preface
At the moment of national peril, there are always people who sacrifice themselves, change the trajectory of historical development, and save the future of the nation for the sake of the great national righteousness and in the moment of life and death.
On December 12, 1936, Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang "detained" Chiang Kai-shek and forced him to cooperate with the Communists to resist japan, after Chiang Kai-shek was released
How to deal with Yang Hucheng, who once "judged" himself?
A military career with ups and downs
Yang Hucheng was born in 1893,
A native of Ganbei Village, Sun Town, Pucheng County, Shaanxi Province,
Yang Hucheng's family is very poor, when he was young, he only studied for two years in private school, he was forced to drop out of school, in order to make a living, Yang Hucheng had to go to a restaurant to work for people, because of his young age, Yang Hucheng was often bullied, and could only do some dirty work and tired work.
Although Yang Hucheng has been far away from private schools,
But Yang Hucheng has not given up studying, and can contact all kinds of people in the restaurant
Yang Hucheng often inquired about them, and gradually, his experience and knowledge also increased.
Figure Yang Hucheng
At the age of 14,
Yang Hucheng's father was dissatisfied with the Qing government's rule and joined the "Brotherhood of elders"
Unexpectedly, this organization was put in a pot by the Qing government, and Yang Hucheng's father was also taken to Xi'an Prison, and in order to save his father, Yang Hucheng came to Xi'an alone.
After arriving in Xi'an, Yang Hucheng first worked in the mansion, and while working, he inquired about the whereabouts of his father, because he was sharp in his hands and feet, and he was quickly taken in by the mansion.
Soon, Yang Hucheng inquired about his father's prison, so he went to the prison to visit his father.
In prison, his father told him that he had joined the Brotherhood of Elders, and he was afraid that his life would be in danger, so he would take care of himself in the future
Hearing this news, Yang Hucheng was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
He traveled thousands of miles to find his father, originally thought that he could be reunited with the family, but he did not expect that he had come to send his father a farewell, Yang Hucheng was very sad in his heart, in his father's last days, he went to the prison on time every day to deliver food.
A few days later, Yang Hucheng's father was hanged in Xi'an for the crime of murder, and Yang Hucheng looked at his father, who was no longer breathing, and was full of grief and indignation.
After getting a scooter to transport his father's body back to the village, at this time, the seeds of hatred for the Qing government had been planted in his heart.
At this time, the Western powers continued to invade, the Qing government was corrupt and incompetent, constantly cutting up land and paying indemnities, harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes made the people unhappy, more and more people began to resist, in order to resist the qing government's continuous oppression, Yang Hucheng's village arose an organization "Filial Piety Society".
August 15, 1909,
The "Filial Piety Association" held activities in the village, so Yang Hucheng proposed to change the "Filial Piety Association" to "Mid-Autumn Festival" in order to cover up the eyes and ears of the government.
This proposal was unanimously approved by everyone, and soon because Yang Hucheng had spent time in the big city and had a wide range of knowledge, he was unanimously elected as the leader of the "Mid-Autumn Festival".
Due to the high prestige of Yang Hucheng, the people in Pucheng Township heard that Yang Hucheng had become a leader.
Some poor peasants and unmarried young people came to participate, and for a time the small group of the "Mid-Autumn Festival" continued to expand
In order to better manage, Yang Hucheng also divided the organization into several groups.
Figure Xie Baozhen
After the Xinhai Revolution, peasants in various places rose up one after another, and Xi'an was soon restored, at which time a majority governor of the Republic of China in Pucheng heard about Yang Hucheng.
Mid-Autumn Festival
Yang Hucheng was very happy when he heard the news, and he had long wanted to oppose the Qing government, so he joined the Xiangzi camp of the Shaanxi Nationalist Army.
Soon after, the Qing government was overthrown, Fu Yi abdicated, and Yuan Shikai became the president of the Republic of China.
