Among the 57 founding generals, Xu Shiyou is a very distinctive one. He has strong military command ability, is also very good at "being a person", and is recognized as an army general with relatively high emotional intelligence. However, Xu Shiyou's temper is also very hot, "horizontal" regardless of the occasion, often clashes with people, and some are still his top bosses. In his military and political career, he had conflicts with 4 well-known generals of our army, but later they all got back together, who are they?
The first is his old friend Wang Jian'an in the Fourth Front Army. In 1936, after the First and Fourth Front armies reunited, many cadres were implicated and held accountable due to the serious mistakes of the leader surnamed Zhang. Xu Shiyou said something in anger, which was misunderstood and criticized by everyone. Xu Shiyou privately contacted some old comrades-in-arms to return to the Sichuan-Shaanxi Soviet region to "fight guerrillas," and agreed with Wang Jian'an to act together. Wang Jian'an didn't understand it at first, but when he realized that this was a violation of discipline, he immediately decided to "break up" with Xu Shiyou and inform the central government of the news in advance. As a result, Xu Shiyou was severely punished, and if Chairman Mao hadn't saved him, the general's future might be unpredictable.
Because of this incident, there is a deep estrangement between Xu Shiyou and Wang Jian'an, and he has not spoken a word for more than 10 years. Of course, Wang Jian'an did nothing wrong, he proceeded from the overall situation, but Xu Shiyou also had his reasons for being angry, and his old friend seemed to be very un"righteous" and did not discuss it and directly reported it. Fortunately, during the Battle of Jinan in 1948, Chairman Mao appointed Xu Shiyou and Wang Jian'an to join forces to lead the Shandong Corps. Under the instruction of the great man, the two shook hands generously and made peace, and completely annihilated Wang Yaowu's 100,000 defenders, which became a good story.
The second is Wang Xinting. After the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chairman Mao used Xu Shiyou from the Fourth Front Army very much and made him the deputy commander of the 386th Brigade, the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The brigade commander was Chen Geng, and the political commissar was Wang Xinting. Xu Shiyou admired Chen Geng very much, but he thought that Wang Xinting was just a "scholar," so why should he be his leader? After the victory in an ambush battle, Political Commissar Wang praised Xu Shiyou at the celebration meeting, saying that "Deputy Brigade Commander Xu is the first person to make meritorious contributions in this battle." Wang Xinting originally had good intentions, but Xu Shiyou drank a lot of wine, and asked rhetorically with the strength of the wine: According to your meaning, I am your minister, and you are the emperor?
This made Wang Xinting very unable to get off the stage. In fact, how can there be such a thing as an "emperor"? We are the people's army, and since we have come to participate in the revolution, we are all "ministers" of the people. Xu Shiyou felt a little angry with wine, but as a result, the two quarreled, and finally developed into a physical conflict. Cadres in such a high position beat each other in public, and the impact was very bad. In the end, Xu Shiyou was transferred from the 386th Brigade and sent to the Jiaodong Development Base Area, and Wang Xinting was also punished. After the two came to their senses, they apologized to each other, and their personal relationship was not bad later.
The third object of conflict, which is amazing, is Su Yu, the first general of the founding of the country. During the Battle of Menglianggu in 1947, in order to annihilate the main force of the national army, Su Yu frequently mobilized the main columns of Huaye and shuttled back and forth. Xu Shiyou's Nine Columns, which is also one of the Huaye base cadres, ran hundreds of miles of mountain roads after a long time without fighting, which made Xu Shiyou very annoyed. When talking to Su Yu on the phone, he criticized the chief: You officials only know how to use a ruler to get a card on the map, and the soldier relies on two legs! For a while, Su Yu couldn't answer the phone, and in the end, it was Mr. Chen who suppressed the fiery Xu Shiyou.
Facts have proved that Su Yu did use his troops like a god, and in the end, Huaye annihilated the number one main force of the national army, Zhang Lingfu's reorganization of the 74th Division. Xu Shiyou's evaluation of Su Yu changed greatly, and he respected this boss very much. In addition to the reason why Su Yu has real skills, the general's personality is very gentle, and he generally does not care about impolite subordinates. Especially during the Red Army period, Xu Shiyou's qualifications were even slightly higher than Su Yu's, and Su Yu cherished and appreciated this fierce general. Commander Su's character is convincing. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, when Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the Nanjing Military Region, he made special arrangements to take care of Su Yu's old mother.
The last one is the founding lieutenant general Wang Bicheng. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he clashed with Xu Shiyou. Wang Bicheng and Xu Shiyou are old comrades-in-arms, just like General Su Yu above, they are all important cadres of Sanye. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Bicheng served as the deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Region, and his immediate boss was Xu Shiyou. Originally, he had a very good relationship with Wang Bicheng, but during the special period, Xu Shiyou and Wang Bicheng had differences in their thinking on handling sensitive matters, Commander Xu was more radical, and Wang Bicheng was relatively moderate and conservative.
During Xu Shiyou's absence from the Nanjing Military Region, Wang Bicheng repeatedly refused to carry out Xu Shiyou's orders, causing the latter to be very dissatisfied, believing that Wang Bicheng wanted to "seize power." Xu Shiyou demanded that Wang Bicheng and others be transferred out of the Nanjing Military Region, and after he became a deputy state-level cadre, he openly criticized Wang Bicheng on many occasions. In his later years, at the meeting of the Central Advisory Committee, Xu Shiyou still held Wang Bicheng and did not let go. But this time, Wang Bicheng was unequivocal and gave a positive response, explaining the practice of the year in a reasonable and well-founded manner. In the end, the two veterans chose to release their past suspicions and get back together, leaving no regrets.
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