In 1946, Chiang Kai-shek launched a war in the Central Plains and sent 30,000 Kuomintang troops to pursue the People's Liberation Army. Under the fierce pursuit of the Kuomintang army, 6,000 People's Liberation Army troops were forced to hide in the town.

Foreword

In 1946, Chiang Kai-shek launched a war in the Central Plains region and sent 30,000 Kuomintang troops to pursue the People's Liberation Army. Under the fierce pursuit of the Kuomintang army, 6,000 People's Liberation Army troops were forced to hide in the town.

In times of crisis, local landlord Hu Zhijie came to help.

Because of what he told the Kuomintang army, the Kuomintang army gave up its siege on the People's Liberation Army.

What's going on? What did Hu Zhijie tell the Kuomintang army?

[Abandoned his pen and joined the army, left his hometown to fight against Japan]

Let’s first understand who Hu Zhijie is.

Hu Zhijie was born in Anhui. His family belongs to a prominent local family and they have been literati for generations. Under the education of his parents, Hu Zhijie attended a private school since he was a child and received the best education.

Hu Zhijie, who was born in a scholarly family, received education in traditional Chinese thoughts in a private school. Under the guidance of his master and the influence of his family, Hu Zhijie became a gentle and elegant scholar.

Hu Zhijie has been in contact with friends who recite poems and write poems since he was a child. In peaceful days, he enjoys a peaceful life. In such a good environment, Hu Zhijie was simple-minded and upright, and developed the habit of helping the weak and relieving the poor.

Hu Zhijie, who lives in a famous family, is very different from the ordinary wealthy and powerful noblemen. He will not bully the weak because of his family's prestige, nor will he use money to bully the servants at home, nor will he play tricks on beggars on the street.

When passing beggars on the street, Hu Zhijie would stop the servants beside him to avoid hurting the beggars. Later, Hu Zhijie would personally come to the beggars and bend down to communicate with them.

He will not just give money to beggars, because he knows deeply that what these homeless people really need is not these.

On the contrary, he will ask the beggars about their residence, and then introduce them to some jobs within his ability based on their situation. While providing for their food and clothing, we also help them find a place where they can live for a long time. After

, under the expectation of his parents, the young and promising Hu Zhijie set up a private school in his hometown and devoted himself to local education.

Hu Zhijie established this private school not only to meet his parents' expectations of him, but also to help those young children who are poor or displaced and find a place where they belong.

Shortly after Hu Zhijie established his private school, the domestic situation changed, forcing Hu Zhijie to change his mind.

After the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army fully invaded China. The invasion of foreign enemies has made local residents miserable and displaced. People flee on the streets every day. The peaceful life in the past has been shattered by guns and ammunition.

Hu Zhijie felt even more painful when he saw the scenes of people being displaced and fleeing.

Although Hu Zhijie received a traditional education since childhood, his personality is also elegant and easy-going. But nowadays, with the wars and chaos and the invasion of foreign enemies, how can he, as a son of the Chinese nation, ignore the safety of his country? How could he, as a majestic seven-foot-tall man, be able to enjoy the peace amid the war under the protection of his parents day and night?

A few days later, Hu Zhijie gave up the private school he had run for many years and the protection of his family, gave up his writing, joined the army, and left his hometown.

[Joined the Sichuan Army and made great achievements]

After leaving his hometown, Hu Zhijie traveled to many places and came to the ranks of the Sichuan Army.

The Sichuan Army was the army of the Sichuan warlords during the Republic of China. It was trained by the Qing government and became one of the sources of the Sichuan Army. After the Xinhai Revolution, the Sichuan Army broke away from the control of the Qing government and became the Sichuan warlord.

In the warlord melee for more than 20 years, the Sichuan Army is the largest warlord team.

