Major General Qi Dinggen fought bravely and fiercely, and he did not let go of his wife for 36 years

There have always been different opinions about the prototype of "Li Yunlong" in the TV series "Bright Sword", and it is recognized that it is Lieutenant General Wang Jinshan. In fact, such a plump image of "Li Yunlong", the author Du Liang is bound to refer to the deeds of many founding generals when creating. For example, Qi Dinggen, the founding major general, is also one of Li Yunlong's prototypes. Qi Dinggen, like Wang Jinshan, is known for his fiery temper and combat bravery, and General Qi Dinggen's love deeds also have many similarities with Li Yunlong.

But all the founding generals of our army are more or less different, and the same is true of Major General Qi Dinggen. He was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a wide nose and a wide mouth. In his later years, he raised a few chickens at home, and Qi Dinggen held a long bamboo pole and ordered which one to eat. And he specializes in eating chicken heads and chicken feet, in the words of General Qi: this is daring to be tough.

Qi Dinggen is still a rare left-hander among the generals of our army. On the battlefield, Qi Dinggen often held a big knife in his right hand and a shell gun in his left hand, and he was extremely brave in battle, and his temper was particularly violent. Lieutenant General Zeng Siyu once commented on his old subordinate Qi Dinggen, saying that his personality was "like a tiger". Therefore, many generals of our army called Qi Dinggen "Qi Mengzi".

Qi Dinggen is a native of Qi Village, Liangjiadu River, Jinxian County, Jiangxi Province, born in 1916 (it is rumored on the Internet that General Qi was born in 1917, but the author has verified it in "Jiangxi Provincial People" and should be in 1916). His father's name was Qi Fulu, and he made a living by making wine and selling wine. I can't make a lot of money after working hard all year round, and my family still has half a house and three acres of land. Because he was too poor, Qi Fulu worked as a bachelor for more than 30 years, and only married a wife and had children when he was 40 years old.

Although Qi Dinggen studied in a private school for a period of time when he was a child, he had to drop out of school because his family was too difficult. Qi Fulu worked outside all the year round and often couldn't go home, so his wife left him. Qi Fulu later became seriously ill due to overwork, and his family had no money for medical treatment, and his wife did not come home to see him for the last time when he was dying. And the news of his father's death, Qi Dinggen didn't know at the time.

After Qi Dinggen dropped out of school, he was sent to Long'an Town, Lichuan County, a hundred miles away, to work as an apprentice for a carpenter. To put it bluntly, the apprentices of that era were working for nothing, and the master was angry and punched and kicked one after another. When Qi Dinggen had a chance to go home, he learned that his father had died.

Because of his mother's departure, his father's early death, and being bullied for others. Qi Dinggen developed a stubborn character at a young age. After his father died of illness, Qi Dinggen was basically helpless, and often couldn't even eat. When the landlords were happy, they would reward him with a bite to eat, and when they were unhappy, they would beat him unreasonably.

In 1930, the Red Army opened up the Hunan-Hubei-Jiangxi revolutionary base area. Hearing that the Red Army was coming, Qi Dinggen enthusiastically went to sign up. At that time, someone asked Qi Dinggen why he wanted to join the Red Army? Qi Dingen said categorically: In order to no longer endure hunger, no longer be beaten and scolded. Qi Dinggen was only 14 years old that year, and he was not as good as Ruoguan.

Because he often can't eat enough, Qi Dinggen grows thin and short, which is extremely incommensurate with the appearance of thick eyebrows and big eyes. Qi Dinggen happily went to sign up, but he didn't expect to be rejected directly.

The officers of the Red Army conscription saw that he was too young and did not agree. But as long as the stubborn Qi Dinggen recognizes it, he will definitely not stop. Qi Dinggen said to the chief at that time: "You have to ask for it, you have to ask for it if you don't, whoever made you a peasant team, I will follow you anyway." ”

The recruiting officer still did not agree. Qi Dinggen has been following behind the Red Army, even if his feet are worn out, he is silent. The officer at the registration office couldn't resist him, so he made an exception and agreed. In this way, Qi Dinggen officially joined the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army in December 1930; In April 1932, he joined the Communist Youth League; He officially joined the party in 1934.

No one thought that this hairy stubborn boy would later become the founding major general.

Qi Dinggen has always been known for his bravery in battle, and has always taken the lead, and has been seriously injured 8 times in his life, and the minor injuries are countless. Like Wang Jinshan, Qi Dinggen has a 20-centimeter-long scar on the top of his head, which was left when he crossed the grass, and the scar will sink when he presses his hand.

Qi Dinggen also had four bullet wounds on his face, the same injuries he received while crossing the grass, a bullet penetrated his left cheek and came out of his right cheek, and his mouth was bleeding profusely. There was also a wound on the nose, bullets from the left side of the bridge of the nose went in and out of the right side.

