General Su Yu is known for his gentle and kind character, and he will not offend others even if he is wronged. However, there was one time when he did something that he felt deeply guilty about, and in his later years, he confessed that it was the only time in his life that he was sorry for someone else.
This thing that made him blame himself was the arrest of Ye Fei.
In 1935, Su Yu led the Red Army Advance Division, joined forces with the Mindong Independent Division led by Ye Fei, and established the Fujian-Zhejiang Provisional Provincial Party Committee. At that time, the secretary of the provincial party committee was Liu Ying, and the relationship with Ye Fei was tense, and there were often contradictions, which made Su Yu in a dilemma in the middle.
As a result, Su Yu suggested that Ye Fei seek the help of Huang Dao, the secretary of the Fujian and Jiangxi provincial party committees, who was a leader with deep revolutionary qualifications and might have been more effective if he had intervened.
However, after Ye Fei went to find the zodiac, it caused Liu Ying's dissatisfaction, and Liu Ying thought that Ye Fei was using the zodiac to suppress himself, so he decided to get rid of Ye Fei. Liu Ying handed over this task to Su Yu, and asked Su Yu to deceive and detain Ye Fei on the pretext of having a treat.
Despite his dissatisfaction, considering Liu Ying's status as secretary of the provincial party committee and the authority of the provincial party committee, Su Yu was forced to carry out an order. The order was issued in the name of the Provincial Party Committee and stressed that any delay or impact on implementation would be considered confrontation and the Provincial Party Committee would be subject to the corresponding consequences.
In order to supervise the execution of the situation, Liu Ying also sent a supervision team of more than 100 people. In desperation, Su Yu wrote a letter to Ye Fei and invited him to come to the residence for dinner.
Ye Fei was convinced of this and came with the guards. At dinner, Su Yu's mood was very complicated, he really didn't want to arrest Ye Fei, but he couldn't disobey Liu Ying's order.
In desperation, he had no choice but to use the cup as a signal to let Ye Fei take away.
Ye Fei was arrested and asked why Su Yu was missing, but Su Yu felt guilty but couldn't face it, so he had to leave. But on the way to the provincial party committee, Ye Fei accidentally encountered the Kuomintang troops, and the escort team was broken up, and Ye Fei was able to take the opportunity to escape.
However, the escort shot at him and wounded his left leg. Ye Fei hurriedly jumped off the cliff, but fortunately he was caught by the tree and saved his life. After this narrow escape, Su Yu was misunderstood by Liu Ying and thought that he deliberately let Ye Fei go.
This caused Su Yu to suffer an unwarranted disaster. However, Ye Fei finally understood that all this was Liu Ying's conspiracy and had nothing to do with Su Yu. Therefore, Ye Fei and Su Yubing released their suspicions and restored their friendship.
Because Su Yu was obsessed with one thing, he always thought that he was sorry for Ye Fei, and even this was the only time in his life that he was sorry for others. Many years later, Ye Fei discussed this matter with his old comrade-in-arms Wang Bicheng, and Wang Bicheng told him a story about Su Yu's visit to Shanghai for treatment.
At that time, Xu Shiyou, Han Xianchu, Wang Jian'an, Tao Yong, Wang Bicheng and other old subordinates accompanied Su Yu to go hunting, and found a group of hares in the wild.
Only Su Yu raised his hand and shot it, hitting the big rabbit that ran the fastest. Wang Bicheng said, if Mr. Su really wants to kill you, can you run faster than a hare? After hearing this, Ye Fei nodded again and again.