There are many bandit warlords in China's modern history, such as Yuan Shikai, Duan Qirui, Chen Jiongming, etc., these are all well known to us, of course, there is also a first-class survivability, a face of numbness, Sun Dianying, known as Sun Mazi. Although his life can be described as a legacy of ten thousand years, he received preferential treatment from our army in his later years.
Since childhood, he has been stubborn and has done no evil
In 1889, a baby named Jin Gui was born, he was a famous bandit warlord in the Republic of China period - Sun Dianying, Sun Dianying's family was not rich, he was very naughty since he was a child, when his peers were concentrating on studying, he was gambling with others, not doing his job all day, running around.
The friends made by others are upright and have a good style, but Sun Dianying likes to deal with hooligan villains, and also opens gambling games with them, cheats and cheats, and sells drugs. Initially, Sun Lieying served under Jiang Guiti, and later he went to Li Fengchao, and two years later, he took Li Fengchao's place.
In 1922, Sun Dianying was promoted all the way to become the commander of the machine gun company of the first mixed regiment of the Henan Army. Not long after, Sun Dianying became the battalion commander in his name, and he claimed the title of king on a hill, vigorously expanding his team and calling himself a brigade commander.
In 1924, the second prelude to the Zhifeng War began, and Sun Dianying took the opportunity to recruit troops and horses to expand his own team, and since then, Sun Dianying's team has grown to more than a thousand people. In the spring of 1926, Yukun incorporated Sun Dianying's thousand-man unit and became the Fifth Mixed Brigade.
Later, Sun Dianying's troops were absorbed by Zhang Zongchang, and Sun Dianying was also appointed as the commander of the division, in 1926, Zhang Zongchang and Li Jinglin joined forces to prepare to launch a counterattack against the Nationalist Army, Sun Dianying also participated in it, during the battle, Sun Dianying bravely competed for the lead and made the first battle achievement. After the battle, in order to honor Sun Dianying, Sun Dianying's original unit was reorganized by Zhang Zongchang, and later expanded his numbers and gave Sun Dianying the post of commander.
In the autumn of the following year, Zhang Zongchang's rightist faction Sun Dianying was engaged in a war with Feng Yuxiang, and in the long run, due to Sun Dianying's outstanding performance, he also became Zhang Zongchang's right-hand man. Originally, he thought that under Zhang Zongchang's command, Sun Dianying's development would get better and better, but he did not think that there was an unexpected storm in the sky, and it was not long before Zhang Zongchang's troops were defeated by the National Revolutionary Army and had been fleeing north for their lives, and Sun Dianying also fled to Tianjin with his remaining subordinates.
At that time, Sun Dianying's fame was also known to many people, and Chiang Kai-shek admired Sun Dianying as a talent and wanted to put him under his command, so he sent his own subordinates to persuade Sun Dianying to surrender. In 1928, Zhang Zongchang's troops could not resist Chiang Kai-shek's attack, the entire line collapsed, and Sun Dianying's troops were eventually absorbed by Chiang Kai-shek, but at that time Chiang Kai-shek also appointed him as a military commander and reused him.
In the Tanglin case, Sun Dianying's notoriety caused a sensation throughout the country
At that time, the National Revolutionary Army was on the northern expedition, but he did not expect that Ma Futian, who had been recruited, would defect and wanted to be a grave-digging thief in Malanyu, because he knew that the place was unguarded. Later, in order to suppress the bandits, Chiang Kai-shek sent Sun Dianying to lead the troops, Sun Dianying ran all the way, when he saw the magnificent mausoleum, he also had the idea of robbing the tomb in his heart, and he was also ready to use the treasure of the tomb robbery to suppress the bandits.
In order not to let Ma Futian snatch the treasure away, Sun Dianying also specially sent people to lead the army to find ways to drive him away; at the same time, Sun Dianying wanted to avoid the noise of his tomb robbery, and while planning the tomb robbery, he also let people post notices everywhere to cover people's eyes and ears, so that others mistakenly thought that he was engaged in military exercises.
In the end, Sun Dianying successfully completed his plan to rob the tomb, and obtained many treasures in the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi, of course, other tombs, including the Qianlong Emperor. Although Sun Dianying thought that his plan was impenetrable at that time, the matter of his tomb robbery was leaked out and caused a sensation throughout the country, and many people at that time were surprised, especially the Manchus, who were extremely angry and threatened to ask Chiang Kai-shek to dispose of Sun Dianying.
