In 1948, in Hu Zongnan's official residence, Hu Zongnan and his adjutant were discussing combat strategies. One of the adjutants suggested that a veteran who was unwilling to surrender be killed, but Hu Zongnan thought it was inappropriate.
He decided to use the veteran to boost morale and believed he had a way to get the veteran to surrender.
The former revolutionary fighter, Yang Jingqu, held many positions during the ** period, and his life was full of hardships and obstacles. While others took advantage of his position to live a luxurious life, he always insisted on being honest.
However, local bandit Zhang Shaoqing took a fancy to his family wealth and kidnapped him in 1932, threatening to pay him a ransom of 10,000 yuan. Faced with the threat of bandits, Yang Jingqu firmly stated that he did not have a penny, and was even willing to defend his innocence with his life.
However, the bandits were not impressed by his firmness, but after releasing him, they made a new demand, asking him to pay 10,000 yuan to the common people. Yang Jingqu once again firmly said that the lives of ordinary people are also very difficult, and he is not willing to let them suffer anymore.
His steadfastness and selflessness touched the bandits, who eventually freed him. Although this experience deeply frightened Yang Jingqu, he did not give up because of it. He returned to his hometown in Wuchang, cared about the common people, and decided to build the Wuchang Highway to contribute to the people of his hometown.
However, this decision left him with huge debts and living in poverty. But he did not regret it, but firmly believed that everything was worth it as long as it was for the people.
Under the suggestion of Dong Biwu, Yang Jingqu's anti-Japanese team successfully transformed the "Self-Defense Army", and finally led more than 2,500 people to revolt on August 13, 1940, joined the New Fourth Army, and became the first column of the 5th Division of the New Fourth Army, with Yang Jingqu as the commander and Zhang Zhiyi as the political commissar.
Mr. Li Danian commented in "Under the Sword of the Sword" that Yang Jingqu's political greatness lies in the middle stream of the fight in the Hubei-Henan border area, and he composed another song for the national war of resistance. In the winter of 1943, Yang Jingqu served as the vice chairman of the Hubei and Henan Border District Administrative Office.
The addition of nearly 2,500 troops has strengthened the strength of the New Fourth Army, which is of great significance. You must know that under the blockade of the enemy, the ** department is alone behind the enemy, unable to get in touch with the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan and northern Jiangsu, and is under the triple attack of Japan, pseudo, and stubborn, and is in a very difficult situation.
The sudden arrival of Yang Jingqu brought nearly 2,500 people, and its role is self-evident. In 1945, Yang Jingqu made another contribution and participated in the uprising of the puppet Hubei Security First Brigade.
At the critical moment of the breakthrough of the Central Plains, **He** was worried that the seriously ill Liu Yasheng and the elderly Yang Jingqu would affect the march of the troops, and persuaded them to go to Yan'an many times.
However, Yang Jingqu was determined and resolutely refused to leave the army. In the end, **He** couldn't resist him, so he had to let the old man leave the team on his own, hoping that they could reach Yan'an safely.
Yang Jingqu and Liu Yasheng disguised themselves as rural teachers and embarked on the road to Yan'an. The first day went well, the two did not encounter a large group of enemies, only a few deserters, and no one noticed them.
However, an accident occurred the next day. As the two crossed a pass, a dozen enemies suddenly appeared and surrounded them. An enemy soldier looked them up and down and asked suspiciously, "Who are you?"
Where to go in the chaos? Yang Jingqu hurriedly smiled and said, "Sir, we are all teaching!" It's the locals. In a hurry, he said this, but he was exposed.
His hometown is from Hubei, and when he arrived in Shaanxi, he heard the accent as soon as he heard it. The enemy soldier sneered and said, "You obviously have a southern accent, but you say you are a local!" Come on, tie me up! ”
In this way, the things that **and** worried about happened, and Yang Jingqu and Liu Yasheng fell into the hands of the enemy. After that, the two were sent to Xi'an, where they were in prison, no matter how the enemy tortured them, Yang Jingqu and Liu Yasheng insisted that they were teachers, and the enemy had no way to take them.
Unfortunately, when they were letting off steam, they were recognized by a traitor and their identities were revealed. After Hu Zongnan learned the true identities of Yang and Liu, if he got a treasure, he immediately "invited" them to his mansion and treated them like guests.
Hu Zongnan did this not because of mercy, but because he had ulterior motives, and he hoped to persuade Yang Jingqu to "abandon the darkness and turn to the light" and use it as his propaganda tool.
In order to crack down on a determined old man, Hu Zongnan used reporters to set up a bureau to frame him. Journalists are spies, and the interview outline is well-designed and contains many pitfalls. The old man Yang Jingqu's original righteous words were imitated by the spies and some words were imitated by the old man's voice, and spliced through technology.
This "interview recording" that was manipulated was then broadcast on the radio**, all over the country, and even to Yan'an. Wu Manyou, a model worker in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo Border Region, was imprisoned in the same room as Yang Jingqu, and he was framed by the authorities' press conferences and recordings of spies.
Hu Zongnan's conspiracy did not succeed, but the reputation of the old man and Wu Manyou was seriously damaged.
Yang Jingqu and Wu Manyou were locked up in the same room.
In September 1948, Yang Jingqu (right) and Wu Manyou (left) held a press conference under the coercion of the political workers of the Ministry of National Defense in Nanjing. **Quoted from "Lao** Volume 62" Feng Keli Editor-in-Chief] Yang Lao is the vice chairman of the Hubei-Henan Border Region, with extraordinary bearing, and he silently endured his injustice in the face of his own injustice, and firmly believed that the organization would return his innocence.
Liu Yasheng, deputy director of the Political Department of the 359th Brigade, was taken to Nanjing as a high-ranking prisoner of war and was later killed at the end of 1948. Yang Jingqu was imprisoned in Nanjing, Shangrao Concentration Camp, and Hechuan Prison in Sichuan, until the liberation of Sichuan by the Erye Army, when he regained his freedom.
When our soldier opened the cell door, he said excitedly: "Comrade, you have come, I am finally free." However, due to the heavy "crime" on his body, Yang Jingqu was depressed after being released from prison.
Many of his comrades-in-arms and subordinates became founding generals. In 1951, Yang Jingqu died. Before dying, the old man held his daughter's hand and said intermittently: "I didn't rebel, and my father won't be blind to death." ”
After Yang Jingqu's death, his relatives continued to run, and the relevant departments finally found out the truth through in-depth and meticulous investigations: his so-called "apostasy" was completely framed by spies, and it was purely false.
The relevant departments rehabilitated Zhaoxue, restored his reputation, and posthumously recognized him as a martyr.
This general, who has fought all his life for the revolutionary cause, has finally been recognized for his career. On December 20, 1987, when ** met with Yang Jingqu's daughter, he choked up and said: "Your father is a good comrade, I miss it very much!" ”
In 1987, ** met with Yang Jingqu's daughter Xiaoyang and son-in-law Beisha. Their stories deserve our in-depth study and study, let us promote positive energy and contribute to the study of war history.
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