The Xi'an Incident affected the direction of the Chinese nation, which was at a crossroads of destiny. Chairman Mao once said that the Xi'an Incident did not lead to a peaceful settlement in China. In order to ensure the success of the plan, Zhang Xueliang sent several of his most trusted subordinates to capture Chiang Kai-shek alive.
One of these people, Liu Guiwu, was assigned by Zhang Xueliang to capture Chiang Kai-shek alive at the foot of Mount Li, which eventually led to the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists to resist Japan. Zhang Xueliang has a lot of brave and fierce generals under his command, why is Liu Guiwu so trusted? How did he end up?
One day in 1936, Zhang Xueliang planned to visit the place where Chiang Kai-shek was staying in Xi'an. Chiang Kai-shek naturally allowed it, and Zhang Xueliang went to visit Chiang Kai-shek this time with a subordinate named Liu Guiwu. Chiang Kai-shek, who was very jealous, did not think that Zhang Xueliang did not really visit this time, but only to let Liu Guiwu find out the situation and staffing of the place where Chiang Kai-shek lived.
On the way to see Chiang Kai-shek, Liu Guiwu has been carefully observing the surrounding terrain and secretly analyzing the situation in his heart. After following Zhang Xueliang to see Chiang Kai-shek, Liu Guiwu quietly looked at the surrounding environment and calculated how to evade the guards in order to complete the task given to him by Zhang Xueliang.
The task given to Liu Guiwu by Zhang Xueliang was to capture Chiang Kai-shek alive, and at that time the July 7 Incident did not break out, but the Japanese army had already invaded China, and the Chinese nation was at a critical moment of survival. Chiang Kai-shek, however, has always refused to cooperate with the Kuomintang and the Communists. Zhang Xueliang tried to persecute Chiang Kai-shek by capturing Him alive and using the method of "military advice."
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the plan, in addition to Liu Guiwu, Zhang Xueliang also sent three other subordinates he trusted to form a "group to catch Jiang". In addition to Liu Guiwu, the other three are Bai Fengxiang, Wang Yuzhan and Sun Mingjiu. These four cadres led the outstanding completion of the task entrusted to him by Zhang Xueliang.
At that time, Liu Guiwu and three other people formed a "group to catch Chiang Kai-shek" and led more than a dozen soldiers to attack and attack, which was also the tactic that Liu Guiwu decided after carefully observing the environment in which Chiang Kai-shek lived. Liu Guiwu and Zhang Xueliang discussed at that time that the environment and terrain in which Chiang Kai-shek lived were complex and that they must take the lead, and it would be difficult to capture Chiang Kai-shek alive if the guards were organized to resist.
Liu Guiwu's prediction was not wrong, Chiang Kai-shek's guards were all elite, but it was difficult to fight with two fists and four hands. The "Chiang Kai-shek Group" led the soldiers to move quickly and captured Chiang Kai-shek alive in a short period of time by breaking through the guard line. Liu Guiwu invited Chiang Kai-shek to the car and sent him to the place agreed with Zhang Xueliang. The "Group for Catching Jiang" successfully completed its mission, and Liu Guiwu became famous for it.
Zhang Xueliang has many generals under his command, why did Liu Guiwu get Zhang Xueliang's absolute trust and assign him such a big task of "catching Jiang"? This is related to Liu Guiwu's experience. Liu Guiwu was first born as a bandit. Bandits seem to be bad people who do evil, but it is not uncommon for bandits to finally become famous generals in the years of war and war.
Liu Guiwu was born in Liaoning in 1902. Northeast people have a straightforward personality, liu guiwu is even more envious of those who do chivalry and righteousness, and has a great sense of justice since childhood. When he was a teenager, Liu Guiwu mastered a good kung fu of riding and shooting. Although he was said to be a bandit, Liu Guiwu never did anything to commit adultery.
In 1924, Song Zheyuan led soldiers to Rehe, and Liu Guiwu, who had a martial arts dream, joined Song Zheyuan's team. Later, Liu Guiwu encountered Bai Fengxiang from Hebei in his army. Bai Fengxiang and Liu Guiwu are very similar in personality, both of them belong to that kind of very straight personality, and they are not afraid of death when they fight.