The most lethal was a penetrating wound to the chest, where the bullet was only a centimeter from Qi Nailen's heart, passing through the gap between the two ribs.

In November 1934, Qi Dinggen followed the 2nd Division and 5th Regiment of the 1st Red Army Corps to stick to the Pioneer Ridge at the foot of the mountain, and fought to the death against the Hunan Army and the Kuomintang ace army. The battle lasted for 5 days and 5 nights, and finally withstood the enemy's encirclement and suppression, ensuring the smooth crossing of the main force of the Red Army.

After the war, Qi Dinggen, who didn't close his eyes for 5 days and 5 nights, fell asleep after returning to the camp. At that time, the secretary asked him to eat, and Qi Dinggen was too tired and slept too deeply, so the secretary brought the meal to his bed and woke him up. Who knew that after Qi Dinggen was woken up, he was furious and kicked over the rice bowl.

Because of this matter, the secretary also reported to Zeng Siyu, who was then the political instructor of the Second Division. Unexpectedly, Zeng Siyu said: "Qi Dinggen is a tiger, he jumps when he touches it, what are you provoking him for?" ”

In October 1935, the Red Army arrived in the Shaanxi-Gansu region and joined forces with the Red Fifth Army Corps. After Chiang Kai-shek learned the news that the main force of the Red Army had arrived in northern Shaanxi, he immediately organized the Kuomintang army to encircle and suppress it. The Red Army decided to gather forces and set up pockets in the area of the town of Naola to give the enemy a head-on blow.

The Red Army first feigned retreat, so that the Kuomintang army mistakenly believed that the Red Army was powerless to resist, and strode forward even more arrogantly. At dawn on the 21st, the Kuomintang army completely burrowed into the pocket, and the Red 1st and Red 5th Armies, which had been hidden in advance, quickly surrounded the Kuomintang 109th Division. The enemy was caught between the two mountains, unable to move an inch, and surrendered one after another.

However, in this battle of Zhiluo Town, Qi Dinggen was unfortunately wounded, with a high fever of 40 degrees and never subsided, and he was unconscious. The hygienist looked at Qi Dinggen, who only had one breath left, and felt that there was no hope. The root of Qi Dinggen was placed in a cave, and it was guarded every day.

On this day, the caretakers suddenly heard Qi Dinggen shouting in the cave: "Is there anyone? The caregivers knew that Qi Dinggen was alive again, and immediately called the hygienist, and finally pulled Qi Dinggen back from the line of death.

In May 1936, the Red 2nd Division advanced in the direction of Quzi Town and was intercepted by the Kuomintang Ma Hongbin Division. The Red 2nd Regiment of the Red 2nd Army played the main attack, and the Red 5th Regiment where Qi Dinggen was located played the assist.

Ye Chengzhang, the commander of the 105th Brigade of Ma Hongbin's department, nicknamed "Wild Mule", is a fierce general under Ma Hongbin. At first, the Red Army was frantically counterattacked by this "wild mule", but after learning experience, after repeated battles, it basically occupied the entire town of Quzi. After the Red Army entered the town, they did not find "wild mules". It turned out that he was resisting stubbornly in a cave in the southwest of the city. Qi Dinggen took advantage of the gap between the battles in the middle of the night to lead a platoon into the cave and captured the "wild mule" alive.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Qi Dinggen rose from platoon commander to deputy brigade commander. At the time of the victory of Pingxingguan, Qi Dinggen was only the company commander of the 685th Regiment of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army. When the Japanese army came to the fork in the road between Guangou and Xinzhuang, the 685th Regiment was bombarded by a burst of artillery fire, and the Japanese army was heavy. Subsequently, the Eighth Route Army divided and surrounded the Japanese army and engaged in a white-knuckle battle with the enemy. Zidingen took the lead, holding a gun in his left hand and a knife in his right, and rushed into the enemy line, even if he was wounded in many places, he did not care about it.

At the beginning of 1939, Xiao Hua, commander of the Eighth Route Army's eastward anti-Japanese advance column, led three regiments to advance to Dengming Temple. Among them was the Red 5th Regiment (which was then organized as the 2nd Battalion of the 685th Regiment), where Qi Dinggen was located, and Qi Dinggen served as the battalion commander. He led his troops to brave the wind and snow, marched 25 kilometers in a hurry, and rushed to the vicinity of Dengming Temple in Dongguang County overnight. At that time, the Japanese troops in the Dengming Temple were resting, and Qi Dinggen surrounded them. In less than 10 minutes, the Japanese army in the village of Dengmingsi was basically wiped out. After dawn, evacuate quickly.

