Zhu De loves orchids, and has raised thousands of pots of orchids in his life. It turned out that he missed someone very much.

marshal Zhu De loved orchids all his life. After liberation, he not only raised thousands of orchids, but also wrote many poems praising orchids. In fact, Zhu De has a soft spot for orchids, which has a great relationship with his former wife Wu Ruolan.

When it comes to the acquaintance between Zhu De and Wu Ruolan, we have to talk about the Leiyang Campaign in 1928.

that year, Zhu De and Peng Dehuai led the revolutionary army of workers and peasants to launch the uprising in southern Hunan, although they were repeatedly encircled by the Kuomintang along the way. However, under the wise command of Zhu De, he still won numerous battles.

in the early morning of February 16th, it was still dark, and people in Leiyang ancient city were still asleep.

suddenly, there was a shot in the distance, and then there was a deafening sound outside the city gate.

the dense gunfire woke up all the people in the city.

Soon after, I heard the clatter of horses' hooves and the running sound coming and going.

Some people quietly poked their heads out of the window and saw revolutionary armies of workers and peasants in gray uniforms everywhere in the street. One of them, a middle-aged man who is short and burly and looks kind, has attracted everyone's attention. He is Zhu De, who has a good reputation.

In fact, the victory of Leiyang Campaign was due to the contribution of Leiyang Peasant Army.

At that time, Deng Zonghai and Wu Ruolan led the peasant army in Leiyang. When the Leiyang campaign was launched, they led the peasant army and the revolutionary army of workers and peasants to cooperate with each other, which not only quickly solved the officers and men guarding the city, but also burned down the county government in a short time and rescued the revolutionary comrades imprisoned by the Kuomintang.

after Zhu De and Deng Zonghai joined forces, they met Wu Ruolan under the introduction of Deng Zonghai.

For Wu Ruolan, the legend of Zhu De has been heard a lot, so Zhu De is very tall and a great hero in her mind.

Wu Ruolan is so happy to see his idol this time.

led by Deng Zonghai, Wu Ruolan accompanied Zhu De to the Deng family ancestral hall, which is the office of the temporary county party Committee.

Just as he was about to enter the door, Zhu De stopped. He saw the couplet posted on the gate: "Expel the county regiments and welcome the revolutionary army." The horizontal batch is "Red Flower Leiyang".

Zhu De asked Deng Zonghai happily, "Who wrote this couplet?"

Deng Zonghai smiled and pointed to Wu Ruolan and said, "Who else could it be? It was written by a female scholar in our county."

Zhu De once again turned to seriously look at Wu Ruolan, and repeatedly praised: "Good couple!"

With Zhu De's praise, Wu Ruolan, who was originally generous, was ashamed, and even more, I don't know when two hongxia flew to her face.

speaking of which, Wu Ruolan is really a great girl.

She was born in Jiuyantang Village, Leiyang in 196. Her family is a local farmer, and her family is quite rich. Coupled with her enlightened parents, she was sent to a private school when she was young. At the age of 12, she went to Leiyang County Women's Vocational School. After graduation, she was admitted to Hunan Provincial Third Women's Normal School with excellent results. There, she and Mao Zedong's sister Mao Zejian became classmates and forged a deep friendship.

Wu Ruolan, influenced by the New Culture Movement, became an activist who opposed feudalism and superstition and advocated women's liberation when she was studying in Hunan Women's Normal University. She not only took the lead in cutting off her feet, but also promoted new ideas everywhere. Encouraged by her, all the girls imitated her, not only cut their hair short, but also liberated their feet that had been entangled for many years.

After the May 3th tragedy, the angry Wu Ruolan immediately threw himself into the struggle against Japanese imperialist atrocities. Not only did she actively prepare for the anti-Japanese meeting and participate in demonstrations, but she also actively publicized and boycotted Japanese goods in response to the massive anti-Japanese struggle across the country.

In 1926, Wu Ruolan returned to Leiyang after graduation.

At this time, at the beginning of the Northern Expedition, the peasant movement was booming.

Wu Ruolan has always been very sympathetic to the peasants because she has lived in the countryside since she was a child and has seen many miserable experiences of poor peasants. The ongoing peasant movement has strengthened her determination to follow the * * * production party.

When launching the peasant movement, Wu Ruolan publicized the revolutionary truth everywhere, and together with Liu Tai, the head of the Agricultural Association, mobilized the peasants to fight local tyrants and divide the land. At the same time, she also preached the feminist thought to women. With her encouragement, many women cut their hair and became activists of the Agricultural Association.

After the establishment of the Women's Federation in Leiyang, Wu Ruolan was elected as the chairman and became an influential revolutionary woman in Leiyang. At the same time, her performance was highly affirmed by the party organization, so her application for joining the party was approved that year.

However, He Jian, commander of the 35th Kuomintang Army who hated the workers' and peasants' movement, was instigated by Jiang Zhongzheng to openly betray the revolution and raised a butcher's knife against the * * * production party and local agricultural associations.

At this time, white terror spread all over Hunan, and many cadres of the * * * production party and the Agricultural Association were also killed. However, Wu Ruolan was not afraid of it. On the contrary, under extremely difficult circumstances, she persisted in fighting the enemy.

Deng Zonghai was sent to Leiyang by the provincial party committee in September 1927 to take charge of the work.

