In 2006, Luo (
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Zhouzhuang Village, Daliu Town, Yuanhui District, Heshi City
Yang Qindian
There were several special guests at home, the leader of whom was dressed in a straight light-colored suit, with thick lenses covering his eyes, and the expression on his face was uncertain.
Seeing the people coming, Yang Qindian, who was already 88 years old, hurriedly trembled and came forward to greet them, and he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to determine their identity.
The visitor seemed to know his thoughts well, and said directly:
"I am
Grandson of Yang Hucheng
Called
Yang Han
Today, I came to you, not to seek revenge, but to understand the truth about my grandfather's death. ”
It has been 57 years since Yang Hucheng was killed in 1949.
After hearing this, Yang Qindian paused, he bowed his head in shame, and the old man's face was full of sadness, and he cried out in pain:
"General Yang Hucheng, I'm sorry for you!"
Who is this Yang Qindian? What kind of grudge did he have with Yang Hucheng? Why would he say that he was sorry for Yang Hucheng?
Yang Qindian this person
Yang Qindian was born in 1918 in Zhouzhuang Village, Daliu Town, Yuanhui District, Luohe City, Henan Province.
In the early years, relying on a few acres of good land in the family, the life of the Yang family was quite good, and when Yang Qindian reached a certain age, in order to seek better development, Yang's parents also sent him to a private school, expecting him to get ahead and become a "well-known" reader.
Regrettably, before the Yang family could dream for a few more years, the war burned to Henan, and under the harassment of the Japanese devils, the life of the Yang family also fell into misery, there was no way, Yang Qindian had to give up his studies and began to seek new goals in life.
At that time, Yang Qindian, who was not widely informed, did not have any ambitions or lofty ideals, and in that dark era, his only goal was to hope that he could eat enough to eat and wear warm, so when he knew that he could mix with food and eat in the army, he immediately signed up at the military academy.
In 1940, at the age of 22, Yang Qindian was admitted to the teaching group of the Seven Branches of the Xi'an Military Academy established by Hu Zongnan, and after graduating from the school, he was transferred to the cavalry unit of the Kuomintang and became a cavalry soldier under Hu Zongnan.
Yang Qindian's study experience in the military academy provided him with great help, after entering the army, the superiors are always willing to teach him, what good opportunities, but also willing to command him to complete, therefore, Yang Qindian slowly has extravagant hopes, he is gradually not satisfied with the status quo, he began to aspire to the battlefield, meritorious service as a general!
However, fate always made people, Yang Qindian only wanted to be a small soldier before, but the heavens arranged a good start for him. But when he really had the dream of ascending to a high position, he could not go to the battlefield again - Yang Qindian in his youth was tall and tall, and whenever he rode on a war horse and ran to the battlefield, his heroic posture was always amazing. Once,
Chiang Kai-shek
Just seeing this scene, Old Jiang was a person who paid attention to people, and seeing that he was such a talented person, he recruited him into his guard regiment as a gift.
Figure I Yang Qindian (right)
In this way, before he could achieve his ambitions, Yang Qindian lost the opportunity to continue to fight on the battlefield. Soon after, Yang Qindian was transferred from Xi'an to Sichuan and became the squad leader of the traffic police corps special task force, responsible for protecting the safety of Kuomintang high-ranking Song Ziwen, Kong Xiangxi and others.
Although this transfer was only an accidental event, Yang Qindian himself did not like this job very much, but in order not to annoy the commanders, whenever the superiors issued a task, he would still do his best to complete it. His superiors were pleased with his loyalty, so in 1948, Yang Qindian was given a promotion opportunity, and he was transferred to the GeleShan concentration camp in Chongqing and served as a position
White Mansion
A caretaker squad leader.
The Bai Mansion was originally just a residence of the Sichuan warlord Bai Ju, and after the ruthless Dai Kasa bought it, he spent a lot of money to build it into a cage for "anti-party" people. Among the "anti-party" people currently imprisoned here is General Yang Hucheng.
Patriotic generals, the first to show their sharp edge
Born in 1893, Yang Hucheng is the child of an ordinary poor family in Ganbei Village, Pucheng County, Shaanxi Province. At that time, China was suffering from frequent invasions by overseas powers, but the feudal Qing government ignored foreign enemies and only knew how to desperately suppress the people, and under this trend, the domestic situation became more and more chaotic.
