In 1946, in the early days of the North China Campaign, there was a major event that caused a sensation throughout the country, and the reason for this was that our army did not directly launch an offensive against the enemy army in North China out of strategic considerations, but avoided the opponent's edge.
Based on this judgment, Fu Zuoyi was very excited, in order to let Chiang Kai-shek see his own merits, and in order to hit the morale of our People's Liberation Army, he found a "confidant" named Yan Youwen and ordered him to write a "letter on suppressing thieves" and sent it directly to our army's position.
The soldiers handed over the letter to ***, thinking that his old man would be furious, but the result was the opposite, the chairman was not angry, but laughed loudly, and praised Yan Youwen for writing a good article, and then said that he would publish the content of it in the whole army ** on "Liberation**".
So what's going on here? Obviously scolded, why did ** seem very happy, and what does this matter have to do with Yan Youwen?
The battle situation, the letters, the inside story
Of course, this is a long story, and if we want to sort out the ins and outs, we have to start with the situation at that time.
In June 1946, less than a year after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and only eight months before the Double Tenth Agreement, peace was not easy to come by, but who knew that just when the people had just enjoyed a moment of peace, the Kuomintang reactionaries led by Chiang Kai-shek brazenly launched a civil war and launched an all-out attack on our army in the area of Suidong.
I thought that by surprise, I would be able to win with one blow, however, what Chiang Kai-shek never expected was that our army had already taken precautions, and the two marshals won more with less, not only directly defeated the invading enemy army, but even led troops to surround Datong, and there was a great momentum to launch.
Seeing this situation, Chiang Kai-shek panicked instantly, helpless, in order to make a "good start", he had to contact Fu Zuoyi, the commander-in-chief of the suppression in North China, hoping that he could send troops to the rescue.
There was nothing wrong with this move, but to Lao Jiang's surprise, Fu Zuoyi actually denied his idea, and the reason was very easy, because he saw the "conspiracy" of our army after a long time on the battlefield, and knew that *** This was "encircling the point to send reinforcements", and now to save Datong is no different from sending people to the head.
It's just that Fu Zuoyi didn't sit still, after all, it was a friendly army, and if he didn't save it, it would chill the hearts of the soldiers, so, after a few thoughts, a plan also quietly emerged, that is, the second plan of the thirty-six plans - encircling Wei to save Zhao.
Fu Zuoyi's thinking is very clear, and the general idea is to force our army to divide troops to rescue by besieging Jining, and at the same time send another army to ambush along the way, and then counter Nie Shuai's army!
Should I say it or not, Fu Zuoyi really has some attainments in tactics, under his operation, the original siege of Datong was instantly lifted, and our army was also ambushed by the Kuomintang army on the way to rescue Jining, although relying on the heroic counterattack, our army was forced to be ambushed into an encounter, so that the battle damage of the two sides was almost the same, but considering the overall strategy, in desperation, Nie Shuai could only obey the order of **, temporarily avoiding the edge and retreating first.
In general, this battle is at most evenly divided, but as I said just now, in Fu Zuoyi's eyes, this is a naked "complete abuse", so in order to hit the morale of our army, and also to invite credit to Lao Jiang, he found his henchman Yan Youwen, hoping that he can follow Chen Lin in the Three Kingdoms period and write a "Suppression of Thieves" scolding ***.
As a henchman, it is understandable to help his superiors, but as everyone knows, Yan Youwen is 10,000 unwilling in his heart, and the reason is simple, he is Fu Zuoyi's henchman, but he is also a glorious underground member of the Communist Party of China!
Underground party member Yan Youwen
Fu Zuoyi ordered his henchman Yan Youwen to scold the chairman of *** not only not angry, but praised Yan Youwen for writing a good article, the reason for this is simple, because this person is an underground member of our party!
Such a reversal is amazing, and when it comes to this, we need to start with Yan Youwen's life experience.
In 1914, Yan Youwen was born in an intellectual family in Ronghe County, Shanxi Province.
