Figure | Xu Shiyou
Xu Shiyou loved to smoke, and before he quit smoking in 1953, this was known to everyone. Smoking and drinking seemed to have become a common occurrence for General Xu Shiyou.
Why did General Xu Shiyou quit smoking? How big is his addiction to smoking?
Smoke eight cigarettes at a time
Everyone around Xu Shiyou knows that he sometimes smokes a cigarette a day, which is indeed an old smoker for now. In 1953, Xu Shiyou quit smoking because he made a bet with Han Xianchu, which did not know how much perseverance was needed.
The secretary Sun Hongxian knew that Xu Shiyou had quit smoking, so he did not dare to smoke in front of Xu Shiyou. Once, after busy with the work at hand, Sun Hongxian saw Xu Shiyou's cigarette and wanted to smoke a cigarette to refresh his mind, so he lit a cigarette in the office and read the documents while smoking.
Unexpectedly, at this time, the sound of footsteps getting closer and closer came from the office, which made Sun Hongxian feel overwhelmed, and it was definitely Xu Shiyou who had returned. For a moment, Sun Hongxian, who had no master of the six gods, simply put the cigarette in the drawer.
Just after putting it in, Xu Shiyou came in. Xu Shiyou, as an old smoker, came in and smelled smoke, paced around the office, and smelled like a greyhound. After a while, green smoke came out of the drawer next to Sun Hongxian, and it turned out that Sun Hongxian did not put the smoke out and put it in.
Xu Shiyou smiled and said: Fat man, you quickly take out the cigarette, don't light the office. Sun Hongxian was extremely embarrassed and had to slowly open the drawer. Sun Hongxian knew that Xu Shiyou had quit smoking, and if Xu Shiyou found out and started smoking again, he would be guilty.
However, Xu Shiyou not only did not criticize Sun Hongxian, but blew up his smoking history in front of Sun Hongxian. Xu Shiyou told Sun Hongxian that smoking is smoking, there is nothing to dodge, smoking one is so difficult, I used to smoke eight at a time.
This topic made Sun Hongxian come to be interested,
Draw 8 at a time? Are you sure you smoke?
Sun Hongxian quickly extinguished the cigarette and expressed disbelief. Xu Shiyou said: During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, he commanded operations in the tunnels every day, the underground was damp and dark, and sometimes when there was no battle, he smoked vigorously
。 I am addicted to smoking, I light 8 cigarettes at a time, I can't put them in my mouth, so I put two cigarettes in my nostrils. At that time, I could smoke one cigarette a day.
Although Xu Shiyou's words were a bit "bragging", they still frightened Sun Hongxian, who he had really never seen such a person who could smoke. Sun Hongxian wondered again: You can smoke so much, you actually quit smoking? Xu Shiyou smiled and said: You don't know, if it is between cigarettes and fine wine, I still have to choose fine wine. Sun Hongxian knew that Xu Shiyou had quit smoking because he had made a bet with Han Xianchu that if he quit smoking, he would get Moutai wine.
The addiction to smoking is greater, and the addiction to alcohol is even greater
Wang Jian'an, who was a good partner with Xu Shiyou, also had a good amount of alcohol, during the Red Army period, the two people climbed the snowy mountains and crossed the meadows together and established a deep friendship, when Xu Shiyou was the commander of the Fourth Army, and Wang Jian'an was the political commissar. Later, many years later, the two people also kept in touch, often talking about wine.
Although Wang Jian'an can drink, but still not Xu Shiyou has a large amount of alcohol, often at the dinner table without drinking a few cups of this Wang Jian'an is full of red, Xu Shiyou told Wang Jian'an, can be compared with his own drinking I am afraid that there is only one person, that is
Song Wheel of Time
checkmate.
At that time, everyone knew
The amount of alcohol is large, and there is a nickname called "a thousand cups do not pour", and even he claims to be a "wine general", Xu Shiyou is naturally unconvinced.
In 1948, Xu Shiyou became the commander-in-chief of the Jinan Campaign. At that time, Xu Shiyou said that it would take 12 days to attack the city, and finally it took only 8 days and 8 nights to enter Jinan Province and capture Wang Yaowu alive. After the victory of the battle, Chen Yi brought Moutai wine to Xu Shiyou to celebrate. But Xu Shiyou was reluctant to drink, and had to wait for Song Shilun to drink together.
Figure | Song Wheel of Time
It can be said that the literati will meet friends with literature, and Xu Shiyou will meet friends with wine. At that time, Xu Shiyou called Song Shilun and said: "Old man, when the Battle of Jinan is over, I will invite you to drink Maotai." Song Shilun naturally did not believe it, but as soon as he heard that there was wine, he was excited:
You keep it for Lao Tzu, and don't swallow it alone.
In the eyes of Song Shilun, Xu Shiyou is also a person who loves wine as his life, how willing to leave wine for himself to drink, so that Song Shilun did not expect that this Xu Shiyou really left the wine for Song Shilun, when they got together, they really took out two bottles of Maotai, which made Song Shilun excited, and the friendship between the two people became deeper and deeper.
Quit smoking and don't quit drinking
Although Xu Shiyou likes to smoke and drink, he does not drink alcohol on the battlefield and has strong restraint. As early as the Red Army period, he said that he had "three no drinks." Do not drink when preparing for war before the war, do not drink when the battle is going on, and do not drink when the battle is lost. From ancient times to the present, there are many examples of mischief because of drinking on the battlefield, and General Xu Shiyou naturally understands this truth.
Figure | Xu Shiyou and Chairman Mao were together
During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Fei gave his life because he coveted drinking, and drinking on the battlefield was very "dangerous", Xu Shiyou once said: Insert a knife in your heart, grit your teeth and make up your mind. If it is delicious, it will be drunk; if it is delicious, it will eat a big belly; if it is fun, it will be fun and forget it; such a person cannot become a talent, an instrument, a playboy. It can be seen that Xu Shiyou's restraint is extremely strong.
Speaking of why not quit drinking, Xu Shiyou said that from ancient times to the present, men drink more and women drink less, because people who drink alcohol are very strong and very strong. Many of Xu Shiyou's subordinates were also very good at drinking alcohol, and during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Xu Shiyou's several corps were called "liquor regiments", which can be said to be drinking
"Fight all over the world".
And Xu Shiyou often drinks like beer now, holding a bottle to drink, and when drunk, he never goes crazy and does not talk nonsense, and it is such a good "wine" that makes others envious. In Xu Shiyou's later years, his physical condition became worse and worse, so he would secretly hide the wine bottle under the bed in the hospital, which showed the importance of wine to Xu Shiyou.
Figure | Xu Shiyou in his later years
It is this strong and extremely self-disciplined spirit that makes Xu Shiyou quit smoking. From 1953 to his death in 1985, Xu Shiyou did not smoke a single cigarette, and when his secretary smoked, he would no longer be attracted. He once said,
Once addicted, this nicotine will force you to smoke, smokers often have a dry mouth, full of smoke smell, wine is different from smoke.
Having such perseverance to quit smoking is really not something that ordinary people can do, not to mention that a person who once smoked a cigarette a day can successfully quit smoking, which is unimaginable.