In the last century, we had a period of hardships with Vietnam, but not long after this period, Vietnam clashed with our country due to the extreme expansion of its military expansion ideas. At this point, our country was forced to launch a self-defense counterattack against Vietnam .
On the eve of the war, Xu Shiyou, as a general, once pointed out the general. However, for Xu Shiyou, who was over 70 years old at the time, this time, the order was very special. It was to "select generals by wine", and the purpose was to invite General Liu Changyi, known as "Little Zhang Fei".
1. Vietnam’s invasion
In the 1970s, the international political situation was at a time of change. Although we had an unhappy relationship with the Soviet "big brother" at that time, we were still surprisingly consistent in the matter of helping North Vietnam achieve independence.
But after North Vietnam completed national independence, they actually began military expansion, and even directly threatened the southern border of our country. The reason for this is the easing of Sino-US relations and the deterioration of Sino-Soviet relations.
In fact, when Vietnam had just completed its unification, Vietnam's leaders also thought carefully whether to follow the development of the Soviet Union or China. But at the critical moment when they made their decision, the easing of Sino-US relations made Vietnam determined. For Vietnam, the United States is an unforgivable enemy. For this reason, Vietnam also decisively chose to show goodwill to the Soviet Union, and with the help of the Soviet Union, began to expand military expansion to neighboring countries.
Because of Vietnam's series of military activities, the surrounding countries such as Cambodia , Laos are extremely miserable. What's even more excessive is that they actually directly threatened our borders and even caused bloody conflicts.
It is precisely because Vietnam is too arrogant and that it did threaten our country's security and interests that the Party Central Committee finally decided to send troops to Vietnam to engage in a self-defense war after the meeting.
2. "Xiao Zhang Fei" Liu Changyi
In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, the Party Central Committee chose General Xu Shiyou to take charge. After receiving the order, Xu Shiyou, who was the commander of Guangzhou Military Region, immediately launched an operation and directly commanded the troops on the Eastern Front to fight.
As a battlefield-standing strong general, Xu Shiyou's strength is naturally unquestionable, but it is far from enough to just do what he does on the battlefield. After all, Xu Shiyou is over 70 years old and his health is not as good as before.
So Xu Shiyou began to think about who should be his deputy commander? After thinking about it, he finally thought of someone, , General Liu Changyi, known as "Little Zhang Fei".
As Liu Changyi, who was born in a poor family, his ambition and temper are not small at all. Liu Changyi, who was traumatized during the war, refused the arrangement of the organization to return to the rear to recuperate, and still insisted on fighting on the front line.
And his violent temper was fully reflected after Huaihai Battle . When Liu Changyi and the soldiers were drinking the celebration wine in the Huaihai Battle, Deng Xiaoping came over and said to him: "The war was good and I ate five hundred kilograms of meat."
In fact, everyone can hear this is a joke, but Liu Changyi, who has a straightforward personality, does not feel that way. As a general of "Four No Goes", he has a hot temper and he suddenly rises up. He directly overturns the table and leaves without looking back. His hot personality is just like Zhang Fei of the Three Kingdoms period.
. After , the founding of New China, Liu Changyi was also valued. He was successively appointed as the deputy commander of Jinan Military Region and the deputy commander of Nanjing Military Region. was also awarded the title of founding lieutenant general at the 1955 title ceremony.
3. Use wine to put the sword to the old one
In fact, when Xu Shiyou thought of Liu Changyi, he knew that this was a good general. However, as time went by, Liu Changyi should be 65 years old now, and has retreated to the second line. Can he still command thousands of troops like he did back then?
Exploding the doubts in his heart, Xu Shiyou invited him to Guangzhou to meet him. When Liu Changyi first arrived in Guangzhou, Xu Shiyou took a reassurance. Look at his light steps and bright eyes, how could he look like an old man over 60 years old?
Extremely excited Xu Shiyou directly left Liu Changyi at home for dinner and prepared his favorite Moutai liquor in his life. In this way, the two of them ate and chatted and drank no drop of the three bottles of Moutai liquor they brought in in a moment.
Although both of them were very happy, Xu Shiyou knew very well that he was no longer a young man, so he asked Liu Changyi tentatively: "I have finished drinking all three bottles of wine, would you dare to continue drinking?"
After hearing this, Liu Changyi directly made a bold statement and said : "There is no way to drink or not, only people who dare not drink. We all crawled out of the dead. As long as you, Commander Xu, I will follow you wherever you drink!"
Liu Changyi finished speaking, Xu Shiyou applauded and thought to himself that his temper has not changed at all. He is already an old man over 60 years old and is still so unafraid of death like a big guy. He has really found the right person.
After this "selecting generals by wine", Liu Changyi officially became Xu Shiyou's deputy commander. The facts were indeed as Xu Shiyou expected. On the battlefield, Liu Changyi was like a wild horse that broke the Vietnamese army and was defeated step by step.
Conclusion:
Since ancient times, Chinese generals have had inseparable feelings for wine. Through General Xu Shiyou's "reserve generals with wine" this time, we can see the role of wine and the generous feelings of the generals.
For Liu Changyi, the last battle in his life during his self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, he ended with an extremely beautiful ending, which was considered as no regrets in his life.