The people who joined the Sichuan Army all came to join the army in order to meet their needs for food and clothing while on the run. This resulted in the warlords' troops traveling around, causing disunity and lack of discipline. Before the Anti-Japanese War, the Sichuan Army's combat effectiveness was not as strong as other teams, so that it was derogatorily called "double-gun soldiers" by the world. ("Double-gun soldier" refers to a rifle and a smoking gun. It is used to describe the Sichuan army, whose discipline is lazy and has no combat effectiveness.)

During the Anti-Japanese War, the Sichuan Army changed its lazy attitude in the past and began arduous military training.

This time, they face the task of defending their homeland and annihilating foreign enemies. They not only protect their families, but also protect their country. To this end, the Sichuan Army soldiers are ambitious and continue to undergo rigorous military training every day.

After Hu Zhijie came to the Sichuan Army, his easy-going scholarly personality made him popular among many soldiers.

In the army, Hu Zhijie changed his former attitude as a private school teacher and became more brave and vigorous. Although Hu Zhijie has always received a traditional education and has never been exposed to guns, he has a talent that is different from ordinary people.

He has always been gentle and gentle, but when he underwent intense training, he suffered many bruises on his body. But even so, in order to catch up with the progress of the troops, Hu Zhijie would conduct additional training at night after daily training during the day.

Hu Zhijie's intelligence coupled with his hard training day and night soon made him stand out in the Sichuan Army and received attention.

Hu Zhijie had read books on military strategy when he was studying in a private school. After joining the Sichuan Army, he experienced several battles with the army and became familiar with the Sichuan Army's combat methods.

After several battles, Hu Zhijie proposed some strategies to improve combat operations to the division commanders of the army.

At first, the division commander was very disdainful of this "little ant" who had just arrived in the Sichuan Army. He thought what kind of abilities a newly arrived soldier would have, so he did not follow Hu Zhijie's advice.

After the battle, the division commander was shocked. Just as Hu Zhijie expected, the enemy really broke through from this direction. After this battle, the division commander was convinced of Hu Zhijie's military strength.

In the battle, Hu Zhijie not only had military strategies, but also had the courage to kill the enemy on the front line. He can always accurately judge the enemy's shooting position on the front line. He can quickly find a safe position and start a strong attack on the enemy.

"All the hard work pays off", with extra practice every night, Hu Zhijie can hit a foreign enemy perfectly every time he fires a gun.

With his superb strategy and firearms skills, Hu Zhijie was soon appreciated by the troops. Later, he became the commander of the First Division of the Sichuan Army based on his own strength and military prestige.

Under the leadership of Hu Zhijie, the troops fought through the enemy's heavy siege during the battle, escaped the enemy's hidden line, and then launched a counterattack. After the war, Hu Zhijie's team was commended and appreciated by the leader of the Sichuan Army and achieved outstanding military exploits.

[Suffering Suppression, Returning to Hometown]

During the Anti-Japanese War, the number of Sichuan troops who participated in the war accounted for approximately one-fifth of the number of people in the country's anti-Japanese war. Except for the largest local armed force that did not participate in the Central

Army, the Sichuan Army participated in all battles in the Anti-Japanese War.

The Sichuan Army achieved outstanding results in the Anti-Japanese War and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese invaders. Hu Zhijie's fearlessness and bravery in leading his troops into battle against the enemy contributed a lot to this battle.

After the battle, the Sichuan Army's heroic performance was called the "Iron-Blooded Division" by the world.

Later, in order to further control the political situation in Sichuan, Chiang Kai-shek began to intervene in the affairs of the Sichuan Army.

Chiang Kai-shek has always been wary of the Sichuan Army. He was worried day and night about a large team that was not his close confidant, suppressed everywhere, and gradually blocked the Sichuan Army's troops.

Faced with Chiang Kai-shek's intervention, the generals of the Sichuan Army began to cultivate relationships with Chiang Kai-shek's cronies, build relationships among the troops, make friends with their own factions, and look for generals who could support them in the future.