After Yuan Shikai ascended to the throne, he announced the abolition of the army, and Yang Hucheng had no choice but to withdraw from the military camp and return to his hometown
When Yang Hucheng went to visit his aunt, he accidentally killed the local loan shark Li Zhen in order to avoid being tracked by the government.
Yang Hucheng fell into the grass and made a living by robbing government officials and local gentry, and soon this bandit organization developed to a certain scale.
He purchased a batch of "Manlisha" guns through the black market, robbed the rich and the poor, and kidnapped the gentry
, ask them for some money.
After Yuan Shikai became emperor, Sun Yat-sen raised the banner of "protecting the law and resisting Yuan", yang Hucheng joined the ranks of Shaanxi Yu Youren and served as the commander of the detachment of the right wing army of the Shaanxi Jingguo Army, at this time, the Beiyang warlords of eight provinces sent troops to encircle and suppress the Shaanxi Jingguo army, and Yang Hucheng only led 6,000 people to successfully break through the encirclement and suppression of nearly 10,000 people.
Photo by Yang Hucheng with friends
Yang Hucheng became famous in World War I, in 1922,
The Beiyang warlords dispatched 30,000 troops to encircle and suppress Yang Hucheng, and Yang Hucheng fought a bloody battle for twenty days, and finally outnumbered, leading the remnants of his troops to Yan'an and Yue Xiu's forces
Although Yang Hucheng was defeated, he performed well in the war, was commended by Sun Yat-sen, and was approved to join the party. However, later, Chen Jiongming rebelled, Sun Yat-sen was forced to flee, and Yang Hucheng was deeply disappointed.
The bumpy road to love
Yang Hucheng had three wives in his life, the first lady was named Luo Peilan,
Roppelle is not only beautiful, but also very cultured, after marriage, the two are very affectionate, And Ropperan is very supportive of her husband's career
He not only followed Yang Hucheng on his perennial expeditions abroad, but also specialized in learning to ride horses and shoot guns for him, even though he was pregnant, he accompanied her husband to the front line to comfort the wounded.
But the good times did not last long, 24-year-old Roppelle unfortunately suffered from tuberculosis,
In order not to delay Yang Hucheng's future, Luo Peilan secretly recuperated in the cave, at this time, Yang Hucheng, who was on the front line, did not know that his wife was seriously ill
，
Four days after his wife's death, he hurried home, and because Yang Hucheng was highly prestigious in the village, the villagers and comrades-in-arms held a solemn funeral for Luo Peilan, and did not book the coffin until Yang Hucheng returned.
After Yang Hucheng returned,
I only saw a black coffin, and sorrow came from my heart, and I fainted from crying several times
On the day of the funeral, Yang Hucheng broke the routine and personally dressed his wife with filial piety and a banner to guide the way and perform the ceremony of filial piety.
Yang Hucheng's second wife is named Zhang Huilan, Yang Hucheng's friend Zhang Yangqing admires Yang Hucheng very much, he has to give his 14-year-old only daughter to Yang Hucheng, Yang Hucheng is 100,000 reluctant in his heart, so he constantly pushes back, saying that he asked his mother first, but he did not expect Yang Hucheng's mother to think that Yang Hucheng was out fighting all day and was precarious.
Figure Yang Hucheng Zhang Huilan
So he left Zhang Huilan behind,
He did Yang Hucheng's partial house, but Zhang Huilan and Luo Peilan had a very good relationship, and only had a sense of admiration for Yang Hucheng, and there was no private affection between men and women
Because her father's obstinate behavior directly hurt two people, Zhang Huilan was full of resentment towards her father.
Although both of them were reluctant in their hearts, Zhang Huilan had full respect for Yang Hucheng and, like Luo Peilan, was also very supportive of Yang Hucheng's work, because Yang Hucheng had close contacts with the Communist Party at this time, and Zhang Huilan used her home as a contact point.
