The Spring Festival of 1930 has passed, and Songzi City is still experiencing a cold spring. That evening, a Red Army team was stationed on the grass to rest. Suddenly an angry young man broke in, clamoring to join the army.

The Spring Festival of 1930 has passed, and Songzi City is still experiencing a cold spring.

That evening, a Red Army team was stationed on the grass to rest. Suddenly an angry young man broke in, clamoring to join the army.

The leader of the Red Army became interested and asked him why he wanted to join the army.

The young man frowned deeply, clenched his fists, and gnashed his teeth and uttered two words: "Revenge!"

Time flies, and 22 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

The young man who joined the army for revenge has grown into a fierce general under He Long. When he returned home in full military glory, he found two people kneeling on the ground as soon as he entered the house.

After taking a closer look, one of them was his former wife.

The wife kowtowed and said in a panic: "I'm sorry for you. Li Xuewu has committed suicide out of fear of crime. Please forgive me!"

The major general's name is Li Wenqing. Li Xuewu is a well-known local bully. They What grudges are there between the three people?

The story begins with the severe drought in 1927.

In 1927, a sudden severe drought enveloped most of China's land. The crops were exhausted and there was a great famine.

Li Wenqing's family, who lives in Lijiahe, Songzi County, Hubei Province, is also in trouble because of this. The seven acres of thin farmland they use to make a living have almost no harvest, and the family is living on a small surplus of grain.

At that time, 17-year-old Li Wenqing had just married his cousin Zhou Yaomei. It was the time of their new love, and their relationship was very deep.

In order to keep the family alive, Li Wenqing and his wife had to help others to earn money. Zhou Yaomei worked as a servant in the house of Li Xuewu, the second young master of the local Li family, while she worked as a long-term laborer in the house of a landlord named Wang in Gong'an County .

One day, before dawn, Li Wenqing got up early to help the landlord's family herd cattle.

But I don’t know what happened to this cow today. It kept spinning in circles like crazy, broke away from its nose rope, spread its hooves and ran into the field.

At that time, a cow was worth a year's income of ordinary people. Li Wenqing was worried that his family would be held accountable, so he chased the cow with all his strength until he reached the wheat field and finally caught up with the cow.

Fortunately, nothing happened to the cow.

But before Li Wenqing could breathe a sigh of relief, the cow began to moo in pain again. He patrolled the cow for a week and was surprised to find that the cow's belly was expanding. Not long after, the cow suddenly fell to the ground and died. .

Li Wenqing felt bad and quickly asked someone with knowledge to take a look. It turned out that the cow died of grass fever.

He explained the ins and outs of the matter to the Wang family, but the cunning landlord would not listen. He deducted a year's wages from him, took away his bedding, and kicked him out of the house.

The image of landlords in the old society

There is no need to keep the master here, there is a place to keep the master. Li Wenqing patted the dust on his body and planned to go home first and then think of a way to survive.

Passing by the door of Li Xuewu's house, he thought that he had not seen his wife for a long time, so he wanted to pick her up and go home for a reunion.

But as soon as he knocked on the door of Li's house, the handyman saw him and immediately called a large group of people over, beat him up and threw him into the street.

Li Wenqing was beaten for no apparent reason and was furious. However, the Li family was so outnumbered that he could not fight, so he had to return home holding in his anger.

When he talked to his father and uncle about his experience in the Li family, his father lowered his head and was silent for a long time, and finally told him that Zhou Yaomei had been occupied by Li Xuewu and had not been back for a long time.

Image of landlords in old society

What his father said was like a thunderbolt from the blue, and Li Wenqing was stunned.

As a seven-foot-tall man, he is particularly able to endure the injustice he has suffered, and the hatred for seizing his wife is irreconcilable. Old and new hatreds came to his mind, and he was so angry that he grabbed a knife beside him and went to the Li family to get his wife back.

The father was afraid that his son would be unable to defeat the crowd by himself, so he tried his best to stop him.

