Figure 丨 Deng Yue
preface
In 1930, at the age of 12, Deng Yue joined the revolution, and in 1936 he became a member of the Communist Party of China. He and Xu Shiyou met in the Yan'an period, when some inadvertent acts of kindness made Xu Shiyou remember him for a lifetime...
Geng's temperament has caused big trouble
In 1932, Xu Shiyou served as the commander of the Red Fourth Army and the commander of the cavalry of the Red Fourth Front, and at that time, Xu Shiyou and Zhang Guotao called him brother and brother. Xu Shiyou admired and admired Zhang Guotao, and Zhang Guotao also admired and valued Xu Shiyou, who was a command cadre who could fight big battles and vicious battles, which was very precious.
Especially after the triumphant news of Xu Shiyou's victory came again and again, Zhang Guotao favored Xu Shiyou even more, and he became the only general in the Red Fourth Front who could drink publicly.
Zhang Guotao knew that Xu Shiyou loved to drink, so he threw himself into his favor, gave the confiscated wine to Xu Shiyou, let him choose it himself, and also assigned him a guard to pick wine.
For a certain period of time, the relationship between Xu Shiyou and Zhang Guotao was really close. Zhang Guotao would hand over some difficult battles to Xu Shiyou, who fought hard to fight his reputation and status.
Picture 丨 Xu Shiyou
After the victory of the battle, Zhang Guotao would meet with Xu Shiyou. Zhang Guotao had cigarettes and wine there, and Xu Shiyou often used to drink a few cups, and sometimes, he would take a few altars with his hands and go.
Zhang Guotao's door was open to Xu Shiyou at any time, Xu Shiyou himself was a straight man, and he did not shy away from entering and leaving Zhang Guotao.
The turning point occurred in the summer of 1933, when warlord melee broke out in Sichuan, Xu Xiangqian commanded the Red Fourth Front to launch several offensive campaigns, and Zhang Guotao, who was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and chairman of the Military Commission, began to get carried away.
One evening, Xu Shiyou had just come down from the battlefield, and with the smell of gun smoke, Xu Shiyou went straight to Zhang Guotao's residence. Because Xu Shiyou has always been very casual, he did not shout a report before entering the door, and when he pushed open the door, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
Zhang Guotao was sitting on the kang, and on the side of a female literary troupe, three people were giggling and flirting. Caught off guard to see Xu Shiyou, the three people also blushed a little, Zhang Guotao pretended to be calm and laughed twice, "Shiyou, you are coming, sit.... Ahh....."
Xu Shiyou stared at Zhang Guotao fiercely, and his face turned white. Unexpectedly, the chief he respected in his heart actually looked for flowers and asked Willow when all the soldiers of the army were fighting desperately.
There was once a rumor that when Zhang Guotao's style was not good, Xu Shiyou also helped him speak and refuted the other party, but he did not expect to punch his face so loudly.
Xu Shiyou said sarcastically, "Political Commissar, you are really busy", finished speaking, patted his military uniform, turned and left.
Figure 丨 Zhang Guotao
Zhang Guotao's image of a righteous gentleman completely collapsed, and with the passage of time, his true face began to be unable to be hidden.
Xu Shiyou also no longer "obeyed" Zhang Guotao and no longer had any personal contacts.
Later, because of Zhang Guotao's mistakes, the Communists suffered heavy losses, zhang Guotao often rode a jujube red horse, bowed his head, did not speak, turned a blind eye to everything, did not know whether he was reflecting on his mistakes, or other conspiracies?
In order to cultivate more red seeds, the Central Committee instructed that excellent Red Army commanders like Xu Shiyou needed to go to the Chinese Anti-Japanese Military and Political University (referred to as the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University).
In March 1937, Xu Shiyou, who was in the Kang Da, heard the news of the defeat of the Western Route Army, and he was so sad that he was not in the mood to eat for several days. This failure ignited the fuse for liquidating Zhang Guotao's mistakes.
Above a square in the Kang Da, a meeting was held to expose and criticize Zhang Guotao, and Zhang Guotao, Mao Zedong, and other members of the Politburo in Yan'an sat in the front row.
Pictured zhang Guotao and Mao Zedong
The meeting continued in an orderly manner, when an indignant young man stood up, his name was Qian Jun, who had been the political commissar of the Red Fourth Front Guard Regiment.
Qian Jun pulled his throat to expose Zhang Guotao's life style problems, and before he could say a few words, Zhang Guotao slapped the table and interrupted the other party's exposure.
"I am engaged in Marxism-Leninism, how can I do this, don't slander me!"
