In the last years of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were many warlords who divided each side, and they had their own armed forces and armed forces to protect their existing rights and expand their armed forces. They ignored the laws of the country and formed a faction of their own, and the more famous ones were the late Han Dynasty and the Beiyang warlords.
During the Republic of China period, the composition of these warlords was very complex, they did not follow the rules, killed, burned and plundered, and did nothing wrong. But on the other hand, they have a very high patriotic spirit, when the Japanese army comes, their enthusiasm for fighting is very high, often fighting with their lives, vowing to defend the land under their feet. One of the most representative warlords was Sun Dianying.
Journey to prosperity
In 1889, Sun Dianying was born in an ordinary family in Henan Province, and when Sun Dianying was young, his father was imprisoned in prison in order to argue with the flag people in order to give the villagers a head, and died tragically in prison on the same day. Because in the social context at that time, the right to speak was still in the hands of the flag people.
Sun Dianying, who lost his father since he was a child, had no one to discipline, but he inherited his father's chivalrous righteousness, and his personality was very bold, often traveling with some city rangers, and he had the temperament of a ranger.
After growing up, Sun Dianying began to walk the rivers and lakes, because the contacts were all small, and Sun Dianying himself was also extremely bold, so he joined the local organization Temple Taoist Association very early, which is what we now call the underworld.
He was clever and clever, fighting every day and robbing the territory, and even opened a casino, and slowly, he became the leader of the temple taoist society.
Sun Dianying had a lot of eyes, when he was just having strength, he made friends with some officials and soldiers, and he was generous and willing to make a living, under his various points, Sun Dianying was relying on Shanghai to sell all kinds of goods for a living, and in that society at that time, it was also considered to be full of money.
In 1922, Sun Dianying co-opted a group of his brothers to join the army and became a machine gun company commander. At that time, as long as there was money, someone could join the army, so Sun Dianying named a battalion commander.
After becoming the battalion commander, Sun Dianying became the king of Zhanshan and became the leader of the bandits, during which he burned and plundered, expanded his strength, and later called himself the brigade commander.
By the time of the Second Zhifeng War in 1924, Sun Dianying saw the opportunity to stand independent and frantically recruit troops, and his manpower had reached thousands.
Later, Sun Dianying successively defected to warlords such as Yukun and Zhang Zongchang, and later he was defeated by the Kuomintang army in a battle, and Sun Dianying also fled to the direction of Tianjin, just at this time, Chiang Kai-shek sent someone to recruit Sun Dianying, and he finally accepted Chiang Kai-shek's incorporation and served as the commander of the Kuomintang Twelfth Army.
Although Sun Dianying joined the Kuomintang, he still retained his former chivalry, did not obey the discipline of the system, and was never very well received by Chiang Kai-shek.
Excavation of mausoleums
In 1928, the Kuomintang army was carrying out the Northern Expedition, which had already reached Hebei, and there were still a large number of bandits in this area. One day, a group of bandits discovered the tombs of the Qing Dynasty, and just as they were preparing to carry out the excavation of the tombs, they were revealed and spread to the ears of the Kuomintang.
When the Kuomintang troops learned of this news, they immediately sent Sun Dianying to encircle and suppress the bandits, hoping to take the treasures in the mausoleum for themselves.
After Sun Dianying arrived at the mausoleum, he immediately sent a regiment of troops to seal off the area firmly, and not a single mosquito could fly out, and later he blew open the mausoleum with gunpowder, opened the mausoleums of Cixi and Qianlong with violence, and took away dozens of boxes of gold and silver jewelry.
Since then, Sun Dianying can be said to be rich and ambitious, he relies on this money to expand his military strength, at that time his manpower has reached 70,000, and he has become a big warlord who divides one side, and he is a vigilant, in order to protect himself, he gave a large amount of gold and silver treasures to Yan Xishan, Song Meiling and others.
According to Ye Shi, there were 108 precious Qianlong jewels, a night pearl for Cixi's funeral, and up to 14 million pieces of silver.
Under the bribe of Sun Dianying, many senior Kuomintang officials chose to shield him, so he successfully escaped the Kuomintang's pursuit.
Because at that time, the news of Sun Dianying's tomb robbery was spread, and people all over the country knew about it, and many intellectuals and Qing Dynasty widows and elders carried out various verbal and penal attacks on Sun Jianying, using public opinion to oppress the Kuomintang and send Sun Dianying to a military court. However, under Sun Jianying's various points, this matter was unexpectedly solved.
There have been merits and deeds
Later, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Sun Dianying and Pang Bingxun organized the New Fifth Army and became the backbone of the anti-Japanese contingent. I have to say that Sun Dianying fought very hard against Japan, and he also fought with the Japanese for seven days and seven nights. Although he was defeated and forced to retreat, because of his heroic deeds, he delayed the speed of the Japanese attack, which was also a great achievement.
So after the surrender of Japan, Sun Dianying was regarded as a loyal servant to save the country, and was sent as the commander-in-chief of the advance army to fight a civil war with the communist army.
During the Liberation War, when the People's Liberation Army attacked Tangyin, Henan, Sun Dianying relied on his geographical location to resist and spent a lot of effort on our army, but in the end Sun Dianying was taken into custody.
During the period when Sun Dianying was captured by our army, he often broke his mouth and scolded that Chiang Kai-shek was an ungrateful traitor, saying that Chiang Kai-shek was unkind and unjust, and Sun Dianying also revealed many secrets about Chiang Kai-shek's past during this period, and Liu Bocheng also summoned Sun Dianying and affirmed Sun Dianying's contribution.
But Sun Dianying had a habit of smoking opium before, so life in prison was not good, and soon after he fell seriously ill because of his previous opium addiction, and one winter, Sun Dianying ended his extraordinary life.
Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, although Sun Dianying has committed many evils, but his son Sun Tianyi is completely different from him. Sun Tianyi devoted himself to the cause of education in the motherland, he did not inherit his father's temperament, but was serious and responsible, specializing in academics.
He is engaged in the translation and education industry, he has served as the vice president of the Chinese Translators Association and the president of some other education associations, in addition to which he also enjoys special allowances from the state and has become a nationally recognized talent.
brief summary:
Sun Dianying is a very legendary, he is also a poor man, but with his alertness and wisdom to break into the world, although there are many detours, but in the major issues of right and wrong, such as blocking the Japanese army, has made a great contribution, can also be regarded as an iron-boned man.
We do not judge his merits and faults, but we have to say that his son is full of talent and has become a pillar of the country. Therefore, everyone will have their own unique life and do not have to be constrained by others.