Uncle snatched his knife and reprimanded sternly: "We are powerful, do you want to die? Your mother works as a helper in the house of the third young master of the Li family. Maybe she can give some gifts to the third young master's house and ask him to help him to express her love. It can be of some use."

Li Wenqing realized how reckless he was. After calming down, he went to the street to buy some gifts, and the next day he went to the door of the third young master of the Li family.

But they all underestimated the evil in human nature. As Li Xuewu's younger brother, how good can Young Master Li San be?

Before Li Wenqing could finish speaking, Young Master Li San picked up a pipe and hit him on the head, and said arrogantly: "What, if I don't help, do you still want to kill me?"

Servant of the Li family Acting based on his master's eyes, he surrounded Li Wenqing and kicked and punched him, and finally threw Li Wenqing out the door with his remaining breath.

was beaten twice by the Li family in two consecutive days. Li Wenqing felt so humiliated that he immediately swore a strong oath: He would not avenge this revenge, and he would not be a human being!

However, since I have no power and power in my family, how can I take revenge on the evil forces?

At this time, someone came to help him. I heard that the Red Army attacked the rich, divided the fields, and specifically helped the poor. You can try to join the army!

Coincidentally, He Long led the Red Army troops and happened to be active in the area of ​​, Songzi County. Li Wenqing made up his mind to join the Red Army troops once they passed the village.

Finally one evening, they came.

A Red Army team of several hundred people, carrying long guns and short cannons, was crossing the river with great pride. Li Wenqing, who was well prepared, rolled up his trousers and jumped into the river, and soon caught up with the leader of the Red Army, thus leading to the opening scene.

After becoming a Red Army soldier, Li Wen practiced his skills day and night and fought bloody battles on the battlefield. In just one year, he was promoted to squad leader and platoon leader with his heroic performance and outstanding record.

returned to his hometown again, one year later.

At that time, the Red Army moved to Songzi and other places, and Li Wenqing led the team to perform tasks there.

Returning to his old place, the humiliation he suffered in the past immediately came to his mind. The furious Li Wenqing immediately lost his mind. After completing the mission, he called a few soldiers and rushed towards Li Xuewu's family to seek revenge.

But the well-connected Li family had already heard the news. When Li Wenqing returned to his hometown, Li Xuewu had already escaped for more than ten miles.

Li Wenqing was so angry that he rushed to nothing. Without saying a word, he ordered the soldiers to burn Li Xuewu's house to the ground.

Although Li Wenqing's move applauded many local people, and his act of revenge was reasonable, the Red Army is a highly disciplined team. After he returned to the army, he was placed in solitary confinement by his leaders.

When the leader criticized him for reporting his personal vendetta, the hot-blooded Li Wenqing frowned and replied: "If you violate discipline, you will be punished. I accept that. But the purpose of my joining the army is to take revenge. Otherwise, I will never be able to swallow this breath until I die!" "

The leader saw that he was not convinced, so he patiently reasoned with him: "I can understand your desire to take personal revenge, but if every soldier imposes his personal revenge on the interests of the country, we want to overthrow this cannibalism. The government will be even more difficult.” The words of the leader

made Li Wenqing blush. He immediately said with shame that he would put aside his personal hatred and determined to fight for the “class hatred” of the poor people. After that, he fought more bravely and was soon promoted to company commander.

In April of the same year, Li Wenqing followed He Long to attack Zigui County in western Hubei.

After a fierce battle, Li Wenqing's hind leg was injured by an enemy bomb. The scattered shrapnel penetrated his abdomen, causing blood to flow freely.

In order to stop the bleeding, he picked up a broken bowl next to him and placed it on his abdomen. Unable to move due to his injured leg, he had to lie quietly on the roadside and wait for rescue.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, when night fell, the Red Army happened to pass by, and He Long was the first to find Li Wenqing lying dying on the roadside.