Born in such a family, Yan Youwen's education is naturally not a problem, his parents have been his teachers since he was a child, in addition, he also invited a lot of celebrities, and he did not live up to this expectation, through hard study, he knows the four books and five classics in his chest, advanced ideas are also involved, not to mention that he became a well-known local talent at a young age, and at the age of 18, he was admitted to the Law School of Shanxi University in one fell swoop.
It is not an exaggeration to say that college students in that era were rare, who didn't like such talents? Therefore, as soon as he graduated, Yan Youwen was scrambled by the powerful from all over the world, hoping that he could serve himself, Yan Youwen wanted to accept this, but at this time, the blade of the Japanese invaders had already pierced into the land of North China, and there was no way, so he had to leave his hometown and go to Yan'an to take refuge.
In Yan'an, Yan Youwen was deeply attracted by the concept of the Communist Party, and that sentence of serving the people became his future life guide, so he did not hesitate, he immediately submitted an application to the organization to join the party, but what he never expected was that our party chose to refuse it, not that there was any prejudice against Yan Youwen, it was completely because the situation was tense and the organization urgently needed another talent!
What do you mean by that? It turned out that at that time, our party was really in internal and external difficulties, Chiang Kai-shek's targeting and suppression at home did not stop for a moment, and the minions of the Japanese invaders outside were eyeing each other, in this case, the role of civilian personnel was no longer high, in addition to soldiers, what our army urgently needed was intelligence talents, and it was obviously unrealistic to let Yan Youwen, a cultural person, carry a gun, so he could only be arranged to carry out the hidden work.
If he joins the party, he will inevitably cause unnecessary trouble, and this is the reason why his superiors refuse to let him join the party.
The danger of underground work is well known to the world, in fact, if Yan Youwen chooses to refuse at this time, the organization will not say much, seeing his hesitation, the cadre in charge of asking is even ready to send off guests, but at this moment, Yan Youwen nodded at first, and then immediately chose to sign up without saying a word.
Yan Youwen's enthusiasm was overflowing, and then he also quickly started studying, learning how to lurk, learning some necessary skills, and when he completed his studies, tasks also followed, not on the side, it was to break into the Kuomintang and become Fu Zuoyi's henchmen.
It turned out that just after the Double Twelve Incident, Lao Jiang made up his mind to resist Japan, and Fu Zuoyi, who was close to the Communist Party's jurisdiction, naturally established a cooperative relationship with our party.
Isn't that a coincidence? ** was sending someone to spy on the Kuomintang military situation, so he didn't say a word, ** immediately "sent" a batch of ** to Fu Zuoyi, of course, Yan Youwen was among them.
Because they are both Shanxi villagers, Fu Zuoyi and Yan Youwen soon became good friends who talked about everything, and in September 1938, he was promoted to the director of the Political Department of the League.
After joining the party, Yan Youwen was full of energy, and he got more and more information in the Kuomintang, but unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and in the following year, as the War of Resistance Against Japan gradually turned into a stalemate stage, Chiang Kai-shek finally extended his hand to our party again, according to him, Fu Zuoyi's army had a large number of underground CCP parties, so just in case, an order was issued quickly, very simple and only one sentence, that is, "How they came, let them go back!" ”
What does that mean? It turned out that Fu Zuoyi actually knew about the existence of these ** for a long time, but he turned a blind eye for the sake of the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, and Lao Jiang obviously guessed this matter, so he gave Fu Zuoyi a face, and did not let him wave the butcher knife, but asked him to "politely" send these underground parties back.
Helpless, Chiang Kai-shek's face Fu Zuoyi can't help but give, under his operation, a large number of ** people lurking in the army of our party can only return in vain, only one exception is Yan Youwen, Fu Zuoyi has never doubted this fellow from beginning to end, and this has laid the groundwork for all kinds of things that will happen in the future.
Of course, this is all a later story, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the cooperation between Yan Youwen and Fu Zuoyi was still very pleasant, one was brilliant and the other could fight well, it was simply a model of harmony, however, there was no feast in the world, the good times did not last long, with the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, the dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party broke out again, and the friendship between the two changed in this way, for example, the writing of the "Suppression of Mao Essay" is the best proof.
