Yao Dabang The history of the rise and fall of brutal bandits in modern times
Let's talk about the most notorious bandit leader in "The Story of Bandits in Oolong Mountain" - Yao Dabang. How many of you have ** this TV series? But I must tell you that Yao Dabang in the play is actually a real person.
Today, we will ** his 50 years of banditry and reveal a real Yao Dabang by consulting historical materials.
Yao Dabang, formerly known as Zhan Biao, was born in 1882 in Yangjiaqiao, Fangjiatun Township, Xinhuang Dong Autonomous County. He once studied in a private school, because of his tall and strong figure, straight nose bridge, well-defined facial contours, and ** gaze, so he was named Yao Dabang.
He has a tricky and vicious personality and treats people harshly, and is known as "Yao Laosheng".
Yao Dabang's parents are simple and kind farmers, his mother died early in his childhood, but he was unruly when he was a teenager, contaminated with many bad habits, bullying the weak and profligate.
His father was mad with him and could no longer discipline him. At the age of 16, he learned the art of dancing knives and guns in the lecture hall and started a new life.
Cai Jiangou once stole the cattle of Yao Dabang's family, and after being discovered, Cai's family was overwhelmed and asked Yao to take the benefits in exchange. Yao Dabang was furious, went home and took out the earthen gun, asked Cai Jiangou out, shot him directly in the head, and killed him on the spot.
Cai's family was so frightened that they fled in all directions.
Yao Dabang killed cattle for a living, and then defected to Tang Qingyun, a big bandit in Huang County, with his friends, and began their career as bandits. They robbed homes and mutilated innocent people, and soon accumulated a lot of wealth, moved their families to the junction of Hunan and Guizhou, purchased real estate and land, and established their own power.
With the accumulation of wealth, he bought more than 1,200 acres of land, formed an armed force of more than 200 people, and even established an arsenal. Not only did he know the truth that "rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, and eagles don't hit stones under their feet", but he also restrained the women of the other family, and even ordered his subordinates not to behave in Fangjiatun.
Once, a subordinate surnamed Wu killed a passing merchant in the jurisdiction. Wu felt deeply guilty and knelt down to Yao Dabang and begged for mercy. Yao told him that there would be no second chance, and Wu thought he had been forgiven, but as soon as he stood up, he heard two gunshots, blood gushing out of his chest, and he instantly collapsed in a pool of blood.
In Fangjiatun, Guizhou Province, the bandit leader Pan Qiaoqiao robbed Chen Laoman's house, and Chen turned to Yao for help. Yao led the people to arrest Pan and the other three, and asked Pan for 500 silver dollars for running errands.
Subsequently, Yao demanded that Pan return Chen's stolen property in public, and sentenced Pan and the other three to death in the presence of everyone. Although this method was cruel, the result was that justice was served and Chen Laoman's belongings were returned.
Locally, the Yao family is known for their ability to mediate disputes, and whenever a dispute arises within the village, the Yao family is called in to mediate. However, as time went on, people began to discover that the Yao family was pursuing personal gain in the mediation process.
In 1918, in order to further assist the Yao family, the Huang County Chamber of Commerce made him the leader of the Baoshang Brigade. However, the Yao family took this opportunity to collude with the local gentry to enrich their own pockets.
He once became a member of the joint defense of the three counties under the recruitment of the Kuomintang, but after gaining power, he returned to the mountains and became a bandit. He was approached to escort drugs and treasures, but he embezzled them and killed innocent people to settle disputes.
In 1926, Wang Tianpei, commander of the Tenth Army of the Northern Expeditionary Army, recruited Yao Dabang in Guizhou. Yao Dabang took his minions to Wang Tianpei and got guns and military salaries. However, he then returned to his lair with a man and a gun, and became a bandit.
In 1934, in order to intercept the Red Army, the Kuomintang recruited Yao Dabang again and appointed him as the deputy captain of the Communist Party. However, just a year later, he ran back into the mountains again.
Yao Dabang deceived the Kuomintang many times, putting ** in a difficult situation. In 1940, the Kuomintang decided to completely purge him. During a clean-up operation, they found Yao Dabang staying in a nearby village and robbed a woman to play poker.
The purging team immediately surrounded him. However, Yao Dabang wittily climbed onto the roof, rolled up the quilt into a roll, and threw it to the east, attracting the attention of the cleaning team, and then fled to the west.
The girl was on her way home from a mountain and was leaked. Early in the morning, she was awakened by a burst of noise and found herself surrounded. However, instead of panicking, she got up and found a subordinate, changed into tattered clothes, then went to the latrine and picked up two dung buckets, filled them with dung, and finally swaggered away from the surrounding soldiers.
Yao Dabang is a wicked and murderous villain, he always carries two pistols to prevent others from betraying him. Even when he was a visitor, he would carry a pistol in his pocket and be ready at any time.
