General Wang Zhen is a brave and warlike and legendary general of our army, in the war years, whenever he receives an important task, he will grow a beard and a clear mind, until the mission is completed, he will shave his face and renew it, just like a new person.
For example, during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yan'an was blockaded by the Kuomintang and the Japanese, and Chairman Mao issued a call for a "large-scale production movement," and Wang Zhen led the 359th Brigade to the grassy Nanniwan and transformed the deserted Nanniwan into "plugging the jiangnan."
When Wang Zhen returned to report to Chairman Mao, he had changed from a jade-faced Langjun to a bearded man, so that Chairman Mao almost didn't recognize him!
In addition, what is less known is that General Wang Zhen is not only a military reclamation expert and a fierce general who defends the frontier, he is also a master of martial arts, and his kung fu is not under Xu Shiyou.
Wang Zhen was born in 1908 in Ma kneeling bridge village in Liuyang County, Hunan Province, where the local people are fierce and fierce, and people are happy to learn martial arts and join the army, which is a famous place where Xiang Yong frequently appears.
Wang Zhen was weak at an early age, and his grandfather personally taught him martial arts in the hope that his grandson would be strong. Wang Zhen's maternal grandfather was a famous local boxer named Dong Xiangtao, who practiced the Dacheng Fist created by the national hero Yue Fei.
Dacheng Fist is the treasure of Chinese martial arts, belongs to the Neijia Fist, as we all know, neijiaquan does not simply rely on people to be tall and powerful, bold and strong to win, but attaches great importance to the cultivation of internal strength, so neijiaquan has many masters, looks weak and can't help the wind, in fact, the power is amazing, it is because they have to carry out unusually profound internal strength cultivation every day, such as standing piles, testing force, testing sound, transporting enough power, instantaneous explosion, power can break the stone cracking monument, sound energy vibration deafness!
The most famous Master of Dacheng Boxing in the Republic of China period was called Wang Qianzhai , and like Huo Yuanjia , he once competed with foreign Hercules and boxers to make him lose or escape overnight, greatly increasing the popularity of the country!
Wang Zhen practiced this kung fu with his grandfather at the age of 6, and because Wang Zhen was intelligent and hardworking, he became a boxer in his teens, although he could not be compared with Wang Qianzhai, but the martial artists in the eight townships of Ten Miles praised him.
Wang Zhen joined the revolution at the age of 19, when the Red Army and Red Guards were short of weapons, and Wang Zhen used the martial arts he learned to achieve impressive results.
Once, Wang Zhen led a guerrilla force to attack a bowl bamboo village where bandits were entrenched, and the owner of the village was also a master of martial arts, and after hearing of Wang Zhen's great name, he proposed that there was no need to make a big move, just two people needed to set up a ring in front of the cottage and compete in martial arts, if Wang Zhen lost, he would immediately withdraw his troops and leave, and if the owner of the village lost, he would give up the big village!
Wang Zhen angrily agreed, and after some competition, Wang Zhen won, and the owner of the village was indeed trustworthy, and joined the guerrilla group with all the minions.
Another time, Jiaoxiling reactionary landlord regiment Lian Zhou Shousheng took a group of landlord armed forces and threatened to capture Wang Zhen alive, the reason why this guy was so arrogant, he also had confidence, it turned out that he was a famous kung fu master near and far, and his minions were not ambiguous, so he dared to make such wild remarks.
Wang Zhen decided to teach the reactionaries a lesson, so he led the guerrillas to launch a night attack on them.
Wang Zhen personally touched Zhou Shousheng's room, and the two men touched the black to engage in a deadly fight, and finally Wang Zhen knocked Zhou Shousheng to the ground with one punch. The guerrillas went up to tie him up, who knew that this guy would still be stubborn, And Wang Zhen raised his knife and fell, resulting in this evil bandit leader.
In July 1936, the Red Second Front and the Red Fourth Front met in Ganzi, Sichuan, and Wang Zhen also met another martial arts master of the Red Army, that is, the famous Xu Shiyou.
Xu Shiyou had also long heard that the Red Sixth Army had a descendant of Yue Fei's kung fu, so he specially sought it out to have a discussion with Wang Zhen.
However, Wang Zhen refused to compete, saying: "Commander Xu, we are all from our own families, if we lose our hands, whoever falls to the ground will be a loss to our Red Army." ”
However, Xu Shiyou did not give up, and seeing that the language could not be persuaded, he directly moved his hand, and Wang Zhen had no choice but to fight.
Xu Shiyou used Shaolin Kung Fu, the momentum was amazing, the steps were pressing, Wang Zhen did not want to be hard, he decided to give Xu Shiyou a "soft landing", he suddenly retreated, Xu Shiyou followed closely, Wang Zhen flashed sideways, a plan to hook his feet, tripped Xu Shiyou, who was unstable in his center of gravity, to the ground and fell to the ground with a mouth to chew mud.
This trick seems simple, but in fact, it hides Wang Zhen's skills for more than 20 years, Xu Shiyou was careless for a while, and he was thrown to the ground, very embarrassed.
Wang Zhen hurriedly helped Xu Shiyou up, and even made reparations, Xu Shiyou was also a bold person, haha smiled, surrendered to lose, and since then the two have become friends of life and death.
In 1955, when the title was awarded, Wang Zhen and Xu Shiyou were both awarded the founding general, and Wang Zhen ranked fifth and Xu Shiyou ranked sixth, which was very fateful.
After the death of General Xu Shiyou, Wang Zhen once visited Xu Shiyou's mausoleum and said to the people around him: "In his 60-year career as a horseman, Xu Shiyou has made great achievements in battle and died a hundred deaths, and is a special person with a special character, special experience, and special contributions. ”
On March 12, 1993, General Wang Zhen died of illness at the age of 85.
(References: "Wang Zhen Biography", "Anecdotes of the Founding Generals", "Wenshi Chunqiu")
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