**During the period, the warlords were in a scuffle, and there were many bandits, and Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the Feng army, and Zhang Zongchang, the king of Shandong, were born as bandits.
There were also many bandits in Xiangxi, which were rampant for a while.
But after the defeat of Chiang's army, they ended up in the following ways: they were either killed, captured, or committed suicide;Or turn yourself in and change your ways.
Only a very small number of bandits escaped the net, lurked, and were shot dead during the rebellion.
ButThere was a bandit named Yao Dabang, who was neither killed nor caught, let alone absconded and surrenderedHe isWhat's going on
It is often said that "if you are not afraid of hooligans, you are afraid that hooligans are educated", but in fact, literate bandits are also terrible.
People have the impression that bandits are well-limbed and simple-minded.
However, Yao Dabang is an exception, he is not only ** but also cunning, and has escaped pursuit many times, which has made our army very sad.
Yao Dabang, whose name must be printed, was born in 1882 in Fangjiatun Township, Xinhuang County (now Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County), Xiangxi.
Not only did he go to private school for a few years, but he also studied in the Guizhou Tongren Martial Arts School, learned a lot of the art of war, and also practiced martial arts.
Don't underestimate this school, its principal is He Yingqin, who once studied at the Japanese Zhenwu School and the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, and later served as the head of the Whampoa Military Academy.
The admission conditions of this school are strict, not only must you pass the national language, but also take the arithmetic test, write military articles, and discuss and comment on Chinese and foreign war examples or ancient art of war, and the admission rate is only one-fifth (one-third at the Whampoa Military Academy).
Although it was stopped after only two phases, many famous generals came out of here, including Wu Shaozhou, the rebel general who proposed two clever plans on the Korean battlefield.
It is said that studying in this school, Yao Dabang will not become a bandit no matter what.
But Yao Dabang has a characteristic, that is, he is too filial and too fond of his family, which can be said to be a virtue, but it changed his fate by mistake.
Yao Dabang is an only child, his father died early, and he was reluctant to leave his mother.
Moreover, Yao Dabang got engaged early, his wife is as beautiful as a flower, gentle and virtuous, and he is reluctant to spoil his wife.
In this way, after graduation, everyone went to the army, but he went home and didn't leave no matter how he called.
Yao Dabang, like many men, has a heroic dream, otherwise he would not go to military school, but he is reluctant to his relatives, so he can only stay at home, and finally become a bandit.
He believes that in this way, he can not only realize his "heroic dream" without leaving his hometown, but also have the best of both worlds.
Yao Dabang is ruthless, but he understands the truth that "rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest", and he can't do anything to his hometown fathers.
Therefore, he moved his family from Guniuxi to Fangjiatun, where Hunan and Guizhou were handed over.
Yao Dabang robbed homes there, killed people and sold goods, and earned the first pot of gold.
Even so, he went to the field to rob, and his subordinates were not allowed to do it locally, and the violators were shot.
If there are bandits from other places who come to Fangjiatun to commit crimes, he will definitely not let them go.
After all, Yao Dabang has some culture, and part of the money he got from spoofing was used to squander, part of it was used to reward his subordinates, and part of it was used to run a school (named "Yuhuang School") to solve the problem of reading for children in mountainous areas.
In this way, he actually won the reputation of the local villagers, and there was an endless stream of children coming to join him.
Seeing his great momentum, the local government had no choice but to "recruit An" and let him serve as the squadron leader in the Hunan-Guizhou border area.
But after working for a while, he felt that he was not free, returned to the mountain, and continued to be the king of the mountain.
In 1926, Wang Tianpei, commander of the 10th Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, recruited troops in Guizhou.
Wang Tianpei was overjoyed to see that this man had big shoulders and a round waist and was proficient in military affairs, and appointed him as the battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment of the 10th Division of the Army.
However, he didn't plan to work here for a long time at all, and after getting a batch of ** ammunition, he pulled the team back to his lair.
Having said that, why would these bandits go with him, isn't it more promising to follow the government?
Yao Dabang is very good at disguise, he cares about the well-being of his subordinates, and often checks the shop at night and covers everyone with quilts.
He was not allowed to withhold military salaries, and if he found out, he would be shot immediately.
When a soldier was wounded, he would personally administer medicine to the other person, and once sucked pus through his mouth.
And Yao Dabang understands military affairs very well and rarely loses battles.
He leads by example and trains with his men. By 1942, he was 60 years old, still without a big belly, and could throw a grenade for 40 meters.
