The only general of the Nationalist army who was captured but exempted from reform saved the life of Chen Laozong and was awarded an important position after the founding of the Country
In the War of Liberation, many generals of the Nationalist army were taken prisoners, and usually the prisoners had to go to the war criminals management center for study and reform, but there was one captured general who was an exception, who not only did not enter the war criminals management center, but also directly held important posts in the new China official residence. He was Guo Xunqi, a Shuangliu man from Sichuan, and the famous generals of the Sichuan Army fought very fiercely, and both the Red Third Army and the Red Fifth Army were severely damaged by him.
At that time, the Red Army advanced in three ways to the east of Chishui, and Liu Xiang of the Sichuan Army sent three brigades to pursue, commanded by Guo Xunqi, the commander of the Teaching Brigade, who followed the Red Army, and the Red Third and Fifth Red Armies were caught in a fierce battle, and the Red First Army rushed back to help, which allowed the Red Army to successfully withdraw. However, Guo Xunqi's purpose was not to really want to fight the Red Army, but to prevent the Red Army from entering Sichuan, as long as the Red Army did not enter Sichuan Guo Xunqi began to passively respond to the battle.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he also cooperated with the New Fourth Army, attacking the Japanese 116th Division in the Wuhu area, Guo Xunqi continued to cooperate with the New Fourth Army, and often funded the New Fourth Army in terms of materials and ammunition. However, it was precisely because he was too close to the New Fourth Army that Guo Xunqi was dismissed from his post as commander due to suspicion within the Nationalist army. It was not until the Liberation War that he was reactivated to guard Xiangyang City as the deputy of Kang Ze, the commander of the 15th Appeasement District, but Kang Ze did not understand the military at all and did not listen to Guo Xunqi's opinion.
Therefore, Wang Jinshan easily took the two prisoners, but after learning that Guo Xunqi was captured, Chen and Liu, the two bosses, personally visited him and treated him as a guest, and it turned out that in addition to helping the New Fourth Army, Guo Xunqi also saved his life when Boss Chen was in distress. In this regard, Mr. Chen always remembered that it was natural to give preferential treatment to Guo Xunqi. Later, Guo Xunqi returned to Sichuan and contributed to the peaceful liberation of Chengdu. After the liberation of the country, Guo Xunqi also served as the deputy director of transportation and deputy director of water conservancy in Sichuan, and died of illness in Chengdu in 1959 at the age of 64.