In order to protect the motherland, revolutionary volunteers stepped forward, Yang Hucheng's father Yang Huaifu is such a hero, the enemy is at present, he is full of expectations to join the anti-Qing organization "Brotherhood of elders", hoping to use his own efforts to overthrow the rule of the Qing government. Unfortunately, due to its lack of strength, this organization was quickly eliminated by Qing officials, and Yang Huaifu was hanged.
After learning of his father's death, Yang Hucheng was furious, and he made up his mind that he must avenge his father!
In 1910, Yang Hucheng contacted like-minded young heroes around him and formed the Mid-Autumn Festival With the purpose of robbing the rich and helping the poor to resist tyranny.
Figure I Yang Hucheng
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Yang Hucheng listened to the inspiration in his heart and actively participated in this great patriotic movement, and soon after, he led the troops to follow Dr. Sun Yat-sen and participated in the Patriotic Movement and the War to Protect the Law.
In 1924, the two parties began to cooperate for the first time, and Yang Hucheng resolutely supported the Three People's Principles advocated by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and at his instigation, took the initiative to join the Chinese Kuomintang. Since then, Yang Hucheng's thinking has gradually changed, and the flame of resisting the war to save the country has burned in his heart.
In April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the treaty of cooperation and launched a counter-revolutionary coup d'état, setting off a wave of white terror throughout the country. During this period, Yang Hucheng also received instructions against the Communists, but he did not heed this order. Instead of "cleaning up the party," he wanted to protect the Communist Party and continue to reuse communists, and what was even more surprising was that he also applied to join the Chinese Communist Party. This was an important event, marking the further sublimation of his patriotic thinking, and also paving the way for him to launch the Xi'an Incident in the future.
In 1931, the Japanese devils launched the cruel September 18 Incident, rushed into China to burn and loot, Yang Hucheng received the news, immediately instructed his subordinates to send a telegram to the whole country, calling on "the whole of China to unite and jointly resist the enemy", and clearly stated that "pillow and wait" and are always ready to rush to the front.
At the beginning of 1933, the Japanese army launched an attack on the mouths of the Great Wall, and Yang Hucheng immediately came to Shijiazhuang to meet Chiang Kai-shek, took the initiative to ask for help, and went to the front line to fight against the Japanese.
Yang Hucheng had thought that the aggressive acts of the Japanese devils were already so obvious that No matter how selfish Chiang Kai-shek was, he also understood that he had to resist foreign enemies first, but what he did not expect was that what Chiang Kai-shek was thinking about at the moment was still how to monopolize domestic power.
In September 1935, Chiang Kai-shek formally established the "Northwest Bandit General Headquarters", and he concurrently served as the commander-in-chief
Chang
He was appointed deputy commander-in-chief, and in his place he served as commander-in-chief, leading his troops into Shaanxi to carry out the "great cause of suppressing bandits." In fact, this is a plan of "killing two birds with one stone" that Chiang Kai-shek came up with; in doing so, he can use Zhang Xueliang's forces to consume both the red army's strength and Zhang Xueliang's forces, and finally when the two sides have almost exhausted their strength, he can come out and reap the benefits of the fishermen. After learning of these things, Yang Hucheng finally understood: If he continues to let Chiang Kai-shek do evil, the situation in China will be uncontrollable, and if he wants to ensure the security of the motherland, anti-Chiang Kai-shek and the Communist Party is the imperative road!
Figure I Zhang Xueliang
The northeast army moved to the northwest, which further complicated the situation in the northwest. At this moment, how to correctly understand Zhang Xueliang and how to correctly treat the Attitude of the Northwest Army became a difficult problem that Yang Hucheng had to solve, and he understood that if he wanted to achieve the goal of opposing Chiang Kai-shek, if he did not get Zhang Xueliang's help, it would become very difficult to act. Therefore, after listening to the opinions of all sides, he made a comprehensive analysis of Zhang Xueliang and his Northeast Army:
Zhang Xueliang was a patriotic general and had a vendetta against the Japanese Kou for killing his father; after the outbreak of the September 18 Incident, the Northeast Army had no fixed place to live and suffered from the loss of land and lost his family; more importantly, during this period, the Northeast Army followed Zhang Xueliang and suffered from chiang Kai-shek's unfair treatment; and now there are brothers who have died because of "suppressing the Communists". On the basis of these grounds, Yang Hucheng determined that Zhang Xueliang and the Northeast Army must have been dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, and that they must have wanted to go to the front more than to continue to oppose the Red Army.
