As everyone knows, the founding general Yang Dezhi was a battle general with outstanding merits, and in his decades of military career, he fully demonstrated his firm revolutionary will and the pioneering spirit of daring to fight and dare to rush and break through.
What is less well known is that the founding general Chen Geng once joked with the 25-year-old Yang Dezhi, saying that he was an "old feudal".
Although everyone knows that the personality of General Chen Geng is known for his humor and humor, and he said that Yang Dezhi's "old feudalism" is just a joke, this statement is really for a reason, related to a young girl of a wonderful age.
This interesting incident occurred in the spring of 1936, when the First Division of the Red First Army was ordered to prepare to cross the Yellow River in the east and go to the Jicha front to fight against Japan.
The Yellow River is raging and the enemy is blocking, and the troops must choose a ferry port in advance if they want to cross the river. According to the custom of the Red First Division, a major leader will personally survey the ferry port and finalize the breakthrough.
Deputy Division Commander Yang Dezhi knew very well that Division Commander Chen Geng had an old wound on his leg and was unable to move, so he immediately took the initiative to ask for help and took five scouts to check the terrain.
At dawn, Yang Dezhi and his party of six disguised themselves as farmers in northern Shaanxi and came to the vicinity of the predetermined ferry port dozens of miles away.
They wrapped their heads in "sheep's belly" towels, wore coarse earthen clothes, and mixed with the villagers working in the fields on the banks of the Yellow River, helping them to work together, and they looked really not much different from the local people.
Although there were enemy forts, fortifications, and lookout posts on the other side, and from time to time there were sentries wandering around, they never dreamed that the deputy division commander of the Red Army had come to their eyes to conduct reconnaissance.
Yang Dezhi led five scouts to do farm work all day, and not only became acquainted with his fellow villagers, but also clearly understood the terrain on both sides of the strait, the enemy's firepower configuration, and the law of sentry activities, and drew a sketch.
Winter is short, the six return at dusk, and the northwest wind is blowing harder and harder. They walked in the wind and sand for almost an hour, and it was completely dark. After all, they are new arrivals, and they get lost as they walk.
Yang Dezhi saw that everyone had been only concerned about reconnaissance all day, and they were already hungry, tired and thirsty, and continued to wander around blindly in the black light, which was not only to no avail, but also had the possibility of frostbite.
He immediately decided to rest at the home of a fellow villager in a nearby village and return to the division headquarters the next morning.
They walked for miles, and finally found that there were a few bright lights in front of them, and when they looked closer, it was a small village.
Yang Dezhi led the scouts to find the village chief, and as soon as the village chief heard that they were the Red Army, he immediately enthusiastically said that he could arrange for them to rest in the homes of several fellow villagers, and one person lived in each family.
Xiao Zhou, the head of the reconnaissance squad, was concerned about the safety of the chief and did not agree to go to sleep separately, but Yang Dezhi said: "The military and civilians in northern Shaanxi are as close as family, and when they go to the homes of the masses, it is the safest place." ”
Coupled with the fact that the kang in the hometown was not so big, it was impossible for the six people to gather together to rest, so Xiao Zhou and the other four scouts had to go to several hometowns separately.
The family that Yang Dezhi borrowed had only one and a half houses: half a room for cooking, and one room with a kang. The owner of the house is an old man surnamed Chen who is nearly sixty years old.
The village chief led Yang Dezhi into the house, and When Chen Laohan and his wife heard that the people coming were the Red Army, they said happily: "It's the Brothers of the Red Army, they are all frozen like this, hurry up to kang, and cover their bodies with heat!" ”
Yang Dezhi even said thank you while preparing to go to Kang, but because the light in the room was dim, he did not find out until this time that there was another person sitting up from the middle of the kang, and when he looked closely, it was a young girl with a clear eyebrow, who looked only eighteen or nineteen years old.
