Among the founding generals of New China, each general has his own legend in life, and the one we want to talk about today is the one-eyed major general under He Long, his name is Li Wenqing, when he first joined the army, Li Wenqing was to avenge his wife, and later his thinking changed, sublimating personal hatred into class hatred, so along the way, he became the founding father of the republic.
Li Wenqing is Hubei Songzi people, born in 1910, his family is not rich, the father only by renting the landlord's family 7 acres of thin land barely to support the family, because he is the only son in the family, the father still attaches great importance to Li Wenqing, at that time people said "no filial piety has three, no posterity is greater" So in less than 20 years old, his father married a wife for him, his cousin Zhou Yimei.
Soon after the new marriage, Songzi County was in a drought, the peasants' crops were not harvested, in order to make a living, Li Wenqing had to go to Gong'an County a hundred miles away to work, the landlord at that time, the exploitation of the peasants was very serious, Although Li Wenqing worked diligently and earnestly, but the landlord was not good to him, and later when Li Wenqing was herding cattle, a cow died innocently, and the landlord was very angry about this, not only deducted all his wages, but also drove him out.
Li Wenqing was indignant, but at that time, he had no power, so he had to admit it and return home, and what Made Li Wenqing even more unacceptable was that his wife, Zhou Yimei, who was a servant in the home of the second young master of the landlord, let the evil young master Li Xuewu take over.
Li Wenqing originally went to the Li family to pick up his wife, but inexplicably so he was beaten and thrown out, an uncle of his own family told him the truth of the matter, Li Wenqing was furious, and immediately wanted to take the knife and go to the Li family to fight, the uncle stopped him, he said: "You are going to die in vain, the Li family is rich and powerful, we can't twist our arms and thighs, the most important thing is to bring my sister back." ”
Enduring the anger, Li Wenqing went to Li's house with some gifts, wanting to bring Zhou Shumei back, this time as before, he was beaten out, Li Wenqing could not stand it any longer, he returned home, angry, when he worked in Gong'an County, he heard the name of the Red Army, saying that it was specially for the poor, Li Wenqing ran at the mouth of the village every day, looking forward to the arrival of the Red Army.
At that time, the Red Army led by He Long was active in the Songzi area, and once, Li Wenqing heard that there was a Red Army in a neighboring village, and he rushed over and joined the Red Army.
Once the troops passed through Songzi, Li Wenqing disregarded discipline, took some fighters, went home to prepare for revenge, when the evil young li Xuewu heard about it, ran away in advance, did not see the enemy, Li Wenqing burned Down Li Mansion to relieve the hatred in his heart.
Back at the troops, Li Wenqing was criticized, and the instructor patiently said to him: "You have a vendetta against Li Xieshao, but which person in our company does not have a vendetta?" We must not only remember personal vendettas, but also class enmity. If you think about it, Li Evil Shao occupies your wife, you go to reason, and he beats you in turn, why is this? Because they have the power in their hands, we can only avenge the class if we overthrow this cannibalistic regime. ”
After Li Wenqing left, Li Xuewu returned, burned his family's house, and sold Zhou Yumei to others as his wife.
After the troops were locked up for a few days, Li Wenqing went back to the battlefield, after which he dared to fight and rush all the way, made a lot of battle achievements, and became He Long's beloved general, and one of Li Wenqing's eyes was also dedicated to the revolution, and he became a one-eyed general.
In 1952, li Wenqing, who was the deputy commander of the Northern Sichuan Military Region, returned to his hometown, and Zhou Wenqing and his wife knelt on the ground and explained to him that Li Wenqing had hurriedly pulled them up, and said that he did not blame her at the beginning, and that he learned that Zhou Wenqing's family was living in difficulty, and Li Wenqing gave them some money.
As for the evil young man Li Xuewu at the beginning, when he learned that Li Wenqing had become a commander, he was frightened and hanged himself long before he returned to his hometown.
In 1955, Li Wenqing was awarded the rank of major general, and in 1999 he died in Chengdu at the age of 89.