Chen Geng, a descendant of a famous family, was born in the Chen family in Xiangxiang County, Hunan.
His grandfather was Chen Yiqiong, a famous general of the Qing Dynasty, but compared to Chen Geng's family environment, Chen Yiqiong's family was poor when he was young.
He defected to the Hunan army since he was a child, first as a man, and then followed Zeng Guofan to fight in all directions, and finally became a general, making great achievements.
He was awarded the title of General Wu Xian.
However, although Chen Yiqiong performed well on the battlefield, she encountered difficulties in officialdom and felt the darkness and deceit of officialdom.
Faced with the imperial court's dismissal of the Hunan army, Chen Yiqiong chose to resign from his official position and return to his hometown.
The imperial court rewarded him with a lot of silver taels when he was leaving, and Zeng Guofan even gave him the four big characters of "Big Tree Evergreen".
The Chen Yiqiong family is prosperous and inherits its spirit. He framed the words of the leader and hung them at home.
After returning to his hometown, he became a landlord, hoping that his son would become a civilian official to govern the world and no longer join the army.
He died until 1916, leaving behind his grandson Chen Geng, and arranged a marriage for him.
Chen Geng was dissatisfied with this marriage, and planned to escape the family's arrangement, join the Hunan army, and follow his grandfather's old path.
In the army, he could not stand corruption and depravity and chose to leave.
During the work of Changsha Railway, I got acquainted with *** and got the opportunity to go to Hunan Self-study University.
In 1922, under the influence of revolutionary ideas, 19-year-old Chen Geng joined the party organization team of our party and became a party member.
During his Xi at the military academy, his outstanding performance attracted the attention of Lao Jiang and was known as one of the "Three Masters of Whampoa".
After graduating, he was pulled into Lao Chiang's camp as the commander of the escort company.
During the Northern Expedition, Chen Geng followed Lao Jiang to fight in the south and the north, with outstanding performances and attracting much attention.
In 1925, the rebel Chen Jiongming occupied Guangzhou, leaving the local people in a difficult situation.
In order to quell the war, Chiang Kai-shek launched an encirclement and suppression of the rebels, and personally led his troops to charge forward.
The enemy could not confront it head-on, so they designed a sneak attack on Chiang Kai-shek's rear.
So, in the early morning of October 27, 1925, Chiang Kai-shek and his soldiers woke up and found that although Chen Geng had been captured during the war, Lao Chiang persuaded him to join his camp many times, but Chen Geng firmly refused.
Seeing that persuasion was ineffective, Lao Jiang felt pity and couldn't bear to let his subordinates attack the person who had saved his life, so he ordered someone to release him.
Chen Geng has shown outstanding performance in our party ranks, not only being good at dealing with intelligence gathering, but also excellent in combat skills.
Even when he was ridiculed by the grumpy Mr. Peng, he was not angry and showed an excellent demeanor.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chen Geng still stuck to his post, with a serious and responsible work attitude, unfortunately his body was already exhausted, and finally.
He fell ill and died at the age of 58.
Although Chen Geng and Lao Jiang were hostile, as a student of Lao Jiang and the person who had saved him, Lao Jiang, who had retreated to Taiwan, learned that Chen Geng had died, and it was difficult.
Hide your grief.
He set up a mourning hall to worship, but when Jiang Jingguo comforted him, he was angrily reprimanded: "Without Chen Geng, there would be no Jiang Zhongzheng today."
It can be seen that Chiang Kai-shek remembered Chen Geng's life-saving grace deeply and felt saddened by the fall of this general.
In short, although Chiang Kai-shek and General Chen Geng were hostile, the old Chiang attached great importance to love and righteousness and cherished talents.
However, the Tao is not the same, General Chen Geng has chosen the road of justice and made great contributions to the country's revolutionary cause.
His exploits will always be remembered and remembered.