War has casualties, in the face of the ruthless war machine, no one can be safe and sound, but sometimes, the war that is about to break out can still be resolved peacefully, after the end of the war of resistance in our country, ushered in a long civil war, although at this stage there are many people sacrificed, but there are also many wars that are finally resolved peacefully.
When the swords of the warriors on both sides are fierce, they will suddenly find that the soldiers under their command and the enemy know each other, will they risk letting their soldiers go to persuade them to surrender?
When the People's Liberation Army liberated Xinxiang in Henan, such an interesting thing happened. Just when the two armies were fighting each other and the war was about to break out, a soldier brought good news, and perhaps xinxiang could be liberated peacefully.
It turned out that among the troops at that time, there was a general who was the cousin of the commander of the Xinxiang garrison, so Liang Xingchu, the person in charge of the campaign at the time, decided decisively, and he was responsible for persuading him to surrender.
The result was naturally gratifying, and finally successfully liberated Xinxiang without any casualties, which was a fairly classic battle in the nationwide liberation battle, and it was the regimental commander Liang Xingchu who made the important decision at that time.
Liang Xingchu, son of a blacksmith
Liang Xingchu was a native of Ji'an, Jiangxi, and before Liang Xingchu was born, his family was still very happy, his father was a blacksmith, and his craftsmanship was very good, but with Liang Xingchu's birth, the chaotic world also came.
At that time, business was very difficult, even if Liang Xingchu's father was a well-known blacksmith, but after a busy year, he could only maintain food and clothing, and he did not have the ability to let Liang Xingchu receive education.
In the face of this situation, Liang Xingchu did not have any way, so since he was a child, he learned to play iron with his father, from pulling a bellows to sledgehammer, he really suffered a lot, and in this environment, Liang Xingchu slowly grew up.
In the blink of an eye to 1930, Liang Xingchu, who was 18 years old at the time, suddenly saw the Red Army recruiting, and he also joined the Red Army without hesitation. Perhaps because of the reason of playing iron since childhood, in the face of the battlefield of Mars splashing around and shells flying, Liang Xingchu has never been afraid.
Because of his excellent performance on the battlefield, Liang Xingchu once served as the commander of the second regiment of the Red Second Division, and he did not fail in his mission, and made great achievements in the battle to capture the dangerous Lazikou, and became famous from then on.
After arriving at the 115th Division, Liang Xingchu successively served as the commander of the teaching brigade and the commander of the military sub-district, and led the troops to fight against the Japanese puppet army many times in the Lunan and northern Jiangsu regions, with fruitful results, and can be said to have made important contributions to the entire anti-War situation.
After the surrender of the Japanese, Liang Xingchu had a new combat mission, and he took his men to the northeast, where he participated in many important battles, especially the Black Mountain Blockade, which can be said to be a model in the blockade war. And Liang Xinchu's success has made great contributions to the total annihilation of the Liao Xiang Yao Xiang Corps of our army.
After the Battle of Pingjin, Liang Xingchu, who was then the commander of the 47th Army, received a new task and led his troops south to liberate Xinxiang in Henan.
A hero of the liberation of Xinxiang
At that time, Liang Xingchu was ordered to liberate Xinxiang was also an iron barrel, and the garrison in Xinxiang was the Kuomintang 40th Army, which was Pang Bingxun's unit, although the combat effectiveness of the troops was very strong, but the overall morale was not very high, and the main reason why their morale was low was because there was no other way out.
Because it was Pang Bingxun's unit, it had been ostracized by the Central Army during the Kuomintang period, and many officers and men no longer wanted to fight for Chiang Kai-shek, and after a series of developments, coupled with the fact that the original commander of this unit had abandoned his soldiers and fled into the wilderness, all the soldiers felt betrayed.
After the original commander escaped, the 40th Army, which was stationed in Xinxiang City at the time, was commanded by the former deputy commander Li Chenxi. Although Xinxiang had not yet been liberated at that time, Li Chenxi understood that it would be difficult for more than 10,000 people in his hands to defend Xinxiang, especially after the People's Liberation Army liberated most of the area, and would definitely send elite troops to liberate Xinxiang.
