The song "Blood-Stained Style", the life path of a college student, caused strong repercussions among young people in the eighties. This song resounded throughout China on the spring evening of 1987 and was all the rage; and its singer, Xu Liang, a first-class meritorious hero who returned from the laoshan front and a former student of the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, was invited to make more than 80 reports for more than 1 million young people in schools, factories, shops, organs, troops, and rural areas for more than two months after the Spring Festival Gala in 1987.
In those reports, Xu Liang recounted how, as a college student, he made the choice to go to Laoshan. He also spoke with special emotion about the deep love of frontline soldiers for college students: in order to save his life, comrades braved the rain of bullets and bullets to pick up stretchers to cross the blockade line, and the troops sent a special plane to send him to Kunming, where he injected 25,000 cc of plasma, which was equivalent to the blood volume of 5 people. Xu Liang said, "It is not that the life of a college student is more expensive than that of a soldier, but that the soldier pours his love for college students into me." "
When Xu Liang gave a speech at Peking University, he poured his love for college students into me. At this time, the venue rolled with bursts of spring thunderous applause and cheers. A student rushed to the front and spoke the heart of the Peking University students; "Many people say that it is easy to walk on the podium of Peking University, but it is not easy to win the applause of Peking University students. You have won more than 30 rounds of applause from this solemn podium today because you have set an example for your peers. "
Hundreds of students crowded onto the podium, and the venue was crowded with students. The students of Peking University surrounded Xu Liang and asked questions one after another: "After you graduate from college, you can better display your talents on the art stage, but you have gone to become a soldier, which choice is more valuable?" Xu Liang replied: "The value of a person can only be tested by society and the people in social practice." I chose to go to the front line because there was a need for inspiring singing. "
In 1985, Xu Liang, who was in the fourth grade of the Xi'an Conservatory of Music, began his military career because of a chance condolence performance, becoming one of the first batch of "student officers".
At that time, the Sino-Vietnamese LaoShan War began not long ago. On the 3rd day of enlistment, his unit was deployed to the front line of the Vietnam War. Xu Liang served as the deputy instructor of the company and went to the battlefield. During the battle, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and Xu Liang was also hit in the leg by the enemy's high-altitude machine bullet, amputated twice, and finally lost one leg.
After that, Xu Liang, relying on a song "Blood Stained Style", became popular in the north and south of the river and became a prominent figure. As a first-class combat hero of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, his "first-class hero" aura has been added to his aura of "first-class hero".
How hot was Xu Liang back then? In the more than a year after his injury, he made more than 500 reports, 4 times in the Great Hall of the People alone, up to 4 times a day; every time he returned from outside, several reporters waited at home; there were fifty or sixty thousand letters written to him from all walks of life.
Once, Xu Liang had to catch a plane from Xi'an to Beijing at 4:30. But when he arrived at the airport, the plane was about to take off, but he hadn't even bought a ticket. When the airport staff saw Xu Liang walking around the airport, they all gathered around and asked, "Xu Liang, where are you going?" When they learned that Xu Liang was going to catch the plane to Beijing, the staff used a walkie-talkie to contact the tower and let the plane return from the runway and let Xu Liang board.
As the saying goes, there are not many people who are red. Along with Xu Liang, in addition to great honors and various special "cares", there are also various rights and wrongs such as "deserters themselves broke their legs as heroes", "demanding high appearance fees", "manslaughter in the song hall", and so on.
There was a very popular rumor at that time: at that time, on the front line of Laoshan Mountain, all comrades were killed in battle, and only Xu Liang and company commander Huang Haoli were left in the whole company. Xu Liang was greedy and afraid of death and planned to escape from the battlefield, so he pushed the company commander down the cliff and became a deserter, he was afraid that he would not be able to explain it clearly when he came back, so he injured his leg, and when he came back, he deceived the troops and became a hero. It is also said that Xu Liang's company commander did not die after being pushed off the cliff, but was captured by the Vietnamese army, and after returning to China after the end of the Vietnam War, Xu Liang was sued in a military court, and Xu Liang was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Xu Liang heard all these rumors, but he did not defend himself, nor did he come out and say a word. So slowly, some people began to believe the rumors.
