He was a gentle son of a landowning family, and since he was a child, he bullied men and bullied women to do evil. He was also the biggest bandit leader in western Hunan Province, and after the founding of New China, in order to escape the people's judgment, he fled for three years after being disfigured and was not discovered. He is the notorious bandit Xu Hanzhang, the PLA bandit team tried their best to catch him, but in the end it was because of a beautiful woman that he found his tracks, and at the moment when he was caught, this evil man was still doing that dirty thing in bed, which made the bandit team can't help but sigh, "This Xu Hanzhang is really shameless to the extreme!" ”
How did this giant bandit in Xiangxi get rid of the search by the anti-bandit troops by changing his face and swaggering?
Officially go up the mountain as a bandit
In 1904, Xu Hanzhang was born into a relatively wealthy landowning family, and his father Xu Yangpin was a local bully, he bullied men and women, and obtained many ill-gotten gains by cruel exploitation. Under the influence of his father, Xu Hanzhang acted recklessly at a young age and stole chickens and dogs. But his father, not only did not correct his actions, but often boasted that he would become a great weapon in the future.
When Xu Hanzhang was a teenager, Xu's father suddenly realized that he could no longer let his son not do his job, so he spent money to make a relationship, sent him to the Kuomintang army, and also gave him the post of platoon commander, if he worked well in the army, he could achieve something if he could not say it, but he took advantage of his position to take a group of subordinates to bully the people everywhere, and his father also used his son to be an officer, and he was even more unscrupulous, and the Xu father and son became a nightmare for the people of Xiangxi.
Not only that, Xu Hanzhang also specifically opposed the guerrillas of the He Long Red Army, killing many guerrillas, and he also made a lot of money. After the Long March of the He Long Red Army, Xu Hanzhang immediately resigned from his post as a platoon commander, colluded with local bandits to rob 30 guns of the Xinglongchang vigilante group, and since then has officially gone up the mountain as a bandit, proclaimed himself the captain of the brigade, and lived a life of grass robbers who robbed their homes.
He is lustful by nature, and as long as he is a woman in his favor, it is difficult to escape his clutches. After becoming a bandit, in just three years, he and the bandits in the cottage have ravaged more than a thousand women in nearby villages, even the little girl.
In addition, the local rich households were also the focus of Xu Hanzhang's plunder.
Gradually became a giant bandit in western Hunan Province
The Nationalist government decided to encircle them, but he repeatedly escaped, and the government troops also suffered a lot of losses, seeing that they could not be destroyed, so they changed their thinking to Zhao'an and appointed him as the captain of the security team.
And the National Government sent elite troops to encircle and suppress him on a large scale, at this time Xu Hanzhang's team appeared vulnerable, Xu Hanzhang, who was beaten to the ground, in order to preserve his strength, hid in the deep mountains, the mountains and forests in Xiangxi were very large, and he could not be found for a while, he was released, and Xu Hanzhang was also divided for a while.
In the late 40s, due to the chaotic situation, Xu Hanzhang took the opportunity to recruit troops and further expand his power. In March 1949, Xu Hanzhang invaded the county seat of Luxi and seized more than 2,000 rifles, more than 60 light and heavy machine guns, five mortars and some pistols from the county arsenal. Relying on these guns and ammunition, they snatched more than 60,000 quintals of grain, more than 700 head of ploughing cattle, more than 1,000 silver dollars, and more than 170 taels of gold and silver from the local people.
The fire was everywhere, the crying shook the sky, and the county town of Luxi became an Asura prison.
Relying on the wealth accumulated by robbery, Xu Hanzhang frantically recruited soldiers and gradually became one of the giant bandits in western Hunan Province. When his strength is at his strongest, he can attack several counties at the same time!
Crack down on bandits
In 1950, our army cadres persuaded Xu Hanzhang to abandon the secret and join the light, but Xu Hanzhang believed that he had been a bandit for 20 years, and the Kuomintang was helpless against him, and the new government could do anything to help him. Therefore, he categorically rejected the advice of our army cadres and still led his bandits around to loot everywhere.