Qian Jun was even more angry when he saw that Zhang Guotao did not admit his mistake and was still messing around.
"Damn, I was in the Guard Corps during that time, and I know everything about you, do you still want to settle accounts?"
Under the impulse, Qian Jun took off a straw shoe and smashed it at Zhang Guotao, just in time to break Zhang Guotao's spectacle leg. When Zhang Guotao saw that someone was moving roughly, he shouted in horror, "Mao Zedong, hit someone!" I protest! ”
Figure 丨 Qian Jun
Only then did Mao Zedong raise his head, put down the pen he was recording in his hand, and asked, "Who hit it?" ”
"Chairman of the report, it was I who hit qian Jun!"
"How to beat people, as the old saying goes, a gentleman does not move his hands, helps comrades, he must lay out the facts and reason, he must convince people with reason, this is the style of the communists, and also, the things that damage others must be compensated, this is also our discipline..."
"Report Chairman, I hit someone wrong, I will not commit it in the future, I will compensate his glasses according to the price."
Mao Zedong said leisurely,
"Comrades, a person will inevitably make mistakes, and as long as he can correct them, he is still a good comrade."
This seems to be criticizing Qian Jun, but in fact, it is not. Qian Jun has already confessed his mistake and compensated Zhang Guotao's glasses, so is it really educating Qian Jun? It's just that the man Mao Zedong reminded is still obsessed...
At this time, Xu Shiyou did not have a good feeling for Zhang Guotao, and everything that Qian Jun exposed with his own eyes also recognized. However, Xu Shiyou's understanding of Zhang Guotao's mistakes is not deep, so in Xu Shiyou's view, for Zhang Guotao, he still has to be too clear, and he has contributed to the party to some extent, so he cannot be killed with a stick.
Picture 丨 Red Four Fronts Military Uniform
The next day, at the meeting, someone began to rise to the Red Fourth Front because of Zhang Guotao's personal mistakes, which made Xu Shiyou somewhat unacceptable, and he fought for the Red Fourth Front.
"Zhang Guotao is Zhang Guotao, and the Red Fourth Front is the Red Fourth Front."
Xu Shiyou's counterattack made people start targeting Xu Shiyou personally, attacking him for being in the same group as Zhang Guotao, and saying that Xu Shiyou was a bandit.
Xu Shiyou was very angry, directly vomited blood into the hospital, into the hospital, Xu Shiyou is more likely to think wildly, his attitude is extremely dissatisfied.
Over there, the meeting was still being held, and every red fourth-front army cadre who came to the hospital to visit Xu Shiyou was crying, for several days in a row, making Xu Shiyou feel that there was no way out.
Later, he thought of a way, and when they came to visit again, Xu Shiyou said to them:
"Let's go back to Sichuan, where there are my old subordinates, and here some people say that we are counter-revolutionaries and want to be executed, so let's go back to Sichuan and let them see if we are counter-revolutionaries, and if they are willing to go, they will follow, and if they are unwilling to go, do not tell the Central Committee."
The next day,
Most of the red people chose to agree, since they were willing to go, Xu Shiyou was serious, and he made a detailed plan.
Figure 丨 Wang Jian'an
However, the more it was time to leave, the more Wang Jian'an, who had promised to leave, felt uneasy, he felt that such an act was wrong, and several times he failed to prevent it.
Wang Jian'an then reported the matter to his superiors.
When Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai learned of this incident, they did not expand the matter, but only ordered Xu Shiyou to be arrested first on a very small scale.
When Xu Shiyou saw the guards coming to arrest him, he knew that someone had informed him, and he was not willing to tie his hands and grab it, nor was he willing to punch and kick his former comrades-in-arms, so he could only turn over on the roof.
The guards watched Xu Shiyou fly over the wall and was helpless, until Liu Bocheng came and persuaded him for half a day before he persuaded Xu Shiyou to come down from the beam.
The shipwrecked Xu Shiyou
In June 1937, the Supreme Court of Yan'an held a public trial and sentenced Xu Shiyou to a one-and-a-half-year prison sentence.
In fact, this result was that Mao Zedong exercised his veto power under great pressure, so Xu Shiyou was not shot.
Xu Shiyou, who was in distress, was in a bad mood, and what made him most sad was not only that he had been wronged, but that her then-wife, Lei Mingzhen, had left him.
At the end of the interrogation, Xu Shiyou met Xiao Zhang, a classmate who came to deliver his luggage, and Xu Shiyou confessed to Xiao Zhang.