Not only that, after The Death of Operland,
Zhang Huilan regarded Luo Peilan's two children as her own, and Yang Hucheng also gave Zhang Huilan the identity of his wife
In front of relatives and friends, Zhang Huilan was introduced as his wife, but on major political occasions, he generally did not let Zhang Huilan attend.
Yang Hucheng's third wife is named Xie Baozhen, 20 years younger than Yang Hucheng.
A communist, Xie Baozhen led his troops to propagate revolutionary ideas in Chang'an City while Yang Hucheng and Li Huchen were guarding Chang'an
On the streets of Chang'an, xie baozhen can sometimes be seen actively, although he is relatively small, but his eloquence is extraordinary.
Figure Yang Hucheng Xie Baozhen
In February 1927, the Communist Party of China xi'an founded the "Zhongshan College", because of Xie Baozhen's good performance, he was recommended by the women's association to study, and soon,
Xie Baozhen was approved to join the Communist Youth League.
At this time, during the period of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, Xie Baozhen was later assigned
Feng Yuxiang worked in the "Frontline Work Group" directly under the Political Department of the General Headquarters of the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army.
In the regiment, Xie Baozhen was the youngest, but he was proficient in riding horses and shooting guns, and his thinking was the most positive, in order to let more women emancipate their minds.
She took to the streets of Chang'an and set up a "foot-setting committee" and a girls' school for the poor to publicize women passing by
It was at this time that Xie Baozhen walked into Yang Hucheng's heart.
Picture Xie Baozhen with the children
In order to be with Xie Baozhen, Yang Hucheng wrote a letter to the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, saying: "
I am a big old man, illiterate, I hope Xie Baozhen can be my secretary,
The Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China had already seen his intentions and approved the marriage of the two, at this time, the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup had broken out, and the two parties were broken.
Under the cover of white terror, Yang Hucheng and Xie Baozhen married, and at the wedding, someone asked Yang Hucheng: "Why did you marry Xie Baozhen", Yang Hucheng sincerely replied:
I know she's thinking progressive, and when she's married, she can help me
。 ”
Xie Baozhen also said to Yang Hucheng at the wedding:
I don't want you to swear an oath to me, as long as you are sincere with the revolution
。 As soon as the words were finished, it aroused a round of applause from the audience at the scene, who toasted the revolutionary enthusiasm of the two and wished the two white heads to old age.
After getting married, the children called Zhang Huilan "Huilan Niang" and Xie Baozhen "Bride".
After marrying Yang Hucheng, Xie Baozhen used her status as the wife of a Kuomintang official
In order to make it more convenient for the underground party organization to carry out activities, Yang Hucheng decided to join the Communist Party under the influence of Xie Baozhen.
In 1927, Yang Hucheng applied to join the party, but the organization did not agree, and later, Xie Baozhen accompanied Yang Hucheng to Tokyo to recuperate, and Yang Hucheng again applied to the Tokyo organization to join the party, he said:
I want to be a Communist Party member and a second Helong
"This time, the organization approved the application, but unfortunately.
Picture Yang Hucheng's daughter treasures her father's photo
On October 9, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China replied to the Tokyo Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China:
"The central authorities have already agreed to Yang Hucheng's joining the party
。 At this time, Yang Hucheng had left Tokyo, and Yang Hucheng mistakenly believed that the organization did not approve him to join the party.
Since then, there has been no mention of joining the party. Although he failed to join the party, Yang Hucheng did not complain, he felt that his sincerity was still not enough, so whenever his wife and the organization discussed important matters, Yang Hucheng took the initiative to avoid suspicion.
The "Xi'an Incident" was full of dangers
In 1933, when the Japanese army invaded northeast China, Chiang Kai-shek proposed that "
Outside must first be inside
Yang Hucheng repeatedly persuaded Chiang Kai-shek to unite with the Communists to resist Japan, but to no avail, and in desperation, Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang launched the "Xi'an Incident" that shocked China and foreign countries. ”
Picture Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang taking a group photo
In 1936, the Red Army had completed the 25,000-mile Long March and established Yan'an, the holy land of revolution, but Chiang Kai-shek mobilized troops of the Concubines and forced Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang to continue to suppress the Red Army.
