At the bend of the middle reaches of the Hutuo River in Shanxi, Riverside Village and Yongan Village face each other across the river, and the two villages have successively nurtured two celebrities: Yan Xishan and ***At that time, ** had not changed its name, called "Xu Xiangqian".
Yan Xishan is 18 years older than Xu Xiangqian, and in the bloody war years, Yan Xishan and his "little fellow countryman" collided with each other from time to time, with the friendship of teachers and students, battlefield cooperation, and life and death ......struggles
Yan Xishan, the king of Shanxi, founded the Shanxi Provincial National Normal School in 1919, and Xu Xiangqian was one of the first students enrolled in this school. This is the first time Yan Xishan and *** have met, so it is not an exaggeration for Yan Xishan to later call *** his student.
**Marshal. After graduating from the normal school, Xu Xiangqian became a primary school teacher, and in April 1924, in order to pursue his ideals, Xu Xiangqian left Shanxi and was admitted to the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy.
Let's take a look at some of his famous classmates.
Jiang Xianyun, Xu Xiangqian, Chen Geng, Zuo Quan, Hu Zongnan, Du Yuming, Guan Linzheng, Zheng Dongguo, Chen Mingren, Song Xilian, Li Mo'an, Li Xianzhou, He Jinhan, Xu Jishen, Huang Wei, Gui Yongqing, Wang Erzhuo, Fan Hanjie, Xuan Tiewu, Xuan Xiafu, Zeng Kuoqing, Yu Jishi, Sun Yuanliang, Zhou Shidi, Yu Chengwan, Liu Huan, Huo Yuzhang, Hou Jingru ......
Among them, there are many generals, lieutenant generals, commanders-in-chief of the army, commanders-in-chief of the navy, and commanders of the corps.
However, during his time at the Whampoa Military Academy, Xu Xiangqian did not "show his dew," and the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, Chiang Kai-shek, also commented that he was "unavailable."
It is rumored that Lao Jiang has been emulating Zeng Guofan all his life, and "meeting talents" is one of them, and during his tenure as the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, he even talked to students as a routine job, and Lao Jiang hoped to discover "usable talents" through conversations.
On this day, Xu Xiangqian came to the principal's office, only to see Lao Jiang sitting there with a straight waist and a serious face, Xu Xiangqian, who was shy by nature, couldn't help but be a little nervous.
What's even worse is that Lao Jiang spoke Zhejiang official dialect and Xu Xiangqian spoke Shanxi local dialect, both sides had a hard time listening, and seeing that Xu Xiangqian was mediocre and had no "mighty appearance", Lao Jiang asked a few words, and then hastily sent Xu Xiangqian away.
After Xu Xiangqian left the office, Chiang Kai-shek said to his subordinates: "It's not available." ”
As everyone knows, it was this first-term Whampoa student who was not favored, but he beat Chiang Kai-shek, the former principal, to a great extent.
Yan Xishan, Bai Chongxi.
** Later development made Chiang Kai-shek regret even more, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was keen on "face-to-face", missed the pillars, perhaps it was also "providence".
Shortly after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, Xu Xiangqian went to Wuhan after several setbacks and embarked on the revolutionary road of armed resistance against the Kuomintang.
In the Battle of Huang'an and the Battle of Sujiabu, Xu Xiangqian led the Red Fourth Front Army to defeat the Kuomintang encirclement and suppression troops, but Yan Xishan at this time was defeated again and again in the warlord melee.
At this time, Xu Xiangqian had already changed his name to "** This name has been changed well, the road of revolution is long and difficult, and revolutionaries should move forward slowly."
When Yan Xishan heard the news of his Shanxi "little fellow" Lianke Chiang Kai-shek's ace troops, he said to himself sourly: "Could it be that the descendants of Xiucai can also become military strategists?" ”
Yan Xishan began to pay attention to ***, the "little fellow". In 1937, at a meeting held by the Eighth Route Army to participate in Yan Xishan, ***, then the deputy commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, met Yan Xishan again, and Yan Xishan was the commander of the Second Theater of the Kuomintang at that time.
**The general attack of the department is Taiyuan.
During the meeting, Yan Xishan said to *** very affectionately: "Xiangqian, some people outside say that I bully my neighbors, you can take the time to go home and take a look, I, Yan Baichuan, don't recognize my relatives like Jiang someone, I am still worthy of the villagers!" ”
Obviously, Yan Xishan intended to win over this Shanxi fellow, and responded politely to his enthusiasm, but in addition to discussing the joint resistance of the two armies, he always kept a certain distance from Yan Xishan.
Yan Xishan once sighed many years later: "My Shanxi is a good place to produce talents, if these two people are used by me, I can rule the whole of China, but unfortunately, both of them went to the ** side." ”
** Showing his skills in the land of his hometown Shanxi, Yan Xishan was convinced and admired, and the Japanese army suffered great losses in Shanxi.
During the Liberation War, our People's Liberation Army decided to eradicate Yan Xishan, the stubborn Shanxi Emperor, and the commander of the People's Liberation Army was Yan Xishan's "little fellow countryman"**
** The department captured Wang Jingguo, the commander of Taiyuan City Defense.
In October and December 1947, ** led the troops to send troops twice, conquered Yuncheng, Shanxi, captured Linfen at the beginning of the next year, and soon annihilated Yan Xishan's ace "pro-training division" and "pro-training artillery regiment" cleanly.
Yan Xishan's heart was painful, and before he could slow down, ** led my Huaye First Army to the city and liberated Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, with a devastating momentum.
Yan Xishan had no choice but to leave his hometown, left Shanxi, fled to Nanjing and Taiwan, and lived a lonely life of "ten years of seclusion and ten years of writing", and finally died in a foreign country.
**The department liberated Linfen.
Knowing that the journey is difficult, the more difficult and dangerous it is, the more forward it is. As expressed in this well-known model opera lyrics for women and children, the ** marshal overcame obstacles on the road of revolution and moved forward all the way.
As the saying goes, "people can't be good-looking, and the sea can't be measured", Lao Jiang regretted it too late!