In 1949, Yang Yong received an order to go to the southwest to suppress bandits. Just when Yang Yong arrived in Huang County, Guizhou, he encountered a life and death crisis.
An assassination attempt actually led him to meet his cousin.
Who planned the assassination, and what role did his cousin play in it?
He was ordered to suppress bandits in the southwest
In November 1949, just one month after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was no peace in all parts of the country. In the southwest of China, bandits are even more serious.
With the support of the remnants of the Kuomintang, the bandits wantonly attacked ordinary people. However, the terrain in the southwest region is complicated, and the bandits rely on the terrain to maneuver with our army, which is very difficult to eliminate.
In order to help the local people and completely eradicate the cancer of bandits, the task of suppressing bandits in the southwest was entrusted to Yang Yong. As one of the "Three Yangs" who shocked the whole army, Yang Yong's ability and ability are obvious to all.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Yang Yong brought the spirit of "bravery" to the extreme.
In order to solve the problem of bandits as soon as possible and give the people of southwest China a stable day as soon as possible, Yang Yong took office non-stop. When he first arrived in the southwest, Yang Yong discovered the thorny part of the banditry.
In addition to the terrain problems, the local people have been bullied by bandits for many years and do not dare to trust the army at all. When contacting the local people, they are basically not cooperative.
Without a mass base, this is a huge challenge for our army. But for Yang Yong, this is the result he expected early on.
After all, bandits can wreak havoc in the local area for many years, and the ability of the local government can be seen. Even, the local government and the bandits are likely to collude.
They are not familiar with the place, and it is normal for the people to be suspicious when they suddenly tell the people that they are going to fight bandits. After all, once our army fails to defeat the bandits, the people who helped our army will end badly.
And the reaction of the common people must have been deceived before. Otherwise, the people would not be so vigilant.
It should be that the bandits directed and acted in fighting bandits, so as to deal with some villagers who have backbones. If the bandits really used such a method, the reaction of the people would be normal.
Yang Yong analyzed the situation and decided to start with bandits first. As long as the common people see the results of the battle, they will naturally trust our army.
Going around and around, the final mission goal still fell on fighting bandits. But as I said earlier, it is not easy for bandits in the southwest to fight.
The complex terrain provides a natural hiding place for bandits. Relying on their familiarity with the terrain, the bandits ran away if they couldn't beat them.
And our army has just arrived, and there is nothing to be done about these nimble bandits. If it is a tough encounter, the bandits are definitely not the opponents of our army, but the problem is that the bandits do not go head-to-head with our army at all.
When our army had just entered the southwest, the bandits discussed giving our army a powerful look.
There is a big bandit named Song Ze in the local area, who is very famous in Guizhou. Many small bandits in Guizhou will choose to attach themselves to Song Ze's men.
The idea of ambushing our army was formulated by Song Ze. In order to ensure the success of the ambush, Song Ze chose the ambush location at the "three turns".
The terrain of the "three turns" is dangerous, and there are cliffs all around. Song Ze chose to sneak attack in this place because he wanted to wipe out our army in one fell swoop.
But Yang Yong has experienced a hundred battles, how can he not know that this kind of place is the easiest to be ambushed. Although the opponents were bandits, Yang Yong never underestimated them.
can form a force, this Song Ze doesn't look like a simple person no matter how he looks at it. Although Yang Yong had anticipated the sneak attack in advance, he underestimated the bandits' firepower.
If it had not been for the timely arrival of the support troops, our troops would have caused heavy casualties. The powerful firepower of the bandits gave Yang Yong a new understanding of them.
There is no need to think about it, the bandits here are not simple bandits at all, they must still have the support of the Kuomintang behind them. With these bandits alone, they don't have so many sophisticated weapons.
The issue of Guizhou brooks no delay, and the southwest region must be liberated as soon as possible. According to the original plan, Yang Yong began to attack Huang County.
In Huang County, there was a regular army of the Kuomintang. The weapons of the bandits in Guizhou were probably obtained from Huang County.
Taking Huang County is equivalent to breaking the bandits' arms. So Yang Yong quickly organized the soldiers and took Huang County as quickly as possible.
The moment of life and death, the line of death
Taking Huang County is not the end, but the beginning of Yang Yong's work to suppress bandits. After taking Huang County, Yang Yong found that he had taken over a mess.
The Kuomintang did not value small county towns, and naturally did not care about how the people in Huang County lived. The Kuomintang stationed in Huang County colluded with bandits to bully men and women.
In order to cultivate forces to deal with our army, the national army turned a blind eye to the local bandits. After Yang Yong's investigation, it was found that the bandits had occupied more than a dozen villages.
Because of the KMT's inaction, local residents were disillusioned with the government. The faces of the local people were numb, and they would avoid the sight of those in military uniforms.
In order to solve the problems left by the Kuomintang, Yang Yong must act as soon as possible. Therefore, Yang Yong adopted a policy of leniency towards other forces in Huang County.
But it was Yang Yong's leniency towards them that brought Yang Yong death. What's going on here?
It was the police station in Huang County who wanted to assassinate Yang Yong. When the Kuomintang army was still around, the police station was responsible for cleaning up the mess caused by the army.
After the Kuomintang army was driven out by our party, these other Kuomintang officials were in constant fear. After all, they still know what they did to the people.
