In order to remove obstacles on the road of revolution, the Red Army decided to form a field army for the western expedition. During the Western Expedition, a particularly interesting thing happened, when the Western Expeditionary Army encountered a fierce general of the Ma Family Army, and the two founding generals beat him to no avail. After that, he did not continue to serve the national army, but farmed and farmed for a living.
So, what's going on?
The matter also dates back to 1936, when Mr. Peng led the Western Expedition army to carry out the Western Expedition, and after a few days of long-distance trekking, the Red 2nd Division, led by division commander Yang Dezhi and political commissar Xiao Hua, went to a place called Quzi Town in the Longdong area. After some reconnaissance by our reconnaissance personnel, it was found that a cavalry brigade commander of the enemy army had led hundreds of people to this place. When the cavalry learned that the Red Army was stationed here, instead of fleeing in fright, they prepared to fight with the Red Army. After some investigation, it was learned that this cavalry brigade commander was named Ye Chengzhang, and was a member of Ma Hongkui's strong generals.
Yang Dezhi and Xiao Hua saw that the enemy army was so arrogant, so they decided to beat him up. At three o'clock in the afternoon, Xiao Hua led the 4th and 5th regiments to attack the city, and their attack was very rapid, and soon came to the town of Quzi, and the large army had already rushed into the town, and part of the southeast of the town had been occupied by our army.
Ye Chengzhang saw that our army's offensive was so fierce, so he retreated to the northwest corner of the town to continue the resistance. Moreover, he also launched an attack on our army by virtue of the superiority of cavalry, and Xiao Hua immediately ordered the troops to quickly open fire, which repelled them. They went to the northwest corner of the town and hid.
However, at this time, the 5th Regiment that launched the attack in the northwest corner had already occupied the northwest corner, so that many of Ye Chengzhang's men were unwilling to continue to resist and surrendered to our army. But Ye Chengzhang hid in a cave and continued to resist, and our army threw a few grenades, killing his horse and injuring him. Seeing that resistance was useless at this time, he chose to surrender.
However, after he surrendered, he was not convinced by our army, because he felt that it was very unfair for more than a dozen people in our army to beat him, and he also wanted Xiao Hua and Yang Dezhi to let him go. But Xiao Hua and Yang Dezhi did not bother with him, but gave him the travel expenses to go home and let him go home. Ye Chengzhang did not continue to return to Ma Hongkui's troops to fight against our army. Instead, he returned to his hometown and became a farmer in a down-to-earth manner, planting land and farming for a living.
Xiao Hua and Yang Dezhi, who captured him this time, were both awarded the rank of general at the 1955 ceremony.