Among the founding generals, the most famous is the "Ten Marshals", and eight of the "Ten Marshals" were his subordinates. After the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he did not want to stay on the mainland, nor did he want to die in Taiwan, resigned and lived in seclusion in Hong Kong, so few people knew about him, he was Zhang Fakui.
Zhang Fakui, born on September 2, 1896, a native of Xiaoling Village, Qinghua Township, Sixing County, Northern Guangdong Province, entered a private school at the age of 8, was admitted to the Guangdong Army Primary School and joined the League in 1912, and was promoted to the Third Army Middle School in Wuchang in the second year of the Republic of China. In 1916, he graduated from the Second Officer Preparatory School of the Wuchang Army, because of his outstanding performance in the military academy, he later joined the army and became a soldier as he wished.
He rose from platoon commander to brigade commander in the Cantonese Army, and in 1925 he became the commander of the 12th Division of the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and the following year he participated in the Northern Expedition, and was promoted to the commander of the Fourth Army known as the Iron Army for his military merits.
When the Nanchang Uprising broke out, Zhang Fakui was the commander-in-chief of the 2nd Front. At that time, Zhang Fakui's subordinates included Liu Bocheng, Nie Rongzhen, Chen Yi, He Long, Zhu De, Lin Biao, Ye Jianying, Xu Xiangqian, etc., all of whom participated in the Nanchang Uprising and became important members of the Nanchang Uprising. When the title was awarded in 1955, all eight marshals were elected to the Top Ten Marshals.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Fakui served as the commander-in-chief of the group army and other positions, led his troops to participate in the battles of Songhu, Wuhan, KunlunGuan and other battles, and was awarded the second-class general of the National Revolutionary Army.
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Zhang Fakui successively served as the director of the Guangzhou Campaign and the commander-in-chief of the army, but he did not have real power. After the Kuomintang defeated Taiwan, he was not willing to obey Chiang Kai-shek's request to go to Taiwan to spend his old age, nor did he accept the Communist Party's persuasion to stay on the mainland, but chose to settle in Hong Kong, so many people gradually forgot him. He died in Hong Kong on 10 March 1980 at the age of 85.
Although Zhang Fakui was a member of the Kuomintang, posterity did not deny his contribution to the anti-Japanese resistance. After Marshal Ye Jianying heard the news of his illness and death, he was very sad and personally called Zhang Fakui's family to comfort him.
Zhang Fakui's wife, Zhang Liu Jingrong, in order to realize Zhang Xuekui's last wish to return to his roots, escorted Zhang Xuekui's ashes back to his hometown for burial in 1992 with Zhang Fakui's children and nearly 100 people from his old department.