people, and enthusiastically engaged in the cause of the elderly. Geng Biao died in Beijing in 2000 at the age of 91.
Geng Biao practiced a martial art under the guidance of his father, and both he and Xu Shiyou excelled in martial arts, and both applied this martial art to the revolution of saving the country and saving the people. Judging from Geng Biao's refusal to compete with Xu Shiyou, he was not arrogant, but had the certainty of victory, and did not want Xu Shiyou to face the outcome of the failure of the competition, and his refusal to compete was the mood of his comrades-in-arms.
epilogue
Of course, General Xu Shiyou also has the demeanor of a general who can afford to put it down, and he does not resent this matter. They all knew that their fists were aimed at the enemy, and they would rush forward without hesitation in the face of enemy fire. Both predecessors have made great contributions to our country, and their spirit will always inspire future generations.