In 1938, Xiao Hua led his troops to enter the Jilu border area and establish an anti-Japanese revolutionary base area, which became a nail in the eyes of the Kuomintang. During this period, a commander of the Eighth Route Army was brutally murdered and brutally cut into three sections by the landlords. Xiao Hua was furious, immediately dispatched a large army, and vowed to avenge the commander. And who was this killed commander?What happened then?In fact, the Kuomintang conspired with local landlords to expel Xiao Hua from Hebei. To this end, Lu Zhonglin, chairman of the Kuomintang in Hebei, specially summoned Sun Zhongwen, the leader of the reactionary militia in the four districts of Yanshan. Sun Zhongwen was a well-known local landowner with hundreds of reactionary armed members under his command, and the Kuomintang tried its best to win him over.
Lu Zhonglin said with a smile on his face: "Brother Sun, that young commander has really been a headache recently, he has occupied our area, obviously he wants a piece of the pie, it's really hateful!."Sun Zhongwen was shrewd and sophisticated, and responded calmly: "You summoned me, it shouldn't be just to complain, right?"Lu Zhonglin pretended to say: "Brother Sun understands me, I know that you are extremely powerful, and you will definitely be able to drive them away, so there is one less threat to you, isn't it?"Sun Zhongwen said lightly: "What benefits can I get?"And it's not right...... rightLu Zhonglin waited for Sun Zhongwen to make a request, and he immediately said: "This is easy, I appoint you as the commander of the 53rd guerrilla detachment of our **, and the money and guns will be fully provided to you." From now on, you will be one of our leaders, and Chairman Jiang will not forget your contributions in the future.
The conditions proposed by Lu Zhonglin are indeed very tempting, and Sun Zhongwen, who has been doing evil for a long time, is also eager to get an official position. So he agreed, "Yes!."As long as you fulfill your promise, I will solve Xiao Hua, this little guy. After reaching an agreement, Lu Zhonglin immediately provided funds and support for Sun Zhongwen's troops, and Sun Zhongwen became a commander, with abundant resources in his hands, and he was even more arrogant. However, in October 1938, Sun Zhongwen surrounded our army's anti-Japanese ** in the fifth district of Yanshan, and created incidents in the areas of Suji, Dazhao Village, and Ding Village, and buried the anti-Japanese cadres alive. Xiao Hua saw that he couldn't sit idly by, and still hoped to solve the problem through peaceful means, so he found Yang Jingyuan, the commander of the Sixth Army Division, and instructed him: "You go to Dazhao Village to find Sun Zhongwen, negotiate with him well, and persuade him to stop these sabotage actions and avoid conflicts with them as much as possible."
Yang Jingyuan replied firmly: "Obey!."Yang Jingyuan went with a guard and said to Sun Zhongwen sincerely: "We can live in peace, why do we have to do this?"Please also stop disrupting us. Sun Zhongwen mocked: "You guys, you guys, still want to subdue me, it's ridiculous!."Sun Zhongwen, who looked proud, felt that he was backed by the Kuomintang, and he had peace of mind, and there was no need to talk to the Communist Party at all. He ordered his men: "Catch them!."Fortunately, Yang Jingyuan reacted quickly, and immediately ** Sun Zhongwen's wrist, pointed the gun directly at his head, the situation reversed, and Sun Zhongwen hurriedly begged for mercy. Under the cover of the guards, Yang Jingyuan successfully escaped. After returning to the camp, Yang Jingyuan said to Xiao Hua: "Sun Zhongwen is too stubborn and suspicious, it is impossible to persuade him to surrender, and he can only solve it by force, and I ask to lead the army to exterminate them."
Xiao Hua nodded in agreement, but then something unexpected happened. Yang Jingyuan led the troops to surround Sun Zhongwen's lair, and he didn't want to be desperate, so he shouted: "Sun Zhongwen, your lair has been surrounded by us, as long as you don't provoke anymore, we can ......."Before he finished speaking, Yang Jingyuan suddenly fell to the ground. It turned out that the other party had already set up an ambush, and when Yang Jingyuan shouted, Sun Zhongwen ordered someone to shoot directly, and Yang Jingyuan was shot and killed before he could react. Sun Zhongwen walked up to Yang Jingyuan proudly and said pretendedly: "Comrade Yang, I really can't stand you this time." Yang Jingyuan glared at Sun Zhongwen angrily and said: "If you want to kill or chop as you please, we communists will never give in to you!"As soon as Sun Zhongwen instructed, the staff officers around him fired three shots at Yang Jingyuan, ending his life.
Sun Zhongwen also ordered: "Divide Yang Jingyuan's body into three pieces and hang it on the gate of the village to show the public, so that they can see it, this is the end of fighting with me." You still want to subdue me with this little ability?When the sad news came, Xiao Hua was so sad that he roared: "Comrade Jingyuan, we will definitely avenge you!."Sun Zhongwen, you wait and see!I will pay tribute to our martyrs with your head!Xiao Hua decided to get rid of Sun Zhongwen's "nail" with his own hands. The war for revenge begins. Xiao Hua sent heavy troops this time and personally formulated a battle plan, and the soldiers were also grieved and indignant because of Yang Jingyuan's sacrifice, and their morale was high, and Sun Zhongwen's rabble was no opponent at all. After the battle, Xiao Hua sent someone to bring Yang Jingyuan's body back. Faced with his comrades-in-arms being tortured into such a tragic state, he couldn't help but burst into tears. In order to mourn Yang Jingyuan, a grand memorial service was held, and party, government, and military personnel from the Hebei-Shandong border region came to see off this hero on his last journey.
Yang Jingyuan has a nickname called "Yang Beard" because he has a thick beard. However, this was not because he was particularly fond of growing beards, but because he vowed: "I will never shave off this beard until the Japanese invaders are driven out of China!"In 1940, Leling, Yanshan, and Qingyun counties each set aside a part of the land and merged to form a new county, named Jingyuan County, to commemorate Yang Jingyuan. The road of revolution will continue to extend, and Yang Jingyuan's exploits will always be remembered by future generations.