Yang Dezhi was suddenly stunned in the same place, after all, he was just a 25-year-old youth at the time, he had never been married, and he had never been in love, so he just met and slept on a kang with people's big girls!
When Chen Laohan saw him like this, he smiled and said, "Hey, I said Brothers of the Red Army, the team of Old Liu (that is, the leader of the Red Army Liu Zhidan) has come to us here, not prosperous feudalism, don't be stunned, hurry up on the kang, don't freeze!" ”
The girl also smiled, and moved sharply to the kang corner.
Chen Laohan saw that Yang Dezhi's shoes were wrapped in mud and snow, and he couldn't help but help him take them off, and ordered his wife to dry them.
Then he pulled one of the two torn quilts from the kang, covered Yang Dezhi's body, and said, "Your hands and feet are cold, so take a break!" ”
The girl looked at Yang Dezhi curiously and asked, "I want to join the Red Army to fight the Japanese, do you Red Army still accept female soldiers?" ”
Yang Dezhi replied, "Of course! But you're still young..."
Before he could finish speaking, Old Han Chen entered the room with a basin of hot water and asked Yang Dezhi to heat his feet.
Not long after, Mrs. Chen came in with a bowl of steaming birds, saying that it was made of sorghum noodles and soba noodles, and let Yang Dezhi eat them while it was hot.
What a wonderful two old people! Yang Dezhi's heart gushed with warm currents, and the deputy commander of the Red Army's eyes could not help but deepen at this time, and he said very uneasily: "Uncle and Lady, I have caused you all the trouble..."
"You're welcome!" At present, it is the spring head, our family has nothing to eat, can only let the Red Army brothers drink hot soup to warm up. Chen Daniang's words were still full of apologies.
Yang Dezhi choked up, and it was no problem to say in front of the soldiers for half an hour, but at this time he couldn't say anything.
Although there is no oil star in the bird, Yang Dezhi eats it very fragrantly.
Chen Laohan and his wife waited for him to finish eating, and said: "Our family room is narrow and small, you don't want to abandon it, just rest on this kang for a night, we are all family." ”
Yang Dezhi re-went to the kang and lay down, and chatted with Chen Laohan and his wife for a while about whether the enemy usually came here or not.
The girl was very vigilant, saying that the Red Army had come to the village, afraid of being targeted by the White Army, and would go to the head of the village every half an hour to take a walk.
Before dawn, Xiao Zhou came over, and Yang Dezhi said happily: "It is just right, you will immediately go and wake up the scouts, and we will hurry back to report the situation." ”
Subsequently, Yang Dezhi bid farewell to the three members of Chen Laohan's family and rushed back to the division headquarters as soon as possible.
Yang Dezhi not only made a detailed report on the situation of the survey ferry to the division commander Chen Geng and political commissar Yang Chengwu, but also recounted what he saw and heard in contact with the local people, including the warm hospitality given by Chen Laohan's family of three.
Chen Geng and Yang Chengwu sighed deeply when they heard this: "Such ordinary people are really very good, really touching, and at the same time fully show that the mass base of our Red Army in this area is good!" ”
Then Chen Geng turned sharply and deliberately joked with Yang Dezhi: "You, you are really an old feudal!" ”
"What's wrong?" Yang Dezhi was confused, "How did I become an old feudal?" ”
Chen Geng glanced at him whitely: "That big girl said that she was going to join the Red Army, why didn't you take her back to the army?" People are generous, but you are shy, not what the old feudal is! ”
Yang Dezhi blushed: "Old Han Chen and his wife are so old,
There is only one daughter under the knee,
I can't bear to take that girl away from the two old people' houses! ”
However, Chen Geng, who was humorous by nature, did not care about this, and insisted on putting an "old feudal" hat on Yang Dezhi, and every time he talked about this matter in the future, he always had to joke about Yang Dezhi.
Interestingly, Yang Dezhi did not marry Shen Gejun until 1940, when he was already a 29-year-old youth.