After Deng Zonghai came, Wu Ruolan not only helped him to establish Leiyang County Committee, but also made a detailed report on the underground party in Leiyang to Deng Zonghai, so that Deng Zonghai could join the revolutionary struggle as soon as possible.

Of course, what makes Wu Ruolan even more happy is that the revolutionary army of workers and peasants, which is eagerly awaited every day, has made great strides and hit the ancient city of Leiyang, completely driving the enemy away. And so she met Zhu De, the war hero who missed her so much.

At this time, Wu Ruolan is only 22 years old. Her face is not only full of youthful brilliance, but also reveals a firm belief in her soft and beautiful eyes under her long eyelashes.

After learning about Wu Ruolan, Zhu De fell in love with her.

At this time, Zhu De had been divorced from his fourth wife, He Zhihua, for a long time.

The marriage between Zhu De and He Zhihua is a sad thing for Zhu De.

among Zhu De's several wives, He Zhihua is the most beautiful. Plus, she is cheerful, generous and a middle school teacher, so Zhu De is very affectionate to her.

However, He Zhihua doesn't have any feelings for Zhu De. The reason why she is willing to marry Zhu De is that she has a crush on Zhu De's position and wealth. So when Zhu De sent her to Moscow for her safety, she turned and threw herself into the arms of others.

That bad marriage left Zhu De depressed for a long time. Fortunately, Zhu De is a man who puts the overall situation first, so he devoted all his energy to the revolutionary struggle, and slowly calmed down the damage that He Zhihua brought him in the charge.

Now, seeing Wu Ruolan with a firm belief, Zhu De suddenly has the idea of starting a family.

Deng Zonghai saw Zhu De's mind, so under his intentional matchmaking, Wu Ruolan and Zhu De became revolutionary partners.

interestingly, when Wu Ruolan and Zhu De entered the bridal chamber, she stammered with Zhu De, "Sir, I have pockmarked faces, and I'm afraid I'm not good enough for you." On the contrary, Zhu De smiled brightly: "You are a Hunan native who is not afraid of spicy food, and I am a Sichuanese who is not afraid of spicy food. We are hot together, and we will just make a revolution in the future."

after the Soviet government of workers, peasants and soldiers in Leiyang was established, Wu Ruolan followed Zhu De's team to Jinggangshan.

In the Red Army, Wu Ruolan not only cooperated with Zhu De in political propaganda. And since having her, Zhu De's daily life has also been taken good care of.

Soon after, Wu Ruolan was transferred to the Political Department of Gongsijun as the propaganda captain. Every time she goes to a village, she will take the comrades of the propaganda team to put up slogans and post notices everywhere. At the same time, she will always closely unite with the poor peasants, carry out the campaign of fighting local tyrants in an orderly way, and publicize revolutionary ideas to the peasants. Thanks to her efforts, the Red Army not only won the support of everyone, but also grew stronger and stronger.

In addition, Wu Ruolan practiced marksmanship hard. Under the guidance of Zhu De, she was not only accurate in marksmanship, but also able to shoot with both hands at the same time. Therefore, she was praised by the military and civilians as a "woman with two guns", which laid a good foundation for her participation in the Northern Expedition in the later period.

in June 1928, Wu Ruolan took part in the battle of Qixiling.

At that time, due to the fierce firepower of the enemy, it quickly occupied the windmill mouth not far from the command post of the Red Army. This seriously threatens the safety of the Red Army command post.

Wu Ruolan, regardless of his life and death, rushed out of the trench and shot at the enemy again and again.

Wu Ruolan's action boosted morale, and the Red Army followed her to pounce on the enemy.

Although the fighting was fierce, they finally drove away the enemy and regained the windmill.

After the battle, Wu Ruolan's deeds were spread all over the world, and someone even specially made up an allegro for her to praise her bravery.

in January 1929, in order to expand the revolutionary base area, after joining forces with Mao Zedong, Zhu Mao took the Red Army to the south of Jiangxi despite the cold weather.

when gongsijun went to Jiangxi to find wujitan, the red army had to break through many times along the way because of the pursuers in front and the interception later.

on this day, gongsijun went to the foot of Shenzhen. Zhu De saw that everyone was very tired, so he ordered to camp here and have a rest.

who knows that at dawn the next morning, Liu Zhiyi, a Kuomintang officer, led a regiment and suddenly launched a sneak attack on Gongsijun.

At that time, the situation was very critical, and Wu Ruolan knew that leaders such as Zhu De and Mao Zedong must not be captured. In desperation, she took a team to break through the enemy's side and successfully led the firepower to herself.

Because Wu Ruolan diverted the fire, Zhu De and Mao Zedong were able to escape. However, Wu Ruolan was captured in battle because of a leg injury.

When Liu Zhiyi learned that Wu Ruolan was Zhu De's wife, he immediately tortured her and forced her to know the whereabouts of Zhu De and others.

Although Wu Ruolan was tortured to death, she still refused to give in.

Seeing that there was nothing valuable to ask, Liu Zhiyi had to ask Jiang Zhongzheng for instructions again, and according to Jiang Zhongzheng's instructions, he took Wu Ruolan to the execution ground and killed her in front of many ordinary people.

It's outrageous that after killing Wu Ruolan, Liu Zhiyi cut off her head and hung it on the city wall for public display in order to scare the people.

Zhu De was deeply saddened by the news of Wu Ruolan's sacrifice. Since then, he has had a different feeling for orchids.

(refer to historical materials: Biography of Zhu De, etc.)