What is the real situation? Years later, Xu Liang recalled in Phoenix TV's "Lu Yu You": "In the battle on May 2, 1986, there was a small cave at the top of the cat ear hole where I was located, and the entrance to the cave led directly to our position. At that time, I found a figure running to our position from the mouth of the cave, so I went straight out of the cave entrance and walked while fighting. When I ran downhill, the gunshots rang out below and I felt as if a large stone had hit my leg and I couldn't move. The bullet hit the groin and the thickest blood vessel on the inner thigh was broken. At this time, my comrades also rushed up and killed the enemy who touched the position. ”
Xu Liang lost too much blood and delayed too long, resulting in ischemia and necrosis of his left lower limb, and he had to amputate his leg. In two and a half months, he underwent 9 surgeries, sharing 26,000 milliliters of blood before and after, "the blood of comrades in the veins."
Xu Liang could not let go of the most, "The legs are sawn off, if you can leave a 10 cm, you can also install a prosthesis." "
In that episode, Huang Haoli, the company commander who was rumored to have been "pushed off the cliff and captured" by Xu Liang, also clarified: "There is definitely no such thing as pushing down the cliff, and if there is any, I cannot still be alive." He recalled: "When Xu Liang was injured, I was at the command post, and we immediately organized his rescue. His thigh arteries have been punctured, and who would have hit such a serious position for self-injury? ”
After being injured, Xu Liang, after 9 surgeries, still lost a leg forever. Some people do not understand the ins and outs of the matter, they maliciously speculate about the hero, talk nonsense, and let the hero bleed and shed tears.
Although after becoming a first-class hero, Xu Liang himself admitted that he was a bit "dizzy and floating, so happy that he couldn't find the north, just like a clown." No matter what occasion or meeting I xu liang is, as long as I speak, everyone applauds. "
On December 18, 1987, a newspaper published an article titled "The Shock of Asking for Three Thousand Dollars." It is said that a news unit invited Xu Liang to participate in a party, and Xu Liang offered 3,000 yuan, which was not less than one point. After Xu Liang's negotiations were fruitless, he filed a lawsuit with the Shanghai Jing'an District People's Court. Although Xu Liang won the case in the end, this matter still brought a great negative impact to Xu Liang.
Whether Xu Liang wins or loses this lawsuit, he always loses. Hero performances actually take money? Isn't this contrary to the heroic principle of "only talking about giving, not asking for", and is it not contrary to the theme of "Bloodstained Style"? Due to the loss of such "norms", Xu Liang lost his inner charm as a heroic singer. Coupled with the fact that everyone listens to Xu Liang's songs, it is not how well he sings, or because of the heroic aura on him; once the aura is gone, Xu Liang naturally plummets.
In July 1997, Xu Liang and a few friends sang in the song hall, resulting in a conflict between his friends and people, and Xu Liang, who had limited mobility, was also pushed to the ground. Several of his friends were in a fight, killing one of them.
The news of Xu Liang's "participation in fights and deaths" did not go away. Although the court eventually acquitted Xu Liang, as an active soldier, the impact of participating in street fights was extremely bad, and Xu Liang was imprisoned for more than a year. During this time, his wife also divorced him, and he fell to the lowest point of his life.
At the end of 1998, Xu Liang came out of the confinement room. He rented a house in Beijing and has lived a reclusive life ever since. He has worked in a variety of jobs, but none of them have been very successful. I worked with people to open a nightclub, but it didn't take long to close; I went to the real estate company to help my friends, but I was "fooled" again. Now Xu Liang helps in a friend's molybdenum mine, taking a salary of more than 8,000 yuan per month, plus more than 20,000 veterans' disability fees every year, although the income is not high, but finally solved the problem of life.
Xu Liang married a female comrade-in-arms of his year in 2001 and has a son. The family lived peacefully like ordinary citizens. Although Xu Liang has fewer legs, he can drive a car with automatic gear and often takes his son to climb mountains and swim. He bought a Volkswagen POLO in automatic gear, and although it wasn't a famous car, he liked it.
To this day, Xu Liang's sawn leg still leaves many neuromas, and as soon as the weather changes, it will hurt the heart. For his "overnight fame" more than 20 years ago, Xu Liang has been very calm. After a big ups and downs, Xu Liang's biggest wish is to live peacefully and happily with his wife and son. He said: "It is better to be a celebrity than to be a common man." ”
Recalling his life, Xu Liang said: "30 years ago, it was regret and numbness; 20 years ago, it was childish and ridiculous; now, I am mature. ”