Originally, Sun Dianying, who thought that after the tomb robbery was discovered, would be weak-hearted, but he did not think that Sun Dianying was calmer than anyone. When government officials launched an investigation into Sun Dianying, Sun Dianying was very calm, as if he was not the protagonist of the matter, and also defended others as a bystander.
After xu yuanquan received Sun Dianying's submission, he pointed out the mystery for him, and Sun Dianying quickly understood Xu Yuanquan's idea, quickly selected some more precious items from the treasures he had arrived, and asked Dai Kasa to hand them over to Chiang Kai-shek and He Yingqin. Immediately afterward, he gave some particularly precious treasures to Song Meiling, Song Ziwen, Dai Kasa and others, and these things were of great value.
Later, although Sun Dianying's tomb robbery was reported to the military tribunal, but several months passed, there was no final verdict, and for Sun Dianying, there was no big impact, he also continued to add officials to the knighthood, deeply won the weight of Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang, mixed with the wind and water, and finally was appointed as the chairman of Anhui Province, and also let him serve as the commander of the Fifth Army.
In 1930, Chiang Kai-shek was furious because sun dianying betrayed Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, after the outbreak of the Central Plains War, Chiang Kai-shek sent 80,000 or 90,000 people to attack Sun Dianying's troops, and in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's such a powerful battle, Sun Dianying was a little unable to resist. He also asked Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, hoping that the two of them could send troops to support him.
After receiving the news that Sun Dianying had asked for help, Feng Yuxiang quickly sent five divisions to support him, and later successfully broke the siege for Sun Dianying, but it was not long before Sun Dianying's troops were crushed by Chiang Kai-shek's army. Later, Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan were defeated by Zhang Xueliang, and Sun Dianying's troops were also absorbed by Zhang Xueliang, and Zhang Xueliang also made him the commander of the division.
Fight bravely to kill the enemy and fight with the Japanese for seven days and nights
In 1931, Sun Dianying was promoted to a military commander, and two years later, the Battle of Rehe broke out, in order to repel the Japanese and break their plan to march into the northeast, Zhang Xueliang asked Sun Dianying to lead his troops from Shanxi to support Rehe against the Japanese. After Sun Dianying led his troops to Chifeng, he not only saw through the Japanese army's attempt to annihilate them in one fell swoop from the north and south, but also made important arrangements.
After everything was ready, Sun Dianying personally supervised the battle, which greatly increased the morale of the army, and they began to fight fiercely with the enemy, and soon Sun Dianying took control of Chifeng. However, the Japanese at that time did not give up until they reached their goal, and they reorganized their army in a short period of time, and also adjusted the mode of warfare and destroyed the city. Seeing that the advantages gradually turned to the disadvantages, Sun Dianying did not give up, but fought with the enemy with the determination to die.
It was not until the county magistrate persuaded Sun Dianying to retreat that he led his troops out of Chifeng. In this blockade war with the Japanese, Sun Dianying persisted for seven days and nights, and later launched a fierce struggle with the enemy at the Monkey Head Ditch Gate for ten days, but in the end it was defeated, and Sun Dianying's troops were also severely damaged.
Although Sun Dianying's troops were seriously injured in this battle, he still annexed most of the enemy's troops, and his strength was still there, so he became an anti-Japanese hero in the eyes of many people. Later, Sun Dianying made a lot of efforts to improve his status, so he absorbed many outstanding young people to his troops.
In 1936, Sun Dianying was invited to Beiping by Song Zheyuan and appointed him as the commander of security, but this was only a commander in name only. The following year, after the outbreak of the July 7 Incident, Sun Dianying began to expand his army again, at that time, he had grown his army to tens of thousands of people, and he was no longer a light rod commander.
Perhaps by fate, going around in a circle, in 1938, Dai Kasa introduced Sun Dianying to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek did not care about the previous suspicions, and gave Sun Dianying a nickname, for this reason, Sun Dianying was touched, thinking that Chiang Kai-shek had a broad mind, even if he betrayed him before, he did not bother with himself now, just like his own regeneration parents.
In 1943, the Taihang Mountains were attacked by the Japanese, and in the face of 200,000 Japanese troops, Sun Dianying's troops were surrounded, and in desperation, he could only surrender to the Japanese and become a traitor. There, too, the Japanese reused him, not only setting up a new headquarters for him, but also giving him many good conditions.