Hu Zhijie has no regard for disputes between parties. He still sticks to his position and is not involved in any factional struggles within the party.

However, Hu Zhijie's neutral attitude was dissatisfied by Chiang Kai-shek.

Chiang Kai-shek neither wanted to lose the wise and resourceful soldiers and generals in the Sichuan Army, nor did he want the Sichuan Army to threaten his own interests in the future. So he began to classify the soldiers of the Sichuan Army.

1. Promote your cronies or Whampoa Military Academy soldiers.
2. collects some soldiers and generals who actively adhere to them and "promote them".

3. Weaken the real power of other opposing or neutral generals.

Chiang Kai-shek's actions intensified the internal conflicts among the Sichuan army generals. In order to win positions, some generals began to attack other competitors by any means, and even implicated many people who stayed out of the matter.

Hu Zhijie, as a member of the neutral crowd, suffered deeply from the internal conflicts of open and secret fighting and became the "scapegoat" of others. In order not to "set himself on fire", people around him stayed away from Hu Zhijie, isolated him, and even discredited the truth of the matter, making Hu Zhijie the mastermind of the case.

A close associate of Chiang Kai-shek missed the message from his superiors during the partisan struggle in the army. In order to avoid blame from above, he named the person responsible for guarding the records that day as Hu Zhijie.

Faced with the organization's condemnation, no one in the military helped him stand up and tell the truth, and Hu Zhijie had no concrete evidence to prove his innocence. In this way, Hu Zhijie became the "scapegoat" for the incident.

After this incident, Hu Zhijie's status in the military plummeted. Hu Zhijie hesitated in the army, his ambitions and abilities could not be extended, and even his own character was questioned and slandered.

At this point, Hu Zhijie was extremely disappointed with the Sichuan Army after Chiang Kai-shek's intervention.

He feels that those who join the army now no longer serve the country, but have the goal of resisting Japan and killing the enemy, and have lost their previous beliefs. He hated the struggle between parties and wanted to leave this place full of calculations and fighting.

A few days later, Hu Zhijie handed over his power in the military, submitted his resignation, and returned to his long-lost hometown.

[Return to hometown, contract landowner]

After Hu Zhijie returned to his hometown, everything at home changed.

The private schools and traditional education of the past are no longer suitable for today's era. The emergence of new ideas makes young people yearn for life outside. Most students come to relatively advanced cities and begin to learn new ideas.

Hu Zhijie's mentality also changed after the Anti-Japanese War. He was no longer obsessed with being a private school teacher. Therefore, he exchanged the funds obtained from selling the private school into fields, preparing to start a farm at home and become a real landowner.

Local owner Hu Zhijie does not want to exploit the local villagers. He wants to use another way to help some local residents.

Hu Zhijie used to run private schools to help children learn. Now he is a local owner and hires labor to help poor villagers earn money on their own. Whether it was Hu Zhijie who once owned a private school or Hu Zhijie who fought against the enemy during the Anti-Japanese War, he still maintained his original intention and goodwill to help poor people.

relied on his wit, intelligence and ability to read a lot of books. After a few months as a local landlord, he made great benefits. Hu Zhijie distributed part of the farm's rich harvest to his hard-working servants, so that they could enjoy the fruits of their hard work.

With the help of Hu Zhijie, the lives of local residents have also been greatly improved, and there are no longer beggars on the streets.

In addition, Hu Zhijie also allocated a small part of his land to beggars, allowing them to live according to their hard work. After the beggars earn income, they will give a small part of the money to Hu Zhijie as money to buy the land.

However, such a peaceful life was quickly interrupted.

[Words of advice, breaking out of the siege]

In 1946, Chiang Kai-shek launched a civil war and started a war against the People's Liberation Army in the Central Plains region.

html On July 20, a 6,000-strong People's Liberation Army team pursued by the Kuomintang army was attacked from all sides by the enemy on the east side of Yexi Town, Yuexi, Central Plains. In desperation, Wu Chengzhong and Zhang Tixue led the team to hide in Yexi Town.

