In 1950, there was a severe drought in Chuxiong, Yunnan. The local Wa compatriots usually held a grand "Ghost Festival" in order to pray for rain. In the ceremony, "beheading the head and offering sacrifices to ghosts" in public is the most important and bloodiest part.
One day in June, Dapo Village held the "Ghost Festival". A strong man in his 30s was tied up by five flowers and knelt on the altar. More than a dozen executioners with eyebrows and sharp eyebrows, holding sharp steel knives, stood behind the "sacrifice". Only when the wizard presiding over the ceremony gave an order, the "sacrifice" was about to fall to the ground.
At this moment, more than a dozen PLA cavalry flew over, shouting in unison: "Keep people under the knife."
After several twists and turns, the "sacrifice" escaped from the dead and recovered a life.
The "sacrifice" that was rescued was named Pu Guangcai. He was the big chieftain of the Yi people in Yanfeng County (now Shiyang Ancient Town).
In March 1950, large-scale banditry broke out in Yunnan. There are as many as 257 bandits with more than 30 people, and the total number of bandits is nearly 50,000. Among them, Yuxi and Chuxiong are the most serious.
Bandits broke out in just one month, in Chuxiong alone, more than 600 cadres and soldiers of the People's Liberation Army were killed by bandits. The large-scale outbreak of banditry in Chuxiong was inextricably linked to Pu Guang, the chief Yi chieftain in Yanfeng County (Shiyang Ancient Town).
The Pujia Tusi Guan Village in Yanfeng County was established by Kublai Khan. In the generation of Pu Guangcai, the Pu family's hereditary chieftain has been for more than 600 years.
Pu Guangcai was in his early thirties, mighty and robust, wearing a black cloak and a shell gun on his belt, he is definitely a talent.
After the peaceful liberation of Yunnan, the People's Liberation Army team that entered Yanfeng did not communicate with Pu Guangcai in time, which gave the Kuomintang agents the opportunity to stir up trouble.
In April 1950, in Pu Guangcai’s Tusi Guanzhai,The Kuomintang lieutenant general agent Fan Yuzhou arrived unexpectedly.
Fan Yuzhou and Pu Guang are old acquaintances, knowing that the chieftain in front of him is illiterate.
Fan Yuzhou directly photographed a letter of commission on the desktop, and said in a serious manner: "This is a letter of commission issued by Chiang Kai-shek himself. From now on, the management scope of the official village of the Pujia family will not be a county in Yanfeng, the entire western Yunnan It’s all up to you."
Pu Guang only half-trusted the letter of commission, and after studying it for a long time, he didn't see why.
Fan Yuzhou was worried that flaws would be exposed after a long time, and took out another letter, shaking his face in front of Pu Guangcai: "This is a telegram sent to you by Director Mao (Mao Renfeng). The Director personally wrote to congratulate him. The chieftain's luck is prosperous."
This time Pu Guang was completely fooled. He received Fan Yuzhou with the highest courtesy of the Yi people. Not only did Fan Yuzhou presented the Yi people’s delicacy Wusese feet (坨坨肉), but ordinary Yi people would not cook this dish until their grandest festival, the Torch Festival (June 24th in the lunar calendar). Killed another big cock for Fan Yuzhou, and the two were allied by blood.
Fan Yuzhou finally gained the trust of Pu Guangcai, but when Fan Yuzhou persuaded Pu Guangcai to rise up in rebellion, Pu Guangcai shook his head like a drum and said very seriously: "The People's Liberation Army treats me well. The head of the district came to me as a guest the day before yesterday. He said that they pay attention to equality for all, and will never embarrass me and my people."
Fan Yuzhou sneered: "I remember a local proverb in your local area:'Stones cannot be used as pillows, and Han people cannot make friends.'
Pu Guangcai still didn’t take the bait. Fan Yuzhou had to continue to make up lies: "You don’t know the big chieftain. Now where the People's Liberation Army goes, all the rich and government officials have been killed, and the poor are left with 10% and 60%, and they only stay. The young and beautiful girl is a communist wife, and no one else stays."
Pu Guangcai finally showed a look of fear in his eyes, and did not notice the mocking look on Fan Yuzhou's face.
April 29th,Pu Guangcai, the chieftain of the Yi nationality in Yanfeng County, under the vigorous encouragement of Fan Yuzhou, the military commander, ordered the tribe to establish the "West Yunnan Youth Anti-Food Army". There is one division and three regiments under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of more than 1,000 people.
The Puguangcai bandits were not outstanding in terms of the number of bandits or the means of evil, but their influence was huge.
Pu Guangcai rebelled for only two days. The Kuomintang army broke the battalion commander Yang Yongshou and joined Guangtong County (incorporated into Lufeng County in 1958) salt police captain Tang Gu launched the rebellion. There are two columns and four brigades under its jurisdiction, with a total strength of more than 1,000 people.
Shuangbai County The bully landlord Su Shao, under the instigation of the military spy Li Jiaxiang, set up the "Shuangbai County Self-Saving Column" and rebelled in 11 townships in Shuangbai County at the same time. More than 1,000 people participated in the rebellion.