In the counter-sweep in the second half of 1943, Zeng Siyu, then the commander of the 2nd Division, led two regiments to attack the Bagong Bridge, an important stronghold of the enemy's puppet Sun Liangcheng. Qi Dinggen served as the commander of the 8th Regiment, and after capturing the Bagong Bridge, the 8th Regiment supported Wang Guozhuang. Zeng Siyu ordered Qi Dinggen to dig a communication trench and attack the enemy's stronghold in Wangguozhuang.

After dawn, Zeng Siyu came to the front line to inspect and found that Qi Dinggen had not completed the task, and the traffic trench had not been dug to the designated position. Zeng Siyu called Qi Dinggen to question. Unexpectedly, Qi Dinggen even dared to contradict his superiors: "What's wrong with not digging your head?" I promise to take down Wang Guozhuang. After speaking, Qi Dinggen left Zeng Siyu alone in the cold wind and rushed to the front.

Qi Dinggen did not lie, he organized a death squad, and personally led the team to storm Wang Guozhuang's stronghold three times, and finally annihilated all the enemies.

At the beginning of the Liberation War, Qi Dinggen served as the deputy brigade commander of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Column of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region, and later served as the commander of the 46th Division of the 16th Army of the 2nd Field Army.

In 1947, Chiang Kai-shek extended his left and right fists to northern Shaanxi and Shandong, respectively. In the Battle of Yuncheng in Shandong, Qi Dinggen, then deputy brigade commander, won the title of "first-class combat hero" once, and he was the only person among the founding major generals to receive this title.

During the Anti-Japanese War, Yuncheng was guarded by the Japanese army for a long time, and a large number of defensive offensives were built inside and outside the city. After Japan's surrender, the Kuomintang 55th Army occupied Yuncheng and further strengthened the city walls. At that time, the walls of Yuncheng were about 7 meters high and 3 meters thick, and there was a 5-meter-wide ditch on the perimeter.

After the general offensive of the People's Liberation Army began, more than 100 artillery pieces roared at Yuncheng in unison, blowing up the fortifications in the city. But when our troops began to occupy the city walls, they were met with a frantic counterattack by the enemy.

To this end, Qi Dinggen ordered the troops to cover with artillery, and then led several soldiers close to the city wall and blew a large gap in the city wall with explosives. It was precisely by virtue of this gap that our army turned from passive to active and successfully attacked Yuncheng.

Due to his outstanding contribution to the Battle of Yuncheng, Qi Dinggen was rated as a "first-class combat hero" and awarded the "First-Class Hero Medal".

In 1949, Qi Dinggen served as the commander of the 46th Division of the 16th Army. After the battle of crossing the river, the 46th Division took the lead, linking Kezhenyuan, Huangping, Guiding and other places. The original plan was for the 17th Army to liberate Guiyang, but it was also stolen by Qi Dinggen of the 16th Army. On November 15, Qi Dinggen entered Guiyang City and successfully liberated Guiyang. On the 17th, the leaders of the army also entered the city one after another, and the army commander Yin Xianbing laughed and said: Qi Dinggen, you are running too fast.

In 1950, Zidingen participated in the suppression of bandits in Guizhou; From 1951 to 1952, Qi Dinggen studied at Nanjing Military Academy; In July 1952, he served as the commander of the 35th Division of the 15th Army of the Volunteer Army and fought in North Korea. He participated in the Battle of Shangganling and the anti-landing defense battle along the coast of Korea. He was awarded the Order of Freedom and Independence of the Second Class by the DPRK.

In 1955, he was awarded the rank of major general, and was awarded the **August 1st Medal, the Order of Independence and Freedom of the Second Class, and the Liberation Medal of the Second Class.

Qi Dinggen is in full swing in the war, and falling in love is not muddy at all. Qi Dinggen's wife's name is Chen Yu, and Qi Dinggen and his wife met three times before getting married.

On the third date, Qi Dinggen, who has always been resolute, came up and asked Chen Yu: "Do you agree to marry me?" Chen Yu is a big girl's family, and she is not mentally prepared, she was caught off guard by the question, and she kept her head down and was silent. Qi Dinggen asked again: "Do you want to say yes or no, there are fewer words." Chen Yu remained silent. Qi Dinggen waited a little impatiently and said, "You don't want to nod or shake your head." Chen Yu still didn't respond. In the end, Qi Dinggen gave an order: "If you don't express your position, don't think about leaving." ”

Fortunately, after the previous two contacts, Chen Yu also had a heart for Qi Dinggen, and finally agreed to him.

General Qi Dinggen and Chen Yu's love confession, is it déjà vu? is very similar to Li Yunlong's appearance when he confessed to Tian Yu in "Bright Sword".

Although Qi Dinggen and Chen Yu have always been in love, Qi Dinggen's bursting temper will inevitably lead to times when he can't control himself.