When the residents of Yexi Town saw the People's Liberation Army soldiers carrying guns, they immediately became nervous and frightened.When a nearby villager saw it, he immediately ran to the farm and found Hu Zhijie.

People's Liberation Army

Hu Zhijie saw the hurried and out of breath villagers, and quickly asked: "What happened? Why are you so anxious?"

The villagers were breathing rapidly after running, and their words were intermittent, and the narration was unclear. matter. Seeing his hesitant appearance, Hu Zhijie immediately became nervous and hurried outside.

After Hu Zhijie arrived at the entrance of the village, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw 6,000 People's Liberation Army soldiers standing neatly together, with their gun barrels also standing on the ground.

After leaving the Sichuan Army, Hu Zhijie still had contact with the former soldiers, so he could still guess some of the current scenes. It is nothing more than that Chiang Kai-shek, who was greedy for profit, launched a war without authorization to consolidate his power in the Central Plains.

Hu Zhijie knew about the People's Liberation Army.

During the Anti-Japanese War, when Hu Zhijie was still the division commander of the Sichuan Army, he often heard about the People's Liberation Army from the army. At that time, both sides went into battle together to kill the enemy and drive away the foreign invaders. Now, the two sides are on opposite sides and launching a war on their own soil.

Hu Zhijie really didn't understand Chiang Kai-shek's actions. He was obviously his brother and a relative, so why would he start a war for his own selfish interests? In an era of turbulent wars, those who were injured in the end were all our compatriots. Why should we be so anxious?

Compared with Chiang Kai-shek's side, Hu Zhijie prefers the People's Liberation Army side. Because he knows that the People's Liberation Army is a real people's army that truly considers the people, and they will never harm the people of Yexi Town.

Seeing the 6,000-strong People's Liberation Army, Hu Zhijie heard the footsteps of the large army outside the village entrance before he could speak. Hu Zhijie quickly led the People's Liberation Army to the open space behind his farm. Hu Zhijie asked the people next to him to call a doctor to bandage several injured soldiers.

At the same time, Wu Chengzhong and Zhang Tixue came to the open space to conduct strategic deployment.

In this battle with the Kuomintang army, the People's Liberation Army used more than 60,000 troops to fight against the Kuomintang's 300,000 troops. Not only the gap in personnel, but also the gap in weapons. The advanced weapons of the Kuomintang army also made this battle "even worse." In order to protect the main force,

, led by Wu Chengzhong and Zhang Tixue, led the 6,000-strong Second Brigade to break through the encirclement. The 6,000 soldiers of the Second Brigade were determined to fight this battle and must protect the safety of the main force no matter what.

Although the chance of victory is very slim, as the leader of the soldiers, Wu Chengzhong hopes to complete this mission with minimal sacrifice.

Under the fierce attack and pursuit of the enemy, 6,000 People's Liberation Army troops retreated step by step to Yexi Town where they are now. But Wu Chengzhong never expected that this place, which he thought was a "dead end" at first, would become a turning point in the victory of this war.

Hu Zhijie came to the mountains and found Wu Chengzhong and Zhang Tixue who were discussing the deployment strategy. Seeing the sad looks on their faces, Hu Zhijie asked: "May I ask which army is surrounding the town this time?"

The two were surprised for a moment. After hesitation, they felt that there was no need to keep this battle secret, and Wu Chengzhong replied: "It's the Kuomintang reorganizing the 72nd Division."

After hearing this, Hu Zhijie was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said: "Maybe I have a plan. If possible, you can evacuate safely without a single soldier. "

The two of them already felt something was wrong when they saw Hu Zhijie's expression. After hearing what he said, they became even more suspicious. Could it be that he was acquainted with the Kuomintang?