Subsequently, Ding Xigong, the county magistrate of Zhennan County ( Nanhua County ), rebelled and established the "Zhennan County Self-rescue Column" with more than 1,000 bandits.
In the next half month, 47 rebellions occurred in the Chuxiong area.
The bandits of the rebellion were frantic and slaughtered the local cadres and the progressive masses wantonly. On the day of the Sushao rebellion in Shuangbai County, 19 local cadres were killed.
The rebellious bandits intercepted vehicles, damaged bridges, looted granaries, looted more than five million catties of army rations, ran rampantly, and indiscriminately killed innocent people. For a time, the entire Chuxiong was shrouded in the smoke of riots.
The Southwest Military Region of the People's Liberation Army, which has just been established, issued an order to suppress the bandits from Chuxiong in mid-April.
Chen Geng, deputy commander of the Southwest Military Region, believed that although there were as many as tens of thousands of gangsters involved in the Chuxiong bandits, most of them were mobs with no combat experience. To wipe out such an enemy, there is no need to mobilize the army, one regiment is enough.
April 29, 1950In Midu and Xiangyun counties, the 118th Regiment of the 40th Division of the 14th Army of the People’s Liberation Army, performing combat missions, received a superior order: the bandits in Chuxiong rebelled and occupied Mouding, Guangtong, Yanfeng Wait for the county seat. Now your regiment is ordered to set off immediately and go to the Chuxiong area to carry out the task of suppressing bandits. We must resolutely eliminate the bandits in this area.
At that time, the head and political commissar of the 118th Regiment of the People's Liberation Army were in charge of local work, and it was too late to rush back to the army. The situation was urgent, and it was finally decided that Wang Zheng, the chief of staff of the regiment, led the first and second battalions to Chuxiong to carry out the task of suppressing bandits. The third battalion departed from Xiangyun and joined the first battalion and the second battalion in Chuxiong before May 5.
That night, the main forces of the first and second battalions of the 118 regiment assembled in Midu County and set off that night.
Midu County is more than 300 kilometers away from Chuxiong. The roads are winding and rugged, and the road conditions are very poor.
The
bandit forces made a starry night flight. It took only three days. At the evening of May 3, they successfully arrived at the camp arranged by the Chuxiong Army Division.
The exhausted soldiers even fell asleep before dinner.
Chief of Staff Wang Zheng received a telegram forwarded by the military region:
For the minority leaders who participated in the rebellion, political struggle is the main focus, and military strikes are the supplement. The specific method of
is to pay courtesy first and then pawn.
We must have Zhuge Liang's mind, even if it is ten shots, a hundred shots. As long as they are willing to lay down their weapons and stop resisting, "one will not be caught, the other will not be shut down, and the other will not be killed."
Regardless of their status, the size of their crimes, they will do their best to save them.
After Chairman Mao’s telegram was delivered to the soldiers,Everyone was both excited and a little depressed. The bandits who participated in the rebellion were fierce and cruel, and their crimes filled the sky. When they set out, they all suffocated their energy. They bravely killed the enemy and avenged the comrades who died in the bandit.
But before the battle was fought, I decided to treat the bandits with blood on their hands leniently. This somewhat puzzled the soldiers who participated in the war.
The Chief of Staff Wang did ideological work for the soldiers while thinking about the specific combat plan to suppress the bandits.
Chief of Staff Wang discovered that although there were many bandits in the Chuxiong area, they all fought independently and did not have a unified command. This gave the suppression bandit troops a chance to defeat them.
On the night of May 5th, the first battalion of the bandit forces marched for 80 li within 6 hours and rushed to the town of Guangtong County where the bandit leaders Yang Yongshou and Tanggu were entrenched.
The first battalion arrived at the county seat before Foxiao and immediately launched an attack. There are more than 1,000 gangsters in the county town, and they did not expect the bandit forces to come and regard them as the first target.
The gangsters boarded the city wall and hurriedly faced the battle, but were crushed by the fierce firepower of the suppression bandit troops. In just a few minutes, more than 40 bandits were killed.
Seeing that the situation is not good, the other bandits left the county seat and fled. The first battalion of suppression troops successfully recovered Guangtong County.
Although Guangtong County was regained, the bandit leaders Yang Yongshou and Tang Gu escaped on the battlefield. If you do everything you can to eliminate the evil and don't catch the bandit leader, there will be no peace in Guangtong County.
In the afternoon, Chief of Staff Wang received information that Yang Yongshou led more than 70 bandits and fled to Diaodiaoling Mountain, more than 30 miles north of the county seat.
Diaoling Mountain is high and densely forested. It has always been a paradise for habitual bandits.
The soldiers were extremely fast, and after the first battalion of the suppression bandit captured the county seat, before they had time to rest, they went straight to Diaoling Mountain. Unexpectedly, there is Yang Yongshou's eyeliner in the county seat.