"Bring a message to my wife and ask her to come over"
After a pause, he added, "The early spring weather is a little cold, let her bring her sweater." ”
The sweater that Xu Shiyou said was a promise gift given to him by Lei Mingzhen when the two people were in love.
Picture 丨 Xu Shiyou's family group photo
After Xiao Zhang left, Xu Shiyou thought about it day and night, hoping that Lei Mingzhen would come to see him sooner. In this bitter anger, Lei Mingzhen is like a light, the trust and support of her lover, presumably what Xu Shiyou wanted most when he was in distress.
Finally one day, there were footsteps outside the door, Xu Shiyou quickly sat up straight, looking at the door expectantly, it was Xiao Zhang who walked in, and there was no lei Mingzhen behind him.
Xu Shiyou couldn't help but be disappointed, Xiao Zhang didn't notice, and handed him a cigarette, "This is captain Chen Geng for you." Xu Shiyou took the cigarette and asked hesitantly, "Did you bring the message you brought last time?" ”
"Brought here", Xiao Zhang sighed, "Lei Mingzhen is now the minister of women's department of Yan'an County, yesterday she went to Kangda and gave me a package, and a letter for me to pass on to you." ”
Xu Shiyou took it doubtfully, opened the letter and looked at it, the contents were unexpected,
"Xu Shiyou, I hate you, I will never love a counter-revolutionary!" I insist on divorce and ask you to sign it. ”
Opening the package, inside was the sweater, but it had been cut, Xu Shiyou looked at all this, his teeth itched with hatred, he asked Xiao Zhang for a pen, and trembled as he wrote four words on the letter
"Firm Divorce"
and signed his name.
It is precisely because of such a huge blow and disappointment that the people who are good to themselves during this time are often the people that Xu Shiyou is willing to be grateful for for a lifetime.
Picture Xu Shiyou and Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong visited Xu Shiyou twice and had a long talk with him, but Xu Shiyou was in a bad mood and insisted on going his own way, so it was not pleasing to the eye.
Fortunately, Mao Zedong followed the good inducements and was sincere, and finally impressed Xu Shiyou, and Xu Shiyou also said a lot of heartfelt words to Mao Zedong in grievance.
"They say I am a counter-revolutionary, I am a child of a poor family, how can it be, after so many years of fighting and being injured so much, is there still a mistake without merit?"
While comforting Xu Shiyou, Mao Zedong recognized Xu Shiyou's contribution to the revolution, and later, Xu Shiyou became a loyal servant of Mao Zedong.
"I Xu Shiyou have followed Chairman Mao in the revolution all my life, going up the sword mountain and going down to the sea of fire, and I will not quit, I will be born as the chairman's soldier, and I will die as the chairman's ghost!"
In addition to Mao Zedong, there were also small incidents that warmed Xu Shiyou's heart. At that time,
Deng Yue was a guard platoon leader
Hearing a soldier report to himself that the people who were being held were constantly shouting and cursing, he went inside to find out.
Looking inside, it turned out to be Xu Shiyou, whom he admired, and Deng Yue was also born in the Red Fourth Front, and it was too normal to have a cult of a fierce general like Xu Shiyou.
He saw that it was relatively wet inside, so he held two large bundles of wheat grass and laid them for Xu Shiyou. He also often bought roast chicken and wine for Xu Shiyou to eat and drink, and in many things, he did his best to take care of him.
At that time,
Deng Yue is also called Deng Shujin
Xu Shiyou, who was locked up, could not repay the other party, and could only firmly remember the name of the other party. A year later, Xu Shiyou went to the front line of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the two men never intersected again.
Xu Shiyou and Deng Yue met again
Until 1953, when Deng Yue, then deputy commander of the 40th Army of the Volunteer Army, returned home victoriously to resist the United States and aid Korea, the Ministry of National Defense took the dust for these returned heroes at the Beijing Hotel.
Figure丨 Deng Yue in the Korean Battlefield (left)
Deng Yue entered the Korean battlefield in 1950, and in the first campaign, Deng Yue led the 118th Division of the 40th Army and met with the ROK Army.
In the five battles, Deng Yue participated in it from beginning to end, successively serving as the commander of the volunteer army division and the deputy commander, and made outstanding military achievements.
Xu Shiyou only entered the Korean battlefield in 1953, at this time the major battles were basically over, and soon after Xu Shiyou went to Korea, the US military signed the "Armistice Agreement", which made Xu Shiyou have nowhere to go.
