In 1947, the Northwest Field Army led by Mr. Peng launched an attack on the Kuomintang troops in the eastern part of Gansu Province, and in the Longdong Campaign, our army concentrated its forces to attack the county seat of Huachi County and surrounded the enemy army in the city. After several days of great fighting, our army finally broke through the city gate, completely annihilated a regiment of the Ma family army, and captured the leader of the other side's regiment, Ma Dianbang, alive.
Speaking of this Ma Dianbang, we have to mention Ma Hongbin, who was then the deputy chief of the Northwest Military and Political Chief's Office, who was a very famous general of the enemy army in the northwest region, and he and Mr. Peng could be said to have fought many times, and the two were destined to be mortal enemies. And this Ma Dianbang is Ma Hongbin's son-in-law, his most powerful assistant. If such a character is captured alive, if it is killed, it will definitely be the best blow to the enemy Ma Hongbin, and the morale of the enemy army will certainly have a huge impact. But what is strange is that Mr. Peng did not do this, but led the political commissar to visit the prisoner. Ma Jiajun's management of the army can be described as very strict, and Ma Dianbang, who had long been ready to be executed, did not even raise his eyes for the arrival of Mr. Peng. It was not until the political commissar Liao Hansheng pointed out the identity of General Manager Peng that Ma Dianbang realized that the simple peasant in front of him was actually the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Army.
Mr. Peng said with his hands behind his back that he would put Ma Dianbang back and give him a horse. As soon as this decision came out, not only Ma Dianbang was stunned, but Liao Hansheng on the side was a little surprised. This time we had suffered great losses in defeating ma jiajun and capturing Ma Dianbang alive, and many generals were hit and wounded by Ma jiajun's bullets during the battle because of the fierce exchange of fire, and Liao Hansheng was eager to shoot him immediately.
"If you don't want to deceive me, there must be some conspiracy and trickery waiting for me," Ma Dianbang said warily. But Elder Peng always really made up his mind to let Ma Dianbang leave our army, and really gave him a horse before leaving. It turned out that there was a reason why Mr. Peng made up his mind to let him leave, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Ma Dianbang's father-in-law Ma Hongbin once engaged in a fierce firefight with the Japanese army in Linhe and Shawo, and finally caused great damage to the Japanese army and made great achievements.
Ma Dianbang was touched by Mr. Peng's broad mind and quickly returned to his father-in-law's territory and told his father-in-law all these things. Ma Hongbin was not dissatisfied with his son-in-law and promoted him to an official position. It is commendable that in 1949, Ma Dianbang met Mr. Peng again on the battlefield, and this time he chose to lead the army to revolt, and eventually became a powerful general in the hands of Mr. Peng.