Therefore, in the days to come, Yang Hucheng not only educated his subordinates, but also respected Zhang Xueliang and sympathized with the Northeast Army, but also personally took the lead in setting an example. Chiang Kai-shek forced Zhang Xueliang to lead troops to invade the Red Army base areas, but such a battle greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army, and Zhang Xueliang gradually realized that Chiang Kai-shek was using the strength of the struggle between the two sides to exclude dissidents. Just when Zhang Xueliang was in great pain for this discovery, Yang Hucheng went forward to comfort him and asked him not to be sad, and the world's major events were not impossible from now on. Zhang Xueliang was touched by Yang Hucheng's concern, and since then, he has begun to trust Yang Hucheng and has a new thinking about his situation.
In November 1936, Zhang Xueliang asked Yang Hucheng for his opinion on the Red Army. Yang Hucheng decisively said:
"When the commission comes to Xi'an, we can completely make a blackmail of the Heavenly Son's orders!"
Zhang Xueliang was shocked after listening: "This matter is of great importance, let me think about it again." After that, Zhang Xueliang continued to discuss with Yang Hucheng how to achieve national reunification and jointly resist the effect of foreign enemies, and Yang Hucheng bluntly proposed: first stop the civil war. Zhang Xueliang said: Jiang is determined. Yang Hucheng: Soft can't work, we'll come hard! Zhang was silent for a moment: Just follow this method, use both rigidity and softness, and you will be able to achieve your goal!
In order to successfully launch the Xi'an Incident, Yang Hucheng made meticulous arrangements in the military, political, and people's hearts. Originally planned to assign the 17th Route Army (Yang Hucheng's department) to undertake the task of catching Chiang Kai-shek and ensure that the incident could be successfully completed, he also thought of letting the 17th Route Army enter Lintong, which was garrisoned by the Northeast Army, to capture Chiang, and there were many inconveniences in commanding up and down, and if there was a mistake in the middle of the way, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, Yang Hucheng immediately consulted with Zhang Xueliang, and the Northeast Army would undertake the task of capturing Jiang, and the 17th Route Army would garrison xi'an city to maintain order in the city, and decided to take Xi'an Dongguan as the boundary, and the two armies would perform their respective duties.
Therefore, on December 12, 1936, the Northeast Army, under the command of Zhang Xueliang, invaded Huaqingchi and planned to capture Chiang Kai-shek.
Old Jiang was not a fool, seeing that the army was about to rush into the bedroom, he suddenly felt bad, and immediately rolled out the window, trying to escape alone. On the way to escape, due to too much anxiety, his back was also injured, seeing that the pursuing soldiers were about to catch up with him, he could only endure the pain and hide behind a large rock, hoping to escape the disaster due to the negligence of the other party.
However, his idea was still too naïve, and it was not long before the soldiers found his hiding place and brought him back to the commander-in-chief. This was the first time that these warriors had truly come into contact with this commander who had always been proud of himself, and their hearts were suddenly filled with pride.
At the same time, the soldiers of the 17th Route Army also took action, they secretly surrounded Xi'an, and detained a number of High-level Kuomintang officials, including Chen Cheng and Shao Li, and since then, the Xi'an Incident has officially broken out.
On the day of the incident, Yang Hucheng, Zhang Xueliang, and 18 other patriotic generals issued a statement saying that they had launched the incident only to urge Chiang Kai-shek and the major forces in the United Nations to rush to the front line to resist the Japanese Kou.
Soon after, our side sent Premier Zhou to negotiate with him at Zhang Xueliang's mansion, and Chiang Kai-shek, out of desperation, had no choice but to agree to stop the civil war and reach cooperation with the Communists. Since then, the goal of launching the Xi'an Incident has been basically achieved, and there is no reason for the people to continue to detain Chiang Kai-shek, so they let him go.
Chiang Kai-shek was arrested and imprisoned
The Xi'an Incident was a very important link in the history of China's conquests, played an irreplaceable role for our country to gradually walk into the light, and was an important node for Chinese soldiers to shift from internal warfare to the outside world, smashing the wolf ambitions of Japanese devils, and laying the foundation for the victory of the Later War of Resistance. It is a very glorious piece of history for the people of Chinese.