After receiving the information, the commander of the anti-bandit unit was very shocked and immediately ordered the 416th Regiment of the 139th Division to enter Qiancheng and Luxi to suppress the bandits.
Xu Hanzhang is celebrating the Lantern Festival on the mountain. Suddenly there was a dense burst of gunfire. It turned out that the anti-bandit troops had unknowingly surrounded his old lair. There was a rain of bullets, and the bandits who were fighting unsuspecting hid one after another.
At this time, the anti-bandit forces fired several flares from the north and south sides at the same time.
In an instant, the entire night sky was snowy. The intense laser is like a fairy scattering flowers, stabbing the bandits blind.
The bandits had never seen this mysterious weapon, thinking that the anti-bandit troops had fired atomic bombs, and the shells were bursting one after another, and people continued to fall and cry wolf.
For a time the bandits came out to surrender.
Xu Hanzhang fled
And Xu Hanzhang saw that the situation was wrong, so he fled to Chenxi County with a few henchmen bandits and found an old acquaintance named Li Daowang.
Li Daowang got Xu Hanzhang a fake road note, and prepared three cows and twenty-eight oceans for Xu Hanzhang.
Xu Hanzhang, on the other hand, dug up his cinnabar mole with a knife, and when this rough operation was completed, he took a picture of the water and felt that it was still dangerous, so he took the knife and cut it several times, until half of his skin was cut thinly. After that, he changed into a raggedy shirt, disguised himself as a cattle dealer, assumed the name "Chen Xiuyun", and prepared to flee to Guizhou.
Cattle dealers
During his escape, Xu Hanzhang would spread rumors about himself everywhere he went, often telling passers-by the story of "Luxi bandit Xu Hanzhang", saying that Xu Hanzhang took his wife to Hong Kong, hoping to make the PLA give up tracking him.
At the beginning of June 1950, Xu Hanzhang led three cows and forced himself to break through the checkpoint set up by the bandit force.
The soldiers asked Xu Hanzhang what his name was.
Xu Hanzhang replied that his name was Chen Xiuyun, which was exactly the same as the name on the road. The soldiers saw that there was no cinnabar mole at the corner of the cattle dealer's mouth, so they let Xu Hanzhang pass the checkpoint smoothly.
At this moment, Xu Hanzhang was like a frightened bird, fleeing to Anjiazhai in Huangxian County, more than 600 miles away, falsely claiming to be a bricklayer and living in Anjiazhai.
Xu Hanzhang, who fled to Huang County, pretended to be a mason during the day to steal his life, and at night he did not change his lecherous sex and caused trouble to women in the local area, and the news quickly reached the ears of the People's Liberation Army.
I heard that there is a faceless mason in Huangxian who looks like Xu Hanzhang, a giant bandit in western Hunan Province. Although there is no iconic mole at the corner of the mouth, there is a new scar at the corner of the mouth. The PLA attached great importance to it and immediately sent a small group of troops to inspect it.
According to the clues provided by the people, they quickly surrounded Xu Hanzhang's residence. At this time, Xu Hanzhang was sleeping with a beautiful woman on the second floor of the tile shed, and just heard the dog barking in the house.
Just as he was about to draw his gun and go downstairs to check the situation, the anti-bandit troops had already kicked open the door and were in a panic. Xu Hanzhang fired three shots, but missed them. Xu Hanzhang was then subdued by the bandit forces.
When the anti-bandit troops brought Xu Hanzhang to the checkpoint, the soldiers sighed: "No wonder I haven't been able to catch you for so many years, I'm afraid that few people can recognize your current appearance!" ”
On this day, this bandit, who had been a calamity for the people for more than ten years, was finally arrested.
The common people came out to identify
In April 1952, the Luxi County Government held a public trial meeting against Xu Hanzhang. On that day, many ordinary people came to complain about the crimes committed by Xu Hanzhang. Subsequently, in order to vent the people's anger, Xu Hanzhang was put on the law.