At dusk on November 6, 1948, two people dressed as peasants came to the Xiejia Guest House at the east end of Zhong'anbao Village in Beizhen County and asked for food and accommodation. Xie Lianfang, the owner of the shop, took out the shop book and asked the two people to register, one of whom was registered as Hu Qingxiang, saying that he was a businessman and the other was his own partner. Xie Lianfang was a revolutionary mass, very vigilant, he saw Hu Qingxiang fat and fat, wide face plate also wearing a pair of myopic glasses, although the upper body is wearing a torn cotton jacket, but the cotton pants are very ill-fitting, half of the calf is exposed outside.
The Nationalist army was defeated
Xie Lianfang thus concluded that this was not his own clothes, coupled with Hu Qingxiang's nervous look, he had been looking east and west after entering the store, which aroused Xie Lianfang's suspicions even more. Xie Lianfang quietly arranged a room for Hu Qingxiang and his men, and then asked them to cook for them, while he was ready to go to the district government to report the situation. At this time, zhao Chengrui, the leader of the militia, came to the guest house, and Xie Lianfang whispered to Zhao Chengrui: "I was thinking of going to find you, just two people came, staying in the hotel, I look very suspicious", said and handed the store book to Zhao Chengrui.
After Zhao Chengrui saw it, he asked Xie Lianfang to find the two shopkeepers for questioning. He said to Hu Qingxiang, "What's your name?" What for? The fat man replied: "My name is Hu Qingxiang, I am 45 years old, I am originally from Hunan, I now live in Jiangtun, Heishan County, I travel between Shenyang and Tianjin, running a business, yesterday I was robbed of my clothes and belongings by the defeated soldiers of the Kuomintang, and a kind uncle saw that I was pitiful, so he gave me this dress, that is, the pants are too short." After saying that he subconsciously pulled on the leg of his pants.
At that time, the Liaoshen Campaign had just ended, and many Nationalist generals fled in disguise, so Zhao Chengrui left an eye. Although Hu Qingxiang said these words very pitifully, the expression on his face was very arrogant, and he was completely condescending. In addition, there is a little bit of Zhao Chengrui that is very suspicious, this Hu Qingxiang said that all his belongings and clothes were robbed by the defeated soldiers of the Kuomintang, so how can he still have money to stay in the hotel? And it also requires a lot of food and drink, isn't that a contradiction?
Thinking of this, Zhao Chengrui felt that Hu Qingxiang must have lied, so he decided to take him and his fellow to the peasant association for detailed interrogation. On the way, Hu Qingxiang repeatedly said that he was a businessman and asked Zhao Chengrui to let him go. Seeing that Zhao Chengrui was not moved, Hu Qingxiang took out two gold yuan treasures and stuffed them directly into his hands, and said: "Brother, I am indeed an honest trader, and there are wives and children in the family, as long as you raise your hands high and let me go, I will never forget it!" ”
Hu Qingxiang's move made Zhao Chengrui affirm his judgment: this person is by no means a simple businessman! After arriving at the peasant association, in the face of inquiries, Hu Qingxiang's answer was flawed, but he still insisted that he was a businessman. In order to determine Hu Qingxiang's true identity, he was sent to the Three Columns Guard Company, and the company health worker happened to be a "liberation" fighter, and as soon as he saw Hu Qingxiang, he said: "Aren't you Liao Yaoxiang?" Hu Qingxiang hastily denied it.
There was also a cook in the guard company, and when Liao Yaoxiang was the commander of the new 22nd Division, he was the cooker in the division, and when this liberation fighter saw Liao Yaoxiang, he said, "I made you a meal." But Liao Yaoxiang still did not admit it. The three columns had to take him with them on the march, and finally sent him to the headquarters of the field army, and under the identification of many captured generals, "Hu Qingxiang" finally admitted that he was Liao Yaoxiang. Liao Yaoxiang was a well-known general in the Nationalist army, who led the expeditionary force to fight very well during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and also created quite a few difficulties for our army in the early days of the Liberation War.
Liao Yaoxiang after being pardoned (third from left)
However, in the Liaoshen Campaign, Liao Yaoxiang made too many mistakes, when attacking The Black Mountain and the Great Tiger Mountain, he was reluctant to use the most elite New First Army and New Sixth Army, but let the 71st Army, which was not strong in combat effectiveness, take the main attack, and as a result, the breakthrough time was seriously delayed because the attack was unsuccessful. When the main force of Dongye came to him from all sides, he hesitated on the question of whether to withdraw to Shenyang or flee to Yingkou, losing the last glimmer of life and eventually being captured. In 1961, Liao Yaoxiang was pardoned, and after 7 years of illness, he died of illness and was buried in the Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery.