Ten years in exile, five years in prison, although your hair is pale, but it strengthens your will; you are the creator of the people's ranks. During the Northern Expedition and the War of Resistance, you made great contributions to the liberation of the people for the new and old Fourth Armies.
In 1941, the Anhui Incident occurred, General Ye Ting was detained by the Kuomintang, during which General Ye Ting always adhered to the correct path, even if he was in prison, he did not accept coercion and inducement, Chen Cheng had a friendship with General Ye Ting, and advised General Ye Ting not to be hard steel with the old Jiang, and could go to Burma to resist the enemy, but General Ye Ting declined.
While imprisoned in Chongqing, General Ye Ting wrote a "Prison Song" in prison, which vividly depicted his ambition and unyielding spirit:
"I hope that one day / the fire underground / burn me with this living coffin / I should have eternal life in the fire and blood!"
And Ye Ting's wife, Li Xiuwen, took the initiative to accompany her husband to prison and never gave up on her life. Born in Macau, Li Xiuwen came from a wealthy and beautiful family, and Li Xiuwen was awarded the title of "School Flower" during his studies at Zhixin Girls' High School.
Li Xiuwen's father, Li Shaocun and Li Zhangda, were good friends of the same ethnic group in Dongguan, and the two had many contacts, Li Zhangda joined the League in his early years and participated in the Wuchang Uprising in Xinhai, Li Xiuwen studied at the Zhixin Girls' High School, Li Zhangda was the commander of the gendarmerie unit of Sun Yat-sen's Grand Marshal's Office, and Ye Ting was the chief of staff of the gendarmerie unit.
Although Ye Ting was born in a peasant family, but read a lot of books, was a student of the Baoding Military Academy, extraordinary temperament, outstanding ability, in 1920, Ye Ting defeated four times the enemy in one fell swoop in the Battle of Huangpi Trail, the reputation is very famous, he and Li Zhangda are also very good friends.
Li Zhangda appreciated Ye Ting, when Ye Ting was also worth the age of marriage in the male university, and when Li Xiuwen first met Ye Ting, he had a good impression of him, a military uniform lined Ye Ting tall and handsome, Li Zhangda from the middle of the match, became Ye Ting and Li Xiuwen's big matchmaker.
When Ye Ting was preparing to go to the Eastern University in Moscow in the Soviet Union, he proposed marriage to Li Xiuwen, and Li Xiuwen was naturally pleased, but it was still impossible to ask his parents for advice on marriage, and Li Shaocun also appreciated Ye Ting, thinking that Ye Ting was a responsible man, but he still said to Ye Xiuwen seriously:
"Ye Ting is a promising young officer, and now is the time for the two of you to seek advancement, marriage, as a force to encourage both sides to move forward."
When Li Xiuwen saw that his father did not explicitly agree, he added a little distress in his heart, but Li Xiuwen's mother was clear about Li Shaocun's meaning, and as soon as he finished talking, he secretly pulled Li Xiuwen aside and said: "Your father has long taken a fancy to Ye Ting, but he hopes that he will become the leader of the regiment and you will get married again." ”
In fact, Li Xiuwen did not care about Ye Ting's official position, and also believed that Ye Ting could become the head of the regiment, so he told Ye Ting about his parents' opinions, and Ye Ting read it and gladly agreed, and said to Li Xiuwen: "Your parents hope that you can marry a good Lang Jun, and I will prove it with practical actions." ”
In 1925, when Ye Ting returned from school, he was appointed as the head of the independent regiment, so the two held a wedding ceremony in Zhaoqing Yuejiang Building. But the situation is turbulent, Ye Stood up as a soldier, naturally it is impossible to spend the moon with Li Xiuwen, but Li Xiuwen does not pursue the romance between those literati, and only feels that it is a happy thing that the two can accompany each other for a lifetime.
In 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out in full swing, General Ye Ting prepared for the establishment of the New Fourth Army, and served as the commander of the New Fourth Army, at that time the economic situation of the New Fourth Army was very difficult, the equipment was backward, and it was by relying on the japanese army to capture a lot of new weapons from the Japanese army after fighting with the Japanese army.
When Li Xiuwen learned of this situation, he was both in awe and worried about Ye Ting, and later took out his parents' pension from home, raised some money, bought 3600 pistols from Guangdong and Hong Kong, and then personally escorted them to southern Anhui, and stayed with Ye Ting.
Although the war was constant, Ye Ting had to lead the soldiers to fight, but Li Xiuwen had no complaints, always wanted to do what he could, and sometimes practiced brush writing, so that Ye Ting appreciated, and when Ye Ting was idle, he planted vegetables in the courtyard behind the house, including tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.
When the harvest comes, comrades from the General Staff Office and the Adjutant Office will also be invited to dinner, and if it were not for the roar and shells that sounded everywhere, Ye Ting and Li Xiuwen's wedding days would also have a different taste.
Later, Ye Ting was imprisoned by the Kuomintang, and Li Xiuwen ran around for her husband, and finally got permission with the help of Li Jishen, so he took his daughter Yang Mei to live with Ye Ting, and soon after, Li Xiuwen's mother came with other children.
During the five years of detention, Ye Ting, Li Xiuwen and others had a difficult life, even if people with lofty ideals at home and abroad wanted to help Ye Ting's family, but they were all suppressed from above, and in the embarrassing living environment, Li Xiuwen sold his jewelry, and then bought back some goats and piglets from the market.
Although life is difficult, but the family together, or happy, and Li Xiuwen gave birth to 9 children for Ye Ting after marriage (three of which died prematurely), Ye Ting will still grow some vegetables, take the children to dig lichens on the grass, pick vegetable roots or something, but their lives are under the supervision of the spies.
In December 1943, Li Xiuwen was forced to separate from Ye Ting, after which Liu Xiuwen and his family began a life of fleeing, Ye Ting was still imprisoned, and then after the end of World War II, in March 1946, Li Xiuwen received the news of Ye Ting's release from prison, full of joy, and soon went to Chongqing to reunite with Ye Ting.
What only makes everyone feel sad is that on April 8 of this year, Ye Ting and Li Xiuwen took their daughter Yang Mei and their ninth child from Chongqing to Yan'an on the way from Chongqing to Yan'an, when the plane crashed in Heichashan, the plane was destroyed and killed, and the whole country mourned.
At that time, General Ye Ting's eldest son, Ye Zhengda, was only 19 years old, and after the news of his parents' death came, the whole family was in grief, and Ye Zhengda, like his father, took on the responsibility of sheltering the whole family from the wind and rain, and also inherited his father's career.
In 1955, Ye Zhengda returned from graduating from the Aircraft Manufacturing Department of the Moscow Aviation Institute in the Soviet Union and has been engaged in national defense work, and in 1988, Ye Zhengda was awarded the rank of lieutenant general.
The second son, Ye Zhengming, was born in 1931, was the longest among the brothers to follow his father, greatly influenced by his father, from an early age to establish the determination to dedicate himself to China's revolution and construction, and later returned from the Soviet Union, engaged in aerospace technology work, served as a scientific and technological adviser to the equipment department of the Headquarters of the People's Liberation Army.
The fourth son, Ye Huaming, the seventh son, Ye Zhengguang, and the eighth son, Ye Qiguang, have also grown up to have their own careers and have successful careers.
Although Ye Ting's time with the children was not very long, it was supposed to be a family reunion day, and Ye Ting was eventually absent, but General Ye Ting left a valuable spiritual wealth for his children and grandchildren, which had a far-reaching impact.