There is Xu Shiyou in the south and Zheng Weishan in the north.
Zheng Weishan's fame among the founding generals is not small, he is a general who has both military and political integrity.
During the Red Army period, he served as a political work cadre for a long time; during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he became a military cadre; during the War of Liberation, he was a column commander and commander with outstanding military achievements in the North China Military Region.
He grew up in the jute area, where revolutionary ideas were first spread. His father, who was also a revolutionary, was influenced from an early age and joined the Boy Scouts.
In 1928, he joined the revolution and joined the Township Young Pioneers. In 1930, he joined the Red Army as a deputy instructor in the Red Guards. Later, it was incorporated into Xu Xiangqian's unit of the Red First Army in the Eyu-Anhui Soviet Region, and served as Xu Xiangqian's messenger.
In 1932, the main force of the Red Fourth Front withdrew west to Sichuan and Shaanxi. In 1933, in the anti-enemy three-way siege operation, his performance was outstanding, from company instructor to regimental political commissar, and a few months later to divisional political commissar. Moreover, he served as the political commissar of the main division, a sharp knife of the Red Fourth Front, and he was present in the large and small battles of the Red Fourth Front.
In the Red Fourth Front, his promotion speed was not slower than Xu Shiyou, Chen Duoduo, and Wang Jian'an.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he graduated from kang da and went to work in the Jin-Cha-Ji military region, where he served as a teacher at the military and political school and later as vice president of the kang da branch school, and did educational work. Later, because of the needs of the war, he served as the political commissar of the teaching regiment, the head of the regiment, the deputy commander of the military sub-district, and the commander.
During the Liberation War, he served as the commander of the third column of the Jin-Cha-Ji Field Army and later as the commander of the army. In many major battles in North China, he has his figure, such as the Battle of Zhangjiakou, the Battle of Qingfengdian, the Battle of Shijiazhuang, and the Battle of Pingjin. After liberating Northern China, he was ordered to fight in the Great Northwest and participated in the Battle of Lanzhou and the Battle of Ningxia.
After liberation, he went to fight in Korea and was appointed deputy commander of the Volunteer Corps to assist Yang Dezhi in his work.
After returning to China, he served as deputy commander of the Beijing Military Region. Until 1967, Yang Yong, commander of the Beijing Military Region, interrupted his work and became the acting commander of the military region. In 1969, he was promoted to commander of the military district.
After less than 2 years as commander of the military region, he also stood on the sidelines, and in 1971 he was dismissed and Replaced by Li Desheng.
Zheng Weishan carried the burden of 8 years, and in 1979, he submitted rehabilitation materials to his superiors and was eventually rehabilitated.
In 1982, he was transferred to the Lanzhou Military Region as commander and succeeded Du Yide. Three years later, in 1985, he took a back seat.