At the banquet, Xu Shiyou saw Deng Yue at the table next to him, and the more he looked at it, the more familiar his eyes became, so he came over and asked, "Which unit were you in the first place?" ”
Deng Yue hurriedly stood up and replied, "Report Chief, I was first in the Red Fourth Front, in the 31st Division. ”
Figure 丨 Deng Yue (left)
"Do you know someone named Deng Shujin?"
Knowing that Deng Yue was from the Red Fourth Front, Xu Shiyou also hoped that the other party would not happen to know Deng Yue, so that his years of searching would not be in vain.
"Report Commander, I am Deng Shujin, and I later changed my name to Deng Yue."
Xu Shiyou was happy and broken, and the kung fu paid off,
"No wonder I see that you are familiar, but the name is not right, it turned out to be a change of name." Xiao Deng, do you remember that when you were fighting in Yan'an, you also bought me roast chicken to eat. ”
Deng Yue didn't think that his hand-raising effort was worth being taken out and said, so he pretended to be stupid, "When did it happen, I don't remember." ”
Xu Shiyou looked at Deng Yue seriously,
"You don't remember, I remember, Zhi En Tu Bao, Xiao Deng, you are a good person, come, I toast you!"
Figure 丨 Chen Xilian
From this point on, the two men began to make contact. In the 1960s, Deng Yue served as a commander in the brigade's large guard area, and once Xu Shiyou met his old subordinate Chen Xilian
At this time, Chen Xilian was serving as a commander of the Shenyang Military Region, so he enthusiastically recommended Deng Yue to Chen Xilian
Chen Xilian agreed, and after seeing Deng Yue, he really appreciated it, and Deng Yue was under the strong recommendation of Xu Shiyou.
He became the deputy commander of the Shenyang Military Region.
In the 1970s, Xu Shiyou returned to Nanjing from Guangzhou.
Deng Yue was also transferred from the Shenyang Military Region to the Nanjing Military Region as deputy commander
Xu Shiyou and Deng Yue have a very good relationship, and they meet and are as affectionate as their brothers, and they have to shake hands excitedly every time, but Deng Yue is always "attacked" by Xu Shiyou.
Xu Shiyou likes to break his wrist with people, compared to strength,
When shaking hands with people, he would make more effort, so that the other party screamed in pain, Deng Yue often "suffered losses", and later he did not dare to shake hands with Xu Shiyou again, and when he met, he folded his hands and joked that Xu Shiyou was a "bodhisattva".
Xu Shiyou spent 8 years in the Shaolin Temple as a teenager, and his strength was not ordinary. After returning to Nanjing, Xu Shiyou converted a piece of sand in the courtyard into an equipment field, requiring each staff member to train for at least an hour a day.
Most of the staff are young men in their twenties, the strongest of which is an administrator named Zhang Chuanliang, who can lift about one hundred and forty pounds of barbells, and as for the others, hold up a hundred and two, when the barbells are raised above their heads, their hands are still shaking.
Xu Shiyou, who saw this scene, said sarcastically, "Look at you, your face is red, it is really humiliating." ”
One day, Xu Shiyou was in a good mood, ran to watch the staff training, looked at it and felt that it was not too addictive, so he took off his clothes and personally played. He directly increased the weight to one hundred and fifty pounds and asked the staff to lift it first.
This weight can not be lifted, when it is Xu Shiyou's turn to play, he steadily took a horse step, held the lever in both hands, took a breath, raised the barbell with a "ho" sound, he flexibly flipped his wrist, moved the barbell to his chest, and then, a straight lift, Xu Shiyou raised a hundred and fifty pounds of barbell above his head.
Cheers rang out around him, and Xu Shiyou put down the barbell satisfactorily.
"Weightlifting can not only make brute force, but also use ingenuity", Xu Shiyou began to demonstrate to the staff, and told everyone the know-how of weightlifting. However, Xu Shiyou's strength was still shocking, because at this time, he was already seventy years old, and it was a miracle that he lifted a barbell of one hundred and fifty pounds so easily.
It is also conceivable how lethal it is to shake hands with Xu Shiyou.
Although the two people often joke, in fact, the feelings are extremely deep, when Deng Yue was hospitalized for stomach cancer surgery, Xu Shiyou often ran to the hospital to accompany him, and his mouth kept chanting.
"Little Deng, you are a good man!"
Xu Shiyou, a person who did not want to go to the hospital when he was sick, made an exception for Deng Yue three times and twice.
In 1985, Xu Shiyou died, and Deng Yue cried loudly.
"Commander Xu, you are a good person!" I gave you a roast chicken, and you remember me for the rest of my life! ”