Even though the Japanese were very important to him at the time, the Japanese did not belong to this territory after all, so in 1945, the Japanese were expelled from China. Sun Dianying, who was once willing to serve the Japanese, once again came to join Chiang Kai-shek, and also followed Chiang Kai-shek to oppose communism, and actively served at Chiang Kai-shek's side. In 1947, Sun Dianying, who struggled to resist fruitlessly, was captured by the People's Liberation Army, and he tried to find a way to escape from prison, and it was not long before he fell ill and died in prison.
Our army gave the captured Sun Dianying the privilege
In fact, from Sun Dianying's life, we can see that both the enemy army and our army have developed a little friendship for Sun Dianying, otherwise the Japanese would not have reused him, and Chiang Kai-shek would not have let him follow him twice. Although he was an out-and-out grave robber, and later became a traitor and participated in the civil war, it is undeniable that when he fought with the Japanese army, the kind of bravery that many people could not do.
Therefore, later Liu Bocheng also specially received the captured Sun Dianying, and told him that although he followed Chiang Kai-shek and participated in the civil war, at the time of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Sun Dianying also supported Liu Bocheng with some guns and made way for them, so one yard to one yard, they will certainly not forget their previous feelings because of Sun Dianying's bad behavior.
Not only that, Liu Bocheng also gave Sun Dianying a privilege, he instructed the escort of Sun Dianying to ensure sun Dianying's safety, not to let him be hurt, let alone let him fall into the hands of others, and also let one of Sun Dianying's former subordinates follow Sun Dianying in order to take care of his life. Sun Dianying, who lived in prison, not only received daily care for him, but our army also searched for a cure for him after he fell ill.
But at that time, Sun Dianying basically belonged to a state of terminal illness, even if he took a lot of medicine, it was useless, when he knew that he was about to die, he began to repent of his life, thinking that the bad things he had done were really too evil and too sorry for the people, and even more sorry for our army that treated him preferentially. In fact, our army has always given preferential treatment to prisoners, but there are very few who can enjoy this privilege among those who are captured.
This Sun Mazi, who has an ugly title, can call the wind and rain in the Republic of China for twenty or thirty years, in fact, it is not easy, even if he has done so many evil things, but I have to say that he is still a very powerful figure. Among the things that Sun Dianying did, what caused a sensation in the whole country and made many people angry should be that he stole the tombs of Cixi and Qianlong.
For the Manchus, they believed that Sun Dianying was cutting off their bloodline, however, at that time, Sun Dianying did not care at all, he did not think that there was anything wrong with his tomb robbery, and he also defended himself, saying that he robbed the tomb mainly to avenge his ancestors, after all, his ancestors for three generations died at the hands of the Qing Dynasty, so he thought that as long as he could be worthy of his ancestors, it was not wrong to be worthy of the Han compatriots.
Of course, these justifications of his cannot hide his crime of robbing tombs, and many people in history still have a negative evaluation of him, believing that he robbed tombs for the sake of the gold and silver treasures in those mausoleums, which is not as great as he says. However, there are also some people who believe that Cixi was vicious in her life, and at that time, she was so oppressive of the Han people, after her death, the tomb was stolen, which is also the retribution she suffered, so this part of the people think that Sun Dianying can also be regarded as a head for them.
epilogue
Looking back at Sun Dianying's life, he has committed too many crimes, whether it is selling counterfeit money or smuggling drugs, or robbing tombs, these are unforgivable crimes, especially he also helped the Japanese fight against Chinese, which is simply a loss of conscience. But it is undeniable that he also has good points, so his life is a mixed reputation.
Although it is said that the upper beam is not correct, the lower beam is crooked, and Sun Dianying is this unhealthy upper beam, but perhaps you do not know that he is very upright in the education of his children, so the improper upper beam does not necessarily have an improper lower beam, and his son Sun Tianyi is a good example.
Compared with Sun Dianying, Sun Tianyi is not at all like his father, he has liked to read since he was a child, even if his father has the identity of a Jiangyang thief, he has also been discriminated against and has been living in his father's shadow. But even so, he did not choose an incorrect path, but persevered, bravely moved forward, and did not care about the opinions of others.
In the end, through his efforts, he became a well-respected teaching master, and the students liked him very much. Not only that, he is also a very well-known conservator of cultural relics, and reasonable, both moral integrity and ability, contrary to his unreasonable father, he also believes that his father's tomb robbery caused great losses to the country, so he believes that he must now shoulder the mission of protecting cultural relics. In a way, he was atonement for his father's sins.