However, this group did not include Chiang Kai-shek. In the heart of the old Chiang Kai-shek, this history is extremely humiliating -- his subordinates betrayed themselves for various reasons, and even wanted to "get rid of them quickly", which completely angered Chiang Kai-shek.
Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek successfully arrived in Luoyang and once again seized the military and political power, the first thing he did was to dispose of Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang, the two "real murderers behind the scenes." Zhang Xueliang's situation was fine, after all, he had a strong background behind him, no matter how angry he was, Chiang Kai-shek did not intend to threaten his life, but just imprisoned him.
Figure I Chiang Kai-shek
However, Yang Hucheng was not so lucky, and Chiang Kai-shek decided that he was the biggest promoter of this incident, so he used a few words to remove Yang Hucheng from the position that he had struggled for half a lifetime and had not been able to get easily. After Yang Hucheng left his post, he sent him abroad for "investigation." In fact, Chiang Kai-shek only found an excuse to drive him out of China and prevent him from continuing to participate in major domestic affairs.
In 1937, after the outbreak of the July 7 Incident, Yang Hucheng, who was abroad, called Chiang Kai-shek several times to request to return to China to resist the war, but Chiang Kai-shek refused for various reasons. Seeing that China's cities and pools were attacked by the enemy, Yang Hucheng could no longer sit still, and he quietly purchased a ticket back to China, looking forward to fighting for the country again. However, unfortunately, the power of China at that time was in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek after all, and Yang Hucheng's behavior did not escape his legal eyes, and in the end, not only did he not go to the battlefield, but he was also arrested by Chiang Kai-shek.
It is worth mentioning that he was arrested along with his family and secretary
Song Qiyun
A. In order to hide the shadows of the people and avoid being rescued by the patriots, chiang kai-shek changed the places of house arrest for the people in the years that followed. Among them, there is the White Mansion where Yang Qindian works.
At first, seduced by the reactionaries, Yang Qindian thought that what was imprisoned in this prison was a group of traitors who were "extremely evil", but as time went on, he gradually realized that the real identity of these "prisoners" was actually revolutionary fighters with patriotic hearts!
Yang Qindian's nature was not too bad, and when he discovered this, he began to quietly help these patriots: when he was on duty, he would let them come out more activities.
This change of Yang Qindian was soon seen by Song Qiyun and his wife and others, and in order to gain more strength, everyone began to find opportunities to chat with him. In the process, the revolutionaries learned that Yang Qindian was also from a poor background, and that he had not done anything bad before that, and according to this information, the people decided to list him as a target to be won over, slowly guide him, and teach him revolutionary ideas.
Figure I Song Qiyun and his wife
After a long period of communication, Yang Qindian's thinking changed a little, and although he did not immediately break with the reactionaries, he also began to secretly serve the communists in prison, such as passing messages to everyone and exchanging information.
On the eve of dawn, Yang Hucheng was sacrificed
In 1949, with the continuous offensive of the People's Liberation Army, the Kuomintang forces gradually fell into the inferior position, and there were signs that they were about to be annihilated by our side. Under these circumstances, Chiang Kai-shek finally woke up, and he instructed his subordinates to plan to abandon Chongqing and flee to Taiwan to recuperate. At this moment, he suddenly remembered Yang Hucheng, who had destroyed his "great cause".
One night in August, Chiang Kai-shek stayed in the Chongqing Forest Garden and called Mao Renfeng to accompany him.
"Where is Yang Hucheng now?"
Chiang Kai-shek held a cup of tea in his hand and asked knowingly.
Mao Renfeng hurriedly replied:
"Not long ago, the subordinates have properly transferred it to Guiyang according to your request."
"How many chaotic party members are in that prison?"
Chiang Kai-shek continued to ask questions.
"Report to the Commission!"
Mao Renfeng moved forward half a step and replied:
"About 450 people."
Mao Renfeng asked how to deal with it, and Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and said:
"Kill them all, don't keep one!"
Mao Renfeng was a little puzzled:
"What about Yang Hucheng?" Vice-seat Zhang has arrived in Taiwan, when will he also be sent? ”
Chiang Kai-shek slapped the table and replied viciously:
"What is this man still doing?" Long overdue! ”
Mao Ren Fengxin understood the spirit, so an assassination operation against Yang Hucheng was born! Those who were assigned to carry out the assassination mission included Yang Qindian.