Prior to this, Yan Youwen had expressed his admiration for the Communist Party and *** many times openly and secretly, but Fu Zuoyi knew that this was so, but he still made it obvious that he posted an insult to ***, which was nothing more than to let Yan Youwen recognize the situation, recognize his identity, and completely cut off contact with the Communist Party.
Great credit
Fu Zuoyi sent someone to scold *** Unexpectedly, it was an underground party member who was elected, Yan Youwen was forced to put pen to paper, and the chairman understood the inside story and praised it repeatedly!
In the face of the order of the top boss, Yan Youwen did not dare to disobey, so he could only quietly pass the matter back to the organization, hoping to make *** and *** decide, I thought that he would get the order of "don't use the pen", but the result was the opposite, the meaning of ** is very simple, that is, this letter must be written, and it must be scolded harshly, because only in this way can the anger of the soldiers be aroused, and at the same time, Fu Jun can become a "proud soldier"!
Yan Youwen still knows the truth that the arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and after having the order personally issued by ***, he can finally rest assured and boldly "scold"!
Should I say it or not, Yan Youwen's writing is really good, a "檄文" is sprinkled with 2,300 words, and there is not a single dirty word in the full text, but the body that will be ridiculed is incomplete, if you don't know, you still think that he has a deep hatred with ***!
If the article is well written, it is naturally easy to achieve results, so after reading it, I will laugh and praise it repeatedly, and publish it in "Liberation" for the whole army to circulate.
Facts have proved that the idea of several people is correct, and when they saw this letter, not a single officer and soldier of the whole army was not angry, and no one of the people in the liberated areas was not indignant, so that many troops immediately took the initiative to ask for help and wanted to fight Fu Zuoyi to the death!
This passion lasted until the end of November 1948, more than two years have passed, and many soldiers are still clamoring for revenge, which shows how powerful Yan Youwen's "scolding kung fu" is.
On this basis, the operations in North China were carried out very smoothly, and in the blink of an eye, our army was already approaching the city of Beiping, and the situation was reversed in an instant, and at this time it was Yan Youwen's turn to go out.
Surrounded by 800,000 troops, Lao Jiang still did not send troops to rescue, Fu Zuoyi's heart said that it was false not to panic, at this time he had three choices, one is to lead the troops to break through and retain the living force, the second is to defend Beiping and continue to wait for friendly troops to rescue, and the third is to negotiate and solve the problem in a peaceful way.
For these three choices, Fu Zuoyi has always wavered, and in desperation, he can only find someone to talk to, and Yan Youwen, who is a good friend and part-time think tank, is naturally the best candidate.
This move was in Yan Youwen's arms, so in order to promote peaceful liberation, he began to move with emotion and reason, and he gave three reasons.
At present, many Kuomintang generals have led their troops to revolt, and both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are Chinese, unlike the War of Resistance Against Japan, there is no shame in surrendering.
It was the old Chiang who was unkind, it was the friendly troops in the rear who were unrighteous first, and they could have come to the rescue, but they were still fighting internally, what value did such a party have that was worthy of allegiance?
Beiping is not like other cities, here is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, which retains a large number of historical relics and cultural treasures, if the war really starts, the city of Beiping will be beaten beyond recognition, then Fu Zuoyi, who is unwilling to surrender, will become a sinner for the ages, will be spurned by future generations.
As soon as these three reasons came out, Fu Zuoyi had both steps and confidence, so it didn't take long, only on the 17th of the next month, he sent his subordinates to start negotiations, and the negotiations lasted for more than a month, but fortunately, the final result was good, on January 15, 1949, after repeated consultations, and Yan Youwen's persuasion, Fu Zuoyi finally chose to compromise and opened the city gate to lead the troops to revolt.
Since then, Peking has been peacefully liberated, and Yan Youwen has finally returned to the embrace of the organization, relying on his own strength to mobilize the enemy generals, such meritorious and courageous, let us praise Comrade Yan Youwen!