Introduction: As the founding general of the mainland, many people only look at his brilliant achievements and the heroism of the battle. But few people know that in fact, Xu Shiyou had a failed marriage, and after the two were separated for decades, when his ex-wife came to look for him because of difficulties, Xu Shiyou only replied with eight words. And these eight words have also made countless people realize that Xu Shiyou is a general who deserves everyone's respect.
Xu Shiyou's marriage consisted of three periods, the first marriage was arranged by his parents, but because Xu Shiyou at that time only wanted to devote himself to the revolutionary cause, all of these marriages soon came to an end. The second marriage was met by Xu Shiyou on the road of revolution, and the beginning of this marriage was also full of love and sweetness.
At this time, Xu Shiyou was in full swing and had just been promoted to the commander of the Red Fourth Army. One year, when Xu Shiyou led a team to carry out revolutionary propaganda in Daxian County, he met Lei Mingzhen, the county magistrate of Daxian County. Because of the demands of their work, and because both men were comrades in arms in the revolutionary camp, they often discussed in private the topic of revolutionary work. Over time, the two people have a mutual affection.
In 1935, after the Red Fourth Army and the Red First Army met, when the military political commissar checked the archives, he found that Xu Shiyou was still single, and according to the regulations at that time, Xu Shiyou had reached the age of marriage, but he had always been single. Therefore, under the mediation of comrades-in-arms, Xu Shiyou and Lei Mingzhen walked into the palace of marriage.
In fact, at the beginning, Xu Shiyou originally held the idea of resistance to reject the opinions of his comrades-in-arms. But after he learned that the marriage partner was Lei Mingzhen, his attitude changed. Then he observed Lei Mingzhen for a while and found that the two people had the same ideas and were equally enthusiastic about the revolutionary cause. Only then did he accept the matchmaking of his comrades-in-arms.
In 1936, the Red Army was ambushed by the enemy while crossing the Yellow River and suffered heavy losses. Xu Shiyou, who was studying at the Kang Da, couldn't help but cry bitterly when he heard the news, and then after combining intelligence, Xu Shiyou believed that the reason for the problems in the Red Army this time was because of Zhang Guotao's wrong instructions. In addition, Zhang Guotao also had some problems in command before, and Xu Shiyou ignored the advice of others and left Yan'an to fight guerrilla warfare with his troops.
Such an idea was obviously wrong, and soon someone reported his idea to his superiors, and the security bureau then imprisoned Xu Shiyou. The idea of the red army's commanders being imprisoned soon had a great reaction within the Red Army. After receiving the news, Lei Mingzhen immediately filed for divorce with his superiors, and also said that he would break off his friendship with Xu Shiyou from now on.
In the face of Lei Mingzhen's divorce agreement, Xu Shiyou's heart was full of sadness. But after thinking calmly, he thought that there was something wrong with him, so he agreed to divorce. But fortunately, the organization did not give up on Xu Shiyou After a period of education, Xu Shiyou realized his mistake and reflected for a long time.
The organization saw that Xu Shiyou's attitude had changed, so it put him back into the original team and commanded the battle. After Lei Mingzhen saw Xu Shiyou's return, her heart was full of regret. She went to Xu Shiyou to ask for forgiveness, but Xu Shiyou did not want to see her at all. Lei Mingzhen saw that it was no longer possible for the two to choose not to contact Xu Shiyou, and then Lei Mingzhen re-established the family under the introduction of the organization.
Some people also asked Xu Shiyou why he did not choose to forgive Lei Mingzhen in the first place. Xu Shiyou said that it was not because of his iron heart, but because he was hurt by Lei Mingzhen's ruthlessness when he was in confinement. He had already forgiven Lei Mingzhen in his heart, but he could no longer be with Lei Mingzhen.
In 1966, when Xu Shiyou was serving as commander of the Nanjing Military Region, Lei Mingzhen's children suddenly found Xu Shiyou. At first, Xu Shiyou thought that there was something inlaid by Lei Mingzhen's family. After questioning, it was learned that Lei Mingzhen's children wanted to join the army, but considering the relationship between Lei Mingzhen and Xu Shiyou, the local troops did not dare to accept it.
In desperation, Lei Mingzhen wrote this letter to let her children come to Xu Shiyou. After Xu Shiyou read the letter, he replied with eight words: The son inherits the father's business, of course. Then arrange for the secretary around him to communicate with the local troops and allow Lei Mingzhen's children to join the army.
Conclusion: Xu Shiyou did not choose to fall into the well, which shows that he has long forgiven Lei Mingzhen for what he did in those years. For the love with Lei Mingzhen, what he could not accept was only Lei Mingzhu's absolute love for him at that time. But he never took revenge, and all the love of his life was left to the country and the people. Whenever he mentioned the past, he only smiled and took revenge.