Once, when he saw a big merchant with a runny nose because of a cold, he reached into his pocket and took out a handkerchief, so he immediately took out a pistol and shot him twice, which killed him.
Why is it that when an innocent person is killed by mistake, the people around him are terrified? Yao Dabang shouted that he was going to poison me. The person next to him went to check, only to find that the big merchant was holding only a handkerchief.
As he left, he was embarrassed to find a dog hanging out in the distance. He said to his attendants, Who can catch this dog with his bare hands? Everyone shook their heads, and at this time, they saw Yao Dabang running over quickly, taking three steps and making two steps, and grabbed the dog in an instant.
The vicious dog was shocked by his retinue, and his outstretched hand was indeed admirable. In Huang County, a man named Yao Dabang was in awe of Zhang Benqing, the head of the regular Kuomintang troops, but he was not convinced.
Zhang Benqing used to be Chiang Kai-shek's personal guard, but because he stood on the wrong side and fought against Chiang with others, he was demoted to the rank of regiment commander.
Since Zhang Benqing came to Huang County, he began to resolutely crack down on bandits, so that the bandits in Huang County were either killed by him or forced to flee Huang County. He strictly maintained the law and order in Huang County, and did not allow bandits to act arbitrarily here.
Not only the bandits, but also the local gentry and ** were in awe of him and did not dare to have any contempt. Zhang Benqing has a wide range of contacts and a strong backstage, so that the original characters in Huang County have to act carefully.
Because of Zhang Benqing's power, Yao Dabang could only reluctantly associate with him, and even conspired with him to squeeze out competitors. Although this kind of life with his tail between his legs is very aggrieved, for the sake of survival and interests, he can only choose to cling to Zhang Benqing and cooperate with him to operate a mercury mine.
After Yao partnered with others, he smuggled yarn in Huang County and was encircled and arrested by the Kuomintang. He attempted to escape in disguise, but his family was unfortunately captured. The Kuomintang was unrelenting in its crackdown on smuggling, and no one dared to disobey the law.
In this case, Yao asked Zhang Benqing for help, pretending to be very pitiful, hoping to get his mercy. Zhang Benqing remembered the old relationship and helped Yao solve the crisis.
After Yao Dabang was rescued, his hatred for Zhang became more and more intense. He believes that as long as Zhang is by his side, he will not have a bright future. As a result, the dispute between the two men over the unequal profits of the mercury mine became more and more intense, and neither side could back down.
In this case, Yao Dabang was murderous. So on February 14, 1949, the day of the Longxikou rush, he sent his cronies and detachment leader Wu Yuqing to ambush here.
Zhang Benqing's business trip must pass through the place of Longxikou, Yao Dabang borrowed to catch up with many people, and skillfully designed to support the guards. Unexpectedly, after a few gunshots, Zhang Benqing was shot in the chest and back, bleeding profusely, and finally died of Yao's conspiracy.
It turned out that Yao's life-saving benefactor was also killed by Yao at this time.
Yao Zeng relied on killing Zhang Yi to die, successfully realized his hegemony in Huang County, and became the captain of the Huang County Security Brigade. However, he instructed Wu Yuqing to assassinate Zhang Chenggong, and in the end, he was shot because of this wrong decision.
Wu Yuqing also felt that his exploits had been ignored because of this incident. Despite this, Yao fears that Wu will assassinate him. This kind of behavior can really be described as "the bird hides the bow, and the rabbit dies and the dog cooks".
In the winter of 1949, our army carried out an anti-bandit operation in Huang County, bringing peace to the people. The bandit Yang Yongqing and Yao Dabang united against our army, but at a critical moment, a minion brought Yao two carps that he loved to eat.
Seeing this scene, Yao Dabang felt that this was an ominous omen, and as a result, our army successfully defeated them.
After Yao renounced his defection, he was persuaded by his son, who was studying culture and understood form, to give up resistance. However, Yao rejected this suggestion, believing that he had killed countless people and would not be pardoned.
He coaxed his son away, and then confronted the enemy again with Yang Yongqing. In the battle, the bandits were heavy, and Yang Yongqing was unfortunately killed. The remaining bandits were defeated, wailing and weeping.
Seeing the strength of our army, Yao decided to cross the river and return to Fangjiatun, back to his own base.
Yao and the bandits planned to cross the river at 12 o'clock in the evening, but this plan had already been discovered by our army and set up an ambush by the river. The river was quiet, and only the crowds could be seen.
Soon the two boats began to cross the river, and when the boats reached the river, our troops were under full fire, bullets were fired on the boats like shuttles, and sawdust was scattered everywhere.
In a fierce battle, the bandits on the ship were almost wiped out, and Yao Dabang was among them. It is said that he carries a fast and slow machine in his waist. The next day, during a search along the river, frozen bodies were found, including Yao Dabang.
The culprit who has endangered one party for 50 years has finally been caught.