After Yang Yong imprisoned some of the great traitors, he opened up some people who made minor or no mistakes. In order to restore order in Huang County as soon as possible, Yang Yong also arranged work for them.
Even though Yang Yong showed kindness, these people still refused to believe it. They believe that this is just a trick used by Yang Yong to confuse the world.
Yang Yong's work arrangements for them are all temporary, and when everyone believes in our party's profound righteousness, Yang Yong will secretly dispose of them.
It can only be said that the heart of the person sees everything dirty. These people live in fear every day in suspicion. Finally, one day, they couldn't help it.
The first to jump out was the police chief of the old government. Because the police department, as a department with weapons, is the only one that has any hope of confronting our party.
Yang Shiming, the director of the police station, formulated an assassination plan against Yang Yong. In Yang Shiming's view, as long as Yang Yong dies, our army will be leaderless.
In order to be able to kill Yang Yong smoothly, Yang Shiming also specially found the remnants of the Kuomintang. Through these Kuomintang troops, Yang Shiming contacted the bandits.
After everything was ready, Yang Shiming began to wait patiently. It is certainly not an easy task to assassinate a PLA commander.
Yang Shiming let the bandits create chaos, and he took the opportunity to infiltrate the headquarters of our army. Yang Shiming waited patiently, waiting for the opportunity to kill Yang Yong with one blow.
At that time, Yang Yong was listening to someone report the results of the battle, and when he heard a certain place, Yang Yong interrupted the reporter. After that, the two began to discuss.
Yang Shiming suddenly found that the voices of the people inside were very familiar. Listen carefully, the people inside are the same as him, speaking with the accent of Liuyang, Hunan.
If Yang Yong and himself were really fellow villagers, then who was he? Yang Shiming thought about it, and there were many people who participated in the revolution in those years, but there were also people who lost news one after another.
But in any case, if Yang Yong is really from Liuyang, then he must know him. When Yang Shiming thought of this, he wanted to see who Yang Yong was.
Who knew that Yang Shiming was even more shocked when he saw it, he didn't expect that Yang Yong was actually his younger brother. Seeing Yang Yong, Yang Shiming couldn't hide it and walked out directly.
Yang Shiming's sudden appearance startled Yang Yong, who was discussing. He fixed his eyes on his cousin, who was being pointed at gunpoint by the soldiers.
Yang Yong hurriedly asked the soldiers to put down their guns and came to his cousin defenselessly. Yang Shiming looked at Yang Yong, and a big man couldn't help but cry.
"Shijun, you haven't heard from you for so many years, and your family still thinks you died on the battlefield. Looking at this younger brother who has been playing since he was a child, Yang Shiming is very pleased.
Yang Yong looked at his brother, who he hadn't seen for many years, and he also had mixed feelings in his heart. Who would have thought that the brothers would get together in such a way.
After recognizing Yang Yong, Yang Shiming gave up his assassination plan. But he was still afraid that our party would backtrack, so he expressed his concern to Yang Yong.
Even if Yang Yong comforted him, he was afraid that Yang Yong would not be able to call the shots. In the end, it was the political commissar who came forward to testify, and Yang Shiming believed that our party really would not deal with them.
So how did the two brothers get to where they are today?
Brothers in the past, different paths to the same end
When Yang Yong was a child, Yang Yong's grandfather was still alive. Yang Yong's father's brothers did not separate families, and the family lived together.
The one who played the best with Yang Yong was his cousin Yang Shiming. Yang Shiming is a little older than Yang Yong, and at home, there are only two of them of the same age.
Because of the difficulties in life, the older brothers and sisters began to help the family with the housework. Xiao Yang Yong had no one to take with him, so he kept following Yang Shiming's buttocks.
Later, when he was old enough to go to school, Yang Shiming was sent to school by his parents. Yang Yong didn't want to be too far away from his brother, so he followed Yang Shiming to school every day.
His parents saw that Yang Yong was keen on learning, so they let him go to school with Yang Shiming. At school, Yang Yong carefully studied the knowledge taught by his teachers, and soon his grades were among the best.
Unlike Yang Yong, Yang Shiming is not very interested in learning. He always secretly skipped class, and asked Yang Yong to help cover up.
Time passed like this, and in a blink of an eye, Yang Yong had already entered middle school. After listening to Chairman Mao's speech, Yang Yong had revolutionary ideas.
He knew that his parents would not agree, so he told his closest cousin Yang Shiming about it. With the help of Yang Shiming, Yang Yong successfully joined the Red Army.
Soon after Yang Yong left, Yang Shiming also dropped out of school. At first, Yang Shiming followed his parents to do farm work. Later, when the Kuomintang conscripted soldiers, Yang Shiming also had the idea of joining the army.
But under the obstruction of his parents, Yang Shiming ended up only becoming a policeman. Despite this, Yang Shiming has always done his duty.
After so many years of hard work, Yang Shiming was promoted to the position of police chief. Although Yang Shiming was a member of the Kuomintang, he was fair and well-known in the local area. The previous assassination was only a last resort.
Now, the two are acting together. With the assistance of Yang Shiming, Yang Yong quickly governed Huang County. After that, Yang Yong entrusted Huang County to Yang Shiming, and he continued to fight in the southwest.
In that era, although the two brothers took different paths, in the end they used their own way to keep the people safe, which is worthy of admiration!