At that time, Li Wenqing was covered in blood and his eyes were closed tightly. He Long thought that he had died, so he ordered someone to bury him alive.

Just as the soldiers were about to carry him away, Li Wenqing groaned in pain. He Long was very surprised when he saw this, and quickly arranged for someone to take him to a nearby civilian's home to recuperate.

After two months of recuperation, Li Wenqing, whose body had almost recovered, went to war again. In order to repay He Long's life-saving grace, he acted more and more bravely, and did not care about being injured and bleeding.

During a Red Army Long March, Li Wenqing, then the commander of the 15th Regiment of the 5th Division of the Second Red Army, led the soldiers to fight bravely against the enemy and clear a bloody path for the main force.

could walk away from the enemy's fire, and they soon faced a more serious problem.

When the troops set out, each of them received only 5 kilograms of highland barley noodles. Even if they saved on food, they could only last for more than half a month at most.

However, 20 days have passed now, and the soldiers are so hungry that their eyes are filled with stars, they are staggering when they walk, and they have not yet been able to get out of this desolate grassland.

Li Wenqing encouraged everyone to persevere and go to nearby villages to ask local people for some food. But when they finally arrived in the Aba area, they found that the local Tibetans had been instigated by the Kuomintang and had already brought them with them. Food left.

There is no end to the road. Just when all the soldiers were about to despair, they found a large bag of highland barley in a tent. These life-saving food made them extremely happy, and they immediately distributed it to each soldier. Got food.

What is frustrating is that there is little food but a large number of people. In the end, each soldier in the group only received a small bowl.

With this small bowl of highland barley, Li Wenqing and the soldiers persisted for five days, but five days later they encountered difficulties again: there was still a long wasteland ahead, with no end in sight, and the weeds had been eaten by the brothers in front. Eat it all.

In order to survive, the soldiers had to dig grass roots underground to satisfy their hunger. Many soldiers died due to eating poisonous weeds.

But grassroots can't quench hunger after all. A soldier was so hungry that he couldn't stand it anymore. During a camping trip, he took out his belt and grilled it on the fire.

After eating the whole belt, the soldier was surprised to find that he was full of strength again!

He quickly reported an important discovery to the superiors. Li Wenqing was very happy. The soldiers had nothing else on them. Almost everyone had a gun belt, waist belt, and leather satchel.

So, he quickly called on all the soldiers in the regiment to eat these items that were related to skin. When these items were eaten, they were about to leave this vast prairie.

However, this difficult Long March also lost many soldiers. From the first 1,000 people to the last remaining 400 people, Li Wenqing was very heartbroken. He secretly swore that before leaving the grassland, not a single remaining soldier would be missing.

At this moment, this hungry team heard a burst of gunshots and horns from the front. It was a fierce battle between the enemy and our troops. Do you want to reinforce friendly forces? Li Wenqing was in trouble for a while.

After a complex psychological struggle, Li Wenqing finally decided to save his own strength first. After all, a group of weak warriors going to the battlefield would undoubtedly die in vain.

However, it was this decision that almost cost Li Wenqing his life.

It turned out that the cavalry platoon fighting the enemy was trained by Liu Bocheng himself, but because they did not receive any reinforcements, all the cavalry died heroically.

He Long was furious and took Li Wenqing to shoot him. Although Li Wenqing felt uncomfortable, he did not make any excuses, but shouted: "I will die on the anti-Japanese battlefield to atone for the sins of my brothers!"

This voice happened to be heard by Liu Bocheng, who was not far away. He quickly stepped forward to dissuade Li Wenqing.

Liu Bocheng

However, death penalty can be avoided, but living crime cannot be avoided. He Long followed Li Wenqing's wish and removed him from his position as regimental leader and asked him to carry ammunition on the anti-Japanese front line.

In 1932, during the Battle of Wamiaoji in Jingshan County, the Red Army and the enemy fought fiercely for seven days and seven nights. Li Wenqing's right eye was accidentally scratched by an enemy artillery shell.