On December 6, Chiang Kai-shek personally went to Xi'an to supervise the war, and on the 7th, he faced the pressure of the outside world to "unite with the communists to resist Japan". sheet
Xueliang came to Huaqingchi and begged Chiang Kai-shek to resist Japan, but Chiang Kai-shek insisted on going his own way and insisted on not changing his "policy."
On the 12th, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng launched the "Xi'an Incident", and the sky was bright,
Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng led a group of people into Chiang Kai-shek's Huaqing Pond, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was sleeping, felt that something was wrong
, hurriedly fleeing.
However, they were still found by the soldiers, and in the end, Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng detained Chiang Kai-shek and imprisoned Chen Cheng and more than a dozen other people
Announced the abolition of the "Headquarters for suppression of bandits in the northwest" and the establishment of the Northwest Provisional Military Committee of the Anti-Japanese Coalition Army, with Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng as chairmen and vice chairmen.
He also sent a telegram to the whole country proposing to reorganize the Nanjing government, stop the civil war, jointly resist Japan, and practice democratic politics.
On the 16th, the Nanjing government ordered a crusade against Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, and Wang Jingwei seized the opportunity to seize chiang kai-shek's power
, further compromise with Japan.
Pictured| Yang Hucheng and his children
On December 16, the fourth day of Chiang Kai-shek's detention, invited by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, Zhou Enlai and Ye Jianying came to Xi'an to mediate and proposed that Chiang Kai-shek be released as long as Chiang Kai-shek promised to jointly resist Japan.
On the 22nd, Song Meiling and Song Ziwen came to Xi'an for negotiations, and through the efforts of Zhou Enlai and democrats from all walks of life,
Chiang Kai-shek promised an armistice and peace, united with the Communists to resist Japan, and on the 25th, Chiang Kai-shek was released and the "Xi'an Incident" was resolved peacefully.
Brutally killed
Although the "Xi'an Incident" was resolved peacefully, Yang Hucheng's nightmare had just begun
After Realizing This Incident, Chiang Kai-shek would certainly not forgive himself and secretly returned his four children to his hometown before the crisis came.
Subsequently, Zhang Xueliang prepared to go to Nanjing to escort Chiang Kai-shek, and Xie Baozhen and Yang Hucheng knew that this trip was probably more vicious than ji, and persuaded Zhang Xueliang not to go.
However, Zhang Xueliang insisted on going, and as expected, as soon as Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng arrived in Nanjing, they were immediately dismissed by Chiang Kai-shek, seized military power, and placed under house arrest in Nanjing.
In 1937, the "July 7 Incident" broke out, and the all-out War of Resistance began.
Yang Hucheng, who was far away, saw that the mountains and rivers of the motherland were broken, the people were not happy, and they were anxious, and they called Chiang Kai-shek many times.
The request to resist Japan was rejected by Chiang Kai-shek, so Yang Hucheng and Xie Baozhen broke through many obstacles to return to the motherland from Hong Kong.
Yang Hucheng, who had just arrived in Hong Kong, found that he had been watched by others, and suddenly felt bad, so he asked Xie Baozhen to go back with the child first, and went alone to visit Yu Youren, and on December 2, Chiang Kai-shek finally had a reply, and he asked Yang Hucheng to go to Nanchang for a meeting.
Yang Hucheng thought that Chiang Kai-shek had promised himself to go to the front this time, so he came to Nanjing with joy and joy, but he did not expect that what awaited him was twelve years of imprisonment. After arriving in Nanchang,
Yang Hucheng did not wait for Chiang Kai-shek, but when he waited, it was Chiang Kai-shek's confidant Dai Kasa, and as soon as he saw Yang Hucheng, Dai Kasa directly detained him.