At that time, many of the troops in the northeast were born as bandits. These people also have their own strengths, some are good at tracking ambushes and some are good at marksmanship. Liu Guiwu's biggest feature is that his marksmanship is good. Most of the bandits in the mountains of the northeast are excellent in their marksmanship, and Liu Guiwu is one of the best.
In this way, Liu Guiwu was more and more appreciated in the army, and in just a few years, he became a regimental commander from an ordinary soldier. Although Liu Guiwu has a straight personality, he is definitely not a reckless personality like Zhang Fei. On the contrary, it is very calm in the face of things.
Zhang Xueliang also trusted Bai Fengxiang and Liu Guiwu more and more. In early December 1936, Zhang Xueliang repeatedly advised Chiang Kai-shek to stop the civil war and jointly resist Japan. Chiang Kai-shek never listened, so Zhang Xueliang formulated a plan to "catch Chiang Kai-shek" and told Bai Fengxiang, Liu Guiwu, and others about the plan.
In this way, Bai Fengxiang was established, and Liu Guiwu and two other generals together set up the "Catch Jiang" quartet, and Bai Fengxiang was the front-line commander-in-chief. Before leaving, Zhang Xueliang repeatedly stressed that as long as Chiang Kai-shek was detained, he could not hurt him.
Liu Guiwu was responsible for attacking Huaqingchi to attract the attention of others. At first, Liu Guiwu led his soldiers to attack Huaqingchi head-on, and Jiang Xiaoxian was also killed in this battle. In fact, this was Liu Guiwu's plan, and another general, Sun Mingjiu, besieged him from the side.
In the end, the plan was a success. At that time, a newspaper of the Kuomintang reactionaries recorded that Chiang Kai-shek was captured by Liu Guiwu and abducted to board the car "barefoot". The four words "bald head and barefoot" can be seen that Chiang Kai-shek's image at that time was very awkward, and it also proved that he acted quickly at that time. Since then, Liu Guiwu has been more appreciated by Zhang Xueliang.
Because Liu Guiwu captured Jiang Yougong, he was promoted to division commander. When the July 7 Incident broke out, Liu Guiwu led his soldiers to the anti-Japanese front. Before the expedition, many of Liu Guiwu's comrades-in-arms held a farewell ceremony for him in Xi'an. At this time, Liu Guiwu, who was already the commander of the division, said: If you do not succeed, you will become a ren.
At that time, many people did not think that this farewell was the last time they saw Liu Guiwu. On the way to the anti-Japanese front, Liu Guiwu saw that the country was devastated and countless unarmed people were brutally killed by the Japanese. Liu Guiwu was sad and angry, and vowed to defeat the Japanese.
Liu Guiwu led his own team to fight the Japanese army and retreated. In a battle, Liu Guiwu was victorious by annihilating more than 600 Japanese troops with more than 200 casualties. This was also a rare battle in the Kuomintang army to win more with less, so Liu Guiwu fought from Hebei to the northeast.
In 1938, the Japanese army rushed out to suppress anti-Japanese fighters in the northeast. At that time, Liu Guiwu and Ma Zhanshan were fighting together, and Ma Zhanshan did not see through the enemy's plan and was surrounded by the enemy in the trap of Daqingshan. Liu Guiwu disregarded his personal safety to carry out a breakthrough, Ma Zhanshan later escaped Liu Guiwu but died, and a generation of famous generals eventually fell.
Because of Liu Guiwu's bravery and invincibility in the war, the Japanese hated him very much. In the Battle of Daqingshan, after Liu Guiwu's sacrifice, the Japanese army found his body, and the Japanese army cut off Liu Guiwu's head and publicized it, and the Japanese's behavior further stimulated people's patriotic enthusiasm.
Liu Guiwu's nephew and several soldiers placed the headless body in a coffin and quietly transported it back to Xi'an for more than a month. In Xi'an, the soldiers and comrades-in-arms and the masses who sent Liu Guiwu to resist Japan spontaneously held a grand farewell ceremony. After the founding of New China, Liu Guiwu's ashes were placed in a martyrs' cemetery in Xi'an for posterity to commemorate forever.