Many of the founding generals had the experience of changing their names, such as Xu Shiyou's original name was Xu Shiyou, and after changing his name, it seemed that the ideological realm had suddenly improved. In addition, there was a founding lieutenant general who also changed his name, his original name was Hu Qicai, which was very rustic at first glance, but later changed to Hu Qicai, and when he heard this name, he felt that the temperament of the whole person changed.
What is even more rare is that Hu Qicai, as his name suggests, is best at winning by surprise, and can always come up with strange moves when fighting, and even Luo Ronghuan admires Hu Qicai very much, saying that it is difficult for him to be hu Qicai in big things.
For example, in the early days of the Liberation War, Du Yuming sent troops to attack southern Manchuria, when Du Yuming sent a total of eight divisions, and the troops attacked our army in three ways, but Hu Qicai, commander of the fourth column of the Northeast Military Region who was responsible for the battle, only had two divisions in his hands at that time, so he could only choose to defend all the way.
Before the war, everyone made a detailed analysis of the enemy army and agreed that the division with the weakest combat effectiveness should be fought. However, Hu Qicai put forward the complete opposite opinion, advocating the attack on the most powerful Twenty-fifth Division. The reason was that when he looked through the information, he found that the commander of the Twenty-fifth Division had been replaced by Li Zhengyi, the deputy commander of the Second Division, because of his injuries. Li Zhengyi, on the other hand, is not a stable person, and the new official must be conscientious in his efforts to take office, eager to show himself in front of the leaders; at this time, as long as he sets up a "pocket array," he can lure Li Zhengyi into the encirclement circle of our army and then eat it in one bite.
It turns out that Hu Qicai's judgment was correct. After the start of the war, our army retreated while fighting, and Li Zhengyi followed closely. In order to ensure that Li Zhengyi would penetrate into the encirclement of our army in the shortest possible time, Hu Qicai personally went into battle and seduced Li Zhengyi to hunt himself down. At the same time, while retreating, the prisoners of the Nationalist army were released, spreading false news that our army could not resist. Li Zhengyi was extremely excited when he heard these false news, and sure enough, he fell into hu Qicai's shoes, and he was bent on capturing Hu Qicai alive, so he constantly urged the troops to pursue quickly. Hu Qicai chased all the way to Xinkailing, at this time the troops were already sleepy and exhausted, at this time Li Zhengyi found that he had been deceived, but he was already in the encirclement circle of our army, and it was impossible to break through, and he was soon completely annihilated by our army.
The Battle of Xinkailing was the first time that our army had reorganized and destroyed the enemy army in the northeast battlefield, and the extraordinary results of this battle greatly boosted the morale of our army, and also witnessed the peculiarities of Hu Qicai's battle, he could always see the key point that others could not see, and then used this key point to fight hard and give the enemy a fatal blow.