Once, when he returned to Xinhuang County from Zhijiang, he saw a dog running on the way, so he said to his subordinates: "If any of you can catch up with that dog, a reward of 100 yuan will be given." ”
Everyone shook their heads again and again.
Yao Dabang rolled up his trouser legs and sleeves and said, "Look at me!."”
After saying that, he chased after his legs, walked like flying, and really caught up with the dog, and his subordinates were all amazed when they saw it.
His subordinates were convinced of him and were willing to follow him, which was also one of the reasons why Yao Dabang's team did not disperse.
Yao Dabang is friendly to his own people, scheming and ruthless towards competitors and enemies.
This can be seen from his fighting method with Zhang Benqing.
Zhang Benqing is a native of Huang County, a first-term student of Huangpu, a proud protégé of Lao Jiang, and a former head of Jiang's guard.
Later, he fell out of favor because of his joint anti-Chiang efforts, returned to his hometown, and served as a provincial senator.
With such a prominent experience, Zhang Benqing naturally looked down on Yao Dabang, and repeatedly claimed that he wanted to "defeat Yao bandits and eliminate harm for the people".
When Yao Dabang heard this, he said: "One mountain does not allow two tigers, I want to turn Zhang Benqing into a dead tiger." ”
Although Zhang Benqing is only a senator, he runs a hotel and restaurant in the local area, has armed forces under his command, and has bodyguards to travel without leaving an inch.
Yao Dabang understood that the fortress was easiest to attack from the inside, and he paid a lot of money to buy off Zhang's bodyguard Wu Yuqing.
On this day, Zhang Benqing went to take a bath, and after taking off his clothes, he was shot dead by Wu Yuqing.
After killing Zhang Benqing, Yao Dabang became even more arrogant.
But the good times did not last long, and in November 1949, our army was stationed in Xinhuang, and the good days of the bandits were coming to an end.
Knowing that Yao Dabang's reputation was okay, our army released goodwill to him in December of that year and sent people to persuade him to surrender, hoping that he would put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot.
The person who went to persuade him to surrender was named Hu Xiuhua, and he had an intersection with Yao Dabang.
Hu Xiuhua and Yao Dabang's eldest son Yao Yingke both teach in the county, she was once arrested by Jiang Jun and rescued by Yao Dabang to escape.
Because of this relationship, Hu Xiuhua went to persuade him to surrender, and the safety factor was higher.
Moreover, Yao Dabang's eldest son Yao Yingke also agreed to go with Hu Xiuhua to persuade his father, in this way, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, there will be no problem with safety.
Our army is strictly disciplined, there is no offense against the people, the people are the masters of the country, and the local tyrants and inferior gentry have all been defeated, you should think about the future. Hu Xiuhua said straight to the point.
Yao Dabang was full of suspicion: "I have crossed more bridges than you have walked, you are too naïve." When anyone first laid down the country, he didn't speak better than he sang, and when he sat in the country, it was the same as the previous dynasty. ”
Yao Yingke also persuaded on the side: "The People's Liberation Army will do what it says, they are sincere for the people, you others don't believe it, don't you believe your son and me?"”
But the two of them wore out their mouths, and Yao Dabang just didn't agree, saying that he wanted to wait and see.
However, under the persuasion of Hu Xiuhua and his son, he still left himself a way back and handed over 45 guns as a prelude to his surrender.
A month later, Hu Xiuhua and Yao Yingke went again.
During this period, a major event occurred, a bandit leader named Pan Zhuangfei in Qianyang led people to surrender to our army.
With this living teaching material, persuasion is much smoother.
Without much effort, Yao Dabang agreed to negotiate with our army.
But just before leaving, a very accidental thing happened that made him change his mind.
Knowing that Yao Dabang was going down the mountain, a mountain man sent two live carps very enthusiastically in order to show his respect: "Commander Yao, eat and nourish your body." ”
When Yao Dabang saw it, he was so happy that his beard turned up, and he said, "How do you know that I love carp?"Thank you. ”
After the mountain people turned to leave, Yao Dabang suddenly found a wound on the carp's cheek, which was left by swallowing bait, and his face changed greatly.
Broken!He exclaimed and said to his wife, "You should hurt me." ”
Old man, say that?His wife asked, puzzled.
You see, the fish is injured, which means that the carp was caught by the mountaineer with a fishing rod;Omen: I am also like this fish, very reckless, I only see the good, not the hook. "Yao Da's top of the list is an authentic analysis.
