Zhou Kun, a native of Pingjiang, Hunan, was born in 1902. During the Great Revolution, Zhou Kun organized peasant associations in Changde, Changsha and other places, and achieved remarkable results. In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei betrayed the revolution in Shanghai and Wuhan successively, and wantonly hunted down and killed Communists. Qu Qiubai and Cai Hesen presided over the "87 Conference" and decided to hold a riot during the autumn harvest season. On September 9, the Autumn Harvest Uprising broke out, and Zhou Kun joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. Soon after, the rebel army failed to attack Changsha, and the commander-in-chief Lu Deming died and was forced to go to Jinggangshan to "fight guerrillas". During the Agrarian Revolution, Zhou Kun successively experienced the reorganization of Sanwan, the meeting of teachers in Jinggangshan, and five anti-"encirclement and suppression" wars. In 1934, the Central Red Army set out from Jiangxi and embarked on the journey of the Long March, and Zhou Kun was promoted to corps commander and successively participated in the Xiangjiang Campaign, the Four Crossings of Chishui and the Battle of Mountain Castle.
After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhou Kun was transferred to the chief of staff of the 115th Division and was ordered to go to Shanxi. At that time, Yan Xishan led his troops to join the Japanese army in Xinkou. In order to cooperate with the Kuomintang, the Eighth Route Army ambushed the Japanese baggage troops at Pingxingguan. Zhou Kun led the Eighth Route Army to the ambush site in the rain. After fierce fighting, the Eighth Route Army annihilated more than 1,000 Japanese troops, breaking the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army. In this campaign, Zhou Kun planned well and was rewarded by Chiang Kai-shek's telegram. Shanghai's "Declaration" also listed Zhou Kun as a famous anti-Japanese general. After the Battle of Xinkou, Taiyuan fell, and the Eighth Route Army went to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei border area to create a base area. The Japanese army invaded Xuzhou along the Longhai Line, and the Battle of Xuzhou broke out.
Xuzhou was subordinate to the Fifth War Zone and was under the jurisdiction of Li Zongren of the Gui family. In April 1938, Li Zongren summoned Tang Enbo and Sun Lianzhong to a meeting in Zhengzhou. Zhou Kun, as a representative of the Eighth Route Army, also participated in the Zhengzhou Conference. Sun Lianzhong and Tang Enbo sat in high-end cars, escorted by guards, and walked into the venue majestically. Zhou Kun only has one bad horse and two guards, and his heart is very unbalanced. Not only that, Sun Lianzhong and Tang Enbo's monthly salaries exceeded 600 silver dollars, and Zhou Kun only had 5 silver dollars. Zhou Kun was very disappointed in his heart, and when he returned to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army to report to work, he expressed his dissatisfaction. The leaders of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army criticized Zhou Kun, and Zhou Kun was even more frustrated and had the idea of retreating.
Two months later, Zhou Kun went to Anyang to receive the salary of the Eighth Route Army. At that time, the Eighth Route Army had a total of three divisions, which could receive 60,000 oceans of silver. After Zhou Kun got the military salary, he handed over 30,000 silver dollars to Yan'an, and ran away with 30,000 oceans. As for Zhou Kun's whereabouts, there are three theories. First, Zhou Kun took 30,000 oceans and returned to Pingjiang, Hunan. In his hometown in Hunan, Zhou Kun bought a house and land and lived a prosperous life. Second, Zhou Kun defected to the Kuomintang reactionaries and later died in Taiwan. Third, Zhou Kun raised the daughter of a landlord. Later, the landlord's daughter spent all of Zhou Kun's savings, and Zhou Kun died of poverty. No matter what, Zhou Kun's ending was not good. Throughout Zhou Kun's life, we can sum it up in one sentence. He was a famous anti-Japanese general, and he chose to flee for the sake of 30,000 oceans.