Due to the emergency of the battle and the fact that the injury was not particularly serious, Li Wenqing only had a simple bandage and then went back to the counter-encirclement and suppression operations.

Later, because the injury was not treated in time, the vision in his right eye became increasingly blurred, and he occasionally suffered from paroxysmal severe headaches. Li Wenqing remained silent and led the troops to participate in the Long March.

After the victory of the Long March, He Long was worried about Li Wenqing's eye injury, so he personally asked the Minister of Health He Biao to arrange for Li Wenqing to go to the Soviet Union for eye treatment as soon as possible.

Li Wenqing was about to leave when he suddenly received an order to move the troops, so he voluntarily gave up this rare opportunity to treat his eyes and insisted on following the troops wherever they went.

Not long after the results, Li Wenqing became completely blind in his right eye. The pain was so unbearable that he had to undergo eyeball removal surgery, so He Long began to call him "Blind Li".

Even though he became a one-eyed soldier, Li Wenqing did not give up on himself, but fought more bravely. With his excellent skills and outstanding military exploits, he was promoted one after another, from regimental commander, military region chief of staff, to commander-in-chief, all the way to commander and other positions.

In the blink of an eye, it was 1952. Thinking that it had been 22 years since he left his parents and villagers, Li Wenqing decided to return to his hometown.

When they learned that Deputy Commander Li Wenqing was about to return to his hometown, the people rushed to tell each other, and the local county committee also held a grand welcome ceremony.

After meeting with the comrades of the county party committee, Li Wenqing couldn't wait to rush to his home.

When he opened the door to his home, there were two people kneeling in front of him, one of whom was his former wife Zhou Yaomei, and the man next to him was Zhou Yaomei's current husband.

Seeing Li Wenqing, Zhou Yaomei quickly pulled her husband and kowtow to apologize, hoping to gain Li Wenqing's forgiveness.

From Zhou Yaomei's mouth, Li Wenqing learned that after he burned down the house of bully Li Xuewu, Li Xuewu held a grudge, abandoned Zhou Yaomei, and sold her to her current husband.

After doing this, he still didn't get rid of his hatred, so he had Li Wenqing's house burned to the ground.

Li Wenqing's parents had nowhere to go and had to live on the streets. Someone once saw two old people begging for food in Songzi County, but they disappeared later.

When the news came that Li Wenqing had returned to his hometown to visit relatives, Li Xuewu expected that Li Wenqing would exact revenge on him. He was filled with fear and finally committed suicide in fear.

Thinking of the past disputes, Li Wenqing was filled with emotion. He helped up his ex-wife and her husband who were kneeling in front of him and told them that the country was liberated and the landlord class would no longer oppress the poor.

After learning that Zhou Yaomei and his wife were living in poverty, Li Xuewu also gave them some money to persuade them to let go of the past and live a good life.

Another three years later, at the investiture ceremony, Li Wenqing was awarded the title of Founding Major General based on his excellent qualifications and outstanding military exploits.

years later, the battle-hardened General Li Wenqing's health became worse and worse, and he finally died on July 13, 1999 at the age of 89.

Throughout the life of General Li Wenqing, there were twists and turns. In his early years, as a poor lower-middle peasant, he was oppressed by the feudal landlord class. It was not until he joined the Communist Party of China and became a Red Army that he dared to fight against fate.

What is even more commendable is that under the education of the party leadership, he did not insist on avenging "private revenge", but kept the party's mission in mind and devoted the rest of his life to the great cause of people's liberation!

This is probably the fundamental reason why General Li Wenqing was able to achieve such achievements. When faced with obstacles that are difficult to overcome, look at the problem in a different way and don't let hatred blind your eyes.

Life is full of ups and downs. May you and I be as strong and brave as General Li Wenqing, and be able to build our own country even when we are at the lowest point!

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[Text | Luo Xiaoxi]

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