Seeing that his father did not go down the mountain, Yao Yingke went up the mountain again to persuade him, who knew that his father's eyes glared and said: "You kid is not well-intentioned, and you want your father to surrender in order to be promoted." ”
Yao Yingke still had to explain, Yao Dabang handed him the pistol and said, "Here, you just shot me to death." ”
How could Yao Yingke, no matter how he was his biological father, he had to go back in frustration.
As a result, our army also lost patience with the Yao bandits.
The head of the 47th Division of the 140th Army gave the order to the 419th Regiment to eliminate Yao Dabang.
But Yao Dabang is very cunning and has escaped many times.
Once, our army touched the cave where he lived, and the distance was only about 30 meters.
After hearing the movement, he put on a broken straw hat and walked out with two buckets of dung that had been prepared, shaking as he went, and the feces were splashed all over the place.
The soldiers knew that Yao Dabang was an old man, and he must be hunched over when he walked, and the person in front of him who picked up dung had a straight waist and walked as fast as flying, no one thought much about it, and quickly hid to the side.
After that, they went straight to the stone cave, saw an old woman, and asked, "Do you see Yao Dabang?"”
The old woman pointed to the front and said, "That's what picked up the dung just now." ”
When the soldiers heard this, they were shocked and hurried to chase after them, but Yao Dabang had long since disappeared.
Another time, Yao Dabang went to a cottage, and the soldiers learned the news and sent people to arrest and surround the cottage, who knew that he disguised himself as a woman and escaped under his nose.
Dabang escaped many times, which made the commander of the anti-bandit unit very angry, and ordered the portrait of the bandit leader to be printed on the bulletin and offered a reward for his capture.
Before, individual people were deceived by Yao Dabang and provided him with cover many times. Although some people didn't help him or report it, after the reward was offered, it worked.
On December 25, 1950, the 419th Regiment of the 140th Division of the 47th Army received a report from the masses that more than 500 remnants of Yao Dabang appeared near Zhongzhai Village, and they immediately sent 3 battalions, 9 companies and 7 companies to encircle and suppress.
In order to completely annihilate this group of enemies, the superiors issued an order to a regiment in Erye, asking them to rush from Tianzhu County and cooperate with the 419th Regiment to annihilate the enemy.
Yao Dabang's intelligence work has also done well, and after learning the news, he held a mobilization meeting to ask everyone to work together to tide over the difficulties.
At present, as long as we cross the Wushui River and arrive at Liulong Mountain in Guizhou, we will be able to survive in a desperate situation and regroup. Yao Dabang burst into tears.
Seeing him crying like this, the bandits were also emotional, saying that they wanted to live and die together and fight to the end.
Among the bandits at the meeting, there was a little bandit surnamed Liang, although he also squeezed tears, but he pretended to be.
This little bandit is a native of Li Shu Township, and he has a grudge against Yao Dabang for killing his father.
His father was a merchant, very shrewd, and paid the toll for Yao Dabang, never less.
The merchant put the money on the table, and Yao Bandit went to count the money. At this time, the merchant sneezed and went to his trouser pocket to wipe it with a handkerchief, Yao Dabang thought that the other party was going to take out a gun, and he reflexively took out a gun and shot him ...... dead
At that time, Liang was only 9 years old and vowed to avenge his father.
At the age of 17, he joined Yao's team, endured humiliation, and waited for an opportunity to take revenge.
Yao Dabang is very vigilant, his marksmanship is like a god, he is not sure to kill the other party directly, he can only outwit.
After the mobilization meeting, it was getting late, Yao Dabang asked people to get a boat, and the little bandits left the team under the cover of night and reported to our army.
After that, he quietly returned to the river to observe, and found more than a dozen small boats anchored in the river, and there was a lone boat about 200 meters away from these boats.
He took his tools with him and hid under the ship.
In the early hours of the morning, the bandits began to cross the river, and after getting on the boat, our submachine guns rang out, and grenades were thrown at the enemy.
Yao Dabang was very cunning, and at a distance of about 200 meters, he crossed the river in another boat, and Xiao Liang ...... under this boat
Listening to the sound of gunshots like popping beans, Yao Dabang was in a mixed mood and had mixed feelings;On the one hand, his brothers were in trouble, and on the other hand, he himself was spared.
At dawn, hundreds of bandits were wiped out or captured, but Yao Dabang was nowhere to be seen.
In the end, our soldiers found a sunken ship two miles away from the river bank and salvaged Yao Dabang's body.
By all indications, he was drowned.
Yao Dabang did not die under the guns of our army, but died of a grievance, which reminds people of the saying, where there is a cause, there must be an effect.