To this end, Li Chenxi held many military meetings to discuss countermeasures with his soldiers, because the situation was very bad now, so everyone had different ideas at the meeting.
Some people said that they should defend to the death and be loyal to the party-state, some people advocated breaking through and going to Anyang, and the defenders of Anyang would meet and expand their own advantages, and some even suggested imitating the Eighth Route Army to fight guerrillas.
These ideas are extremely unreliable, and Li Chenxi is also very helpless. At the same time, Liang Xingchu, who went to Xinxiang, was also quite worried, and he did not know how to solve the Xinxiang problem. If you carry out a strong attack, then with his manpower and equipment, it will certainly be no problem.
It should be known that Liang Xingchu, who returned from the northeast at that time, had four divisions of troops, a total of more than 60,000 people, and he also had a large number of heavy weapons in his hands, and even if he attacked strongly, he could easily take down Xinxiang.
But then again, if you want to attack strongly, there will be casualties, and ordinary people will also suffer great damage, which Liang Xingchu did not want to see.
You must know that now his opposite is all Chinese, he does not even want to see a large number of casualties among the Kuomintang soldiers, and finally under consideration, Liang Xingchu decided to use the advantage that Henan has now been basically completely liberated to persuade him to surrender and strive for the peaceful liberation of Xinxiang, but at this time there was the biggest question, who to send to complete this task.
Shake hands and make peace to persuade the heroes
First of all, Liang Xingchu himself was definitely not allowed to go, if it was easy to become a hostage, then the liberation of Xinxiang would be more difficult, but sending others to go was afraid that he would not have enough courage, and he would sacrifice in vain, just when Liang Xingchu was in trouble, Ran Ying, the deputy commander of his artillery regiment, came.
After seeing Liang Xingchu, Ran Ying directly expressed his attitude, saying that Li Chenxi, the military commander currently stationed in Xinxiang, was his cousin and he was willing to take the initiative to persuade him to surrender. Hearing this news, Liang Xingchu was very happy and immediately asked for instructions from the then Siye Headquarters, which was also very happy after hearing that someone could go to persuade him to surrender, after all, the peaceful liberation of Xinxiang was everyone's wish, so he sent Ran Ying to Xinxiang to persuade him to surrender.
After seeing that it was Ran Ying who had come, Li Chenxi immediately dragged Ran Ying to the secret room for discussion, in which Ran Ying analyzed the current situation to Li Chenxi in detail, and made it clear that surrender was the best way out and the only way out.
Seeing that Li Chenxi was a little hesitant, Ran Ying began to take a cruel medicine, and he told Li Chenxi that now Liang Xingchu had heavy troops in his hands, and no matter how they fought, the entire army would be destroyed. If it were not for the people in the city, then Liang Xingchu would most likely choose to attack strongly.
Li Chenxi naturally understood this, knowing that the hundreds of thousands of troops in Fu Zuoyi's hands had already been peacefully reorganized, and the more than 10,000 soldiers in his hands were not only extremely poorly equipped, demoralized, and unsatisfactory, so after consideration, Li Chenxi immediately decided to follow Ran Ying's advice and accept peaceful changes.
So on May 5, 1949, Liang Xingchu peacefully liberated Xinxiang without any casualties, which was the best outcome for the whole of Xinxiang.
The peaceful liberation of Xinxiang was a very glorious case in the liberation war of the whole country at that time, and it was not Ran Ying who played a decisive role at that time, but Liang Xingchu, as a military commander with heavy troops and full responsibility for the battle, if Liang Xingchu chose to attack and liberate Xinxiang, with the comparison of combat effectiveness at that time, it would take at most three days, but Liang Xingchu still gave priority to persuasion.
epilogue:
It should be known that the risk of persuasion is extremely great, a little careless, he may also die, but Liang Xingchu still chooses to surrender, and without hesitation, he chooses to believe that the soldiers under him are quite generals, and the old city of Xinxiang can be completely preserved, and a large reason is also because of Liang Xingchu's persuasion. The Eight Road Bureau was able to liberate the whole country from a small unit that could only fight guerrillas, because they always considered the lives of ordinary people, and Liang Xingchu was the best example.