Figure I Mao Ren Feng
Before the action, the reactionaries understand the attitude: this operation is only allowed to succeed, not to fail, and the successful person will be rewarded for his merits after the end, and the loser will be severely punished. Yang Qindian did not want to die, so he accepted the task.
On September 6, Yang Hucheng and his party were tricked into coming to the foot of Mount Gele, and the reactionaries told him to let him live in his house on the mountain for a few days, and in a few days, Chiang Kai-shek would come to meet him and go to Taiwan with him.
What he didn't know was that this was just a conspiracy of the villains, and in the house on the mountain, there were already four executioners hidden, and they were divided into two groups and hid in the upper and lower rooms, only for Yang Hucheng and others to enter, they jumped out and gave everyone a fatal blow.
So, when
Yang Zhengzhong
When [Yang Hucheng's son] entered the door, he was immediately attacked, and the reactionaries, armed with two sharp blades, quickly plunged into his waist. "Dad, help!" With a cry of pain, Yang Zhengzhong fell into a pool of blood.
Yang Hucheng heard the noise and hurriedly turned his head to investigate, at this time the reactionaries also came to his side, one after the other, and stabbed two sharp blades into his chest, just like this, Yang Hucheng also fell to the ground. The reactionaries were also worried that Yang Hucheng would get up again, and without hesitation, they pounced forward and made up a few more knives, and at this time, Yang Hucheng completely lost his movement.
Subsequently, the car carrying Song Qiyun and their son Song Zhenzhong and Yang Hucheng's daughter Yang Zhengui also arrived at the foot of the mountain, and unlike Yang Hucheng, this group was introduced into the guardhouse, and the crowd gasped, and several executioners rushed in with sharp knives. Song Qiyun reacted immediately, shouting loudly, "Long live the Chinese Communist Party!" Before he could utter a word, he was stabbed to death with a sharp knife.
Seeing this movement, her wife Xu Linxia also understood everything, she did not seek to survive, only hoped that the reactionaries would look at the children as young and let them go. However, the reactionaries ignored this, and they immediately stabbed it down, and Xu Linxia also lost his life.
The task of killing the child Song Zhenzhong was given to Yang Qindian, looking at the child in his hand, Yang Qindian was a little unbearable, so he was busy for half a day, and Song Zhenzhong was still calling for help!
Figure I Song Zhenzhong
It takes so long to even solve a child, what a waste! Thinking like this, a reactionary next to him came over and dropped his knife in his hand, and Song Zhenzhong's small body did not move. And Yang Zhenggui has long been easily solved by them. Since then, the assassination mission has come to an end, and except for Yang Qindian, everyone has successfully completed their own task.
A few days later, the Kuomintang reactionaries began to reward them for their merits, and some of the executioners who killed people received 200 yuan of silver yang, and Yang Qindian and these people got 50 yuan of silver yang.
After receiving the reward, the rest of the reactionaries left triumphantly, but Yang Qindian was still looking at the money and was depressed. During this time, he had been suffering deeply, and every time he closed his eyes, it was as if he could see the young child calling for help in front of his eyes.
Finally, after some ideological struggle, he decided not to continue to be wrong, and it just so happened that a large number of Kuomintang had defected at that time, and only a few guards, including Yang Qindian, were left in the White Mansion, so he, together with another guard, opened the prison door and released the remaining revolutionary volunteers in the prison.
After that, Yang Qindian followed the advice of the revolutionaries and went to the local public security bureau to turn himself in. Although he did participate in the assassination operation, Nian was able to get lost in the end and release a large number of revolutionaries, and the people's government thought that his merits were offset, so it decided to treat him leniently and not to pursue him.
After these changes, Yang Qindian's former ambitions had all disappeared at this time, and after knowing that he would not be tortured, he thanked the wisdom of the party organization and returned to his homeland and became an ordinary peasant soon after.
Picture I Yang Han and Yang Qindian meet
This is all the events of Yang Qindian's early experience, after listening to the old man's statement, Yang Han was silent for a long time, and finally, perhaps having untied the knot for many years, this man behaved extremely kindly, and before leaving, he also said to Yang Qindian:
"I wish you a long life to be 110 years old."