Then, Hu Zhijie told them the story of how he had fought against the enemy in the Sichuan Army, and told them that it was his former comrades in the Sichuan Army who were chasing them outside. He once served as the commander of the 72nd Division in the Sichuan Army, and those here today are all his former subordinates.

After hearing Hu Zhijie’s story, Wu Chengzhong and Zhang Tixue were still a little worried.If this is the case, will Hu Zhijie, who was once a member of the Kuomintang army or Sichuan army, return to the enemy after going out, and then take the opportunity to bring the Kuomintang army into the village and kill them all?

Or maybe the Kuomintang troops who came today are no longer Hu Zhijie’s former comrades-in-arms. After seeing Hu Zhijie interceding for the People’s Liberation Army, they killed Hu Zhijie out of anger?

Neither of these two questions allowed Wu Chengzhong to safely agree to discuss Hu Zhijie's village with the Kuomintang army.

Hu Zhijie saw the suspicion of the two people and said to them: "Let's go out of town right now. I will meet my two little brothers in person and persuade them to give way and let them go."

Before he finished speaking, Hu Zhijie rushed directly outside the village. Seeing that Hu Zhijie was so confident, Wu Chengzhong and Zhang Tixue chose to believe in Hu Zhijie and believed in the promise of this soldier who had fought against the enemy in the war.

When Hu Zhijie came to the encirclement and suppression troops, he found that the leaders of the 72nd Division of the Kuomintang were Fu Yi and Zhu Shukun. These two were his trusted subordinates in the Sichuan Army. Hu Zhijie was more confident in this persuasion.

Hu Zhijie came to the 72nd Division, saw his former subordinates, and said directly: "You came here this time, and you must be acting on orders, but the troops in the town are not Japanese, they are also Chinese; once they fight, both sides will lose, and the Chinese I really can't bear it when brothers kill each other!"

Fu Yi and Zhu Shukun were very happy to see their former teacher Hu Zhijie.

But after hearing what Hu Zhijie said, the two of them couldn't help but frown and fell into silence.

Kuomintang team

Then, Hu Zhijie's words directly caused Fu Yi and Zhu Shukun to withdraw their troops and give up the encirclement and suppression of the People's Liberation Army.

"The 72nd Division is an authentic Sichuan Army unit. You two must know very well how Chiang Kai-shek treated me back then. If you cripple and destroy all the troops now, Chiang Kai-shek will never give you any supplements. Maybe he will give you some more." Will you take the opportunity to withdraw the 72nd Division? Is something like this still rare?"

Fu Yi and Zhu Shukun suddenly felt in their hearts. Yes, Chiang Kai-shek was treacherous and unpredictable, and if you worked around him, you might lose your life one day.

Fu Yi then asked Hu Zhijie: "In the opinion of the old commander, what should we do?"

Hu Zhijie secretly smiled in his heart, yes, this is what he was waiting for.

At Hu Zhijie's suggestion, the Kuomintang army gave up the massacre of compatriots.

Fu Yi issued an order to stop the attack, and under the command of Hu Zhijie, the guards of the team left the village's private paths for the People's Liberation Army to pass on the grounds of reminiscing with former generals.

In this way, with the help of Hu Zhijie, 6,000 People's Liberation Army troops, surrounded by 30,000 Kuomintang troops, evacuated safely.

With just one sentence, Hu Zhijie solved the crisis of 6,000 People's Liberation Army troops at that time, and also saved the founding major general Wu Chengzhong, retaining a heroic general for New China.

Through Hu Zhijie's conversations with his former subordinates, we can see his wit, strategy and courage. With just one sentence, the Kuomintang army made up its mind to make a decision, and at the same time made a strategy for the People's Liberation Army to safely evacuate.

So, how do you feel after reading the story about "The landlord Hu Zhijie solved the siege of 6,000 People's Liberation Army soldiers with just one sentence"? Do you admire Hu Zhijie's courage and strategy and his "punning"? Welcome to leave your opinions in the comment area.