During the period of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, Qi Dinggen was going to the east coast for inspection, and his wife Chen Yu was a propaganda assistant at that time. Lu Zimu, the political commissar of the division, told Chen Yu to bring a camera and go with him. But Qi Dinggen, who has always been principled in doing things, didn't want to make a special effort to bring his family members with him, so he said to Chen Yu: "Look, have other people's family members gone? Chen Yu said: "The camera was asked to be brought by Political Commissar Lu, and I am an assistant of the division!" Unexpectedly, Qi Dinggen was furious: "Okay, you go, if you go, I won't go." With that, he turned around and left.

Because of this incident, Qi Dinggen and Chen Yu also had a short period of discord. There was a small wooden house next to Qi Dinggen's command post at that time, and he lived there, because he was angry with her husband, Chen Yu lived in a house 10 meters away from Qi Dinggen.

Qi Dinggen later felt that he had a bad temper, so he called Chen Yu back. It's really "not a family that doesn't enter the door." "Qi Dinggen must be strong, and Chen Yu's self-esteem is also extremely strong. No matter how Qi Dinggen persuaded Chen Yu, Chen Yu disagreed. At that time, the children of the two lived with Chen Yu, so Qi Dinggen had a plan, and as soon as he picked up the child and returned to his house, the child cried bitterly. Chen Yu knows that Qi Dinggen will take care of the child! There was no choice but to go back to Zidingen. As soon as Chen Yu entered the room, Qi Dinggen smiled and said: You see that I am the head of a division, in front of everyone, you let me be a little. Behind my back, you can tell me whatever you want.

Of course, General Qi will not take this little fight to heart. But there is one thing that General Qi has been "obsessed with" in his heart for 36 years.

In normal times, General Qi and Chen Yu trust each other very much, and basically do not open each other's letters. But not long after General Qi got married, he accidentally discovered that Chen Yu had an intimacy with other "men". Qi Dinggen asked Chen Yu who this person is? Chen Yu replied without thinking: Gong Dawei.

Whether it was the name or appearance, Qi Dinggen concluded at that time that this "Gong Dawei" must be a man.

Unexpectedly, Qi Dinggen, who has always been as fierce as fire, held back his anger after watching **. Although Qi Dinggen was very angry at the time, he thought about it: Chen Yu is educated, and marrying a "big boss" like herself during the war years can really be regarded as wronging her. The person on ** mostly said that it was her "ex-boyfriend", or just a friend, so there was no need to take it to heart.

Therefore, Qi Dinggen never asked Chen Yu about this matter, and Chen Yu naturally didn't know Qi Dinggen's heart knot.

One day after General Qi retired, a person suddenly came to find Chen Yu. Chen Yu asked Qi Dinggen to meet with him, and when Qi Dinggen asked, he knew that the person who came was called Gong Dawei. Qi Dinggen just planned to take advantage of this opportunity to meet the "rival in love". As a result, as soon as Gong Dawei appeared in front of Qi Dinggen, Qi Dinggen was dumbfounded: It's not right! This Gong Dawei is obviously a woman!

It turned out that Gong Dawei was a student of Chen Yu when he was teaching at Nanjing No. 2 Girls' High School. When Gong Dawei went to school, he gave people a feeling of "tomboy", liked to shave his head and wear **. In addition, she also took a boy's name, which made Qi Dinggen mistake him for a man. This knot that has been held in Qi Dinggen's heart for 36 years has finally been untied.

After Gong Dawei left, Qi Dinggen said to Chen Yu: This Gong Dawei is so miserable! Chen Yu was puzzled, and Qi Dinggen told his wife what he had been thinking about all these years. After that, Chen Yu laughed heartily: "I didn't expect you to be able to endure your violent temper for 36 years, it's really hard for you!" ”

There is a saying that "500 times of looking back in the past life is exchanged for a passing of the present life." This is a bit exaggerated, but in the war-torn era, love is really hard to come by. Love during the war years has experienced life and death, so it is precious. And the reason why the hot-tempered General Qi was able to endure for so long was, in the final analysis, because of his love for his wife Chen Yu.

On November 6, 1986, Qi Dinggen died of illness in Wuchang at the age of 70.

General Qi Dinggen has been lonely since he was a child, and it was only after joining the Red Army that he felt at home. In order to resist foreign enemies and reunify the motherland, the general fought all his life.

In June 1960, when Qi Dinggen was undergoing surgery in Beijing 301 Hospital, when he saw that "People**" and "Reference News" once again mentioned the issue of liberating Taiwan, he immediately applied to the hospital for discharge. General Qi Dinggen said: "I would rather die on the battlefield than lie on a hospital bed." ”

Qi Ming, the daughter of Zidingen, has this passage in her poem to her father:

My general father.

A black and white ** separates you and me.

Countless times in my dreams, I hold you tightly.

You smile indifferently:

Loosen up, I'm going to the front! ”

It can be seen from the name of the general's daughter that General Qi Dinggen's thoughts throughout his life stayed on the battlefield ...... the artillery fire "roared in unison".