In September 1937, Duan Suquan learned a lot about the Red Army from a fellow villager. He borrowed a military uniform from his fellow countrymen as an amulet and went straight to Taiyuan. After some inquiry, Duan Suquan finally found the Eighth Route Army office.
When Ren Bi saw Duan Suquan, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak for half a day, "You're still alive!" Originally, everyone thought that Duan Suquan had died, and even held a memorial service for him. No one could have imagined that the person who had been missing for 3 years would actually come back.
Duan Suquan was born in Chaling, Hunan Province, and joined the Red Army as a minor. Duan Suquan has experienced hundreds of battles and has another name of "beggar general". In 1934, He Long, Ren Bishi, and others led the Red Second and Sixth Armies to prepare to return to Xiangxi, and the 18-year-old Duan Suquan and Wang Guangguang stayed behind to lead the troops.
Not only did it successfully cover the main force to go to western Hunan Province, but it also contained more than 10,000 enemy troops. When Duan Suquan and Wang Guangguang wanted to lead the independent division and the large army to meet, they were suddenly besieged by the enemy. The team of more than 200 people was raided, and none of them survived.
Duan Suquan and Wang Guangguang led the remaining more than 600 warriors into the mountain, and Duan Suquan, as the political commissar, had been leading the way ahead. Suddenly, the hidden enemy fired several shots at Duan Suquan, and one of the bullets hit Duan Suquan's ankle bone.
Duan Suquan could not move for a while and fell straight to the ground. With the support of the warriors, he returned to the rear of the line. Because the right ankle bone was broken, Duan Suquan could not stand on his own. Even so, he still stood up straight.
However, the blood on Duan Suquan's feet stained the mountain road red all the way. The warriors persuaded him to go on a stretcher, but soon the blood stained the stretcher red. At this time, there are constantly warrior sacrifices. Because Duan Suquan was lying on a stretcher, the team could not quickly shake off the enemy.
At this point, the team ran out of food. The team still stubbornly climbed up the hill, and all the warriors were hungry. Duan Suquan was very uncomfortable, as a political commissar he could not command, and dragged the team back. Wang Guangguang wanted to put Duan Suquan in foster care at his hometown, but he couldn't bear it.
Once separated from the main force, Duan Suquan's life and death could only be determined by heaven. In order not to delay the breakthrough of the warriors, he agreed. The warriors found a remote mountain village for Duan Suquan, because there were only a few families, so the news would be blocked.
A Li Mufu tailor saw the seriousness of Duan Suquan's injury and agreed to leave him to recuperate. However, hiding at home was really dangerous, and the warriors found a small hole in the mountain and hid Duan Suquan inside. Li Mufu and his wife Yang Guihua brought hay to Duan Suquan as a quilt, and duan Suquan would not die of thirst.
The next day, Duan Suquan welcomed several vicious vigilante groups. Not knowing who in the village had leaked the news, the vigilante group found Li Mufu and forced him to lead him up the mountain. Duan Suquan was wounded and could not resist. The vigilante bullies robbed him of all the money and stripped him naked.
Before leaving, the leader of the vigilante group prepared to end Duan Suquan with a knife. Fortunately, Li Mufu shouted from the side, "He is a waster, take the money and leave!" Don't harm anyone! "Li Mufu is a tailor who often works for local Ding Tuan. The manager of the militia regiment glanced at Duan Suquan and left.
Duan Suquan had picked up a life, but he knew that he would not stay here for long. Li Mufu's family really had no food, and before Duan Suquan left, Li Mufu could only cut the wood and give him a walk to rely on. Duan Suquan only wore a pair of pants to hide his shame, and Li Mufu did not have extra clothes to send him at home.
In this way, Duan Suquan was naked and dragged a waste leg in the direction of his hometown. He was very worried about the brothers of the Independent Division, but he did not know that the Independent Division had been completely destroyed. The division commander also died after being captured, leaving him alone in the entire independent division.
Duan Suquan struggled all the way to get food, and finally had some savings, barely enough to pay for the road back to his hometown. However, on the way back to his hometown, the copper plate was robbed. He really called the heavens unworthy, and the earth unspiritual. Duan Suquan could only jump away from this sad land, and later, he came to the village of Xiangxi Wang.
Duan Suquan came to the river and saw that there was a ferry. He had the idea of taking a boat back home, but he didn't have the money. He told the boat owner that he wanted to go back to Chaling, but the boss couldn't understand it. No matter how Duan Suquan drew, the boat owner just waved his hand. In desperation, he saw that there was a pen on the ship and quickly wrote "Chaling" on his hand. Eventually, the boat owner understood.
Later, Duan Suquan climbed onto a coal train and finally touched the boundaries of his hometown. He had been begging near the station because he had not washed his hair for a long time and his hair was full of lice. The torn cotton jacket sent by the well-wisher was also rubbed black and shiny, and the crutches had long been deformed. Until one day, Duan Suquan heard a rural voice.
This Chaling fellow, liu Weichu, opened a small tofu shop in the local area. Liu Weichu helped Duan Suquan back to his home, cut his hair, and changed him into a set of clean clothes. Later, Duan Suquan began to apply medicine to recuperate in Liu Weichu's shop.
Duan Suquan lived in Liu Weichu's home for nearly two months, and his body recovered almost completely, and he could stand up and walk. He wrote a letter to his father, who later brought a dozen oceans from his hometown. Duan's father left all the money to Liu Weichu to show his gratitude and took his son home.
After returning to his hometown, Duan Suquan was full of Red Army in his mind. Later, Duan Suquan met a fellow countryman. He not only followed the main force of the Red Army on the Long March, but also joined the Northwest Army. In order to find the main force, Duan Suquan begged his compatriots to talk about many things about the Red Army.
He borrowed a set of military uniforms from his compatriots and left home to find the red army troops. That period of begging tempered Duan Suquan's will, and he inquired all the way, and finally found the Eighth Route Army office in Taiyuan. Here, when he met the old leader Ren Bi, the opening scene occurred.
Ren Bishi couldn't dream that Duan Suquan was still alive. Thinking of the brother of the independent division, in the end, only Duan Suquan was left, and everyone's heart was not a taste. In the days that followed, Duan Suquan never forgot this past. If it weren't for the kind-hearted fellows, I might not be there.
After the founding of New China, Duan Suquan wanted to return to Sichuan many times to find a savior. However, for various reasons, it has not been possible. It wasn't until he became an old man that his wish finally came true. Accompanied by local leaders, Duan Suquan searched for the whereabouts of the benefactor along the way.
However, because of the long time, it has not been found. Until the local cadres followed the clues left by Duan Suquan, they kept looking. Finally found the old man Li Mufu, at this time he was already an elderly man. Unfortunately, the old man's wife, Yang Guihua, has died.
Later, photos of the elderly Li Mufu and others were sent to Beijing by local cadres. Duan Suquan held the photo, and the tears could not stop flowing. Can't help but sigh, "The people are really our relatives!" ”。 Later, the "beggar general" repeatedly sent letters and money to comfort the benefactor of the year.