Yang Yongshou heard the wind and fled. When the gangsters arrived, they found that the gangsters had just cooked their food, but they had not had time to eat.
The suppression band encountered a Yi medicine picker here,He said that Yang Yongshou had already taken people to escape to Luochuan Town.
Luochuan Town is located in the southwestern part of Lufeng County. The suppression bandit troops were unable to take a rest, and surrounded Luochuan overnight. That one rushed into the air. Yang Yongshou had already fled Luochuan Town half an hour before the suppression bandit troops arrived.
The two pursuit operations failed to achieve results, and the soldiers of the first battalion took a lot of wronged paths and inevitably complained.
Chief of Staff Wang summed up the experience and lessons of the two unfavorable pursuits, and then changed the tactical principles of the suppression of bandits. The specific summary is "long-distance attack, surrounded by Buddha, attack during the day, rigorous search, secret action."
Two days later, the bandit forces received information, and Yang Yongshou led dozens of bandits to Chuan Street.
Yang Yongshou placed a lot of eyeliners near the camp of the suppression troops. Chief of Staff Wang decided to take care of the plan. On the morning of May 11, a battalion set out with great fanfare and drove in the opposite direction of Chuan Street.
After entering the mountain, the bandit troops rested in the forest. After dark, the first battalion surrounded Chuan Street at Buddha's dawn the next day according to the pre-selected road.
The unsuspecting bandits were making breakfast, and the bandit troops rushed into the street and caught the bandits by surprise.
In the battle, more than 60 habitual bandits under Yang Yongshou were killed, but Yang Yongshou took two personal bodyguards and escaped once again.
Although the Sichuan Street battle has achieved considerable results, Chief of Staff Wang discovered another problem. The local people feared that they would be retaliated by bandits in the future, so they did not dare to provide intelligence to the suppression forces.
So the bandit forces suspended their military operations and used this time to actively mobilize the masses, and repeatedly declared to the concerned masses that they would not completely eradicate banditry and that the bandit forces would never accept troops.
One month later, the suppression force resumed its combat mode. On the afternoon of June 17, a compatriot of the Yi nationality reported to the first battalion instructor Miao Zhenhe: Yang Yongshou took 5 bandits and two girls ,Once again fled into Diaoling Mountain, and settled in Dong Xiaocheng's family in Daqinggou Village.
Dong Xiaocheng turned out to be a captain under Yang Yongshou, and Yang Yongshou was very respectful. It was reasonable and reasonable to choose his home.
Miao Zhenhe sent two squads of reconnaissance platoons to secretly attack, occupy favorable terrain, and blocked the door of Dong's house with heavy machine guns.
Dong Xiaocheng's three thatched huts are located at the bottom of Daqinggou. More than 20 scouts lurking in the grass, closely monitoring the wind and grass of Dong's house.
In the evening, three men and two women rode to the door of Dong's house.
Dong Xiaocheng sneaked open the door, preparing to welcome a few riders into the courtyard.
The scouts lurking in the grass broke the fire, and the dense bullets blasted the Dong's door into a mess.
The five horses were frightened and neighed and escaped from the ravine.
The five people who had just arrived, did not know what happened, and fled into the yard in a panic, before they could react. Scout Zeng Jia rushed into the hospital first and captured 5 culprits alive. But Yang Yongshou and the two girls he brought were not among them.
Reconnaissance squad leader Pu Guangrong rushed into the house and found that the back door was wide open. Yang Yongshou had already taken two girls and escaped from here to the back mountain.
Pu Guangrong immediately took more than a dozen soldiers, carrying submachine guns, and went to the back mountain.
Squad leader Pu thinks that Yang Yongshou has brought two girls. They must not run fast. As long as they search closely, they will definitely be able to catch Yang Yongshou.
Sure enough, there was a slight sway in the weeds beside the mountain road. Squad leader General felt that it was not a wild beast in the grass, so he pointed his gun at the grass and shouted: "Who is not coming out again, I'm going to shoot. ".
Two young women and a middle-aged man stood up from the grass tremblingly.
Squad leader Putin escorted the three people back to the courtyard. Looking at the 8 trembling prisoners in front of him, Squad leader Putin asked sharply: "Who is Yang Yongshou?" prestige,You don’t have to play with us little people, Yang Yongshou has escaped long ago.”
The scouts were speechless, with disappointed expressions on their faces.
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Suddenly, the two girls were crying loudly. Squad leader Pu, who was a local, comforted the two girls again and again, let them speak out what they were wronged.
Two girls Seeing someone supporting them, he became courageous and pointed to the middle-aged humanity who had just spoken: "He is Yang Yongshou, this shameless beast, forcing the two of us to be his little wives. He said that he would take us to Myanmar to vote for Li. The head (Li Guohui, founder of the Golden Triangle), if we disagree, he will sell us to Bamo (the place name of Myanmar) to Ma Guotou (the horse driver in the caravan). We are all students of Guangtong Middle School. From now on, let us have no face to be human".
The two girls finished speaking, and then weeped sobbing.