Xie Baozhen, who was far away from his hometown, was slow to get the news of Yang Hucheng, and his heart was vaguely uneasy, so he took his younger son to Nanchang, and when he was leaving, Yang Hucheng's mother could not bear Xie Baozhen to go on an adventure, so she stopped Xie Baozhen and did not let her go, but Xie Baozhen said:
"
How many people under the heavens are Chaimi and his wife, and how many sufferings and coexistence, life and death are accompanied by them? I can't let Tiger City suffer alone and fail him
！”
Figure | the prison of General Yang Hucheng in the Xuanxuan Heavenly Cave
So she took her son to Nanchang,
Inquiring around about the whereabouts of Yang Hucheng, it was not until the summer of the following year that he learned that Yang Hucheng was in Taohuaping, Yiyang, Hunan, so,
Xie Baozhen came to Hunan with her son non-stop
For Xie Baozhen's arrival, Yang Hucheng was not happy at all, he knew that he was more fierce and less lucky, and he did not want his wife to suffer together, but how Xie Baozhen could bear to let Yang Hucheng face all this alone.
Subsequently, Xie Baozhen and Yang Hucheng, under the surveillance of secret agents, lived a life of hiding in Tibet, and in 1938,
After many days of upheaval and displacement, Yang Hucheng was moved by secret agents
Yanglangba, Xifeng County, Guiyang, is a place called Cat Cave
。 At this time, it was a cold winter, and Yang Hucheng's house was leaking wind everywhere and was dilapidated.
In the spring of the following year, Dai Kasa moved them to a cave again, at this time, Xie Baozhen was pregnant, the house was wet and unsuitable for human habitation, Yang Hucheng had to buy secret agents, and built another house outside the house.
Ten months later, Xie Baozhen gave birth to a daughter, but because the conditions were too difficult, coupled with Xie Baozhen's depression when she was pregnant, the daughter was born malnourished and died only eight days later
。
In 1941, Xie Baozhen gave birth to a healthy daughter, and Yang Hucheng was very happy and named her Yang Zhenggui.
Picture | Chiang Kai-shek inspects Xi'an, Zhang Xueliang on the right, and Yang Hucheng on the right
In 1945, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan,
Xie Baozhen thought that she would be free this time, but unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek sent them to the Sino-US Cooperation Institute in Chongqing.
Seeing that there was no hope for freedom, Yang Hucheng attacked his heart in a hurry, his gums were swollen and painful, and his whole face began to swell, which was already serious to the point of not being able to eat, and had no choice but to change two dentures for Yang Hucheng, that is, these two dentures, to facilitate the subsequent search for Yang Hucheng's body.
Seeing that freedom is hopeless,
Xie Baozhen began a hunger strike in protest
The agents forcibly injected glucose for her, in the Spring Festival of 1947, when the family was reunited, Xie Baozhen was tied to a chair by the agent, forced to inject an unknown drug, lost his life, when Yang Hucheng heard Xie Baozhen's struggle outside, hurriedly pushed the door open, Xie Baozhen was unconscious.
Yang Hucheng was grief-stricken by Xie Baozhen's body, and after that, he carried Xie Baozhen's urn with him and lived in this world like a walking dead.
In 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek left the mainland, he ordered Yang Hucheng to be killed, along with 8 people, including the secretary and family of Yang Hucheng's sons and daughters.
Figure Yang Hucheng memorial service
In 1949, after many inquiries, the Communist Party finally found Yang Hucheng's body at the "Dai Gong Ancestral Hall" in Chongqing, and when the staff dug up Yang Hucheng's body,
Yang Hucheng's body has been unrecognizable, it turned out that Chiang Kai-shek in order to destroy the corpse, all 8 people's corpses were corroded with strong acid, at this time Yang Hucheng's body was stooped, his hands were tied behind his back, and his mouth was still blocked, which showed how much pain he had experienced before he died
Looking at the heroes of the past who are now so tragic, everyone present is sad.