Between Yuanqu and Yangcheng in Shanxi Province, there is a narrow mountain road. In December 1939, Chiang's spies set a trap here in an attempt to assassinate ***
In 1939, when Zhu and Peng took a group photo, Mr. Peng was not aware of the danger he was about to face. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, a young Jiang soldier reminded him that someone was going to fight the Eighth Route Army.
Soon after, he meets a strange woman and reminds him to be careful on the road. These two people who have never known each other have been unknown in the long river of history, but they saved *** life with their kindness and cleverness.
There is also speculation that these two strangers may have been sent by Wei Lihuang to deliver information to Mr. Peng.
The details of this incident need to be traced back to the historical background of the time. In 1939, although the two armies cooperated to resist Japan, there was also a lot of friction, and both sides fought fiercely openly and secretly.
In Shaanxi, for example, the letters from the middle- and lower-ranking officers of Chiang's army reporting the Eighth Route Army were piled up more than a foot high on the desks of the high-level officials in Xi'an. For this matter, ** personally went to Xi'an to find the top of Jiang Jun, pointed at the other party's nose and scolded, and chased He Shaonan to slap (lieutenant general).
The chairman commented on the matter: "The method of Sun Xingzhi to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace in Xi'an has a great impact, and it has spread to Luoyang, Yuanqu and along the railway. Jiang also sent a telegram to Wei (Wei Lihuang) to find out. ”
After returning in the evening, Lin Boqu asked Mr. Peng: "Why is there such a big fire?" Peng replied, "This fire must be burned, otherwise it will not be able to defeat them!" ”
President Peng visited Xi'an, intending to uphold justice for General Cheng Qian, but Cheng Qian had gradually drifted to the right, so he went to Luoyang to seek the support of General Wei Lihuang. At the same time, Yan'an** publicly accused Chiang's army of undermining unity, and warned the Eighth Route Army to be prepared to defend the border area with all its might if necessary and deal with possible unfortunate events.
Obviously, if Chiang's army continues to be the enemy of our army, our army is ready to counterattack. At this time, General Wei Lihuang's attitude is particularly important. As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Theater and the former commander-in-chief of the enemy, Wei not only controlled an army of more than 200,000 people, but also nominally led the Eighth Route Army.
His army is closely linked to the areas controlled by our army, will he be able to stand up and stabilize the situation? Although General Wei Lihuang was not a direct descendant, he had outstanding military talents.
He was a very aggrieved senior general in the Chiang clan, and whenever there was a defeat, the Chiang clan would ask Wei to clean up the mess, and the rewards for winning battles often had nothing to do with him.
The battle record belongs to the lineage, but the arduous task is Wei Lihuang's. As we all know, the Chiang clan only trusts his lineage, and unless the lineage is defeated, it will be Wei Lihuang's turn to lead the army.
Wei Lihuang, the top general of the Chiang family in the second theater of the Anti-Japanese War, faced a battle that was about to break out. He was not biased towards Chiang's army, nor was he biased towards the Eighth Route Army, and he hoped that the two sides could cooperate to resist Japan.
Although Wei Lihuang warmly received him and had lunch with him after *** came to Luoyang, when talking about the tension between our army and Jiang Jun, Wei Lihuang could only sigh silently and did not respond directly, because he clearly knew that the desk in his Luoyang office was full of various telegrams from Jiang Jun "reporting" the Eighth Route Army.
However, his attitude was to put down these telegrams after a glance, and never reported them to Chiang. Despite his centrist mentality, his actions showed that he supported cooperation against Japan, rather than stoking friction.
Wei Lihuang felt a lot of pressure, on the one hand, the pressure from the Jiang clan made him oppose the Eighth Route Army, and on the other hand, he adhered to the national and national righteousness. He clearly knew that if he did not side with Chiang, he would be regarded as an accomplice of the Eighth Route Army.
And if he is on Chiang's side, he will go against his own beliefs. Once, having dinner with Wei Lihuang, Peng asked bluntly: "Do you think there is a danger of fighting a civil war?" ”
Wei Lihuang sighed deeply and said, "If we fight the civil war again, it will be over." His answer revealed the complex mentality of Chiang's centrists, who did not want to offend Chiang's family or violate the general interests of the nation.
After the meal, ** got up to leave, Wei Lihuang suddenly said: "If you go back to Shanxi, you must cross the river from Yuanqu County, Yuncheng, Shanxi, and go to Chen Tiebu of the Tenth Army for dinner." ”
This sentence seems to be a foreshadowing, let *** go to Chen Tie of the Tenth Army to eat, this decision made Wei Lihuang feel confused. ** Bidding farewell to Wei Lihuang, he was about to leave the dinner table when suddenly a Jiang soldier walked up to his side.
An unfamiliar soldier reminded *** that there were three routes of Chiang's army planning to attack the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, which caused *** to be highly vigilant. **According to Wei Lihuang's prompt, go to Chen Tie's Tenth Army to have lunch with Chen Tie.
Chen Tie's wife, a teacher in Xiangtan, Hunan, was once a progressive Communist Youth League member, and despite being married to a high-ranking general of Chiang's army, she was still progressive at heart.
During the meal, she reminded *** to pay attention to safety on the road, because she realized that the air was not good, and there might be people who would go down to ***. I am very grateful to Chen Tie's wife for her help and remember it deeply.
Chen Tie later led his subordinates in a revolt 12 years later and became vice governor of Guizhou, where he died in 1984. Although *** is a person who values love and righteousness, he will never forget the person who once saved him.
In ***'s life, he was helped by many benefactors, although most of them were lowly and did not even leave their names, but he still remembered them clearly.
For example, in 1921, Mr. Peng killed a bully in order to help the poor, and as a result, he was taken to Changsha and could be shot by a warlord. On the way, he recounts the suffering of the poor, touching the heart of an old warlord soldier, who secretly unties Peng's rope so that Peng can escape.
Peng later fled to the river, unable to afford to cross the river by boat, but a boatman named Luo Sixty saved his life. For another example, in 1928, a warlord junior officer named Chen Yucheng quietly told Huang Gongluo that "Huang Gongluo had been exposed", which prompted *** to launch the Pingjiang Uprising in advance and saved Huang Gongluo's life.
And in 1939, a sentence from Chen Tie's wife saved *** life again. Although Wei Lihuang was a senior general of Jiang's army, and Chen Tie was his confidant, when dining with Wei, Wei asked Peng to go to Chen Tie for dinner.
Although he knew the dangers on the way, he still decided to go to the Five Prefectures, where there were wavering civilian anti-Japanese forces, and he needed to remind them to be careful of being annihilated by Chiang's army.
From Yuanqu, the destination is Yangcheng in the Gojo Prefecture, where there is a narrow mountain road about 15 kilometers long between the start and the end point, with cliffs on both sides.
Originally, when General *** traveled between Yuanqu and Yangcheng, he would choose to take the shortest mountain road, because although this mountain road was narrow, it was the fastest route between the two places.
However, this time, because of the reminder of a young soldier and Chen's wife, he realized that this road might be dangerous, so he changed his route, avoided the narrow mountain road, and chose another narrower road to reach Yangcheng safely.
This decision ultimately saved him and his team, as Chiang and Yan Xishan created friction in the southeast of Shanxi, surrounded many county towns under our control, killed and arrested a large number of people, and rushed into the county seat to burn and loot.
** The general was prepared and immediately launched a counterattack, successfully protecting the safety of his troops and the people. Although the road is difficult, General *** has always adhered to the belief of protecting the people and guarding peace, and this spirit is worth learning and carrying forward.