If a woman marries an old man in life, many people may laugh at women for being snobbish and marrying a rich man, but few people will say that it is because of love, and there is really such a vivid example in real life, a 17-year-old teenager marrying a 54-year-old general.
This beautiful girl is called Guo Yiqing, the 54-year-old general she married is Cheng Qian, this Cheng Qian is not an ordinary person, he is a native of Liling, Hunan, born in a family of scholars, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, when he was 16 years old, he was admitted to Xiucai, which was very remarkable at that time.
In 1900, at the age of 18, Cheng Qian entered the Yuelu Academy in Changsha to study, with the broadening of his horizons, he decided to throw in the pen congrong, in 1903, with the first place, he was admitted to the Hunan Wubei Academy, and the next year he obtained the qualification to study in Japan, with a promising future.
During his time in Japan, he became acquainted with Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren, Li Liejun and other people, these Kuomintang elders are Cheng Qian's friends, Cheng Qian's status of the Kuomintang is naturally not low, in 1908, Cheng Qian returned from Japan, to Sichuan to train new soldiers, in 1910 as the 17th town staff officer.
After that, in the struggle against Yuan and the warlord melee, Cheng Qian went through several ups and downs, and on January 11, 1936, he was promoted to the second rank general of the army, when Cheng Qian was 54 years old, but Cheng Qian was alone at that time, not that he was not married, but that his three wives had passed away.
After the introduction of friends, 17-year-old Guo Yiqing walked into Cheng Qian's vision, the two were very talkative after the exchange, although the difference was 37 years old, but there was no generation gap in communication, Cheng Qian was also very concerned about her, after a period of interaction, the two got married.
Guo Yiqing and Cheng Qian were typical of marrying first and then falling in love, and also caught up with the japanese invasion of China in an all-round way, and after marriage, Cheng Qian rushed to the anti-Japanese battlefield, and in 1938, Cheng Qian was appointed commander of the First Theater of Operations and the chairman of Henan, and the famous Battle of Lanfeng was commanded by him.
In the Battle of Lanfeng, the Chinese side killed more than 30,000 Japanese troops at the cost of sacrificing 100,000 people, and the casualty ratio between the two sides was 3 to 1, which was still good, looking at the previous battles with the Japanese army, the loss ratio between the two sides was generally 5 to 1, and it was already good to play 3 to 1.
Although he has been fighting outside for many years, Cheng Qian's concern for his wife Guo Yiqing has not decreased, and every time he goes home, he will bring some gifts to his wife, in Guo Yiqing's own words, they are married first and then fall in love, Cheng Qian is a taciturn person, but he has practical actions.
In terms of life, Cheng Qian has always taken good care of Guo Yiqing, the two of them have always hoped to have a son, after marriage, Guo Yiqing has been pregnant 16 times, but due to physical reasons, only 6 children were raised during the period, and they were all girls.
Although the two have not had a son, Guo Yiqing is not blamed for not having a child, and due to many small births, it has caused great harm to Guo Yiqing's body, and he is considering loving Guo Yiqing, after which Cheng Qian decided not to have children anymore.
In 1949, Cheng Qian revolted, served as the governor of Hunan Province in New China, until his death in January 1968, at the age of 86, after his death Guo Yiqing took care of the children, until his death in 1996, at the age of 77, after which he was buried with Cheng Qian.